Here is an interview I recorded some years ago with best-selling author Fannie Flagg. Those of us who are old enough remember her from her delightful appearances on "Candid Camera" and "Match Game" - but it's certainly as an author that she has become best-known in recent years for books like "Fried Green Tomatoes."
My brother Steve and his partner Scott adopted their wonderful son Henry from Cambodia. That's one big reason why I have long been fascinated by the experience of overseas adoption- which is why I was so thrilled at the opportunity to interview author Jeff Gammage, the author of an amazing book called "China Ghosts: My
I am in the midst of rehearsals for the Racine Theater Guild's production of "Mary Poppins," which is why this Morning Show interview from a few years back came to mind. Nancy Davis's fascinating book is a collection of a number of essays written by a number of woman writers - exploring in various ways
It was an incredible thrill for me to speak with actor Alan Alda, even though I was never an especially rabid fan of the television series M*A*S*H*. Despite my mixed feelings about the show, I certainly admired Mr. Alda's impressive abilities as an actor and director, and the fact that he had been so richly
This is an excerpt from the interview I was able to record with Usha Gandhi during her visit to southeastern Wisconsin several years ago for a Bridges of Peace event. It was an extraordinary honor to be in the presence of someone like that- but also hugely intimidating. Never have been more afraid of saying
Here is a fun one from the Morning Show archives: my conversation with comedian Bob Newhart. I would have loved to have talked with him all day long, but even a few minutes with such a legend was a great pleasure and honor. One side note: After we finished the interview, I thanked
It's not been often that I've been able to do Morning Show interviews about comic books- but this is one of those occasions. Roy Thomas was one of the right-hand men for the legendary Stan Lee, the genius responsible for creating so much of the distinctive Marvel universe. I've always been more of
It's an inescapable reality that when it comes to booking radio guests, there is typically an inverse relationship between the fame of the guest and the amount of time they will yield for an interview. Most of the biggest names I have interviewed have been available to me for ten minutes or less- which is
Here is an excerpt from a lengthy interview which I conducted recently with Bill Hayes, a fine singer whose resume included a starry role in the original Broadway cast of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Me and Juliet" and a lengthy stint on Sid Caesar's classic variety program "Your Show of Shows." (Hayes later achieved still more fame
This is a portion of the interview I recorded with a legend in music education here in Southeastern Wisconsin- Henrietta Welch, who was 100 years old at the time of this conversation. (This coming Christmas she will turn 102.) Here are a couple of ways to think about what it means to be 100 years
