Amy Drendel is a doctor in the emergency department at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and an assistant professor of pediatrics at the Medical College of Wisconsin. She’s the lead author of ...

Bernice “Bee” Falk Haydu and Dawn Seymour served as Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs, from 1942 to 1944. On July 1st, President Obama signed S.614, which awarded a Congressional Gold Medal for service to the WASPs. ...

Michael Showalter and Michael Ian Black are the stars of the Comedy Central series, Michael and Michael Have Issues, which recently completed its first season. They were in Milwaukee for a live performance at Turner Hall Ballroom. You can see a video of Michael Ian Black reading his...

Sesame Street, the classic PBS kids' television show, turns 40 today. It was a youthful 38 years old when we had Bob McGrath (known to loyal viewers as, simply, "Bob") in the studio. Here's an excerpt of Mitch Teich's interview with Bob, which originally aired January 24, 2007. (And...

Journalist Herman Obermayer is a former daily newspaper publisher and a consultant to the State Department on newspaper management. He's the author of Rehnquist: A Personal Portrait of the Distinguished Chief Justice of the United States, published by Threshold Editions. He spoke with Stephanie...

Julie Thompson is a singer who lives in Milwaukee – she also teaches music classes in the Milwaukee area. We’re listening to her recording of "We’ll Meet Again," from her 2007 CD, Reverie.

John Kaufman is a freelance writer, poet, former English teacher and stay-at-home dad. He spoke with Stephanie Lecci. His article "King Coal" appears in the current issue of Milwaukee Magazine.

Violinists Jeanyi Kim and Sasha Mandl, violist Nathan Hackett and cellist Adrien Zitoun are the Philomusica String Quartet. They’ll perform their Music of the Americas program this Sunday afternoon at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music on the east side. During the interview, we heard music...

Nancy Olmsted lives in Cedarburg and teaches mathematics at the Milwaukee School of Engineering. She edited A Soldier’s Words, a collection of blogs by her late son, Army Major Andrew Olmsted. Major Olmsted was killed in action in Iraq on January 3rd, 2008. He was posthumously awarded a...

Ulice Payne is the Chairman of the Bradley Center board. Mark Kass is editor of the Business Journal of Milwaukee. They spoke with Mitch Teich as part of our regular "Down to Business" segment, a collaboration with the Business Journal.