Want to get in on a secret family recipe that is going to be revealed? Listen to Great Taste on Wednesday from 7-8pm. Rebro Friday 7-8am.

Pam Whitworth will detail the previously top secret special family dessert recipe plus other cooking secrets and surprises from our studio culinary delight, Kathy DuBois and Top Eater, Steve Boss.

Don't miss out on the insider information!

Chamber Music Society Fairfield presents New Prairie Camerata with Claudia Anderson, flute, Nancy McFarland Gaub, violin, Eugene Gaub, piano and guest artist Christine Rutledge on viola on Thursday, December 11, 7:30 p.m. at the Sondheim Center.

Nancy McFarland Gaub speaks with Classical Hour about the upcoming performance organized by Freddy Fonseca.

Writers' Voices with Monica and Caroline warmly welcomes author Laurie Kienlen this Friday, December 5, at 1pm. Laurie is primarily a non-fiction writer of magazine and e-zine articles, specializing in health and wellness. Her articles have been published in Reader's Digest, Woman's Day, MSN Health, Glow, Spirituality and Health, Alive, Natural Health, and more. She is the Feature Writer for Psychology Suite101.

Laurie says that she "is living proof that dreams do come true, (if you don't mind bleeding, sweating, and crying a little. Okay....a lot!)" To keep her motivation and to help others who are passionate about their goals, whatever they may be, she writes for her blog, Quips and Tips for Freelance Writers. She also maintains another blog, Quips and Tips for Healthy Women.  read more »

From Little Village article by Adam Burke:

Iowa City author Paul Street’s latest book, "Barack Obama and the Future of American Politics," is a critical report on the phenomenal rise of the junior senator from Illinois. Street is a historian and former Chicagoan who worked for the Chicago Urban League as a policy researcher.

Obama fanatics will read this book at their own devotional peril, but this is no slimy hatchet-job like Jerome Corsi’s Obama Nation. Street’s book (from Paradigm Publishing) is thoroughly researched and contains acute analysis of the political games people play.

He examines the money horse that all politicians must ride and gives a pitch-perfect analysis of race and U.S. politics in a chapter titled, “How ‘Black’ is Obama?” Street also looks at the
“anti-war” candidate and the conditions of Obama’s rise to the top of national politics.

NEXT WEEK: A Tanner & Moore Special on the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.  read more »

Hey, I am going to feature a new release by Paul McCartney in the second hour today, along with new music from Calexico. I have put together a rather eclectic blend of tunes, even for me, and that's saying something.

You will have to tune in from 2-4pm today to find out about my latest installment of the best music you have never heard.

The G Man

On this week's show Justin Hayward and the Moody Blues take center stage early with a tribute set to their classic 1968 LP "In Search of the Lost Chord" (album cover). Their sound was distinctive and their lyrics resonate with the seeker in us all. You'll hear the tracks, "Legend of a Mind" and "OM". Drift back with nostalgia to the golden era. Sprinkled throughout the evening, other guest from the same period will visit including Pentangle and Simon & Garfunkel.  read more »

There was a story in the news about a Wal-Mart employee who was literally trampled to death by 2000 ravenous consumers stampeding through the door as the store opened at 5 a.m. the day after Thanksgiving.

"Other workers were knocked to the ground as they tried to rescue him, and customers simply stepped over him and kept shopping even as the store announced it was closing because of the death, police and witnesses said."

Are we all completely nuts?

(Sigh) In a vague attempt to balance the seasonal feeding-frenzy: songs of enlightenment for the first hour of this week's I.W.H.

Tuesday 12/2/08 8-10 PM

I cannot say my daddy farmed these fields
and I cannot say my mama roamed these hills
I've been high in the mountains, in the desert and by the sea
and now this rolling land is calling me.
~ Song For Iowa, Lauryn Shapter

I've been eagerly awaiting the new CD by husband and wife Americana duo Truckstop Souvenir for a while now, and the release party is this weekend!  Under A Big Blue Sky was recorded in Lauryn and Dennis' home studio here in Fairfield, which is no easy trick with all the frequent trains passing by.  

And you just may hear a train whistle during their interview on Lyrical Venus this Tuesday, what with the station being right by the tracks!  Luckily it's a nostalgic sound that fits with their themes - dusty roads, wide rivers, tiny mining towns, old time rodeos and lonely motels. 

If you need an escape to the good ole days, tune in at 9am for some Lyrical Venus-y tunes, and the Truckstop Souvenir interview at 9:30.  read more »

Over thirty years ago, in a collision at home plate, Ralph Marino received a neck injury that left him paralyzed from his shoulders to his toes. Since that fateful day, Ralph has graduated from college and has been a successful high school basketball coach and school social worker. He is also a motivational speaker, inspiring audiences wherever he speaks. http://www.ralphmarino.com/

Chris Hull teaches as an adjunct assistant professor at Georgetown University. He also runs Issue Management, Inc., a Washington, D.C. public affairs firm. His first book, Grassroots Rules: How the Iowa Caucus Helps Elect American Presidents, was published in November, 2007 by Stanford University Press.