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Thursday August 23, 2007
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Hosted by Mitch Teich

Guests: Joseph Zilber, Ron Carlson, Christopher Long, Melinda Myers
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Givin' It All Away
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Milwaukee real estate magnate Joseph Zilber, founded Milwaukee's Towne Realty in 1949, and is currently chairman of Zilber Ltd. His private enterprise extends from Florida to Wisconsin to Hawaii, where he lives much of the year. he spoke with Jane Hampden last month. Joseph Zilber, who will be 90 in November, announced this week that his charitable foundation will donate 50 million dollars to Milwaukee insitutions, organizations, and charities, including 30 million to the Marquette University Law School.


Five Skies
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Ron Carlson is the author of the novel, Five Skies. The novel was published earlier this year, but continues to attract attention - including a glowing review in the New York Times Book Review last Sunday. Carlson also directs the MFA program at the University of California-Irvine. He spoke with us in June after a reading at the Schwartz Bookshop in Bay View.


We're Watching Them
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Christopher Long is president and CEO of Wisconsin Eye, now providing live and archived coverage of the Wisconsin State Legislature on the internet and cable television.


Invading Plants
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Melinda Myers is the host of "Great Lakes Gardener" on Public TV, and author of numerous gardening books, including Month-by-month Gardening in Wisconsin.


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