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Tuesday September 22, 2009
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Hosted by Mitch Teich

Guests: Carl Kurlander, Dave Ellis, Jacki Potratz, Jonathon Jackson
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Tale of Two Pittsburghs
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 David Newell, who played Mr. McFeely on PBS's Mr. Rogers Neighborhood, prepares to lead Pittsburghers in a singing of "It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood" for the movie My Tale of Two Cities. Carl Kurlander is the writer, director, and producer of My Tale of Two Cities, a personal documentary about the effort to turn around the fortunes of his hometown – Pittsburgh. Kurlander’s movie was just featured in Milwaukee during the meeting of the International Downtown Association.


Attorney by Day, Mystery Writer by Night
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Dave Ellis is the Chief Legal Counsel to the Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives. He’s also the author of six mystery novels, the latest of which is The Hidden Man, published by Penguin. He lives in Springfield, Illinois.


Historical Fiction
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Jacki Potratz is the fiction selector for the Milwaukee Public Library. The Milwaukee Book Festival runs Oct. 9th through the 19th, and the Central Library will be hosting a vampire-themed discussion on Tuesday Oct. 13th.  She spoke with Stephanie Lecci for this month's book list - you can find the full list and previous lists here.

You can listen to supplemental audio below from our interview with Jacki Potratz as she describes a good companion read to go along with Robert Goolrick's A Reliable Wife.
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Milwaukee Film Festival
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Jonathon Jackson is the executive director of Milwaukee Film. This year's festival gets underway Thursday. During our conversation with him he mentioned the film Changing the Conversation: America's Gun-Violence Epidemic, made by Milwaukee filmmaker Janet Fitch. We'll talk with her tomorrow.


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