SIU Architecture Professor and former chancellor Walter Wendler joins us to discuss the rising popularity of distance education and online learning and the problems that come with schools that offer such programs.

Dan Linn, executive director for NORML Illinois, joins us to discuss medicinal marijuana in Illinois and the push for full legalization in the U.S.

Infectious disease specialist Dr. Erica Kaufman joins us to discuss West Nile Virus.

Senator Dick Durbin joins us to discuss what will and won't happen this week in Congress before lawmakers take a long recess.

David Yepsen with the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute joins us to discuss the gubernatorial race.

Annette McMichael with the group Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment (SAFE) joins us to talk about the group's opposition to hydraulic fracturing.

Carbondale City Manager Kevin Baity joins us to give us a status update on the new fire station.

State Rep. John Bradley joins us to talk about the recent downgrade in Illinois' finances from Standard and Poor's and the lack of progress on fracking.

State Sen. and GOP candidate for U.S. Senate, Jim Oberweis joins us to talk about his campaign.

Michael Jones, director of the General John A. Logan Museum, joins us in studio.