WDUN Morning Show

It takes more than laws to build a nation. It takes a language that all can write and understand. Jing Tsu visited Maine Street to share her book "Kingdom of Characters" which chronicles the story of how the many dialects in China were codified into a written language.

Leanne Brown's new cookbook "Good Enough" is different from your traditional tomes of recipes. Brown spent time on Maine Street discussing that cooking should be fun and not everything you make has to be Instagram worthy. It just has to be good enough.

Maya Washington, daughter of the great Viking football legend Gene Washington, shares details of her book "Through the Banks of the Red Cedar." Washington shines the light on some of the challenges her father faced in becoming a black professional football player during the height of the Civil Rights movement.

With all the news about new COVID variants, what are consumers thinking? Consumer psychology researcher Lisa Miller shares the outlook for consumers and offers some tips to local businesses getting through the pandemic.

Every year there's a list of words we should retire, but the Word Warriors at Wayne State University in Detroit have a list of words we should bring back. Head Word Warrior Chris Williams stopped by Maine Street to share a few of them.

Michael Cottman shares the story of David Harris and how he broke the color barrier in commercial aviation. His book is "Segregated Skies: How the First African American Commercial Pilot Earned His Wings."

The pirates we've seen on movies are all men. But the truth is there were plenty of women who were pirates as well. Leigh Lewis talks about some of these in her book "Pirate Queens". Written for the 8 to 12 year old set, it has plenty to keep parents interested.

David Rundell shared with us on Maine Street some of the factors both political and economic that will influence the price of oil and gas in 2022. Rundell is a consultant for Arabia Analytics having spent all fo his 30 years of his Foreign Service career in the Middle East.

Steve Rabb has researched writings of the Founders to determine, in their words, how they would respond to cancel culture and the move to rewrite history. He shared some of those thoughts and quotes with us on Maine Street.

Ron Gruner takes a look at the past 100 years of presidents. His book "We the Presidents: How American Presidents Shaped the Last Century" looks at the impact the presidents from Harding to Trump have had on the nation.