Once Upon A Time is hosted by Carol and Bill Waxenberg
“Stories make us more alive, more human, more courageous, more loving.” -Madeleine L’Engle –
Carol and Bill Waxenberg Hosts of Once Upon A Time
Bill and Carol Waxenberg are a natural fit for their show, “Once Upon a Time…” Bill, a Lutheran minister, and Carol, a former English teacher, have spent their careers sharing their love of stories. Tune in to be delighted by local storytellers and writers, as well as the classics and tales from around the world.
Click on the “Shows” button in the right column of this page to view the “Once Upon a Time” broadcast schedule.
PODCASTS:
Scroll and Click below on any of the Once Upon A Time broadcasts that interest you.
Each program is 27 minutes in length:
Celtic Winter Solstice
The Other Pearl Harbor – Jan 1, 2023
Christmas Show- Dec. 4, 2022
Children of the White House – Nov. 20, 2022
The Creation of Wicked – Oct. 23, 2022
Robin Williams – Guest: Michelle Gibbons – Oct. 9, 2022
The Worst Hard Time – Guest: Diane Logsdon – Sept. 25, 2022
Guest: Jim May – Aug 28, 2022
Guest: Dave Martin – July 24, 2022
Race To Save the Titanic – July 10, 2022
WWII Spies – June 26, 2022
Cinderella – The Next Chapter – June 5, 2022
The Civil War Soldier – April 18, 2022
Changing History by Changing Wives – April 11, 2022
Wildlife Photography – March 28, 2022
Natural Disasters – Feb 28, 2022
Earthquake – Feb 14, 2022
Women and the Montgomery Bus Boycott – Jan 31, 2022
An Italian Rapunzle – Guest Megan Wells – Jan 3, 2022
Christmas Show – Guest: Sarah Sullivan – Dec 27, 2021
Emergencies – Guest Tom Smith – Sept 20, 2021
Guest TR Kerth – July 26, 2021
The Snow Fell Three Graves Deep – Allan Wolf – June 7, 2021
Mentalist Christopher Carter – May 24, 2021
Martina Mathisen on Edith Head – May 10, 2021
Mystery Writer – M. E. May – April 26, 2021
Lilly the Lash – Author Julie Woik – March 15, 2021
Food – Guest: Joan Davis – February 15, 2021
Guest: Oba King – February 1, 2021
Jenna Michna as Eleanor Roosevelt – January 18, 2021
Humans of Huntley – Super Owen – October 26, 2020
Classic Rock – Photographs From Yesterday and Today – October 12, 2020
Storyteller Jim May – September 21, 2020
DAR – Wreaths Across America – September 7, 2020
The Suicide House – Guest: Charlie Donlea – August 24, 2020
Covid-Head – Guest: Megan Wells – August 10, 2020
Guest: Martina Mathisen – July 27, 2020
Guest: Megan Wells – March 16, 2020
Heroes of the Holocaust – October 14, 2019
Hitler and Stolen Art – Sept. 23, 2019
Baseball Hall of Fame – Sept. 2, 2019
Grant: The Greatest General – Guest: Jim Warren – Aug 19, 2019
Some Choose Darkness – Charlie Donlea – Aug 5, 2019
CASA – Gloria Kelly & Gary Gartrell – July 22, 2019
In Love With Freedon – Joe Aavang – July 8, 2019
Steve Cooper – New Orleans & Dixieland Jazz – June 24, 2019
Once Upon A Time – Barry Cloyd sings Burle Ives – June 10, 2019
Once Upon A Time – Mary Cassatt – by Lunn Rymarz – May 27, 2019
Once Upon A Time – Henry Ford – May 13, 2019
Once Upon A Time – Florence Nightingale – Megan Wells – April 29, 2019
Once Upon A Time – Historian Jim Gibbons – April 22, 2019
Once Upon A Time – From Dairies to Prairies – April 8, 2019
Once Upon A Time – John Gowing Stories From England – March 25, 2019
Once Upon A Time – Stan Banash – Custer’s Last Stand – March 11, 2019
Once Upon A Time – Craig Pfannkuche – Chicago Gang Wars – February 25, 2019
Once Upon A Time – Ellie Carlson – History of Valentines- February 11, 2019
Once Upon A Time – Suffragette Alice Paul – January 28, 2019
Once Upon A Time – Blue Zones – January 14, 2019
Once Upon A Time – The Six Wives of Henry VIII – December 31, 2018
Once Upon A Time – Megan Wells Christmas Stories- December 17, 2018
Once Upon A Time – Joy Aavang Telling Veteran’s Stories- December 3, 2018
Once Upon A Time – Victorian Funeral Practices With Michael Murschel – November 19, 2018
Once Upon A Time – Walter Cronkite Presented By Jim Gibbons – Nov 5, 2018
Once Upon A Time – Illinois, The Road With Stan Banash – Oct 22, 2018
Once Upon A Time – Jessica Michna As Laura Ingalls Wilder – Sept 24, 2018
Once Upon A Time – Story Telling With Ed O’Brien As Eddie Rickenbacker – Sept 10, 2018
Once Upon A Time -Elizabeth Carlson- Speaking of “Unmentionables”- August 27, 2018
Once Upon A Time – Interview with Jake Moreno – Hidden Huntley – Aug 13, 2018
Once Upon A Time – Interview with Bruce Bohrer – Wrigley Field Usher- July 30, 2018
Once Upon A Time – Interview with Charlie Donlea about his latest book: Don’t Believe It – July 9, 2018
Once Upon A Time – Healing Stories By T.R. Kerth – June 28, 2018
Once Upon A Time – 10 Commandments Of Baseball With JD Thorne – June 11, 2018
Once Upon A Time – Robert Linsey As FDR – May 28, 2018
Once Upon A Time – Interview with Steve Cooper (Band Leader, Pop Music Historian, Musician) about the Big Band Era – May 14, 2018
Once Upon A Time – Jessica Michna As Golda Meir – April 30, 2018
Once Upon A Time – Lynn Rymarz As Lady Randolph Churchill – April 16, 2018
Once Upon A Time – Sacagawea: Native American and Only Woman to Accompany the Lewis and Clark Expedition, portrayed by Martina Mathisen – April 02, 2018
Once Upon A Time – Interview With Jim Weren- March 5, 2018
Once Upon A Time – Craig Pfannkuche – Chicago Gang Wars – February 19, 2018
Once Upon A Time – New Beginnings – January 22, 2018
Once Upon A Time – Jim May Christmas Storys – Dec 11, 2017
Once Upon A Time – Lynn Rymarz As Mrs. Alexander Hamilton – November 27, 2017
Once Upon A Time – Dave Clark tells Stories of Route 66 – November 13, 2017
Once Upon A Time – Megan Wells, Storyteller and Theater Artist, tells the Story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – October 16, 2017
Once Upon A Time – Stories from the Old Testament as told by Dr. Richard D. Nelson, Professor Emeritus of Biblical Hebrew and Old Testament Interpretation – September 25, 2017
Once Upon A Time – Mike Ptak tells Stories About Patriots in Petticoats – September 18, 2017
Once Upon A Time – Passage to Chicago: A Journey on the Illinois & Michigan Canal in the Year 1860 by illustrator and historian Tom Willcockson – September 04, 2017
Once Upon A Time – Interview with Cleopatra VII, Last Pharoh of Egypt, as portrayed by Martina Mathisen – August 21, 2017
Once Upon A Time – Historian Jim Gibbons talks about Our Lady of Angels school fire – August 07, 2017
Once Upon A Time – Edgar Less Masters’
Spoon River Anthology presented by Paddy and Jon Lynn, and musician and folk singer Patti Ecker – July 24, 2017
Once Upon A Time – Conversation with Thomas Edison, as portrayed by RJ Lindsey – June 26, 2017
Once Upon A Time – Civil War with Glynnis Walker – June 12, 2017
Once Upon A Time – Interview with Jao Aavang – May 29, 2017
Once Upon A Time – Interview with Jake Marino – May 15, 2017
Once Upon A Time – Interview with Charlie Donlea, Author of The Girl Who Was Taken – May 01, 2017
Celtic Winter Solstice
The Other Pearl Harbor – Jan 1, 2023
Christmas Show- Dec. 4, 2022
Children of the White House – Nov. 20, 2022
The Creation of Wicked – Oct. 23, 2022
Robin Williams – Guest: Michelle Gibbons – Oct. 9, 2022
The Worst Hard Time – Guest: Diane Logsdon – Sept. 25, 2022
Guest: Jim May – Aug 28, 2022
Guest: Dave Martin – July 24, 2022
Race To Save the Titanic – July 10, 2022
WWII Spies – June 26, 2022
Cinderella – The Next Chapter – June 5, 2022
The Civil War Soldier – April 18, 2022
Changing History by Changing Wives – April 11, 2022
Wildlife Photography – March 28, 2022
Natural Disasters – Feb 28, 2022
Earthquake – Feb 14, 2022
Women and the Montgomery Bus Boycott – Jan 31, 2022
An Italian Rapunzle – Guest Megan Wells – Jan 3, 2022
Christmas Show – Guest: Sarah Sullivan – Dec 27, 2021
Emergencies – Guest Tom Smith – Sept 20, 2021
Guest TR Kerth – July 26, 2021
The Snow Fell Three Graves Deep – Allan Wolf – June 7, 2021
Mentalist Christopher Carter – May 24, 2021
Martina Mathisen on Edith Head – May 10, 2021
Mystery Writer – M. E. May – April 26, 2021
Lilly the Lash – Author Julie Woik – March 15, 2021
Food – Guest: Joan Davis – February 15, 2021
