December 26,2005a program of listener submissions from around the country
January 2, 2006
Tender feelings for the family—letters from such figures as Sir Walter Raleigh, Felix Mendelssohn, and Thoreau among others to members of their families
January 9, 2006
Poetry of Dante Gabriel Rossetti
January 16, 2006
letters of the famous including Ben Franklin, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Thomas Wolfe, Stendhal and others
January 23, 2006
writings of modernist poet Mina Loy
January 30, 2006
love letters of Voltaire, Rousseau, Sir Richard Steele and other famous thinkers and writers
February 6, 2006The Lighter Side Of Love For Valentines' Day
February 13, 2006The Romance Of Food And Drink
February 20, 2006the life of Vincent Van Goghas seen through his letters to his brother
February 27, 2006Love letters Of Alexander Scriabin
March 6, 2006 Mona is joined by special guest James Galway in a program of romantic Irish poems in honor of St. Patrick’s Day
March 13, 2006 Famous 19th century Courtesans
March 20, 2006 Love affairs of musicians long ago
March 27, 2006 Poetry of the American Indian
April 3, 2006 Program of listener submissions from around the country
April 10, 2006Mona is joined by special guest reader Gene Schiller of Hawaii Public Radio
April 17, 2006Babette Hines, author of Love Letters Lost joins Mona and they present excerpts from the book
April 24, 2006Survey of romantic French poetry
May 1, 2006Poetry of Georg Daumer and Goethe from Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms
May 8, 2006Love poetry from around the world
May 15, 2006Romance in the life and music of Maurice Ravel
May 22, 2006Mona is joined by Steve Murphy, Program Director and Host of “The Open Road” on WFMR, Milwaukee
May 29, 2006Romantic lyrics of American composer Stephen Foster
June 5, 2006 Poetry of Stephen Crane
June 12, 2006 Poetry of Carl Sandburg
June 19, 2006 Romantic Significance of Flowers
June 26, 2006 The Romantic Life of Percy Grainger
July 3, 2006The lighter side of Gioacchino Rossini
July 10, 2006The writings of 19th century French poet Theophile Gautier
July 17, 2006Mona is joined by performer Michael Feinstein
July 24, 2006Mona is joined by actor and singer Theodore Bikel
July 31, 2006Listener submissions from around the country
August 7, 2006Romantic Life Of Percy Shelley
August 14, 2006Selections from Memoirs of Hector Berlioz
August 21, 2006A focus upon famous writers
August 28, 2006Selections from diaries of Cosima Wagner
September 4, 2006Poetry of American writer William Thien
September 11, 2006Amusing anecdotes about the famous of the past
September 18, 2006The romantic life of Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria
September 25, 2006poetry of Jorge Luis Borges
October 2, 2006Witty and memorable quotations about music
October 9, 2006A second program of witty and memorable quotations about music
October 16, 2006A third program of witty and memorable quotations about music
October 23, 2006Looking forward to Hallowe’en, we bring you writings of Edgar Allen Poe
October 30, 2006Popular Japanese song lyrics
November 6, 2006 Lore and Mysteries of Cats, Part I
November 13, 2006 Mysteries And Poetry About Cats, Part II
November 20, 2006 A program to celebrate Thanksgiving
November 27, 2006 Poems by the Chinese writer Hanshan
December 4, 2006Love letters of poet John Keats to Fanny Brawne
December 11, 2006Poetry of 19th Century English writer Eliza Acton
December 18, 2006A celebration of life’s wisdom for the holidays
December 25, 2006Poems of winter