WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg

We talk about the 19th and latest installment in Carthage College's New Play Initiative: "The Theory of the Leisure Class" by Kristin Idaszak. We speak with Neil Scharnick, Associate Professor of Theater and the directort of this production, and Ava Bucur, a junior theater major at Carthage, who is a member of the cast. The play reimagines two noteworthy events of the late 19th centu...

From 2010 - James Swanson, author of "Bloody Crimes: The Chase for Jefferson Davis and the Death Pageant for Lincoln's Corpse."

From last year- a conversation with Brian Gill from the theater faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside about Shakespeare's MACBETH. I'm sharing this interview in honor of today's HD simulcast of Verdi' MacBeth, which will be beamed to movie theaters across the country (including Kenosha's Tinseltown and Racine's Renaissance) at 12 noon today (Oct. 17th.).

We preview Saturday night's Choral Arts Society's concert titled "Honoring 250 Years of American History," which opens up the 40th season of the CAS. Founder and Artistic Director James Schatzman and Associate Director Pat Badger are joined by Regie Gibson, Poet Laureate for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts - who is serving as Artist in Residence for the CAS and is participating...

From 2008- Adam Sexton talks about MacBeth: The Manga Edition. An excerpt from this interview aired today on the Morning Show. This is the entire interview as it originally aired. Verdi's opera MacBeth can be seen Saturday, October 17th at 12 noon at movie theaters across the country, including Kenosha's Tinseltown. and Racine's Renaissance.

From 2009 - James Shapiro, author of "1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare." We replay this at least in part to help preview Saturday's HD Simulcast of Verdi's operatic treatment of MACBETH. (12 noon - in movie theaters across the country, including Kenosha's Tinseltown and Racine's Renaissance.).

From 2017 - Michael Cannell, author of "Incendiary: The Psychiatrist, the Mad Bomber, and the Invention of Criminal Profiling." This is the true story of a mysterious figure who would periodically set off bombs at various locations around New York City ... terrorizing the public ... and the psychiatrist who helped officials to finally identify and apprehend him.

We reconnect with Tom Clavin to talk about his latest book (co-written with Bob Drury) ..... "The Phantom: The Untold Story of the American Marine the Nazis Could Not Kill." Peter Ortiz was a U.S. Marine who proved to be extraordinarily effective spy, scout and saboteur working in conjunction with various elements of the French Resistance during World War Two.

We meet artist Amanda Browder - who is best-known for projects in which she wraps large structures (typically buildings) in brilliantly-colored fabric. She recently designed and helped install "Zig and Zag," in which the outer walls of the Racine Art Museum became wrapped with beautiful fabric. She designs these projects so that they will involve volunteers from the community. "Zig...

We preview the upcoming performances (October 16th and 17th) of Jean-Paul Satre's famous play "No Exit," that is about to be performed at the White Lilac in Kenosha. We speak with director Annalee Kowalczyk and cast member Jonathan Shailor. Because it's coming up soon, we are sharing this interview the day before it airs on the Morning Show.

Violet Suta Moran is the author of a memoir titled "Sweetgrass: Growing up in Montana," in which talks about what it was like to grow up on a farm outside of Sweetgrass, Montana in the late 1930s and 1940s.

In honor of the 50th anniversary of the opening of Carthage College's Siebert Chapel - and the dedication of Grace Kolakowski Hall - we are replaying a 2001 conversations with Bill Roth, whose 38 years of service with Carthage were primarily spent as a member of the music faculty and college organist. This interview excerpt concerns the design and installation of the Fritsch Family Memorial Pi...

In honor of Carthage College's homecoming, we replay a conversation recorded back in 2005 with Dr. Alan Anderson, who served Carthage (his alma mater) in various capacities for 38 years. In this conversation, Dr. Anderson talks about the reasons behind the college's move from Carthage, Illinois to Kenosha, WI.

Lars Anderson, longtime writer for Sports Illustrated and the author of 13 best-selling books, talks about his latest book .... "Brady: An American Story and The Price of Greatness." The book is a discerning look at the life and career of one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history.

For Kailyn Palomares's October visit to the Morning Show, we talk with two representatives of Racine's Eco Justice Center: MayLynn Conter Strack, Executive Director .... and Alex Weyenberg, Land Stewardship Manager.

We speak with Brian Gill about the next production of the theatrical arts department at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside ..... "The Arsonists". .... which opens this weekend.

We speak with Matt Prochaska, Director of Tourism for the village of Mount Pleasant, about plans to have renowned Danish artist Thomas Dambo build and install one of his amazing trolls- made from recycled wood- sometime next year. A Wood Drive as part of the effort is coming up this Saturday.

We preview Carthage College's Homecoming 2026, which is coming up this weekend: October 9, 10 and 11. We speak with Rev. Adam Miller-Stubbendick, campus pastor, who will be presiding over a special worship service Sunday morning at 10 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Siebert Chapel and the renovation of what is now known as Grace Kolakowski Hall ..... Matt Popino, head football coach, whos...

This interview concerns a world premiere that will take place this Thursday evening at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside ..... "Cirrus: The Sky Dancer," a work for flute choir and wind orchestra. We speak with composer Jodie Blackshaw (speaking to us from Australia), conductor Laura Rexroth, and Mary Ellen Close, a member of the flute section of the UW-Parkside Community Band and the...

*Intermittently through the month of September, we ran both newly recorded and archival interviews related in one way or another to the events of 9/11 in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of that terrible day. This interview, which was recorded and initially broadcast two weeks after 9/11, concludes this series.*. In this interview, therapist Amy Sprague Champeau- a frequent guest to the Morni...

(from the archives). We talk with Rebecca Sheir about her podcast "Circle Round" which features stories and music designed for the whole family to enjoy together. She and her husband created over 250 episodes of "Circle Round" before concluding the podcast earlier this year. Sheir now hosts a new podcast titled "Lions and Legends."

In honor of the 100th birthday of the late Carlisle Floyd, one of America's most beloved opera composers, we rerun a conversation from 2012 when the Milwaukee Florentine undertook his most popular opera, SUSANNAH. (Floyd was born on September 30, 1926.).

We speak with Mark Kawar, the author of a new book called "America But Bigger: Near Annexations, from Greenland to the Galapagos." Kawar's his book as an examination of 'near-misses' - moments in our country's history when it sought new territory but failed to gain it. Many of those attempts involved Canada and Mexico - but there were other instances from elsewhere in the...

We speak with Joycelyn Fish, Marketing and Development Director at the Racine Theater Guild, about a free special event coming up this Sunday afternoon, October 4th, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the opening of the current home of the Racine Theater Guild. (There is no admission charge, but people are asked to reserve a free ticket either through the box office or via the guild's webs...

From 2023- Sharon Price John, author of "Stories and Heart: Unlock the Power of Personal Stories to Create a Life You Love."