WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg

*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."

We talk about the narrated musical work "Lovers of Liberty" that will be performed as part of the dedication of the newly refurbished Ceremonial Courtroom in the Kenosha County Courthouse this weekend. We speak with Julia Nowicki, who had primary responsible for putting the work together, Ben Woods, who is serving as its narrator, and Jesse Gomez and Heather Kamikawa, who are two of the...

We connect with singer/Songwriter Nellie McKay, who is returning to Kenosha's White Lilac on Thursday evening, October 1st - at 8 p.m. McKay has enjoyed a wide-ranging career that has run the gamut from singing in intimate cabarets to starring in a show on Broadway. The White Lilac is located at 5029 6th Avenue. Their phone number is (262) 515-1967 .... and their website is whitelilackenosha.c...

From 2020 - Dr. Clyde D. L. Wynne, author of "Dog is Love: Why and How Your Dog Loves You."

*Intermittently through the month of September, we are airing newly reocrded and archival interviews to commemorate the 25th anniversary of 9/11." We share a 2002 interview with Cathy Trost, co-author of "Running Toward Danger," a book from the Newseum in which more than 100 journalists talk about the challenges they faced in trying to cover the chaotic, painful events of September...

We speak with Deborah Roberts, a Senior National Affairs Correspondent for ABC News- and co-host of 20/20, which begins its newest season Friday night, September 25th.

We preview the performances of "Elegies: A Song Cycle" by William Finn with director Molly Fuller and with three students who are part of the cast: Brayden Follett, Dom Luzwick, and Maria Romero. The performances will occur over the next two weekends in Carthage's Wartburg Auditorium.

We are resharing a portion of a 2025 conversation with two-time Grammy Award nominee Laura Strickling, a classically-trained soprano who is singing a recital tonight (Tuesday) at 7;30 in Carthage College's JAC Recital Hall as part of the school's performing arts series.

We talk about LAUNCH KENOSHA with Joseph Tenuta, who is Rogers Palmers Distinguished Professor in Business, Department Chair of Management, and Assistant Professor of Management.

From 2025- Kevin Wade talks about his novel "Johnny Careless."

From 2006 - As the Metropolitan Opera celebrates the start of its 20th anniversary Live in HD series, we replay a 2006 conversation with Julie Borcard-Young , who at the time was acting director of marketing for the Met .... and the primary coordinator of the Live in HD series both then and to the present day. This special anniversary season of simulcasts is being celebrated with a special program...

We talk with best-selling novelist Ryan Steck about his latest suspense thriller, "Target Down."

The Metropolitan Opera is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its groundbreaking Live in HD series .... in which live performances from the Met are beamed to hundreds of movie theaters across the country. This interview with Met general mangers Peter Gelb was recorded in the fall of 2006, right before the first of the 185 simulcasts that have been seen over the past two decades. This 20th annivers...

In honor of the 60th anniversary of the opening of the new Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center on September 16, 1966, we replay a portion of a conversation with Susan Froemke, who directed and co-produced a documentary film titled "The Opera House". that chronicles the long and complicated story of how the Met found it necessary to find a new home, the arduous process by which the...

We talk about the Lakeside Players' production of the hilarious musical "Something Rotten" - with stage director Katie Gray, music director Chase Portner, and cast members Austin Gordon-Hill and Brian Dean. The production, which opened this past Friday, runs until September 27th at the Rhode Center for the Arts in downtown Kenosha.

*Intermittently through the month of September, we are airing newly recorded and archival interviews to commemorate the 25th anniversary of 9/11.*. Today is a newly -recorded conversation with attorney Kenneth Feinberg, author of "What is Life Worth?" Feinberg was appointed to the official position of Special Master to administer the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund. His memoir, which has j...

Jennifer Clemens, a member of the political science faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, talks about an important event coming up next Wednesday at Parkside ... called "An Imperfect Union," which examines what it means when a country seeks to create a constitution for itself.

Doug Instenes from the Racine Theater Guild talks about the RTG's. current production - a wild comedy called "The Play That Goes Wrong" which runs through September 27th.

BONUS: In honor of actor Walter Koenig's 90th birthday .... and the recent 60th anniversary of the network premiere of Star Trek: the Original Series, we replay my 2020 interview with Koenig in which he talks about his memoir "Beaming Up and Getting Off: Life Before and Beyond Star Trek."

*Intermittently through the month of September, we are airing newly recorded and archival interviews to commemorate the 25th anniversary of 9/11.*. Today we listen back to an interview with best-selling author William Langewiesche, author of "America Ground: Unbuilding the World Trade Center." Langewiesche's book (which began as a series of articles for Atlantic Monthly, chronicles t...