WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg

Nan Calvert's guest is E. Shedden Farley, with the Farley Center for Peace, Justice and Sustainability in Verona, WI.   The 25th acres of their Natural Path Sanctuary has been platted as natural burial grounds.  We talk about what Natural Burial or Green Burial is.  

On Lincoln's Birthday, a treat from the past-  this is a  Morning Show conversation recorded back in the mid 1990's by long-time WGTD news director Bill Guy, the original host of The Morning Show - talking with a local Abraham Lincoln expert named Steve Rogstad.  

For Black History Month- a conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Isabel Wilkerson about her book "The Warmth of Other Suns:  The Epic Story of America's Great Migration."  It tells the story of the massive migration of Southern blacks into other parts of the U.S. over the course of decades, which dramatically reshaped our nation.

Kenosha author Michael Schumacher joins us to talk about the book he has just edited:  Allen Ginsberg- South American Journals- January-July 1960.  

For Black History Month, here is an archival interview with the great American bass-baritone William Warfield, who is best known to the American public for his memorable appearance as Joe in the 1951 MGM film "Showboat" - and for his historic performances as Porgy opposite the Bess of Leontyne Price.  After the end of his singing career, he was a distinguished voice teacher at Northwestern Un...

Stephan Pastis (creator of the award-winning comic strip "Pearls before Swine") talks about his wildly popular and hilariously entertaining  Timmy Failure books.  The first one, "Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made," has been made into a film by Disney, and it premieres this weekend on Disney+.   The Timmy Failure books are intended for young readers. 

A preview of the Lakeside Players' production of "Little Shop of Horrors" with Joe Cardamone, Katie Gray, and Halie Hutchison.  Their production opens tonight. 

From the archives comes this interview from 2007 with ESPN's Cal Fussman, author of "After Jackie:  Pride, Prejudice and Baseball's Forgotten Heroes:  An Oral History."   The book tells the largely untold story of the black major league baseball players who immediately followed in the footsteps of Jackie Robinson and who had to confront challenges every bit as difficult as thos...

Today's Morning Show features the monthly visit of Bryan Albrecht, president of Gateway Technical College.  Joining him is Ray Koukari, Dean of Manufacturing, Engineering and IT at GTC,  and Jeff Daniel, CEO of an exciting new start up company called Blue Flux Power .... and one of the primary organizers of an exciting competition called Tech Prize that will take place this summer in Rac...

In this bonus podcast edition of the Morning Show, here is an interview with my sister, Randi Berg, who was the precinct captain for Pete Buttigieg in Decorah, IA and shares her account of what happened Monday night. 

Renowned anti-racism activist Tim Wise is giving a talk at Carthage College tonight at 7.  His presentation is titled "Great White Hoax:  Challenging Racism and Denial in the Age of Trump."   Also in the interview-  Dr. William Miller, Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice and Co-Director of the school's Equity and Inclusion Committee.   

(from 2009)   William J. Bernstein, author of "The Splendid Exchange:  How Trade Shaped the World."   

From the archives (2008):  a conversation with Raghavan Iyer, author of "660 Curries:  The Gateway to Indian Cooking." 

From 2001 comes this interview with John H. Richardson, author of "In the Little World: a True Story of Dwarfs, Love and Trouble."  Richardson was a writer for Esquire magazine when he attended a convention of so-called Little People and decided to learn more.  Our interview includes a frank examination of the bitter criticism that was directed at Richardson after his original article wa...

Mary Roach, author of "Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex." 

Irish writer Roisin Meaney talks about her novel "Semi-Sweet: A Novel of Love and Cupcakes."   (from 2011) 

Dr. Jerald Mast, Professor of Political Science at Carthage College,  offers his thoughts on the impeachment trial currently underway- what has transpired thus far, and what could happen from here.  

From 2007 comes an interview that takes us inside the mind of engineers.  Andrew Burroughs' fascinating book is titled "Everyday Engineering:  How Engineers See." 

This is a 2012 interview with Wisconsin author Michael Perry,  talking about his delightful memoir "Coop: A Year of Poultry, Pigs & Parenting."  In this book, he recounts his experience of becoming a father at the same time that he and his wife began raising pigs and poultry on their small farm.  <There are some technical imperfections in the first few minutes of the intervie...

From 2013 comes a conversation with writer Rachel Simon, author of "Riding the Bus with my Sister: A True Life Journey."  Rachel's sister Beth is developmentally disabled,  and for years has spent a great deal of time riding the city buses of her community -  striking up friendships with various bus drivers.  Rachel Simon's book recounts her experience of accompanying Beth on t...

Our guests are Dr. James Ripley, director of instrumental activities at Carthage,  and four members of the Carthage Wind Orchestra- Mariah Honeck, Tim Wagner, Katiann Nelson, and Maile Riedl, talking about their recent trip to Japan.  The group's homecoming concert is this Sunday afternoon, January 26th, 2:00 in Siebert Chapel.   

This interview is the first 2020 monthly Morning Show visit from Bryan Albrecht, the president of Gateway Technical College. With him is William Martin, Chief Innovation Officer for the City of Racine.  We talk about what that title entails- and about what it means for the city of Racine to be designated as a Smart City.  

This interview is with Martin Fletcher, a highly-regarded journalist for NBC, talking about his novel "The War Reporter," which helps us understand the harrowing challenges and dangers that confront war reporters.  

Therapist Nisha Zenoff's son Victor was killed in a hiking accident when he was just 17 years old.   She has drawn upon that tragedy as well as the experience of working with hundreds of bereaved parents over the years to write her book "The Unspeakable Loss: How do you live when a child dies."  This interview was recorded in 2017.  

Dominique Pritchett grew up in Waukegan, IL and Kenosha, WI amidst serious poverty - and even experienced periods of homelessness.   And because of her (single) mother's difficulties,  Dominique was sometimes the de facto parent of the family.  But she surmounted all of those challenges to graduate from Bradford High and Carthage College - and will soon be certified as a psycho...