WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg

Gateway Technical College President Bryan Albrecht is joined by Clare Anderson, V.P. with CORD, the Center for Occupational Research and Development in Waco, Texas  -  for a conversation about the Future of Work.  

From 2014 comes this interview with former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch, author of "Reign of Error:  The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public School."   In her book, she spells out her grave concerns about the many ways in which public education in America has been reshaped along industrial models.

From the archives comes this 2009 interview with sportswriter Tim Wendel, author of "High Heat:  The Secret History of the Fastball and the Improbable Search for the Fastest Pitcher of all time."  

For the 50th anniversary of Woodstock, which unfolded August 15-18, 1969 (but which was supposed to finish on August 17th), I am replaying my 2009 interview with Mike Evans, co-editor of the book that many regard as the definitive account of this important moment in our history.   It is titled "Woodstock:  3 Days that Rocked the World."  The book was created in cooperation with...

Today's Morning Show features conversations with two women - Susie Burns from Dallas, TX and Lynn VanEimeren from Racine, WI - who tell their respective stories about attending Woodstock fifty years ago.  

Ted Howard's book "The Making of a Democratic Economy: Building Prosperity for the Many, not just the Few,"  spells out his idea of the ideal American economy - which rejects both capitalism and socialism in favor of a third model.   In part two, we draw from the archives for a conversation with Sarah Van Gelder, founder of the non-profit magazine Yes! -  and author of "The Rev...

My guests on today's program are WGTD News Director Dave McGrath and his wife, Guida Brown, Executive Director of the HOPE Council.  They recently undertook a long trip in which they visited all of the stops on the final concert tour of rock & roll legend Buddy Holly - a tour which ended tragically when Buddy Holly ("Peggy Sue") , Ritchie Valens ("La Bamba"), and the 'Big Bopper' were kil...

Today's program features a conversation with sportswriter and historian Gaylon H. White, whose newest book is a revelatory examination of the heyday of minor league baseball in America.  It is titled "Left on Base in the Bush Leagues:  Legends, Near Greats and Unknowns in the Minors." 

This interview from back in 2009 is with Norman Love, who was a friend of Julia Child and appeared with her on her final television series,  "Baking with Julia."   This interview was done shortly after the release of the popular film "Julie & Julia."  

Documentarian D.A. Pennebaker died on August 1, 2019.  He was one of the pioneers of the Direct Cinema/Cinema Verite style of making documentaries.   This 2009 conversation was done with him and his wife Chris Hegedus (also a filmmaker) before the PBS premiere of their film "Kinds of Pastry."

We talk about a spectacular exhibition of Latin American art that is about to open at the Kenosha Creative Space in downtown Kenosha.  We speak with Francisco Loyola, executive director - Margaret Heller, project director for the exhibit - and Lorna Baird,  whose family has offered up the 31 pieces of art from their own personal collections.   Lorna's father, Tom Baird, was ins...

For Nan Calvert's monthly visit to the program, we talk about a project in Southeastern Wisconsin to help restore the declining population of the Rusty Patched Bumblebee, one of our most important native pollinators.  Guests include Jessica Orlofski, Assistant Professor of Biology at UW-Parkside,  and Dave Giordano and Chelsea Snowden-Smith from the Root Pike Watershed Initiative Network...

We talk about Hospice care with two guests:  Rita Hagen, executive director of Hospice Alliance of Kenosha-  and Kimberly Paul, a nationally--known advocate for hospice care- author of "Bridging the Gap: Lessons Learned from the Dying" - who is on a nationwide speaking tour titled "Live Well-Die Well."  

Today's Morning Show is dedicated to Woodstock, which happened fifty years ago this month.   Part one is a conversation with Jamila Ephron, co-director of the American Experience documentary "Woodstock:  Three Days that Defined a Generation" that premieres Tuesday night on PBS.   We follow that up with a conversation with Dave Jones,  who was one of the 400,000 people...

This 2006 interview is among my very favorites.   It's with Edwin John Wintle, author of "Breakfast with Tiffany: An Uncle's Memoir."   The name Tiffany in the title refers to the author's troubled niece,  who ended up coming to live with her Uncle Ed while she was in high school.   The book is a honest and illuminating chronicle of their relationship and how tha...

This interview with Tony Award-winning singer Brian Stokes Mitchell was recorded back in 2010, before his first appearance on the Music by the Lake series in Lake Geneva.  He is back for a concert in Lake Geneva on Saturday evening,  August 10th!    (A new interview with Brian Stokes Mitchell that I recently recorded will air on Monday morning - and will drop as a podcast...

Our guests are Debbie Ford,  chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside ... and David Brukardt,  Interim Vice-President of Corporate Relations for the UW System .... talk about the presentation that they made at the University Industry Innovation Network conference in Helsinki, Finland earlier this summer.   

Linda Holmes is a pop culture correspondent for National Public Radio- and the host of the popular podcast "Pop Culture Happy Hour."   She has just published her first novel - titled "Evvie Drake Starts Over" - and it has earned rave reviews.   

The summer of 2019 is the 40th summer that the American Players Theater have presented first-rate open-air live theater performances in Spring Green, WI.   We speak with Brenda DaVita, artistic director of APT,  who has been with them for 25 years.  

In anticipation of this weekend's Relay for Life in Kenosha - a benefit for the American Cancer Society - we hear the stories of three cancer survivors:  Michelle Jenewein, Christina Spears, and Kathy Vescova.  We also speak with Matthew Elmer, Sr. Community Development Manager for the American Cancer Society.  

Cameron Swallow,  First Lady of Carthage College, returns to the Morning Show to talk about the organization Better Angels, which seeks to facilitate civil and meaningful dialogue between political conservatives ('reds') and liberals ('blues.')  A documentary film about Better Angels is being screened this Thursday at the Southwest Public Library in Kenosha-  and there will also be...

On the 90th birthday of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, we replay this conversation with best-selling biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli in which he talks about his book "Jackie, Janet, Lee:  The Secret Lives of Janet Auchincloss and her daughters Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Lee Radziwill."  

From the archives comes this fascinating look at the exploits of two outstanding high school wrestlers in Iowa- each of whom is hoping to win his fourth straight state championship title - an extraordinarily difficult achievement.  Mark Kreidler's marvelous book is titled "Four Days to Glory: Wrestling with the Soul of the American Heartland."   

This is a preview of two big events occurring in Kenosha over the first weekend in August-  the Tall Ships Festival and the Pike River Rendezvous.  My guests are Kris Kochman, Community liaison for the City of Kenosha (and coordinator of major events for the City of Kenosha) and Nancy Mathews, who recently retired from the Kenosha Public Museum but happily agreed to help coordinate this...

The Carthage Choir scored an impressive (and fairly rare) double-decker victory at this summer's Spittal Choral Competition in Austria - in which ten choirs from ten different nations compete with one another.  The Carthage Choir ended up finishing in first place in both the Folk Music category and the Classical category.  Chronicling that experience are Dr. Eduardo Garcia-Novelli, condu...