WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg

From 2009- John Lucas, author of "Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat: The Dire Warning- Churchill's First Speech as Prime Minister."

From 2008, Mary Roach discusses her book "Bonk! - The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex."

This interview was recorded this morning for broadcast next week - but because it concerns a theatrical production that is opening tonight, I want to share the interview as a supplement to today's podcast episode. The play is "Life is a Dream" by Pedro Calderon de la Barca, one of history's most notable theatrical masterworks. My guests: Neil Scharnick, Associate Professor of The...

This is the complete interview with Paul Beston talking about his book "The American Kings," which tells the story of seven American heavyweight boxing champions: John L. Sullivan, Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Muhammad Ali, and Mike Tyson. (An excerpt played on today's program.)

We preview the Racine Theater Guild's newest production, "And in this corner: Cassius Clay," which runs this weekend and the next. Shawn Holmes, director of the production, joins us - along with Aquil Ocacio, who is one of two actors portraying the title character. For part two, we replay an excerpt from an interview with Paul Beston in which he talks about his book "The America...

From 2005- Award-winning teacher Ron Clark talks about his book "The Excellent Eleven: An Award-Winning Teacher's Guide to Raising Children Who Love to Learn."

We speak with Jennifer Charpentier, Executive Director of the Gateway Technical College Foundation.

We discuss the acute affordable housing shortage in our area with Ron Cronovich, Professor of Economics at Carthage College. He is the moderator for an event at Carthage on February 27th titled "Equity and Housing Development" that is sponsored by the Carthage Business and Professional Coalition.

Former FBI agent Mike German discusses his new book "Policing White Supremacy- The Enemy Within."

From 2003- Jeffrey Makoff, co-author of "Get Off the Fence: 10+1 Steps to Help You Make that Big Decision."

Kathleen DeLaski discusses her book "Who Needs College Anymore? - Imagining a Future Where Degrees Won't Matter." She contends that colleges and universities need to reinvent themselves for the 21st century and think beyond the standard model of granting degrees.

From 2002 - Rachel Simon discusses her memoir "Riding the Bus with my Sister: A True Life Journey." In this moving book, the author talks about her developmentally disabled sister who loved riding the city buses of their hometown of Reading, Pennsylvania. Rachel Simon took it upon herself to ride the buses with Beth in order to get to know her better.

From 2005- Doug Gordon, author of "The Engaged Groom: You're Getting Married! Read This Book! - Your Complete Wedding Guide."

Lindsay Jill Roth talks about her book "Romances and Practicalities: A Love Story (maybe yours!) in 250 Questions." Roth and her British boyfriend / eventual fiancee found themselves separated by thousands of miles for most of their courtship, so she compiled a list of questions with which the two of them could come to a deeper understanding of one another. She eventually realized that t...

For Kailyn Palomares's February visit to the Morning Show, she is celebrating Valentine's Day a little early by bringing in Emily Porter, ecologist at Hawthorn Hollow, to talk about love and mating in the natural world.

We speak with Dr. Lynn Akey, Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. We talk about new programs at Parkside as well as the possibility of some major restructuring of the school.

We talk about a recent 15-day Carthage Study Tour of Cuba with Dr. Jeffrey Roberg and Dr. Maribel Morales Martinez - as well as two students, Loren Bucur and Claire Gunther, who participated in the trip.

We speak with author Buddy Levy about his newest book, "Realm of Ice and Sky: Triumph, Tragedy, and History's Greatest Arctic Rescue." The book chronicles the earnest efforts of several different explorers to reach the North Pole via airplane or airship (after repeated attempts to reach the North Pole on the ground failed.)

From 2015, renowned sportswriter John Feinstein talks about his novel for young readers titled "The Walk On." It tells the poignant and exciting story of a talented young high school quarterback who moves to a new town where his school's starting quarterback is the son of the coach.

From 2013- Dara-Lynn Weiss, author of "The Heavy: A Mother, A Daughter, A Diet." Weiss attracted a tremendous amount of attention (some of it quite critical and negative) with an essay in which she spoke candidly about her young daughter's struggles with obesity. She wrote this book in the wake of that experience.

Part One: We speak with Dr. Erin Weber, Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Carthage. She recently earned a $498,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for her study of a virus that could potentially affect a large portion of the world's potato crop. Her research could help unlock the secrets of how these viruses do the damage that they do. Part Two: from the archives- we hear a renown...

We preview the Lakeside Players' production of the musical ANASTASIA, which opens this weekend at the Rhode Center for the Arts in downtown Kenosha (and runs for three weekends.)

One of our favorite interviews from 2024- Dayvin Hallmon, founder and conductor of The Black String Triage Ensemble, an all-volunteer string orchestra comprised of people of color who will assemble at the scene of violence and play music to try and bring calm and healing.

This is the unabridged version of the interview with Frank McGrath in which he talks about what he and his family experienced with the horrific Eaton Wildfire that destroyed 80-90% of their community of Altadena, CA- including the their home. A GoFundMe account has been created for their family ..... https://gofund.me/59defcdd. Many such funds have been created for the many people in Southern Cali...

Frank McGrath (nephew of WGTD News Director Dave McGrath) talks about the horrific Eaton Wildfire that tore through their community (Altadena, California) and destroyed most of the homes in town, including their own. <This is the abridged version of the interview that aired today. We are also sharing the unabridged version of the interview in a separate posting.> There is a GoFundMe account...