WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg

Advice Columnist Amy Dickinson ("Ask Amy") is ending her column after a 21-year run. This archival interview was recorded back in 2005. Amy Dickinson's final column will be published on Sunday, June 30th.

This is the complete interview I recorded with Holly Stanfield last week in which we talked about her distinguished career with the Kenosha Unified School District - and her final KUSD production ("Between the Lines") which is performed Thursday and Friday of this week before the cast and crew take it to the International Thespian Festival.

From 2019 - Parker J. Palmer, author of "On the Brink of Everything: Grace, Gravity and Getting Old."

From 2007 - Phillip Lerman, author of "Dadditude: How a Real Man became a Real Dad."

Kailyn Palomares pays her monthly visit to the Morning Show with a conversation about the removal of the Horlick Dam. Joining her is Dave Giordano, executive director of Root-Pike WIN, and Monte Osterman, chair of the Racine County Land and Water Conservation Association.

We speak with Brian Mullgardt, professor of history at Millikin Univerisity, talks about his book "Wear some armor in your hair: Urban renewal and the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Lincoln Park." Professor Mullgardt is speaking to Adventures in Lifelong Learning tomorrow (Friday) afternoon at 2:00. More information can be found at uwp.edu.

We talk about Racine's Violent Crime Reduction Initiative with John Tate II, director of the Dept. of Community Safety .... Jessie Metoyer, deputy chief of the Racine Police Department .... and Maurice Horton, Racine County Violence Prevention Manager.

Jimmie James talks about his memoir "Playing from the Rough: A Personal Journey through America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses." James, an executive at Exxon who retired at the age of 58, undertook the challenge of playing the 100 greatest American golf courses as ranked by Golf Digest ... and to do so within one calendar year. The book is about much more than the golf courses; it's...

Boyce Upholt talks about his new book "The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi."

From 2014- Douglas Whynott, author of "The Sugar Season: A year in the life of Maple Syrup and one family's quest for the sweetest harvest."

From 2020 - An interview with three highly regarded high school choir directors in southeastern Wisconsin ... Elizabeth Steege from Case H.S. in Racine, Polly Amborn from Tremper H.S. in Kenosha, and Derek Machan from Waterford H.S. ...... talking about how each of them confronted the considerable challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic within the protocols and practices of their respective school dis...

Two interviews about dogs. Part 1- Jennifer Holland, author of "Dog Smart: Life-Changing Lessons in Canine Intelligence." Part 2- from 2004, the author of "How Dogs Think."

Dr. Art Cyr, a monthly visitor to the Morning Show, offers a commentary on D-Day on the 80th anniversary to the day of that momentous event.

We catch up with Barbara Brattin, who has been the director of the Kenosha Public Library for the past ten years. She is retiring on August 2nd. We talk about the ways in which libraries have changed over recent years - specific innovations that have come about at the KPL over the past decade - and the challenges that public libraries face. We also talk about the new children's library in Keno...

From 2004: Mario Cuomo, author of "Why Lincoln Matters"

Andrea Balis and Elizabeth Levy, co-authors of "Witch Hunt: The Cold War, Joe McCarthy, and the Red Scare." The book is actually designed for young readers but is likely to be interesting and illuminating for readers of any age.

We get an update about the Kenosha Community Foundation from executive director Amy Greil - with a special focus on the partnership between the KCF and ANVK, which is the philanthropic arm of the Kenosha Visiting Nurses Association. Joining Amy in the conversation is Linda Scott, CEO of ANVK, and Alex Berce, a border member of ANVK. (Berce oversees the operations of Good Value Pharmacy, a locally-...

We speak with best-selling author Greg Iles about his latest novel, "Southern Man." The book, set in the present day, presents a premise in which a tragic police shooting leads to a wave of violence across the country- which is exploited by an ambitious politician. The novelist draws extensively upon his own personal background in writing the book and in shaping the persona of the main c...

From 2017- Finn Murphy, author of "The Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road."

From 2016- Debbie Clarke Moderow, author of "Fast into the Night: A Woman, Her Dogs, and their Journey North on the Iditarod Trail."

Long-time Sports Illustrated writer S. L. Price talks about his book "Heart of the Game: Life, Death and Mercy in Minor League America." (from 2009) This is probably my single favorite book about baseball.

Dr. Art Cyr joins us to talk about the 80th anniversary of D-Day, recent local elections in Britain (in which the conservative party suffered massive losses), U.S. Speaker Michael Johnson's decision to support U.S. aid to Ukraine, and JFK's narrow victory in the 1960 presidential primary in Wisconsin (the topic of Tuesday's Morning Show.) Dr. Cyr is a member of the faculty at Carthage...

Edson Melendez talks about Brew City Opera's production of Mozart's COSI FAN TUTTE which opens Thursday evening and runs this weekend only.

Dr. Arturo Casadevall discusses his fascinating book "What if Fungi Win?" Dr. Casadevall has been studying fungi for more than forty years. They are extraordinary organisms - remarkably diverse - and absolutely essential for human life. They also pose a grave threat to us with fungal diseases that affect both human beings as well as our food supply. Dr. Casadevall also talks about all th...

B.J. Hollars discusses his book "Wisconsin for Kennedy: The Primary that Launched a President and Changed the Course of History." The book gives a careful account of the JFK's campaign in the 1960 Wisconsin presidential primary in which he eventually secured a narrow victory over Hubert Humphrey. The book includes portraits of some of the people who played very important roles in the...