WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg

This is a conversation with Norgie Metzinger, the director of the Lakeside Players' production of "A Charlie Brown Christmas" which opened last weekend and runs for the next two weekends.

Georgia Hall and Pat Badger talk about Saturday night's Candlelight Christmas Concert at First Presbyterian Church in downtown Racine - a concert featuring Caritas, Mark Paffrath and the Choral Arts Society (among others.) We also briefly look back over the 30-year history of the Music & More series.

In one of three previews of holiday-themed offerings here in southeastern Wisconsin, we rebroadcast a conversation from earlier in the year with George Baumgardt, founder and artistic director of the Spirit of Racine Music Makers. They are presenting a free holiday concert on Sunday afternoon at 2:00 that will features the Kiwanis Youth Orchestra as special guests. The concert takes place at The C...

Dr. Art Cyr, from the faculty at Carthage College, offers his thoughts on Henry Kissinger (who just passed away at the age of 100), JFK (who was assassinated sixty years ago this year), and Abraham Lincoln (who established Thanksgiving as a national holiday.) He also talks about the current state of affairs with the economy in China.

As something of a followup to last week's interview with David Brooks (author of "How to know a person") we are sharing an interview from 18 months ago with Ryan Jenkins and Steven Van Cohen, co-authors of "Connectable: How leaders can move teams from Isolated to All=In." The book explores some of the same concerns raised in Brooks' book but with an emphasis on the work...

From 2009 - James D. Stein talks about his book "How Math Explains the World: A Guide to the Power of Numbers from Car Repair to Modern Physics."

From 2011 - Niall Ferguson talks about the experience of interviewing Henry Kissinger for a National Geographic documentary. (The documentary was released on DVD.) Kissingers died this past week at the age of 100.

We talks with sports journalist Mike Richman about his book "George Allen: A Football Life." it's a sprawling and meticulously researched biography of one of the most successful head coaches in NFL history.

Part 1 - Dr. James Kinchen, director of choral activities at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, talks about this weekend's choral concert, which include a performance of "Ballad of the Brown King" by Margaret Bonds, with texts by Langston Hughes. Part 2- Brian Gill from the Theatre Arts faculty, talks about Steve Martin's play "Meteor Shower." It will be performed at...

We discuss the Paranormal - and how we tend to think about and talk about Paranormal phenomena - with Steve Volk, author of "Fringe-ology: How I tried to explain the Unexplainable - and couldn't."

For part one, James Schatzman speaks as founder and artistic director of the Choral Arts Society of Southeastern Wisconsin and previews the group's 27th annual Lessons and Carols on Saturday evening. For part two, he speaks as director of Racine Vocational Ministries in anticipation of the group's annual recognition dinner on December 7th. RVM works primarily with people just released from...

Award-winning writer and columnist and writer David Brooks talks about his new book "How to know a person: The Art of seeing others deeply and being deeply seen." The book is a perceptive look at how disconnected from one another we tend to be - even with family members or friends - and what can be done to mitigate that.

From 2019- Acclaimed author Tim O'Brien ("The Things They Carried") writes with disarming candor and insight about the experience of becoming a father late in life and how joyous and meaningful it has been for him.

From 2017 - Gerald Koeppel, author of "City on a Grid: How New York became New York."

From 2013- Lori Hartwell, author of "Chronically Happy: Joyful Living in spite of Chronic Illness."

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Here is a fun interview that involves GREAT food. Gary Stamm, a frequent Morning Show guest over the years because of his many fine onstage performances, talks on this occasion about being a contestant on the Food Network program "Chopped."

Here is a special podcast presentation for the 60th anniversary of JFK's assassination. From 2003- Cathy Trost, author and editor of "President Kennedy has been shot: Experience the moment-to-moment account of the four days that changed America." The book includes a companion CD with audio recordings, many of which had never been heard by the public.

From 2010- Ellen Fitzgerald, author and editor of "Letters to Jackie: Condolences from a Grieving Nation." Fitzgerald was able to examine thousands of the letters and cards that Mrs. Kennedy received after her husband's assassination. Excerpts from 250 of them are part of this moving book. (An excerpt from this interview was part of today's Morning Show broadcast. This is the int...

From 2007- Vincent Bugliosi discusses his book "Reclaiming History: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy." The book is widely regarded as the definitive analysis of the assassination and the many conspiracy theories that have sprung up in its wake.

In the book "More than we expected: Five Years with a Remarkable Child," David G. Robinson (who works for the New York Times) recounts what he and his wife experienced when one of their three sons was born with a serious congenital heart defect and lived only to the age of five. It is a captivating account of what this journey was like for them and their other two sons- and what they lea...

We preview Tuesday evening's "Sounds of Parkside" concert (7 pm in Frances Bedford Concert Hall) that will feature two ensembles: Parkside Range (directed by Ami Bouterse) and Parkside Mix, which is a brand new group (directed by Ayesu Lartey.)

Deanne Stillman, author of "American Confidential: Uncovering the Bizarre Story of Lee Harvey Oswald and His Mother." Stillman's explores some of the ways in which both Lee Harvey Oswald and his mother Marguerite both were driven by an insatiable hunger to achieve some sort of significance in a world that seemed to conspire against them at every turn.

From 2012 - Terry Hope Romero, author of "Vegan Eats World: 300 International Recipes for Savoring the Planet."

From 2016- Camille Perri discusses her novel "The Assistants," which follows the exploits of five different people trying to be a part of the world of Hollywood as assistants to celebrities. Perri herself was, for a time, the personal assistant to Rosanne Barr.

From 2018- Curt Smith, author of "The Presidents and the Pastime: The History of Baseball and the White House."