WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg

Psychologist Roy J. Eidelson is author of "Doing Harm: How the World's Largest Psychological Association Lost Its Way in the War on Terror." It is Eidelson's contention that the APA (of which he once was a member) partnered with the Bush administration in its so-called War on Terror that crossed moral and ethical lines.

Part 1 - Raven Jemison, Executive Vice President of Business Operations with the Milwaukee Bucks, and author of "More than Representation: The Cheat Codes to Own Your Seat at the Table," in which she chronicles her life as a queer black woman and the success she has had in professional sports administration. She is coming to Kenosha on Friday, October 13th as a guest speaker for a leader...

In honor of Carthage's homecoming, we're sharing Morning Show interview recorded back in 2018 with Dr. Richard Sjoerdsma, long-time member of the music faculty at Carthage. In the interview, he looks back over his life and career.

From 2004 or 2005 - Three Carthage Campus Organists: Dr. Michael Burkhart, who was campus organist (and director of choral activities as well) 2001-2007 ... and two of his predecessors: Marilyn Stulken and William Roth. Replayed in honor of Carthage's homecoming, which is this weekend.

Mark Griffin discusses "A Hundred or More Hidden Things: The Life and Films of Vincente Minnelli." Minnelli is widely regarded as one the most important and creative filmmakers of all time.

We preview Carthage College's production of Carrie: The Musical with Matthew Hougland, co-director of the production, and two members of the cast: Ellie Neybert (Carrie) and Dominic Luzwick (Tommy Ross.) The show is based on the Stephen King novel. The show's 1988 opening on Broadway is widely regarded as one of the biggest and costliest disasters in Broadway history- but the show was revi...

Part of the festivities for Carthage College's homecoming this weekend is a celebration of the 150th anniversary of the first band concert at Carthage (back in the days when the college was located in Carthage, Illinois.) Joining me today is Dr. James Ripley, current director of the bands at Carthage, and two of his predecessors: Dr. Woodrow Hodges and Dr. Ken Winkle. (All three will share the...

From 2009. the year of Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday- Ronald C. White discusses his full-length biography of our 16th president: "A. Lincoln."* Professor White, one of the country's most renowned Lincoln experts, is speaking at Carthage this Thursday evening at 7:30 to kick off the school's second Lincoln Symposium. This and the other events of the symposium are free and o...

From 2006 - Ronald C. White, author of "Lincoln's Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural." In this book, Professor White offers fascinating and illuminating analysis of the speech our 16th president delivered at his second inauguration - and the supremely difficult challenge which this speech represented for Lincoln. Professor White is coming to Carthage to deliver the keynote address...

As the popular TV game show JEOPARDY embarks on its 40th season, we rebroadcast a 2006 interview with past Jeopardy champion Bob Harris, author of "Prisoner of Trebekistan: A Decade in Jeopardy."

From 2018 - Elissa Brent Weissman, author of "Our Story Begins: Your favorite authors and illustrators share fun, inspiring and occasionally ridiculous things they wrote and drew as kids."

Writer Gaylon White discusses his most recent book, "Coach of a Lifetime: The Story of Lewis Cook Jr., Legendary High School Football Coach." White has been a powerful force for good in the lives of countless young men who have been a part of his football program in the small town of Crowley, Louisiana.

We talk with Michael Lombardi about his book "Football Done Right: Setting the record straight on the coaches, players, and history of the NFL." Lombardi draws upon his rich and varied experience (he has been a scout, coach and front office administrator in the NFL for more than three decades) to write with exceptional perceptiveness about some of the most significant and influential coa...

In a change from our published schedule, we're sharing an interview with Dr. Laura Gellott, UW-Parkside Professor Emeritus of History, talking about her book "Helen Perry Curtis and the European Trip of a Lifetime." As a young girl, Gellott read Helen Perry Curtis's classic book "Jean and Company, Unlimited," the story of a young American girl's first trip to Europe...

Best-selling author Sy Montgomery and award-winning illustrator Matt Patterson have collaborated on a beautiful and moving book titled "Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell." The book springs primarily from their experience volunteering for Turtle Rescue League, an organization devoted to rescuing turtles, nursing injured turtles back to health, and trying to...

John Eisenberg, author of "That First Season: How Vince Lombardi took the worst team in the NFL and set it on the Path to Glory." (From 2010)

Part one - We discuss the current production of Kenosha's Lakeside Players, Eric Simonson's play "Lombardi," which just opened their 50th season. We speak with the co-directors. Part two- A look back at Lombardi's first season as head coach of the Green Bay Packers with author John Eisenberg. This is an excerpt from a 2010 interview. The full interview will be offered up in a...

Dr. Avi Loeb, author of "Interstellar: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future in the Stars." the longest-serving chair of Harvard's Astronomy department, discusses a theory that our solar system may have recently been visited by a piece of advanced alien technology from a distant solar system. His book also explores some of the provocative questions raised by such a poss...

From 2017 - I speak with Robbin Legere Henderson about her grandmother, Matilda Rabinowitz, who made a huge difference for the better in the lives of many of her fellow immigrants - and wrote a memoir about her life called "Immigrant Girl, Radical Woman: A Memoir from the Early 20th Century." She wrote the memoir for her family, never intending or perhaps imagining that it would every be...

From 2009- a serious conversation about Play with Dr. Stuart Brown, author of "Play: How it shapes the brain, opens in the imagination, and invigorates the soul." The book examines how and why human beings- along with many other creatures on earth- must play in order to be fully healthy and whole.

For this centennial year of Walt Disney Studios, we have two Disney-related interview. Part 1: Greg Glasgow and Kathryn Mayer, co-authors of "Disneyland on the Mountain: Walt, the Environmentalists, and the ski resort that never was." Part 2- (from the archives) "Bruce C. Steele, author of "One Day at Disney: Meet the people who make the magic across the globe."

For Nan Calvert's September visit to the Morning Show, we discuss the scourge of Light Pollution (excessive, unnecessary human-made illumination) and its detrimental effects on the environment and habitats, with Todd Burlet from Dark Sky International.

Dr. Josef Benson, Associate Professor of Literature and Languages at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, joins us to talk about the newest season of the university's Foreign Film Series. Fourteen films will be screened. The first one, an exquisite Belgian film titled "Close," is screened this week. (Screenings are Thursday nights, Friday nights, and two screenings on Saturdays and...

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Douglas Blackmon discusses his film "The Harvest," which airs tonight on the PBS series American Experience. Blackmon was a first grader in the fall of 1970 when the U.S. Supreme Court forced the public schools of Mississippi to desegregate. Blackmon and his classmates were the first youngsters to experience desegregated public education in the small communi...

From 2005: Pulitzer Prize winning writer Jim Dwyer talks about his extraordinary book "102 Minutes," which tells the story of the thousands of people who were in the Twin Towers on 9-11 and somehow managed to escape. In many cases, it's the story of ordinary civilians demonstrating incredible courage, tenacity and ingenuity - but also the story of simple luck determining who survived...