WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg

Indian chef and cookbook author Raghavan Iyer - one of the world's most renowned experts on curries - passed away on March 31st. This is a rebroadcast of an interview recorded with him back in 2016.

(from 2013) Dara-Lynn Weiss, author of "The Heavy: a Mother, a Daughter, a Diet."

A look back at the 1960's sci-fi series "Lost in Space," in which a family of space explorers (the Robinsons) becomes lost in space due to a serious malfunction- and spend several years trying to find their way back to earth. Marc Cushman is best-known for a series of books he has written about another well-known series of the time, Star Trek.

Isabel Rivero-Vila won the award for Best Feature Documentary at the Cannes Independent Film Festival for her first feature-length documentary film "Afrykas and the Magic Box," a celebration of cinema and culture in Senegal. The film is being screened at Carthage College on Saturday evening, April 15th, 7:00 in the Campbell Student Union Auditorium; a Q&A with the filmmaker will foll...

Ronald C. Rosbottom, author of "Sudden Courage: Youth in France Confront the Germans, 1940-1945."

For her monthly visit to the Morning Show, Nan Calvert invited Brian Gunderson and John Holloway, two area farmers who are members of a farmer-led group called the Watershed Protection Committee of Racine County. The group seeks to foster better practices among area farmers for soil and water preservation.

We preview the Racine Theater Guild's production of "Stand and Deliver" with Edson Melendez, the director of the production. The show opens this Friday night and runs for just two weekends. The play and film are based on the true story of a high school math teacher, Jaime Escalante, who achieved amazing success at James A. Garfield High School in East Los Angeles.

We talk with writer Tracey Baptiste, who wrote a much-discussed piece for the New York Times a couple of years ago in response to widespread criticism of Disney for casting a young black actress as Ariel in their upcoming live action remake of The Little Mermaid. Baptiste's essay explained how mermaids show up in the folklore of all kinds of cultures all around the world. She has just written...

From 2003 - Anthony Bozza, author of "Whatever you say I am: The Life and Times of Eminem."

Singer / songwriter Adele Bertei reflects on her very difficult and complicated childhood in her newest book "Twisted: An American Girl- a Memoir."

From 2017- Richard Kurin, author of "Hope Diamond: The Legendary History of a Cursed Gem."

From 2016- Victor Strecher, author of "Life on Purpose: How living for what matters most changes everything."

From 2019 - Ron Rapoport, author of "Let's Play Two: The Legend of Mr. Cub - The Life of Ernie Banks."

From 2010- Stefan Klein, author of "Leonardo's Legacy: How Da Vinci Reimagined the World."

William Kuhn talks about his first novel, "Mrs Queen Takes the Train," which imagines a remarkable day in which Queen Elizabeth II wanders off of the palace grounds by herself and experiences something of an adventure in the 'outside world.' The novel was published ten years ago, but is still doing well. It recently attracted its 1000th customer review on Amazon.

Best-selling author Tom Clavin discusses his latest book, "Follow me to Hell: McNelly's Texas Rangers and the Rise of Frontier Justice."

Maestro Pasqual Laurino, artistic director of the Racine Symphony, talks about their performance this Friday evening of Haydn's "Seven Last Words of Christ."

From 2019- Adam Waytz, author of "The Power of Human: How our shared humanity can help us create a better world."

I speak with Amanda Pollack, producer and director of the American Experience documentary film "The Sun Queen," which tells the story of Maria Telkes, a visionary in the field of solar energy. She faced many obstacles in her career - including resistance from many men in the field - but pressed on. The film airs Tuesday evening on PBS.

From 2011- Susannah Charleson, author of "Scent of the Missing: Love and Partnership with a Search and Rescue Dog."

(From 2017) - Sylvia Brown, author of "Grappling with Legacy: Rhode Island's Brown Family and the American Philanthropic Impulse." The Brown family was quite prominent and influential in early America - and their most notable ongoing legacy is Brown University. The book explores some of the complexities and controversies that are part of the family's history.

Patti McCracken, author of "The Angel Makers: Arsenic, a Midwife, and Modern History's Most Astonishing Murder Ring." The book tells the true and astounding story of what unfolded in a small village in Hungary in the years following World War One when a midwife came to the aid of abused women in the village by surreptitiously killing their abusive husbands by arsenic poisoning. The p...

From the archives (2004)- Richard Thieme, a former Episcopal priest turned technology commentator, talks about his book "Islands in the Clickstream," which features 144 essay from his column of the same name. Thieme offers remarkable insights on how technology continues to affect us and how we interact with one another and the world. Part two features an archival conversation about Natio...

Eli Merritt, author/editor of "How to Save Democracy: Advice and Inspiration from 95 World Leaders." More than 400 remarks from these 95 world leaders were gathered from the first annual Summit for Democracy.

We speak with Joseph White, a junior nursing major at Carthage College and proud alum of Indian Trails High School in Kenosha .... who recently won two national titles at the NCAA national indoor championships in Birmingham, Alabama - in the weight throw and shot put. Also joining us is Josh Henry (Carthage's head track & field and cross country coach), Greg Raimondi (director of strength...