WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg

Part One (2017) -  Craig Nelson,  author of "Pearl Harbor: from Infamy to Glory."   Part Two (2016) Brian Curtis, author of "Fields of Battle: Pearl Harbor, the Rose Bowl, and the Boys who went to war."  

Robert P. Crease, author of "The Leak: Politics, Activists, and Loss of Trust at Brookhaven National Laboratory."  

Dr. Thomas Carr, director of Carthage College's paleontology program, joins us along with two of his students - Nathan Cochran and Andy Huynh - to talk about the presentations that each of them made a month ago at the 82nd annual meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology in Toronto.  

From 2004-   Amotz Asa-El, author of "The Diaspora and the Lost Tribes of Israel."  

In honor of what would have been Weston Noble's 100th birthday this past Wednesday (Nov. 30th),  here is an interview I was privileged to record with my beloved mentor back in the spring of 2008.  (A short excerpt from this was replayed on the 30th.)  

Yeva Skalietska, author of 'You Don't Know what War Is: The Diary of a Young Girl from Ukraine."  Russia attacked Ukraine just days after Yeva celebrated her twelfth birthday. This book is based on a journal she began writing in the early weeks of the conflict.   Also:  Pulitzer Prize winner Alice Parker (2007) discusses her children's book "War is never a good idea" - and Cris...

Dr, Art Cyr discusses the mid-term elections, Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter,  President Lincoln and Thanksgiving Day, and more.  

Steve Phillips-  author of "How we win the Civil War: Securing a Multiracial Democracy and Ending White Supremacy for Good."  It is the contention of Phillips that America is still fighting the Civil War - or at least struggling to come to terms with some of the central issues which led to the conflict and still leave us painfully divided. 

Dr. Susan J. Noonan, author of 'Reconnecting after Isolation: Coping with Anxiety, Depression, Grief, PTSD and more."  The book explores some of the ongoing consequences of enduring extended and unwanted social isolation, such as many of us experienced (and some are still experiencing) during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

On what would have been his 100th birthday,   here is an excerpt from a 2007 Morning Show interview with choral music legend Weston Noble.  (The entire interview will be shared on this coming Saturday's podcast.) 

In the early 1990's, as the Soviet regime fell,  folks at the Children's Television Workshop believed it was the ideal time to launch a Russian 'Sesame Street.'  The person chosen to head up the project,  TV producer and filmmaker Natasha Lance Rogoff, has written a memoir about the myriad challenges she and her colleagues faced in trying to create the show.  Her book is "Muppe...

Robert J. Young, author of "Vagabond Pilot: a Journey of Discovery and Renewal."  When Young experienced some very difficult personal and professional setbacks, he ended up undertaking a journey across America in his two-seater Two Niner Lima plane, reconnecting with old friends and finding some new ones along the way.  

From 2009 - Andrei Cherny, author of "The Candy Bombers:  The Untold Story of the Berlin Airlift and America's Finest Hour."  

This recording from the archives (from approximately eight years ago)  is a conversation with Bill Jankovich, a retired business administration at Carthage College, talking about his exploits as a senior athlete in track and field.  

As a Thanksgiving Weekend special, here is an example from Music-A Closer Look, a series I created, produced and hosted at WGTD shortly after I began work here in 1986.  This episode of the program is dedicated to one of the most acclaimed and beloved classical singers of the 20th century,  Leontyne Price.  

As a Thanksgiving Day special, I'm replaying an episode from a program I did for WGTD back in the 1980's ..... Music:A Closer Look.  This particular episode explores the history of the phonograph. 

From the archives (2008) :  Anthony Rudel, author of "Hello, Everybody!  The Dawn of American Radio" - a fascinating chronicle of the earliest days of radio,  a technology now easily taken for granted - but one which utterly transformed our country's cultural life when it first emerged in the early 20th century. 

From 2016-  Michael Schulman, author of "Her Again: Being Meryl Streep" 

In honor of Jeopardy and the exciting Tournament of Champions that is currently underway,  here is a Morning Show conversation that was recorded and initially broadcast back in January 2001 with a Kenosha man, Brian Lynch, who was a contestant on Jeopardy.  

In honor of the game show Jeopardy and the exciting Tournament of Champions which is currently underway - we are offering up this memorable conversation with former Jeopardy champion Bob Harris, author of "Prisoner of Trebekistan: A Decade in Jeopardy."  This interview was recorded and initially broadcast back in 2006. 

We speak with Suzanne Phileggi Pawelski James Pawelski, the husband-and-wife authors of "Happy Together: Using the Science of Positive Psychology to Build Love that Lasts."  

From the archives-  2018-  Caroline Fraser discusses her award-winning book "Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder." 

Part One:  Public radio's Rebecca Sheir talks about her popular podcast "Circle Round," which shares folktales from all around the world.  Several Circle Round children's picture books have now been published.    Part Two: from 2018-  Eric David Dawon, author of "Putting Peace First: 7 Commitments to Change the World,"  published by Viking Books for Young Readers...

Kyle Burton is with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Bureau for Drinking Water and Groundwater.  

Dr/ Jerald Mast, Professor of Political Science at Carthage College, offers analysis of last week's mid-term elections.  A so-called Red Wave was widely expected but did not materialize.  Why not?