WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg

Robert Stone,  Writer-Director-Producer of the American Experience documentary "Taken Hostage," which airs tonight and Tuesday night on PBS.  It chronicles the Iranian Hostage Crisis and examines what precipitated it.   

From 2007 - Jake Halpern, author of "Fame Junkies:  The Hidden Truths Behind America's Favorite Addiction." 

From 1997,  former WGTD News Director and Morning Show host/creator Bill Guy (who passed away in 1998) speaks with Dr. Gregory Mayer, Professor of Biology at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, about Dr. Mayer's appearance on the TV game show Jeopardy.   

For Veteran's Day-  (2017) -  Daniel P. Bolger, author of 'Our Year of War: Two Brothers, Vietnam, and a Nation Divided." 

Jim Pearlman talks about his newest book..... The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson.  Jackson was one of the most spectacularly gifted athletes of the 20th century; he achieved notable success in both professional baseball and football. 

Dr. James Kinchen, Director of Choral Activities at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, talks about the performance he will be conducting Saturday evening of Beethoven's Choral Fantasy,  a fascinating work for piano, orchestra, chorus and soloists - and the intriguing story of its creation.  This performance will features Dr. Kinchen's talented son, Alfred Jamal Kinchen, as the piano s...

From the archives:  Dr. Sandra Moats, author of "Celebrating the Republic:  Presidential Ceremony and Popular Sovereignty from Washington to Monroe."   The book examines the nature of the U.S. Presidency through the terms of our first five presidents - and the role that ceremony played in shaping the public's understanding of the president and presidential authority.

From 2014 -  Bulent Atalay, author of "Math and the Mona Lisa:  The Art and Science of Leonardo da Vinci." 

From 2003  -   "Who's Buried in Grant's Tomb: A Tour of Presidential Gravesites"  by Douglas G. Brinkley.  

Father Michael Calabria, a Friar who serves on the faculty of St. Bonaventure University - who is visiting Carthage College this week - talks about his great interest in Islam and Islamic Art and Architecture .... including the Taj Mahal. 

Molly Fletcher became a sports agent in the highest levels of professional sports at a time when it was exceedingly rare for a woman to do so.   Her list of clients included Hall of Fame pitcher Dave Smoltz.  She is coming to speak at the campus of Carthage College on Monday, November 7th at 12 noon, for the Spotlight on Sports Series.   (The event is free and open to the...

Neil Scharnick, Associate Professor of Theater at Carthage College, talks about the latest play in their remarkable New Play Initiative .....  "Memento Mori." created in collarboation with West End School of the Arts in Killarney, Ireland.  The play explores profound issues of life, death, and mortality.  The title of the play is a well-known Latin phrase which means "remember that...

We talk about the Racine Theater Guild's current production,  DROP DEAD by Billy Van Zandt and Jane Millmore, which opened last weekend and runs for two more weekends.  I speak with Shawn Britten, the director of the production, and Ed Steckley, who portrays Victor Le Pewe, the ego-driven director of the play-within-the-play.  (Some washed up actors are attempting to achieve a comeb...

Dr. Jeffrey Weiss is the new superintendent of the Kenosha Unified School District

From 2010-  Temple Grandin, author of "Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals" 

From 2007:  Sena Jeter Naslund, author of "Abundance:  A Novel of Marie Antoinette."  

Part One:  Tyler Kepner, author of "The Grandest Stage: A History of the World Series."   Part Two:  (from 2019) Dr. Jonathan Gelber, author of "Tiger Woods' Back and Tommy John's Elbow: Injuries and Tragedies that Transformed Careers, Sports, and Society."  

For his monthly visit to the Morning Show,  Dr. Art Cyr (from the faculty at Carthage College) discusses the short tenure of former British Prime Minister Liz Truss and the prospects of her successor, Rishi Sunak - the legacy of Harry S. Truman, who was honored a few weeks ago with a new statue in the U.S. Capitol - and the 60th anniversary this week of the Cuban Missile Crisis.  

From 2010 - Sean Manning, author/editor of "Bound to Last:  30 Writers on Their Most Cherished Book."  Thirty of Manning's writer/friends talks about what book they cherish above all others - especially the physical book itself as an artifact.  (Where did they find it?  Or was it given to them by someone else? Did it enter their lives at a particularly crucial point in time? Wh...

Nicole London talks about the documentary films "Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom" and "Becoming Frederick Douglas." 

Part One: Cody Keenan, head speechwriter for President Barack Obama, and author of "Grace."  Part Two:  P.M. Forni, author of "The Thinking Life: Thriving in the Age of Distraction."  

From 2014 - Kenosha attorney Frank Parise talks about the experience he and his wife had of raising a son with Autism.  (This interview was done to publicize the couple's annual benefit for Autism Awareness.)  

From 2008- Rebecca Johnson (Vogue magazine) talks about her first novel:  "And Sometimes Why."  

For her October visit to the Morning Show, Nan Calvert's guest is John Zaborsky, president of the Botanical Club of Wisconsin.  Zaborsky is a research associate at the Wisconsin State Herbarium in Madison. 

John Hambrock and Anne Morse Hambrock talk about their comic strip "The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee" (which John writes and draws and Anne colors).  It debuted in newspapers across the country in 2006 - and two weeks ago, it won the Silver Reuben for Newspaper Comic Strips from the National Cartoonists Society, which is essentially the 'Oscar' for newspaper comic strips.