WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg

Dr. Art Cyr joins us for his monthly visit to talk about various issues and concerns. 

Jennifer Kozelou from the Kenosha Public Library - and the current poets laureate for Racine and Kenosha Counties, respectively:  Debra Hall and Joseph Engel. 

From 2015-  Homer Hickam (best known for his memoir "Rocket Boys," which was adapted into the motion picture "October Skies .... and who went on to a major career with NASA)  talks about his novel "Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat True Story of a Man, his wife, and her Alligator."   The man and woman mentioned in the book's subtitle were Homer Hickam's parents.   

From 2007-  Mark Kreidler discusses his book "Four Days to Glory:  Wrestling with the Soul of the American Heartland."  He follows the exploits of two gifted high school wrestlers in Iowa - both in pursuit of the state wrestling title for their respective weight divisions.   It's one of the best sports books I have ever read. 

David Maraniss discusses his book "Path Lit By Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe."   Thorpe was one of the finest athletes of the 20th century, but he rose to prominence at a time when many doors were closed to Native Americans. This book chronicles every aspect of his eventful life - which was filled with tremendous triumphs as well as devastating setbacks. 

For Nan Calvert's monthly visit to the program, we talk about landscaping with native plants.  Our guest is Danielle Bell, who owns and operates a business called Native Roots that specializes in just that.   

Jeff Bercovici, author of "Play On: The New Science of Elite Performance at any age."   The book explores how scientific breakthroughs are helping elite athletes in a variety of sports sustain their excellence far beyond what once would have been possible.  <This interview was recorded and initially broadcast back in 2019.  Since then, two of these elite athletes mentioned i...

Baynard Woods, author of "Inheritance: An Autobiography of Whiteness."  

We preview the 2022 Harborpark Jazz Rhythm & Blues Festival (coming up this Saturday, August 20th, at Celebration Place in downtown Kenosha) with Tim Mahone, Ardis Mahone, Teri Jacobsen, Jeff Weidner, and Sheronda Glass. 

From 2017-  Martha Brockenbrough, author of "Alexander Hamilton:  Revolutionary"  

In recognition of Bryan Albrecht's upcoming retirement as president of Gateway Technical College, who just paid his final monthly visit to the program this past Thursday,  here is an archival conversation that originally aired in May of 2020, which was during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.  This interview was done via Zoom - and the two of us were joined by Patrick Booth, who was t...

From the archives:   NPR's Linda Holmes (host of "Pop Culture Happy Hour") talks about her first novel,  "Evvie Drake Starts Over." 

Gateway Technical College's  Bryan Albrecht  pays his final visit to the Morning Show to look back on his 19 years with GTC,  the last 16 of which were as its president.  Dr. Albrecht begins his well-earned retirement within a few weeks. 

Dr. Jay Baruch, author of "Tornado of Life: a Doctor's Journey through Constraints and Creativity in the ER."  

Replayed from earlier this year:  Tripp MIckle, technology reporter for the New York Times, discusses his book AFTER SEVE: How Apple became a trillion-dollar company and lost its soul" 

Keri Blakinger,, author of "Corrections in Ink: a Memoir." A highly-regarded journalist and prison reform activist, Blakinger brings a very personal passion to the cause; she herself was incarcerated for a time.  

From 2018 - Reyna Grande discusses her memoir "A Dream Called Home" ( a sequel to "The Distance Between Us.") 

From 2010 - Rachel Fershleiser, one of the editors of "It All Changed In An Instant: More Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure."  The Six-Word Memoir Project was created by SMITH Magazine (still in existence) which has gathered many thousands of six-word memoirs in which somebody seeks to summarize their life in six carefully chosen words.   This book is one of their publi...

Sportswriter Jason Reid discusses his book "Rise of the Black Quarterback: What it Means for America."  He chronicles the slow emergence of black quarterbacks in the NFL and presents vivid portraits of an array of them, including the superstar black quarterbacks currently on the scene.   

We preview the 2022 Racine Starving Artists Fair (Sunday, August 7th, 9-4 on the grounds of the DeKoven Center) with Jayne Herring, coordinator of the fair, and Jill Castillo, president of the Racine Art Guild.  

Dr. Frank Egerton, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, talks about his book "GunCrazy America: A History and Critique of our Gun Culture."  

Best-selling novelist discusses his latest novel,  "Gods of Deception,"  which was inspired by the Alger Hiss Spy Trial in 1950.  

From 2020-  Ryan Swanson, author of "The Strenuous Life: Theodore Roosevelt and the Making of the American Athlete." 

From the archives:  Mary Norris, author of "Between You and Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen."  

From the archives:  Michael Takif, author of "A Complicated Man: The Life of Bill Clinton as told by those who know him."