WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg

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." 

We talk with 11-year-old Bellen Woodard about her project and children's book that are both called "More than Peach," which sprang from an encounter with a schoolmate who asked her to hand him a 'skin-colored crayon'-  which made Bellen realize that she needed to say something about the wide range of beautiful skin colors that exist in the human family.  

We talk with Betsy Ade ("The Voice") - of Betsy Ade and the Well-Known Strangers - about their upcoming performance this Saturday night with the Kenosha Symphony in a free open-air concert by the Petrifying Springs Biergarten

We speak with three young adults - Miriam Zouhri, Jared McLean and Zion Parrish - who have been working on an AmeriCorps team in Kenosha since mid July.  We discuss what AmeriCorps is all about and what the experience has been like for them.  

From 2010 - Ellen Rogers, author of "Kasey to the Rescue: The Remarkable Story of a Monkey and a Miracle."  After Ellen's son Ned was left paralyzed by a tragic car accident,  the family was able to adopt a pet monkey that made an enormous difference for the better in Ned's life.  

John Moyles talks about the work he does rescuing and relocating exotic animals (mostly aquatic animals.) 

From the University of Wisconsin-Parkside:  Dr. Peggy James, Dean of the College of Social Sciences and the School for Professional Studies- and Dr. Edward Schmitt, Associate Professor of History.  They are both involved in UW-Parkside's Alternative Historical Narrative Summer Program, a 17-day experience for high school students and high school history teachers; it is designed to broade...

From the archives (2007) -   Andrew Chaikin, author of "A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts."  

From 2002 -  Ronald Gross, author of "Socrates' Way: Seven Key to Using Your Mind to the Utmost." 

Sportswriter Jeff Fletcher talks about his new book "Sho-Time: The Inside Story of Shohei Ohtani and the Greatest Baseball Season Ever Played."  Ohtani is the first major league baseball player since Babe Ruth to succeed as both a pitcher and a hitter.  In fact, he is the only player in major league history to be selected to the All-Star game as both a pitcher and a hitter.   

From earlier this year- Concert pianist Jeremy Denk discusses his best-selling memoir "Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story in Music Lessons."   

From the archives: Part One-  David Rothenberg, author of 'Thousand Mile Song: Whale Music in a Sea of Sound."  Part Two:  Ted Kerasote, author of "Pukka: the Pup after Merle."  

From earlier this year-  Dr. Mark Vonnegut discusses his memoir "The Heart of Caring:  My Life in Pediatrics."  

From the archives- interviews about two important Americans.   Part One:  Jean Edwards Smith, author of "Eisenhower in War and Peace."  Part Two: Harlow Giles Unger, author of "Patrick Henry- Lion of Liberty." 

From 2007 -  David Yeadon, author of 'Seasons on Harris:  a Year in Scotland's Outer Hebrides.' 

From 2004-  Barbara S. Peterson, author of "Blue Streak: Inside jetBlue, the Upstart that Rocked an Industry." 

We preview the Racine Theater Guild's production of Stephen Sondheim's INTO THE WOODS with Rob Kroes, who is both the stage director and music director for the production, and Nick Cicerale, who portrays the dual role of the Narrator and Old Man.  The production opens tonight and runs through July 31st.  

Nan Calvert pays her monthly visit to the program.  Her guest is Meikel And, who knows a great deal about edible plants, including edible native plants.  

From earlier this year:  Neal Thompson, author of "The First Kennedys: The Humble Roots of an American Dynasty"

I speak with award-winning illustrator Ed Steckley about his life and multi-faceted career.   

From 2018 -  Zak Dychtwald, author of "Young China: How the Restless Generation will change their country and the world."   It's an intriguing look at how young adults in China will change - and to some extent are already beginning to change - their country.  

Carole Douglis, co-author of "Climate Restoration: The Only Future that will Sustain the Human Race."  

From the archives (2011) comes this interview with astronaut Al Worden, author of "Falling to Earth: an Apollo 15 Astronaut's Journey to the Moon."   

From 2019-  We replay our conversation with WGTD's own Dave McGrath (news director), talking about the interesting road trip he undertook in the summer of 2019 in which he essentially retraced the itinerary of the final concert tour of Buddy Holly sixty years earlier - a tour that ended in a tragic plane crash in rural Iowa.