WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg

From 2005-   Barry Becher and Edward Valenti, co-authors of "The Wisdom of Ginsu: Carve Yourself a Piece of the American Dream."  Becher and Valenti help make Ginsu knives a retail phenomenon beginning in the late 1970's.  

From 2006-  Dr. Norman Berlinger, author of "Rescuing Your Teenager from Depression."  

We speak with Trevor Jung, Transit Manager for the city of Racine.  In 2019, he was elected to the Racine Common Council at the age of 23.  We talk about his passion for public service as well as his uncommon personal story.  (He was adopted from a Russian orphanage when he was two years old.)

For Holocaust Remembrance Day, here is an additional interview- from 2004- with Alexandra Zapruder, author and editor of "Salvaged Pages: Young Writers' Diaries of the Holocaust."  The book is a collection of 15 diaries written by young people during the Holocaust... diaries like the Diary of Anne Franck, but not nearly so well known - and in many cases just as compelling.  

For Holocaust Remembrance Day:  Mina Miller, founder and artistic director of Music of Remembrance,  a Seattle-based music organization that tells the story of the Holocaust and pays tribute to its victims through music.  MOR involves itself both in live performances and recordings - and have commissioned an array of superb new works related to the Holocaust.  They have also sh...

Part One:  David S. Rudolf, author of "American Injustice:  Inside Stories from the Underbelly of the Criminal Justice System."   Part Two: Gene Hackman and Daniel Lenihan, co-authors of "Justice for None: a Novel."  

Dr. Art Cyr, Clausen Distinguished Professor of Political Economy and World Business at Carthage College, offers analysis of current events and issues. 

R.D. Rosen, author of "A Buffalo in the House: the True Story of a Man, an Animal, and the American West."  

(from the archives)    Concert Pianist Jerome Rose

(From 2018) In a followup to Tuesday's Morning Show, a rebroadcast of my conversation with Emily St. John Mandel (author of Station Eleven), I thought I would share an earlier conversation with three staffer members from the UW-Parkside Library who oversaw that year's Big Read Project.  In this interview, they talk about why they selected "Station Eleven" for that year's Big Read- and we also...

We speak with Dr. Anthony Barnhart, Associate Professor of Psychological Science at Carthage College, about the J-Term course he is currently teaching:  "The Cognitive Science of Magic."  Professor Barnhart is an accomplished magician,  and to assist him with this course he has invited an array of his fellow magicians to speak to his class.  

For her first monthly visit of 2022,  Root Pike WIN's Nan Calvert welcomes her former colleague Allison Werner, who is now Executive Director of the River Alliance of Wisconsin, a non-profit that works to safeguard Wisconsin's water.  

Peter J. Boni, author of "Uprooted: Family Trauma, Unknown Origins, and the Secretive History of Artificial Insemination."   Shortly before his 50th birthday,  Boni learned (quite by accident) that his birth was the result of artificial insemination.  His book chronicles the history of artificial insemination as well as his own personal journey to come to grips with this unexpe...

From 2017-  Emily St. John Mandel discusses her best-selling book "Station Eleven,"  which has just been adapted into a highly acclaimed ten-part miniseries on HBO Max.  (The first episode debuted in mid-December; the tenth and final episode dropped last Thursday.)  This interview was recorded while "Station Eleven" was the focus of that year's Big Read Project.  

For Martin Luther King Day-  Debby Irving discusses her book "Waking up White - and Finding Myself in the Story of Race"  

Carnes Lord - author of "The Modern Prince: What a Leaders Need to Know Now" 

From 2002 - Lynn Peril, author of "Pink Think: Becoming a Woman in Many Uneasy Lessons."  

Katie Kowbel is the director of the Racine Theater Guild's production of the light-hearted musical "Nunsense," which opens tonight.   The opening of the production had to be postponed from last Friday to tonight because of COVID. 

For the first monthly visit of 2022 from Gateway Technical College president Bryan Albrecht, we discuss workforce development with Doug Bartz, director of the Kenosha County Job Center, and Beth Norris, operations manager for the Southeast Wisconsin Workforce System.  

From 2015-  Eric Greitens, author of "Resilience: Hard-Won Wisdom for Living a Better Life."  

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Michael Cottman talks about his latest book, "Segregated Skies: David Harris's Trailblazing Journey to Rise Above Racial Barriers."  David Harris was the first African-American to become a pilot for a major airline.  

Dr. Jonathan Shailor, Professor of Communications at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, talks about his ongoing and expanding work with inmates at the Racine County Correctional Facility.

Repeated from last week:  Mark  Bowden, author of "The Steal: The Attempt to Overturn the 2020 Election and the People Who Stopped It."  

Creek Stewart is author of "The Disaster-Ready Home: a Step-by-Step Emergency Preparedness Manual for Sheltering in Place."  

From 2008- Raghavan Iyer, author of "660 Curries: The Gateway to Indian Cuisine."