WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg

In this interview, two people who are referred to only as "J" and "D" speak openly and candidly about the experience of being foster parents.  

Bryan Albrecht, the president of Gateway Technical College, hosts Lisa Just, president of Advocate Aurora SE Wisconsin,  and Dr. Vicki Coyle, Dean for the School of Health at GTC.  

For Nan Calvert's final visit to the Morning Show in 2021, she speaks to three women who have or have had some sort of affiliation with RootPikeWIN - and in two cases have gone on to do important environmental work with other entities.  

First, we talk about the Choral Arts Society's upcoming Lessons and Carols performances this weekend (in Waterford Friday night and in Racine Sunday afternoon.)   Then we talk about Jim's work with Racine Vocational Ministries,  that seeks to help people recently released from prison find their way into the workforce.   He also weighs in on what was said in last week's Mor...

Three interviews from the archives about food .... 1) baking advice from an instructor at the CIA (Culinary Institute of America) ... 2) a celebration of soup .... and 3) a discussion about the potato.  

Dr. Art Cyr, a monthly visitor to the program,  pays his last appearance for 2021 by offering his analysis on: inflation,  tensions between Russia and Ukraine,  the recent deaths of Bob Dole and Colin Powell, and the retirement of German chancellor Angela Morkel.  

From 2003 -  Stacey De Broff, author of "Sign Me Up: The Parent's Guide to Sports Activities, Music Lessons, Dances Classes, and other Extracurriculars."   (By the way, the website momcentral.com mentioned in the interview is still active.)  

From 2003- Antiques expert Judith Miller talks about DK's 2003 Antiques Price Guide.   

From 2008 - Tim Jeal, author of "Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer."  

Part 1-  a preview of the KSO's upcoming concert "Christmas with the Kenosha Symphony Orchestra" on Saturday, December 11th, at 3:00.  Part 2- (from the archives)  the creator and editor of Yes! magazine, Sarah van Gelder, talks about her book "The Revolution Where You Live: Stories from a 12,000-mile Journey Through a New America."  

Valerie Tripp, best-selling author of books for young readers, talks about "Newton's Flaw," the latest in her wildly popular series "Izzy Newton and the S.M.A.R.T. Squad."  Izzy is a middle-schooler who loves science and uses science to solve various mysteries and challenges.  

Jeffrey Korzenik, author of "Untapped Talent: How Second Chance Hiring works for your business and the community."  In a time when more and more businesses are finding it increasingly difficult - if not impossible - to fill all of their job vacancies,  Korzenik presents the case for hiring the formerly incarcerated - and offers suggestions on how best to engage in such 'second chance hir...

Jay Tunney, one of the sons of former heavyweight boxing champion Gene Tunney,  talks about his book "The Prizefighter and the Playwright," which talks about Tunney's close friendship with George Bernard Shaw.  

From 2005 - David Marcus, author of "What it takes to pull me through:  4 troubled teenagers and fourteen months that transformed them." 

From 2007-  Harvey Rachlin, author of "Scandals, Vandals and da Vincis:  a Gallery of Remarkable Art Tales."  

From 2010 -   Robin Gerber, author of "Barbie and Ruth:  The Story of the World's Most Famous Doll and the Woman who created her."  

Doug Instenes, managing and artistic director of the Racine Theater Guild, talks about the RTG's production of "A Christmas Story," with which the RTG's is finally opening its doors to the general public since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.  

Part 1- Trista Piccola, Deputy Director of the Walworth County Department of Health and Human Services, gives a COVID update.  Part 2-  Allen Shawn, author of "Wish I Could Be There: Notes from a Phobic Life."  

We discuss Carthage's Christmas Festival ... and UW-Parkside's performances of Handel's Messiah ... which are occurring this weekend.   Dr. Peter Dennee is an Associate Professor of Music at Carthage and coordinator of the Christmas Festival.   Dr. James Kinchen is coordinator of choral activities at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.  

Part one: Brian Gill, Assistant Professor of Performance at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, talks about their production of "The Thanksgiving Play," a delightful satire about well-meaning political correctness.  Part two:  from the archives (2019) former UW-Parkside faculty member Lisa Kornetsky talks about Sarah Ruhl's play "Eurydice."  The Metropolitan Opera's next HD simulc...

Kara Cooney, author of "The Good Kings:  Absolute Power in Ancient Egypt and the Modern World."  The book examines the legacy of five notable Egyptian pharaohs - and also seeks to explore how a given leader could attain that degree of power - and whether or not such a thing could still occur in the 21st century.  

From 2005 -  J.R. Noehringer talks about his best-selling book "The Tender Bar: a Memoir."  

From 2006-  Mary Pipher talks about her book "Letters to a Young Therapist."  

From 2001 - a conversation with Mike Lemens, Director of Engineering for the city of Kenosha- talking about city streets, how they are constructed, and how determinations are made about when and where road reconstruction occurs.  

From the archives - sometime in the early 2000's - Erica Zager, a recruiter for the Peace Corps.