WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg

Dr. John Swallow,  President of Carthage College.   (Carthage's homecoming and family weekend festivities are this coming weekend.)   

Brad Ricca, author of "True Raiders: The Untold Story of the 1909 Expedition to Find the Legendary Ark of the Covenant." 

For many years,  Obie Yadgar was most of the best-known 'voices' of classical music radio programs in the Midwest,  with stints at both WFMR in Milwaukee and WNIB in Chicago.   His book "Will's Music" was initially published in 2005.   I am guessing that this interview was done around that time.  

From the archives:  this is Kenosha County Sheriff Dave Beth's earliest interview on the Morning Show, recorded shortly after he was first elected.  (He has announced his intention to retire next year.)  

To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire, we're rerunning this interview from 25 years ago with Karen Sawisak, author of "Smoldering City:  Chicagoans and the Great Fire 1871-1874."   The interview was conducted by Bill Guy, long-time news director at WGTD and the original host of The Morning Show.   It originally aired on the 125th anniversary of the...

A discussion of Carthage College's production of Harold Pinter's play "Betrayal."

David Zirin, author of "The Kaepernick Effect: Taking a knee, Changing the world."  The book chronicles the experiences of an array of high school, collegiate and professional athletes who have followed the lead of quarterback Colin Kaepernick and taken a knee during the national anthem - sometimes at great personal cost.  

Juliette Fay discusses her newest novel "Catch us when we fall," which centers on the themes of alcoholism and redemption.  

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

Lynette Rice, author of "How to save a life:  The Inside Story of Grey's Anatomy."  

A discussion about Carthage College's Aspire Conference, Oct. 4-6 2021

From 2005 - Bruce Feiler, author of "Walking the Bible."  

Dr. Bryan Albrecht, the president of Gateway Technical College, celebrates National Manufacturing Month with Carolyn Lee, Executive Director of The Manufacturing Institute in Washington DC.  

Dr. Peter Dennee, from Carthage College's music department,  talks about his sabbatical in Tanzania.  He also shares information about this year's Christmas Festival.  (Tickets for it go on sale tomorrow, October 1st.)  

Sheila Modir and Jeffrey Kashou, co-authors of a new children's picture book titled "The Proudest Color," in which a young girl comes to appreciate who she is.

Brendan Kiely, author of "The Other Talk:  Reckoning with Our White Privilege."   

Part 1:  a preview of a documentary about our 39th president, Jimmy Carter, airing this week on the PBS series "In their own words."  Part 2:  from the archives,  a 2005 interview with former president Carter upon the publication of his book "Our Endangered Values:  America's Moral Crisis."  

A preview of the two-part American experience documentary "Citizen Hearst, " which chronicles the remarkable life and legacy of William Randolph Hearst.  

From 2008-  Aimee Liu, author of "Gaining:  the truth about life after eating disorders."  

From 2007 -  Ron Saxen, author of "The Good Eater:  The true story of one man's struggle with binge eating disorder."   

Brendan Kiely, author of "The Other Talk:  Reckoning with our white privilege."  

A preview of the second season of the podcast Read More Plays.   

Dr. Adam Levine, author of "The Great Upheaval: Higher Education's Past, Present, and Uncertain Future."  

Dr. Thomas Carr,  head of the Paleontology program at Carthage,  and Dr. Meagan Seitz,  who is the program's preparator,  are joined by four Carthage students who accompanied them on a field expedition to rural Montana this past summer.  

Dr. Brian A. Primack, author of "You are what you click:  How being selective, positive, and creative can transform your social media experience."  Dr. Primack suggests in this book that just as we need to be mindful of what we eat,  we must be similarly mindful of our utilization of social media by constructing a 'technology diet.'