WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg

Sister Janet Weyker, a well-known advocate for environmental concerns in Racine, speaks about the importance of composting.

Dr. Peter Grinspoon, a teacher at Harvard Medical School, discusses his book "Feeling Better with Cannabis: Feel Better, Sleep Better, and Live Better with Marijuana and CBD. " Grinspoon's father, Dr. Lester Grinspoon, was a forceful advocate for medical marijuana a half century ago.

From 2025 - Michael Lombardi, author of "Football Done Right: Setting the Record Straight on the Coaches, Players, and History of the NFL."

We speak with Dr. James Ripley, director of instrumental activities at Carthage College, about the wind orchestra's final concert of the year - Sunday afternoon at 2:00 - titled "Flutissimo." The program will also feature the world premieres of two pieces written by student composers - Hope Johnson and John Cargille.

We talk to two members of the art faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside - Carey Watters and Lindsay Larsen - about print-making ..... in anticipation of Print Day in May. (May 2nd.).

We speak with best-selling author and former attorney William Bernhardt about his latest book, "The Superman Wars: A Battle for Truth, Justice, and an American Icon." The book explores how Jerry Siegel created the iconic character of Superman ..... lost creative control of it .... and sought to regain it - a struggle that went on for decades.

We preview the production of SHREK: THE MUSICAL that will be performed May 1- 17th by the Lakeside Players at the Rhode Center for the Arts. We speak with Natalie Colgan (music director and choreographer), as well as two members of the cast: Norgie Metzinger (Shrek) and Abby Miller (Fiona.)

We preview the University of Wisconsin-Parkside's production of CABARET, which opens this weekend. Our guest, Brett Olson, is director of the production.

We have two conversations about Print-Making. The first is with Robbyn Smith, Professor Emeritus at California's Monterey Peninsula College and founder of Print Day in May - created in 2007 to occur on the first Saturday in May - in which tens of thousands of print-makers from around the world gather and collaborate virtually to celebrate the joys of print-making. After that, we hear from Lisa...

We speak with Vijay Limaye, formerly a scientist with the Environmental Protection Agency - and now based in Madison, WI with the Natural Resources Defense Council. The NRDC has grave concerns for changes that the Trump administration is making with the E.P.A.

From 2006- TImothy Gilfoyle, author of "Millenium Park: Creating a Chicago Landmark."

In the wake of the release of the film MICHAEL, concerning the life and career of Michael Jackson, we replay a 2010 interview with photographer Todd Gray, responsible for a book titled "Michael Jackson: Before he was King." Gray was one of Jackson's personal photographers, and this book includes candid photographs taken of Jackson over the course of ten years.

Scott Kurashige, author of "American Peril: The Violent History of Anti-Asian Racism."

We speak with Alvaro Garcia, Professor of Music at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside and conductor of their orchestras- and soprano Laura Strickling, a two-time Grammy Award nominee, who is serving this week as the Howard Brown Artist-in-Residence at Parkside. She will be performing Mozart's Exultate Jubilate with the Parkside orchestras this Saturday afternoon in a concert that will also i...

We speak with Nancy Reese, Director of Nursing at Carthage College, about the grand opening for the college's School of Health on Thursday, April 23rd. (For more information on the schedule of events, go to carthage.edu and click on the link for the grand opening that you'll find on the main page.)

We talk about Carthage College's production of the musical BRIGHT STAR. with Matthew Hougland, director of musical theater at Carthage and the director of this production, and three of the students in the cast: Hannah Duda, Brayden Follett, and Colin Campbell. The play will be performed over the next two weekends.

We speak with Christi Geidner, a theater teacher at Bradford High School in Kenosha, and the stage director of a production there of the musical "The Hello Girls." The show is based on the true story of the hundreds of women who served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps as telephone operators who played a crucial role in keeping lines of communication open during critical battles.

From the archives- Evan Ross Katz, author of "Into Every Generation a Slayer is Born- How Buffy Staked our Hearts." It's a look at the Buffy the Vampire Slayer television series and how it became such a phenomenon.

Veronique Tran, vice provost of the School of Manufacturing and Industrial Technology for Dallas College, is a finalist to be the next president of. Gateway Technical College. Go to gtc.edu and find the presidential search page to offer your input.

Phillip King, executive vice president and provost for the Milwaukee Area Technical College, is a finalist to be the next president of Gateway Technical College. (Go to gtc.edu and find the presidential search page to offer your input.)

Caron Daugherty, president of Flint Hills Technical College in Emporia, KS, is a finalist to be the next president of Gateway Technical College. (Go to gtc.edu and find the presidential search page to offer your input..).

Diana Du Pont talks about her new memoir "Fur Mama: How I found my Best Life Adopting an Ex-Racehorse and a Shelter Dog."

From the archives- Rebecca Sheir, veteran storyteller and public radio reporter (WBUR) - talks about her podcast "Circle Round" that celebrates folktales from around the world.

We preview Saturday evening's concert of the Choral Arts Society - a program titled "Fantasia" - with founder and artistic director James Schatzman, associate director Pat Badger, and guest concert pianist Randy Bush. The concert will include favorites like J.S. Bach's Prelude and Fugue in D minor, Pavane by Gabriel Faure, and Vaughan Williams's Fantasia on Greensleeves. The...

Dr. Russell Johnson is a member of the faculty at the University of Chicago Divinity School. He is giving a talk at Carthage on April 22nd titled 'Peace, Protest and Polarization: Loving Your Enemy in Divided Times." The talk is part of the Hannibal series- and is free and open to the public. The lecture will be given at 4:30 in the Todd Wehr Center (Jockey Room A.). The event is free and...