WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg

Julie K. Brown, author of "Perversion of Justice:  the Jeffrey Epstein Story."  Epstein, a Florida billionaire, was convicted in 2008 of procuring a child for prostitution, but given a shockingly lenient plea deal.   Brown's investigative reporting led to a reopening of the case and to Epstein's re-arrest. Brown's series of articles for the Miami Herald have garnered her numero...

We preview the Kenosha Opera Festival's performances this weekend of Donizetti's comic opera "The Daughter of the Regiment."  We speak with three members of the cast as well the conductor and the stage director.  

Richard Cohen, author of 'By the Sword: A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions.'

Seth David Radwell, author of "American Schism: How the Two Enlightenments Hold the Secret to Healing our Nation."   Radwell contends that the United States has been a sharply divided nation for most of its history, and the source of that division can be traced back to the Enlightenment.  

From 2003 - Don van Natta, author of "First off the Tee: Presidential Hackers, Duffers and Cheaters from Taft to Bush."  

From sometime in the mid to late 1990's- WGTD's Bill Guy talks with two area judges - Emily Mueller (from Racine) and Mary K. Wagner (from Kenosha) about the challenges and responsibilities of being a judge.   

We speak with wrestler Ben Kaczynski, who just graduated from Oak Creek High School.  Two weeks ago, he scored a thrilling triumph at the Junior Freestyle National Championships when he won first place in the 285-pound division by beating the nation's #1-ranked wrestler in the final.   We also speak with his proud parents, Rob and Pam. 

A preview of this Sunday's Starving Artists Fair- sponsored by the Racine Art Guild.  This year's fair is being held on the ground of the DeKoven Center, 9:00-4:00. 

Nan Calvert welcomes P.J. Liesch, who is director of the Insect Diagnostic Lab for the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Department of Entomology.   This is a conversation about the importance of insects in the natural world and what we can do with our lawns and gardens to attract beneficial insects. 

Dr. Art Cyr, Clausen Distinguished Professor of Political Economy and World Business, offers thoughts on Cuba, China, Afghanistan, and the recent space exploits of Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson and Elon Musk.

Bruce Pegg, author of "Brown-Eyed Handsome Man:  The Life and Hard Times of Chuck Berry."  Pegg is featured in a PBS documentary about Chuck Berry that airs Tuesday evening. 

From 2000-   Actor and comedy writer Jerry Rannow, whose comedy writing career in Hollywood included work on such television programs as the Beverly Hillbillies,  Welcome back, Kotter, and Love American Style.  

From 2000-   Violinist Rachel Barton (now Rachel Barton Pine.)  

From 2007,  Kendall King and Alison Mackey, co-authors of "The Bilingual Edge: Why, When, and How to teach your child a second language." 

We talk with Nick Huff and Kaila Bingen about the Kenosha Opera Festival and their performances this weekend- including a performance tonight (Friday) at 7:00 of my one act comic opera "Birds of a Feather: a Magic Flute Sequel" .... as well as a showcase concert for the six fellows of the KOF that will occur Saturday evening at the Kenosha Creative Space.  

This special episode of the Morning Show is a walking tour of the Racine Zoo.  It can also be experienced visually if you go to WGTD's Facebook page.

Bryan Albrecht, the president of Gateway Technical College, pays his monthly visit to the program.  With him is Roger Tadajewski, Executive Director of the National Coalition of Certification Centers. 

Roger Bennett, cohost of the program/podcast "Men in Blazers,"  talks about his memoir "Reborn in the USA: an Englishman's Love Letter to his Chosen Home."   Bennett - born and raised in Liverpool, England - always thought of himself as 'an American trapped in an Englishman's body."  He recently became an American citizen.    After that comes an interview with Lu...

Doug Instenes and Joycelyn Fish preview the Racine Theater Guild's virtual production of "The Laramie Project," a play that was created after the brutal murder of Matthew Shepard in Laramie, Wyoming.  The production has involved the participation of almost one hundred people- a combination of RTG performers and members of the community that include the mayor, a local college president, a reti...

From 2001 -  Two Carthage College faculty members: Dr. Chris Renaud, Professor of Classics .... Dr. Dan Schowalter, Professor of Religion .... and two Carthage students: Elizabeth Hack and Jerry Monson ....discuss their memorable trip to Greece.  This conversation underscores the vital importance of such trips, which were made pretty much impossible by the COVID-19 pandemic and which we...

From 1998 -  Kurt Chalgren, long-time staff member for KIDS from Wisconsin - and three of the students who were part of KIDS from Wisconsin that summer:  Kristen Singer,  Scott Weyrauch, and Will Ray.  The current KIDS from Wisconsin perform at Kenosha's Pennoyer Park Bandshell next Saturday, July 24th, at 12 noon.  (NOTE: Kristen is now a highly regarded teacher with Keno...

Kristin Contino discusses her novel "A House full of Windsor."  The main characters are a mother and daughter, Debbie and Sarah.  Debbie is a hoarder, with a house filled to the brim with memorabilia related to the Royal Family (especially Prince Charles and Princess Diana.)  Sarah is a television personality who dispenses advice on all kinds of matters related to daily living. &nbs...

J.B. McKinnon, author of "The Day the World Stops Shopping: How Ending Consumerism Saves the Environment and Ourselves." 

John Cunningham, chief executive of the National AIDS Memorial. 

Ariel Sabar, author of "Veritas: a Harvard Professor, a Con Man, and the Gospel of Jesus's Wife."  The book is the true life chronicle of how a highly regarded Biblical scholar was taken in by a con man and deceived into believing in the authenticity of a ancient scroll fragment purportedly from an early Gnostic gospel rumored to confirm that Jesus was married.