WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg

We preview the Fleeing Artists Theater Company's production of Athol Fugard's anti-apartheid play "Master Harold and the Boys," which opens this weekend.   

Rollo Dilworth is one of the country's most renowned and prolific choral composers in the country.  He is a guest of Carthage College for their fifth treble chorale festival - and his brand new setting of the 23 Psalm will receive its world premiere performance Wednesday afternoon at Carthage.  Also in the interview is Dr. Peter Dennee from Carthage's music faculty,  the creator and...

From 2005-  Gary Pomeramtz, author of "Wilt 1962: The Night of 100 Points and the Dawning of a New Era."   On March 2, 1962,  in a now legendary game played in Hershey, PA,  Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points.   That is still the unbeaten record for most points scored by a player in a single NBA game.  

Marcus Thompson II, author of "Dynasties:  The 10 Greatest-Of-All-Time Teams That Changed The NBA Forever."  

From 2008-   'Sometimes Why: a Novel' by Vogue editor Rebecca Johnson.

From 2006 -  David Quammen, author of "Monster of God: The Man-Easting Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind."  

My guest is a WGTD colleague,  news director Dave McGrath - talking about his book "Gene Pitney: The Singer, The Songs, The Songwriters."  McGrath worked closely with Pitney for more than twenty years.  

UW-Parkside's Debra Karp previews next Wednesday's Nonprofit Leadership Conference - and we hear from Dr. Undraye Howard, who will be the keynote speaker for the event.  This year's conference is focused on the importance of EDI - Equity, Diversity and Inclusion - in non-profits.  

Tamara Winfrey Harris, author of "The Sisters are Alright: Changing the Broken Narrative of Black Women in America."  Harris's 2015 book has just been re-released in an expanded second edition.  

Best-selling author Tom Clavin discusses his latest book,  "Lightning Down: A World War Ii Story of Survival."  It recounts the story of more than 150 downed Allied pilots who were taken to a concentration camp rather than a P.O.W. camp- and how the vast majority managed to survive such brutal treatment.  

Rita Hagen, executive director of Kenosha Hospice Alliance, talks about their "Ring and Remember" event on Thursday.  Also with us is Sherrie Barch, author of "Heaven's Bell."  She is coming to Kenosha on Wednesday at the invitation of Kenosha Hospice Alliance for a discussion and book signing.  Both events are at Kemper Center's Founder's Hall at 5:00 - the book signing on Wednesda...

Sean Riordan is Manager of Business Intelligence at Gateway Technical College. He discusses a report from EMSI titled "The Demographic Drought" which explores and explains the widespread and worsening labor market woes where so many employers across so many sectors of the economy are experiencing serious talent shortages. 

From 2003 - Greta Van Susteren, author of "My turn at the bully pulpit: straight talk about the things that drive me nuts."   At the time, she was a well-known host of her own program on Fox News. 

From 1999-  Michael Schumacher, author of "Francis Ford Coppola: A Filmmaker's Life" 

We speak with Jesse Morton, a former recruiter for Al-Qaeda, and Tony McAleer, a former white supremacist.   They made a presentation at Carthage College titled "Out of Hatred."  They are both involved in outreach efforts to help people to leave hate groups and find their way back into the wider society.   

We preview the PBS documentary "The Oratorio- with Martin Scorcese," which looks back at a dramatic concert that took place at the old St. Patrick's Cathedral in November of 1826 -  believed to be the first occasion on which operatic-style singing was publicly performed in New York City.  The concert was recently re-created, thanks to assistance from an Italian opera company.  

We discuss the latest installment in Carthage's New Play Initiative,  "Patience and Fortitude."  We speak with its author,  Arlene Hutton,  and the guest director of the production,  Mary Macdonald Kerr.  The production opens this weekend.  (It's the 13th work to emerge from the New Play Initiative, which began back in 2009.) 

Marc Strauss, author of "One-Legged Mongoose:  Secrets. Legacies and Coming of Age in 1950s New York."

Bryan Albrecht, the President of Gateway Technical College, is joined by his counterpart at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Chancellor Debbie Ford.  Also in the interview is Zina Haywood,  Executive Vice President and Provost of GTC,  and Roger Ducoffe, Provost at UW-P.  They are talking about an exciting new agreement between the two schools that has facilitated the crea...

John Happ, author of "The Navigation Case:  Training, Flying and Fighting in the 1942-1945 New Guinea War."  The book is a fascinating examination of a largely forgotten chapter in the story of the Pacific Theater during World War Two.  Happ's father Len was a combat pilot who flew 64 combat missions.  He later flew numerous missions for medical transport.  Happ is giving...

From 2003 - Bill Buford, fiction editor for New Yorker Magazine 

From 2003-  Les Krantz, author/editor of "Not till the Fat Lady Sings: The Most Dramatic Sports Finishes of All Time."  

British music journalist Paul Sexton, author of "Prince: Portrait of an artist in memory and memorabilia." 

Dr. Claude Clegg, author of "The Black President: Hope and Fury in the Age of Obama."  Dr. Clegg is the Lyle V. Jones Distinguished Professor of African, African-America and Diaspora Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.   

Dr. Richard Bjella, one of the country's most renowned choral conductors, is currently serving as Distinguished Conductor-in-Residence of the Carthage Choir.   The ensemble's next performance is this coming Sunday afternoon at 2:00 as part of the college's Fall Choral Concert.