WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg

For Kailyn Polamares's April visit to the Morning Show, she introduces us to Dr. Mila Marshall, Clean Water Advocate for Sierra Club-Illinois and a journalist for Chicago News Weekly. The interview includes a conversation about what it means to be an advocate for environmental issues.

From 2010 - We speak with one of the editors of "Autobiography of Mark Twain: the Complete and Authoritative Edition." Twain stipulated in his will that the work he had done on his autobiography could not be released to the public in complete form until 100 years after his death. 2010 marked the release of the first of the three volumes that comprise the autobiography. It yields remarkab...

From 2021 - Diane Rehm talks about her book "When My Time Comes: Conversations about whether those who are dying should have the right to determine when life should end." Rehm is an advocate for a practice known as M.A.I.D. (Medical Aid in Dying.). Rehm hosted her own radio program that was distributed by National Public Radio until 2016- and hosted her podcast "On My Mind" unt...

From 2004 - Jim. Kuhn, author of "Ronald Reagan: In Private - A Memoir of My years in the White House." Kuhn served as Executive Assistant to the President.

Part One- Parker Munoz talks about the Racine Theater Guild's production of J.R.R. Tolkien's THE HOBBIT, which runs now through April 21st. Munoz is the director of this production; it's his first time directing at the RTG. Part Two- Greg Schroeder, bell choir director at Mount Pleasant Lutheran Church in Racine, talks about the bell choir festival that is coming up on Saturday, April...

From 2004- Neal Bascomb, author of "The Perfect Mile: Three Athletes, One Goals, and Less than Four Minutes to Achieve it." The book was written to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Roger Bannister running the first sub-four minute mile in history.

From the archives- Doug Stewart, author of "The Boy Who Would be Shakespeare: A Tale of Forgery and Folly." This is the true story of a 19th-century English teenager names William Henry Ireland - who wrote a series of works that he claimed were forgotten works by the great William Shakespeare. The book explores not only how he pulled off this deception- but also why.

Mark Kurlansky, author of "To Catch a FishL. Essays on the Joy, Frustration, Curiosity and Allure of Fishing,"

From 2010 - Bonnie Blodgett, author of "Remembering Smell: a Memoir of Losing - and Discovering - the Primal Sense: a Medical Journey through Anosmia and the Science of Olfactory Recovery."

Here are three food-related interviews from the Morning Show archives. Part One: "Baking at Home with the C.I.A." (CIA stands for the Culinary Institute of America." Part Two: "Soup Night: Recipes for Creating Community around a Pot of Soup." Part Three: "Smashed, Mashed, Boiled and Baked - and Fried, Too; a Celebration of Potatoes in 75 Irresistible Recipes."

From 2015- Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz, author of "Dr. Mutter's Marvels: A True story of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine." It tells the story of Thomas Dent Mutter, a medical innovator in the mid-nineteenth century who - among other things - pioneered the use of ether as an anesthesia as well as the sterilization of surgical tools.

From 2002 - Betty Cowley, author of "Stalag Wisconsin: Inside World War Two Prisoner Camps." The book examines the story of the dozens of prisoner-of-war camps in Wisconsin during World War Two. <sadly, the interview is not preserved in its entirety>.

Part One: Jennifer Clemens, Asst. Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. We preview an event coming up on April 16th titled "Power and Perception: Democracy, Enforcement, and Trust in U.S. Courts: a timely and crucial discussion of the evolving role of the judiciary in American life." We also talk about what it's like to teach political science at thi...

Gavin Newsham talks about his newest book- "Project Tiger: The Birth of Genius and the Price of Greatness." The book examines the formative years of Tiger Woods with a special emphasis on the unconventional and sometimes controversial choices made by Tiger's father, Earl Woods, in grooming his son for golf greatness. Woods has just been arrested for the second time for DUI after a se...

For Women's History Month- we replay this conversation with Dr. WIlliam Kuhn, former history professor at Carthage - and a nationally-published author several times over- about his book "Jackie Stories." It includes illuminating stories about Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis from eight of her friends.

In a followup to Friday's show, we speak to an expert on Dungeons & Dragons and other role-playing tabletop games - Skip Williams. He is one of the organizers of an annual event (Gary Con) in Lake Geneva that honors the co-creator of the game, Gary Gygax. This interview is designed in part to help people who know nothing about Dungeons & Dungeons to understand something about what the...

From 2006 - Richard Kurin, author of "Hope Diamond: The Legendary History of a Cursed Gem."

In honor of the opening day for another season of major league baseball, we replay our conversation with NPR's Linda Homes ("Pop Culture Happy Hour") in which she talks about her debut novel "Evvie Drake Starts Over." The title character is a struggling major league pitcher who is trying to regain his form and confidence.

Part One: We speak with UW-Parkside librarians Shauna Edson and Heather Spencer about the research they have been doing into an interesting chapter in the school's history: how Parkside was host to Gen Con, the largest convention that gathers together fans of Dungeons and Dragons and other table-top role-playing games. Parkside hosted Gen Con from 1978 to 1984. They are in the midst of creatin...

Dr. Art Cyr his commentary of current events and issues, including our current conflict with Iran, the U.S. Supreme Court ruling regarding President Trump's tariffs, and more.

From the archives (for Women's History Month). - a conversation about Annie Oakley, one of the most legendary and charismatic from the Old West. She was the subject of an American Experience documentary film. My guest is Virginia Scharff, a professor of history at the University of New Mexico, who was one of the guest experts featured in the film.

We learn about the early years of basketball legend Larry Bird through Keith O'Brien's new book "Heartland: A Forgotten Place, an Impossible Dream, and the Miracle of Larry Bird."

For Women's History Month- Kimberly Heckler talks about the biography she has written about her mother-in-law, Margaret Heckler .... the first woman to score the political triple crown of serving in the U.S. Congress, serving in the U.S. Cabinet, and serving as a U.S. Ambassador. As a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, she helped insure that women were able to access credit. As Secretary...

For Women's History Month- we replay our 2016 conversation with Michael Schulman, author of "Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep." The book examines the early years of Streep's life and the very beginning of her career.

From 2009 - Joan Wickersham, author of "The Suicide Index: Putting My Father's Death in Order." Of all of the interviews I have done over the years that have touched on the painful topic of suicide, this is the conversation that was - at least for me - the most illuminating. (For anyone feeling suicidal, there is help available 24/7 by calling the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline ..... 98...