WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg

I speak with Laura Gellott,  Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, about her new book "Helen Perry Curtis and the European Trip of a Lifetime."   Gellott's favorite book during her childhood was Ms. Curtis's "Jean & Co., Unlimited," which tells the story of a young American girl's first trip to Europe.  Decades after first reading the book,...

From 2018 - Lenora Chu, author of "Little Soldiers: An American Boy, A Chinese School, and the Global Race to Achieve."  

From 2014 comes this interview with writer Margo Howard, daughter of Ann Landers - talking about her memoir "Eat, Drink and Remarry: Confessions of a Serial Wife."  

From 2002 -  Manning Marable discusses his book "The Great Wells of Democracy- Reconstructing Race and Politics in the 21st Century."  

Brian Muraresku, author of "The Immortality Key:  The Secret History of the Religion with No Name."  

Jennie Stephens is the author of "Diversifying Power: Why We Need Anti-Racist, Feminist Leadership on Climate and Energy."   

We speak with Belinda Thielen, who is part of the Racine-Kenosha community of Quakers,  about their participation in a nationwide project call Choose Democracy which is determined to safeguard the integrity of our democracy,  Local Quakers engaged in a letter-writing campaign, reaching out to local officials and law enforcement leaders as part of this effort.  

From 2004 -  Robert Rubin, who served as Secretary of the Treasury during the Clinton administration,  discusses his book "In an Uncertain World: Tough Choices from Wall Street to Washington."   

Another interview from the archives for Election Day 2020:  A 2003 conversation with Ace Collins about his book "Songs Sung Red, White & Blue: The Stories Behind America's Best-Loved Patriotic Songs."  

On Election Day 2020, here is something fun from the Morning Show archives-  a 2002 interview with Judith Martin, a k a Miss Manners,  discussing her book "Star Spangled Manners: In Which Miss Manners Defends American Etiquette (for a change)."  

Elizabeth Mitchell's book is "Lincoln's Lie:  A True Civil War Caper Through Fake News, Wall Street, and the White House."  

From 2013:  Michael Schumacher talks about his book "Will Eisner:  A Dreamer's Life in Comics,"  which chronicles the eventful life (1917-2005) and career of the man who is widely credited with creating the genre of the Graphic Novel.   

From 2005-   Jason DeParle talks about his book "American Dream:  Three Women, Ten Kids, and a Nation's Drive to End Welfare."   The book is an illuminating look at what it's like to live in poverty - and how challenging it can be to "lift yourself up by your bootstraps" under such circumstances. Much of what is chronicled in the book took place in Milwaukee in the wake of...

We speak with James Schatzman, Julia Suchy and Karel Suchy about the special video presentation,  "RETRO," that the C.A.S. will be unveiling for the public tonight at 7:15 on the group's youtube channel.   The video will highlight past performances of the C.A.S. featuring the music of two local composers,  Tony Pavao and Karel Suchy.  We'll also hear about some of the ways...

We speak with Holly Stanfield, who directs many of the music theater productions for Kenosha Unified.  We find out how the district is proceeding with its theatrical productions during this time of COVID-19 and all of the restrictions that are in place.  

Today, we hear from the two candidates for the U.S. First Congressional District -  republican incumbent Bryan Steil and democratic challenger Roger Polack.  

Dr. Art Cyr, Clausen Distinguished Professor of Political Economy and World Business, Director of the Clausen Center at Carthage College,  pays his monthly visit to the program.   

This is the unabridged interview I recorded with Walter Koenig, who portrayed Ensign Pavel Pavel Chekov on Star Trek: the Original Series and in the major motion pictures that it inspired.  Koenig has written several books over the years.  His most recent book is a far-reaching and illuminating memoir titled "Beaming Up and Getting Off: Life Before and Beyond Star Trek,"  published...

From 2010 -  "The Enough Moment:  Fighting to end Africa's Worst Human Rights Crimes" with author John Prendergast. 

Kenneth C. Davis discusses his newest book,   "Strongman:  The Rise of Five Dictators and the Fall of Democracy."  He chronicles the rise of five  fascists - Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, Mao Zedong, and Saddam Hussein -  and explores what allowed them to gain the power that they did.   Davis is well-known for "America's Hidden History" and "Don't Know Much Abo...

From 2011 comes a conversation with Steven Pinker, author of the much-discussed book "The Better Angels of our Nature:  Why Violence has Declined."   Pinker contends in his book that - contrary to our common assumptions - the world is much less violent than it once was.  

From 2017:   Susan Stryker, author of "Transgender History:  The Roots of Today's Revolution."  October is LGBT History Month.  

We speak with Luce Brett about her new book "PMSL: Or how I literally pissed myself laughing and survived the last taboo to tell the tale."  Ms. Brett suffered an injury while giving birth to her first child - and became incontinent.   Her book is a disarmingly honest- and often entertaining account of what it was like to contend with incontinence at the age of thirty.   

Bryan Albrecht, president of Gateway Technical College-  and Cheryl Carrier,  CEO of Ford Next Generation Learning, which has partnerships with school districts across the country, including the Racine Unified School District.   <The broadcast of this interview over WGTD was preempted by NPR's live coverage of events in Washington DC.> 

Mary Frances Winters talks about his book "Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body and Spirit."