WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg

Local writer Barbara Tylla joins us to talk about two books she has recently written - a memory book titled "Exit Laughing" and a poetry collection titled "The Snow Child."

We speak with Joe Rickard, CEO of Offsite .... a company based in Kenosha that works with companies to safeguard their data, which is becoming a more acute concern for companies of all kinds. Rickard describes their work and also shares some concerns he has about the large data centers that are springing up across the country, including right here in Southeastern Wisconsin.

We speak with Mike Clickner about the Racine Theater Guild's production of Patrick Hamilton's play "Angel Street" - also known as "Gaslight." He also tells us about a wonderful connection between this play and his own father and an appearance at the RTG 79 years ago. (The RTG's production of "Angel Street" opens on Friday the 30th and runs for three weeken...

We speak with Keith McHenry, co-founder of the group Food Not Bombs, about his memoir "Soup Street."

From 2003- a conversation with Donald L. Miller, author of "City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making of Chicago." The book was the basis for a 3-part American Experience documentary titled "Chicago: City of the Century" that aired on PBS shortly after this interview aired. The documentary is available for purchase on DVD.

From 2010 - An interview with two participants in a 7-episode miniseries for National Geographic titled Great Migrations. The documentary is available on DVD.

Paul Shupe is one of four co-authors of "The Wilderness of Friendship: Forty Years of Hospitality, Vulnerability, and Wonder." Shupe and his three co-authors have been close friends since their student days at Vanderbilt Divinity School. The book's title refers in part to the week in the wilderness that they experience together once a year.

Dr. Art Cyr offers his commentary on a number of different current events and issues.

We speak with U.S. diplomat Witney Schneidman, author of his latest book "This Africa Idea: A Memoir of Discovery, Diplomacy, and Opportunity." Schneidman spent nearly all of his diplomatic career on the continent of Africa. His book not only recounts his own experiences there, but also helps us to understand Africa's extraordinary diversity and potential.

David Anderson, music director of the Lake Geneva Symphony Orchestra, tells us about the the LGSO's concert on Saturday night that will include Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man and Gershwin's An American in Paris.

We talk about the 19th and latest installment in Carthage College's New Play Initiative: "The Theory of the Leisure Class" by Kristin Idaszak. We speak with Neil Scharnick, Associate Professor of Theater and the directort of this production, and Ava Bucur, a junior theater major at Carthage, who is a member of the cast. The play reimagines two noteworthy events of the late 19th centu...

From 2010 - James Swanson, author of "Bloody Crimes: The Chase for Jefferson Davis and the Death Pageant for Lincoln's Corpse."

From last year- a conversation with Brian Gill from the theater faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside about Shakespeare's MACBETH. I'm sharing this interview in honor of today's HD simulcast of Verdi' MacBeth, which will be beamed to movie theaters across the country (including Kenosha's Tinseltown and Racine's Renaissance) at 12 noon today (Oct. 17th.).

We preview Saturday night's Choral Arts Society's concert titled "Honoring 250 Years of American History," which opens up the 40th season of the CAS. Founder and Artistic Director James Schatzman and Associate Director Pat Badger are joined by Regie Gibson, Poet Laureate for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts - who is serving as Artist in Residence for the CAS and is participating...

From 2008- Adam Sexton talks about MacBeth: The Manga Edition. An excerpt from this interview aired today on the Morning Show. This is the entire interview as it originally aired. Verdi's opera MacBeth can be seen Saturday, October 17th at 12 noon at movie theaters across the country, including Kenosha's Tinseltown. and Racine's Renaissance.

From 2009 - James Shapiro, author of "1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare." We replay this at least in part to help preview Saturday's HD Simulcast of Verdi's operatic treatment of MACBETH. (12 noon - in movie theaters across the country, including Kenosha's Tinseltown and Racine's Renaissance.).

From 2017 - Michael Cannell, author of "Incendiary: The Psychiatrist, the Mad Bomber, and the Invention of Criminal Profiling." This is the true story of a mysterious figure who would periodically set off bombs at various locations around New York City ... terrorizing the public ... and the psychiatrist who helped officials to finally identify and apprehend him.

We reconnect with Tom Clavin to talk about his latest book (co-written with Bob Drury) ..... "The Phantom: The Untold Story of the American Marine the Nazis Could Not Kill." Peter Ortiz was a U.S. Marine who proved to be extraordinarily effective spy, scout and saboteur working in conjunction with various elements of the French Resistance during World War Two.

We meet artist Amanda Browder - who is best-known for projects in which she wraps large structures (typically buildings) in brilliantly-colored fabric. She recently designed and helped install "Zig and Zag," in which the outer walls of the Racine Art Museum became wrapped with beautiful fabric. She designs these projects so that they will involve volunteers from the community. "Zig...

We preview the upcoming performances (October 16th and 17th) of Jean-Paul Satre's famous play "No Exit," that is about to be performed at the White Lilac in Kenosha. We speak with director Annalee Kowalczyk and cast member Jonathan Shailor. Because it's coming up soon, we are sharing this interview the day before it airs on the Morning Show.

Violet Suta Moran is the author of a memoir titled "Sweetgrass: Growing up in Montana," in which talks about what it was like to grow up on a farm outside of Sweetgrass, Montana in the late 1930s and 1940s.

In honor of the 50th anniversary of the opening of Carthage College's Siebert Chapel - and the dedication of Grace Kolakowski Hall - we are replaying a 2001 conversations with Bill Roth, whose 38 years of service with Carthage were primarily spent as a member of the music faculty and college organist. This interview excerpt concerns the design and installation of the Fritsch Family Memorial Pi...

In honor of Carthage College's homecoming, we replay a conversation recorded back in 2005 with Dr. Alan Anderson, who served Carthage (his alma mater) in various capacities for 38 years. In this conversation, Dr. Anderson talks about the reasons behind the college's move from Carthage, Illinois to Kenosha, WI.

Lars Anderson, longtime writer for Sports Illustrated and the author of 13 best-selling books, talks about his latest book .... "Brady: An American Story and The Price of Greatness." The book is a discerning look at the life and career of one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history.

For Kailyn Palomares's October visit to the Morning Show, we talk with two representatives of Racine's Eco Justice Center: MayLynn Conter Strack, Executive Director .... and Alex Weyenberg, Land Stewardship Manager.