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WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
Daily Episodes of the Morning Show with Greg Berg. One-of-a-kind interviews with locally and nationally-renowned authors, regional newsmakers, opinion leaders, educators, performers, athletes, and other intriguing members of the community. Presented by WGTD FM. Visit us for local news and information: http://www.wgtd.org
Episodes
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
9/18/22 The Master
From 2021 - Christopher Clarey, author of "The Master: The Long Run and Beautiful Game of Roger Federer." We are replaying this interview because of the…
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
9/17/22 Strokes of Genius
From the archives: L. Jon Wertheim, author of "Strokes of Genius: Federer, Nadal, and the Greatest Match Ever Played." We are replaying this 2010 conversation…
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
9/16/22 The Prophetic Lens
Phil Allen Jr., author of "The Prophetic Lens: The Camera and Black Moral Agency from MLK to Darnella Frazier."
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
9/15/22 Paleontology / Foreign Films Opening Night
Part 1 - Dr. Thomas Carr and Dr. Megan Seitz talk about the Carthage College Paleontology program's most recent field exhibition in Montana. Part 2 - A preview…
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
9/14/22 Where the Millennials Will Take Us
Barbara Risman, author of "Where the Millennials Will Take Us: A New Generation Wrestles with the Gender Structure."
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
9/13/22 American Demon
David Stashower, author of "American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Search for America's Jack the Ripper." The book discusses a terrifying series of unexplained and…
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
9/12/22 We are the Troopers
Stephen Guinan, author of "We are the Troopers: The Women of the Winningest Team in Pro Football History." The team in question, the Toledo Troopers, utterly…
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
9/11/22 102 Minutes
For 9-11 .... Jim Dwyer, co-author of "102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers."
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
9/10/22 Zachary Scot Johnson's Song a Day Project (10th anniversary)
Racine native Zachary Scot Johnson has been doing his Song a Day Project on Youtube for ten years. (Today is episode #3656.) He is back in Racine to headline a…
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
9/8/22 Roseanne A. Brown
Roseanne A. Brown, author of "Serva Boateng's Guide to Vampire Hunting," a new novel series for young readers.
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
9/8/22 Literacy
Cheryl Hernandez, Ex. Director of the Kenosha Literacy Council - and Marsha Connet, SE Consultant for Wisconsin Literacy. Today is International Literacy Day.
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
9/7/22 Obsessive Genius (Madame Marie Curie)
Barbara Goldsmith discusses her book "Obsessive Genius: The Inner World of Marie Curie." Madame Curie, one of the most gifted and important scientists of her…
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9/6/22 Chiwaukee Prairie
This is a rebroadcast from November 2021 of a conversation about Chiwaukee Prairie, a 485-acre nature preserve in Pleasant Prairie. The three guests include…
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
9/5/22 The Mind at Work
For Labor Day - from 2004 - Mike Rose, author "The Mind at Work: Valuing the Intelligence of the American Worker." The book examines, among other things, the…
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
9/4/22 Service Included
From 2008 - Phoebe Damrosch, author of "Service Included: Four-Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping Waitress." She was a waiter at the four-star restaurant Per Se…
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
9/3/22 Marshall McCall (one of "Our Boys")
In a followup to yesterday's conversation with Joe Drape, author of "Our Boys," we speak with one of the young men who was a member of that extraordinary…
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
9/2/22 Our Boys
From 2010- New York Times reporter Joe Drape talks about his book Our Boys: A Perfect Season on the Plains with the Smith Center Redmen. Drape moved to the…
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
9/1/22 Gray Matters
Ellyn Lem- author of "Gray Matters: Finding Meaning in the Stories of Later LIfe."
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
8/31/22 Hollywood: Her Story
Jill Tietjen and Barbara Bridges, co-authors of "Hollywood: Her Story- An Illustrated History of Women and the Movies." The book talks about and celebrates the…
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
8/30/22 Trapped Under the Sea
Neil Swidey, author of "Trapped unthe Sea: One Engineering Marvel, Five Men, and a Disaster Ten Miles into the Darkness."
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
8/29/22 The Quiet Zone
From 2021 - Stephen Kurczy, author of 'The Quiet Zone: Unraveling the Mystery of a Town Suspended in Silence."
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
8/28/22 A biography about Elon Musk
From 2015, Ashlee Vance, author of 'Elon Musk: Tesla, Space X, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future."
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8/27/22 Composer Chester Biscardi
From the summer of 2008 - Chester Biscardi, a Kenosha native who has gone on to great acclaim as a composer. Also part of the conversation: Dr. Richard…
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8/25/22 Seventeen and Oh
Marshall Jon Fisher, author of "Seventeen and Oh: Miami, 1972, and the NFL's only Perfect Season."
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
8/25/22 The Sun and the Moon
Part 1- Matthew Goodman, author of "The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists and Lunar Man-Bats in 19th…
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8/24/22 Thomas Carr / Matthew Warren Lee
We talk about the intersection of science and art with Dr. Thomas Carr, director of the Carthage College Institute of Paleontology, and Matthew Warren Lee, an…
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
8/23/22 Dr. Art Cyr
Dr. Art Cyr joins us for his monthly visit to talk about various issues and concerns.
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
8/22/22 Poets Laureate for 2022
Jennifer Kozelou from the Kenosha Public Library - and the current poets laureate for Racine and Kenosha Counties, respectively: Debra Hall and Joseph Engel.
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
8/21/22 Homer Hickam
From 2015- Homer Hickam (best known for his memoir "Rocket Boys," which was adapted into the motion picture "October Skies .... and who went on to a major…
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
8/20/22 4 Days to Glory (high school wrestling)
From 2007- Mark Kreidler discusses his book "Four Days to Glory: Wrestling with the Soul of the American Heartland." He follows the exploits of two gifted high…
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
8/19/22 Path Lit By Lightning (Jim Thorpe)
David Maraniss discusses his book "Path Lit By Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe." Thorpe was one of the finest athletes of the 20th century, but he rose to…
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
8/18/22 Landscaping with Native Plants
For Nan Calvert's monthly visit to the program, we talk about landscaping with native plants. Our guest is Danielle Bell, who owns and operates a business…
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
8/17/22 Play On!
Jeff Bercovici, author of "Play On: The New Science of Elite Performance at any age." The book explores how scientific breakthroughs are helping elite athletes…
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
8/16/22 Inheritance
Baynard Woods, author of "Inheritance: An Autobiography of Whiteness."
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
8/15/22 Harbor Park Jazz Rhythm & Blues Festival
We preview the 2022 Harborpark Jazz Rhythm & Blues Festival (coming up this Saturday, August 20th, at Celebration Place in downtown Kenosha) with Tim Mahone…
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
8/14/22 "Alexander Hamilton: Revolutionary"
From 2017- Martha Brockenbrough, author of "Alexander Hamilton: Revolutionary"
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
8/13/22 Bryan Albrecht- a past conversation
In recognition of Bryan Albrecht's upcoming retirement as president of Gateway Technical College, who just paid his final monthly visit to the program this…
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
8/12/22 Linda Holmes
From the archives: NPR's Linda Holmes (host of "Pop Culture Happy Hour") talks about her first novel, "Evvie Drake Starts Over."
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8/11/22 Bryan Albrecht's final Morning Show
Gateway Technical College's Bryan Albrecht pays his final visit to the Morning Show to look back on his 19 years with GTC, the last 16 of which were as its…
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9/10/22 Dr. Jay Baruch - Emergency Medicine
Dr. Jay Baruch, author of "Tornado of Life: a Doctor's Journey through Constraints and Creativity in the ER."
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
8/9/22 Tripp MIckle: After Steve (replay)
Replayed from earlier this year: Tripp MIckle, technology reporter for the New York Times, discusses his book AFTER SEVE: How Apple became a trillion-dollar…
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
8/8/22 Corrections in Ink: a Memoir
Keri Blakinger,, author of "Corrections in Ink: a Memoir." A highly-regarded journalist and prison reform activist, Blakinger brings a very personal passion to…
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
8/7/22 A Dream Called Home
From 2018 - Reyna Grande discusses her memoir "A Dream Called Home" ( a sequel to "The Distance Between Us.")
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
8/6/22 6-Word Memoirs
From 2010 - Rachel Fershleiser, one of the editors of "It All Changed In An Instant: More Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure." The Six-Word Memoir…
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
8/5/22 Rise of the Black QB
Sportswriter Jason Reid discusses his book "Rise of the Black Quarterback: What it Means for America." He chronicles the slow emergence of black quarterbacks…
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
8/4/22 Racine Starving Artists Fair
We preview the 2022 Racine Starving Artists Fair (Sunday, August 7th, 9-4 on the grounds of the DeKoven Center) with Jayne Herring, coordinator of the fair…
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
8/3/22 Frank Egerton: GunCrazy America
Dr. Frank Egerton, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, talks about his book "GunCrazy America: A History and Critique of our…
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
8/2/22 Gods of Deception
Best-selling novelist discusses his latest novel, "Gods of Deception," which was inspired by the Alger Hiss Spy Trial in 1950.
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
8/1/22 The Strenuous Life
From 2020- Ryan Swanson, author of "The Strenuous Life: Theodore Roosevelt and the Making of the American Athlete."
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
7/31/22 The New Yorker magazine's Mary Norris
From the archives: Mary Norris, author of "Between You and Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen."
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
7/30/22 A Complicated Man (Bill Clinton)
From the archives: Michael Takif, author of "A Complicated Man: The Life of Bill Clinton as told by those who know him."
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
7/29/22 More than Peach
We talk with 11-year-old Bellen Woodard about her project and children's book that are both called "More than Peach," which sprang from an encounter with a…
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
7/29/22 Betsy Ade with the Kenosha Symphony
We talk with Betsy Ade ("The Voice") - of Betsy Ade and the Well-Known Strangers - about their upcoming performance this Saturday night with the Kenosha…
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
7/28/22 Americorps
We speak with three young adults - Miriam Zouhri, Jared McLean and Zion Parrish - who have been working on an AmeriCorps team in Kenosha since mid July. We…
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
7/26/22 Kasey to the Rescue
From 2010 - Ellen Rogers, author of "Kasey to the Rescue: The Remarkable Story of a Monkey and a Miracle." After Ellen's son Ned was left paralyzed by a tragic…
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
7/26/22 John Moyles
John Moyles talks about the work he does rescuing and relocating exotic animals (mostly aquatic animals.)
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
7/25/22 Alternative Historical Narrative
From the University of Wisconsin-Parkside: Dr. Peggy James, Dean of the College of Social Sciences and the School for Professional Studies- and Dr. Edward…
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
7/24/22 A Man on the Moon
From the archives (2007) - Andrew Chaikin, author of "A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts."
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
7/23/22 Socrates' Way
From 2002 - Ronald Gross, author of "Socrates' Way: Seven Key to Using Your Mind to the Utmost."
- WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
7/22/22 "Sho-Time"
Sportswriter Jeff Fletcher talks about his new book "Sho-Time: The Inside Story of Shohei Ohtani and the Greatest Baseball Season Ever Played." Ohtani is the…