Wgtd's The Morning Show With Greg Berg

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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.

Episodios

  • The Morning Show- 5/18/20 Nan Calvert w/ Kevin Doyle, DNR Rare Plants Botanist

    18/05/2020 Duración: 46min

    Rescheduled from this past Friday:  Nan Calvert's monthly visit to the program features Kevin Doyle,  a Rare Plants Botanist with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, talking about Endangered Plants. 

  • The Morning Show- 5/17/20 - More Sex is Safer Sex

    17/05/2020 Duración: 25min

    From 2007 comes this surprise-packed interview with Steven Landsburg, author of "More Sex is Safer Sex:  The Unconventional Wisdom of Economics."  In this entertaining book, Landsburg explores some of the amazing conclusions that can be drawn when simple principles of economics are applied to complicated social issues and questions.  

  • The Morning Show - 5/16/20 Everybody Eats There

    16/05/2020 Duración: 26min

    From 2007 comes this interview with Mara Gibbs, co-author of "Everybody Eats There:  Inside the World's Legendary Restaurants."  

  • The Morning Show- 5/15/20 Marlo Thomas & Phil Donahue / Martin Rooney

    15/05/2020 Duración: 47min

    For Part One:  Marlo Thomas & Phil Donahue talk about their new book "What Makes a Marriage Last: 40 Celebrated Couples Share with us the Secrets to a Happy Life."  Thomas and Donahue are about to celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary.   Part Two:  Martin Rooney, a celebrated athlete and coach, talks about his new book "Coach to Coach:  An Empowering Story about How to be a Great Leader."  He reminds us that all of us, in one way or another, are coaches whenever somebody else entrusts us to help them with some aspect of their life.  

  • The Morning Show - 5/14 - Teaching Theater On-Line

    14/05/2020 Duración: 47min

    We speak with two theater professors at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside ....  Jody Sekas, Brian Gill .... and with two Parkside theater majors,  Lynsey Gallagher and Alex Grey .... to find out how one teaches courses like Scene Painting, Acting or Stage Combat in the virtual/on-line environment necessitated by the COVID-19 crisis.  

  • The Morning Show- 5/13/20 Racine mayor Cory Mason/ Hospitality in SE WI

    13/05/2020 Duración: 47min

    Part one of today's program is with Cory Mason, the mayor of Racine, with a COVID-19 update.  (Statistics are showing Racine to be a serious hotspot for COVID-19 cases- and as with other metropolitan areas,  the black and hispanic sectors of the community are especially hard hit.  We explore some of the reasons why.)  Part two features Beth Dugan, chair of the division for Hospitality Management at Gateway Technical College, Dave Blank from Real Racine, and Kathy Seeburg from Visit Walworth County,  on what is next for the hard-hit hospitality sector in SE Wisconsin.) 

  • The Morning Show- 5/12/20 Teaching Visual Art Virtually during COVID-19

    12/05/2020 Duración: 48min

    Our guests are three members of the art faculty at Carthage College - Kimberly Greene, Ryan Miller, and Jojin Van Winkle - talking about how they are managing to teaching courses like Sculpture, Drawing, Photography, Painting, and the like. 

  • The Morning Show - 5/11/20 Fern Schumer Chapman: Grandparents & COVID-19

    11/05/2020 Duración: 46min

    We reconnect with best-selling author Fern Schumer Chapman to talk about the pain being experienced by many grandparents right now, prevented by the COVID-19 crisis from being able to see their grandchildren due to social distancing.  Chapman has written a new children's book designed not only to give voice to that sadness, but also to help explain to youngsters why they can't be with their grandparents right now.   

  • The Morning Show- 5/10/20 "Motherless Mothers"

    10/05/2020 Duración: 50min

    From 2008 comes this interview with Hope Edelman, author of "Motherless Mothers:  How Losing a Mother Shapes the Parent You Become."   This book is an endlessly fascinating exploration of what it means to be a loving mother - and how the losses experienced in one's life can often be a powerful force for growth. 

  • The Morning Show- 5/9/20 Marley & Me

    09/05/2020 Duración: 52min

    From 2004 comes a memorable conversation with John Grogan, author of the blockbuster bestseller "Marley & Me:  Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog."  

  • The Morning Show - 5/8/20 Carthage Students Earn Space-Related Grants

    08/05/2020 Duración: 44min

    We speak with Dr. Kevin Crosby, Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Carthage-  and three students (Celestine Ananda, Taylor Paterson, Cassi Bossong) who are among the Carthage students who have earned prestigious grants and awards through NASA, MIT, and the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium.) 

  • The Morning Show- 5/7/20 GTC President Bryan Albrecht & CCB Tech. President Patrick Booth

    07/05/2020 Duración: 35min

    Gateway Technical College President Bryan Albrecht pays his monthly visit to the program - and is joined by Patrick Booth, President and CEO of CCB Technology.   Mr. Booth will be presenting the keynote address at GTC's upcoming graduation ceremony (which will be a virtual, online event due to the COVID-19 Crisis.)  

  • The Morning Show - 5/6/20 The Conquest of Malaria

    06/05/2020 Duración: 48min

    From 2006 comes this interview with Frank Snowden, author of "The Conquest of Malaria: 1900-1962."   

  • The Morning Show - 5/5/20 Natasha Gregson Wagner on Natalie Wood etc.

    05/05/2020 Duración: 48min

    Part One:  Natasha Gregson Wagner offers thoughts on her mother, actress Natalie Wood.  "Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind," a documentary about her life and career, premieres tonight on HBO.  Part Two:  Sci-fi editor Ann Van der Meer.  Part Three:  from the archives-  Ann Picoult.  

  • The Morning Show- 5/4/20 Hyper Education

    04/05/2020 Duración: 47min

    Pawan Dhingra talks about why more and more families- and especially families of Indian and Asian descent- have parents insisting that their children engage in extensive extra-curricular educational activities, even when those students are doing very well in outstanding schools.  What is the motivation of these parents?  And are there potential harms to this?   Dhingra's book is titled "Hyper Education:  Why Good Schools, Good Grades and Good Behavior are Not Enough."  

  • The Morning Show - 5/3/20 Letters to a Young Teacher

    03/05/2020 Duración: 16min

    From 2008 comes this interview with Jonathan Kozol, author of "Letters to a Young Teacher," which offers some illuminating and inspiring observations on what it means to be a good teacher - and what a deeply gratifying profession it can be.  This book is part of a series of books inspired by Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet from early in the 20th century.   (Other books include Letters to a Young Doctor .... to a Young Activist ... and many more.)  

  • The Morning Show- 5/2/20 Why a Curveball Curves

    02/05/2020 Duración: 17min

    From 2008 comes an interview with Frank Vizard, from Popular Mechanics, talking about this book "Why a Curveball Curves:  the Incredible Science of Sports."  The book explores the role that physics plays in athletic endeavor.  

  • The Morning Show - 5/1/20 Steve Bannon and Traditionalism

    01/05/2020 Duración: 47min

    Author Benjamin Teitelbaum tries to step inside the mind of Steve Bannon (one of Donald Trump's most important advisors for a time)  to explore Bannon's world view as it relates to a school of thought known as "Traditionalism," which centers around a grave distrust of globalism.   Teitelbaum's book is titled "War for Eternity:  Inside Steve Bannon's Far Right Circle of Global Power Brokers." 

  • The Morning Show - 4/30/20 Chancellor Debbie Ford/President John Swallow

    30/04/2020 Duración: 47min

    We get updates on how two of our local institutions of higher learning are coping with the COVID-19 Crisis.  Part One:  Dr. Debbie Ford, Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.  Part Two:  Dr. John Swallow, the President of Carthage College.   

  • The Morning Show - 4/30/20 Actor Anthony Edwards on Sexual Assault

    30/04/2020 Duración: 09min

    This interview with actor Anthony Edwards (E.R., Top Gun, Fast times at Ridgemont High) is about the film "The Tricky Part," for which he served as Executive Producer.  The film is based on the highly acclaimed memoir and play of the same name, exploring the topic of sexual assault of men.  Edwards,  who himself was sexually abused when he was a young teenager, is board chairman for the non-profit 1 in 6, which has arranged for the free streaming of the film tonight (Tuesday) at 7 pm CDT on Youtube, Facebook, or on the 1 in 6 website.  (1 in 6 refers to the fact that studies who that at least 1 in 6 men have been the subject of sexual abuse or assault.)  

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