Wgtd's The Morning Show With Greg Berg

In celebration of the recent 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment, we are rebroadcasting this Morning Show interview from the summer of 2018 in which a number of scholars from around the western hemisphere talk about the struggle for women's suffrage in both North and South America.   These scholars were gathered at Carthage College for a symposium titled "Women's Suffrage in the Americas" under the auspices of the National Endowment for the Humanities. 

This Morning Show interview actually dates back to the spring of 1997.  The interview is conducted by Bill Guy, long-time News Director at WGTD and the creator of the Morning Show.   At the time of this interview,  Bill and I were sharing hosting duties for the Morning Show.  This is a highly revealing behind-the-scenes look at what it's like to compete on "Jeopardy,"  a game show that has been very much in the news recently because of the impressive winning streak of James Holzhauer (which recently came to an end.)  Professor Mayer is a Biology Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.   Bill Guy passed away in 1998 at the age of 50.  I still miss him.

Anthropologist Martin Schoenhals spells out his own notion of Utopia - the way he would reshape the world and how we live in it.  It's a highly provocative book which is likely to encourage the reader to consider such questions as What Is Most Important To Me? .....   How Were Human Beings Meant to Live? ..... and What Will Allow Planet Earth and The Human Race to Survive?  

This is an interview with New York Times deputy sports editor Matthew Futterman, whose most recent book is titled "Running to the Edge: A Band of Misfits and the Guru who Unlocked the Secrets of Speed."   The book follows the exploits of legendary track and field coach Bob Larsen.

This is a conversation with novelist Rachel DeWoskin that first aired in 2009.   It concerns her novel "Repeat after Me," which is inspired at least in part by her own experiences of living and working in China.

This fascinating book examines the environmental perils of our age through the eyes of a philosophy professor.  Dr. Roger Gottlieb,  who is a member of the faculty at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, poses very intriguing questions about what our relationship with the natural world around us needs to be.   

Three college presidents converged in WGTD's studios for today's Morning Show.   Bryan Albrecht,  President of Gateway Technical College .... Debra Ford,  Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside ....  and John Swallow,  President of Carthage College.   They are part of a new consortium of 18 leaders of higher learning in Southeastern Wisconsin.  HERA (The Higher Education Regional Alliance) has been organized to allow these 18 colleges and universities to work together in new and exciting ways.  

Tomorrow (Monday, June 3) marks the 50th anniversary of the night that "Turnabout Intruder,"  the last episode of the original Star Trek series,  aired on NBC.  In honor of that anniversary, we're re-airing this interview with Marc Cushman in which he talks about the third volume of his book series "These are the Voyages," which explores each and every episode of Star Trek in thorough detail.   Volume 3 examines Star Trek's third and final season. 

Paul Lockhart is the author of "The Drillmaster of Valley Forge:  The Baron de Steuben and the Making of the American Army."  

Kenosha is home to the Washington Park Velodrome, the nation's oldest continuously operating velodrome for competitive track cycling.  On the program, you'll meet Mike Riva, one of the coach's of the Kenosha Velosport Team - and two of the finest athletes on his team,  Carter Kasianowicz and Mia Scarlato.  Mia's mother, Jennifer Scarlato, contributes the perspective of the parents and other family members who support the athletes in all kinds of ways.  Carter and Mia will be competing at Nationals in early July.

My guest, Shannon Watts, is the founder of Moms Demand Action .... and the author of "Fight Like a Mother:   How a Grassroots Movement Took on the Gun Lobby and Why Women Will Change the World."   In the wake of the horrifying shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School,  Watts posted a call to action on her Facebook page- and six million mothers across the country have joined her in working for sensible gun control. 

Retired U.S. Army Lt. Colonel Ralph Peters is now a New York Times bestselling author who is best known for his historically-based novels.  His most recent is "Darkness at Chancellorsville: A Novel of Stonewall Jackson's Triumph and Tragedy."  

My guest, Nolan Gasser, was the first musicologist hired by the creators of Pandora Radio- and the chief architect of the so-called Music Genome Project.  His book is titled "Why You Like It:  The Science & Culture of Musical Taste."   

For Memorial Day:   Patrick K. O'Donnell, author of "The Unknown: The Untold Story of America's Unknown Soldier and World War I's Most Decorated Heroes who Brought him Home."   

After living and working in China,  Zak Dychtwald wrote "Young China:  How the Restless Generation will Change their Country and the World."  By 'restless generation,'  Dychtwald is referring to China's young adults in their twenties.  

This interview from 2005 is with Peter Steinhart, author of "The Undressed Art:  Why We Draw."     In a follow up conversation,  I get a reaction to the book from Dr. David Holmes, a Professor of Art at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside at the time.  (Professor Holmes passed away in 2014.)  

We have a conversation about - among other things - why there have been so few women in the field of computer science and whether or not that situation is beginning to change. 

Sarah Stewart Holland and Beth Silvers are friends- but also at odds politically. (One of them is a Democrat; the other is a Republican.)  They co-host a popular podcast called "Pantsuit Politics" and their new book is titled "I Think You're Wrong (But I'm Listening) - A Guide to Grace-Filled Political Conversations."  They want this book to help all of us be better at talking about politics with those who disagree with us.   <Please note that due to a poor phone line, there are intermittent moments of audio difficulty.  We apologize.>

This is a conversation about the Gateway Promise, a program which allows deserving and qualified Gateway students to have what is essentially a tuition-free Gateway education.  The Gateway Promise program provides funds that bridge the gap between the amount of financial aid a student has received and the full cost of tuition.   We speak with Jennifer Charpentier, director of the Gateway Foundation, two counselors in the Gateway Promise program, and a Gateway student who has been a recipient of Gateway Promise funds. 

Dr. Art Cyr, Clausen Distinguished Professor of Political Economy and World Business,  is a monthly visitor to the Morning Show.  In today's interview, we discuss the so-called U.S.-China Trade War .... as well as recent summits involving the leaders of the U.S. & South Korea at one and the leaders of  Russia & South Korea at the other.  Also an update on recent events in Indonesia - and some thoughts on Immigration.