Wgtd's The Morning Show With Greg Berg

In this program, we introduce you to a gifted and award-winning painter named Dan Simoneau, who has an exhibit of his work opening soon at the Blue Moon Gallery in Grayslake, IL. 

From the Morning Show archives comes this 2016 conversation with Ellen Fitzpatrick, author of "The Highest Glass Ceiling: Women's Quest for the American Presidency."    The book tells the story of three different women - Victoria Woodhull,  Margaret Chase Smith and Shirley Chisholm - who pursued the presidency.  The book was published several months before Hillary Clinton became the democratic party's presidential nominee. 

In honor of Carthage College's homecoming,  we are rebroadcasting a portion of a 1997 interview with Alan Anderson, a 1950 Carthage graduate who went on to serve his alma mater in a number of capacities over the course of more than 35 years- including Acting President in 1986-1987.   This interview was recorded as Carthage celebrated its 150th anniversary.  

Dr. Jerry Mast, Associate Professor of Political Science at Carthage, discusses the impeachment inquiry into President Trump's dealings with Ukraine. 

Barb Farrar, executive director of the LGBT Center of S.E. Wisconsin -  They are celebrating their tenth year of existence.   

This is a conversation with renowned cellist Julian Schwarz, who is soloing this Saturday evening with the Kenosha Symphony in the concert that kicks off the KSO's 80th anniversary season.  Schwarz is the son of Gerard Schwarz,  longtime conductor and music director of the Seattle Symphony.

My guests are Dr. John Swallow, the President of Carthage College- and Cameron Swallow, Carthage First Lady-  who talk about Carthage's Homecoming this coming weekend, which includes a Friday night celebration of 150 years of Women at Carthage.   (This school year marks the 150th anniversary of when women first began studying at Carthage.)  

Today's Morning Show begins with a short conversation with Rick Riordan, one of the most wildly popular authors of fiction for young people.  He is perhaps best known for his first book series,  "Percy Jackson & the Olympians," whose titular protagonist was an adolescent dealing with Dyslexia and ADHD, like Riordan's son Haley.  In part two,  I speak to my sister- Randi Berg,  a doctor who practices medicine in Harmony, MN- whose son Kaj (my nephew) deals with Dyslexia & ADHD, and who fell in love with reading thanks to the Percy Jackson books.  

For his monthly visit to the program, Gateway Technical College President Bryan Albrecht celebrates October as National Manufacturing Month by talking about some of the ways that the manufacturing sector has most dramatically changed over the last few years- and how new technology has completely transformed the kind of work that the typical worker is called upon to do in manufacturing today.   Joining President Albrecht is Matt Janison, Vice President for Business and Workforce Solutions,  and Stacy Riley, Vice President for Student Services & Enrollment Management. 

This is part two of the Jessye Norman Morning Show that was recorded and originally broadcast back in 2014 after the release of her memoir "Stand Up Straight and Sing."  Jessye Norman died on September 30, 2019 at the age of 74.   Her celebrated career took her to nearly every major concert hall and opera house in the world- and she sang at two presidential inaugurations,  the opening ceremony of the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta,  Paris's 200th anniversary commemoration of the French Revolution, and the funeral of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. 

The interview is with Meaghan Heinrich,  the artist-in-residence for the Racine Symphony for their 2019-2020 season.   She will be offering a pre-concert presentation at the RSO's season-opening concert on Sunday afternoon,  October 6th, at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.  

Part one features Jack Rose, a board member for the Kenosha County chapter of NAMI - the National Alliance On Mental Illness.  Part two is a portion of a 2017 conversation with comedic pianist Jason Lyle Black, who is performing at Carthage on October 8th.   

In part one, we preview Carthage's production of "A Doll's House- Part Two" - a thought-provoking contemporary sequel to Ibsen's renowned and controversial masterpiece.  The guests are Herschel Kruger, Professor of Theater, and three students involved in the production: Lydia Haasl, Giovanni Bahena, and Latora Lezotte.  Part two is a preview of the Thursday night concert at Carthage by the exciting vocal quartet Women of the World.   WGTD's Troy McDonald speaks with Giorgia Renosta, one member of the group. 

Our guest is a well-known Russian economist,  Pavel Usanov - speaking on, among other things, the current state of affairs in Russia - and what the policies of Vladimir Putin have done to the Russian economy.  He is joined in the studio by two members of the Carthage faculty: Dr. Yuri Maltsev and Dr. Art Cyr. 

Today is the monthly visit of Gateway Technical College president Bryan Albrecht.   Our special guest is Celeste Carter with the National Science Foundation.   

This is an interview with author James Swanson about his 2010 best-seller "Bloody Crimes:  The Chase for Jefferson Davis and the Death Pageant for Lincoln's Corpse."  The book dramatically chronicles two parallel stories that unfolded in the wake of the Confederacy's surrender and Lincoln's assassination - Confederate President Jefferson Davis's desperate attempt to evade capture - and the unprecedented outpouring of grief that swept across the country as the body of Lincoln was transported from Washington DC to Springfield, IL by train.  This is an amazing book.

Jane Bryant Quinn is one of the country's leading commentators on personal finance and financial planning.  This 2017 concerns her best-selling book "How to Make Your Money Last: The Indispensable Retirement Guide."  

Clive D. L. Wynne's book is "Dog is Love:  Why and How Your Dog Loves You."  Wynne is the founding director of the Canine Science Collaboratory at Arizona State University.  He has been studying the nature of the connection between dogs and human beings and what the nature of that connection is.  Can is be properly described as Love? He says yes!    This podcast version of the Morning Show features the interview in its unedited entirety - about twelve minutes longer than the abridged version that was broadcast over the air.  

Today is the monthly visit of Nan Calvert - and her guest is Dawn Demuyt,  manager of the Eco-Justice Center's Farm Youth Corps, in which the large and organically-grown vegetable garden of the Eco-Justice Center is tended by young people from the city of Racine who learn where our food comes from and all about sustainable practices in growing food.  The program just completed its fifth year.  

We begin with Ian Livingstone, a British game enthusiast with over 1,000 board games in his personal collection.  His new book is titled "Board Games in 100 Moves:  8,000 Years of Play."   The second interview, from the archives, is titled "Hot Hands,  Draft Hype, and DiMaggio's Streak:  Debunking Sports Myths."   The book seeks to dispel the misunderstandings that we tend to have about certain sports accomplishments.