Wgtd's The Morning Show With Greg Berg

We look back 50 years to the night that Hank Aaron hit his 715th home run, breaking the long-standing career home run record of Babe Ruth. Sportswriter Randy Louis Cox was there that night, and writes about it in his book "715 at 50: The Night Henry Aaron Changed Baseball and the World Forever." Cox will be signing copies of his book tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon, 1:00 to 6:00, at Baseballism Wisconsin, a sports memorabilia store in Franklin, WI, ahead of tomorrow evening's Milwaukee Brewers home game.

From 2003- Nan Mooney, author of "My Racing Heart: The Passionate World of Thoroughbreds and the Track."

From 2003, Michael K. Bohn, author of "Nerve Center: Inside the White House Situation Room." Bohn led the White House Situation Room during the presidency of Ronald Reagan.

Ashley Woodfolk and Lexi Underwood are the co-authors of "Louder than Words," a novel for young readers intended to get them thinking about how they can be activists for causes in which they believe.

We speak with writer John Cochran about his novel for young readers titled "Breaking into Sunlight," which is based in large measure on experiences from Cochran's own childhood. It primarily concerns a boy and his mother who have had to suddenly relocate themselves after the boy's father's most recent lapse into alcohol abuse.

Joanna Ho, author of "We Who Produce Pearls: An Anthem for Asian America." The book, intended for young readers but of potential interest to anyone, celebrates the contributions that Asian-Americans have made to our culture.

Dr. Mark Clague, Professor of Music at the University of Michigan, discusses his research into our national anthem - and the website he helped create called Poets and Patriots to commemorate the anthem's 200th anniversary back in 2014.

From 2003- David Lipsky, author of "Absolutely American: Four Years at West Point." Lipsky was granted unprecedented access to West Point and wrote a fascinating account of what it was like to be a student there. (An abridged version of this interview aired on the Morning Show today. This is the interview in its entirety.)

Dan Hampton, military veteran and best-selling author, talks about his latest book ..... "Vanishing Act: The enduring mystery behind the legendary Doolittle Raid over Tokyo."

David Junk, author of "Rockin' the Kremlin: My incredible true story of Gangsters, Oligarchs, and Pop Stars in Putin's Russia." Junk worked in the music industry in Moscow in the turbulent years after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

From the archives: Robert Vanderbei, author of "Sizing up the Universe: The Cosmos in Perspective."

Scott Doorley and Carissa Carter, co-authors of "Assembling Tomorrow: A Guide to Designing Thriving Future." The book explores the nature of design- and how designers can create their designs more thoughtfully and with more careful consideration of its potential consequences.

(from 2015) - For the last day of Pride Month, we replay this conversation with Mark Segal, author of "And then I Danced: Traveling the Road to LGBT Equality." Segal was one of the first important gay journalists in America.

From the archives: Matt Richtel, author of "An Elegant Defense: The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System- A Tale in Four Lives."

Dan Schlossberg, author of "Home Run King: The Remarkable Record of Hank Aaron." The book was written to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the moment when Hank Aaron hit home run #715, breaking the long standing career home run record of Babe Ruth.

Philanthropist Salah Bachir talks about his memoir "First to leave the party: My life with ordinary people .... who happen to be famous." The book recounts his encounters with a wide array of celebrities, including Liza Minnelli, Stephen Sondheim, Jessye Norman, Marlon Brando, Orson Welles, and many others.

Eliza Knight, author of "The Queen's Faithful Companion: A novel of Queen Elizabeth II and her beloved Corgi, Susan." The novel covers Elizabeth's life from her 18th birthday to just after she ascended to the throne .... tracing those events through three perspectives: young Elizabeth, a young servant named Hannah, and Elizabeth's beloved corgi Susan.

We speak with two representatives of the national organization Braver Angels, which seeks to facilitate more meaningful dialogue between people on both sides of our country's political divide. We speak with David Lapp, who co-founded the organization in 2016, and Cameron Swallow, who is co-chair of the national Braver Angels convention that is taking place at Carthage College this coming weekend.

Dr. Art Cyr, a professor at Carthage College and a nationally syndicated columnist, joins us to talk about recent elections for the EU Parliament, U.S. ties with Australia, and former president Donald Trump.

James Parker talks about his book "Get me thru the next five minutes: Odes to being alive." Parker, a staff writer at THE ATLANTIC, was approached by his editors and asked to create some sort of monthly feature that would appear on the inside back cover. He ultimately began writing a series of odes - poems or essays in praise of something or somebody. What sets his odes apart is that most of them are written in praise of unlikely things such as Procrastination ..... Difficult People ..... Crying Babies. The book is an entertaining and thought-provoking exercise in broadening one's sense of gratitude.