Wgtd's The Morning Show With Greg Berg

Nan Calvert pays her monthly visit to the program. With her is Matthew Collins, Director of Parks for the Kenosha County Division of Parks.  The primary focus of the conversation is the work being done in Petrifying Springs.  

We speak with writer Matthew Paul Turner about his career as a Christian writer- and his most recent picture book for children, "What is God Like?", in which he completed the work begun by best-selling author Rachel Held Evans before her untimely death at the age of 37.  We also talk about Turner's experience of coming out as a gay man last summer.

Darby Fox, author of "Rethinking Your Teenager: Shifting from Control and Conflict to Structure and Nurture to Raise Accountable Young Adults." 

Craig Gall talks about the return of the Kenosha Pops Concert Band to the Pennoyer Park Bandshell after a year's hiatus because of the COVID-19 Pandemic.  The band begins its 2021 summer season on Wednesday evening, June 16th, at 7:00.  

Former New York Times reporter Robert M. Smith, author of 'Suppressed: Confessions of a former New York Times Correspondent."  The book is a memoir of Smith's long career in journalism.  It includes some outspoken criticism of how the New York Times covered former president Donald Trump.  Smith's professional life included a stint in the administration of former president Jimmy Carter. 

From 1999-  This is my very first interview with one of my favorite frequent guests-  Dr. Laura Gellott, longtime Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.   The occasion of this interview was Professor Gellott receiving the Stella Gray Teaching Excellence Award.  

From 1997 - Danny Newman, press agent for the Lyric Opera of Chicago from 1954 (the beginning of the company) until his retirement in 2001. 

Lauren Cochran, author of "The Ten: How and why we wear the fashion classics."  She examines the history of such things as the trench coat, the mini-skirt, and the classic white t-shirt.  

Dr. John Swallow, President of Carthage College,  looks back at the challenges of the 2020-2021 school year and looks ahead at the year to come - and also talks about Carthage's decision to relinquish 'Redmen' in favor of 'Firebirds." 

David M. Elcott, co-author of "Faith, Nationalism, and the Future of Liberal Democracy."  

We speak with Melissa Kaprelian and CJ Rouse, mother and son, who both serve on the Racine City Council.  

MacKenzi Lee, author of "Gamora and Nebula:  Sisters in Arms." 

Curtis Wilkie, author of "When Evil Lived in Laurel: The 'White Knights' and the Murder of Vernon Dahmer."  This is the story of an especially vicious chapter of the Ku Klux Klan, known as the White Knights - their murder of a voting rights activist named Vernon Dahmer - as well as the story of a white citizen in Laurel who was willing to become a member of the White Knights in order to serve as an undercover informant for the F.B.I.

(from 2019)  Matt Richtel discusses his book "An Elegant Defense:  The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System:  A Tale in Four Lives."  

From 2004 - just one of a number of interviews I recorded over the years with author Michael Craft (Johnson) when he lived in Kenosha.   (He now lives in Palm Springs, FL and is still writing.)  

Rocco Constantino, author of "Beyond Baseball's Color Barrier: The Story of African-Americans in Major League Baseball,  Past, Present and Future."  

We talked about Kenosha Harbor Marketplace with Andrea Forgianni, the new executive director of the market.  Her father,  the late Ray Forgianni, co-founded the market in 2003 and oversaw its operation until last year.   He served Kenosha for many years as City Planner. 

We get a COVID update from Carlo Nevicosi, Walworth County's Interim director of Public Health, including some interesting information on the vast contrast in vaccination rates throughout the county and what seems to be the primary factor at play.    

Patrick O'Donnell discusses his latest book:  "The Indispensables:  the Diverse Soldier-Mariners who shaped the country, formed the navy, and rowed Washington across the Delaware."   It explores the largely forgotten story of the Marblehead Regiment and the significant role that they played during the Revolutionary War. 

Best-selling author Patrick O'Donnell discusses his moving book "The Unknowns:  The Untold Story of America's Unknown Soldier and World War One's Most Dedicated Soldiers who Brought him Home."    (from 2018)