Wgtd's The Morning Show With Greg Berg

Ross Benes- author of "Rural Rebellion:  How Nebraska became a republican stronghold." 

From the archives:   Kelly Corrigan discusses her memoir "The Middle Place,"  which concerns - among other things - her bout with breast cancer.   

Cameron Swallow talks about her work as a coordinator for the Wisconsin chapter of Braver Angels, an organization with the mission of helping Americans to be able to reach across idealogical or political divides to have beneficial dialogue. 

From 2010,  Barney Saltzberg talks about his children's book "Beautiful Oops." 

From 2002 - James Billington, who was Librarian of Congress from 1987 until 2015.   The occasion of this interview was when Billington came to Carthage to participate in the dedication of the Hedberg Library.  

Larry Olmsted discusses his book "Fans:  How watching sports makes us happier, healthier, and more understanding."  

Best-selling biographer J. Randy Taraborelli discusses his latest book "Grace and Steel:   Dorothy, Barbara, Laura and the Women of the Bush Dynasty."  Taraborelli's book chronicles the fascinating lives of these impressive women. 

From 2002 -  Phillip Gerard, author of "Secret Soldiers:  The Story of World War II's Heroic Army of Deception."  

Dr. Richard Gunderman, a professor of Medical Humanities and Health Studies at Indiana University, discusses his new book "Contagion: Plagues, Pandemics and Cures from the Black Death to COVID-19."  

Martina Reaves talks about her marvelous memoir "I'm Still Here."  

Michelle Dresbold, author of "Sex, Lies and Handwriting:  a top expert reveals the secrets hidden in your handwriting."  

From 2009 comes this interview with P.J. O'Rourke,  a well-known voice to many public radio listeners.  In this conversation,  we talk about "P.J. O'Rourke on 'The Wealth of Nations' - Books that changed the world,"  which concerns Adam Smith's "The Wealth of Nations," a 2-volume 900-page work that was published in 1776.  

From 1999-  a conversation with Greg Lyne, who at the time was on the staff of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America.  Our conversation was actually about the American Boychoir, which Lyne had sung with when it was known as the Columbus Boychoir.  (Sadly, the American Boychoir and its Boarding School ceased operations in 2017.)  This interview preceded a performance by the American Boychoir at Carthage College. 

Dr. Art Cyr, Clausen Distinguished Professor of Political Economy and World Business at Carthage College,  offers his analysis of a variety of issues and concerns.  

Bryan Albrecht, the president of Gateway Technical College, pays his monthly visit to the program.  With him is Kim Greene, Executive Director of Advance CTE (Career and Technical Education.)  

From 2011-   Michael Wallis, author of "David Crockett:  The Lion of the West."  

Joycelyn Fish, development director for the Racine Theater Guild,  joins us to talk about the experiencing of participating in President Joe Biden's first town hall meeting (on February 16th in Milwaukee) - and of actually getting to pose a question to the president .... a question about student loan forgiveness that has generated a tremendous amount of discussion and debate.   

We preview this Saturday's (virtual) concert by the Racine Symphony Orchestra with artistic director Pasquale Laurino and artist-in-residence Joshua Zajac, who will be soloist in Haydn's Cello Concerto in C major.  

Acclaimed author Denene Milner talks about her new line of children's books, all of which feature families of color.  

This was to have been a newly-recorded interview with best-selling author Tim O'Brien to talk about the documentary film "The War and Peace of Tim O'Brien," which is about to be released.  Unfortunately,  Mr. O'Brien had to cancel the interview at the last minute because of severe weather.  We hope to record the interview sometime in the near future.  In the meantime, here is this conversation recorded a couple of years ago about his most recent book: Dad's Maybe Book.