Wgtd's The Morning Show With Greg Berg

We speak with four different people who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 .....  State Representative Greta Neubauer from Racine ..... two Carthage College students,  Nick Renkosik and Tim Wagner ..... and a Registered Nurse from Des Moines, IA,  Jody Stevenson.   Later today,  the complete versions of each of these four interviews will be shared in podcast format.    

Pulitzer Prize winning author Tim Weiner talks about his latest book,  "The Folly and the Glory:  America, Russia, and Political Warfare, 1945-2020."  

We speak with Dr. Jeff Roberg, Professor of Political Science, and Dr. Jon Bruning, Associate Professor of Communications and Digital Media, about the 2020 Presidential Election.   They are team-teaching a course at Carthage College called "Elections and Campaigns," a course which they teach every four years to coincide with our presidential elections.   We'll also hear about Bruning's experience as a poll worker (he was a tabulator at one of the polling locations in Milwaukee.)  

For the monthly visit of Bryan Albrecht, the president of Gateway Technical College, we speak with Neil Reddy, CEO of the MSSC (the Manufacturing Skill Standards Center.)  

We catch up with John Hambrock, creator of the nationally syndicated comic strip "The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee," which has just begun its 15th year of syndication.   Hambrock lives in Kenosha. 

From 2009-  Jennifer 8 Lee, author of "The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food."  

From 2009:  Seth Shostak, author of "Confessions of an Alien Hunter: A Scientist's Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence."  

The book is "Dalko: The Untold Story of Baseball's Fastest Pitcher."  Steve Dalkowski (1939-2020) is widely regarded as the fastest pitcher in history - but unfortunately,  he lacked control of his fastball and he never went beyond the minor leagues.  His is a fascinating story of unrealized potential- and of how his story might have played out very differently had he come along at a different time.  Dalkowski died earlier this year from COVID-19.   Brian Vikander, one of three co-authors of "Dalko," is a nationally-recognized pitching coach. 

For Nan Calvert's November visit to the Morning Show, we explore the work of the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy,  which helps to facilitate the transformation of abandoned railroad lines into publicly accessible trails - and the statewide network of such trails known as the Route of the Badger.   Our guest is Willie Karidis, who is project manager for the Route of the Badger. 

We explore some of the realities of the COVID-19 Pandemic through the eyes of two of my family members:  Dr. Randi Berg (my sister), a medical doctor with Gunderson, and Aidan Spencer-Berg, (my niece), who lives in Paris, France- which at the moment is under a state of Confinement because of the pandemic.  

I speak with Laura Gellott,  Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, about her new book "Helen Perry Curtis and the European Trip of a Lifetime."   Gellott's favorite book during her childhood was Ms. Curtis's "Jean & Co., Unlimited," which tells the story of a young American girl's first trip to Europe.  Decades after first reading the book, Gellott was able to uncover the fascinating real life story of Helen Perry Curtis and chronicles that story in this book.  

From 2018 - Lenora Chu, author of "Little Soldiers: An American Boy, A Chinese School, and the Global Race to Achieve."  

From 2014 comes this interview with writer Margo Howard, daughter of Ann Landers - talking about her memoir "Eat, Drink and Remarry: Confessions of a Serial Wife."  

From 2002 -  Manning Marable discusses his book "The Great Wells of Democracy- Reconstructing Race and Politics in the 21st Century."  

Brian Muraresku, author of "The Immortality Key:  The Secret History of the Religion with No Name."  

Jennie Stephens is the author of "Diversifying Power: Why We Need Anti-Racist, Feminist Leadership on Climate and Energy."   

We speak with Belinda Thielen, who is part of the Racine-Kenosha community of Quakers,  about their participation in a nationwide project call Choose Democracy which is determined to safeguard the integrity of our democracy,  Local Quakers engaged in a letter-writing campaign, reaching out to local officials and law enforcement leaders as part of this effort.  

From 2004 -  Robert Rubin, who served as Secretary of the Treasury during the Clinton administration,  discusses his book "In an Uncertain World: Tough Choices from Wall Street to Washington."   

Another interview from the archives for Election Day 2020:  A 2003 conversation with Ace Collins about his book "Songs Sung Red, White & Blue: The Stories Behind America's Best-Loved Patriotic Songs."  

On Election Day 2020, here is something fun from the Morning Show archives-  a 2002 interview with Judith Martin, a k a Miss Manners,  discussing her book "Star Spangled Manners: In Which Miss Manners Defends American Etiquette (for a change)."