Wgtd's The Morning Show With Greg Berg

Elizabeth Mitchell's book is "Lincoln's Lie:  A True Civil War Caper Through Fake News, Wall Street, and the White House."  

From 2013:  Michael Schumacher talks about his book "Will Eisner:  A Dreamer's Life in Comics,"  which chronicles the eventful life (1917-2005) and career of the man who is widely credited with creating the genre of the Graphic Novel.   

From 2005-   Jason DeParle talks about his book "American Dream:  Three Women, Ten Kids, and a Nation's Drive to End Welfare."   The book is an illuminating look at what it's like to live in poverty - and how challenging it can be to "lift yourself up by your bootstraps" under such circumstances. Much of what is chronicled in the book took place in Milwaukee in the wake of sweeping welfare reform. 

We speak with James Schatzman, Julia Suchy and Karel Suchy about the special video presentation,  "RETRO," that the C.A.S. will be unveiling for the public tonight at 7:15 on the group's youtube channel.   The video will highlight past performances of the C.A.S. featuring the music of two local composers,  Tony Pavao and Karel Suchy.  We'll also hear about some of the ways that the group is remaining active. 

We speak with Holly Stanfield, who directs many of the music theater productions for Kenosha Unified.  We find out how the district is proceeding with its theatrical productions during this time of COVID-19 and all of the restrictions that are in place.  

Today, we hear from the two candidates for the U.S. First Congressional District -  republican incumbent Bryan Steil and democratic challenger Roger Polack.  

Dr. Art Cyr, Clausen Distinguished Professor of Political Economy and World Business, Director of the Clausen Center at Carthage College,  pays his monthly visit to the program.   

This is the unabridged interview I recorded with Walter Koenig, who portrayed Ensign Pavel Pavel Chekov on Star Trek: the Original Series and in the major motion pictures that it inspired.  Koenig has written several books over the years.  His most recent book is a far-reaching and illuminating memoir titled "Beaming Up and Getting Off: Life Before and Beyond Star Trek,"  published by Jacobs Brown Press.  

From 2010 -  "The Enough Moment:  Fighting to end Africa's Worst Human Rights Crimes" with author John Prendergast. 

Kenneth C. Davis discusses his newest book,   "Strongman:  The Rise of Five Dictators and the Fall of Democracy."  He chronicles the rise of five  fascists - Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, Mao Zedong, and Saddam Hussein -  and explores what allowed them to gain the power that they did.   Davis is well-known for "America's Hidden History" and "Don't Know Much About History." 

From 2011 comes a conversation with Steven Pinker, author of the much-discussed book "The Better Angels of our Nature:  Why Violence has Declined."   Pinker contends in his book that - contrary to our common assumptions - the world is much less violent than it once was.  

From 2017:   Susan Stryker, author of "Transgender History:  The Roots of Today's Revolution."  October is LGBT History Month.  

We speak with Luce Brett about her new book "PMSL: Or how I literally pissed myself laughing and survived the last taboo to tell the tale."  Ms. Brett suffered an injury while giving birth to her first child - and became incontinent.   Her book is a disarmingly honest- and often entertaining account of what it was like to contend with incontinence at the age of thirty.   

Bryan Albrecht, president of Gateway Technical College-  and Cheryl Carrier,  CEO of Ford Next Generation Learning, which has partnerships with school districts across the country, including the Racine Unified School District.   <The broadcast of this interview over WGTD was preempted by NPR's live coverage of events in Washington DC.> 

Mary Frances Winters talks about his book "Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body and Spirit." 

We have a quick follow up interview with Rick Riordan about his latest book,  "The Tower of Nero."  the fifth and final installment in his series "The Trials of Apollo."  

Nan Calvert (from Root-Pike Watershed Initiative) has organized a conversation about the importance of wetlands and wetlands restoration.  She' is joined by Dave Giordano, executive director of Root Pike WIN - as well as Joshua Brown from the Wisconsin DNR;  Brown is coordinating the Meacham Road wetland project in Mount Pleasant.  

Ben Loeterman is the director/producer/writer of "Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip,"  the next episode in the PBS series American Masters.  The film airs Tuesday night on PBS. 

From 2005 -  Robert Trachtenberg discusses his book "When I Knew," which gathers together the recollections of different people about when it was that they first believed themselves to be gay.   The mood of the stories ranges  from humorous to deeply poignant. 

From 2007 comes this conversation with Diane Ackerman about "The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story," which recounts how the director of the Warsaw Zoo and his wife Antonina hid more than 300 Jews on the grounds of the zoo and assisted many of them in escaping to the countryside during World War II.  The book was adapted into a major motion picture in 2017 that starred Jessica Chastain in the title role.