Wgtd's The Morning Show With Greg Berg

Bruce Boise talks about his book "Cold Comfort:  One Man's Struggle to Stop the illegal marketing of powerful opioid drugs and save lives," in which he chronicles his career in the pharmaceutical industry and what prompted him to become a whistle-blower when he began to realize the scope and nature of the illegal activities of the company for which he was working.  

Tom Miller is the author of "How I Learned English:  55 Accomplished Latinos Recall Lessons in Language and Life." This interview was recorded and initially broadcast back in 2007.     <The interview with Kenosha's Nick Daly,  which also aired today,  was shared as a podcast back on September 7th.>  

From 2011- A conversation with Mira Grant about her best-selling book "Deadline," the second book in her zombie series called "Newsflesh." As I state in the introduction,  this book was an immense (pleasant) surprise to me.  It's not the kind of book I would typically read- but I gave it a chance and loved it.

From 2009 comes this interview with Phoebe Damrosch, author of "Service Included:  Four-Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping Waitress."  Damrosch became the first captain at New York City's prestigious 4-star restaurant Per Se.   

We speak with famed British photojournalist Stuart Roy Clarke about his new book "The Game," which is a celebration of the game of soccer as it is played, followed, and loved in Great Britain.    (Clarke's co-author is John Williams.)  

From 2004-  Ellis Cose discusses his book "Bone to Pick:  on Forgiveness, Reconciliation, Reparation and Revenge."   

Dr. Bryan Albrecht, the president of Gateway Technical College, pays his monthly visit to the program.  With him will be Mary Burgoon from Rockwell Automation,  which has just established an exciting new partnership with GTC.  

We speak with Tom Cooper, author of "Doing the Right Thing:  12 Portraits in Moral Courage."    Cooper celebrates the ethical integrity and courage of twelve people in history - from Marie Curie to John F. Kennedy - who faced difficult situations and managed somehow to do what was right.  

From 2009:  something special for fans of Tabasco fans..... Jeffrey Rothfeder, author of "McIlhenny's Gold: How a Louisiana Family Built the Tabasco Empire."   <The interview that aired today on the Morning Show - with Dr. Michael Hansen - was shared as a podcast back on Saturday, August 29th.> 

In this bonus podcast,  you'll hear my conversation with a talented young man named Nicholas Daly, born and raised in Kenosha and now a sophomore at the University of Michigan. He was recently named the grand prize winner of Playbill magazine's Search for a Star Contest, in which he triumphed over a field of 2,700 singers from across the country.  In the interview, Nick also shares about the experience of participating in the protests in Kenosha following the shooting of Jacob Blake.   

From 2014 comes an especially thought-provoking conversation about race and racism - and about the racist attitudes that many of us may be harboring without even knowing it.  Debby Irving's book is titled "Waking Up White- and Finding Myself in the Story of Race."  

From 2006-  Gary Pomerantz, author of "Wilt, 1962:  The Night of 100 Points and the Dawn of a new Era."   The book showcases the night of March 2, 1962 when the legendary Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in a single NBA game- an accomplishment that has never been equaled - and (almost certainly) never will be. 

This is the oldest interview in the Morning Show archives.  This conversation dates back to 1987,  in the days when WGTD was a free-standing affiliate of NPR - and responsible for doing its own fundraisers.   In those days,  nationally-known hosts from NPR would come to Kenosha to be part of our fundraisers.  In 1987,  we welcomed into our studios Bob Edwards,  the original host of NPR's Morning Edition.   Bill Guy was the original host of The Morning Show.

We talk with the co-creators of the new podcast Read More Plays, which drops its first episode on Monday, September 7th.   

CBS News Journalist Wesley Lowery talks about coming to Kenosha to speak with the family of Jacob Blake- and to do the first interview with Raysean White, the man who took the video recording of the shooting of Jacob Blake and shared it with the world.   The interview is part of the latest episode of "60 in 6," which streams on Quibi and is also available on Quibi's YouTube channel. 

In her book "Prisoners of the Empire: Inside Japanese POW Camps,"  author Sarah Kovner explores why many Allied prisoners of the Japanese were treated so brutally while many others were treated quite humanely.    Why the wide variance?   And when it came to those situations where POW's were treated brutally,  why was that the case?  It turns out that some of the reasons are surprising.  

Dr. Debra Ford,  Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, offers her thoughts on recent events in Kenosha ... UW-Parkside's ongoing efforts on anti-racism and inclusion .... and also talks about the school's efforts to open the fall semester with a combination of virtual and in-person learning as safely as possible during this time of COVID-19.    (Today is the first day of fall classes at Parkside.)   

Dr. John Swallow, the president of Carthage College, offers some thoughts on recent events in Kenosha-  outlines Carthage's Anti-Racism Plan of Action -  and also updates us on the school's plans for the fall semester and the precautions that are being taken to try and keep the students, staff and faculty safe from the threat of COVID-19.  (Classes begin tomorrow, September 2nd, but entirely virtual.) 

In the wake of recent events in Kenosha,  we are replaying this conversation from earlier this year with Margaret L. Anderson, author of "Getting Smart About Race:  An American Conversation."  Among other things,  Anderson's book explores some of the history of the very concept of race- some of the ways in which ideas and attitudes about race have been a complicating factor in our country's history-  and some of the challenges tied up in talking about race.   

We believe this interview from the archives dates back to 1997 or 1998.  At the time of this interview, Marla Greenspan (now Marla Polley) worked in Carthage's Advising Center.  (She left in the early 2000's but is now back at Carthage and teaching there.)  Much has changed in the world - and in the world of education - since this interview was recorded, but some of the pressures and challenges remain the same.  Because Marla shared such important and intriguing insights, and in her uniquely entertaining way, I decided to replay this interview as another college school year begins.