Wgtd's The Morning Show With Greg Berg

We speak with David King Dunaway about his new book "A Four-Eyed World: How Glasses Changed the Way We See." It's a look at the history of how eyeglasses were developed - and what may be ahead as technology advances. The book also touches on the author's own relationship with glasses- which he has worn for more than 70 years. During the course of researching this book, the author elected to spend a week without wearing his glasses to see how well he could navigate with his very serious myopia uncorrected.

We speak with Russ Johnson, director of the Jazz Ensemble at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, about Wynton Marsalis's Abyssisian Mass: A Gospel Celebration, which is being performed at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside on Sunday afternoon and Monday evening in Frances Bedford Hall. This is a collaboration between the Jazz Ensemble and the choirs at Parkside, conducted by James Kinchen.

We speak with David Anderson, artistic director of the Lake Geneva Symphony Orchestra, about the concert this weekend that finishes out their 25th anniversary season - a program that will include Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Russian Easter Overture.

Sister Janet Weyker, a well-known advocate for environmental concerns in Racine, speaks about the importance of composting.

Dr. Peter Grinspoon, a teacher at Harvard Medical School, discusses his book "Feeling Better with Cannabis: Feel Better, Sleep Better, and Live Better with Marijuana and CBD. " Grinspoon's father, Dr. Lester Grinspoon, was a forceful advocate for medical marijuana a half century ago.

From 2025 - Michael Lombardi, author of "Football Done Right: Setting the Record Straight on the Coaches, Players, and History of the NFL."

We speak with Dr. James Ripley, director of instrumental activities at Carthage College, about the wind orchestra's final concert of the year - Sunday afternoon at 2:00 - titled "Flutissimo." The program will also feature the world premieres of two pieces written by student composers - Hope Johnson and John Cargille.

We talk to two members of the art faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside - Carey Watters and Lindsay Larsen - about print-making ..... in anticipation of Print Day in May. (May 2nd.).

We speak with best-selling author and former attorney William Bernhardt about his latest book, "The Superman Wars: A Battle for Truth, Justice, and an American Icon." The book explores how Jerry Siegel created the iconic character of Superman ..... lost creative control of it .... and sought to regain it - a struggle that went on for decades.

We preview the production of SHREK: THE MUSICAL that will be performed May 1- 17th by the Lakeside Players at the Rhode Center for the Arts. We speak with Natalie Colgan (music director and choreographer), as well as two members of the cast: Norgie Metzinger (Shrek) and Abby Miller (Fiona.)

We preview the University of Wisconsin-Parkside's production of CABARET, which opens this weekend. Our guest, Brett Olson, is director of the production.

We have two conversations about Print-Making. The first is with Robbyn Smith, Professor Emeritus at California's Monterey Peninsula College and founder of Print Day in May - created in 2007 to occur on the first Saturday in May - in which tens of thousands of print-makers from around the world gather and collaborate virtually to celebrate the joys of print-making. After that, we hear from Lisa Bigalke, a 1996 UW-Parkside graduate who teaches print-making at Carthage College. (We will be hearing from two UW-Parkside art instructors on Friday's program.).

We speak with Vijay Limaye, formerly a scientist with the Environmental Protection Agency - and now based in Madison, WI with the Natural Resources Defense Council. The NRDC has grave concerns for changes that the Trump administration is making with the E.P.A.

From 2006- TImothy Gilfoyle, author of "Millenium Park: Creating a Chicago Landmark."

In the wake of the release of the film MICHAEL, concerning the life and career of Michael Jackson, we replay a 2010 interview with photographer Todd Gray, responsible for a book titled "Michael Jackson: Before he was King." Gray was one of Jackson's personal photographers, and this book includes candid photographs taken of Jackson over the course of ten years.

Scott Kurashige, author of "American Peril: The Violent History of Anti-Asian Racism."

We speak with Alvaro Garcia, Professor of Music at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside and conductor of their orchestras- and soprano Laura Strickling, a two-time Grammy Award nominee, who is serving this week as the Howard Brown Artist-in-Residence at Parkside. She will be performing Mozart's Exultate Jubilate with the Parkside orchestras this Saturday afternoon in a concert that will also include Schubert's so-called Unfinished Symphony.

We speak with Nancy Reese, Director of Nursing at Carthage College, about the grand opening for the college's School of Health on Thursday, April 23rd. (For more information on the schedule of events, go to carthage.edu and click on the link for the grand opening that you'll find on the main page.)

We talk about Carthage College's production of the musical BRIGHT STAR. with Matthew Hougland, director of musical theater at Carthage and the director of this production, and three of the students in the cast: Hannah Duda, Brayden Follett, and Colin Campbell. The play will be performed over the next two weekends.

We speak with Christi Geidner, a theater teacher at Bradford High School in Kenosha, and the stage director of a production there of the musical "The Hello Girls." The show is based on the true story of the hundreds of women who served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps as telephone operators who played a crucial role in keeping lines of communication open during critical battles.