Wgtd's The Morning Show With Greg Berg

From 2004-   Award-winning journalist Joseph Treaster (New York Times)  discusses "Paul Volcker: The Making of a Financial Legend."  Volcker was a highly-regarded economist who served as chair of the Federal Reserve from 1979 until 1987.   Volcker passed away in 2019.   

From 2007 - "Carved in Sand:  When Attention Fails and Memory Fades in Midlife" by Cathryn Jakobson Ramin.   The author writes about something she herself experienced - significant and noticeable memory loss shortly after turning 40 -  and chronicles her efforts to deal with the problem with an array of different strategies.  She also talks about how memory functions for the typical person. 

Dr. Jerald Mast, Professor of Political Science at Carthage College,  offers analysis of the shocking events in our nation's capitol on January 6th - and shares thoughts on the challenges confronting the administration of incoming president Joe Biden.

From the archives: Steven Kleinedler, an editor for the American Heritage Dictionary

From 2000 -  a conversation with acclaimed novelist Jane Hamilton, author of "The Book of Ruth" and "A Map of the World."  

From 2008-  Joe Bageant talks about his book "Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War."   Bageant shares thoughts on what it has been like as a liberal to live in an extremely conservative community in rural Virginia.    This book is an illuminating look at the kind of lines along which America is so sharply divided today. 

Timothy Caulfield, author of "Your Day, Your Way: The Fact and Fiction Behind Your Daily Decision."  

Wte speak with Chana Gazit, director/producer of the documentary film "The Codebreaker" which airs next week on the PBS series American Experience.  It tells the largely-unknown story of Elisabeth Friedman, a talented codebreaker who played a role in the United States' victory in both World War I and World War II.   The government's files on her work were classified until very recently.  

Ruby Warrington, author of "The Curious Sober Re-Set:  Change the way you drink in 100 days or less."   Warrington is credited with coining the term 'curious sober.'  She advocates a more thoughtful attitude when it comes to how much a person drinks and why they drink.   

From 2002 - Armand Nicholai, author of "The Question of God:  C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud Debate God, Love, Sex, and the Meaning of Life" 

From 2009,  Ashley Rhodes-Courter,  author of "Three Little Words; a Memoir."  

From 2004 -  Dr. Ira Byock, author of "The Four Things That Matter Most:  A Book About Living." 

2004-   Ari Weinzweig, author of "Zingerman's Guide to Giving Great Service"

In an unprecedented Morning Show event, I speak with WGTD's full-time staff members:   General Manager David Cole,  News Director Dave McGrath, and Development Director Troy McDonald about our coverage of the two biggest stories of 2020 -  the COVID-19 pandemic ..... and the Jacob Blake shooting and the demonstrations and riots that occurred in its wake. 

From 2007 - John Lloyd, co-author of "The Book of General Ignorance: Everything You Think You Know is Wrong,"  a book about the many misassumptions we make about the world. 

From 2007 - Jonis Agee talks about her novel "The River Wife."  

From 2005 - The Cat Fancier's Association Complete Cat Book, edited by Mordecai Siegal.  

From 2007:  with an editor from New Scientist magazine, we discuss "Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze?  - and 114 Other Questions," a book which poses and then answers 115 intriguing and out-of-the-ordinary questions.  

From the archives:  Two interviews with Charles D. Cohen, the world's greatest expert on Theodore Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss.   First is a 2004 conversation about his book "The Seuss, the Whole Seuss, and Nothing but the Seuss,"  which explores Geisel wide-ranging career.  Second is a 2007 interview about the 50th anniversary edition of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." 

From 2003-  Ann Byrn, author of "The Dinner Doctor:  Quick Cooking when time is short."