Wgtd's The Morning Show With Greg Berg

Here is the unabridged 2015 interview with Ray Forgianni,  longtime Kenosha City Planner and Director of City Development, talking about Harbor Market, which he helped to create and sustain.  Also part of the conversation is local artist Melanie Hovey,  who worked closely with Ray in the formation of the market.   We replayed a portion of this interview on today's Morning Show as a memorial tribute to Fogianni, who died earlier this fall due to complications from COVID-19.  

Today's program is a memorial tribute to Ray Forgianni, who served Kenosha as City Planner and Director of City Development for more than thirty years, who died earlier this fall due to complications from COVID-19.   Part One is a 1998 conversation led by then-WGTD News Director Bill Guy.  He and Ray Forgianni discuss the plans for Harbor Park, which at that point was still in its final stages of planning.  Part Two is an excerpt from a 2015 conversation about Harbor Market.  

Best-selling author David Baldacci talks about his most recent novel,  "Daylight." 

Today's program is a memorial tribute to the honorable Shirley Abrahamson, the first woman to serve as a justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court (1976-2019) - who also served as Chief Justice of the court from 1996 to 2015.   We were privileged to welcome Justice Abrahamson into our radio studios on two occasions- in 2006 and 2009.  This tribute includes excerpts from the interviews we recorded with her during those visits. 

This is the unabridged interview recorded with retired Lutheran pastor Warren Williams, describing what it was like to contract COVID-19 and the life-threatening symptoms which he experienced.  He also offers some thoughts on the plight of the homeless in Racine during the pandemic.   

From 1998-  a conversation that helps us to better understand the wide-ranging academic discipline of Geography.   This interview was done when Professor Gober, a much-admired member of the geography faculty at Arizona State University,  returned to her hometown of Kenosha, WI to accept an honorary doctorate from Carthage College.  (Professor Gober recently retired from ASU.) 

From 2004-  "David Rosengarten Entertains: Fabulous Parties for Food Lovers" .... replayed in the hopes that one year from now, we'll be able to entertain family and friends as we once did.  

We preview the next video offering of the Choral Arts Society,  "On the Fifth Day of Christmas," which will be shared with the public on Tuesday, December 29th. 

We preview the upcoming virtual production of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" by the Fleeing Artists Theater Company - a production that is being presented in memory of actor Phil Jaeger, who died earlier this fall.   

For Nan Calvert's last monthly visit in 2020, we talk about salt pollution (a problem during the winter with the salting of our roads, driveways and sidewalks.)  Her special guest is Allison Madison from Wisconsin Salt Wise, a group that advocates for more thoughtful use of salt in order to curb its harmful environmental effects.  

THE SHOW MUST GO ON!  Part 1:  We preview this year's "Ye Olde English Christmas Feaste," KUSD's holiday-time madrigal feast, with Polly Amborn, John Choi, and Brian Lynch; They discuss the challenges of putting together a Virtual Feaste.    Part 2: We hear about the Racine Theater Guild's latest Signature Spotlight Concert, "I'll be Home for Christmas," which becomes available to the public on Friday night.  

TV writer Paul Robert Coyle has written an entertaining and enlightening memoir titled "Swords, Starships and Superheroes: From Star Trek to Xena to Hercules: a TV Writer's Life Scripting the Stories of Heroes," published by Jacob Brown.  Coyle's resume includes such shows as "The Streets of San Francisco," "Jake and the Fat Man," "Crazy like a Fox," "Star Trek: Voyager," "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys," and "Xena: Princess Warrior."  

Patricia Peyton, author of "Physical Intelligence:  Harness your body's untapped intelligence to achieve more, stress less, and live more happily." 

Dr. Allan Buchanan,  author of "Our Moral Fate:  Evolution and the Escape from Tribalism."  The book explores why we are prone to engage in 'Us vs. Them' tribalism - and how we can transcend this.  

From 2007-  Teresa Riordan, author of "Inventing Beauty: a History of the Innovations that have made us Beautiful." 

From 1997 comes this conversation with Dr. Irene Kraemer, who was a beloved and admired language professor and administrator for more than 30 years at Carthage College.   (She passed away in 2004.)  This interview touches on her own life story, her love of language, and her devotion to the Immersion model of teaching modern languages. 

Gateway Technical College President Bryan Albrecht pays his final monthly visit to the program.  His guest is Jan Bray, who leads the Coalition for Career Development Center.

Dr. Eduardo Garcia-Novelli,  chair of the music department at Carthage College, talks about this year's Christmas Festival, which will be shared (virtually) with the public tonight and tomorrow night at 7:30 and Sunday afternoon at 4:00.  

From 2004 comes this still-timely conversation with therapist Amy Champeau about Depression - what it is and what can be done about it.

Liz Steege, Case H.S. in Racine-  Polly Amborn, Tremper H.S. in Kenosha,  Derek Machan,  Waterford Union H.S. on doing choral music during COVID-19.