Wgtd's The Morning Show With Greg Berg

Best-selling author Lorene Cary discusses her new memoir "Ladysitting:  My Year with Nana at the end of her century."  Cary talks about the experience of taking in her 99-year-old grandmother.  The book touches on many themes and issues, including aging,  family, caregiving, and race. 

How do we train people for the incredibly challenging work of law enforcement?  And how has that training changed in light of concerns over incidents of police brutality?  How are prospective police officers trained in matters such as use-of-force or how to de-escalate potentially dangerous situations. We speak today with Richard Stein, Director of Law Enforcement Training at Gateway Technical College, and Ray Clark, Police Chief for the Town of Delaven and a half-time instructor in Gateway's Law Enforcement Academy.  

From 2009 -  Nancy Garfinklel,  co-author (with Andrea Israel) of the novel "The Recipe Club: a Tale of Food and Friendship."  

In memory of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, we are rerunning this 2018 interview with Bryant Johnson, author of "The RBG Workout."  Johnson was Justice Ginsburg's personal trainer for twenty years. 

From 2015 comes this conversation with Tina Seelig, author of "Insight Out:  Get Your Ideas Out of your Head and Into the World." 

Nan Calvert's monthly visit to the Morning Show features Megan Severson, state director for Wisconsin Environment, an advocacy group for a variety of environmental issues and concerns.  

From 2008-  Atul Gawande, author of 'Better:  A Surgeon's Notes on Performance,"  which gathers his thoughts on what it means to be a better doctor.   

Here is a look back at a very different era in NFL history, the 1950's-  and one of the most glamorous teams of that era,  the Los Angeles Rams.  Jim Hock's father was an offensive lineman for the team.    Hock's book is titled "Father on the Line: a Memoir."  

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.