Wgtd's The Morning Show With Greg Berg

Both of today's interviews were recorded and initially broadcast in 2009.  Part One:   "The Design of Future Things" by Donald A. Norman.  Part Two:  "Keeping the Millennials." by Joanne Sujansky.  

Part One:  Guida Brown, Executive Director of the Hope Council on Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse talks about her agency's work during the COVID-19 pandemic and what it is like to resume in-person services.  Part Two:  from the archives:  actor Kevin Sorbo, who memorably portrayed Hercules on television, talks about his memoir "True Strength:  My Journey from Hercules to Mere Mortal - and How Nearly Dying Saved My Life." 

Part One:  Tiffany Cross, author of "Say it Louder: Black Voters,  White Narratives, and Saving our Democracy."   Part Two:  from the archives- Jon Meacham, author of "Thomas Jefferson:  The Art of Power."  

Analysis of current events and issues from Dr. Art Cyr,  Clausen Distinguished Professor of Political Economy and World Business - and Director of the Clausen Center. 

We speak with Thomas W. Jones, author of "From Willard Straight to Wall Street: a Memoir."   Jones was one of 80 black students at Cornell University who occupied Willard Straight Hall for two days in 1969.  Within a few years after his graduation from Cornell,  Jones was well on his way to a successful career on Wall Street.   His book explores the uncommon trajectory of his life.  

Dr. Kevin Crosby is Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Carthage College- and Director of the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium.  (This interview was recorded in 2019 but was preempted by NPR coverage impeachment proceedings in Washington DC. ) 

From 2006 comes this conversation with Lisa Phillips, author of "Public Radio: Behind the Voices."  It's an illuminating look at some of the most important people in the world of public radio at that time.   

We spend most of the program with Lisa Boucher, author of "Raising the Bottom: Making Mindful Choices in a Drinking Culture."  Boucher's mother was an alcoholic and she herself struggled with alcohol abuse until she quit drinking thirty years ago.   We end the hour with Guida Brown, Executive Director of the Hope Council on Alcohol and other Drug Abuse, who offers her thoughts on the whole concept of "social drinking." 

We get an update on how the University of Wisconsin-Parkside is continuing to cope with the complications and challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Joining us is Dr. Deborah Ford, Chancellor of UW-Parkside,  and Dr. Robert Ducoffe,  the school's Provost.   

From 2015 comes this interview with Laurence Steinberg, author of "Age of Opportunity:  Lessons from the New Science of Adolescence."  The book explores some of the new discoveries that have been made about the whole nature of adolescence and how the brain of the typical adolescent functions.  

From the archives comes this 2005 interview with Joel Seidemann, author of "In the Interest of Justice: Great Opening and Closing Arguments of the Last 100 Years."   

PBS is about to rebroadcast a two-part American Experience documentary titled "Clinton," an examination of the life and career of our 42nd President,  William Jefferson Clinton.  We speak with Barak Goodman,  who was the film's director, producer and writer.  

From 2002 comes this interview with Michela Wrong, author of "In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster of Mobutu's Congo."  The book is a chronicle of the rise and fall of Mobutu Sese Seko, who was the highly corrupt president of Zaire for 32 years.  

From the fall of 1998 comes this conversation with Dr. Sam Chell, a long-time member of the English faculty at Carthage College as well as an outstanding jazz pianist.   Professor Chell eventually began hosting an extremely popular program on WGTD:  "Saturday Night Bandstand."   This particular conversation was recorded shortly before Carthage celebrated the 100th anniversary of Gershwin's birth with a gala concert that included a piano performance by Professor Chell. 

For Nan Calvert's monthly visit to the Morning Show,   she has brought with her Mabel Garrison, who is one of the country's leading experts on the Dragonfly - one of the most amazing insects found on earth.    We explore just some of the things that make Dragonflies such incredible creatures. 

Robert Weintraub's newest book is a meticulously researched biography of Alice Marble, one of the most important and influential tennis players of the 20th century - as well as a highly charismatic and somewhat mysterious figure.  Weintraub's book is titled "The Divine Miss Marble:  a Life of Tennis, Fame and Mystery."  

For the monthly visit of Bryan Albrecht, the president of Gateway Technical College, we are joined with Jonathan Delagrave, Racine County Executive, and Dr. Eric Gallien, superintendent of the Racine Unified School District, to talk about the ongoing ramifications of COVID-19.  

This interview is with Professor Khyati Joshi, author of "White Christian Privilege: The Illusion of Religious Equality in America."  The book examines some of the ways in which many aspects of American life are formulated around the assumption that Christianity is our collective 'norm' -  an assumption which often leads to discrimination against those of other faiths -  or against those with no religious faith whatsoever.  

Today, July 13th, 2020, marks the 25th anniversary (to the day) of the beginning of the worst heat wave in Chicago history, a human disaster that resulted in over 700 deaths in and around Chicago that were directly linked to the effects of the record-breaking heat that was experienced for an entire week.  Erik Klinenberg's definitive book about the disaster is titled "Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago."  This interview was recorded and initially broadcast back in 2002. 

From the archives comes this 2017 interview with Heath Fogg Davis, author of "Beyond Trans:  Does Gender Matter."