Wgtd's The Morning Show With Greg Berg

Dr. Gloria J. Browne-Marshall, author of "A Protest History of the United States." The book explores the surprisingly long and complex history of how protest has been woven into the fabric of our country.

From 2008- Allen Shawn, author of the memoir "Wish I Could Be There: Notes from a Phobic Life." In the book, the author discusses how several different severe phobias have dramatically affected his life and the way he moves through the world and interacts with others.

From 2020 - We speak with Darin Strauss, author of "The Queen of Tuesday: A Lucille Ball Story."

We speak with writer Margie Bucheit about her new novel "We Chose Resistance," which is set during Nazi-occupied France during World War Two - and which explores what it meant to be part of the resistance.

For Kailyn Palomares's March visit to the Morning Show, she introduces us to Danielle Bell, an ecologist and owner of Native Roots Designs, a firm that helps people secure and utilize native plants in their landscaping. The program includes an extensive discussion of what makes native plants preferable.

We speak with Russ Johnson from the music faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside about Jazz Week 2026, which is coming up March 16-20 .... with six performances in Frances Bedford Hall - four of which are absolutely free. (The program includes brief audio samples of most of the guest performers.)

We speak with James Neibaur and Gary Schneeberger, co-authors of "The Burt Reynolds Films." Neibaur has announced that this book - his 39th - will be his last, although he is planning to continue writing articles, essays and reviews - and will continue to do commentary tracks for home video releases. Burt Reynolds actually had starring or co-starring roles in 48 films. His best-known films include "Deliverance," "Smokey and the Bandit," and"The Longest Yard." For five years straight, beginning in 1978, Reynolds was the #1 box office star in America. His late-career resurgence included an Oscar nomination for "Boogie Nights" in 1997.

Today's program is a memorial tribute to Mike Kehoe, a valued member of the WGTD family as host of Saturday Night Bandstand and a past host of Education Matters - and a treasured part of the community. On hand in our studios - WGTD FM Dave Cole .... Carol Lee Saffioti-Hughes, Gregg Kishline, Mike Love and Jason Rimkus, who worked with Mike on various community access projects ...... Yolanda Adams, KUSD School Board Member and on the Executive Board of the Spanish Center of Racine & Kenosha (for which Mike volunteered ..... Andy Baumgart, Jennifer Haluska, and Sarah Padhye, who worked with him as a volunteer at Bullen Middle School ..... realtor Mary Dixon, a long-time friend of Mike's .... Sam Chell, the creator of Saturday Night Bandstand ...... and Mary Ann Kehoe, MIke's cousin. <After the program itself finishes, I have included the three pre-recorded interviews with Baumgart, Haluska, and Padhye in their entirety. Abridged versions of those conversations aired during Monday&#

From 2006 - Fannie Flagg ("Fried Green Tomatoes"). discusses her novel "Can't Wait to Get to Heaven."

In honor of KUSD's production of "Les Miserables," we replay a conversation from 2014 in which stage director Doug Instenes and several cast members talk about the Racine Theater Guild's production of "Les Miserables." (The KUSD production of Les Miz runs for two weekends through March 15th.).

Part One: Tony Castro, author of 'Micky and Billy: The Glory and Tragedy of a Yankee Friendship." Part Two: from 2010- an excerpt from a conversation with Jane Leavy, author of "The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood."

We celebrate the remarkable life and legacy of Morton Gould (1913-1996), one of the most heralded American composers of the 20th century, in anticipation of a special concert of his music this Saturday evening, March 7th, by the Waukesha Area Symphony Band. Our guests: Dr. James Ripley, Professor of Music at Carthage College and the artistic director of the WASB, and Abby G. Burton, daughter of Morton Gould, who will be serving as an emcee and moderator for Saturday evening's concert. The program will consist of music that Gould wrote for film and television. Gould's many honors include a Grammy Award, a Pulitzer Prize, and a Kennedy Center Honor.

Doug Instenes talks about the Racine Theater Guild's production of "The Girl on the Train," which runs for the next two weekends.

We preview the Carthage Choir's upcoming spring tour and homecoming concert with Dr. Maggie Burk, director of choral activities at Carthage College, and Ella Bergfeld, a Carthage senior music theater/political science double major who is the Carthage Choir's president. The group will sing a homecoming concert on Monday evening, March 9th, at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in downtown Kenosha. We also talk about the ensemble's participation in the most recent Midwestern American Choral Directors Association Conference in Milwaukee.

We speak with Richard McGlaughlin, who teaches Microbiology at Gateway Technical College, talks about the research that he has been doing in China over the last two decades - studying the endangered finless porpoise of the Yangtze River.

John Choi, director of choirs at Indian Trail High School in Kenosha, talks about his Chorale's appeartance at the Midwestern American Choral Directors Association Conference in Milwaukee.

From 2008 - Frederick Kaufman, author of "A Short History of the American Stomach."

Richard Thieme - "Islands in the Click Stream"

Part One- for Black History Month- we speak with Lucas E. Morel and Jonathan W. White, co-authors and co-editors of "Measuring the Man: The Wirings of Frederick Douglass on Abraham Lincoln." Part Two- "Lincoln's Lie: A True Civil War Caper Through Fake News, Wall Street, and the White House" by Elizabeth Mitchell.

We speak with writer Carla Kaplan about her new book "Troublemaker: The Fierce, Unruly Life of Jessica Mitford." Mitford (1917-1996) grew up in the British aristocracy but was driven to literally run away from home in order to escape a life that she found to be stiflingly unbearable. She eventually found her way to the United States where she became a well-known writer and social commentator. She was, among other things, a proud Communist as well as a tireless social activist. The book is not only about Jessica Mitford- It also touches on the complicated legacy of the entire Mitford family, including Jessica's colorful and often controversial sisters.