Wgtd's The Morning Show With Greg Berg

We preview the next installment in the PBS documentary series American Experience. Peter Yost is writer, director and producer of "Nazi Town USA," which examines the phenomenon of fascist groups spring up all across America during the late 1920s and 1930s - culminating in a large rally at Madison Square Garden in1939 at which Nazi banners were brandished underneath a huge portrait of George Washington. What was drawing so many Americans to this kind of ideology?

Today is a murderous Morning Show. Part One: Michael Clickner talks about the Racine Theater Guild's production of "Dial M for Murder." Part Two, from the archives, is Gerald Koeppel talking his book "Not a Gentleman's Work: The Untold Story of a Gruesome Murder at Sea and the Long Road to Truth."

From 2010 - Best-selling author James Swanson talks about his book "Bloody Crimes: The Chase for Jefferson Davis and the Death Pageant for Lincoln's Corpse."

We conclude the conversation begun yesterday with Pat Sobkowski, who teaches law and political science at Marquette University. Our topic: the United States Supreme Court. In this portion of the interview, we discuss some of the especially significant cases that the court is expected to take up in the coming weeks and months.

Pat Sobkowski, who teaches law at Marquette University, talks about the U.S. Supreme Court- how it functions .... its current makeup .... and what some of its most significant decisions have been over the past year. (Tomorrow, in the concluding portion of the conversation, he'll talk about noteworthy cases they are expected to take up in the coming weeks and months.)

For Martin Luther King Day (from 2005) Kevin Boyle discusses his book "Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age." It tells the story of a black man named Ossian Sweet who was put on trial for murder when he accidentally killed a white man who was part of a mob that had entered Sweet's neighborhood. The title of the book is a phrase that Martin Luther King used in many of his speeches.

From 2017 - Alejandro Danois, author of "The Boys of Dunbar: A Story of Love, Hope, and Basketball." This is the story of an exceptionally fine high school basketball team in Baltimore, Maryland whose success was a tremendous inspiration to the entire city.

From 2008 - Kim Powers discusses his novel "Capote in Kansas."

We highlight Carthage College's upcoming Symposium "From Canvas to Cosmos: Soviet Art, Solaris, Space Exploration, and the Science of Serene Spaces," which occurs January 18-20 .... with a variety of events free and open to the public. My guests: Leslie Brothers, Ryan Miller and Jojin Van Winkle from the art faculty - and Jean Quashnock from the physics and astronomy faculty. More information is available at: www.carthage.edu/arts/art-gallery/soviet-art-collection/symposium/

Nan Calvert's monthly visit to the program features a conversation about the detrimental effect of sodium chloride (salt) on the environment- and especially on our fresh water. Joining her is Laura Buska from Root Pike WIN. January 22-26 is Winter Salt Awareness Week.

Encore from 2023: Yohuru Williams, author of "Call Him Jack: The Story of Jackie Robinson, Black Freedom Fighter"

Encore from 2023: Jason Reid, author of "Rise of the Black Quarterback: What it means for America."

Encore: Luke Nichter, author of "The Year That Broke Politics." The year in question is 1968, one of the most tumultuous in our country's history. The book primarily focuses on that year's presidential race through the perspectives of incumbent president Lyndon Johnson, Vice president Hubert Humphrey, and the two most significant challengers to Humphrey- Richard Nixon and George Wallace.

This is an encore airing of my 2023 interview with celebrated war correspondent Jane Ferguson, author of "No Ordinary Assignment: a Memoir."

This is an encore airing of an interview that was recorded back in March of 2023, just ahead of William Shatner's visit to Milwaukee for a public screening of "Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan" at the Pabst Theater.

I believe this interview is from 2012. Artist Christian Patchell's book consists of reflections and drawings he did during a health ordeal when he was diagnosed with and treated for a form of tongue cancer.

From 2012, David Tolin discusses his book "Face Your Fears: A Proven Plan to Beat Anxiety, Panic, Phobias, and Obsessions." Dr. Tolin is a board certified clinical psychologist and founder and director of the Anxiety Disorders Center at the Institute of Living in Connecticut and a member of the faculty at the Yale University School of Medicine.

In an encore presentation of yet another favorite author interview from this past year- David Brooks discusses his book "How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen."

Encore: from 2023- Lena Andrew discusses her book "Valiant Women: The Extraordinary American Servicewomen Who Helped Win World War II." The book tells the story of the 350,000 American women who served in uniform during World War II in every branch of the military and in every combat theater ... and who played an essential role in the Allied victory.

Here's an encore presentation of one of our favorite author interviews from 2023: Sy Montgomery and Matt Patterson, co-authors of "Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell." This is a memoir of Montgomery and Patterson's experience working in turtle rescue. (Turtles are among the most endangered creatures on earth.)