Wgtd's The Morning Show With Greg Berg

From 2003 -  Stephen Coonts talks about his book "Victory" which is comprised of short novels about World War Two by ten award-winning authors (including one by Coonts himself.) 

From 2005-  Brian Fugere, author of "Why Business People Speak Like Idiots: A Bullfighter's Guide."   The subtitle refers to the importance of eliminating "bull" from the way business people communicate amongst themselves and to the public.  

Gateway Technical College President Bryan Albrecht is joined by Lindsey Kosman, Gateway Student Life Coordinator ... Nicole Oberlin, District and Elk Horn Campus Ambassador .... and Taylor DeVincentis, Kenosha Campus Ambassador. 

We speak with Seth Weidmann, Carthage's Assistant Athletic Director and Head Men's Swimming and Diving Coach .... and with senior Adam Moskus, one of Carthage's finest swimmers .... shortly after Carthage won its fifth consecutive CCIW (Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) Championship. 

Susan Quinn talks about her book "Eleanor and Hick: The Love Affair that Shaped a First Lady."  The book examines the extraordinary relationship between Eleanor Roosevelt and journalist Lorena Hickok, a relationship the lasted more than thirty years. 

Thoughts about Diabetes from two experts at Harvard Medical School who have co-written a book titled "Conquer Your Diabetes" - Dr. Morton Abrahamson and Dr. Sanjiv Chopra. 

From the archives (2010) -  Ingrid Betancourt, author of "Even Silence has an End:  My Six Years of Captivity in the Colombian Jungle."  While running for the presidency of Colombia, Betancourt was kidnapped by one of Colombia's most brutal anti-government terrorist organizations,  and held prisoner for six years.   This memoir is her harrowing account of her ordeal.  

From 2009-  Jeff MacGregor, author of "Sunday Money: A Hot Lap Around America with NASCAR" 

Professor Amir Hussain, renowned expert on Islam - in town for the 3rd Kenosha Interfaith Scholar-In-Residence program.   He is chair and professor of theological studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles and author of MUSLIMS AND THE MAKING OF AMERICA.  Also with us is Fatih Haprci, chair of the religion department at Carthage College. 

Science Writer David Robson, author of "The Expectation Effect." 

David Mason, born and raised in Kenosha, is first chair viola for the Japan Philharmonic in Tokyo, Japan.  He is back in town as the Howard Brown Artist in Residence at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.  His performance this weekend with the UW-P Orchestra will be his first performance in Kenosha in fifteen years.  Also participating in this interview is Alvaro Garcia, who is a professor of music and associate dean of the school or arts and humanities. Dr. Garcia was one of Mason's viola teachers.  

(from the archives)  Greg Tate, author of "Everything but the Burden: What White People are Taking from Black Culture." 

Michele Hancock, Vice President of College Culture for Inclusion at Carthage College.  

Part 1:  Melba Pattillo Beals, one of the so-called Little Rock Nine, talks about her book "March Forward, Girl: From Young Warrior to Little Rock Nine."   Part 2:  Jon Meacham talks about his book "His Truth is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope."   

From 2007 -  Alice Walker ("The Color Purple") talks about her children's book "Why War Is Never a Good Idea."  

From 2013-  Simon Garfield, author of "To the Letter: a Celebration of the Lost Art of Letter Writing." 

<For Black History Month> - Rocco Constantino's book "Beyond Baseball's Color Barrier" tells the story of the past, present and future of African-Americans in major league baseball.  

Dr. Art Cyr, Clausen Distinguished Professor of Political Economy and World Business at Carthage College, offers his analysis of current events- including Russia's invasion of Ukraine.  

Neal Thompson, author of "The First Kennedys: The Humble Roots of an American Dynasty."  Thompson chronicles the story of the very first Kennedys - Patrick and Bridget - to make their way from Ireland to the United States in the late 1840s.  

Dr. Mark Vonnegut, author of "The Heart of Caring: My Life in Pediatrics."  Dr. Vonnegut, the son of renowned author Kurt Vonnegut, has been a pediatrician for forty years.  He writes about some of his most memorable experiences and also offers up his concerns about the ways in which the medical field has changed over the last four decades.