Wgtd's The Morning Show With Greg Berg

Rosario Marin,  former Treasurer of the United States, is speaking at Carthage College this Wednesday,  February 24th. 

From 2008: Vicki Myron, author of "Dewey: the Small Town Library Cat who Touched the World."  It tells the true story of how Ms. Myron, the head of the public library in Spencer, Iowa found a tiny kitten abandoned in the library's drop box on a bitterly cold winter night - adopted it and made it the library cat, where it charmed library patrons until Dewey's death in 2006. 

From 2017-  Daniel Bolger, author of "Our Year at War: Two Brothers, Viet Nam, and a Nation Divided."   

Music/Comedy Duo Bridge & Wolak (Michael Bridge and Kornel Wolak) are performing at Carthage College next Thursday evening, February 24th.  Bridge is a virtuoso on the accordion (and also plays the digital accordion, which is one of the most versatile of all musical instruments.)  Wolak is both a brilliant clarinetist and pianist.  

For Nan Calvert's monthly visit to the program, she welcomes Kathleen Thompson,  a doctoral Botany student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who has extensively studied Lichens and other related organisms.  

From 2008-  Elliot Jaspin, author of "Buried in the Bitter Waters:  the Hidden History of Racial Cleansing in America."  (For Black History Month) 

We preview tonight's American Experience documentary on PBS titled "The American Diplomat," which highlights the significance of three African Americans who served as ambassadors or otherwise were part of our country's foreign service at a time when the presence of blacks was severely limited.  Leola Carzolai-Stewart is director of the film.  Dr. Michael Krenn, Professor of History at Appalachian State University, is author of the book "Black Diplomacy: African-Americans and the State Department, 1945-1969." 

For Valentine's Day -  Lair Torrent, author of "The Practice of Love:  Break Old Patterns, Rebuild Trust, and Create a Connection that Lasts."   

From the archives:  Achim Novak, author of "The Moment: a Practical Guide to Creating a Mindful Life in a Distracted World." 

From 2009- in honor of Abraham Lincoln's birthday,  Ronald C. White talks about his book "A. Lincoln: A Biography,"  which was written to commemorate Lincoln's 200th birthday.

We speak to two members of the Carthage faculty -  Jeff Roberg and Maribel Morales - and three of the eighteen Carthage students who participated in their J-Term study trip to Peru .... Letitia Siers, Abigail Trch, and Serena Richardson.  

GTC President Bryan Albrecht and Provost Zina Haywood have both announced their impending retirements.  (Haywood steps down in September- Albrecht in November.)  They look back on their many years at Gateway Technical College and discuss the many ways that the school has grown and changed.  

We preview the Fleeing Artists Theater Company's production of "Failure: A Love Story," which opens this weekend at Kenosha's Rhode Center for the Arts,  with director Alex Metalsky and cast members Denise Johnson and Rick Bingen. 

We preview the Racine Theater Guild's production of "Guys on Ice" (opening this coming weekend) with director Doug Instenes and cast mates Dan Venne, Bob Benson and Tony Lazalde.  

Carthage theater professor Martin McClendon talks about the new play FRONTLINE based on interviews done with six health care workers talking about the stresses of working during the pandemic.   Also in the interview is a student, Melissa Schmidt,  who was in the Verbatim Theater class that helped create the play.  

Benjamin Gilmour, author of 'Paramedico:  Around the World by Ambulance."  Gilmour is an Australian paramedic who decided to experience life as a paramedic in countries around the world.

From the archives: (2000 or 2001)- Robert Hollingsworth, who at the time was manager of the Chrysler Automobile Plant in Kenosha.  (The plant went dark in 2010 and was demolished in 2013.  This interview takes us back to a day when automobile manufacturing was the dominant force in the Kenosha economy.)  

From 2005:  Figure Skater Megan Oster, from Kenosha, who won two bronze medals at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships .... one in the novice division, the other in the junior division.  We replay this interview in honor of the Winter Olympics that are currently underway with so much attention focused on figure skating. 

Justin Spizman, author of "Coach:  The Greatest Teachers in Sports and their lessons for us all."  Filling out the hour is an excerpt from my interview with L. Jon Wertheim, author of "Strokes of Genius: Federer, Nadal, and the Greatest Match Ever Played."  The interview includes comment about Rafael Nadal's uncle, Antonio Nadal (his first tennis coach), who is one of the coaches profiled in Spizman's book.  

BONUS: As UW-Parkside celebrates the tenth anniversary of the Rita Tallent Picken Regional Center for the Arts & Humanities, we're replay the 2012 Morning Show that aired right before The Rita opened its doors to the public.  I spoke with Dr. Dean Yonkh, then Interim Dean of Arts and Sciences,  Dr. Lisa Kornetsky, then Chair of the Theatrical Arts Department, and Deborah Karp, Director of the Center for Community Partnerships.