Wgtd's The Morning Show With Greg Berg

Carnes Lord - author of "The Modern Prince: What a Leaders Need to Know Now" 

From 2002 - Lynn Peril, author of "Pink Think: Becoming a Woman in Many Uneasy Lessons."  

Katie Kowbel is the director of the Racine Theater Guild's production of the light-hearted musical "Nunsense," which opens tonight.   The opening of the production had to be postponed from last Friday to tonight because of COVID. 

For the first monthly visit of 2022 from Gateway Technical College president Bryan Albrecht, we discuss workforce development with Doug Bartz, director of the Kenosha County Job Center, and Beth Norris, operations manager for the Southeast Wisconsin Workforce System.  

From 2015-  Eric Greitens, author of "Resilience: Hard-Won Wisdom for Living a Better Life."  

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Michael Cottman talks about his latest book, "Segregated Skies: David Harris's Trailblazing Journey to Rise Above Racial Barriers."  David Harris was the first African-American to become a pilot for a major airline.  

Dr. Jonathan Shailor, Professor of Communications at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, talks about his ongoing and expanding work with inmates at the Racine County Correctional Facility.

Repeated from last week:  Mark  Bowden, author of "The Steal: The Attempt to Overturn the 2020 Election and the People Who Stopped It."  

Creek Stewart is author of "The Disaster-Ready Home: a Step-by-Step Emergency Preparedness Manual for Sheltering in Place."  

From 2008- Raghavan Iyer, author of "660 Curries: The Gateway to Indian Cuisine."  

From 2004-  Richard Thieme, author of "Islands in the Clickstream: Reflections on Life in a Virtual World."  (In May of 2021, Thieme released a follow-up book titled "The Best of Islands in the Clickstream."  Thieme has been writing his column on the affect of new technologies since the mid 1990s. 

Joe Loizzo amd Elazar Eslan,  co-authors of "Boundless Leadership:  The Breakthrough Method to Realize your Vision, Empower  Others, and Ignite Positive Change."  

We are re-sharing our interview with J.R. Moehringer in which he talks about his memoir titled "The Tender Bar."  The book was recently made into a major motion picture (directed by George Clooney and starring Ben Affleck) .... and the film begins streaming today (January 7th.)  

Best-selling author Mark Bowden talks about "The Steal: The Attempt to Overturn the 2020 Election and the People who Stopped it."   He co-wrote the book with Matthew Teague.  

Writer Ravi Shankar (named after but no relation to the musician of the same name) talks about his book "Correctional: a Memoir." In it, he explores the experience of being the son of Indian immigrants, his struggles to sort out his sense of personal identity, and the misdeed that landed him in jail for a time.  (He actually secured tenure while incarcerated.)    

Frank Vizard, author of "Why a Curveball Curves: The Incredible Science of Sports."  

Wisconsin-born author Michael Perry talks about his book "Montaigne in Barn Boots: An Amateur Ambles Through Philosophy." 

Donald Cohen, author of "The Privatization of Everything: How the Plunder of Public Goods Transformed America and How We Can Fight Back."  

From 2008-  John Boughton, author of "Wikipedia: The Missing Manual."  

One of our favorite interviews from 2021- WGTD News Director Dave McGrath talks about his book "Gene Pitney: The Singer, the Songs, the Songwriters."  McGrath worked with Gene Pitney for more than twenty years.