Wgtd's The Morning Show With Greg Berg

Adam Larson, seasonal park ranger at Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park in Dorchester County, Maryland,  discusses the life and legacy of Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad.  September is Underground Railroad Month. 

Reid Forgrave, author of "Love, Zac:  Small-Town Football and the Life and Death of an American Boy."   Zac Easter was a young man who loved playing high school football.  Unfortunately, he suffered a series of concussions that ultimately caused him to develop CTE (a serious brain disease) - and at the age o 24, he committed suicide.  He left behind him a revealing journal and other written accounts of his experiences in the hopes that others might benefit from knowing his story.  

<from 2002> Best-selling author William Langewiesche discusses "American Ground: Unbuilding the World Trade Center," a series of three articles for Atlantic Monthly magazine that were eventually gathered into a book of the same name.  Langewiesche was granted unprecedented access to Ground Zero to witness and chronicle the extraordinary recovery and restoration project in which the immense mountain of debris from the collapsed towers was cleared away.  

From 2001 -  Jan Sjogren, an officer with the Salvation Army (and the mother of Carthage alum Caleb Sjogren) talks about her experience of being in New York City after 9-11 and being part of the Salvation Army's relief efforts there.  

From 2006 -   Jim Dwyer, a reporter for the New York Times, and co-author of "102 Minutes: the Untold Story of the Fight to Survive inside the Twin Towers."   The book explores many of the stories of the thousands of people who managed to escape the World Trade Center on 9-11.   We are replaying this on the 20th anniversary of that tragic day.  

We preview the next American Experience documentary ....   a profile of Sandra Day O'Conner, the first woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court.  The film airs Monday night on PBS stations across the country, including channel 10 in Milwaukee.   

A preview of the production of Shakespeare's Hamlet by the Fleeing Artists Theater Company, with performances Friday evening, Saturday afternoon and evening, and Sunday afternoon.   

Nan Calvert's monthly visit to the program - Dave Giordano from Root Pike WIN and Benjamin Benninghoff from the Wisconsin DNR.  

We speak with actor Robert Bathurst ("Downton Abbey"), who has just recorded the audiobook version of "The Madness of Crowds,"  the latest novel by best-selling author Louise Penny.  

Roseanne Shales and Guida Brown talk about the Kenosha Women's Network and their upcoming 40th Anniversary Gala.  

from 2019 -  Matt Richtel, author of "An Elegant Defense:  the Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System: A Tale in Four Lives."  

From 2013 -  Don Snyder, author of "Walking with Jack: a father's Journey to becoming his son's caddie."  

From 2003 - Rosemary Salomone, author of "Same, Different, Equal: Rethinking Single-Sex Schooling." 

From the archives (late 1990s) - Jackie Drummer talks about the joys and challenges of working with gifted and talented students in the South Milwaukee school system.  

From 2008-  Tyler Gray, author of "The Hit Charade:  Lou Pearlman, Boy Bands, and the Biggest Ponzi Scheme in U.S. History."   

Gateway Technical College President Bryan Albrecht pays his monthly visit to the program.  With him are Ray Koukari, GTC's Dean of Manufacturing, Engineering, and Information Technology .... and Jeff Daniels, principal organizer of Tech Prize.  

Edgar Villanueva, author of "Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance."   Villanueva, a Native American,  has worked for many years in the field of Philanthropy.   In the book, he contends that many charitable foundations are founded on old attitudes and assumptions that tend to reinforce the divide between Have's and Have Not's .... between Us and Them. His book also offers thoughts on how to reshape the Philanthropy sector for the better.  

From 2013 - Jennifer Holland, author of "Unlikely Loves: 43 Heartwarming True Stories from the Animal Kingdom."   The book tells the true story of a number of instances in which animals of different species (e.g. a golden retriever and a cheetah) become unlikely, friendly companions.  

Blythe Grossberg, author of a memoir titled "I left my homework in the Hamptons: What I learned teaching the children of the One Percent."  For a number of years, Grossberg was a busy and highly-regarded tutor to the children of some of the wealthiest people living in Manhattan.   Her book chronicles what it was like to enter the homes and lives of such families and work with these privileged children, many of whom were saddled with learning difficulties of one kind or another. 

Ron Roy, author of the best-selling children's book series "A-Z Mysteries" ..... and Maggie McGuire, CEO of Pinna, an audio-first children's media company that produces a podcast version of the A-Z Mysteries.