Wgtd's The Morning Show With Greg Berg

From 2003- George Beahm, author of "The Essential J.R.R. Tolkien Sourcebook: a Fan's Guide to Middle Earth and Beyond." 

From 2008 -  Margo Hammond, author of "Between the Covers:  the Book Babe's Guide to a Woman's Reading Pleasures."   

Part One:  Christopher Clarey, tennis correspondent for the New York Times, is the author of "The Master:  The Long Run and Beautiful Game of Roger Federer."  Part Two:  (from the archives)   L. Jon Wertheim, from Sports Illustrated, is author of "Strokes of Genius: Federer, Nadal, and the Greatest Match Ever Played."  The subtitle refers to the epic 5-set men's final at Wimbledon that Federer and Nadal waged in 2008. 

Kelly Scroggins-Powell, co-founder and executive director of Racine Women for Racial Justice.  

Yasmeen Abutaleb, who covers health policy for the Washington Post,  is co-author of "Nightmare Scenario:  Inside the Trump Administration's Response to the Pandemic that Changed History."  Her co-author,  Damian Paletta, is the economics editor for the Washington Post. 

From 2013-  Tim Federle talks about his novel for young readers "Better Nate than Never."   13-year-old Nate's biggest dream is to appear in a Broadway show.  The author actually performed in the Broadway production of GYPSY starring Bernadette Peters. 

Stephen Kurczy, author of 'The Quiet Zone: Unraveling the Mystery of a Town Suspended in Silence."   Kurczy spent considerable time in Green Bank, West Virginia - a community where it is against the law to have WiFi or smart phones (because of a nearby radio observatory.)  Kurczy wanted to investigate what it was like to live there- and whether or not the community was in fact the radio silence zone it was purported to be. 

Dr. Art Cyr offers commentary on several different current issues and concerns, beginning with the situation in Afghanistan.  

From 2008-  Dallas Murphy, author of "To Follow the Water:  Exploring the Ocean to Discover Climate."   

From 1998 -   Joya Zamora, Miss Kenosha 1998,  takes us inside the experience of pageants.   (Joya Zomara Santarelli still lives in Kenosha and now operates her own yoga studio.)  

Carlo Nevicosi, Director of the Walworth County Department of Health and Human Services

This conversation was recorded and initially broadcast in late 2001, not long after the onset of Operation Enduring Freedom, a retaliatory strike on Afghanistan in the wake of 9-11.  Dr. Yuri Maltsev, Professor of Economics at Carthage, brought to bear a wide-ranging expertise about the former Soviet Union and the nations surrounding it, including Afghanistan.  <This is the unabridged version of the interview.  A portion of the interview aired on today's Morning Show.>

John Seager, President and CEO of Population Connection - a non-profit, non-partisan group that works for the goal of Population Stabilization. 

Today is the monthly visit of Bryan Albrecht, president of Gateway Technical College.  His special guest is Beth Ormseth, Acting Superintendent of the Kenosha Unified School District.   She also serves on Gateway's Board of Trustees.  

Liza Nash Taylor discusses her new novel "In All Good Faith," in which we follow the struggles and triumphs of two women caught in the throes of the Great Depression.

From 2003- Alex Berenson, author of "The Number: How the Drive for Quarterly Earnings Corrupted Wall Street and Corporate America." 

Del Eisch led the Racine Concert Band from 1974 to 2001.  This interview was done in 1998, which marked the 75th anniversary of the band and Del Eisch's 25th anniversary as its conductor.   The Racine Concert Band's current season ends Sunday night (August 15th)  with its 7 pm concert at the Racine Zoo's amphitheater.  

Part one: Kostya Kennedy, editor of a book from Sports Illustrated, "The Story of Baseball: In One Hundred Photos."  Part two:  (from 2004) former major league baseball player Jim Brosnan, author of "The Long Season," widely regarded as one of the best books about baseball.  

From 2008 -  Matthew Goodman, author of "the Sun and the Moon: Hoaxers, Showmen and Lunar Man-Bats in 19th Century New York."   <The Morning Show interview (about population) originally scheduled for this date could not air because of a power outage.  It will air next week instead.> 

A conversation about Restoration Ecology.