Wgtd's The Morning Show With Greg Berg

I speak with John Magerus about his book "James DeKoven: Biography of a Famous yet Forgotten Man." DeKoven was a 19th century Episcopalian clergyman and educator for whom Racine's DeKoven Center is named.

Dr. Samantha C. Sweeney, author of "Culturally Competent Kids: Raising Children to Thrive in a Diverse World."

From 2003- Lawrence C. Ross Jr., author of "The Ways of Black Folks: A Year in the Life of a People."

From 2007- Dr. Leonard Sax, author of "Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Men."

For Pride Month- from 2017- Susan Stryker, author of "Transgender History: The Roots of Today's Revolution"

In honor of Juneteenth (the federal holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S.) we replay a 2009 conversation with John Stauffer, author of "Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln."

From 2016, acclaimed British author and playwright James Swallow talks about his thriller "Nomad."

Maria Foscarinis discusses her book "And Housing for All: The Fight to End Homelessness in America."

We commemorate the 125th anniversary of Lionel Trains with Roger Carp, author of a number of books about model trains. His most recent book is "Lights, Camera, Lionel Trains! A Photo History of an American Icon." Carp is editor of Classic Toy Trains magazine.

I speak with three people who will be making a presentation about Restorative Justice practices as it relates to Domestic Violence at tomorrow's Trauma in our Community event at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee under the auspices of their School of Continuing Education. My guests are Judge Mary Triggiano, who now teaches at the Marquette Law School .... and two staff members from the Sojourner Family Peace Center in Milwaukee, the state's largest provider of services to those who have been impacted by domestic violence. (More information about tomorrow's event is available at uwm.edu/sce. The event can be attended in person or experienced on-line.

From 2010- for Father's Day- Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Michael Chabon talks about his book "Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son." Also participating in the interview is Chabon's wife, Ayelet Wildman, talking about her book "Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crises, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace."

From the archives (date unknown) Professor Gregory Mayer (from the biology faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside) and Professor Julio Rivera (from the geography faculty at Carthage College) and two students talk about a study trip to Nicaragua that they had just experienced.

We speak with Jason Witt, who is one of the featured presenters at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee this Tuesday, June 17th: "Trauma in Our Community," an event that can be attended either in person in Milwaukee or virtually. Witt speaks on A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) and how A.I. is beginning to be used in certain therapy scenarios. We also talk about how some people - including young people - utilize A.I. Chatbots for companionship. (You can go to uwm.edu/sce to find out information on how to register for Tuesday's event.)

For Kailyn Palomares's June visit to the Morning Show, we have a conversation about the importance of bumblebees with Judy Cardin, an educator with the Wisconsin DNR's community science program Bumblebee Brigade.

This is a portion of a conversation with Roger Carp, Senior Editor of Classic Trains magazine, and the author of "Lights, Camera, Lionel Trains! - A Photo History of an American Icon." The book celebrates the legacy of Lionel model trains in the company's 125th anniversary year. We will air the interview in its entirety next week.

We speak with Greta Neubauer, State Representative for the 66th Assembly District and Minority Leader for the State Assembly. We talk, among other things, about the current impasse regarding the state budget.

Matt Prochaska, Tourism Manager for the Village of Mount Pleasant, talks about Campus Park and the beautiful outdoor entertainment venue there and the summertime performances that will be presented there.

From 2004 ..... Lynne Truss, author of the best-seller "Eats, Shoots, and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation." The sound quality of this interview, as preserved, is rather poor- but we are still sharing it in the hopes that listeners will still find it to be compelling and entertaining.

Thursday, June 5th, would have been singer/actor Bill Hayes's 100th birthday. We are replaying the interview that I was privileged to record with Mr. Hayes nines years ago. Hayes's career included a stint on Sid Caesar's legendary series "Your Show of Shows," performances in the original Broadway cast of Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Me and Juliet," and half a century of performances on the soap opera "Days of our Lives."

Deborah Karp, director of the Alan E. Guskin Center for Community and Business Engagement at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, reflects on her career at Parkside and the work she has done with local non-profits, community-based learning, and arts management. She is about to retire after just over a quarter century with the university.