Wgtd's The Morning Show With Greg Berg

This interview with actor Anthony Edwards (E.R., Top Gun, Fast times at Ridgemont High) is about the film "The Tricky Part," for which he served as Executive Producer.  The film is based on the highly acclaimed memoir and play of the same name, exploring the topic of sexual assault of men.  Edwards,  who himself was sexually abused when he was a young teenager, is board chairman for the non-profit 1 in 6, which has arranged for the free streaming of the film tonight (Tuesday) at 7 pm CDT on Youtube, Facebook, or on the 1 in 6 website.  (1 in 6 refers to the fact that studies who that at least 1 in 6 men have been the subject of sexual abuse or assault.)  

Hospice Alliance continues to offer its important services during COVID-19.  We speak with Rita Hagen, Executive Director of Hospice Alliance,  and Jennifer Sytkowski, Bereavement Coordinator.  We learn about the steps Hospice Alliance has taken to keep both their own staff as well as their patients/clients as safe as possible during this time of Social Distancing.   

Dr. Art Cyr pays his monthly visit to the Morning Show - this time via Zoom - to offer his analysis of current events and issues.   Although issues related to COVID-19 dominate our conversation, we also talk about a political change in Great Britain,  the effect of falling oil prices on the economy of Russia, and the latest from NATO.  

Local film expert and historian James Neibaur, a frequent Morning Show guest and the author of 25 books about movies,  offers some recommendations on interesting films to watch during this time of social distancing due to COVID-19.  

Dr. Sarah Pina, a member of the Spanish faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, joins us to talk about what it has been like for her to shift her teaching to a virtual format.  Also with us is a UW-Parkside freshman pre-med student, Gabby Richardson, who is also a Spanish minor, to talk about what it has been like to be on the receiving end of such teaching.  

From 2003 comes this interview with a Racine school teacher named Joe Kane, talking about his memorable experience as a contestant on the game show "Who wants to be a Millionaire," which has recently returned to ABC's prime time schedule.  <Joe Kane won $16,000 in his appearance on the program.  He passed away in 2016.>

This 2006 interview is with Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro, author of "1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare."  Shapiro chronicles this single (and quite significant) year in Shakespeare's with an astounding amount of detail.  

Two new author interviews today:  Part One: Tom Clavin, author of "Tombstone: the Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday, and the Vendetta Ride from Hell."  Part Two:  Ed Ruggero, author of "Blame the Dead."   

This is a monthly visit of Gateway Technical College president Bryan Albrecht.  He is joined by Zina Haywood, Executive Vice President and Provost - and Dr. Victoria Hulback, Dean of Health Sciences at GTC, to explore how the school has made the transition into On-Line teaching - and what might be ahead.  

Dr. Jonathan Shailor, Professor of Communications at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside,  talks about an amazing project he helped create in which he and 17 colleagues from the Shakespeare in Prisons Network ... all across the country ... presented an on-line performance of Shakespeare's play "Coriolanus" - a play astonishingly timely for this COVID-19 crisis.  (Shakespeare wrote this play while England was suffering from a frightening plague which, among other things, forced the temporary closure of theaters.)  

Part One-  Guida Brown, executive director of the Hope Council on Alcohol and Other Drugs.   Part Two-  Michael Mahoney, Director of Chicago Services for Hazelden/Betty Ford.  We explore some of the special challenges posed by the COVID-19 crisis to people struggling with additions and/or on the road to recovery.

Part One:  Dr. Thomas Noer,  Valor Distinguished Professor of Humanities and Professor of History at Carthage College, looks back at some of the most serious and significant epidemics in American history.   Part Two:  Joy Cho talks about her most recent books- and shares some suggestions on how we can support small businesses that are struggling during the COVID-19 Crisis.  

From the archives comes an interview with American baritone Nathan Gunn, who has sung on most of the major opera stages of the world, including the Metropolitan Opera and the Lyric Opera of Chicago.  (He starred in the Met's first HD simulcast - of Mozart's The Magic Flute.)  The occasion of this interview was his appearance with the Milwaukee Symphony of Britten's War Requiem.  

From 2004 comes this conversation with Robert Sullivan, author of "Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants."     One comes away from this book with a deep appreciation for how amazing rats are. 

Dr. Peter Dennee, a member of the music faculty at Carthage College,  shares the story of earning a Fulbright Grant to work and do research in the nation of Tanzania next year.  He describes the arduous application process and the kind of work he is hoping to do in Tanzania. 

Today we present a second round of interviews with Gateway Technical College instructors sharing about what it is like to be teaching online.  Our guests are: Pat Hoppe (electrical engineering),  Maryanne Kuiper & Helene Stacy (nursing),  Tedd Lupella (surgical technology), and Rich Malloy (adult high school.)  

Psychotherapist Amy Champeau returns to the Morning Show to offer some thoughts on how we can weather the COVID-19 crisis in a way that best preserves our mental and emotional well-being.   She also honestly shares about her own difficulties with anxiety and how that has helped her to be able to help others deal with their anxiety issues.  

Long-time UW-Parkside history professor John Buenker passed away earlier this month.  He was a frequent and much-admired Morning Show guest.   This is a rebroadcast of a visit he paid to the Morning Show in early 2001.  He offered thoughts on the very close and controversial victory of George W. Bush over Al Gore - and what was likely to be ahead in the then-new Bush presidency.   We hope to share other archival interviews with Professor Buenker in the coming weeks and months. 

Steve Allen, one of the legendary figures in entertainment history,  was the original host of The Tonight Show (the first late-night talk show)  and a prolific composer and author as well as a popular game show host and participant.   He came to Carthage College during the first week of March 1999 as a Johnson Distinguished Visitor.  This is one of the only instances in which I co-hosted a Morning Show interview with long-time WGTD news director Bill Guy, who created the program and was its primary host before his death a few months after this interview aired.  

From 2006 comes this interview with W.K. Stratton, author of "Chasing the Rodeo: On Wild Rides and Big Dreams, Broken Hearts and Broken Bones, and One Man's Search for the West."   It's fascinating look behind the scenes of the modern rodeo.