Wgtd's The Morning Show With Greg Berg

Earlier this week, we aired a new interview with Neal Bascomb about his latest book,  "Faster."  Today's podcast is a 2004 interview with Bascomb about his book "The Perfect Mile: 3 Athletes, 1 Goal, and 4 Minutes to Achieve It."   The book was published to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the world's first 4-minute mile, which was run by Englishman Roger Bannister.  

Today's Morning Show features newly-recorded interviews with 1) Bryan Albrecht, president of Gateway Technical College ... 2) John Swallow, president of Carthage College, ... and 3) Debbie Ford, Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, talking about how their respective schools have had to respond to the COVID-19 Crisis. 

From 2005-  We replay a conversation with best-selling author John M. Barry about his book "The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History."   Barry's book is widely-regarded as the definitive account of the horrific influenza pandemic of 1918.  

Best-selling author Neal Bascomb discusses his latest book,  "Faster:  How a Jewish Driver, an American Heiress, and a Legendary Car Beat Hitler's Best."    The book explores the enormous interest surrounding car racing in Europe in the 1930's - Hitler's interest in having Germany become the dominant force in car racing - and how his wishes were thwarted in a dramatic race in 1938.  The story, now largely forgotten, bears some resemblance to the better-known story of track star Jesse Owens and his triumph at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.  

This is a discussion of the Racine Unified School District Referendum that will be on the ballot on April 7th.  Brian O'Connell and Mike Frontier are from the School Board, and Shannon Gordon is the Chief of Operations for the school district. 

Dr, Temple Burling, Associate Professor of Biology and Physics at Carthage College, chronicles his recent experience with the COVID-19 scare.  In early March, he was in the UK and Belgium on a research trip that he was forced to cut short when President Trump announced the travel ban.   He describes what he saw and experienced once he landed at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport and what it is like for him to be in precautionary  self-quarantine. 

The day before the birthday of Jerry Lewis, we replay a 2005 conversation with James Kaplan,  who assisted Jerry Lewis in the writing of his memoir "Dean & Me: a Love Story," which chronicles the memorable partnership between Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin.

From 2004- a conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Anna Quindlen about her best-selling book "Loud and Clear."  

Jill Tietjen and Barbara Bridges are the co-authors of "Hollywood: Her Story- An Illustrated History of Women and the Movies."  The book explores, among other things,  the remarkably rich role that women played in movie-making during the Silent Era.  

Nan Calvert's monthly visit is a look at stormwater runoff and an innovative means of dealing with it that's called Regenerative Stormwater Conveyance.  

Part 1:  Russell Johnson, director of UW-Parkside's Jazz Studies program, previews their Jazz Week (coming up next week.)   Part 2:  Steve Mussenden from the Racine Literacy Council talks about their upcoming fundraiser.  Part 3:   Dr. Mike Picco, from the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL, talks about Colo-Rectal Cancer.  Part 4:  a CNA study on why the U.S. military is facing escalating challenges with their recruitment efforts. 

Noe Alvarez's book is titled "Spirit Run- a 6,000 Mile Marathon through North America's Stolen Lands."  This is Alvarez's illuminating chronicle of his experience of joining other indigenous runners in something called "Peace and Dignity Journeys" which took them all of the way from British Columbia all the way to the border between Mexico and Guatemala.  

Best-selling author James Brown talks about his most recent book,  "Apology to a  Young Addict- a Memoir."  The book touches on Brown's own history of addiction and his road to sobriety as well as the work he has done with other addicts in recent years.  

From 2008 comes a remarkable conversation with Brooks Hansen, author of "The Brotherhood of Joseph: a Memoir of Infertility and Adoption in the 21st Century."  

From 2008 comes this wide--ranging interview with Larry Olmsted, author of  "Getting into Guinness: One Man's Longest, Fastest, Highest Journey Inside the World's Most Famous Record Book."  

We speak with Anne Kim, author of "Abandoned:  America's Lost Youth and the Crisis of Disconnection."  

Carthage College's Erik Johnson,  Assistant Professor of Economics,  talks about the state of trade between the United States and China.  

We're given a demonstration of an extraordinary bit of technology called the Anatomage Table 6, which is used by Gateway Technical College's health sciences students.  It is essentially a 'virtual cadaver,' allowing students to see into the human body in a way never possible before.   <Note: there is a video version of this interview that can be viewed on WGTD's Facebook page.>

From 2018 comes a conversation with Erik Weihenmayer, author of "No Barriers:  a Blind Man's Journey to Kayak the Grand Canyon."  The author has an incredible array of accomplishments to his credit, such as climbing Mount Everest.  

We talk about the good work of the Racine County Food Bank - and about their upcoming "Thoughts for Food" fundraiser.