Wgtd's The Morning Show With Greg Berg

UW-Parkside theater professor Jennifer Sassaman talks about the school's production of the play "Silent Sky," which is inspired by the real life story of 19th century astronomer Henrietta Leavitt.   The production's final performances are this weekend.  

A former official with the U.S. Forest Service explains the practice of 'roadless forests' as a means for protecting our forests .... and how that policy may be undermined by the Trump administration.   Part two, from the archives, is a 2009 interview with Larry Winget,  the author of "Your Kids Are Your Own Fault:  A Guide for Raising Responsible, Productive Adults."   

Carthage College's Dr. Art Cyr offers his analysis of current events for the last time in 2019. 

Sportwriter Curt Sampson's newest book is called "Roaring Back:  The Fall and Rise of Tiger Woods."  Many have called Woods's comeback is the greatest comeback in professional sports history.  

From 2005 comes this conversation with Trevor Corson, author of "The Secret Life of Lobsters:  How Fishermen and Scientists are Unraveling the Mysteries of our Favorite Crustacean."  

Richard Ratay talks about his book "Don't Make Me Pull Over: An Informal History of the Family Road Trip."  

Sportswriter John Eisenberg talks about his most recent book, "The Streak:  Lou Gehrig, Cal Ripken Jr., and Baseball's Most Historic Record."   The book explores Gehrig's long-standing record for most consecutive games played in major league baseball- a streak eventually ended when Gehrig began to experience the first symptoms of ALS.  It also explores other attempts at breaking the record before Ripken managed to do so. 

For Thanksgiving, we're sharing an interview with Gina LaRoche and Jennifer Cohen, co-authors of "The 7 Laws of Enough:  Cultivating a Life of Sustainable Abundance."  The book is written to help all of us find deeper appreciation for what we have.  

Marta McDowell's "Emily Dickinson's Gardening Life:  The Plants and Places that Inspired the Iconic Poet" sheds illuminating life on an important facet of poet Emily Dickinson's life- her love of gardening.  McDowell was the first gardener-in-residence at the Emily Dickinson Museum in Amherst, Massachusetts. 

Gateway Technical College President Bryan Albrecht introduces us to the newest member of the GTC Board of Trustees,  Zaida Hernandez-Irrison, who shares her own story of how being a student at Gateway changed her life forever.  

From the archives comes this 2009 interview with Chris Anderson, author of "Free: The Future of a Radical Price."  The book explores how our notions of what has value .... and how much value .... and what we should be willing to pay for ....  has been so radically altered in recent years. 

In honor of the opening of the new movie about Fred Rogers, this is a rebroadcast of my 2007 interview with Tim Madigan, author of "I'm Proud of You; My Friendship with Fred Rogers."  

We preview two big events at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside this weekend:  a UW-Parkside Orchestra concert featuring music from the Star Wars movies .... and the opening of a play by Lauren Gunderson titled "Silent Sky" that is based on the extraordinary life and accomplishments of three female astronomers from the turn of the last century.

This is a 2009 conversation with writer and historian James Perry, author of "Touched With Fire:  Five Presidents and the Civil War Battles that Made Them."   This book examines the Civil War battlefield experiences of five men - Ulysses S. Grant,  Rutherford B. Hayes,  James Garfield,  Benjamin Harrison and William McKinley - who would each go on to be elected President of the United States.    

From the archives comes this conversation withElaine Khosrova, author of "Butter: A Rich History."  

This 2007 conversation is with David Standish, the author of a fascinating book titled "Hollow Earth:  The Long and Curious History of Imagining Strange Lands, Fantastical Creatures, Advanced Civilizations, and Marvelous Machines Below the Earth's Surface."    The book examines the many and various ways in which human beings through the generations have been drawn to the notion that our planet is actually hollow, and that its central cavity holds all kinds of wonders - and perhaps terrors as well.  

To celebrate National Community Foundations Week, we speak with Robert Schneider from the Kenosha Community Foundation and Liz Powell from the Racine Community Foundation.  

From 2016:  Kostya Kennedy's book is "Lasting Impact:  One Team, One Season.  What Happens When Our Sons Play Football."  

From the archives:  Howard Sounes, author of "Fab: The Intimate Life of Paul McCartney." 

From the archives comes this 2006 interview with Margaret George, who has written an array of fictional biographies of such historical figures as Henry VIII, Cleopatra, and Nero.  This particular conversation centers on her book "Helen of Troy: A Novel."