Wgtd's The Morning Show With Greg Berg

Mark O. Hubbard discusses his new book "Ara: The Life and Legacy of a Notre Dame Legend" .... the authorized biography of renowned football coach Ara Parseghian.

Moe Cason, one of the country's best-known and most highly regarded experts on all matters related to BBQ, talks about his new book "Big Moe's Big Book of BBQ: 75 Recipes from Brisket and Ribs to Cornbread and Mac & Cheese."

We talk about the current production of Kenosha's Lakeside Players, "Puffs - or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic," a thinly veiled parody of a certain popular series of books and films about a certain bespectacled young wizard-in-training and his friends and adversaries. The production opened this past Friday and runs for the next two weekends. I speak with two members of thecast - Hannah Wade and Sam Simon - who are music theater majors at Carthage College.

Doug Instenes, managing and artistic director of the Racine Theater Guild, talks about their current production - a stage adaption of Agatha Christie's "Murder on the Orient Express" - and about the rest of the RTG's current season, which includes "Little Women," "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever," and "Legally Blonde."

Dr. Thomas Carr, director of the paleontology program at Carthage, talks about their most recent field expedition to rural Montana. Andrew Goebel, a recent Carthage grad who has been a valued part of the program and has been working as a preparator, joins us as well.

This is a correction to an earlier posting of the Morning Show from September 12th. For Kailyn Palomares's September visit to the program, she wanted to talk about the Heide Observatory at Hawthorn Hollow - as well as the concern of Light Pollution and its effects not only on stargazing but also on the well-being of nocturnal creatures and other living things. Joining her was Dr. William Parker, Professor of Physics at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, and director of the Heide Observatory.

Carol Mithers talks about her book "Rethinking Rescue: Dog Lady and the Story of America's Forgotten People and Pets." The 'Dog Lady' referenced in the subtitle is Lori Weise, who for decades has done dog rescue in some of L.A.'s poorest neighborhoods. What has set her work apart from that of others engaged in pet rescue is that she has tried to help struggling dog owners as much as the dogs they own - and Weise's hope has always been that pets and owners might remain together or be reunited someday.

From 2005 - Tom Downey, author of "The Last Men Out: Life on the Edge at Rescue 2 Firehouse." The book is an extraordinary portrait of NYC firefighters and the culture of this particular firehouse. Downey was in the midst of studying them and their story when the unthinkable events of 9-11 occurred. This book includes a riveting account of what happened on that nightmarish day - and the profoundly moving story of what followed for those who survived 9-11.

From 2018 - We speak to Suzann Pileggi Pawelski and James Pawelski, who are the husband & wife co-authors of "Happy Together: Using the Science of Positive Psychology to Build Love that Lasts."

John Talty, co-author of "The Price: What it takes to sin in college football's era of chaos." The book explores how college football and the experience of student-athletes in large colleges and universities has drastically changed in recent years with the infusion of big money.

(From 2011) Genelle Guzman-McMillan, the last survivor pulled from the rubble at Ground Zero, talks about her memoir "Angel in the Rubble." She was working for the Port Authority in the Twin Towers on 9-11. She was caught in the collapse as she and coworkers were attempting to leave the building. She was buried alive for 23 hours.

We talk about the poetry and the Poets Laureate program in Kenosha and Racine with Jean Preston and Jennifer Kozelou, who are members of the committee who will be selecting new poets laureate before the end of the year.

Jenny albertini, author of "Decluttered: Mindful Organizing for Health, Home, and Beyond."

Racine writer/poet Nicholas Michael Ravnikar talks about The Poetry Movement- and about the Bus Poems Contest he is coordinating which is encouraging local writers to pen poetry that may be displayed on Racine city buses.

In honor of National Assisted Living Week, we speak with Nancy Davies and Lisa DeBartolo, who are community outreach coordinators for Library Terrace Assisted Living in Kenosha. This is a general conversation about what the term assisted living means- and what people should consider when thinking about this as an option for themselves or for a loved one.

From 2009 - Joe LaMacchia, author of "Blue Collar and Proud of It: The All-In-One Resource for finding Freedom, Financial Success and Security outside the cubicle."

From 2003 - a conversation with renowned sportswriter Frank DeFord, talking about his novel AN AMERICAN SUMMER. DeFord was a longtime writer for Sports Illustrated as well as a longtime sports commentator on NPR's Morning Edition. He passed away in 2017.

We open with an interview with boxer Gerry Cooney, who at two different points in his career was the #1 heavyweight boxing contender - and renowned as one of the hardest hitters of his generation. His memoir about his life and career is titled "Gentleman Gerry." After that is a 2010 interview with Gary M. Pomerantz, author of "Wilt, 1962- The Night of 100 Points and the Dawn of a New Era." It tells the story of the legendary night when Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in a single NBA game.

Our guest is Ashley Hanson, Vice President for Enrollment at Carthage College. We talk with her about the challenging process of college recruitment- and how that process was made still more challenging this past year with what has been dubbed "the FAFSA Debacle," the disastrous roll-out of a simplified version of the federal financial form that was fraught with complications and delays - and which could have had catastrophic consequences. She'll tell us what Carthage did to try and ameliorate the effects of the problem.

We talk about a 4-week program with the Kenosha Public Library called "Terrific Talkers," which is designed primarily for babies and toddlers (as well as their parents, guardians and caregivers) for assessing and assisting in the development of language skills. It kicks off on Monday, September 9th and culminates on Saturday, October 5th. It's part of a larger, ongoing program series called Growing KPL Kids. Today's program begins with speech pathologist and author Stephanie Cohen, who will be the special guest presenter on October 5th. After that, we'll hear from Tess Fox-Pawlaczyk, early literacy librarian for KPL, who is also one of the primary organizers of this series of events.