Wgtd's The Morning Show With Greg Berg

We talk about the Racine Theater Guild's production of "Little Women" with Lisa Kornetsky, the guest director of the production - which opened last weekend and runs for the next two weekends.

We talk with Rev. Debbie Hartfield and Dr. Richard Sjoerdsma about the 150th anniversary of Saint Mary's Lutheran Church in Kenosha - and preview a celebratory concert coming up on Sunday afternoon that will feature all of the church's music ensembles.

We preview Friday evening's concert by the Racine Symphony Orchestra with its artistic director and conductor, Pasqual Laurino.

We preview Saturday night's concert of the Lake Geneva Symphony Orchestra with its conductor, David Anderson.

In honor of Halloween ..... Erika Engelhaupt, author of "Go to Hell: A Traveler's Guide to Earth's Most Otherworldly Destinations."

We preview the next theatrical production at Carthage College, "Life Cycle of a Star" with playwright Ali Viterbi as well as Herschel Kruger, chair of the department and director of the production. This is the latest installment in Carthage's renowned New Play Initiative. The play is performed the next two weekends in Wartburg Auditorium.

Our guest, William Cope Moyers, is Vice President of Public Affairs and Community Relations at the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation and the author of the best-selling memoir "Broken." His newest book is "Broken Up: What Painkillers taught me about Life and Recovery." Moyers is coming to Southeastern Wisconsin later this week to be a keynote speaker for the 15th Annual Help and Hope Conference on Substance Use Disorders- and he will be signing copies of "Broken Open" at Blue House Books in downtown Kenosha this Thursday evening. Moyers is the son of renowned journalist Bill Moyers.

More from renowned composer Ricky Ian Gordon, talking about his memoir "Seeing Through: A Chronicle of Sex, Drugs and Opera." In this part of the interview, Gordon talks about his creative process and shares stories about some of his most noteworthy works for the stage.

In anticipation of William Cope Moyers's upcoming visit to Southeastern Wisconsin (he is a keynote speaker for the 15th Annual Help and Hope Conference on Substance Use Disorders on November 1st) ..... and his Morning Show appearance this coming Tuesday to talk about his latest book ("Broken Open") ..... we're sharing two archival interviews with Mr. Moyers - including a conversation about his best-selling memoir "Broken.: My Story of Addiction and Redemption." (2007) and a follow-up conversation from several years later. Moyers is the Vice President of Public Affairs and Community Relations at the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation.

FRom 2014- Tom Ang, author of "Photography: The Definitive Visual History"

Renowned composer Ricky Ian Gordon discusses his remarkable new book "Seeing Through: A Chronicle of Sex, Drugs and Opera." (This is part one. Part two of the interview will be shared on Monday, the 28th.) The book has been hailed as an exceptionally candid and illuminating memoir. In today's interview, Gordon discusses his turbulent childhood, his complicated relationship with his parents and sisters, living through the AIDS epidemic, falling in love with opera, and much more.

This is Dr. Art Cyr's monthly visit to the Morning Show. We talk about SpaceX ..... Google ..... North Korea .... and more.

We preview the Lakeside Players production of the musical Young Frankenstein, which opens this weekend.

Craig Unger talks about his latest book, "Den of Spies: Reagan, Carter and the Secret History of the Treason that Stole the White House." The book examines newly-available evidence that people associated with Ronald Reagan's 1980 presidential campaign worked behind the scenes to insure that the American hostages in Iran would not be released before election day - helping to insure the defeat of incumbent president Jimmy Carter.

We talk Medicare with Paula Clark and Terra Kilkeary-Santiago from the Kenosha County Aging and Disability Resource Center.

From 2004- Alex Wellen, author of "Barman: Ping Pong, Pathos and Passing the Bar."

From the archives- Dr. Laura Gellott, long time history professor at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside (now retired). This interview was done back in the late 1990s around the time that Professor Gellott received the school's highest teaching award.

In the wake of tennis great Rafael Nadal's retirement announcement, we replay this conversation with sportswriter L. Jon Wertheim about his book "Strokes of Genius," which examines the 2008 Wimbledon men's singles final- in which Nadal edged Roger Federer in one of the greatest matches ever played. Also- an excerpt from Patrick McEnroe's book "Hardcourt Confidential."

We learn about Saturday night's concert by the Kenosha Symphony, which will feature music by Glinka, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Tchaikovsky. Joining me are conductor Robert Hasty and board president and orchestra member Peter Rodriguez.

Mary MacDonald Kerr, Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatrical Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, talks about their production of Carrie: The Musical, which opens this coming weekend and runs for the following weekend as well on their mainstage.