Wgtd's The Morning Show With Greg Berg

From 2007 - Roland J. Dolezal, author of "Where the birds are: A Travel Guide to over 1,000 Parks, Preserves, and Sanctuaries."

Today's interview is a lovely celebration of libraries with Nick Demsky, interim executive director of the Racine Public Library, which recently underwent a massive and impressive refurbishing. We spend some time talking about the ways in which libraries have transformed themselves in the 21st century. Nick also tells the story of the surprising way in which he first became affiliated with the RPL 17 years ago.

We preview this Saturday's Secret Garden Club with Lynda Guy, past-president of the Four Seasons Garden Club. Also joining us is TJ Leveque, director of Hawthorn Hollow, which is this year's bonus garden. Also, TJ's own home garden is on this year's garden walk.

We speak with Robert Grede about RIP: A Musical Comedy of Life & Death (his first musical.) Grede retired seven years ago from a successful career in advertising and marketing and decided to return to his musical roots (he was a music major in college). The work premieres on Wednesday, July 17th- and runs through July 28th at the Next Act Theater's Performance Space at 255 S. Water Street.

Entertainment writer Scott Ryan discusses his book "The Last Decade of Cinema," which celebrates the great films of the 1990's, which he regards as the final heyday of the golden age of cinema.

We look back 50 years to the night that Hank Aaron hit his 715th home run, breaking the long-standing career home run record of Babe Ruth. Sportswriter Randy Louis Cox was there that night, and writes about it in his book "715 at 50: The Night Henry Aaron Changed Baseball and the World Forever." Cox will be signing copies of his book tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon, 1:00 to 6:00, at Baseballism Wisconsin, a sports memorabilia store in Franklin, WI, ahead of tomorrow evening's Milwaukee Brewers home game.

From 2003- Nan Mooney, author of "My Racing Heart: The Passionate World of Thoroughbreds and the Track."

From 2003, Michael K. Bohn, author of "Nerve Center: Inside the White House Situation Room." Bohn led the White House Situation Room during the presidency of Ronald Reagan.

Ashley Woodfolk and Lexi Underwood are the co-authors of "Louder than Words," a novel for young readers intended to get them thinking about how they can be activists for causes in which they believe.

We speak with writer John Cochran about his novel for young readers titled "Breaking into Sunlight," which is based in large measure on experiences from Cochran's own childhood. It primarily concerns a boy and his mother who have had to suddenly relocate themselves after the boy's father's most recent lapse into alcohol abuse.

Joanna Ho, author of "We Who Produce Pearls: An Anthem for Asian America." The book, intended for young readers but of potential interest to anyone, celebrates the contributions that Asian-Americans have made to our culture.

Dr. Mark Clague, Professor of Music at the University of Michigan, discusses his research into our national anthem - and the website he helped create called Poets and Patriots to commemorate the anthem's 200th anniversary back in 2014.

From 2003- David Lipsky, author of "Absolutely American: Four Years at West Point." Lipsky was granted unprecedented access to West Point and wrote a fascinating account of what it was like to be a student there. (An abridged version of this interview aired on the Morning Show today. This is the interview in its entirety.)

Dan Hampton, military veteran and best-selling author, talks about his latest book ..... "Vanishing Act: The enduring mystery behind the legendary Doolittle Raid over Tokyo."

David Junk, author of "Rockin' the Kremlin: My incredible true story of Gangsters, Oligarchs, and Pop Stars in Putin's Russia." Junk worked in the music industry in Moscow in the turbulent years after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

From the archives: Robert Vanderbei, author of "Sizing up the Universe: The Cosmos in Perspective."

Scott Doorley and Carissa Carter, co-authors of "Assembling Tomorrow: A Guide to Designing Thriving Future." The book explores the nature of design- and how designers can create their designs more thoughtfully and with more careful consideration of its potential consequences.

(from 2015) - For the last day of Pride Month, we replay this conversation with Mark Segal, author of "And then I Danced: Traveling the Road to LGBT Equality." Segal was one of the first important gay journalists in America.

From the archives: Matt Richtel, author of "An Elegant Defense: The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System- A Tale in Four Lives."

Dan Schlossberg, author of "Home Run King: The Remarkable Record of Hank Aaron." The book was written to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the moment when Hank Aaron hit home run #715, breaking the long standing career home run record of Babe Ruth.