Wgtd's The Morning Show With Greg Berg

From 2010- Ellen Fitzgerald, author and editor of "Letters to Jackie: Condolences from a Grieving Nation." Fitzgerald was able to examine thousands of the letters and cards that Mrs. Kennedy received after her husband's assassination. Excerpts from 250 of them are part of this moving book. (An excerpt from this interview was part of today's Morning Show broadcast. This is the interview in its entirety.)

From 2007- Vincent Bugliosi discusses his book "Reclaiming History: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy." The book is widely regarded as the definitive analysis of the assassination and the many conspiracy theories that have sprung up in its wake.

In the book "More than we expected: Five Years with a Remarkable Child," David G. Robinson (who works for the New York Times) recounts what he and his wife experienced when one of their three sons was born with a serious congenital heart defect and lived only to the age of five. It is a captivating account of what this journey was like for them and their other two sons- and what they learned about life and love.

We preview Tuesday evening's "Sounds of Parkside" concert (7 pm in Frances Bedford Concert Hall) that will feature two ensembles: Parkside Range (directed by Ami Bouterse) and Parkside Mix, which is a brand new group (directed by Ayesu Lartey.)

Deanne Stillman, author of "American Confidential: Uncovering the Bizarre Story of Lee Harvey Oswald and His Mother." Stillman's explores some of the ways in which both Lee Harvey Oswald and his mother Marguerite both were driven by an insatiable hunger to achieve some sort of significance in a world that seemed to conspire against them at every turn.

From 2012 - Terry Hope Romero, author of "Vegan Eats World: 300 International Recipes for Savoring the Planet."

From 2016- Camille Perri discusses her novel "The Assistants," which follows the exploits of five different people trying to be a part of the world of Hollywood as assistants to celebrities. Perri herself was, for a time, the personal assistant to Rosanne Barr.

From 2018- Curt Smith, author of "The Presidents and the Pastime: The History of Baseball and the White House."

We speak with best-selling author Tom Clavin about his latest book: "The Last Outlaws: The Desperate Final Days of the Dalton Gang." Clavin has written several fascinating books about the Old West (including "Tombstone," "Dodge City," and "Wild Bill.") This one focuses on the waning days of the Old West and an infamous gang that was, in a sense, trying to hold on to an era that was about to vanish.

Nan Calvert's November guest on the program is Shannon David Foust from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh talking about a class of hers called "Connecting with Nature" that she is offering to the general public.

Author and investigative journalist Max Mitchell talks about his book "Among the Bros: A Fraternity Crime Story." He chronicles was unfolded on the campus of the College of Charleston in Charleston, SC with a particular fraternity that engaged in widespread drug-trafficking among other misdeeds. He also talks about the insular presence of fraternities on many college and university campuses.

Part one: Dr. Dhaval Desai, author of "Burning Out on the COVID Front Lines: A Doctor's Memoir of Fatherhood, Race and Perseverance in the Pandemic." Part two: from the archives- Dr. Randi Berg, in a conversation from November 2020 on what it was like to be a doctor for three small nursing homes in the midst of such a pandemic.

Rick Beyer, author of "The Ghost Army of World War Two: How one top-secret unit deceived the enemy with inflatable tanks, sound effects, and other audacious fakery."

For Veteran's Day: (2017) Andrew Carroll talks about his book "My Fellow Soldiers: General John Pershing and the Americans who helped win the Great War."

From earlier this year: Richard Hurowitz, author of "In the Garden of the Righteous: The heroes who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust." It was from the introduction to the book that I first learned about the young people who comprised The White Rose- whose story is the basis of my latest chamber opera, COURAGEOUS ROSE, which is performed for the first time tonight at Carthage College.

Max. S. Bennett, who has worked extensively in the field of A.I. (Artificial Intelligence), discusses his new book "A Brief History of Intelligence: Evolutions, A.I., and the Five Breakthroughs." Bennett contends that by better understanding how our own intelligence evolved and developed, we can in turn more wisely utilize and refine Artificial Intelligence.

Photographer David Alexander, renowned for helping to create some of the most iconic album covers and movie posters, talks about a collection of his photographs that has just been published titled "Pictures of Time."

We speak with Rachel Swartz , a member of the theater faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, about the latest installment in their Fresh Ink Musical Workshop Series. "Burn- A Folk Musical" is performed this weekend. Professor Swartz is the director of the production.

This is a conversation about my brand new chamber opera "Courageous Rose: A Story of Student Resisters in the Time of Hitler." The two guests, Lily Lourigan and Adam Blackwood, are students at Carthage and members of the cast. The opera receives its world premiere this Saturday night at 7:30.

Shelley Fraser Mickle, author of "White House Wild Child: How Alice Roosevelt broke all the rules and won the hearts of America."