Wgtd's The Morning Show With Greg Berg

John Eisenberg, author of "That First Season: How Vince Lombardi took the worst team in the NFL and set it on the Path to Glory." (From 2010)

Part one - We discuss the current production of Kenosha's Lakeside Players, Eric Simonson's play "Lombardi," which just opened their 50th season. We speak with the co-directors. Part two- A look back at Lombardi's first season as head coach of the Green Bay Packers with author John Eisenberg. This is an excerpt from a 2010 interview. The full interview will be offered up in a separate posting.

Dr. Avi Loeb, author of "Interstellar: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future in the Stars." the longest-serving chair of Harvard's Astronomy department, discusses a theory that our solar system may have recently been visited by a piece of advanced alien technology from a distant solar system. His book also explores some of the provocative questions raised by such a possibility.

From 2017 - I speak with Robbin Legere Henderson about her grandmother, Matilda Rabinowitz, who made a huge difference for the better in the lives of many of her fellow immigrants - and wrote a memoir about her life called "Immigrant Girl, Radical Woman: A Memoir from the Early 20th Century." She wrote the memoir for her family, never intending or perhaps imagining that it would every be published and shared with the wider world.

From 2009- a serious conversation about Play with Dr. Stuart Brown, author of "Play: How it shapes the brain, opens in the imagination, and invigorates the soul." The book examines how and why human beings- along with many other creatures on earth- must play in order to be fully healthy and whole.

For this centennial year of Walt Disney Studios, we have two Disney-related interview. Part 1: Greg Glasgow and Kathryn Mayer, co-authors of "Disneyland on the Mountain: Walt, the Environmentalists, and the ski resort that never was." Part 2- (from the archives) "Bruce C. Steele, author of "One Day at Disney: Meet the people who make the magic across the globe."

For Nan Calvert's September visit to the Morning Show, we discuss the scourge of Light Pollution (excessive, unnecessary human-made illumination) and its detrimental effects on the environment and habitats, with Todd Burlet from Dark Sky International.

Dr. Josef Benson, Associate Professor of Literature and Languages at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, joins us to talk about the newest season of the university's Foreign Film Series. Fourteen films will be screened. The first one, an exquisite Belgian film titled "Close," is screened this week. (Screenings are Thursday nights, Friday nights, and two screenings on Saturdays and Sundays.) A season pass of just $30 allows you to see all 14 films (plus you're given 3 guest passes.)

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Douglas Blackmon discusses his film "The Harvest," which airs tonight on the PBS series American Experience. Blackmon was a first grader in the fall of 1970 when the U.S. Supreme Court forced the public schools of Mississippi to desegregate. Blackmon and his classmates were the first youngsters to experience desegregated public education in the small community of Leland, Mississippi.

From 2005: Pulitzer Prize winning writer Jim Dwyer talks about his extraordinary book "102 Minutes," which tells the story of the thousands of people who were in the Twin Towers on 9-11 and somehow managed to escape. In many cases, it's the story of ordinary civilians demonstrating incredible courage, tenacity and ingenuity - but also the story of simple luck determining who survived and who perished.

Part One- Jane Barbian president of the school board of the Racine Unified School District. We discuss various issues confronting the school district- and upcoming elections to fill two vacancies on the board. Part Two - to commemorate the anniversary of 9-11 - we'll replay a portion of my 2005 conversation with Jim Dwyer, co-author of "102 MInutes- The Untold Story of the fight to survive inside the Twin Towers." This is the remarkable story of the thousands of people who were inside the WTC that day who managed who survive. <In a separate podcast episode, you can hear this interview in its entirety.>

From 2016- Brian Murphy discusses his book "81 Days Below Zero: The incredible survival story of a World War 2 pilot in Alaska's frozen wilderness." It's the story of the aftermath of a plane crash in Alaska in 1943. There were 5 aviators on board. 4 were killed. 1 of them, Leon Crane, a Philadelphia native with no wilderness experience, somehow managed to survive 81 days in the harshest conditions imaginable.

From the archives, Nan Calvert co-hosts a program that focuses on one of the most amazing creatures on earth - the Dragonfly. Our special guest is Marla Garrison, a biologist who lives and works in McHenry County, Illinois .... and who is an expert on Dragonflies and Damselflies.

(from 2017) Fern Schumer Chapman, author of "Like Finding My Twin." Her mother, a Holocaust survivor, made it to America with her childhood best friend- and then the two found themselves separated from one another. More than 70 years later, they finally were reunited, thanks to the help of some 8th graders doing a class project. It's an extraordinary but true story.

Dr. Art Cyr - from the faculty of Carthage College - offers his analysis of various issues and concerns. In this discussion, we begin by discussing a book recently featured on the MS, "Valiant Women," about the thousands of women in uniform who served our nation in World War II. Then we discuss unrest in various African nations, a new trade accord between Japan and South Korea, deepening ties between the US and Australia, and a look back at the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, our 17th president, who came within a single vote of being removed from office.

From 2009- One of my all-time favorite interviews on the topic of public school education. The book is "Why School: Reclaiming Education for All of us." Mike Rose was a professor at the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies.

Dr. Thomas Carr, director of Carthage College's paleontology program - Dr. Megan Seitz, preparator - and Andrew Goebel (and Carthage graduate), who has been hired as a new preparator.

From 2020- Marc Freeman, author of "Modern Family: The Untold Oral History of one of Television's Groundbreaking Sitcoms." Freeman was able to speak with every major participant in the show, including every cast member as well as the creators of the show and those who led the production team.

FRom 2004 - James A. Connor, author of "Kepler's Witch: An Astronomer's Discovery of Cosmic Order amid Religious War, Political Intrigue, and the Heresy Trial of His Mother." This is a biography of Johannes Kepler, a 16th century mathematician and astronomer sometimes called "the Protestant Galileo" who discovered the three basic laws of planetary motion.

From 2010: Former tennis pro Patrick McEnroe, author of 'Hardcourt Confidential: Tales from 20 Years in the Pro Tennis Trenches." McEnroe has gone on to be a much respected coach and commentator.