Wgtd's The Morning Show With Greg Berg

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."

We discuss the organization Braver Angels, which seeks to foster De-Polarization in our country. Joining us is Cameron Swallow, Wisconsin Co-coordinator of Braver Angels, and Grant Pitts, a junior sociology major at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. The group is sponsoring a workshop at Parkside on November 14th called "Family and Politics."

From 2014 - David Shoemaker, author of "The Squared Circle: Life, Death and Professional Wrestling."

From 2017 - Bill Klein and Dr. Jennifer Arnold, stars of the TLC Reality Series "The Little Couple," which ran on the network for ten years beginning in 2009. They discuss their book "Think Big: Overcoming Obstacles with Optimism."

We learn about the Kenosha Community Foundation from Executive Director Amy Greil and KCF Board President Dave Gertsen, as well as Tom Clark, fund advisor and committee member of the CBK Grant - CBK standing for Creativity by Kids, which is hosted by the foundation.

(From 2018) - Eric David Dawson, author of "Putting Peace First: 7 Commitments to Change the World."

Katharine Keenan, Senior Director of Corporate/Foundation Relations at Carthage College and part of the Carthage Business and Professional Coalition, talks about the school's upcoming Sustainable Development Roundtable on November 9th.

We preview the next installment in Carthage College's noteworthy New Play Initiative: "The Genderless Play Experiment" by C. Quintana. We speak with the playwright, three members of the cast, and faculty member Martin McClendon, the scenic designer for the production which opens this weekend and runs the following weekend as well.