Wgtd's The Morning Show With Greg Berg

As the popular TV game show JEOPARDY embarks on its 40th season, we rebroadcast a 2006 interview with past Jeopardy champion Bob Harris, author of "Prisoner of Trebekistan: A Decade in Jeopardy."

From 2018 - Elissa Brent Weissman, author of "Our Story Begins: Your favorite authors and illustrators share fun, inspiring and occasionally ridiculous things they wrote and drew as kids."

Writer Gaylon White discusses his most recent book, "Coach of a Lifetime: The Story of Lewis Cook Jr., Legendary High School Football Coach." White has been a powerful force for good in the lives of countless young men who have been a part of his football program in the small town of Crowley, Louisiana.

We talk with Michael Lombardi about his book "Football Done Right: Setting the record straight on the coaches, players, and history of the NFL." Lombardi draws upon his rich and varied experience (he has been a scout, coach and front office administrator in the NFL for more than three decades) to write with exceptional perceptiveness about some of the most significant and influential coaches and players in NFL history.

In a change from our published schedule, we're sharing an interview with Dr. Laura Gellott, UW-Parkside Professor Emeritus of History, talking about her book "Helen Perry Curtis and the European Trip of a Lifetime." As a young girl, Gellott read Helen Perry Curtis's classic book "Jean and Company, Unlimited," the story of a young American girl's first trip to Europe; the book was arguably one of the most beloved children's books of its day. Gellott's book is an illuminating biography of the author.

Best-selling author Sy Montgomery and award-winning illustrator Matt Patterson have collaborated on a beautiful and moving book titled "Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell." The book springs primarily from their experience volunteering for Turtle Rescue League, an organization devoted to rescuing turtles, nursing injured turtles back to health, and trying to safeguard their survival. We are told a great deal about this beautiful creatures, of which there are more than 300 varieties, and which constitute the single most endangered major animal group in the world.

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.