Wgtd's The Morning Show With Greg Berg

Dr. Debra Ford, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, looks back on her 14 years in the position. (She is about to become chancellor at the University of Indiana-Southeast.) Also with us is Scott Menke, Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration, who will serve as Interim Chancellor until a new chancellor is named.

Earl Swift, author of "The Big Roads: The Untold Story of the Engineers, Visionaries, and Trailblazers who created the American Superhighways."

(from the archives: for Memorial Day) Patrick K. O'Donnell, author of "The Unknowns: The Untold Story of America's Unknown Soldier and World War One's Most Decorated Heroes Who Brought Him Home."

This interview was recorded (I believe) back in 2003. Aaron Kohlmeier, who was a student at Carthage College at the timer, recounts the story of how he and several friends traveled to Detroit, Michigan in the hopes of auditioning for AMERICAN IDOL.

From 2003/2004- Eric Schlosser, author of "Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs and Cheap Lbor in the American Black Market"

Postponed from last week: WGTD News Director Dave McGrath talks about his first novel, "24 Hours from Tulsa," which tells the fictitious backstory behind one of Gene Pitney's greatest hits. The book is a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at pop music in the 1960s. Although the book is a work of fiction, it springs in large measure from Dave McGrath's working relationship with Gene Pitney over the course of many years. Pitney figures prominently in the novel.

We talk about the great work of Racine Vocational Ministry with Executive Director James Schatzman and Re-Entry Program Director Heather Bennett. The agency is celebrating its 20th anniversary and just placed its 5,000th worker. They work to help people who have been incarcerated to re-enter society and achieve success.

Dr. Ar Cyr, a member of the faculty at Carthage College, pays his monthly visit to the program to talk about a variety of issues, including recent elections in Great Britain, the most recent meeting of the G7, and what the looming crisis of the Debt Ceiling is all about.

Ahmed White, author of "Under the Iron Heel: The Wobblies and the Capitalist War on Radical Workers." The term 'Wobblies' in the subtitle refers to members of the I.W.W. - the Industrial Workers of the World - a radical union formed in 1905 that sought to overturn capitalism in order to eliminate the brutal working conditions of millions of U.S. factory workers in early 20th century America. The union was ultimately destroyed thanks to internal division as well as a concerted attack from government officials, law enforcement, and capitalist leaders.

Earlier this week, I spoke with the new athletic director at Carthage College, Ryan Kane. Today, we listen back to a 2001 interview with Bob Bonn, who was Carthage's athletic director for 26 years, from 1992 until 2018. Bonn passed away in the summer of 2020. It was under his leadership that athletics at Carthage expanded in some truly spectacular ways. He also oversaw the construction of the TARC.

From 2002 - Dr. Bernard Golden, author of "Healthy Anger: How to help children and teens manage their anger."

From 2004- Greg Borowski, author of "First and Long: A black school, a white school, and their season of dreams." The book chronicles the complicated and difficult first season of the combined football team of Shorewood High School (a mostly white school in an affluent suburb) and Messmer High School (a mostly black school with many inner city students from low-income families.) A documentary film ("Messwood") that takes the story up to the present day is being screened Saturday evening at UW-Parkside.

Athletic Director Ryan Kane and Assistant Athletic Director Seth Weidmann.

S.L. Price, author of "Heart of the Game: Life, Death and Mercy in Minor League America"

Bonnie J. Ruff, author of "Beyond Birds and Bees: Bringing home to our kids a new message about love, sex and equality." Ruff, her husband and children moved from the US to the Netherlands and found themselves confronted by profoundly different attitudes about sexuality - and, in particular, different ideas about the best way to educate youngsters about matters related to sex and sexuality. Ruff's book explores this.

We preview Saturday evening's performance (the one-and-only performance) of the Kenosha Verbatim Project, the latest in a series of Verbatim Theater Projects from Carthage. This one deals with the aftermath of the police shooting of Jacob Blake in the summer of 2020. Joining us is Martin McClendon, Professor of Theater, along with two Carthage students intimately involved in the project: Rayven Craft and Katherine Layendecker.

From 2007 - Hope Edelman, author of "Motherless Mothers: How Losing a Mother Shapes the Parent You Become."

From 2011 - Andrew Pertman, author of "Adoption Nation: How the Adoption Revolution is Transforming our Families - and America."

From 2007, and in honor of Mother's Day: Lori Leibovich, author and editor of "Maybe Baby: 28 Writers tell the truth about Skepticism, Infertility, Baby Lust, Childlessness, Ambivalence, and how they made the biggest decision of their lives." (Because of time constraints, we could only broadcast an abridged version of the interview. Here it is in its entirety.)

Nan Calvert's May visit to the Morning Show features two representatives from Hawthorn Hollow Nature Sanctuary and Arboretum: TJ Leveque (executive director) and Kailyn Palomares (naturalist and education manager.) Hawthorn Hollow has expanded its acreage and a celebratory grand opening will be occurring on July 15th.