Wgtd's The Morning Show With Greg Berg

Part 1- Ryan Kane, athletic director at Carthage College, talks about the phenomenon of Hazing among college athletes. Part 2- Tim Brown, author of "The Tao of the Backup Catcher: Playing Baseball for the Love of the Game." The book discusses the unique role that backup catchers play on many MLB teams. The book focuses in particular on the experience of Eric Kratz, who tasted some unaccustomed glory during the Milwaukee Brewers' exciting postseason run in 2018.

Richard Vague, author of "The Paradox of Debt: a new path to Prosperity without Crisis." The book discusses both government and private debt - and the paradox that some debt is healthy and perhaps even necessary for economic well-being .... and how too much debt can do great harm.

Best-selling author J. Randy Taraborelli talks about his new book "Jackie: Public, Private, Secret," an illuminating portrait of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis. In part two of the program, we replay a portion of a conversation with the author about an earlier book titled "Jackie, Janet and Lee: The Secret Lives of Janet Auchincloss and her daughters Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Lee Radziwill."

We speak with Carolyn Friesch, executive director of the United Way of Kenosha County, about the good work in the community which they encourage. UW of KC is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.

Diane Danvers Simmons is author of the memoir "My Mother Next Door." One week after the author's 16th birthday, her mother announced that she was leaving her ... and she ended up moving next door and living with several young college students. The book is a chronicle of how she tried to come to terms with this abandonment and managed to rebuild a relationship with her mother.

From 2009, Andrew Chaikin, author of "Voices from the Moon- Apollo Astronauts Describe Their Lunar Experiences."

From 2023- Joe Sutter, author of "747: Creating the World's First Jumbo Jet and other adventures from a life in aviation."

Dr. Art Cyr, from the faculty of Carthage College, offers thoughts on Russia's war with Ukraine, new tensions between North and South Korea and the disappearance of the young American soldier (from Racine) into North Korea, and the ongoing ramifications of the debt ceiling agreement.

Grant Blackwood, co-author (with Steve Berry) of "The 9th Man: a Luke Daniels Thriller."

We speak with Amy Greil, executive director of the Kenosha Community Foundation.

Juna Gjata, author of "Food, we need to talk: The Science-based, Humor-laced Last word on Eating ,Diet and making peace with your body."

From 2005 - Mike Lupica talks about "Too Far," a novel for young readers, which focuses on the dangers of Hazing.

Award-winning war correspondent Jane Ferguson discusses her new book "No Ordinary Assignment: a Memoir." Ferguson's work has taken her to conflicts and disasters in Yemen, Somalia, Afghanistan, Syria and Ukraine.

From 2002- Jerry Oppenheimer, author of 'Seinfeld: The Making of an American Icon."

Andrew Blechman, author of "Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die"

From the archives: Andrew Blechman, author of "Pigeons: The Fascinating Saga of the World's Most Revered and Reviled Bird."

We preview the Racine Theater Guild's production of Jonathan Larsen's RENT, which opens tonight, with music director Rob Kroes and music director Mary Leigh Sturino.

Today's conversation is about new ways to farm that can be enormously restorative to both our soil and water. Nan Calvert's guests are Kirsten Jurcek from Glacierland Resource Conversation and Development - and Paul Maggio, who owns and operates Starry Nights Farm in Burlington- and is the leader of the Kenosha Regenerative Producers Group, talking about the benefits of regenerative farming practices (such as rotational grazing, no-till farming, and more.)

Robert L. Harris, author of "Returning Light: 30 Years on the Island of Skellig Michael."

We catch up with Kristen Singer and Carly Mikula (who were on the program on June 14th) - talking about Carly's thrilling experience of singing in the Jimmys, an event in New York City featuring 96 exceptionally talented high school music theater students from all across the country. Carly ended up being named a semi-finalist.