Wgtd's The Morning Show With Greg Berg

This is an interview that dates back more than ten years. (I was unable to determine the exact year.) It's with Dr. Benjamin Campbell, just before he came to UW-Parkside for a Science Night presentation on the connection between testosterone and risky behavior among adolescents.

From 2008- Walter Hermanns, Daryle Sturino, and Jeff Barrow - the members of Syzygy, a team that won the Racine County Spelling Bee two years in a row. This interview was recorded right before they attempted to make it three in a row. (Note: They fell a little short, finishing in second place.) I (meaning Greg Berg) was actually a member of Syzygy when they won for the first time in 2006. Jeff Barrow took my place when I was unable to compete with them the next year.

From 2019 - Blake J. Harris, author of "The History of the Future: Oculus, Facebook, and the Revolution that swept Virtual Reality."

Dr. Art Cyr, from the faculty of Carthage College, offers his analysis of current events and issues.

From the archives: Catherine Blyth, author of "The Art of Conversation: A Guided Tour through a Neglected Pleasure."

Indian chef and cookbook author Raghavan Iyer - one of the world's most renowned experts on curries - passed away on March 31st. This is a rebroadcast of an interview recorded with him back in 2016.

(from 2013) Dara-Lynn Weiss, author of "The Heavy: a Mother, a Daughter, a Diet."

A look back at the 1960's sci-fi series "Lost in Space," in which a family of space explorers (the Robinsons) becomes lost in space due to a serious malfunction- and spend several years trying to find their way back to earth. Marc Cushman is best-known for a series of books he has written about another well-known series of the time, Star Trek.

Isabel Rivero-Vila won the award for Best Feature Documentary at the Cannes Independent Film Festival for her first feature-length documentary film "Afrykas and the Magic Box," a celebration of cinema and culture in Senegal. The film is being screened at Carthage College on Saturday evening, April 15th, 7:00 in the Campbell Student Union Auditorium; a Q&A with the filmmaker will follow. The event is free and open to the public.

Ronald C. Rosbottom, author of "Sudden Courage: Youth in France Confront the Germans, 1940-1945."

For her monthly visit to the Morning Show, Nan Calvert invited Brian Gunderson and John Holloway, two area farmers who are members of a farmer-led group called the Watershed Protection Committee of Racine County. The group seeks to foster better practices among area farmers for soil and water preservation.

We preview the Racine Theater Guild's production of "Stand and Deliver" with Edson Melendez, the director of the production. The show opens this Friday night and runs for just two weekends. The play and film are based on the true story of a high school math teacher, Jaime Escalante, who achieved amazing success at James A. Garfield High School in East Los Angeles.

We talk with writer Tracey Baptiste, who wrote a much-discussed piece for the New York Times a couple of years ago in response to widespread criticism of Disney for casting a young black actress as Ariel in their upcoming live action remake of The Little Mermaid. Baptiste's essay explained how mermaids show up in the folklore of all kinds of cultures all around the world. She has just written a new children's picture book titled 'Mermaid and Pirate."

From 2003 - Anthony Bozza, author of "Whatever you say I am: The Life and Times of Eminem."

Singer / songwriter Adele Bertei reflects on her very difficult and complicated childhood in her newest book "Twisted: An American Girl- a Memoir."

From 2017- Richard Kurin, author of "Hope Diamond: The Legendary History of a Cursed Gem."

From 2016- Victor Strecher, author of "Life on Purpose: How living for what matters most changes everything."

From 2019 - Ron Rapoport, author of "Let's Play Two: The Legend of Mr. Cub - The Life of Ernie Banks."

From 2010- Stefan Klein, author of "Leonardo's Legacy: How Da Vinci Reimagined the World."

William Kuhn talks about his first novel, "Mrs Queen Takes the Train," which imagines a remarkable day in which Queen Elizabeth II wanders off of the palace grounds by herself and experiences something of an adventure in the 'outside world.' The novel was published ten years ago, but is still doing well. It recently attracted its 1000th customer review on Amazon.