Wgtd's The Morning Show With Greg Berg

From the archives-   Katherine Jackson Raymond, author of 'Carved in Sand: When Attention Fails,  When Memory Fades in Mid-Life."  

In honor of Carthage College's Fall Choral Concert, which is Sunday afternoon - we are replaying a conversation from several years ago that featured choral composer Jocelyn Hagen - along with Carthage music professor Dr. Peter Dennee - talking about a piece that Ms. Hagen was commissioned to write for Carthage's Christmas Festival.  A work by Ms. Hagen ("To See the Sky") is being performed Sunday afternoon by the Carthage Choir under their new conductor, Dr. Maggie Burk. 

Edson Melendez talks about this weekend's performances of the Belle Ensemble in a program titled "Sounds from Across the Street" that will feature choral compositions by six different local composers.   The two performances are Friday night, October 7th, 6:30 at Holy Communion Lutheran Church in Racine - and Saturday evening, October 8th, 6:30 at First Lutheran Church in Janesville, WI.  

Concert Pianist Joanne Polk (who is on the piano faculty at Manhattan School of Music) is playing a recital at Carthage College on Tuesday evening, October 11th, 7:30 p.m. in Siebert Chapel.  The program will consist entirely of music by great women composers such as Amy Beach, Cecile Chamiade and Louise Ferrenc.   This interview is interspersed with examples of Ms. Polk's piano playing.  

Dr. Jason Karlawish (the University of Pennsylvania) is the author of "The Problem of Alzheimer's: How Science, Culture, and Politics Turned a Rare Disease into a Crisis and What we can do about it. "   Dr. Karlawish gives a presentation of the same name at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside on Wednesday morning, October 12th, at 9 a.m.  More information about this free event and how to register for it is available at uwp.edu/hhs.  

Elaine Khosrova, author of "Butter: A Rich History" 

Eric Greitens, author of "Resilience:  Hard-Won Wisdom for Living a Better Life."  

We discuss Carthage College's production of Sophocles' ANTIGONE with Herschel Kruger (stage director),  Maureen Chavez-Kruger (set director) and Kim Instenes (costume director.)  The production runs for one more weekend, with performances this Thursday, Friday and Saturday in Carthage's Wartburg Auditorium.  

Journalist Nora Neus is the co-author of "Muhammad Najem: War Reporter."  In this book intended for young readers - published in graphic novel format - you are introduced to Muhammad, who as a young teenager braved the streets of his war-torn city in Syria to chronicle what it was like for young people to live in the midst of such senseless violence.  Neus, who was with CNN at the time, took notice of young Muhammad's videos and helped share them with the wider world. 

From 2011 -  Sheena Iyengard, author of "The Art of Choosing" 

From the archives-  with the recent death of Queen Elisabeth II and so much focus being put on the Royal Family, I thought it would be fun to replay this interview from the summer of 2021 about a novel in which we meet a woman with a rather unhealthy fixation on British Royalty and memorabilia related to them.  The novelist's name is Kristin Contino.  

Dr. Art Cyr, from the faculty at Carthage College, pays his monthly visit to the Morning Show to offer his thoughts on the late Queen Elisabeth II (focusing on her service to her nation during World War Two, when she was still Princess Elisabeth), recent public demonstrations in Iran,  new tensions between North and South Korea, and the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. 

Randall Balmer discusses his newest book "Passion Plays:  How Religion Shaped Sports in North America."  

Chancellor Debra Ford from the University of Wisconsin-Parkside talks about Parkside's robust enrollment numbers,  campus renovation, and several significant awards which the university has recently received. 

Elsa Sjunneson,  who has to contend with profound blindness and deafness, discusses her book "Being Seen:  One Deafblind Woman's Fight to End Ableism."   

In honor of Carthage's homecoming weekend and its 175th anniversary, here is an excerpt from an interview with long time music faculty member and campus organist William Roth.  In this conversation, the late Dr. Roth reminiscences about his part in overseeing the design and installation of the Casavant pipe organ in Siebert Chapel.  

In honor of Carthage College's homecoming weekend -  and its 175th anniversary - here is an excerpt from a 1997 interview with Dr. Alan Anderson, who served Carthage College for many decades, including a stint as temporary president of the school, and who was a proud Carthage graduate himself.   In this excerpt, Dr. Anderson talks about the school's dramatic relocation from Carthage, Illinois to Kenosha, WI and why the move was necessary.  

We preview Saturday night's Carthage Homecoming Concert with Dr. James Ripley, director of instrumental activities, Dr. Peter Dennee, coordinator of Music Education,  and - in her Morning Show debut, Dr. Margaret (Maggie) Burk, Carthage's new director of choral activities and conductor of the Carthage Choir. The concert not only welcomes Dr. Burk - but also celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Treble Chorale and will feature a visit from Carthage alum and former Miss America Laura Kaeppler. 

Dr. Josef Benson,  Associate Professor of Literatures and Languages at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, talks about the current season of UW-P's Foreign Film Series.  Professor Benson also pays tribute to Norm Cloutier, who recently stepped down after 39 years of coordinating the Foreign Film Series.  (Cloutier and Benson collaborated in choosing the 14 films that comprise this current season.)  

Doug Instenes discusses the current production at the Racine Theater Guild, an entertaining and thought-provoking comedy called "Native Gardens" by Karen Zacarias.  The play is story of neighbors struggling to find common ground despite an array of social, racial, and political differences between them.