Wgtd's The Morning Show With Greg Berg

Kate Heartsfield talks about her newest book, "The Magus Conspiracy," which is written for the large and complex universe of The Assassin's Creed, one of the world's most popular video games.  She talks about, among other things, the challenges of writing a book that must fit into the canon of an established reality.  

Dr. William Kuhn, published author, former Carthage College history professor and expert on British royalty, talks about Queen Elisabeth II, her funeral, and about her son - who is now King Charles III - and her grandson, Prince William. 

Pulitzer-Prize winning writer Buzz Bissinger talks about his latest book,  "The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II."  

From 2021 -  Christopher Clarey, author of "The Master: The Long Run and Beautiful Game of Roger Federer."  We are replaying this interview because of the announcement earlier this week that Roger Federer is retiring from tennis. 

From the archives:  L. Jon Wertheim, author of "Strokes of Genius:  Federer, Nadal, and the Greatest Match Ever Played." We are replaying this 2010 conversation because of the recent announcement that Federer is retiring."  

Phil Allen Jr., author of "The Prophetic Lens:  The Camera and Black Moral Agency from MLK to Darnella Frazier."  

Part 1 - Dr. Thomas Carr and Dr. Megan Seitz talk about the Carthage College Paleontology program's most recent field exhibition in Montana.   Part 2 - A preview of the first movie in UW-Parkside's Foreign Film Series - which opens tonight.  

Barbara Risman, author of "Where the Millennials Will Take Us: A New Generation Wrestles with the Gender Structure." 

David Stashower, author of "American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Search for America's Jack the Ripper."  The book discusses a terrifying series of unexplained and gruesome murders that occurred in Cleveland, Ohio in the mid 1930's - and the efforts of Eliot Ness, fresh off of bringing Al Capone to justice, to identify and apprehend the killer.  This was one of America's first serial killers- at a time when that term had not yet been coined. 

Stephen Guinan, author of "We are the Troopers: The Women of the Winningest Team in Pro Football History."  The team in question, the Toledo Troopers, utterly dominated the National Women's Football League in the 1970s.  

For 9-11 .... Jim Dwyer, co-author of "102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers." 

Racine native Zachary Scot Johnson has been doing his Song a Day Project on Youtube for ten years.  (Today is episode #3656.)  He is back in Racine to headline a concert in honor of the anniversary: tonight (Sat., Sept. 10) 7:00 at First Presbyterian Church.  In honor of his anniversary, here is the Morning Show interview I did with Zachary on the occasion of the 3000th edition of his Song a Day Project.  

Roseanne A. Brown, author of "Serva Boateng's Guide to Vampire Hunting," a new novel series for young readers. 

Cheryl Hernandez, Ex. Director of the Kenosha Literacy Council - and Marsha Connet, SE Consultant for Wisconsin Literacy.  Today is International Literacy Day. 

Barbara Goldsmith discusses her book "Obsessive Genius: The Inner World of Marie Curie."  Madame Curie, one of the most gifted and important scientists of her generation,  was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize, the first woman to win two Nobel Prizes, and the first man or woman to win Nobel Prizes in two different scientific fields - physics and chemistry.  Her research into radioactivity was groundbreaking.  

This is a rebroadcast from November 2021 of a conversation about Chiwaukee Prairie, a 485-acre nature preserve in Pleasant Prairie.  The three guests include Carthage biology professor Dana Garrigan, who will be giving a free public presentation about Chiwaukee Prairie this Thursday evening at Kenosha's Kemper Center.  

For Labor Day - from 2004 -   Mike Rose, author "The Mind at Work:  Valuing the Intelligence of the American Worker."  The book examines, among other things,  the ways in which blue collar workers possess and utilize intelligence and creativity to an extent that is not always understood nor appreciated. 

From 2008 -  Phoebe Damrosch, author of "Service Included:  Four-Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping Waitress."  She was a waiter at the four-star restaurant Per Se during its first year of operation in 2004.  (Per Se is still open for business.) 

In a followup to yesterday's conversation with Joe Drape, author of "Our Boys," we speak with one of the young men who was a member of that extraordinary football team in Smith Center, Kansas - Marshall McCall, one of the team's four captains.  (He is mentioned more than once in the Joe Drape interview and plays quite a prominent role in the book.)  Both of these interviews were recorded back in 2010.  

From 2010-  New York Times reporter Joe Drape talks about his book Our Boys:  A Perfect Season on the Plains with the Smith Center Redmen.  Drape moved to the small town of Smith Center, Kansas to follow the exploits of the high school football team, which at the time was enjoying the longest winning streak in high school football.  Ultimately, the Redmen won 79 games in a row ... and 5 consecutive state championships.