Wgtd's The Morning Show With Greg Berg

Former U.S. Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich discusses his latest book "Beyond Biden:  Rebuilding the America We Love."  

Analysis and reflection from Dr. Art Cyr, Clausen Distinguished Professor of Political Economy and World Business at Carthage College. 

From 2003- an interview about the Wheels of Justice Tour and its so-called Peace Bus and its visit to the city of Racine.  

From 2013-  Lori Hartwell, author of "Chronically Happy: Joyful Living in spite of Chronic Illness." 

Nan Calvert with Monte Osterman.

Dr. Dana Garrigan, from the biology faculty at Carthage .... Pam Holy, president of the Chiwaukee Prairie Preservation Fund .... Sharon Fandel, the Southeast Field Ecologist for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.   Professor Galligan's photo exhibit "Chiwaukee Prairie: a Photo Journal of Preservation" opens this weekend at the Kenosha Public Museum. 

Dr. Lydia Kang, co-author of "Patient Zero: A Curious History of the World's Worst Diseases." 

We preview the Fleeing Artists Theater Company's production of Athol Fugard's anti-apartheid play "Master Harold and the Boys," which opens this weekend.   

Rollo Dilworth is one of the country's most renowned and prolific choral composers in the country.  He is a guest of Carthage College for their fifth treble chorale festival - and his brand new setting of the 23 Psalm will receive its world premiere performance Wednesday afternoon at Carthage.  Also in the interview is Dr. Peter Dennee from Carthage's music faculty,  the creator and coordinator of the festival.   

From 2005-  Gary Pomeramtz, author of "Wilt 1962: The Night of 100 Points and the Dawning of a New Era."   On March 2, 1962,  in a now legendary game played in Hershey, PA,  Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points.   That is still the unbeaten record for most points scored by a player in a single NBA game.  

Marcus Thompson II, author of "Dynasties:  The 10 Greatest-Of-All-Time Teams That Changed The NBA Forever."  

From 2008-   'Sometimes Why: a Novel' by Vogue editor Rebecca Johnson.

From 2006 -  David Quammen, author of "Monster of God: The Man-Easting Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind."  

My guest is a WGTD colleague,  news director Dave McGrath - talking about his book "Gene Pitney: The Singer, The Songs, The Songwriters."  McGrath worked closely with Pitney for more than twenty years.  

UW-Parkside's Debra Karp previews next Wednesday's Nonprofit Leadership Conference - and we hear from Dr. Undraye Howard, who will be the keynote speaker for the event.  This year's conference is focused on the importance of EDI - Equity, Diversity and Inclusion - in non-profits.  

Tamara Winfrey Harris, author of "The Sisters are Alright: Changing the Broken Narrative of Black Women in America."  Harris's 2015 book has just been re-released in an expanded second edition.  

Best-selling author Tom Clavin discusses his latest book,  "Lightning Down: A World War Ii Story of Survival."  It recounts the story of more than 150 downed Allied pilots who were taken to a concentration camp rather than a P.O.W. camp- and how the vast majority managed to survive such brutal treatment.  

Rita Hagen, executive director of Kenosha Hospice Alliance, talks about their "Ring and Remember" event on Thursday.  Also with us is Sherrie Barch, author of "Heaven's Bell."  She is coming to Kenosha on Wednesday at the invitation of Kenosha Hospice Alliance for a discussion and book signing.  Both events are at Kemper Center's Founder's Hall at 5:00 - the book signing on Wednesday and Ring & Remember on Thursday.  

Sean Riordan is Manager of Business Intelligence at Gateway Technical College. He discusses a report from EMSI titled "The Demographic Drought" which explores and explains the widespread and worsening labor market woes where so many employers across so many sectors of the economy are experiencing serious talent shortages. 

From 2003 - Greta Van Susteren, author of "My turn at the bully pulpit: straight talk about the things that drive me nuts."   At the time, she was a well-known host of her own program on Fox News.