Wgtd's The Morning Show With Greg Berg

From 1999-  Michael Schumacher, author of "Francis Ford Coppola: A Filmmaker's Life" 

We speak with Jesse Morton, a former recruiter for Al-Qaeda, and Tony McAleer, a former white supremacist.   They made a presentation at Carthage College titled "Out of Hatred."  They are both involved in outreach efforts to help people to leave hate groups and find their way back into the wider society.   

We preview the PBS documentary "The Oratorio- with Martin Scorcese," which looks back at a dramatic concert that took place at the old St. Patrick's Cathedral in November of 1826 -  believed to be the first occasion on which operatic-style singing was publicly performed in New York City.  The concert was recently re-created, thanks to assistance from an Italian opera company.  

We discuss the latest installment in Carthage's New Play Initiative,  "Patience and Fortitude."  We speak with its author,  Arlene Hutton,  and the guest director of the production,  Mary Macdonald Kerr.  The production opens this weekend.  (It's the 13th work to emerge from the New Play Initiative, which began back in 2009.) 

Marc Strauss, author of "One-Legged Mongoose:  Secrets. Legacies and Coming of Age in 1950s New York."

Bryan Albrecht, the President of Gateway Technical College, is joined by his counterpart at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Chancellor Debbie Ford.  Also in the interview is Zina Haywood,  Executive Vice President and Provost of GTC,  and Roger Ducoffe, Provost at UW-P.  They are talking about an exciting new agreement between the two schools that has facilitated the creation of two brand new degrees. 

John Happ, author of "The Navigation Case:  Training, Flying and Fighting in the 1942-1945 New Guinea War."  The book is a fascinating examination of a largely forgotten chapter in the story of the Pacific Theater during World War Two.  Happ's father Len was a combat pilot who flew 64 combat missions.  He later flew numerous missions for medical transport.  Happ is giving a presentation at Carthage this Wednesday, November 3rd, at 5:00 in the Campbell Student Union Cinema.  

From 2003 - Bill Buford, fiction editor for New Yorker Magazine 

From 2003-  Les Krantz, author/editor of "Not till the Fat Lady Sings: The Most Dramatic Sports Finishes of All Time."  

British music journalist Paul Sexton, author of "Prince: Portrait of an artist in memory and memorabilia." 

Dr. Claude Clegg, author of "The Black President: Hope and Fury in the Age of Obama."  Dr. Clegg is the Lyle V. Jones Distinguished Professor of African, African-America and Diaspora Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.   

Dr. Richard Bjella, one of the country's most renowned choral conductors, is currently serving as Distinguished Conductor-in-Residence of the Carthage Choir.   The ensemble's next performance is this coming Sunday afternoon at 2:00 as part of the college's Fall Choral Concert.  

Charles Shields, author of "Mockingbird: a Portrait of Harper Lee."   (from 2017)

The impact of commercial fossil collection on the scientific study of T-Rex and other dinosaurs.  

From 2005 - A preview of a Science Night presentation about the Costa Rican Rain Forest at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. The guests are Dr. Gregory Mayer, Professor of Biology at UW-Parkside -  and Eric Hileman, who was with the Racine Zoological Society at the time.  Hileman, a UW-Parkside graduate, is now a professor at Mississippi State University. 

As a follow up to Thursday's Morning Show with Dr. Sandra Moats, Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, we are sharing a previous interview with Professor Moats from 2009 -  this time talking about her book "Celebrating the Republic:  Presidential Ceremony and Public Sovereignty from Washington to Monroe."

We preview the upcoming PBS documentary series "American Veteran" with consulting producer Kelly Kennedy (who is herself a veteran as well as a journalist.)  

Dr. Sandra Moats, Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside ... author of "Navigating Neutrality: Early American Governance in the Turbulent Atlantic."  This interview was recorded in front of a live audience at a book signing event in the UW-Parkside ballroom.  

Pasqual Laurino, Music Director of the Racine Symphony, previews the RSO's upcoming Fall Masterworks Concert on October 30th titled "A Night in Venice," which will feature the music of several different Italian composers, including the great Antonio Vivaldi.   

A preview of this weekend's performances of Neil Simon's THE ODD COUPLE by the Fleeing Artists Theatre Group at the Rhode Center for the Arts in downtown Kenosha.