WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg

This is part one of a two-part Morning Show that was recorded and originally broadcast in 2014 shortly after the release of Jessye Norman's memoir "Stand Up Straight and Sing."  Jessye Norman was one of the most renowned singers of her time.   She died on September 30, 2019 at the age of 74.   

The interview is with Meaghan Heinrich,  the artist-in-residence for the Racine Symphony for their 2019-2020 season.   She will be offering a pre-concert presentation at the RSO's season-opening concert on Sunday afternoon,  October 6th, at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.  

Part one features Jack Rose, a board member for the Kenosha County chapter of NAMI - the National Alliance On Mental Illness.  Part two is a portion of a 2017 conversation with comedic pianist Jason Lyle Black, who is performing at Carthage on October 8th.   

In part one, we preview Carthage's production of "A Doll's House- Part Two" - a thought-provoking contemporary sequel to Ibsen's renowned and controversial masterpiece.  The guests are Herschel Kruger, Professor of Theater, and three students involved in the production: Lydia Haasl, Giovanni Bahena, and Latora Lezotte.  Part two is a preview of the Thursday night concert at Carthage by the exciting vocal quartet Women of the World.   WGTD's Troy McDonald speaks with Giorgia Renosta, one member of the group. 

Our guest is a well-known Russian economist,  Pavel Usanov - speaking on, among other things, the current state of affairs in Russia - and what the policies of Vladimir Putin have done to the Russian economy.  He is joined in the studio by two members of the Carthage faculty: Dr. Yuri Maltsev and Dr. Art Cyr. 

Today is the monthly visit of Gateway Technical College president Bryan Albrecht.   Our special guest is Celeste Carter with the National Science Foundation.   

This is an interview with author James Swanson about his 2010 best-seller "Bloody Crimes:  The Chase for Jefferson Davis and the Death Pageant for Lincoln's Corpse."  The book dramatically chronicles two parallel stories that unfolded in the wake of the Confederacy's surrender and Lincoln's assassination - Confederate President Jefferson Davis's desperate attempt to evade capture - and the unprecedented outpouring of grief that swept across the country as the body of Lincoln was transported from Washington DC to Springfield, IL by train.  This is an amazing book.

Jane Bryant Quinn is one of the country's leading commentators on personal finance and financial planning.  This 2017 concerns her best-selling book "How to Make Your Money Last: The Indispensable Retirement Guide."  

Clive D. L. Wynne's book is "Dog is Love:  Why and How Your Dog Loves You."  Wynne is the founding director of the Canine Science Collaboratory at Arizona State University.  He has been studying the nature of the connection between dogs and human beings and what the nature of that connection is.  Can is be properly described as Love? He says yes!    This podcast version of the Morning Show features the interview in its unedited entirety - about twelve minutes longer than the abridged version that was broadcast over the air.  

Today is the monthly visit of Nan Calvert - and her guest is Dawn Demuyt,  manager of the Eco-Justice Center's Farm Youth Corps, in which the large and organically-grown vegetable garden of the Eco-Justice Center is tended by young people from the city of Racine who learn where our food comes from and all about sustainable practices in growing food.  The program just completed its fifth year.