WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg

Peter Steiner, whose cartoons have appeared in New Yorker magazine over the last several decades, is also an accomplished novelist.  His latest novel, "The Good Cop," is set in Munich, Germany during the tumultuous years between the world wars that saw the rise of Adolf Hitler and Nazism. 

This conversation from 2007 is with sportswriter Bill Plaschke, talking about his best-selling book "Tommy LaSorda: I live for this! - Baseball's Last True Believer." LaSorda is one of the most renowned managers in the history of major league baseball- and he was associated with the Brooklyn/L.A. Dodgers in various capacities for more than sixty years.   As of this moment, he is the oldest living member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.   

In an interview recorded back in 2008, acclaimed journalist Robert MacNeil talks about his memoir "Looking for my Country: Finding Myself in America."   MacNeil co-anchored the MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour on PBS for many years and covered many important news event over his long career, including the assassination of JFK.  (MacNeil was in Dallas that day.)   MacNeil (who was born and raised in Canada) also talks at one point about the relationship between Canada and the U.S.  

Rachel DeWoskin's fascinating novel "Repeat After Me" is based at least in part on the author's real-life experience of teaching English in the nation of China.   

We speak with Stu Maddox, the director and producer of a documentary called "Gen Silent," that explores some of the difficulties confronted by many elderly people who are in the gay community - especially those who need to go into long term care facilities and who might feel compelled to go back into the closet for fear of how they might be viewed and treated.  The film is going to be screened on Thursday, September 19th at 5:30 on the Racine campus of Gateway Technical College. 

Gwendolyn Bounds was living in New York City at the time of 9-11 .... and found herself displaced from her home.  Her memoir  "Little Chapel on the River" chronicles what it was like for her to try and make a new home for herself in a small community in upper state New York .... and the pub that was a center of her new community.

Our guest is Dr. James Ripley, director of instrumental activities and conductor of bands at Carthage College.  We talk with him about the upcoming patio concert on September 22nd as well as several exciting commissions that will be premiered later in the year in honor of the 150th anniversary of when women first began studying at Carthage.   

We are previewing the one-woman play "Intrusion," which explores the issue of sexual violence through the perspective of eight different characters.  The play is being performed at Carthage College Tuesday night, September 10th.  Part one is with Ellen Hauser, director of the Gender & Women's Studies program, which is sponsoring the performance.  Part two is with the actress who wrote and performs "Intrusion" - Qurrat Ann Kadwani.

This is a preview of the American Experience documentary "The Film" - an illuminating examination of the famous feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys, a bloody feud that captured headlines around the country.   The film traces the origins of the feud, which emerged at least in part by how the region of Appalachia was turned upside down by our country's rapid industrialization.  This interview is with the director and producer of the film, Randall MacLowry.   The film airs on PBS on Tuesday night- and then will be available at pbs.org. 

A look behind the scenes of "Belle City," a magazine devoted to the city of Racine.    We speak with editor and co-publisher Katie Matteson.  We also talk about some of her other experiences in publishing.