WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg

From 2007 comes an interview I recorded with Susan Clancy, author of a fascinating book titled "Abducted:  How People come to believe that they were kidnapped by aliens."   Clancy, a Harvard University research fellow at the time she wrote this book, chronicles how her interest in "false memory formation" led her to explore what might be behind the earnest claims of hundreds (if not thousands) of Americans that they have been kidnapped by extraterrestrials and subjected to various experiments.  This is a truly remarkable book.  I'm grateful I was able to speak with her. 

From 2015 comes a conversation with Neil Swidey, author of "Trapped under the Sea: One Engineering Marvel, 5 Men, and a Disaster 10 Miles into the Darkness."  It chronicles the efforts in Boston to construct a huge tunnel beneath Boston Harbor that would allow the city to discharge waste well out to sea rather than directly into the harbor.   It was an engineering project of enormous complexity- and, regrettably, it resulted in the deaths of two of the five divers involved in the most dangerous phase of the construction.  

We speak with three representatives of the non-profit Just Live, which for the past ten years has been working on the important issue of Suicide Prevention.  Their major fundraiser of the year,  the Labor of Love Music Festival, is coming up on Sunday,  September 1st.   

This 2010 conversation is with NPR's Scott Simon (host of Weekend Edition) talking about his memoir "Baby, we were meant for each other:  in Praise of Adoption."  The book is a chronicle of the experience which Simon and his wife had in adopting two beautiful baby girls from China.    

My guest is Rayna R. Andrews, who calls herself a public health ambassador advocating for more people to seek out- and have access to- good, healthy food.   To help reach young people, she has written a children's book titled "Alex McGreen and the Tale of the Mysterious Kale."   Also on hand for this interview is Dr. Howard Moon, a former administrator for the Kenosha Unified School District,  who heard Ms. Andrews speak and suggested that she be invited to the Morning Show.  More information about her work can be found at healthyfoodmovement.com.  

Gateway Technical College President Bryan Albrecht is joined by Clare Anderson, V.P. with CORD, the Center for Occupational Research and Development in Waco, Texas  -  for a conversation about the Future of Work.  

From 2014 comes this interview with former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch, author of "Reign of Error:  The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public School."   In her book, she spells out her grave concerns about the many ways in which public education in America has been reshaped along industrial models.

From the archives comes this 2009 interview with sportswriter Tim Wendel, author of "High Heat:  The Secret History of the Fastball and the Improbable Search for the Fastest Pitcher of all time."  

For the 50th anniversary of Woodstock, which unfolded August 15-18, 1969 (but which was supposed to finish on August 17th), I am replaying my 2009 interview with Mike Evans, co-editor of the book that many regard as the definitive account of this important moment in our history.   It is titled "Woodstock:  3 Days that Rocked the World."  The book was created in cooperation with the Museum at Bethel Woods, NY- located very close to the site where Woodstock took place - to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Woodstock.  

Today's Morning Show features conversations with two women - Susie Burns from Dallas, TX and Lynn VanEimeren from Racine, WI - who tell their respective stories about attending Woodstock fifty years ago.