WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg

Ted Howard's book "The Making of a Democratic Economy: Building Prosperity for the Many, not just the Few,"  spells out his idea of the ideal American economy - which rejects both capitalism and socialism in favor of a third model.   In part two, we draw from the archives for a conversation with Sarah Van Gelder, founder of the non-profit magazine Yes! -  and author of "The Revolution Where You Live."  In this book, she talks about the many people she has met across the country who are changing the world by working for change where they live.  

My guests on today's program are WGTD News Director Dave McGrath and his wife, Guida Brown, Executive Director of the HOPE Council.  They recently undertook a long trip in which they visited all of the stops on the final concert tour of rock & roll legend Buddy Holly - a tour which ended tragically when Buddy Holly ("Peggy Sue") , Ritchie Valens ("La Bamba"), and the 'Big Bopper' were killed in a plane crash outside of Clear Lake, IA.   That ill-fated tour happened 60 years ago.  

We preview the 2019 Harbor Park Jazz Rhythm & Blues Festival - which this year celebrates its 15th anniversary.   We hear from saxophonist Paul Taylor, who is headlining the Festival this year ...  from Tim and Ardis Mahone, who helped create this event in memory of their parents - Teri Jacobsen, Kenosha County Treasurer, who is also the co-chair of the Cooking Studio (another fun element to the festival) - and Kenosha firefighter Jeff Weidner, who is one of the chefs participating in the event.  

Today's program features a conversation with sportswriter and historian Gaylon H. White, whose newest book is a revelatory examination of the heyday of minor league baseball in America.  It is titled "Left on Base in the Bush Leagues:  Legends, Near Greats and Unknowns in the Minors." 

This interview from back in 2009 is with Norman Love, who was a friend of Julia Child and appeared with her on her final television series,  "Baking with Julia."   This interview was done shortly after the release of the popular film "Julie & Julia."  

Documentarian D.A. Pennebaker died on August 1, 2019.  He was one of the pioneers of the Direct Cinema/Cinema Verite style of making documentaries.   This 2009 conversation was done with him and his wife Chris Hegedus (also a filmmaker) before the PBS premiere of their film "Kinds of Pastry."

We talk about a spectacular exhibition of Latin American art that is about to open at the Kenosha Creative Space in downtown Kenosha.  We speak with Francisco Loyola, executive director - Margaret Heller, project director for the exhibit - and Lorna Baird,  whose family has offered up the 31 pieces of art from their own personal collections.   Lorna's father, Tom Baird, was instrumental in the initial commissioning of these works from some of the finest Latin American artist of the day.   

For Nan Calvert's monthly visit to the program, we talk about a project in Southeastern Wisconsin to help restore the declining population of the Rusty Patched Bumblebee, one of our most important native pollinators.  Guests include Jessica Orlofski, Assistant Professor of Biology at UW-Parkside,  and Dave Giordano and Chelsea Snowden-Smith from the Root Pike Watershed Initiative Network.    We discuss the difference between bumblebees and honeybees,  why we are losing bumblebees at such an alarming rate, and what we can do to help bumblebees to flourish. 

We talk about Hospice care with two guests:  Rita Hagen, executive director of Hospice Alliance of Kenosha-  and Kimberly Paul, a nationally--known advocate for hospice care- author of "Bridging the Gap: Lessons Learned from the Dying" - who is on a nationwide speaking tour titled "Live Well-Die Well."  

Today's Morning Show is dedicated to Woodstock, which happened fifty years ago this month.   Part one is a conversation with Jamila Ephron, co-director of the American Experience documentary "Woodstock:  Three Days that Defined a Generation" that premieres Tuesday night on PBS.   We follow that up with a conversation with Dave Jones,  who was one of the 400,000 people who made their way to the countryside outside of Bethel, NY to attend the festival.   He offers his reminiscences.