WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg

This interview is with John Sullivan, author of "7 Dirty Words: The Life and Crimes of George Carlin."  This 2010 biography chronicles the career and explores the extraordinary influence of one of the most innovative comedians of his time. 

Part One of today's podcast is an interview with Adam Waytz, author of "The Power of Human: How our Shared Humanity can Help us Create a Better World."   Waytz explores (among other things) how human beings can flourish in a world that is increasingly automated.  Part Two has Allen Shawn talking about his memoir "Wish I Could Be There:  Notes from a Phobic Life," in which the author recounts how his life has been riddled with many and various phobias and the ways in which he has worked to contend with those phobias. 

Etiquette author Judith Martin (a.k.a. Miss Manners) discusses her book "Star Spangled Manners: In Which Miss Manners Defends American Etiquette (For a Change.)"  It is the contention of the author that American manners are often unfairly criticized, when in fact America deserves credit for its laudable innovations.  There is a small flaw in the audio file at the very end of the interview.  My apologies.  

This interview is a preview of a superb three-part documentary titled "Chasing the Moon" that airs next week (July 8, 9 and 10) on the PBS series American Experience to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 landing on the moon.    My guest is Robert Stone,  an Academy Award nominee, who both directed and produced the film.  Stone calls this the biggest undertaking of his career - and 25 years in the making.  

Best-selling author's Peter Stark examines George Washington as a young adult in his illuminating book "Young Washington:  How Wilderness and War Forged America's Founding Father."   

David E. Drew's book is titled "Stem the Tide:  Reforming Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Education in America."  It is Professor Drew's contention that the United States is falling behind our global competitors when it comes to educating our young people in the so-called S.T.E.M. fields.  

This interview is with best-selling author Jon Meachem, talking about his book "Franklin and Winston," which explores the out-of-the-ordinary friendship between two of the most important figures of the mid-20th century:   U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. 

This interview from 1998 is with Dr. John Windh, the longtime director of the Carthage Choir.  It was recorded shortly after the completion of a European choir tour by a group comprised of alumni from the Carthage Choir.  (Yours truly came along as the spouse of a Carthage Choir alum.)  The tour went to Salzburg, Vienna, Prague and Venice.   I'm sharing this podcast episode because the current Carthage Choir is about to depart on a tour of Austria.  

Paul Beston is the author of "The Boxing Kings: When American Heavyweights Ruled the World."  Beston looks at the careers of such boxing legends as Jack Johnson,  Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis,  Rocky Marciano,  Cassius Clay,  Joe Frazier and Evander Holyfield.

Oscar-winning actor Alan Arkin talks about his memoir "Alan Arkin: An Improvised Life."