WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg

This Morning Show interview actually dates back to the spring of 1997.  The interview is conducted by Bill Guy, long-time News Director at WGTD and the creator of the Morning Show.   At the time of this interview,  Bill and I were sharing hosting duties for the Morning Show.  This is a highly revealing behind-the-scenes look at what it's like to compete on "Jeopardy,"  a game show that has been very much in the news recently because of the impressive winning streak of James Holzhauer (which recently came to an end.)  Professor Mayer is a Biology Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.   Bill Guy passed away in 1998 at the age of 50.  I still miss him.

Anthropologist Martin Schoenhals spells out his own notion of Utopia - the way he would reshape the world and how we live in it.  It's a highly provocative book which is likely to encourage the reader to consider such questions as What Is Most Important To Me? .....   How Were Human Beings Meant to Live? ..... and What Will Allow Planet Earth and The Human Race to Survive?  

This is an interview with New York Times deputy sports editor Matthew Futterman, whose most recent book is titled "Running to the Edge: A Band of Misfits and the Guru who Unlocked the Secrets of Speed."   The book follows the exploits of legendary track and field coach Bob Larsen.

This is a conversation with novelist Rachel DeWoskin that first aired in 2009.   It concerns her novel "Repeat after Me," which is inspired at least in part by her own experiences of living and working in China.

This fascinating book examines the environmental perils of our age through the eyes of a philosophy professor.  Dr. Roger Gottlieb,  who is a member of the faculty at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, poses very intriguing questions about what our relationship with the natural world around us needs to be.   

Three college presidents converged in WGTD's studios for today's Morning Show.   Bryan Albrecht,  President of Gateway Technical College .... Debra Ford,  Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside ....  and John Swallow,  President of Carthage College.   They are part of a new consortium of 18 leaders of higher learning in Southeastern Wisconsin.  HERA (The Higher Education Regional Alliance) has been organized to allow these 18 colleges and universities to work together in new and exciting ways.  

Tomorrow (Monday, June 3) marks the 50th anniversary of the night that "Turnabout Intruder,"  the last episode of the original Star Trek series,  aired on NBC.  In honor of that anniversary, we're re-airing this interview with Marc Cushman in which he talks about the third volume of his book series "These are the Voyages," which explores each and every episode of Star Trek in thorough detail.   Volume 3 examines Star Trek's third and final season. 

Paul Lockhart is the author of "The Drillmaster of Valley Forge:  The Baron de Steuben and the Making of the American Army."  

Kenosha is home to the Washington Park Velodrome, the nation's oldest continuously operating velodrome for competitive track cycling.  On the program, you'll meet Mike Riva, one of the coach's of the Kenosha Velosport Team - and two of the finest athletes on his team,  Carter Kasianowicz and Mia Scarlato.  Mia's mother, Jennifer Scarlato, contributes the perspective of the parents and other family members who support the athletes in all kinds of ways.  Carter and Mia will be competing at Nationals in early July.

My guest, Shannon Watts, is the founder of Moms Demand Action .... and the author of "Fight Like a Mother:   How a Grassroots Movement Took on the Gun Lobby and Why Women Will Change the World."   In the wake of the horrifying shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School,  Watts posted a call to action on her Facebook page- and six million mothers across the country have joined her in working for sensible gun control.