WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg

Retired U.S. Army Lt. Colonel Ralph Peters is now a New York Times bestselling author who is best known for his historically-based novels.  His most recent is "Darkness at Chancellorsville: A Novel of Stonewall Jackson's Triumph and Tragedy."  

My guest, Nolan Gasser, was the first musicologist hired by the creators of Pandora Radio- and the chief architect of the so-called Music Genome Project.  His book is titled "Why You Like It:  The Science & Culture of Musical Taste."   

For Memorial Day:   Patrick K. O'Donnell, author of "The Unknown: The Untold Story of America's Unknown Soldier and World War I's Most Decorated Heroes who Brought him Home."   

After living and working in China,  Zak Dychtwald wrote "Young China:  How the Restless Generation will Change their Country and the World."  By 'restless generation,'  Dychtwald is referring to China's young adults in their twenties.  

This interview from 2005 is with Peter Steinhart, author of "The Undressed Art:  Why We Draw."     In a follow up conversation,  I get a reaction to the book from Dr. David Holmes, a Professor of Art at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside at the time.  (Professor Holmes passed away in 2014.)  

We have a conversation about - among other things - why there have been so few women in the field of computer science and whether or not that situation is beginning to change. 

Sarah Stewart Holland and Beth Silvers are friends- but also at odds politically. (One of them is a Democrat; the other is a Republican.)  They co-host a popular podcast called "Pantsuit Politics" and their new book is titled "I Think You're Wrong (But I'm Listening) - A Guide to Grace-Filled Political Conversations."  They want this book to help all of us be better at talking about politics with those who disagree with us.   

This is a conversation about the Gateway Promise, a program which allows deserving and qualified Gateway students to have what is essentially a tuition-free Gateway education.  The Gateway Promise program provides funds that bridge the gap between the amount of financial aid a student has received and the full cost of tuition.   We speak with Jennifer Charpentier, director of the Gateway Foundation, two counselors in the Gateway Promise program, and a Gateway student who has been a recipient of Gateway Promise funds. 

Dr. Art Cyr, Clausen Distinguished Professor of Political Economy and World Business,  is a monthly visitor to the Morning Show.  In today's interview, we discuss the so-called U.S.-China Trade War .... as well as recent summits involving the leaders of the U.S. & South Korea at one and the leaders of  Russia & South Korea at the other.  Also an update on recent events in Indonesia - and some thoughts on Immigration.  

Mitchell Zuckoff was a reporter for the Boston Globe on 9-11.   His meticulously-researched and beautifully-written book about the events of that terrible day is titled "Fall and Rise:  The Story of 9/11."