The Morning Show

Gateway Technical College President Bryan Albrecht. 

Best-selling children's author Denene Milner- who has just released her own line of children's books, all of which feature families of color.

Gary Waters, author of "10 Principles of a Character Coach." Waters was an award-winning college basketball coach for more than 40 years, most notably at Cleveland State University. 

Part 1- "Meltdown."  We speak with Mike Tollin, executive producer of this new film about global warming.  He was executive producer for "The Last Dance," about Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls.   Part 2 -  Greg Everett, author of the new book "Tough." 

The story of Marian Anderson in the "Voice of Freedom."  This is the next film in the PBS documentary series American Experience.  It chronicles the story of the dramatic recital which Anderson, the African-American contralto, sang on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on April 9, 1939. Our guest is Rob Rapley,  director-producer-writer of the film.

Poverty in America. A discussion of the book "Broke in America:  Seeing, Understanding, and Ending U.S. Poverty" 

 (archives)  Mark Herzberg talks about two of his books about renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright. 

From the archives - a 2017 conversation about racism with Wayne Thompson, former member of the Sociology faculty at Carthage College. 

Local law enforcement in the wake of the Jacob Blake verdict. Richard Slein, director of Law Enforcement Training at Gateway Technical College - and Raymond Clark,  an instructor in the program as well as chief of police of the town of Delavan. This is a newly-recorded followup interview to the conversation we had back in the fall.

For Black History Month:  Michelle Duster, great-granddaughter of civil rights activist Ida B. Wells, talking about her new book "Ida B. The Queen:  The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells." 

Ann Bausum, author of "Ensnared in the Wolf's Lair:  Inside the 1944 Plot to kill Hitler and the Ghost Children of his Revenge." 

 Tom Jokinen, author of "Curtains: Adventures of an Undertaker-in-Training." 

 Fawn Germer, author of "Coming Back: How to win the job you want when you've lost the job you need." 

Dr. Art Cyr, Clausen Distinguished Professor at Carthage College, offers his thoughts on January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol, the second impeachment of President Trump,  and what is ahead for president-elect Joe Biden. 

Part 1- Margot Lee Shetterly, author of "Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians who helped win the Space Race."  Part 2-  Joylette Hylick, daughter of Katherine Johnson (one of the women featured in Hidden Figures.)  Hylick's children's book about her mother is titled "One Step Further." 

Nan Calvert's monthly visit to the program.  Her guest is Jason Meekma, Executive director of Focus on Community and a new "Take Back My Meds" program that involves the safe disposal of our medications.

Our topic is memory - and what it means if our memory fades when we are in middle school.  Cathryn Jakobson Ramin's book is called "Carved in Sand: When Attention Fails and Memory Fades in Midlife."  

Joe Bageant, author of "Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War" 

Chana Gazit,  producer and director of "The Codebreaker,"  the next documentary in the PBS series American Experience.   

Ruby Warrington, author of "The Sober Curious Reset: Change the way you drink in 100 days or less." 

A memorial tribute to Ray Forgianni,  who was Kenosha's City Planner and Director of City Development for more than thirty years. The tribute will include the rebroadcast of a 1997 interview in which Forgianni talks about the Harbor Park development before construction had even begun.  We'll also hear from a more recent interview in which he talks about HarborMarket. Forgianni died on September 26th due to complications from COVID-19.

Part One:  Rev. Warren Williams shares the story bout with COVID-19, which was serious enough to necessitate hospitalization - and his recovery.  <The entire interview can be heard in the podcast version of the program.  Search for 'The Morning Show with Greg Berg' on Spotify, Apple Podcast or Google Podcast."   Part Two:   Best-selling author David Baldacci discusses his latest novel, "Daylight."  

Nan Calvert's monthly environmental program

Paul Robert Coyle, author of "Swords, Starships and Superheroes- from Star Trek to Xena to Hercules: a TV Writer's Life Scripting the Stories of Heroes"