WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg

We talk with Andrea Chamblee about "The Capital of Basketball: A History of DC Area High School Hoops" - a book begun by her husband, John McNamara- who tragically was killed in an incident at a newspaper in Baltimore in which five journalists were shot. Chamblee finished her husband's book.

We preview the Belle City Brassworks concert this Sunday afternoon at 3:00 with conductor Doug Johnson and board president Katie Humphrey. The concert will feature Irish music in honor of Saint Patrick's Day.

Wayne Scott discusses his poignant and deeplypersonal memoir "The Maps They Gave Us: One Marriage Re-Imagined."

We speak with screenwriter and playwright Kevin Wade, who has just published his first novel, "Johnny Careless." His credits include the screenplays for "Working Girl," "True Colors," and "Meet Joe Black."

We preview next week's Jazz Week at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside with Russ Johnson, who is a member of the music faculty at UW-Parkside and someone with an impressive resume as a jazz trumpeter. This year's event is the 13th Jazz Week. The program includes recorded examples of the various guests who will be performing for the festival.

Tanisia Moore talks about her newest children's book, "Wash Day Love."

Lisa Franklin, Assistant Professor of Management and Marketing at Carthage College, discusses the concept of Product Management. (Carthage has professional certification and master's degree programs in Product Management.) What is Product Management and why does it matter?

From early 2024- Simon Schuster discusses his book "The Showman: Inside the Invasion that Shook the World and Made a Leader." Schuster has covered Zelensky since 2019 and was granted unprecedented access to him even during the chaotic days following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

From 2010- we speak with William Kuhn about his book "Reading Jackie: Her Autobiography in Books." The book closely examines a chapter of Jackie Kennedy Onassis's life that is often glossed over in biographies of her- the years she spent as a book editor. We're replaying this in honor of Women's History Month.

From 2018- Stephen Davis, author of "Gold Dust Woman: The Biography of Stevie Nicks."

Dr. Ross White, author of "The Tree That Bends: How a Flexible Mind Can Help You Thrive." The author celebrates the concept of Flexibility and defends it as a sign of strength rather than weakness.

We speak with three members of the Kenosha Police Department .... detectives Chad Buchanan and Ryan Pfeiffer and Crime Prevention Officer John Wenberg ... talking about the prevalence of scams and frauds that are perpetrated over the internet - and what people need to do to keep themselves from becoming victims.

We celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Racine Literacy Council with three guests: Laura Sumner Coon, executive director of the RLC, Ann Zogg, who is a volunteer tutor, and Victor Mexia, whose wife and daughter have participated with him in the RLC's Family Literacy Program.

Dr. Art Cyr pays his first visit to the Morning Show in 2025 with today's conversation in which, among other things, we talk about the first six weeks of President Trump's second term-- including the dramatic scene in the Oval Office that Professor Cyr called "a brutal verbal assault" in his most recent column.

Today's Morning Show is the first to air during Women's History Month 2025. Part One: Laura Semmer, illustrator of "The ABC's of Women's History," a lovely children's book written by Rio Cortez. Part Two: from the Morning Show archives .... Bryant Johnson, who was the personal trainer of former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, talks about working with the late justice in his book "The RBG Workout- How She Stays Strong - and You Can Too!" Justice Ginsberg began working out with Johnson while recovering from a serious bout with cancer.

March 2nd is the date that Theodore Geissel ... aka Dr. Seuss .... was born in 1904. From the archives comes this 2004 interview with Charles D. Cohen, talking about his book "The Seuss, the Whole Seuss, and Nothing but the Seuss." Cohen is perhaps the world's foremost expert on all matters related to Dr. Seuss. This book was published to mark the centennial of Geissel's birth.

In the wake of the news of the death of award-winning actor Gene Hackman, we are replaying a 2004 interview with Hackman and his longtime friend Daniel Lenihan ... talking about "Justice for None," the second of three historical novels which they co-authored.

This is a bonus for Morning Show listeners- a brief conversation with Michael Gelman, executive producer of "Live with Kelly and Mark" (Kelly Ripa and Mark Conseulos.) They will be co-hosting a special program on Monday that will celebrate some of the most noteworthy Oscar winners from the night before. Gelman discusses some of the challenges involved in putting this particular program together.

We speak with Richard Rothstein about the book he co-authored with his daughter Leah Rothstein .... "Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law." The book examines the phenomenon of residential segregation - in which Blacks and Whites in America tend to live apart from one another despite all of the breakthroughs made during the Civil Rights Era - the reasons for it and the consequences of it. The author also talks about his concerns about using the terms 'racist' and 'racism.' Rothstein is responsible for an earlier book titled "The Color of Law."

From 2004 - Ellis Cose discusses his intriguing book "Bone to Pick: of Forgiveness, Reconciliation, Reparation and Revenge." This was part two of today's program. I chose to replay this interview because the theme of 'forgiveness' is central to the plot of Pedro Calderon de la Barca's "Life is a Dream," a Spanish masterwork from the 17th century that Carthage College's theater department is performing this weekend. (The interview that comprised part one- with director Neil Scharnick and two students involved in the production- was shared on the podcast this past Friday, the 21st of February, in case you want to seek it out and hear it.)