WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg

In honor of the 50th anniversary of the opening of Carthage College's Siebert Chapel - and the dedication of Grace Kolakowski Hall - we are replaying a 2001 conversations with Bill Roth, whose 38 years of service with Carthage were primarily spent as a member of the music faculty and college organist. This interview excerpt concerns the design and installation of the Fritsch Family Memorial Pipe Organ, which proudly stands at the heart of Siebert Chapel.

In honor of Carthage College's homecoming, we replay a conversation recorded back in 2005 with Dr. Alan Anderson, who served Carthage (his alma mater) in various capacities for 38 years. In this conversation, Dr. Anderson talks about the reasons behind the college's move from Carthage, Illinois to Kenosha, WI.

Lars Anderson, longtime writer for Sports Illustrated and the author of 13 best-selling books, talks about his latest book .... "Brady: An American Story and The Price of Greatness." The book is a discerning look at the life and career of one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history.

For Kailyn Palomares's October visit to the Morning Show, we talk with two representatives of Racine's Eco Justice Center: MayLynn Conter Strack, Executive Director .... and Alex Weyenberg, Land Stewardship Manager.

We speak with Brian Gill about the next production of the theatrical arts department at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside ..... "The Arsonists". .... which opens this weekend.

We speak with Matt Prochaska, Director of Tourism for the village of Mount Pleasant, about plans to have renowned Danish artist Thomas Dambo build and install one of his amazing trolls- made from recycled wood- sometime next year. A Wood Drive as part of the effort is coming up this Saturday.

We preview Carthage College's Homecoming 2026, which is coming up this weekend: October 9, 10 and 11. We speak with Rev. Adam Miller-Stubbendick, campus pastor, who will be presiding over a special worship service Sunday morning at 10 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Siebert Chapel and the renovation of what is now known as Grace Kolakowski Hall ..... Matt Popino, head football coach, whose team plays their Homecoming game Saturday afternoon at 1 ..... and Dr. Corinne Ness, Dean of Arts, Humanities & Education, who will talk about special events occurring over the weekend that include an open house and program in Wartburg Auditorium (Friday night 5-7) ... an open house of the H. F. Johnson Gallery of Art (Saturday afternoon) ... and the Greg Berg & Friends concert Saturday night at 7:30 in which 84 of Greg's past students will be participating.

This interview concerns a world premiere that will take place this Thursday evening at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside ..... "Cirrus: The Sky Dancer," a work for flute choir and wind orchestra. We speak with composer Jodie Blackshaw (speaking to us from Australia), conductor Laura Rexroth, and Mary Ellen Close, a member of the flute section of the UW-Parkside Community Band and the person who underwrote the commission.

*Intermittently through the month of September, we ran both newly recorded and archival interviews related in one way or another to the events of 9/11 in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of that terrible day. This interview, which was recorded and initially broadcast two weeks after 9/11, concludes this series.*. In this interview, therapist Amy Sprague Champeau- a frequent guest to the Morning Show- offers some thoughts on the trauma that so many of us experienced as watched events unfold on that awful day.

(from the archives). We talk with Rebecca Sheir about her podcast "Circle Round" which features stories and music designed for the whole family to enjoy together. She and her husband created over 250 episodes of "Circle Round" before concluding the podcast earlier this year. Sheir now hosts a new podcast titled "Lions and Legends."

In honor of the 100th birthday of the late Carlisle Floyd, one of America's most beloved opera composers, we rerun a conversation from 2012 when the Milwaukee Florentine undertook his most popular opera, SUSANNAH. (Floyd was born on September 30, 1926.).

We speak with Mark Kawar, the author of a new book called "America But Bigger: Near Annexations, from Greenland to the Galapagos." Kawar's his book as an examination of 'near-misses' - moments in our country's history when it sought new territory but failed to gain it. Many of those attempts involved Canada and Mexico - but there were other instances from elsewhere in the globe, into several instances in which America was interested in trying to acquire Greenland.

We speak with Joycelyn Fish, Marketing and Development Director at the Racine Theater Guild, about a free special event coming up this Sunday afternoon, October 4th, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the opening of the current home of the Racine Theater Guild. (There is no admission charge, but people are asked to reserve a free ticket either through the box office or via the guild's website, which is racinetheatre.org.). In the conversation, we also look back at the challenging years when the RTG did not have a location of its own- and about the years when it presented live theater in a small, converted church- and about the considerable discussion and planning that went into designing and constructing what is its current home.

From 2023- Sharon Price John, author of "Stories and Heart: Unlock the Power of Personal Stories to Create a Life You Love."

We talk about the narrated musical work "Lovers of Liberty" that will be performed as part of the dedication of the newly refurbished Ceremonial Courtroom in the Kenosha County Courthouse this weekend. We speak with Julia Nowicki, who had primary responsible for putting the work together, Ben Woods, who is serving as its narrator, and Jesse Gomez and Heather Kamikawa, who are two of the string musicians participating in these performances. Sunday afternoon at 1:30 is the public's primary opportunity to experience this work.

We connect with singer/Songwriter Nellie McKay, who is returning to Kenosha's White Lilac on Thursday evening, October 1st - at 8 p.m. McKay has enjoyed a wide-ranging career that has run the gamut from singing in intimate cabarets to starring in a show on Broadway. The White Lilac is located at 5029 6th Avenue. Their phone number is (262) 515-1967 .... and their website is whitelilackenosha.com.

From 2020 - Dr. Clyde D. L. Wynne, author of "Dog is Love: Why and How Your Dog Loves You."

*Intermittently through the month of September, we are airing newly reocrded and archival interviews to commemorate the 25th anniversary of 9/11." We share a 2002 interview with Cathy Trost, co-author of "Running Toward Danger," a book from the Newseum in which more than 100 journalists talk about the challenges they faced in trying to cover the chaotic, painful events of September 11, 2001.

We speak with Deborah Roberts, a Senior National Affairs Correspondent for ABC News- and co-host of 20/20, which begins its newest season Friday night, September 25th.

We preview the performances of "Elegies: A Song Cycle" by William Finn with director Molly Fuller and with three students who are part of the cast: Brayden Follett, Dom Luzwick, and Maria Romero. The performances will occur over the next two weekends in Carthage's Wartburg Auditorium.

We are resharing a portion of a 2025 conversation with two-time Grammy Award nominee Laura Strickling, a classically-trained soprano who is singing a recital tonight (Tuesday) at 7;30 in Carthage College's JAC Recital Hall as part of the school's performing arts series.

We talk about LAUNCH KENOSHA with Joseph Tenuta, who is Rogers Palmers Distinguished Professor in Business, Department Chair of Management, and Assistant Professor of Management.

From 2025- Kevin Wade talks about his novel "Johnny Careless."

From 2006 - As the Metropolitan Opera celebrates the start of its 20th anniversary Live in HD series, we replay a 2006 conversation with Julie Borcard-Young , who at the time was acting director of marketing for the Met .... and the primary coordinator of the Live in HD series both then and to the present day. This special anniversary season of simulcasts is being celebrated with a special program featuring highlights from some of the 185 simulcasts that the Met has shared over the past 20 years. This special will be screened at hundreds of movie theaters across the country, including Racine's Renaissance Theater., at 1:00 today (Saturday, Sept. 19th.) (Kenosha's Tinseltown is not screening today's special but will be participating in the remainder of this special anniversary season.)

We talk with best-selling novelist Ryan Steck about his latest suspense thriller, "Target Down."

The Metropolitan Opera is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its groundbreaking Live in HD series .... in which live performances from the Met are beamed to hundreds of movie theaters across the country. This interview with Met general mangers Peter Gelb was recorded in the fall of 2006, right before the first of the 185 simulcasts that have been seen over the past two decades. This 20th anniversary season of simulcasts is actually beginning with a special program featuring highlights from past simulcasts. Beloved soprano Renee Fleming is the host. The special will be screened at Racine's Renaissance Theater on Saturday, September 19th, at 1 pm. (Kenosha's Tinseltown Theater is not showing tomorrow's special- but will be showing the simulcasts comprising the rest of the season.). More information is available at metopera.org.

In honor of the 60th anniversary of the opening of the new Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center on September 16, 1966, we replay a portion of a conversation with Susan Froemke, who directed and co-produced a documentary film titled "The Opera House". that chronicles the long and complicated story of how the Met found it necessary to find a new home, the arduous process by which the location and design of that new home, and the monumental challenges involved with the world premiere production of Samuel Barber's ANTONY & CLEOPATRA that opened the house with Leontyne Price. (The film can be view via the Met's website, metopera.org.)

We talk about the Lakeside Players' production of the hilarious musical "Something Rotten" - with stage director Katie Gray, music director Chase Portner, and cast members Austin Gordon-Hill and Brian Dean. The production, which opened this past Friday, runs until September 27th at the Rhode Center for the Arts in downtown Kenosha.

*Intermittently through the month of September, we are airing newly recorded and archival interviews to commemorate the 25th anniversary of 9/11.*. Today is a newly -recorded conversation with attorney Kenneth Feinberg, author of "What is Life Worth?" Feinberg was appointed to the official position of Special Master to administer the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund. His memoir, which has just been re-released in a new edition, chronicles the experience that he calls the greatest challenge of his long law career.

Jennifer Clemens, a member of the political science faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, talks about an important event coming up next Wednesday at Parkside ... called "An Imperfect Union," which examines what it means when a country seeks to create a constitution for itself.

Doug Instenes from the Racine Theater Guild talks about the RTG's. current production - a wild comedy called "The Play That Goes Wrong" which runs through September 27th.

BONUS: In honor of actor Walter Koenig's 90th birthday .... and the recent 60th anniversary of the network premiere of Star Trek: the Original Series, we replay my 2020 interview with Koenig in which he talks about his memoir "Beaming Up and Getting Off: Life Before and Beyond Star Trek."

*Intermittently through the month of September, we are airing newly recorded and archival interviews to commemorate the 25th anniversary of 9/11.*. Today we listen back to an interview with best-selling author William Langewiesche, author of "America Ground: Unbuilding the World Trade Center." Langewiesche's book (which began as a series of articles for Atlantic Monthly, chronicles the story of how the immense mountain of debris was removed ..... a project that was utterly unprecedented in its scope and complexity, requiring incredible cooperation, ingenuity, improvisation and persistence to be completed. Langewiesche was granted largely unfettered access to Ground Zero in order to tell this compelling story.

*Intermittently through the month of September, we are airing newly recorded as well as archival interviews to commemorate the 25th anniversary of 9/11.* This conversation from the fall of 2001 is with the late Dr. Jack Keating, who was chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside from 1998-2008. Dr. Keating's professional background was in the field of Psychology, and the primary focus of his own research efforts had been on the topic of people's behaviors in the midst of disaster- including high rise fires. In fact, Dr. Keating was actually in New York City and at the World Trade Center at the time of the car bombing there in 1993.

*Intermittently through the month of September, we are airing newly recorded as well as archival interviews to commemorate the 25th anniversary of 9/11.* This interview, from late 2001, is with Jan Sjogren, an officer with the Salvation Army- talking about what it was like to be on site with the Salvation Army in the wake of 9-11.

From 2005- Tom Downey, author of "The Last Men Out: Life of the Edge at Rescue 2 Firehouse." Brooklyn Rescue 2 has been long renowned as one of the finest fire-fighting units in the country. It was very hard hit by the events of 9-11.

Best-selling author Jeffrey Robinson discusses his new book "Ash and Honor: The Untold 368 Minutes of 9/11."

From 2025- in honor of the 60th anniversary of the premiere of Star Trek: the Original Series ...... Adam Nimoy discusses his book "The Most Human: Reconciling with my Father, Leonard Nimoy."

In memory of a marvelous guitarist named Jack Grassel, we replay an interview from 2019 with Jack and his wife Jill Jensen - who were a highly-regarded entertainment duo known affectionately as Jack and Jill. Jack passed away in late August.

We get a preview of the Patio Pops Concert coming up this Sunday, September 13th at 2:00 that will feature the school's Wind Orchestra and Concert Band in a program of all-American music to celebrate our country's 250th anniversary.

Tatiana Bush, flute instructor at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, talks about Parkside's Flute Day coming up this Saturday, September 12th.

Today is the first visit to the Morning Show of Dr. Veronique Tran, the president of Gateway Technical College. She assumed the presidency of GTC on July 1st. This interview aired on the first day of class for this fall semester.

*Intermittently through the month of September, we are airing newly recorded as well as archival interviews to commemorate the 25th anniversary of 9/11." Today- Jim Dwyer, a Pulitizer Prize-winning writer and longtime reporter for the New York Times, talks about the book "102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers." He co-authored the book with Kevin Flynn, which was published in 2005. Dwyer passed away in 2020.

From 2004 - Richard Thieme, author of "Islands in the Clickstream: Reflections on Life in a Virtual World."

From 2020 - Matt Richtel, author of "An Elegant Defense: The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System."

From the archives (2003) - Todd Gitlin talks about his book "Letters to a Young Activist."

We speak with Camille Busette, a representative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, about their new initiative titled "One Nation - Overcharged," which is meant to raise awareness about the plight of Americans who have difficulty coping with the high cost of health care.

*Intermittently through the month of September, we are airing newly recorded as well as archival interviews to commemorate the 25th anniversry of 9/11.*. Today- Gwendolyn Bounds, former Wall Street Journal reporter, talks about her memoir- "Little Chapel on the River." She was one of the thousands of people living in Manhattan at the time of 9/11 who suddenly found themselves homeless. Bounds ultimately resettled in a small community in the Hudson River Valley .... where she lives to this very day. She says in the book that this was an instance of "not just figuring out where to live... but how to live."

One week after the start of classes and a new school year, we speak with Dr. John Swallow, the President of Carthage College.

*Intermittently through the month of September, we are airing newly recorded as well as archival interviews to commemorate the 25th anniversary of 9/11*. Part One- Dave Dunbar, co-author of "Debunking 9/11 Myths: Why Conspiracy Theories Can't Stand Up to the Facts." The book, which actually grew out of an article in Popular Mechanics, methodically examines the many conspiracy theories that sprang up in the wake of 9/11. Part Two- A 2005 conversation with the late Dr. Jack Keating, who was chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside from 1998 to 2008. His academic field was Psychology, and the primary focus of his research was on how people behave during disasters and other kinds of crisis- and what sort of trauma do they experience and carry with them in the aftermath.

From 2011 - Ethan Trex, author of "Mental Floss-The Book: Only the Greatest Lists in the History of Listory."

We speak with Dr. Lynn Akey, Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, at the outset of a new school year.

From 2016- Dr. Joseph Burgo, author of "The Narcissist You Know: Defending Yourself Against Extreme Narcissists in an All-About-Me Age." [The Morning Show airs every weekday morning between 8 and 9 o'clock on WGTD FM 91.1. We are an affiliate of Wisconsin Public Radio and National Public Radio, broadcasting from the Kenosha campus of Gateway Technical College."

From 2005- Fred Watson, author of "Star Gazer: The Life and Times of the Telescope." [The Morning Show airs every weekday morning between 8 and 9 o'clock on WGTD FM 91.1. We are an affiliate of Wisconsin Public Radio and National Public Radio, broadcasting from the Kenosha campus of Gateway Technical College.]

Part One- We speak with best-selling author and motivational speaker Chris Tuff about his latest book, "Save Your Asks." He will be one of the keynote speakers for the upcoming Inspire 2026 Leadership Conference on October 16th that is sponsored by KABA .... the Kenosha Area Business Alliance. The deadline for early bird registration for this exciting event is this Monday, August 31st. More information about the event is available at kaba.org. Part Two- from the archives- "How to Raise Self-Disciplined Children."

My guests are Kristi Helmkamp, assistant director of the Kenosha Public Library System, and DJ Hanson, who is KPL's Marketing and Communcations Manager. We focus most of our conversation on the library's summer reading program, which culminates in a celebratory party in Library Park (outside of the Simmons Library) tomorrow (Friday) afternoon.

We speak with Luke Mickelson, founder of the national charity Sleep In Heavenly Peace (which has a Racine-Kenosha chapter, as well as several hundred other chapters across the country), will be one of the keynote speakers for the upcoming Inspire 2026 conference on October 16th at Journey Church in Kenosha. Part two features a brief interview from 2002 with former journalist Chris Matthews.

We speak with Robb Woulfe, executive director of the Racine Art Museum, about recent renovation at RAM Downtown, changes in admission fees and hours of operation, expansion of their studio art program, and an exciting multi-arts festival opening on September 18th titled "In/Between" in which RAIM will be extending itself into some intriguing places in the community.

We speak with writer Joel Dinerstein about his new book "The Last Jews of Ellis Island: a Brooklyn Memoir." Dinerstein's parents were among the last European Jews to enter the United States through Ellis Island- and they had Joel when they were both in their mid to late forties. Consequently, Joel was at the very end of that generation of children of so-called Ellie Island Jews. In his engrossing memoir, he not only chronicles what life was like in his particular family, but also the dramatic changes he saw in the Flatbush neighborhood where he grew up.

From 2005- John Grogan, author of "Marley and Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog"

From 2018 - Laurence Bergreen, author of "Casanova: The World of a Seductive Genius."

Tiffany D. Jackson talks about her novel for young readers titled "Ghost in the Night." From the archives- we hear from Tim Federle, author of "Better Nate than Ever" - and John Feinstein, author of "The Walk On" - both of these books also intended for young readers.

Part One: Jim Zondlak, a board member with the Kenosha Sportfishing and Conservation Association, talks about the group's Pike River Clean-Up on Saturday, September 19th. This is the group's 19th annual clean-up event - a massive event that involves hundreds of volunteers. Part Two: from the archives- David Coggins, author of "The Believer: A Year in the Fly Fishing Life."

We begin the program with Gary Gronke, who is chairman of the board of Kemper Center, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a plethora of events coming up this Saturday, August 22nd. We fill out the hour by replaying a portion of a conversation from 2022 with three women (Barb Axelson, Susan McMinn and Anna McGuire) who were students at Tremper Hall, the girls' school that operated for a century on the grounds of what is now Kemper Center. The occasion of that conversation was the 150th anniversary of the founding of Kemper Hall.

We speak with James M. Scott, author of "Empire of Ashes: Truman, Hirohito, and the Descent into Total War." The book examines the very end of World War Two and what sort of discussion and debate behind closed doors led to the decision for the U.S. to drop the atomic bomb to bring the war to a close - when and where the bombs would be dropped - and why such a move was deemed to be necessary.

This 2023 interview is probably requested for resharing more than any other .... David Brooks, talking about his book "How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen." Brooks was a columnist for the New York Times for many years before leaving to join the staff at The Atlantic earlier this year. He is also a well-known commentator.

From 2011- Erin Morgenstern discusses her fascinating and engrossing novel titled "The Night Circus."

From 2002 ...... Best-selling author Mark Bowden talks about his book "Finders Keepers: The Story of a Man who Found One Million Dollars."

Dr. Katie Taylor's newly published book is titled "Gridiron Invasion: The Hidden History of Women's Football." This is a surprisingly long and complex history that actually stretches back to the 1890s. Following that is a 2005 interview with sportswriter Mike Lupica talking about his novel for young readers titled "Too Far" that explores the serious issue of hazing among young athletes.

For Kailyn Palomares's August visit to the Morning Show, we meet Kara DeLanty, who is Area Supervisor of Primates for the Milwaukee County Zoo. She works with a staff of ten zookeepers to care for 40 different animals representing 10 different primate species. We talk about how these animals are cared for, fed, and stimulated.

In honor of the 101st birthday of identical twins Norris and Ross McWhirter, the co-founders of the Guiness Book of World Records, we are resharing a 2008 interview with Tom Olmsted, author of "Getting into Guiness: One Man's Longest, Fastest, Highest Journey Inside the World's Most Famous Record Book." The book not only chronicles the history of the book, but also tells the story of the many people who have risked life and limb in order to secure their place in its pages. (Olmsted himself has managed to achieve two world records himself.).

This is an expanded version of the interview with saxophonist and composer Kirk Whalum that was heard on today's Morning Show. Whalum once again is the headline artist for the Harbor Park Jazz Rhythm and Blues Festival that is coming up this Saturday, August 15th. More information is available at mahonefoundation.org.

In honor of the Kenosha Kingfish once again making the playoffs in the Northwoods League, we're replaying this 2014 conversation with Jim Collins, author of "The Last Best League: One Summer, One Season, One Dream." Collins follows the exploits of the Chatham A's, one of the best teams in the Cape Cod League. The book is one of the best books ever written about minor league baseball. (The book was originally written back in 2004. The occasion of this interview was the re-release of the book in a 10th anniversary updated version.)

From 2019 - Jill Tietjen and Barbara Bridges, co-authors of "Hollywood Her Story: An Illustrated History of Women and the Movies." The book primarily examines the surprisingly significant presence of women directors and producers in the early years of the movie industry.

In memory of writer and advice columnist Margo Howard, who died earlier this summer, we are replaying a conversation from 2014 where we talked about her memoir "Eat, Drink, and Remarry: Confessions of a Serial Wife." Howard was a 3-time divorcee who, in her words, "finally got it right with husband #3." Howard's mother was Ann Landers. Howard was responsible for creating the Dear Prudence advice column.

This is the interview with Ellen Schutt, one of the Republicans squaring off in the August 11th Republican primary for Wisconsin State Senate District 11. (Interviews with the other two candidates are available in separate postings.).

This is the interview with Sandy Wiedmeyer, one of the Republicans facing off in the August 11th Republican primary for the Wisconsin State Senate District 11. (Interviews with the other two candidates are available in separate postings.).

This is the interview with Nick Polce, one of the Republicans squaring off in the August 11th Republican primary for the Wisconsin State Senate District 11. (Interviews with the other two Republicans are available in separate postings.)

We present interviews with Nick Polce, Sandy Wiedmeyer, and Ellen Schutt, who will be squaring off in the Republican primary on August 11th. The order of the broadcast was determined by the flip of a coin. (The two Democrats facing off in the Democratic primary were on yesterday's program.).

This is the interview with Steve Doelder, one of the Democrats squaring off in the August 11th Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Senate District 11. (We have an interview with the other candidate in a separate posting.).

This is the interview with Adam Duda, one of the Democrats squaring off in the August 11th Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Senate District 11. (We have an interview with the other candidate in a separate posting.).

We present interviews with Adam Duda and Steve Doelder, who will square off in the August 11th Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Senate District 11. The order of the broadcast was determined by a flip of a coin. (We will be presenting interviews with the three Republicans in the Republican primary on Friday's Morning Show.)

Today's program is a memorial tribute to Tom Vignieiri .... born and raised in Kenosha and an alum of Carthage College .... who went on to be the director of the Tanglewood Institute, the artistic administrator of the Handel and Haydn Society, and the music director/producer for NPR's "From the Top" .... as well as a prolific and highly-regarded composer. We are replaying a 2012 interview in which Tom talks about "From the Top" just as the program was added to Wisconsin Public Radio's broadcast schedule. (The program still airs over the classical music network of Wisconsin Public Radio on Sunday afternoons at 4:00- and more information is available at the program's website, fromthetop.org.) We follow the interview with recordings of two of Tom's most beautiful compositions: "To Sing," which was commissioned for the farewell of then-Carthage College president F. Gregory Campbell (text by Charles Anthony Silvestri) - and "An American Hymn," originally composed for symphony orchestra but heard here in a transcription for wind orchestra by Carthage College's Dr. James Ripley. You can hear more of Tom's music by visiting his website, tomvignieri.com. Tom passed away on July 30th.

We present interviews with Rick Bailey and Maria Elena Bisabarros, who will be squaring off in the August 11th Democratic primary for the Wisconsin State Assembly District 33. The order of the interview was determined by the flip of a coin. (We shared interviews with the two Republicans facing off in the Republican primary on yesterday's program.).

This is the interview with Maria Elena Bisabarros, one of the Democrats squaring off in the Aughust 11th Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 33. (We have an interview with the other candidate in a separate posting.).

This is the interview with Rick Bailey, one of the Democrats who will be facing off in the August 11th primary for the Wisconsin State Assembly District 33. (We have an interview with the other candidate in a separate posting.).

This is an interview with Rick Stacey, one of the Republicans in the upcoming August 11th primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 33. (We have an interview with the other Republican in a separate posting.)

This is the interview with Steve Wicklund, one of the Republicans in the upcoming August 11th primary for the Wisconsin State Assembly District 33. (We also have an interview with the other Republican in the race in a separate posting.)

We present interviews with Steve Wicklund and Rick Stacey, who are squaring off in the Republic primary for the August 11th Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 33. The order was determined by a flip of a coin. (We present the two Democrats in the Democratic primary on tomorrow's program.).

On July 30th, Barb Salvo died. She was a high-regarded science teacher at Washington Park High School in Racine for many years - and after retiring from Park, she worked with many of the science education majors at Carthage. During her years at Park, she was the faculty advisor for the school's science team, which was one of the finest in the state. This interview from spring of 1998 came shortly after the team won the state championship- which in turn qualified them for the National Science Olympiad. The interview is with Barb Salvo and with three students who were members of the science team: Jeremiah James, Amanda Schneider, and Nick Barootian.

Tom Vignieri, a Kenosha native and Carthage College alum, had an impressive and wide-ranging music career that included stints with the Handel-Haydn Society, the Tanglewood Institute, and public radio's "From the Top." He was also a prolific and highly-regarded composer. He died this past Thursday, July 30th. In his memory, we are replaying a Morning Show conversation from the fall of 2018, when he returned to Carthage to participate in a special concert in honor of Dr. Richard Sjoerdsma, a long-time member of the music faculty and one of his most treasured mentors. (We will also be replaying a 2012 conversation with Vignieri on Wednesday, August 5th.).

Today is the last day that Kevin and Julie Ervin are the co-owners of Frank's Diner, one of Kenosha's most beloved landmarks. (They have sold the diner to a longtime employee so they can retire.). In this interview from last year, Ervin outlines the 100-year history of the diner.

This is a brief interview with Bill Diekhoff, who was the choral director at Washington Park High School in Racine for many years. He is returning to Racine this weekend to sing a voice recital Saturday afternoon, 2:30, at Holy Communion Lutheran Church in Racine .... to celebrate his 90th birthday! The program includes arias by Donizetti and Bizet, songs by Sigmund Romberg and Rodger & Hammerstein, and much much more.

We preview the 2026 Starving Artists Fair - coming up this Sunday, August 2nd, at the Dekoven Center - with Jayne Herring, coordinator of the fair, Sue Smith, current president of the Racine Art Guild, and past-president Jill Castillo. The fair this year will feature the work of 130 artists.

This is the interview we recorded with James Beller ahead of the upcoming Republican primary for Kenosha County Sheriff on August 11th. (We also have interviews with the other two candidates.).

This is the interview we recorded with Tony Gonzalez ahead of the upcoming Republican primary on August 11th for Kenosha County Sheriff. (We also have interviews with the other two candidates.).

This is the interview we recorded with current Kenosha County Sheriff David Zoerner ahead of the Republican primary on August 11th. (We also have interviews with his two challengers.)

Here are interviews with the three people facing off in the Republican Primary for Kenosha County Sheriff on Tuesday, August 11th: (the order of these interviews was determined by random draw)- David Zoerner, Tony Gonzalez, and James Beller. (Zoerner is the current sheriff. Gonzalez and Beller are challenging him in the Republican primary.). We are also posting each interview separately.

We speak with former Racine Poet Laureate Debra Hall about how she fell in love with poetry, the daily routine she follows that helps her write every single day, and her newly published chapbook "What the Current Cannot Swallow." This collection of poems stems from a difficult period in her life when her husband was seriously stricken while the two of them were flying to Italy for vacation. The poems in this collection reflect on various aspects of their ordeal that eventually culminated in her husband's death. We also share information about the search for new poets laureate for Kenosha and Racine ... and about a fundraiser for the program that will be happening at The White Lilac in Kenosha on September 20th.