The Morning Show

Archive- Former major leaguer Ransom Jackson, who died on March 20th.   His memoir was titled "Handsome Ransom Jackson: Accidental Big Leaguer."

A memorial tribute to Kurt Chalgren, a choral music legend in Kenosha, who died earlier this month. 

Dr. Wael Farouk previews Carthage College's Lakeside Piano Festival. Also, concert pianist Jorge Osorio.

Part One:  Previewing Wizardpalooza at the Kenosha Public Museum (a Harry Potter celebration) with Miles Hartley and Vickie Steger.  Part Two:  "Falcon's Feather," the newest book in the National Geographic'

Max Klau, author of "Race and Social Change."  

Part 1- Concert Pianist Jorge Federico Osorio, who plays at Carthage's Lakeside Piano Festival this coming Tuesday evening- 7:30 p.m.

Carol Sabbar and Mia Bennett-  efforts to live a more sustainable lifestyle.

Gateway Technical College President Bryan Albrecht

Betsy Ade, a contestant on TV's "The Voice" - a substitute teacher and musician from Kenosha.

Jonathan Karmel, author of "Dying To Work:  Death and Injury in the American Workplace."  

An environment-related topic with monthly guest Nan Calvert.

Argentinian composer Martin Palmeri and Carthage College's Dr. Eduardo Garcia-Novelli talk about this weekend's performance at Carthage of Palmeri's "Misa Tango" by the Master Singers of Milwaukee.  

Professional violist and Kenosha native Paul Cortese. 

Randall Tucker,  Chief Inclusion Officer at Mastercard.   

Tom Clavin, author of "Wild Bill:  The Story of America's First Frontier Gunslinger."  

Joshua Kundert and Maham Ali,  student captains - and attorney Michael Phegley,  director of Carthage's mock trial program, who is also a member of the Carthage faculty.

David Cullen, author of "Parkland: Birth of a Movement."  

Jennifer Sassaman, UW-P theater faculty.  She's directing their production of the musical "Urinetown," which opens March 8th.

Rachel McPhee Benson previews her one-woman show "Dead Shot Mary," which she is performing in Racine this weekend

Kathryn Andrea, Amy Trottier, and Cory Uebele, with A & O Certified Public Accountants discuss the most recent changes in the tax laws.

Blake J. Harris, author of "The History of the Future:  Oculus, Facebook, and the Revolution that Swept Virtual Reality."    

Steve Mussenden, executive director of the Racine Literacy Council.  He will have a RLC volunteer tutor with him to talk about the experience of being a tutor. 

Bryan Albrecht, president of Gateway Technical College pays his monthly visit to the program.

Dr. Art Cyr, director of Carthage College's Clausen Center.  Professor Cyr joins us once a month to offer his analysis of current events. 

Previewing the Racine Theater Guild's production of "Wait Until Dark." 

Dr. John Swallow,  president of Carthage College

Dr. Jennifer Harvey,  author of "Raising White Kids:  Bringing up children in a Racially Unjust America."  

Nancy Matthews and Dan Joyce,  Kenosha Public Museum - "From Curiosity to science."  

Part One: Nioucha Homayoonfar, author of "Taking Cover:  One Girl's Story of Growing Up During the Iranian Revolution." Also - previewing the film "Coal Black Voices," which is being shown later this week at Carthage.

Part One:  Kenosha Symphony's John Williams Concert.  Part Two:  Fleeing Artists Theater's production of "Almost, Maine." 

Nan Calvert with Laura Schultz,  Environmental Education Manager with UW-Parkside's Environmental Studies Program. 

James and Deborah Fallows, author of "Our Towns: A 100,000 Mile Journey into the Heart of America."  They speak at Carthage on Feb. 18th.

Part One:  Kenosha Public Library Big Read.   Part Two:  Previewing tonight's American Experience documentary "Sealab." 

Part One: Chris Moschovitis, author of "Cybersecurity Program Development for Business: The Essential Planning Guide."  Part Two:  Pianist Barron Ryan.  He performs as a duo-pianist with his father Donald.

Laura Cox- the third annual Healing Connections event, designed for people contending with trauma, PTSD, stress and anxiety. 

Preview of Carthage's opera workshop "So give three cheers: A Gilbert & Sullivan Gala." 

Postponed from last week-  A recap of the Carthage Philharmonic's European tour.

Simon Read - "Winston Churchill Reporting: Adventures of a Young War Correspondent."

Petr Ludwig and Adela Schicker-  "The End of Procrastination: How to stop postponing and live a fulfilled life." 

A preview of Sunday's Super Bowl LIII with sportswriter Casey Sherman.   

A preview of "My Real Mother," a musical receiving its world premiere this weekend at Carthage with composer/playwright Riley Thomas and director Maggie Spanuello.

Jason Berry, author of 'City of a Million Dreams: A History of New Orleans." 

Burt Ward (Robin on the TV series "Batman") talks about his new passion- dogs in honor of Train Your Dog Month. 

Dr. Art Cyr pays his monthly visit to the program to offer his analysis of current events. 

First round winners in the FoxConn Smart Cities Smart Futures competition Erin Magennis and Joan Volmut.   

WGTD's own Troy McDonald talks about concerns around new data gathering techniques being used by various media entities.  

Erling Kagge,  author of "Silence - in the Age of Noise." 

Leonard Mlodinow, author of  "Elastic:  Flexible Thinking in a Time of Change" 

Gateway Technical College President Bryan Albrecht.

Ryan Robinson, author of #Chill: Turn off your job and turn on your life.”