WGTD Morning Show

I've had some thrilling experiences in my 20-some years of doing the Morning Show,  but if I had to single out one thrill above all the others,  it was when I had the privilege of interviewing former president Jimmy Carter.  And aside from the obvious matter of posing questions to the former leader of the

I am posting this on the last day of September because this month has been Suicide Awareness Month.  Over the last twenty-plus years I have done a number of Morning Show interviews on the topic of suicide,  but this is the conversation that I think was the most thought-provoking.  Susan Wickersham's memoir "The Suicide Index:

Here is a Morning Show interview from the archives that preserves one of the most exciting experiences I've ever had with the show.  Ten years ago,  the Metropolitan Opera undertook a project that helped to reshape the way people could experience the beauty and power and passion of Grand Opera-  the Metropolitan Opera's High-Definition Simulcasts

Mary Pflum Peterson is a producer for ABC's Good Morning, America - and used to work for CNN.  Unbeknownst to anyone who knew her or worked with her,   Peterson grew up in a complicated household with a mother who struggled with various mental and emotional issues-  most seriously "hoarding."  In this portion of the

I've had the privilege of speaking with best-selling author Buzz Bissinger on two previous occasions,  but I was especially thrilled to be able to speak with him - at a great length - about his most famous book,  "Friday Night Lights," which has just been re-released in a special 25th anniversary edition.  The book- which

Here is a portion of my conversation with heavy metal artist D. Randall Blythe, lead singer for the band 'lamb of god.'  This is one of those cases in which I was decidedly out of my comfort zone (to say the least.)  Before I saw this book,  I had never even heard of Mr. Blythe

For the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina,  I'm posting my interview with Christopher Cooper, author of "Disaster: Hurricane Katrina and the Failure of Homeland Security."   Of everything written about Katrina and the federal government's abysmal response to the disaster,  this is the one book I've seen that thoroughly and perceptively explains how and why