The Good Life – September-October 2020

HAVING A BEER WITH | CHRIS BERG
HAVING A WATER
with chris berg
WRITTEN BY: MEGHAN FEIR • PHOTOS BY: URBAN TOAD MEDIA
After graduating from Stanford University (and Fargo South High School
before that), Chris Berg immediately began using his talents, charisma, poise
and voice in as many ways as he could. Over the years he’s traveled around
the country doing promotional seminars on stage for the Tony Robbins
motivational speaking tours, worked with high school students to help them
attain college scholarships and leadership skills, and had a radio show on AM
1100 The Flag. For the past 8 years, he’s been the host of “Point of View” and
“North Dakota Today” on KVLY.
On a Monday afternoon in July, I had the pleasure of chatting with Berg via
Zoom as he drank what Drekker is best known for — their water (totally
kidding, but hey — he had to go to work soon).
Along with his impressive professional history, I had the opportunity to learn
more about Berg’s fascination with Latin culture and his love for Minnesota’s
pride and joy, Prince. He regaled me with tales of landing serendipitously on
the set of some of the most popular TV shows of the ‘90s, and he told me,
in the most concise and meaningful way possible, what living the good life
means to him. Read on to learn more about local legend, Chris Berg.
Good Life: What would a perfect day look like for you right now,
in this moment?
Chris Berg: To be able to wake up near a beach, preferably in Mexico.
I’d take in some sun and then get ready for my shows, kind of like this
— doing it via the distance, whether it’s on Zoom or something else.
Would I want to do it indefinitely that way? I’d like to be in the studio
at times, but at this moment in my life, I’d love to have that kind of
freedom and flexibility.
GL: Okay, Chris. So we’re in, like, the third wave of mullets being
popular, so I’m curious what you think about that trend.
CB: Party in the back, business in the front? Well, I’m always for more
freedom, so if you want to rock a mullet, more power to you.
GL: Would you ever try to pull off a mullet?
CB: No. Not unless I could wear it like Prince and it was all curly on top.
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