Mornings with Pat Kreitlow

Turn Out the Lights (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0000

The party’s over. We wrap things up with a preview from Mike Clemens of Saturday’s Packers-Bears matchup.

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Guest: Mike Clemens

Megalomaniac Run Amok (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We’ll have one more go-round with our Week In Review panel and ask them “what have we learned” in 2025 — and how can we take those lessons and apply them toward getting our country back on track in 2026. Given that the president just renamed a nationally cherished facility as the Trump Kennedy Center, we clearly have our work cut out for us.

Guests: Jim Santelle, Mark Jacob, Jennifer Schulze

The Empire Strikes Back (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0000

They say the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice… but that doesn’t mean there won’t be some injustices along the way. Donald Trump’s police state wins a round by securing a felony conviction for a judge who stood up for independent courts free from chaos, interference, and intimidation. We begin our goodbyes as “Mornings with Pat Kreitlow” ends its run on Civic Media.

Guests: Greg Bach, Luke Mathers

(Not) At Your Service (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0000

It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy for those who want government to fail: Slash what’s working, blame government itself for being dysfunctional, rinse, repeat. We’ll talk to Joe Zepecki about the latest moves that reduce customer service and increase cynicism about how things work in Madison.

Guests: Joe Zepecki, Chad Holmes

Connect the Dots Already (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000

A new report by a nonpartisan research group needed more than 2,300 words to describe why this month’s property tax bills for 2025 are so much higher than last year. They really only needed a handful of words to connect the dots: A Republican Legislature passed the buck. Rather than contribute a fair share to local governments and the education of our children, GOP lawmakers once again forced municipalities and educators to look like the bad guys just to maintain current services. Also: Sean O’Malley has the latest view of a still-slumping job market.

Guest: Sean O’Malley

Republican Rift on Health Care (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0000

In Congress, a discharge petition is an extremely rare tool. A majority of members can sign it to force a full vote on a matter, even if the leadership wants to keep it bottled up. For the fourth time, House Speaker Mike Johnson has had his hand forced by members of his own party joining with Democrats. This time, it’s to allow an up-or-down vote on resurrecting the tax credits that helped keep health insurance affordable for 20 million Americans. It’s only the latest sign of economic dysfunction from GOP lawmakers and the president, as we’ll show with some end-of-the-year Wisconsin numbers. Also: Grumpy president screams at TV cameras in a not-at-all unhinged “speech” about the economy.

Guest: Cherita Booker

Pigeon Finds a Home (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0000

One of our favorite long-running stories on this show got the nickname “Pigeon Quest” because Melissa Kaye, from our Civic Media station in Wisconsin Rapids, embarked on a detailed mission to adopt a rescue pigeon. So, yes, we learned that rescue pigeons are a thing. Before we sign off, we wanted to get a final update from Melissa and LeeLu, who had been slow to acclimate to its new surroundings. We’ll ask if LeeLu has finally taken flight… around the living room, anyway.

Guests: Melissa Baldauff, Melissa Kaye, Earl Ingram

Class Dismissed (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We mark the final installment of Homeroom, our weekly segment about protecting public education in Wisconsin, with the two people most responsible for making it a prime focus of our show: Heather DuBois Bourenane, Chris Hambuch-Boyle and many more from the Wisconsin Public Education Network. We’ll explain the stakes of the 2026 election on property taxes and the future health of our community schools.

Guests: Heather DuBois Bourenane, Chris Hambuch-Boyle, Ellie Bourdo

On the Record (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0000

There have been more unusual events in 2025 than we care to count — and one of the stranger ones took place Tuesday when Vanity Fair published the result of 11 (yes, eleven) interviews conducted with Trump’s chief of staff. Susie Wiles was extremely candid about the president and almost everyone in his inner circle — and none of it makes them look better. So what’s been the MAGA reaction? Attack the report and the writer, while not claiming that anything in the piece was factually wrong. Sure, Susie.

Trump Is Deranged Syndrome (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0000

There is no bottom: Donald Trump will always find a way to sink even lower than the last time you thought he’d couldn’t be worse. This time, Trump is getting a fair amount of criticism from fellow Republicans for a social media post about murdered director Rob Reiner. Makes you wonder who the real “Meathead” is now.

Guests: Dan Shafer, Cam Stevenson

Gift-Wrapping Rural Wisconsin (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000

There are lots of holiday gifts you can wrap, but others you need to experience. We’ll talk to Sheila Everhart of the Wisconsin Agricultural Tourism Association about giving the gift of events in rural Wisconsin. We’ll also hear from Hans Breitenmoser about last weekend’s Wisconsin Farmers Union annual convention.

Guests: Hans Breitenmoser, Sheila Everhart

Sand in the Gears (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0000

As we often say here: Those who hate government the most should be trusted the least to run it competently. The latest example comes from Republicans in the Legislature who refused a request to allocate the funds to speed up customer service for professional licensing. It’s easy to say government doesn’t work when you’re the one throwing sand in the gears. Lawmakers also announced an “investigation” into Attorney General Josh Kaul, conveniently timed to happen during an election campaign.

WisEye Closed (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0000

The CEO of WisconsinEye talks to us about the network going dark — unable to continue its work of covering state government due to a lack of funding. We’ll ask why such a vital service has to beg for financial support.

Guest: Jon Henkes

GOP Healthcare Conundrum (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Former GOP Congressman Reid Ribble joins us to talk about the lack of a serious Republican healthcare plan — something he says shouldn’t be the case. We’ll hear his suggestions to his old colleagues.

Guests: Salina Heller, Reid Ribble

Putting the BS in CBS (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0000

CBS could have used their time Saturday to honor Dick Van Dyke on his 100th birthday, given his many shows over many years. Instead, the new right wing regime chose to turn the airwaves over to the widow of Charlie Kirk.

Guest: Dr. Kristin Lyerly

Weekly Best of Mornings with Pat Kreitlow for Dec 13

Pat Kreitlow — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Mandela Barnes Breaks It Down (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0000

A lot of Wisconsin political insiders sure like asking questions about Mandela Barnes: Can he win a general election? Can he raise $50 million to run for governor? Is the attention he’s getting from Republicans a sign of weakness or strength? How about if we ask him directly — because he joins us live this morning. Also: Mike Clemens previews the Packers in Denver on Sunday… and then playing again six days later in Chicago.

Guests: Mandela Barnes, Mike Clemens

What a Week (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We’ll ask our Week In Review panel about some of the headlines of the past few days. Republicans had to back off their desire to force grieving women to scoop up the remains of a miscarriage and put it in a medical waste bag. President Trump lost two more court cases involving persecution without due process. And is the White House ever going to live up to its promise to tackle inflation — or will they stick with the laughable argument that affordability worries are just a hoax?

Guests: Dr. Kristin Lyerly, Jim Santelle, Joan Esposito

Our Useless Senate (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Some of us are old enough to remember when the United States Senate had a vaunted reputation as the world’s greatest deliberative body. Weighty issues would be debated by senators with the security of six-year terms, resistant to the political winds of the moment, and grand compromises could be achieved. Those days, of course, are gone — put on display most tellingly Thursday when a majority of 51 votes still wasn’t enough to stop Republicans’ plans to make Americans pay exhaustingly higher health insurance premiums, just to make a political point. Courier Newsroom’s Keya Vakil gives us a summary.

Guest: Keya Vakil

Anybody Else? (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0000

With Joel Brennan joining the race for governor, we’ll ask political strategist Joe Zepecki if there’s anyone else in the pipeline or are we seeing the likely field of candidates between now and the primary next August. He’ll also react to another “interesting” week in Washington, DC.

Guests: Joe Zepecki, Chad Holmes

Meet Joel Brennan (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Joel Brennan, a former top official in Gov. Tony Evers' administration, joins us live — after making it official that he’s joining a crowded field of Democrats hoping to succeed Evers. Brennan said he can differentiate himself from his rivals with his 25 years of experience in the private sector that includes time as president of the Greater Milwaukee Committee. And Sean O’Malley gives us an update on your money and the markets — and a market bubble powered by hype more than any genuine government data.

Guests: Joel Brennan, Sean O’Malley

Property Tax Sticker Shock (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0000

There is a major typographical error on every Wisconsin property tax bill that people are seeing this week. The numbers are correct — they are higher, but the people responsible for the higher property taxes aren’t listed on the bill. We’ll explain how the line that lists the name of your local school district should be replaced with “Here’s the cost of 15 years of Republicans running the Legislature.” Also: Cherita Booker outlines some more great events happening around our state this week.

Guest: Cherita Booker

A $50 Million Campaign (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0000

When it comes to expensive political campaigns, Wisconsin shatters more records than a jukebox pushed down the stairs. Candidates have to raise big bucks — Mandela Barnes told our Earl Ingram he plans to raise $50 million — but they’ll still be dwarfed by outside groups with seemingly limitless piles of money. We’ll find out what else Earl asked the candidate for governor.

Guests: Melissa Baldauff, Earl Ingram

Keep Our Promise (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000

For all of the partisan disagreements about the state budget, there was one area (one!) that seemed to have bipartisan agreement: raising the level of state reimbursement to local school districts to help offset the heavy expense of special education. But the actual reimbursement level this year isn’t close to what was sought in the budget. We’ll ask Rep. Angelina Cruz (D-Racine) why that happened and what her “Keep Our Promise” bill would do to change the way special education is funded in Wisconsin.

Guests: Angelina Cruz, Ellie Bourdo

Cheer Away the Inflation? (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0000

It’s back to the future for Wisconsin license plates. We’ll talk about the unveiling of two new designs for Wisconsin vehicles. Well, not exactly new. Our state has seen both yellow plates with black numbers and black plates with white numbers over the years. But both retro looks appear poised to become instantly popular. Also: President Trump holds a campaign style rally in Pennsylvania to make claims that he’s doing something about inflation. We’ll provide the necessary fact-checks.

Thawing ICE’s Campaign of Terror (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0000

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has agreed to take up a case that could freeze ICE out of using space in county jails for the people it rounds up in order to meet arbitrary and racist quotas from the Trump administration. Taking note of how masked federal agents are aiming guns at civilians, smashing out car windows, dragging parents from their children, putting people who haven’t committed crimes behind bars, and flying people out of the country without due process, Wisconsin Examiner editor-in-chief calls it a campaign of terror that the state Supreme Court would be right to rein in.

Guests: Ruth Conniff, Cam Stevenson

How to Have More Affordable Housing (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We’ll be joined by Mayor Jim Paine of Superior, first to discuss a weekend incident that left a police officer shot and wounded. Then we’ll discuss the community reaction to his detailed social media post, where he outlined the things he thinks should be high priorities issues when trying to address the shortage of affordable housing in his community. As always, the topic is accompanied by the thorny issue of homelessness in our hometowns.

Guests: Dan Hagen, Jim Paine

You Think Campaigns Are Expensive Now… (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Wisconsin has continually smashed its own records for expensive political races, in part because the US Supreme in the past has been hostile toward limits on campaign contributions. Now, it’s as if Justice Kavanaugh is saying, “Hold my beer.” The court will hear arguments Tuesday that could wipe out the remaining barrier and allow billionaires to bypass limits on campaign donations by letting them use political parties as legal laundering tools. Former Sen. Russ Feingold filed a brief in the case that could have simply said, “Told you so.”

Small Biz. Big Healthcare Bills. (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0000

When Republicans decided to allow health insurance premiums to skyrocket starting next month, they put a load of pain on small business owners who can’t offer coverage to their workers. From local merchants to mid-sized manufacturers to farmers, they’re all facing sharply higher costs. We’ll talk to the national director of Main Street Alliance about how they plan to tell voters to be aware of the members of Congress who voted to make their lives more expensive, including a key race in western Wisconsin.

Guest: Richard Trent

Raise the Barn (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Our Question of the Week is about wedding barns. Around Wisconsin, entrepreneurial families are converting barns or creating scenic rural venues for events — but a major conflict has erupted over liquor licensing and sales. The barn operators say these businesses can’t compete with full-time bars and banquet halls if they can’t rely on food and beverage sales as well as rental fees. Others disagree and say these venues can choose not to follow the law and let customers bring their own alcohol instead. We’ll ask what you’d do if you were a legislator deciding which side to support.

Guests: Dr. Kristin Lyerly, Salina Heller

The Monarchists Have Their Moment (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0000

The United States may be on the verge of losing the independent agencies that oversee consumer protection, worker protection, and environmental protection — replaced with nothing but lackeys of whichever politician has the most power. A right-wing group that favors unitary executive power — at least when a conservative is president — will argue their case Monday before the US Supreme Court, with a Chief Justice in John Roberts who has been pushing for this for 40 years, dating back to his days working in the Reagan administration.

Guest: Dr. Kristin Lyerly

Weekly Best of Mornings with Pat Kreitlow for Dec 6

Pat Kreitlow — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Powder Blue Is Back (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Once upon time, baseball teams had two uniform colors: white uniforms at home, gray uniforms on the road. How times have changed. We now know what the Milwaukee Brewers will be wearing when they’re the visiting club. The question is whether powder blue uniforms deliver some level of intimidation or if they’re simply a nice way to turn nostalgia into revenue from fans.

Guests: Dr. Kristin Lyerly, Mike Clemens

The Shadow Strikes Again (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000

The US Supreme Court has a process for handling emergency cases that need quick and temporary rulings while the larger case works its way up from lower courts. But right-wing justices have taken the “shadow docket” in a sharply political direction, including a Thursday ruling that allows Texas Republicans to use a newly-rigged map for its 2026 congressional elections. That’s one of the many stories we’ll cover with our Week In Review panel. We also continue our 12 Days of Kindness by talking with Amery Hospital & Clinic Foundation.

Guests: Jim Santelle, Mark Jacob, Jennifer Schulze, Lisa Ruehlow

Sean Duffy’s Woodie (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Is the wood-paneled station wagon on the verge of making a comeback? Sean Duffy hopes so. The Trump administration this week rolled back environmental rules on automobiles, and his transportation secretary told an interviewer it’s all about choice and that even the ol’ “woodie” might make a comeback. Needless to say, the folks on the interwebs had a field day with Duffy’s dream of a gas guzzler that smells of Virginia Slims and hopelessness. Also: Greg Bach joins for our history lesson and gives an update on the Laughing Tap and their fundraiser for their new location.

Guests: Greg Bach, Keya Vakil

Barnes-storming (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0000

We’ll talk to political strategist Joe Zepecki about this week’s announcement that former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes is joining a crowded field of Democrats hoping to be elected governor next year. And we’ll ask financial expert Sean O’Malley about the latest economic data that isn’t doing anything to dispel the concerns that an AI stock bubble is the only thing keeping the US economy from teetering toward a recession.

Guests: Joe Zepecki, Sean O’Malley

Pardonable Offenses & Offensive Pardons (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000

The pardon power of the president is absolute, which makes it the perfect target for absolute abuse. President Obama issued 212, President Biden granted 80, President Trump pardoned 144 people in his first term. So far in his second term, Trump has issued more than 1,500 pardons to people convicted of crimes. We’ll ask Congressman Mark Pocan whether anything can be done or if we should resign ourselves to knowing that electing a convicted criminal as president would lead to the prison gates being swung open.

Guest: Mark Pocan

More MAGA Make-Believe (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Mistakes happen to all of us — and most of us try to make a correction when they’re caught. But in MAGA World, you’re supposed to hold firm to your assertions, even when facts get in the way. How else to explain why a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice (a former chief justice, in fact) used a fake quote to give a US Supreme Court ruling the opposite interpretation of what it really did? And she still hasn’t fully corrected the record in a case that could lead to an overdue breakup of Wisconsin’s congressional maps gerrymandered by the far-right.

Guest: Cherita Booker

Tylenol Truths (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Pediatrician Dr. Kellie Snooks joins us with an update on her UpNorthNews video series, Raising Wisconsin. This month, she reviews the misinformation being spread about Tylenol use in children by people who should know better. Same goes for flu shots. We’ll also have this week’s Climate Check with Melissa Baldauff.

Guest: Kellie Snooks

Sunlight as a Disinfectant (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Political trivia: It was in 1913 that US Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis first coined the phrase “sunlight is the best disinfectant” when it comes to politics and shining a public light on matters that others would rather have staying in the dark. To that end, we’ll have an update in our Homeroom segment on the growing push to make sure taxpayers know about the growing price tag of private school vouchers that drain resources from Wisconsin’s public schools.

Guests: Chris Hambuch-Boyle, Donna Ambrose

Sweet Caroline (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0000

A Wisconsin-based movie might be the feel-good film of the holiday season. We’ll talk about how actor Hugh Jackman is in Milwaukee for the premiere of “Song Sung Blue,” telling the story of a couple whose Neil Diamond tribute band was a bit of a local sensation in the 1980s and ‘90s. With a host whose mom raised him on a steady diet of Neil Diamond tunes, we’ll ask about your guilty musical pleasures. It’s okay, you can admit you still listen to a lot of the Carpenters — or worse, Nickelback!

Pardon-palooza (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Dan Shafer will react to the news about an expanded Democratic field of candidates for governor. Pat also reacts to some of the pardons that president Trump has signed. Later, we begin our 12 days of kindness and talk to folks from Feeding America. We also talk a little Bucks as they slip and fall in Washington.

Guests: Dan Shafer, Cameron Wengrzyn

Wedding Barns Ignored by the Legislature (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000

While there was some activity during the recent fall legislative session, there were plenty of matters that didn’t get addressed. That includes new restrictions on “wedding barns” and other special venues that could put them out of business at a time when the rural economy needs all the help it can get. We’ll talk to wedding barn owner Jean Bahn, farmer Hans Breitenmoser, and Sheila Everhart of the Wisconsin Agricultural Tourism Association.

Guests: Hans Breitenmoser, Sheila Everhart, Brian Lemek, Jean Bahn

Mandela Makes It Official (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0000

This morning, former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes formally announced his entry into the 2026 race to be Wisconsin’s next governor. He joins the current lieutenant governor, a county executive, a couple of legislators, and others running in the Democratic field. We’ll hear Barnes’ opening pitch to do things the “Wisconsin Way” rather than Donald Trump’s “Washington Way.”

The Ongoing Hangover from 2020 (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0000

As much as we might want to put some troublesome history in our rearview mirror, the fact remains that America is still haunted by the events of 2020: an unchecked pandemic, a fiery public pushback against police violence, and a president willing to fan the flames. Few know the weight of local leadership during that time any better than Wauwatosa Mayor Dennis McBride who underwent a baptism by fire as a newly-elected city leader that was a microcosm of American unrest. His new book provides a five-year look back at the events that put him under siege in his own home for nearly 100 days.

Guests: Emily Berge, Dennis McBride

Defying Gravity (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000

To slightly modify the lyrics from Wicked: “Donald, why couldn't you have stayed calm for once?

Instead of flying off the handle!” The president loves to defy the rules of politics — not to mention basic human decency — but defying the gravity of current polling in next year’s midterms might be something even a wizard couldn’t pull off. We’ll talk to Craig Gilbert, longtime political writer for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, about what the latest Wisconsin polling shows for 2026.

Guests: Craig Gilbert, Salina Heller, Maria Haskins

Shoppers, Start Your Keyboards (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0000

It’s Cyber Monday, a date dedicated to online shopping for holiday gifts. But is that really a big deal anymore? Or Black Friday, for that matter? Don’t we all now shop online all year long? Or is there still some kind of novelty about these Thanksgiving weekend shopping dates? Also: the president goes on a Thanksgiving racist rant, winks at a war crime, pardons a billion-dollar money launderer after only 12 days in prison, and is about to pardon a former corrupt Central American leader responsible for 20 years worth of cocaine being brought to the US.

Guest: Dr. Kristin Lyerly

Weekly Best of Mornings with Pat Kreitlow for Nov 29

Pat Kreitlow — Sat, 29 Nov 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Beating Winter Blues (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0000

We spend some time with Dr. Kristin Lyerly as we wind down for the week. As we prepare hunker down for the winter we talk with author Laura Bird. She recommends reading as a good way to get through the cold snowy weather. To read she points to: "How to Winter" by Kari Leibowitz, "Aflame" by Pico Iyer, "Wintering" by Katherine May, "The Correspondent" by Virginia Evans, "Seasoning" by Angela Clutton, "Strata: Stories from Deep Time" by Laura Poppick, "Meditations for Mortals" by Oliver Burkeman and "Beyond Anxiety" by Martha Beck.

Illegal Orders, They’re Illegal to Follow (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Our weekly panel of Mark Jacob, Jim Santelle and Joan Esposito discuss news from the week. They talk about the investigations that are pursuing Democrats who told soldiers not to follow illegal orders because, you know, it is illegal to follow illegal orders. Also: our Friday quiz with Dr. Kristin Lyerly and senior producer Frank Gargano.

Guests: Jim Santelle, Mark Jacob, Joan Esposito

Find 11,780 Votes (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Pat and Courier Newsroom's political editor Keya Vakil discuss the week's news, including a judge in Georgia dismissing the Donald Trump election interference case. Also: fun with Greg Bach.

Guests: Greg Bach, Keya Vakil

Thanksgiving (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Hear some of our favorite interviews from the last few months as we take a break and spend our Thanksgiving sleeping in a little. In this hour, hear from Chuck Collins, Dr. Kellie Snooks, Tom Nelson and Greta Neubauer.

Thanksgiving (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Hear some of our favorite interviews from the last few months as we take a break and spend our Thanksgiving sleeping in a little. In this hour hear from Fred Clark, Rahul Powar, Bryan Kennedy and Amy Pechacek.

Thanksgiving (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Hear some of our favorite interviews from the last few months as we take a break and spend our Thanksgiving sleeping in a little. In this hour hear from Carmen Solis, Shawn Phetteplace, Ingrid Kundinger, Laura Bird and have a little Wisconsin town name fun with James Kelly.

Expensive Climate for Turkey Dinners (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0000

There are a lot of factors that drive up prices. Unnecessary trade wars come to mind. But you can also connect the dots between food prices and a changing climate. In this week’s Climate Check, we’ll examine how droughts, heat waves, and more frequent flash floods are impacting crops and animal welfare — and driving up prices at the grocery store. Later we are joined by Tom Nelson, author of “Wrecked: The Edmund Fitzgerald and the Sinking of the American Economy,” he weighs in on what the Navy’s decision on shipbuilding means for Wisconsin jobs. Also: Average electricity costs have risen 11 percent since January, more than three times the rate of inflation. It’s led to a rise in customers getting their power cut off. We’ll examine whether a president pushing more fossil fuels is making things worse.

Guests: Melissa Baldauff, Earl Ingram, Tom Nelson

School Funding Can Still Be Fixed (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 14:00:00 +0000

A problem only stays a problem if there’s no willingness to put a solution in place. That’s the case with Wisconsin’s convoluted school funding system. Last week, we visited with two members of a 2017 Blue Ribbon Commission charged with simplifying the way we pay for schools. Those solutions are still waiting for some political willpower — or maybe just some changes to who’s in charge in the Legislature. We’ll talk to Sen. Jeff Smith and Rep. Christian Phelps about how it’s not too late to make things better for taxpayers, educators, and kids.

Guests: Jeff Smith, Christian Phelps

Sauce for the Gander (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Political karma sometimes requires a long wait, but it comes. In 2011, Republicans in the Legislature and Gov. Scott Walker enacted a law changing how to handle court challenges to gerrymandered maps. At the time, it made sense because the state Supreme Court was controlled by fellow conservatives and they were given power to appoint three-judge panels to hear the cases. On Tuesday, the state Supreme Court appointed three-judge panels to hear challenges to those gerrymandered maps — but, as you know, the court is now under progressive control. It took 14 years, but the GOP is learning that sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

Some Good News (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0000

It’s easy to look at occasional mass protests like the “No Kings” rallies and conclude that not much is being done to stand up to things the Trump administration is doing to our country, but recent events show how individual Americans are coming together and pushing back effectively. We’ll talk to COURIER’s Cam Stevenson about how an expanded ICE presence in Charlotte, NC was thwarted, how Home Depot has backed off its cooperation with illegal arrests based on public pushback, and how DOGE has dried up months ahead of its planned expiration date.

Guests: Erik Gunn, Cam Stevenson

Did Anything Get Done? (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We’ll talk to state Rep. Angela Stroud of Ashland about the recently completed fall sessions of the Wisconsin Assembly and Senate, what got done and what’s still undone. Charly Ray of nearby Washburn has seen enough that’s not getting done, so he’s thrown his hat in the ring for the 25th state Senate seat in northwest Wisconsin. We’ll ask him about his decision to run.

Guests: Angela Stroud, Charly Ray

Still Just Concepts of a Plan? (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Tuesday of Thanksgiving week sure seems like an odd place on the calendar to announce the big, beautiful health care plan that’s been promised for many years, but maybe the president is serious this time. Or maybe he’s only thinking out loud about potentially reversing himself and backing an extension of tax credits that keep health insurance affordable for millions of American families. Either way, Republicans in Congress show signs of heading to the exits and not running for reelection in 2026, feeling left out of the loop — as would be expected when they won’t stand up for themselves.

Thankful for Great Authors (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Author Laura Bird is back with her monthly batch of book recommendations, this time with an eye on books that match the sentiment of the season: thankfulness.

She tells us about eight books: “Maggie; or a Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar” by Katie Yee, “A Marriage at Sea” by Sophie Elmhurst, “Everything is Tuberculosis” by John Green, “Birds of the Great Lakes” by Dexter Patterson, “Unabridged: the Thrill of (and Threat to) the Modern Dictionary" by Stefan Fatsis, “So Many Stars: An Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-Spirit People of Color” by Caro De Robertis, “Carbon: the Book of Life” by Paul Hawken and “How Books Can Save Democracy” by Michael Fischer.

Guest: Laura Bird

Fighting for Fairness (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 14:00:00 +0000

UpNorthNews reporter Salina Heller talked to the father of a Wisconsin-based member of the cast of “Wicked: For Good” about bringing her talents to Hollywood along with her wheelchair. And we’ll find out what the group Fair Wisconsin has been doing to continue the fight for fairness for the LGBTQ community.

Guests: Salina Heller, Abigail Swetz

Margie’s Money, Putin’s Puppets, DOGE Is Dead (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000

We’ll review the Green Bay Packers’ dominating win against the Minnesota Vikings as they head toward a Thanksgiving Day matchup with the Detroit Lions. And we’ll review the weekend’s news headlines that include the death of DOGE, a small payday for Marjorie Taylor Greene for quitting Congress, and what press reports call a “Trump peace plan” for Ukraine that his own Secretary of State admitted was pretty much written by Russia.

Guest: Dr. Kristin Lyerly

Weekly Best of Mornings with Pat Kreitlow for Nov 22

Pat Kreitlow — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Miscarriage Politics (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Once upon a time, it seemed like the most shocking thing far-right politicians could do was require that women seeking abortion care first allow themselves to be violated through the use of an invasive type of ultrasound. They somehow found a way to make things worse. We’ll discuss a proposal by Wisconsin republicans that would require women who endure a lost pregnancy to scoop up the pregnancy tissue, put it in a medical waste bag, and bring it to a doctor’s office. With a straight face, they say it’s about groundwater protection from medication-induced abortions and not at all an attempt to intimidate women and doctors away from that type of health care.

Guest: Dr. Kristin Lyerly

We Did Nazi That Coming (Sarcasm) (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We’ll review some of the week’s big stories with journalist Mark Jacob and former US Attorney Jim Santelle, who probably has some thoughts on the new US Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Among the stories: The US Coast Guard changes its policy on swastikas. Add that to your list of “words we never thought we’d type in 2025… or ever.” At the end of the hour we play a week in review game.

Guests: Dr. Kristin Lyerly, Jim Santelle, Mark Jacob

Wait, You Mean He Lied? (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000

When Robert Kennedy Jr. was nominated to be the next US Secretary of Health and Human Services, he promised a member of Congress that the website for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would continue to say that vaccines do not cause autism, despite Kennedy’s anti-vaccine beliefs. Now we are shocked (shocked!) to discover the CDC website now makes unsubstantiated claims about vaccines and autism. We’ll discuss that and review how Wisconsin Congressman Tom Tiffany demonstrates he doesn’t know what a census actually is. Also: some Friday fish fry chat with Jim Zons, the founder of the Facebook group Wisconsin Friday Fish Fry Fandom.

Guests: Rebecca Cooke, Keya Vakil, Jim Zons

Is AOC Running for Congress in Wisconsin? (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0000

A new campaign of political ads warns voters in the 7th Congressional District up north about the dangers of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Zohran Mamdani. One problem: Neither is running for office in Wisconsin. One’s a New York City member of Congress and the other is the incoming mayor of New York City. But you’d never know that from a group running ads in order to put lots of shady out-of-state cash behind Sean Duffy’s son-in-law, who wants to start a Trump-style family dynasty in our state. We’ll talk to Joe Zepecki about that and more of this week’s political headlines.

Guests: Joe Zepecki, Chad Holmes

Inaction vs. In Action (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Despite getting a full-time salary from taxpayers, the Wisconsin Legislature won’t be addressing any more challenges in 2025. Did you get your money’s worth from so many salaries and so few days in session? We’ll review what did and didn’t get done. Also: Sean O’Malley reviews the trickle of economic data coming out since the government shutdown ended. It turns out President Trump talking about living in a new “golden age” is really only golden for him and his wealthy friends.

Guest: Sean O’Malley

No Shame. No Help for New Moms. (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Imagine a proposal that improves women’s health, making it easier to get critical health care during and after pregnancy, supported by nearly three-fourths of the Legislature — Republicans and Democrats alike — and one man is blocking it, using dirty tricks when necessary. If it were a Democrat, there would be a very public revolt. It might not surprise you to hear what happened when Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos continued to block better health care for women.

Guest: Cherita Booker

A Win for the Pro-Pollution Crowd (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0000

This week’s Climate Check adds to a string of stories we never thought we’d see in this nation again. The Clean Water Act of 1972 is landmark legislation that helped un-do generations of pollution. Now, the Trump administration wants to restrict how the Environmental Protection Agency can limit pollution dumped into wetlands. It’s a victory for industry and developers — and a real threat to everyone who believes in clean drinking water.

Guests: Melissa Baldauff, Earl Ingram

Blue Ribbon, Red Legislature (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Wisconsin’s school funding system is a mystery to most people, but there’s an even bigger mystery out there: Gathering dust on a shelf is a comprehensive bipartisan plan to simplify and improve school funding in our state. Whatever happened to it? We’ll talk to two members of the 2017 Blue Ribbon Commission on School Funding. It was praised as a model for how Republicans and Democrats could work together. But togetherness is not a quality that’s been top-of-mind for the people in charge of the state Assembly and Senate.

Guests: Julie Underwood, Ellie Bourdo, Sondy Pope

Pugnacious Pony (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000

You might have heard how some politicians are described as either workhorses or showhorses. Somehow, Wisconsin ended up with a pugnacious pony. We’ll talk about Congressman Derrick Van Orden’s latest utterances, which are utterly embarrassing — especially if it turns out the Epstein files have something in there that would cause Van Orden to rethink his take on capital punishment. And speaking of embarrassments, we’ll talk about how a US president is putting the BS in MBS as he gushes over another global dictator.

Back to Normal (Dysfunction) (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0000

With the government shutdown ending, Congress can get back to work doing… very little work. We’ll talk to COURIER’s Cam Stevenson in Washington, DC to see what kind of “normal” is returning to Capitol Hill. He also tells us about the searchable Epstein files database that he made with what is already available. And we’ll talk to Dan Shafer of The Recombobulation Area about Wisconsin political news, including a big ad campaign targeting US Rep. Bryan Steil for his role in allowing inflation to surge again, while cutting federal help for families facing all of those higher prices.

Guests: Dan Shafer, Cam Stevenson

Grocery Store Police (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 14:00:00 +0000

The GOP wants to add more red tape to struggling families who need food aid and now Wisconsin Republicans want to police what people on SNAP are buying. How does that work when someone struggling to pay their bills gets a raised eyebrow for trying to buy candy canes for the kids at Christmas time? Also: Hans Breitenmoser on the crackdown on undocumented immigrants on farms. Sheila Everhart joins Hans to talk about getting Christmas trees from farms in Wisconsin.

Guests: Hans Breitenmoser, Dan Hagen, Sheila Everhart

Why All the Epstein Flip Flops? (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000

As a private citizen, a candidate, and president, it is fair to say Donald Trump has been all over the road when it comes to releasing information about sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein: juicing up speculation about what’s in the files, indicating he’d release them, then blasting it all as a hoax, pressuring Republicans in Congress not to demand their release, and now claiming he would sign such a demand. What gives? We’ll explore the possible answers and ask what you think. And our Question the Day revolves around apps. Now Culver’s is adding one. How many do you have and how many can you handle?

Saving Stewardship (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Thanks to more than a decade of gerrymandering, we have a Legislature run by Republicans who don’t hesitate to take actions that are far beyond mainstream Wisconsin values. The latest example is the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program that protects some of our state’s most scenic and sensitive areas from being turned into strip malls, golf courses, and places that no longer allow snowmobiles and other recreation. We’ll talk to a state senator who’s working on a bipartisan effort to keep the program from becoming just another political or unfunded altogether.

Guest: Jodi Habush-Synikin

What About Your Friends? (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Let’s talk about your friends… and your politics. A new national survey prompts our Question of the Week: Do you have close friends whose politics are the opposite of yours? We’ve already received many heartfelt responses on both sides of the question. Some try to avoid politics in order to stay friends while others have seen friendships end. What about you? Also UpNorthNews reporter Salina Heller takes a ride in a combine as a farmer describes the double-whammy of Trump’s trade war and now the coming surge in health insurance premiums.

Guests: Dr. Kristin Lyerly, Salina Heller

Smuggling Cattle?! (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Sometimes it feels like the leaders of the MAGA movement are playing a game, trying to see how far they can go to make some Americans believe their wild excuses and accusations to justify all that they do. The latest example is the US treasury secretary saying beef prices are inflated not because of Trump administration policies, but because undocumented immigrants “brought some of their cattle with them.” A southern invasion of cattle? Also, of course, a wrap on the Packers-Giants game with a welcomed Green Bay victory.

Guest: Dr. Kristin Lyerly

Weekly Best of Mornings with Pat Kreitlow for Nov 15

Pat Kreitlow — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 14:00:00 +0000

An Abortion Ban By Any Other Name (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0000

It wasn’t a surprise that the New York Times editorial board blasted the attacks on women’s reproductive rights, but it was shocking to hear their proposed solution: an abortion “floor” that ensures some very basic rights. But make no mistake, that floor would become a national ban, as we discuss with Dr. Kristin Lyerly. Plus, Mike Clemens previews a busy Wisconsin sports weekend.

Guests: Dr. Kristin Lyerly, Mike Clemens

Losing a Battle, Winning a War? (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Our Week in Review panel with former US Attorney Jim Santelle and veteran Chicago journalists Mark Jacob and Jennifer Schulze will walk us through this week’s happenings — including a letter signed by a lot of retired Chicago reporters that urges Americans to not normalize what’s happening when a president can send the military into the streets of our cities on a whim.

Guests: Jim Santelle, Mark Jacob, Jennifer Schulze

A Sclerotic Senate (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000

The government shutdown is over, but that doesn’t change the conditions that led to the ongoing dysfunction on Capitol Hill. We’ll talk to COURIER’s Keya Vakil about this week’s developments and whether there’s still a chance Congress can pass a new proposal to avoid huge spikes in health insurance costs.

Guest: Keya Vakil

Epstein? Never Heard of Him. (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0000

We’ll ask political strategist Joe Zepecki about the pressure building on Republicans in Congress to stop the cover-up of the files about sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein, as emails are released with Epstein writing in 2019 about how Donald Trump “knew about the girls.” We’ll also cover some of today’s headlines with Civic Media’s Todd Allbaugh and visit with Marathon County Democratic Party chair Nancy Stencil.

Guests: Joe Zepecki, Nancy Stencil

The 500-Year Mortgage (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 14:00:00 +0000

It’s one of the oldest cons out there: convince someone to pay a little less now and a lot more later. That’s the thinking behind the President of the United States proposing mortgages that stretch for 50 years. We’ll take you through the math to show just how much more money banks and billionaires would get if people allow con men like the sitting president to treat them as suckers in another safe bet for Wall Street.

Guest: Sean O’Malley

Not Even Concepts of a Plan (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Give Congressman Tom Tiffany credit for maybe being a little too honest when it comes to Republicans and health care. After blasting the Affordable Care Act in Milwaukee on Wednesday, the GOP candidate for governor was asked why his party still hasn’t put forward an alternative in the 15 years since the ACA passed. His answer showed how his colleagues don’t even have the “concepts of a plan” claimed by Donald Trump last year. Also: Cherita Booker on weekend events around the state and a viral post about whether you call a drinking fountain a “bubbler.”

Guest: Cherita Booker

Hunting for a New Generation (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Hunting is a cherished tradition in Wisconsin, perhaps none more so than the annual nine-day gun season for deer. We’ll talk to one of our Civic Media friends in Park Falls, where the station’s Deer Hunters Roundup has celebrated trophies, stories, and humor for more than 50 seasons. We’ll also hear what’s coming up in Earl Ingram’s “What’s Going On” podcast and check in with Melissa Baldauff for our weekly Climate Check.

Guests: Melissa Baldauff, Earl Ingram, Gray Gunderson

Merging Small Problems Solves Nothing (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 14:00:00 +0000

What do you get when you combine two small problems and do nothing else? You get one bigger problem. That’s the mentality behind what GOP legislators are proposing in the Legislature for Wisconsin’s struggling school districts. Rather than meet their obligations to ensure every child has the opportunity to get a quality education, legislators are proposing ways to make it easier for school districts to consolidate or merge. But that does nothing to address other problems other than make some school bus rides even longer. We’ll review what else is on the education docket in our Homeroom segment.

Guest: Bryn Horton

Brain Freeze (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Even the most passionate motorcycle riders are smart enough to read a thermometer. That might explain why a congressman from western Wisconsin is getting national media attention for his latest stunt. Is US Rep. Derrick Van Orden showing himself to be the embodiment of hell on wheels, eager to take a vote to end the government shutdown? Is it a case of brain freeze, choosing to focus on performative politics while racing to take a vote that could lock in huge hikes in health insurance costs? Or is it an indictment of the job being done by US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, that members of Congress would rather ride than fly?

It Starts in the States (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Whatever lessons Democrats take away from last week’s elections, it should be clear that success starts at the state level, according to Wisconsin Examiner editor-in-chief Ruth Conniff. We’ll discuss how a focus on kitchen table issues within state borders can be more effective than simply calling attention to every terrible thing done by a president sitting 1,000 miles away. We’ll discuss the proposal to end the government shutdown — and whether there’s any path to avoid a monstrous hike in health insurance prices for many Americans.

Guest: Ruth Conniff

Dems Debate Direction (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Between last week’s big election wins and this week’s move to end the government shutdown, Democrats find themselves in familiar territory: arguing amongst themselves about whether the party will have more success with voters if they move left as unabashedly progressive warriors or move toward the center to appeal to moderates who’ve been turned off by the Republicans’ embrace of extremism. We’ll talk to a candidate for Congress as well as a former speechwriter for President Clinton.

Guests: James Kelly, Dan Hagen, Fred Clark, Paul Glastris

Not So ‘Law and Order’ After All (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Whatever happened to the party that loved talking about it stood for “law and order?” There hasn’t been a peep of protest from Republicans about President Trump issuing pardons to co-conspirators in his attempted coup in 2020. They include several figures who played a role in Wisconsin’s fake electors scheme. We’ll have reaction from a legal group that still wants to see justice done at the state level for those who chose party over democracy. Also, of course, a review of the Monday night Packers-Eagles game.

The Gales of November (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the loss of the Edmund Fitzgerald, one of the largest freighters on the Great Lakes, and the 29 souls on board. We’ll revisit our interview with Tom Nelson, the Outagamie County Executive, who’s written a book on the maritime disaster that also shows the ship as a fitting metaphor for the political and economic management of the late 20th century — putting shareholder profits ahead of workers’ prosperity. Also: Updates from our Civic Media friends John & Gordy and Jane Matenaer.

Guest: Tom Nelson

GOP War on Families Hits Head Start (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We’ll talk to the head of a state organization that coordinates the many Head Start programs around Wisconsin. The government shutdown forced on America by its president and Republicans in Congress has been especially hard on families that are struggling economically. The Trump-GOP shutdown is kicking families when they’re already down by forcing Head Start programs to close, removing a child care option, and putting parents’ employment in danger.

Guests: Salina Heller, Jennie Mauer

This Time I’ll Let You Kick the Football (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Cue up the Lucy and Charlie Brown memes. A small group of Democratic senators voted with Republicans Sunday night on a proposal to end the government shutdown, without winning anything that would protect Americans from a huge spike in health insurance costs — other than a promise to hold a vote on the subject, maybe. Did that handful of Democrats see a long-term win, now that voters see Republicans literally taking food off the tables of struggling families? Or will this all be long forgotten by the midterm elections in a year?

Guest: Dr. Kristin Lyerly

Lurching Forward? (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0000

We’ll talk to Matt Rothschild of Civic Media’s “Wisconsin Forward” podcast and ask him if this week’s election results give him any renewed confidence in our ability to move beyond Trumpism and get things accomplished for Americans once again. Plus: Mike Clemens will preview Monday night’s game between the Packers and Eagles.

Guests: Matt Rothschild, Mike Clemens

A Glossary for Our Times (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Mark Jacob has written a new column: “12 helpful terms to understand American chaos.” And UpNorthNews newsletter editor Ellie Bourdo has a new series called “Civic Check-in” explaining some of the terminology of the times. Brush up on your current events vocabulary as we review the headlines of the past week.

Guests: Jim Santelle, Mark Jacob, Jennifer Schulze

Beat Back the Billionaires (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000

It was a noteworthy feat that Wisconsin voters earlier this year stopped the world’s richest man from trying to buy a seat on our state Supreme Court. This week, Pennsylvania voters did something similar when an in-state billionaire tried to flip three state Supreme Court seats. A reporter from our sister outlet The Keystone will tell us how people mobilized to counter his big bucks — something we’ll have to do here next year since we have multiple in-state billionaires willing to write big checks once again. We also ask, how old is too old to wear a jersey?

Guests: Keya Vakil, Sean Kitchen

The Rich Get Richer (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0000

We don’t have the same access to government data as we did before the shutdown, but the figures we’re seeing make clear that in Trump’s America, the rich are quite comfortable and the job growth is only happening in bigger companies. We’ll review your money and the markets with Sean O’Malley. And we’ll check in with both Todd Allbaugh and Joe Zepecki to see if Tuesday’s election results are a short-term setback for Republicans or the sign of tsunami-sized backlash in 2026 to what the GOP has done to our country in 2025.

Guests: Joe Zepecki, Chad Holmes, Sean O’Malley

The Real Helpers (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We’ll visit with Assembly Democratic Leader Greta Neubauer about the ways Wisconsinites can help their neighbors while President Trump and Republicans try to starve them into caving and accepting skyrocketing healthcare costs. And we’ll talk to an economic support specialist who helps Wisconsin families when they first realize they need a lifeline in order to afford groceries and avoid eviction.

Guests: Greta Neubauer, Misha Dancing Waters

Abortion Redefined – Badly (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Legislators held a hearing Wednesday on a bill that represents the latest effort by right wing politicians to insert themselves in the medical decisions made by women and their doctors. The authors claim the bill addresses situations where abortions are necessary to save the life of the mother, but it also would define a fertilized egg as a person. Instead of trying to micromanage which medical procedures are legal or not, maybe they could finally understand that abortion is a normal part of health care, needed for a variety of reasons, none of them being the business of anyone but a woman and her doctor. Pat also empties the mailbag to hear what listeners are saying.

Guest: Cherita Booker

Measles? Really? (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Measles is nothing to take lightly. While it sounds like a common ailment, measles is a highly contagious viral illness that can lead to a rash, fever, cough, ear infections, pneumonia, brain inflammation, and death. And it is entirely preventable, except for the efforts of a few people spreading another contagious hazard: misinformation. We’ll talk to pediatrician Dr. Kellie Snooks about the alarming uptick in childhood measles cases and the truth behind the vaccine that can literally save little lives.

Mornings with Pat Kreitlow is powered by UpNorthNews, and it airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio network, Monday through Friday from 6-9 am. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook, X, and YouTube.

Guests: Melissa Baldauff, Earl Ingram, Kellie Snooks

Voters Might Break the Logjam (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We’ll ask Congressman Mark Pocan if Tuesday’s election results provided the extra force that could break the Republican logjam on the government shutdown. We’ll visit with newsletter editor Ellie Bourdo and start some trouble by asking you who makes Wisconsin’s best cheese curds? And Civic Media sports director Jimmie Kaska gives us an update on the many fall sports seasons winding down for Wisconsin high schools.

Mornings with Pat Kreitlow is powered by UpNorthNews, and it airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio network, Monday through Friday from 6-9 am. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook, X, and YouTube.

Guests: Mark Pocan, Ellie Bourdo

Electric Election (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Tuesday’s election results should not be seen as some big surprise. Donald Trump’s Republican Party went backwards in every non-president election cycle in his first term as well. We’ll review the results and the reaction of a president who increasingly sees himself as someone not bound by any rules or laws, even courts that tell him to stop withholding food from struggling families. Who does that?

Mornings with Pat Kreitlow is powered by UpNorthNews, and it airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio network, Monday through Friday from 6-9 am. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook, X, and YouTube.

Mandela’s Moment? (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes came within a whisker of unseating US Sen. Ron Johnson, whose campaign carcass was dragged over the finish line by billionaires who put tens of millions of dollars into racist ads. And yet it’s Barnes who’s the target of not-so-subtle talk in some Democratic circles that he shouldn’t run for governor in 2026 because he didn’t beat Johnson and the billionaires in 2022. We’ll ask Dan Shafer of The Recombobulation Area about the reasons why Barnes should or shouldn’t make a run for governor.

Mornings with Pat Kreitlow is powered by UpNorthNews, and it airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio network, Monday through Friday from 6-9 am. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook, X, and YouTube.

Guest: Dan Shafer

Forests to the Climate’s Rescue (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 14:00:00 +0000

It’s one year until some big elections in Wisconsin. We’ll visit with Emily Berge, Eau Claire City Council president and a candidate for Congress in Wisconsin’s 3rd District. We’ll talk to guests behind an idea to engage in something called forest carbon management and voluntary forest carbon markets as a way to reduce the impacts of a changing climate, by offsetting industries that can’t quickly reduce their carbon footprint but are willing to fund the growth of natural carbon collection.

Mornings with Pat Kreitlow is powered by UpNorthNews, and it airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio network, Monday through Friday from 6-9 am. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook, X, and YouTube.

Guests: Hans Breitenmoser, Keith Phelps, Scott Hershberger

That’s Called a Veto (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000

There’s a fair debate to be had about whether it’s a waste of time and taxpayer resources for legislators to create and pass bills they know will be vetoed by the governor. Was it right to make a statement by passing the doomed bills? Or was it the state capitol version of, “This meeting could have been an email,” and it would’ve been enough to issue a press release on what you’d like to do? Either way, Republicans sent a bunch of bills to Gov. Tony Evers that just met their fate thanks to his veto pen.

Mornings with Pat Kreitlow is powered by UpNorthNews, and it airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio network, Monday through Friday from 6-9 am. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook, X, and YouTube.

Senior Summit (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0000

A Wisconsin Senior Summit in Stevens Point this week will help a statewide group put together an agenda for 2026 that will help candidates understand what the state’s older population needs most from our state and federal leaders.

Mornings with Pat Kreitlow is powered by UpNorthNews, and it airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio network, Monday through Friday from 6-9 am. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook, X, and YouTube.

Guest: Dora Gorski

Main Street Business Fight Back (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 14:00:00 +0000

The current administration has proven itself to be no friend to small businesses: tariffs that raise costs, cuts to healthcare that impact their workers, a shutdown that hurts the economy. We’ll talk to Shawn Phetteplace from Main Street Alliance, a small business group active in court cases that challenge the hostile agenda coming out of Washington, DC.

Mornings with Pat Kreitlow is powered by UpNorthNews, and it airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio network, Monday through Friday from 6-9 am. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook, X, and YouTube.

Guests: Dr. Kristin Lyerly, Shawn Phetteplace, Salina Heller

In-defense-ible (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Well, that was painful. Despite being two-touchdown favorites, the Green Bay Packers never had the lead at Lambeau Field on Sunday, losing to Carolina, which appeared nearly unstoppable while slicing through Green Bay’s defense en route to an upset win. Also: Gov. Tony Evers declares a state of emergency to help the 700,000 people in the state impacted by President Trump’s likely-illegal cutoff of SNAP benefits for lower income families to afford basic groceries.

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Guest: Dr. Kristin Lyerly

Weekly Best of Mornings with Pat Kreitlow for Nov 1

Pat Kreitlow — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Every Election Matters (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We’ll visit with State Senate candidate Emily Tseffos on why it’s important for candidates to step up even in the districts that appear to be unwinnable in order to send a message of hope and provide voters with a great alternative to the politics-as-usual coming out of Madison. Also: A little game of politician or Disney villain to kick off the Halloween weekend.

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Guests: Dr. Kristin Lyerly, Emily Tseffos

Pushing Pain on Purpose (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Our Week In Review panel will break down the stream of misinformation coming from the White House and Capitol Hill about the shutdown and the pain being needlessly inflicted on American families and the nation’s economy.

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Guests: Jim Santelle, Mark Jacob, Joan Esposito

Barometer on the Horizon (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Next Tuesday will mark one year until some very important elections in Wisconsin, but there will be voting going on next week in several other states — and those outcomes in New York, California, and other states could be an indicator of how voters feel as the Republicans’ government shutdown enters a second month. Plus: Greg Bach joins us for our daily History Lesson.

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Guest: Keya Vakil

5 Trillion Reasons to Fear Another Bubble (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We’ve seen the recessions caused by the dot-com bubble of 2000 and the real estate bubble of 2008. Now there’s reason to fear a new bubble. The stock market is higher not because of basic fundamentals (which aren’t great) but because Wall Street has a new idol to worship: artificial intelligence. With one chipmaker now worth $5 trillion, we’ll ask Sean O’Malley if he’s concerned that there will be nothing artificial about the next bubble that bursts.

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Guests: Joe Zepecki, Chad Holmes, Sean O’Malley

Medicare Dis-Advantage (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000

We’ll talk to an expert on so-called Medicare Advantage plans because we’re in the open enrollment season for seniors or their caregivers to make important choices on their health insurance plans for 2026. Original Medicare can’t match all of the TV ads being run by the private health insurance companies who get to claim their plans have some kind of advantage — when the truth is there are significant restrictions to keep in mind before going down a road that looks a lot like the troubles Americans faced before the Affordable Care Act.

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Guest: Ingrid Kundinger

Van Orden: We Don’t Deserve the Majority (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Congressman Derrick Van Orden could not have been more clear when he said it: “When we have unified government. If we cannot get our 12 appropriations bills through in a budget, then we don't deserve to be in the majority any longer.” Of course, this was in December of last year and Van Orden has since removed any pretense of being a moderate, but we’ll play back the audio and ask if you agree with him — even if he doesn’t agree with himself any longer.

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Guest: Cherita Booker

Troubling Climate for Hurricane Coverage (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Residents in Jamaica and Cuba are in the earliest phases of assessing the damage from Melissa, yet another hurricane that went from zero to Category 5 in record time. And yet cuts from President Trump and congressional Republicans have left the National Weather Service’s parent agency in need of volunteers to help with data collection. Melissa Baldauff will have more in our Climate Check.

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Guests: Melissa Baldauff, Earl Ingram

Pedophiles and Political Props (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000

As a teacher herself, state Rep. Angelina Cruz knows a few things about the importance of keeping kids safe from harm, especially from trusted figures who turn out to have ulterior motives. But Cruz also knows political games when she sees them, and that’s what she’s calling out now as Republicans (who haven’t exactly been rushing to release the Epstein files) pile criticism on state education leaders over reports of inappropriate actions but have made their own contributions to the lack of transparency and support for safe schools. She’ll tell us more in our weekly Homeroom segment.

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Guests: Jimmie Kaska, Angelina Cruz, Ellie Bourdo

Extreme Views on Display (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Wisconsin voters are getting an idea of just how extreme some of the 2026 candidates will be when it comes to something as basic as protecting democracy. Both US Rep. Tom Tiffany, a candidate for governor, and Judge Maria Lazar, a candidate for state Supreme Court, recently held events with one of President Trump’s former advisors, a prominent 2020 election denier.

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Selective Outrage (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 14:00:00 +0000

There’s a lot of selective outrage happening among Wisconsin’s Republican politicians. Some of the people bellowing the most about how the Department of Public Instruction handled accusations of misconduct in schools are also the ones preventing the release of files that would help victims of serial sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein receive justice. The Wisconsin Examiner’s Ruth Conniff gives us some background and perspective on the Wisconsin matter that rightfully has parents concerned.

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Guests: Ruth Conniff, Cam Stevenson

Parks Have Been Parked (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000

The government shutdown means there’s a lot that’s not getting done in our National Parks. Some are obvious — like permits, trash collection, and education programs. There’s also work behind the scenes that’s been parked for now: planning, research, search and rescue training, and more. We’ll have a guest from Friends of the Apostle Islands to tell us how the shutdown is affecting the National Lakeshore up north.

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Guests: James Kelly, Dan Hagen, Jeff Rennicke

It’s Gonna Be Bad (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Open enrollment begins next weekend for families and individuals in Wisconsin who want to buy or renew the health insurance coverage they get through the Affordable Care Act marketplace. They are in for a severe case of sticker shock. President Trump and congressional Republicans have been trying for more than a decade to kill the ACA, and they’re hoping the upcoming explosive cost of policies turns the public against “Obamacare.” But it’s more likely to serve as a reminder that the GOP is squarely on the side of insurance companies and is willing to shut down the government in order to protect corporate profits.

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Survive and Thrive (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 14:00:00 +0000

While Latinos across the country worry about a government hostile to their dreams — or maybe even their existence — there are still plenty of people carrying on with visions of creating their own American success story. We’ll talk to a woman whose journey from Mexico to Wisconsin had included the creation of a successful small business. She recently shared her story with a virtual summit for the Wisconsin Latino Chamber of Commerce and we’ll hear her advice to others making their own path through the free enterprise system.

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Guest: Carmen Solis

Extreme vs Mainstream (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000

We’ll talk to Lucy Ripp with the progressive political research group A Better Wisconsin Together about how there are already a number of 2026 conservative candidates whose views on women’s healthcare rights are far from the mainstream of Wisconsin values. We’ll also have a report from UpNorthNews reporter Salina Heller highlighting the angst being felt by families whose budgets are about to get a jolt, thanks to a Republican government shutdown strategy based on jacking up everyone’s health insurance bills.

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Guests: Salina Heller, Lucy Ripp

Our Army’s Not for Sale (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Donald Trump has taken the next step in the manual of authoritarian takeovers by trying to turn the Armed Forces of the United States into personal paid mercenaries. The current government shutdown isn’t remotely necessary, but Trump is forcing Americans to ensure it and using our troops as a prop. Now he’s going so far as to ask rich guys to make up for the paychecks he’s holding back from our men and women in uniform.

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Guest: Salina Heller

Weekly Best of Mornings with Pat Kreitlow for Oct 25

Pat Kreitlow — Sat, 25 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000

What That Who I Thought It Was? (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We’ll talk to Mike Clemens about this weekend’s sports, including a story about his viral post a couple years ago that appeared to show Aaron Rodgers riding in a fishing boat being towed near Lambeau Field.

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Guests: Dr. Kristin Lyerly, Mike Clemens

Media Minds (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Journalist Mark Jacob provides a history of the media mindset when it comes to covering Trump — from a carnival act to the realization this guy wants to be a dictator. We’ll ask former US Attorney Jim Santelle about the growing use by conservative US Supreme Court justices of a tactic that allows them to bark orders without having to spell out legal justification.

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Guests: Jim Santelle, Mark Jacob, Jennifer Schulze

Wanna Bet? (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000

This will be remembered as a dark week in the sports world, when a collective “I told you so” arose from those who warned that the embrace of legalized gambling was a bet that would not pay off. Courier Newsroom’s Keya Vakil will help us review the investigation into organized crime, sports betting, rigged poker games, and more.

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Guest: Greg Bach

Still the Economy, Stupid (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Political bluster doesn’t lower anyone’s grocery bill, and that’s reflected in the latest polling about how the president is handling the economy — and the latest numbers don’t even take into account the newest round of anger sweeping Americans now that President Trump is giving Argentina a massive buyout (enough to pay for the health insurance discounts he’s taking away) and is also offering to import more beef from South America. Rural voters and consumers are wondering who they voted for.

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Guests: Joe Zepecki, Chad Holmes, Sean O’Malley

The Shutdown Toll on the Disabled (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000

The families of people with developmental disabilities are especially worried about their future now that Republicans have shut down access to key government services and are making health insurance less affordable. Knowing that around 80% of women with some form of intellectual disability have been sexually assaulted, access to contraception and other affordable care is especially important. We’ll talk to one mother about the real-life impact of the GOP’s political games.

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Guests: James Kelly, Megan Lowe

Wrecking Crew (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000

You might have experienced this once or twice before, but it turns out Donald Trump lied about something. This time, it’s about doing something only done once before: by the British in the War of 1812. So as Trump demolishes part of the White House (because congressional oversight is no longer a thing), we examine the day’s other headlines that include Trump getting another “surprise” setback from Putin and Trump doing an honest-to-goodness shakedown of American taxpayers for a massive “beak-wetting.”

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Guest: Cherita Booker

Menopause Management (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Actress Halle Berry spoke out Tuesday in support of a bill in the Wisconsin Legislature that would provide more information to healthcare providers and their patients about menopause. We’ll talk to Dr. Kristin Lyerly about a topic that needs to be destigmatized, given that another 6,000 women a day make the transition to that stage of life.

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Guests: Dr. Kristin Lyerly, Melissa Baldauff, Earl Ingram

Literally Less Support (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000

We’ll talk to the school board president in Viroqua about the latest figures on state funding for public schools that may surprise a lot of people. Despite a new state budget that put some new money into some areas, there was zero increase in general state aid, and so many school districts are falling even further behind keeping up with expenses. More referendums will result from the GOP hostility to public education.

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Guests: Jimmie Kaska, Angie Lawrence

Same Bad Ideas (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Jon Stewart said it best: "If more guns make us safer, when does that start?" America is already awash in guns, and now Republicans in the Legislature want to do more that could lead to Wisconsin’s next mass shooting. Also: The Republican who ran against and lost to state Attorney General Josh Kaul in 2022 is going to try again.

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Metaphor Alert: White House Demolition (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 14:00:00 +0000

The photos may be more symbolic of 2025 than all the rest: Part of the White House exterior being torn down to make room for President Trump’s ballroom, an altar to the new Gilded Age. We’ll talk COURIER’s Cam Stevenson from Capitol Hill about how the demolition crew may be the only people doing actual work at either end of Pennsylvania Avenue. We’ll also visit with Dan Shafer from The Recombobulation Area on the governor’s race.

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Guests: Dan Shafer, Cam Stevenson

Paths to Power (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000

We’ll visit with Rep. Francesca Hong, a candidate for governor, who made a campaign stop in Eau Claire last weekend. And we’ll talk to Steve Boe from a group that promotes the ongoing investments being made to grow wind power, solar power, and jobs throughout rural Wisconsin. And Dan Hagen from WJFW-TV tells us about stories he’s following up north.

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Guests: Francesca Hong, Dan Hagen, Steve Boe

Playing Politics with Voter Rolls (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000

We’ll update the appeal filed Monday by Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul to an order by a Waukesha County judge that could force the state elections commission to take on a massive project that could bring chaos to 2026 elections — all to chase after fraud that has never been shown to exist, despite lots of claims by people who know they have better odds of winning elections if more legal voters have to jump through more hoops.

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Festivals of Books (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Author Laura Anne Bird talks to us about book festivals, with a couple of noteworthy ones happening in Wisconsin. They’re not designed just for authors but for anyone with an interest in learning more about what’s available for books — old and new — in a wide range of subjects.

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Guests: Jane Matenaer, John & Gordy, Laura Bird

True to Our Roots (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000

We’ll visit with Bill Hogseth of GROWW (Grass Roots Organizing Western Wisconsin) about their ongoing public meetings to discuss the importance of having politicians focus on improving health care access and affordability for all.

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Guests: Jimmie Kaska, Bill Hogseth

Colors and Combines (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000

It was a perfect fall weekend for doing harvesting, yard work, watching the Packers… anything to take our minds off how the Brewers’ season ended as it began: four games from hell. We’ll also discuss Saturday’s “No Kings” rallies across the country.

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Guests: Dr. Kristin Lyerly, Salina Heller

Weekly Best of Mornings with Pat Kreitlow for Oct 18

Pat Kreitlow — Sat, 18 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Senate Showdown (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 14:00:00 +0000

When Wisconsin finally got fairer maps than the gerrymandered ones of the past decade, it led to more turnover than usual in Assembly races last year. There wasn’t as much impact on state Senate races because only half the Senate is up for reelection every two years — so voters should expect several high-profile races in 2026. One of them has officially developed in western Wisconsin, where a Republican senator’s home is now located in the new district of a Democratic senator. We’ll ask Democratic Sen. Jeff Smith about the decision by Republican Sen. Jesse James to challenge him next year. Plus: More about the Brewers, Packers, Badgers, and Bucks with Mike Clemens.

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Guests: Jeff Smith, Mike Clemens

Kings Don’t Need Your Trust (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Even as millions of Americans plan to demonstrate Saturday against President Trump, the opposition to how he’s handling the government shutdown isn’t giving him pause. Congressional Democrats want a deal that says Trump won’t unilaterally rescind federal funds that Congress approves because they don’t trust him. Trump doesn’t care. We’ll ask our Week In Review panel if there’s any path forward when a wannabe king shuts down the government and basically becomes the government as a result.

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Guests: Jim Santelle, Mark Jacob, Jennifer Schulze

How Much More Cheating? (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Gerrymandering — the way politicians cheat by rigging maps of legislative and congressional districts — has become so rampant in the age of Trump that some states are taking multiple stabs at making their borders a mockery of democracy. North Carolina Republicans are about to make their 4th altered map in five years. We’ll talk to Billy Ball of our COURIER outlet, the Cardinal and Pine, to learn more along with COURIER Senior National Political Editor Keya Vakil. Greg Bach joins us for our daily History Lesson and a review of the Billy Joel documentary. And we’ll have more about the Brewers-Dodgers NLCS Game 3.

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Guests: Greg Bach, Keya Vakil, Billy Ball

Tone It Down (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Jokes aside, it’s serious business that the president of the United States, members of Congress, and others are actually using the phrase “domestic terrorist” to describe people who disagree with them and are standing up to their unethical or illegal activities — and in the president’s case, explicitly calling for their arrest and trial based on no actual crimes being committed. Joe Zepecki has some thoughts on a line some Republicans have crossed when it comes to acceptable behavior in a free society.

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Guests: Joe Zepecki, Chad Holmes

Rallying Around the Constitution (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000

We’ll talk to Cyndi Greening, a Chippewa Valley organizer among the many who are planning “No Kings” rallies at nearly 100 sites around Wisconsin this Saturday. We’ll ask her about the Antifa meetings she attends, the big checks she cashes from George Soros, why she hates America — and other sarcastic tropes that conservatives are using in a desperate attempt to discredit the millions of ordinary folks willing to rally around the Constitution and stand up to a criminal president.

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Guest: Cyndi Greening

Another Bad Day for Karens (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000

We feel bad for the women out there named Karen who know better than to make a “joke” about calling ICE on someone. But the meme is out there and so is the Milwaukee woman who’s out of a job after being seen on social media threatening a Dodgers fan who was engaged in some back-and-forth with Brewers fans at Tuesday’s game. We discuss what to do when you want to make a wisecrack that involves someone’s skin color. We’ll also talk about weekend events around Wisconsin with UpNorthNews social media manager Cherita Booker, including how to have fun with Halloween.

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Protect Our Care (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 14:00:00 +0000

The government shutdown is all about a very simple premise: Republicans want to make healthcare less affordable. They need Democratic votes to pass a bill keeping the government open. Democrats will go along if some of those things that make healthcare less affordable are pulled back. Republicans would rather keep hurting Americans through a protracted shutdown. We’ll talk to Leslie Dach, national chair of Protect Our Care about the stakes if the GOP were to win its battle on behalf of the country’s corporate for-profit health sector.

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Guests: Melissa Baldauff, Earl Ingram, Leslie Dach

Blowing the Barn Doors Off (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000

In our Homeroom segment, Sen. Chris Larson will talk about a proposal to bring more transparency to taxpayers, who need to know how much of their money is being siphoned off to private schools through voucher programs. And Ellie Bourdo updates us on the stories she’s putting into our daily newsletter at UpNorthNews.

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Guests: Chris Larson, Ellie Bourdo

Melissa and Charlie Are Not Equals (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000

There was acrimony in the Legislature on Tuesday as Republicans sought to honor right wing provocateur Charlie Kirk, but they objected to a full telling of Kirk’s life story and his positions espousing bigotry and misogyny. We’ll also force ourselves to relive last night’s Game 2 of the National League Championship Series as the Brewers’ bats were again silenced by superior Dodger pitching.

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A Quietly Painful Shutdown, For Now (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Maybe we can call ‘em Trump Food Banks since they’re getting busier than ever thanks to the president’s government shutdown — especially in places where America’s federal employees and members of the Armed Forces count on a competent government to keep the paychecks coming. We’ll talk to COURIER’s Cam Stevenson live from Capitol Hill and with Dan Shafer from The Recombobulation Area.

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Guests: Dan Shafer, Cam Stevenson

Promoting a Superior Part of the State (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000

We’ll visit with Superior Mayor Jim Paine about the 40 years of lobbying efforts at the state Capitol known as Superior Days, and how it’s helped lawmakers from across Wisconsin understand that there’s work to be done to keep things healthy and prosperous up north.

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Guests: James Kelly, Dan Hagen, Jim Paine

Snell-Shocked (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000

The Milwaukee Brewers’ batters (we can’t call ‘em hitters) were shellshocked by the near-perfection of Dodgers pitcher Blake Snell in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series, but the Crew’s near-comeback in the 9th inning provides a nugget of hope heading into tonight’s Game 2.

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Supporting Higher Education (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We’ll talk to Rep. Jodi Emerson about her new package of bills designed to support higher education in Wisconsin, which sounds like common sense – but then you remember what passes for “support” for education on the other side of the aisle and get a better appreciation for what lawmakers like Emerson are trying to do.

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Guest: Jodi Emerson

Who Needs Ebola Responders Anyway? (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000

We discuss the government shutdown, now entering its third week, and how President Trump is responding by making more cuts — this time to staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Because nothing says you care about a functional federal government like laying off the people who respond to outbreaks of measles, mpox, and Ebola.

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Guests: Dr. Kristin Lyerly, Jimmie Kaska

How ‘Bout Those Brewers? (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000

It was a beautiful moment for Brewers fans, defeating the Chicago Cubs (and Craig Counsell) and advancing to the National League Championship Series. We’ll recap the NLDS and preview the chase for the pennant that starts tonight against the Dodgers.

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Guest: Dr. Kristin Lyerly

Weekly Best of Mornings with Pat Kreitlow for Oct 11

Pat Kreitlow — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Gotta Win It In Five (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Mike Clemens will break down the Brewers’ breakdown in Game 4 of the National League Division Series and how Milwaukee will have to beat the Cubs at American Family Field on Saturday if they want to advance in the postseason. We’ll also preview the Packers vs. Bengals. And Dr. Kristin Lyerly takes on the latest ridiculous statements from the US Secretary of Health and Human Services.

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Guests: Dr. Kristin Lyerly, Mike Clemens

The War at Home (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000

We’ll talk to our Week In Review panel about the focus this week on whether President Trump can send military troops into American cities on a whim. Can you imagine how Oklahoma would react if a Democratic president sent troops from Chicago into their state? An Oklahoma Republican can, and he’s one of the few speaking out about it.

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Guests: Jim Santelle, Mark Jacob, Jennifer Schulze

Turning Their Backs on Those Who Serve (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000

The government shutdown rolls on, but Congress is at least working on new ways to fund the military — with one noticeable exception: not paying the troops during a shutdown. Like most other federal workers, members of the Armed Forces likely won’t get their next paycheck, even though Republican leaders could’ve chosen to make that happen. It’s only the latest instance of GOP leaders providing all talk and no action when it comes to supporting the troops, protecting our veterans, and backing the blue.

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Guest: Greg Bach

Don’t ‘Both Sides’ PFAS Pollution (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 14:00:00 +0000

New talks at the state Capitol are being framed as an effort by both Republicans and Democrats to bridge a long disagreement over who should pay for cleanup of sites contaminated by PFAS industrial chemicals. There’s really not much to bridge: The divide is over whether to protect industrial polluters. Republicans say state laws should exempt people like farmers who spread industrial sludge that was later found to have harmful PFAS. Democrats agree but want those farmer exemptions narrowly worded so that industries can’t be lumped in and push the clean-up costs on taxpayers. We’ll talk to Joe Zepecki about that and other topics like the 2026 race for governor, which no longer includes Josh Kaul but might include Mandela Barnes.

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Guests: Joe Zepecki, Chad Holmes

Representing Two Districts (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000

We’ll visit with Congressman Mark Pocan, fresh off a new round of town halls that allow members of the public to sound off about their dissatisfaction over Republicans shutting down the federal government instead of passing a new federal budget. What’s notable is that Pocan’s town halls weren’t held in his district, the 2nd — instead, he was touring the 3rd Congressional District, since US Rep. Derrick Van Orden chooses not to take questions from the general public.

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Guest: Mark Pocan

Stuck in Wrigleyville (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000

The Milwaukee Brewers couldn’t get a sweep of the Chicago Cubs in the National League Division Series, so their punishment for losing yesterday afternoon is to play again at Wrigley Field late tonight. We’ll review how the wheels fell off the bus early, but there’s still time to put them back on. We’ll also review some of this weekend’s upcoming festivals around the state, including one that celebrates a 19th century governor who became one of the pioneers of dairy farming in Wisconsin.

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Bust Up the Billionaire Class (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Chuck Collins of Patriotic Millionaires, talks about his new book about how concentrated wealth and power are ruining our lives and our planet. Collins, great-grandson of Oscar Mayer, knows about the ways families build immense wealth and use it to gain political power and extract more wealth from the middle class. He’ll outline ways we need to reform our political system before it’s too late.

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Guests: Melissa Baldauff, Earl Ingram, Chuck Collins

Texas-Sized Trouble with Voucher Schools (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000

We’ll talk to Dr. Chloe Latham Sikes of the education group IDRA, which fights for fair funding for the many public schools that are threatened by the explosive growth of taxpayer funded vouchers for private schools. We’ll examine what the experiences in Texas and other states can tell us about avoiding a future taxpayer catastrophe when it comes to funding two separate school systems.

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Guests: Jimmie Kaska, Ellie Bourdo, Chloe Latham Sikes

A Tale of Two Attorneys General (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000

There was a clear display on Tuesday of the difference between having an attorney general dedicated to public service versus one who’s more interested in being a toadie. Wisconsin’s Josh Kaul has decided to pursue a third term rather than running for governor. Contrast his work to hold the Trump administration accountable to the juvenile ranting done on Capitol Hill by Pam Bondi, who is supposed to be the top law enforcement officer for the American people but would rather continue her audition to please the man she sees as her boss and benefactor.

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Capitol to Capitol (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We’ll have our weekly pair of guests taking us from Capitol to Capitol: Cam Stevenson from COURIER joins us live from Washington, DC with the latest on the government shutdown and President Trump’s willingness to play footsie with martial law, and Dan Shafer from The Recombobulation Area gives us the latest on what’s being discussed in Madison, including that controversial court ruling to incorporate Republicans’ race-based voter obstruction into how the state elections commission maintains its voter file.

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Guests: Dan Shafer, Cam Stevenson

How ‘Bout Them Apples? (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000

We have some good news and bad news to share about agriculture in Wisconsin. On the plus side, the state is seeing another good crop of apples — so Sheila Everhart with the Wisconsin Agricultural Tourism Association will review the many varieties and the best uses for each. On a larger scale, however, farming in Wisconsin just got tougher thanks to the government shutdown started by President Trump and congressional Republicans. With local Farm Service Agency offices closed, it means farmers are getting no access to no farm program sign-ups, no disaster aid processing, no loan approvals, no access to market data, and more.

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Guests: Hans Breitenmoser, Sheila Everhart

Still Attacking Free Elections (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Despite no evidence of widespread election fraud and a constant stream of legal rulings affirming voting rights, far right extremists aren’t giving up trying to make voting more difficult in Wisconsin. There’s the Waukesha County judge who just ordered the Wisconsin Elections Commission to check the citizenship status of the millions of people on the voter registration rolls — a massive undertaking with no clear method, much less any evidence of its necessity. There are some Republican legislators circulating another bill that would again ban absentee ballot drop boxes, which have shown no security concerns. And now Sen. Ron Johnson cries out against being investigated for his contributions intended to undermine the 2020 election results. What does it say about a party that is so afraid of election outcomes that it will stop at nothing to put up roadblocks to voting? We’ll also review last night’s big NLDS win over the Cubs.

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The Source of the Shutdown (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Most of the country’s attention may be focused on the government shutdown and how the Trump administration is trying to worsen the pain felt by many Americans, but others are keeping their eye on the root cause of the shutdown: Republican cuts to Americans’ healthcare coverage. We’ll talk to Meghan Roh of Opportunity Wisconsin, one of the groups still busy collecting responses from people as they realize how hard it’s going to be to afford health insurance, if that’s even an option at all. Plus we’ll check in with Civic Media friends Jane Matenaer and John & Gordy.

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Guests: Jane Matenaer, John & Gordy, Meghan Roh

Deaf-Blind Kids vs. Billionaires (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Those billionaires gotta have their tax cuts and President Trump and congressional Republicans will cut whatever they can to pay for them. That includes a program that helps hundreds of children in Wisconsin who are deaf and blind so that they can access adaptive technology and get an education. We’ll talk to the head of a group that assists deaf-blind adults about this disruption toward having a life that’s a little more bearable.

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Guests: Salina Heller, Adrian Klenz

Embracing Retro (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Visiting grandkids in Texas, Pat spends a day at a retro arcade filled with classic games dating back 40 years — and wonders if it’s possible to turn back the clock and send other things (and people) back to the ‘80s. We’ll also review our quick turn from summer to fall and look at confidence for the Brewers heading into tonight’s second game of the National League Division Series.

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Guest: Dr. Kristin Lyerly

Weekly Best of Mornings with Pat Kreitlow for Oct 4

Pat Kreitlow — Sat, 04 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Women Are Not Bargaining Chips (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Ezra Klein is one of the more influential commentators on the progressive side of the spectrum, but he’s getting an earful after suggesting that Democrats would do well to encourage candidates who have liberal positions but oppose women’s reproductive healthcare rights. Should the party consider putting limits on the rights of half the population to be a fair trade to win more elections? We’ll talk to ob-gyn Dr. Kristin Lyerly for her view of the situation. And we’ll know who the Milwaukee Brewers are playing in the National League Division Series, so Mike Clemens will give us a preview of some exciting postseason baseball.

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Guests: Dr. Kristin Lyerly, Mike Clemens

Tarnishing the Uniform (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000

It’s one thing for soldiers and veterans to grouse about their former commanding officers. It’s another thing entirely for veterans in elected office to undermine the US military. But US Rep. Derrick Van Orden hasn’t had pangs of conscience in the past when it comes to tarnishing the uniform he once wore. We’ll hear his latest example of trashing America’s military leadership and giving comfort to enemies abroad.

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Guests: Jim Santelle, Joan Esposito

Not At Your Service (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000

A federal government shutdown is always harmful — more so when the head of the federal government wants government to fail. President Trump is promising thousands of job losses (not just temporary furloughs) as part of his long-term plan to take the “service” out of public service. We’ll talk to COURIER’s Keya Vakil about the ongoing push for a new “Big Lie,” over who’s to blame for the latest manufactured crisis. We’ll also find out if he was as excited about the overnight release of Taylor Swift’s new album as the rest of us. (Sarcasm? Tune in to find out!)

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Guest: Keya Vakil

Thursday, October 2, 2025 (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We’ll talk to Joe Zepecki about the government shutdown and whether Republicans can maintain the charade that they didn’t cause it and are happy to be ineffective when it comes to operating the government effectively.

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Guest: Joe Zepecki

Finding That Next Job (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000

We’ll learn about the resources available from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development from Secretary Amy Pechacek. Civic Media’s James Kelly brings us the stories he is following in the Chippewa Valley.

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Guest: Amy Pechacek

Troubling Times (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000

New polling suggests the shutdown is as unpopular as the president, and yet many Americans don’t see a path toward healing the divisions caused by a minority faction doing all it can to grab and cling to power. In much lighter news, Cherita Booker reviews some of the big events coming up this weekend around Wisconsin.

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Guest: Cherita Booker

A New Congressman for Up North (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We’ll talk to former state Rep. Fred Clark about his decision to run for Congress in the 7th District up north, which will be an open seat with incumbent Republican Tom Tiffany running for governor. Also: Melissa Baldauff brings us our climate check, which is looking dirtier and dirtier as the president embraces his love for coal.

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Guests: Melissa Baldauff, Earl Ingram, Fred Clark

Meet the Editor (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Help us welcome Ellie Bourdo, who has taken over editor duties for our daily newsletter. Also: Jimmie Kaska talks about the Brewers and MLB postseason as the Brew Crew awaits their National League Divisional Series opponent.

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Guests: Jimmie Kaska, Ellie Bourdo

Wreckless Regime (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000

The federal government is in what could be a long shutdown, as wanted by President Trump, who is taking advantage of congressional dysfunction by unilaterally firing thousands of workers.

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Nothing But Candidates (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 14:00:00 +0000

What’s in common between the people Cam Stevenson covers in Washington, DC and the people Dan Shafer covers in Madison? They’re all candidates a little too much. By focusing on reelections instead of their core duties, we wind up with government shutdowns and partisan divides. Cam will have the latest of the potential shutdown and Dan will have the latest on the new batch of candidates getting into (and out of) key 2026 races.

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Guests: Dan Shafer, Cam Stevenson

Spaceballs and the Sociologist (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0000

What’s a sociologist and “Spaceballs” fan doing in the Legislature? Trying to save democracy, of course. We’ll talk to Rep. Angela Stroud (D-Ashland) about what propelled her to run and serve in Madison — and how to deal with the wealth of conspiracy theories and rumors that swirl around politics. We’ll talk to daycare provider Kara Pitt-D’Andrea, a Wisconsin member of Main Street Alliance who’s in Washington, DC lobbying to avoid a government shutdown and restore painful healthcare cuts. Plus, an update on stories being followed in western Wisconsin by Civic Media reporter James Kelly.

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Guests: Angela Stroud, Dan Hagen, Kara Pitt-D’Andrea

Last Day of ‘Normal’ (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Less than 24 hours remain in the federal fiscal year and Republicans controlling the White House and Congress show no desire to work with Democrats to avoid a government shutdown — which make sense since their plan all along has been to shut down the government and further their claim that government “doesn’t work,” which only seems to happen when the people who hate government are in charge of running the government.

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Reconciliation and Remembrance (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 14:00:00 +0000

The teacher who lost her job after Derrick Van Orden attacked her right to free speech joins us. Krista Lesiecki talks about her experience and wants to defend her civil rights. Author Laura Bird comes on with reading recommendations. Bird recommends books with ties to this week’s annual day of reconciliation and remembrance of the harm done to Native American children forced into abusive boarding schools. She points to: “House Made of Dawn” by N. Scott Momaday, “My Heart Fills With Happiness” by Monique Grey Smith, “For a Girl Becoming” by Joy Harjo, “The Second Chance of Benjamin Waterfalls” by James Bird, “Warrior Girl Unearthed” by Angeline Boulley, “Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology” edited by Shane Hawn and Theodore Van Alst, “Fire Exit” by Morgan Talty, “To the Moon and Back” by Eliana Ramage, “Medicine River: A Story of Survival and the Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools” by Mary Annette Pember, and “Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants” by Robin Wall Kimmerer. And we’ll visit with Civic Media friend Jane Matenaer in Milwaukee.

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Guests: Laura Bird, Krista Lesiecki

Deep Concerns About Deep Fakes (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0000

We’ll talk to a leading cybersecurity specialist about what we should know about AI (artificial intelligence) and its use to create “deep fakes.” Salina Heller will bring us a story from Iowa that is a cautionary tale about how Wisconsin’s healthy public employee pension system could be the next target of right wing politicians seeking to undermine public service.

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Guests: Salina Heller, Rahul Powar

Buryin’ His Campaign (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Bill Berrien performed a valuable public service in his short-lived campaign for governor — providing a cautionary tale about hubris and reminding voters that wealth and business experience do not automatically qualify someone for a major public office. And of course we’ll review last night’s Packers game in Dallas and set up the Brewers for the postseason. Join us for all of this plus a parade of TV themes to mark the birthday of composer Mike Post.

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Guest: Dr. Kristin Lyerly

Weekly Best of Mornings with Pat Kreitlow for Sep 27

Pat Kreitlow — Sat, 27 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0000

The Not-Doctors Are Giving Us a Headache (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 14:00:00 +0000

There has been a lot of pushback over the baseless claims and bogus advisories coming from President Trump and HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy, Jr. about Tylenol use for pregnant women. We’ll ask an actual OB-GYN if the blowback has been enough — or if the non-doctors at the White House have sown medical misinformation that’s going to take a long time to debunk. And Mike Clemens gets us ready for Packers-Cowboys and the Brewers final games of the regular season.

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Guests: Dr. Kristin Lyerly, Mike Clemens

Indicting a Ham Sandwich (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0000

We’ll review this week’s headlines with journalists Jennifer Schulze and Mark Jacob. Conservatives are crowing that former FBI director James Comey was indicted late Thursday, but you might know the old legal saying: You can indict a ham sandwich. But can you get a guilty verdict? That’s pretty tough to do when the charges are literally Trumped up.

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Guests: Mark Jacob, Jennifer Schulze

A TV Toons Pop Quiz (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Do we run the risk of losing our Gen Z audience by having a little pop quiz on old-time TV theme songs? We’re thinking this morning’s session might remind people of a simpler time, when TV themes brought us together. Maybe it’s time the Law & Order and NCIS shows had some lyrics and a cast singalong! Yes, it’s Friday and we’re looking for any distractions before we get back to work and review this week’s headlines.

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Guests: Greg Bach, Keya Vakil

Girding for a Rough Patch (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We’ll talk to Sean O’Malley about your money and the markets — and the latest indicators that show how businesses and employees are behaving a lot like the squirrels in our backyards this time of year, making preparations for tough times ahead.

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Guests: Joe Zepecki, Chad Holmes, Sean O’Malley

Primary Concerns (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0000

The new chair of the state Democratic Party, Devin Remiker, talks about the growing field of candidates for various 2026 races — many slots are already attracting multiple candidates, forcing multiple primaries next August. We’ll ask him how the state party sees its role when it comes to making sure the eventual nominees have the tools they need to win in November.

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Guest: Devin Remiker

Abortion Ban Mockery (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000

The leading Republican candidate for governor says he has now staked a middle-ground position on when he and other politicians can ban women from getting abortion care. That may not be a credible position, given his record. Also: Cherita Booker has a rundown of some big events taking place around Wisconsin this weekend.

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Guest: Cherita Booker

Who’s Hiking Healthcare Costs? (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We’ll talk to Kathy Hempstead, a national health policy expert with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, about the impact of Congress and the president killing the tax credits that have made health insurance more affordable to Americans over the past four years. Restoring those credits is at the heart of a fight in Washington that could result in a government shutdown next week.

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Guest: Katherine Hempstead

State of Education (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0000

State superintendent of public instruction Jill Underly joins us to discuss her annual state of education address. Having just been reelected to a second four-year term, expect Underly to be a leading voice in advocating for public schools and calling out legislators who want to undermine them and shovel our tax dollars to private school vouchers.

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Guest: Dr. Jill Underly

Tiffany Gets In. Kimmel Gets Back. (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000

The Wisconsin governor’s race has its first big-name candidate on the Republican side. We’ll talk about Congressman Tom Tiffany’s newly announced candidacy. And Jimmy Kimmel has some heartfelt things to say about free speech and the wide range of supporters who bashed President Trump for trying to have his talk show taken away.

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Tuesday’s Tag Team (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We’ll talk to COURIER’s Cam Stevenson in Washington, DC, where he’s following the far-right assault on freedom of speech in the nation’s classrooms. He also has an update on President Trump sending troops to a third American city with little to no justification. And we’ll talk to Dan Shafer from The Recombobulation Area about a new GOP package that engages in a classic case of overkill to address the need for processing absentee ballots on the day before an election.

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Guests: Dan Shafer, Cam Stevenson

Backlash Over the Backlash (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0000

The conservative uproar in the wake of the Charlie Kirk murder crossed a line at some point for many Americans who sensed a willingness to infringe their freedom of expression. Some of them spoke out at last night’s Eau Claire City Council meeting to defend the rights of two council members whose reactions to the Kirk killing made them targets for right-wing scorn. We’ll talk to congressional candidate Laura Benjamin, a former city council member about what she’s seeing in her community. We’ll also learn about fall’s many corn mazes and pumpkin patches with Sheila Everhart of the Wisconsin Agricultural Tourism Association and dairy farmer Hans Breitenmoser.

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Guests: Hans Breitenmoser, Dan Hagen, Sheila Everhart, Laura Benjamin

A Tylenol Headache (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000

There must be a lot of ibuprofen being passed around the White House, since they seem to have something against Tylenol. The headaches aren’t just coming from medical professionals and pregnant women pushing back on misinformation about acetaminophen, they’re also coming from supporters of free speech whose howls of disapproval at ABC have led the network to put Jimmy Kimmel back on the air. In other news, how many more distractions from the Epstein files will the administration try before figuring out the American public won’t let it go?

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Badgered in Madison (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 14:00:00 +0000

The Wisconsin Badgers football team went through a pretty decent 30-year run starting with Barry Alvarez taking over in 1990, but the pendulum has swung the other way and we’ll ask our Madison radio friends John & Gordy what life is like in the shadow of Camp Randall when the football karma for the Badgers is, pardon the pun, a bit more “Fickell.”

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Guests: Jane Matenaer, John & Gordy

Roys Running. Trump’s Disposable People. (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0000

State Sen. Kelda Roys joins us live to discuss the first week of her run for governor — the issues that propelled her to join the race and why she thinks she’ll emerge from a growing field of Democratic candidates seeking the nomination next year. And UpNorthNews reporter Salina Heller shares the story of a Wisconsin mom whose adult son demonstrates how Medicaid is an essential service that allows people to have dignity and jobs instead of being placed in institutions, people the president considers disposable as he moves Medicaid funding into tax breaks for the very wealthy. Plus, Jimmie Kaska breaks down how the Packers broke down in the final minutes against Cleveland.

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Guest: Kelda Roys

Love Hurts. Brewers Clinch. (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Packers quarterback Jordan Love is a proven talent, but he’s also young enough to make bad choices that’ll break your heart — like throwing an interception when all you need to do is run out the clock, (Emphasis on “run.”) The Brewers lost too, but at least Craig Counsell’s Cubs were kind enough to also lose, which gave Milwaukee the title of Central Division champions. And we’ll review an Arizona event billed as a memorial service for a victim of senseless violence, until Donald Trump and others turned it into the political rally it was destined to become.

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Guests: Dr. Kristin Lyerly, Salina Heller

Weekly Best of Mornings with Pat Kreitlow for Sep 20

Pat Kreitlow — Sat, 20 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Making Basics Affordable (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 14:00:00 +0000

For struggling families on lower incomes, there are food banks — but some of those families are also in need of basic household items like diapers. A diaper bank in southeast Wisconsin is holding a special campaign where donations are being matched and doubled. We’ll talk to Kate Duffy of Motherhood for Good about the Milwaukee Diaper Mission, which also helps women with basic hygiene supplies as well. Dr. Kristin Lyerly previews her weekend show. And Mike Clemens gets us set for the Packers at Cleveland and the Brewers spending the weekend in St. Louis.

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Guests: Dr. Kristin Lyerly, Kate Duffy, Mike Clemens

Media Misery (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Our Week In Review panel has some thoughts on the latest capitulation from corporate media and how it has emboldened Donald Trump to outright threaten the licenses of broadcasters if he doesn’t like what they say about him. What kind of role can journalists and their readers, listeners, and viewers play in pushing back against the latest example of a wannabe dictator doing whatever he wants, including making a mockery of the First Amendment.

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Guests: Jim Santelle, Mark Jacob, Jennifer Schulze

Bullies in High Places (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Jill Underly, Wisconsin’s Superintendent of Public Instruction, didn’t sugarcoat the current environment in her annual “State of Education” address Thursday at the Capitol — saying that this year, “the biggest schoolyard bully in our public schools is our own federal government.” Since Underly was recently reelected to a second four-year term, expect her to only become more outspoken about protecting children from bullies in our federal and state governments who seek to undermine public education.

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Guest: Keya Vakil

Stagflation Watch (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We’ll talk to Sean O’Malley about your money and the markets. While the Federal Reserve did cut interest rates Wednesday, it appears to be less out of pressure from President Trump and more out of concern that Trump has taken the country to the verge of stagflation, with inflation still a problem even as the job market keeps getting worse. Chad Holmes will tell us about the stories he’s following for Civic Media in the Wausau area. And political strategist Joe Zepecki talks about the dangerous political climate the far-right has brought to our nation.

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Guests: Joe Zepecki, Chad Holmes, Sean O’Malley

The Doctor Is In (Your Phone) (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0000

We’ll meet pediatrician Dr. Kellie Snooks, who has a new video series “Raising Wisconsin” on UpNorthNews social media sites. Her latest report explains what vaccines actually do inside your body. We’ll also visit with former Racine alderman Trevor Jung, who just announced his candidacy for a State Senate seat held by a Republican for most of the past 14 years.

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Guests: Todd Allbaugh, Kellie Snooks, Trevor Jung

Corporate Media Claims Another Comic (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000

We’ll discuss the latest disturbing attack on America’s freedoms as another corporate television network caves to pressure from a ruling party and removes its late night show host. ABC joins a growing list of media outlets that have done the president’s bidding and put profits ahead of free expression and the freedom to speak truth to power. Meanwhile, Congressman Derrick Van Orden takes a page from fascism’s playbook in the way he turns the First Amendment into speech that is guilty until proven innocent.

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Guest: Cherita Booker

Day of Announcements 2 (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We continue welcoming a growing parade of candidates seeking higher office in 2026, with a visit from state Rep. Francesca Hong, who this morning announced her candidacy for Wisconsin governor. We’ll ask about the growing appetite among some voters for more unabashed liberalism and no more trying to placate the creeping authoritarianism in our government. We’ll visit with Civic Media friends Earl Ingram, Melissa Kaye, and reporter James Kelly.

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Guests: Francesca Hong, Earl Ingram, James Kelly

Day of Announcements 1 (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0000

The change of seasons is becoming more noticeable. Kids are back in school. Football is back on the field. And candidates are announcing their plans for 2026. We’ll talk to a former childcare provider in New Glarus who’s decided to run for a seat in the Legislature because its leadership has ignored the needs of providers, parents, and employers long enough. And in our Homeroom segment, we’ll track the progress of bill at the state Capitol being considered now that the state budget is settled — which bills are good for education and which are a nuisance or even undermine public education.

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Guests: Corrine Hendrickson, Jimmie Kaska, Bryn Horton

As Useless as Monopoly Money (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000

There’s a lot about the current sluggish economy that can be pegged to moves by the White House, but there’s another underreported quirk in our economy: big business is getting bigger. That reduces competition — the most important factor in keeping prices manageable. We’ll talk about some troubling examples of how families are being nickeled and dimed in ways that don’t get big headlines and show why we need elected officials focused less on corporate America’s leaders and more on their customers. And that’s not just for retail goods but for our media and social media options, as well. And Melissa Kaye tells us about Civic Media is growing its news coverage around Wisconsin.

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Guest: Melissa Kaye

A Time Bomb on Health Care Costs (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 14:00:00 +0000

To hear the Speaker of the House tell it, Republicans have no interest in working with Democrats to reach a budget deal and avoid a government shutdown — even though GOP members can’t agree among themselves how to write a budget. Democrats are demanding Republicans dismantle a health care cost bomb that’s going to skyrocket health insurance premiums, but Speaker Mike Johnson seems content to watch families endure healthcare sticker shock. We’ll talk to Courier Newsroom’s Cam Stevenson on Capitol Hill, and we’ll visit with Dan Shafer from The Recombobulation Area with the latest on the Wisconsin governor's race.

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Guests: Dan Shafer, Cam Stevenson

Van Orden Vs. Eau Claire (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Instead of doing the job of a congressman, Derrick Van Orden spent his Monday still attached to his Twitter keyboard and calling for people, groups, and even cities to be punished because he does not agree with the opinions expressed by fellow Americans. That now includes the City of Eau Claire. It’s not typical (or normal) behavior for a member of Congress to advocate for defunding services from one of the largest communities in their district, but nothing about this situation is normal. We’ll talk to Emily Berge, Eau Claire City Council president and a candidate for Congress hoping to unseat Van Orden next year.

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Guests: Dan Hagen, Emily Berge, Fred Clark

The Thought Police Take to the Airwaves (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Big Government is casting a wider net, seeking to police people’s thoughts as expressed on social media and use those posts to have people fired or to deny visas to potential visitors and workers — again, based on their thoughts and opinions. The news about visa denials came even as the vice president of the United States used his government office to guest host Charlie Kirk’s former radio show and make more threats to use government as a weapon against people solely for political purposes.

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Here Come the Candidates! (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 14:00:00 +0000

The candidate list for the 2026 election is growing again this week. We’ll talk about this morning’s entry of state Sen. Kelda Roys to the governor’s race. And we’ll talk live with Milwaukee city council member JoCasta Zamarripa, a former legislator who’s now running for Wisconsin Secretary of State.

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Guests: Jane Matenaer, John & Gordy, JoCasta Zamarripa

Pushing Back Against a Big Oil & Coal President (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0000

The current president and majority party may be shamelessly trying to drag America back to the days of coal and oil generating most of our power and pollution, but plenty of other people are pushing back. We’ll talk to Robert Kraig of Citizen Action Wisconsin about the ways they’re making sure lawmakers are aware of the direction being demanded by most Americans — and it doesn’t involve going backward and ignoring the problems of a changing climate.

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Guests: Robert Kraig, Jimmie Kaska, Salina Heller

Free Speech For Him, But Not About Him (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Far-right provocateur Charlie Kirk symbolized the fight over free speech. Universities faced pressure to cancel his appearances as well as pressure to not give in to so-called cancel culture. That makes it ironic that the most tangible activity in the country in the days after his murder has been a wave of firings of people for expressing their own points of view — and threats of firings from people like a member of Congress from Wisconsin.

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Weekly Best of Mornings with Pat Kreitlow for Sep 13

Pat Kreitlow — Sat, 13 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0000

More Quackery Facing Pregnant Women (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We’ll ask Dr. Kristin Lyerly about Not-a-Dr. Robert Kennedy, Jr. and the misinformation he’s spreading about autism, Tylenol, and folate deficiencies, causing more angst among pregnant women. And Mike Clemens will help us review last night’s Packers game against Washington and whether the short-week pressure will be worth it by having ten days until the next game.

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Guests: Dr. Kristin Lyerly, Mike Clemens

Politicians in Robes Strike Again (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0000

We’ll ask former US Attorney Jim Santelle to make it make sense: the same US Supreme Court that says race cannot be a consideration for college admissions now says race can be an issue in deciding whether law enforcement can pull over, harass, and even detain people they only suspect of not being citizens. And we’ll ask journalists Mark Jacob and Jennifer Schulze about the coverage of the Charlie Kirk murder, especially the double-standard that accompanies the “sanewashing” taking place about Kirk’s views.

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Guests: Jim Santelle, Mark Jacob, Jennifer Schulze

The Big Lie That Won’t Die (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000

The good news is that President Trump finally approved disaster relief for flash flood victims in southeast Wisconsin. The stupid news is that he had to wrap the announcement in The Big Lie. Yes, Trump is still being delusional or traitorous in lying about winning Wisconsin and the 2020 presidential election. We’ll also talk to Courier Newsroom’s Keya Vakil about the ongoing effort to tone down the violent rhetoric in the wake of this week’s political violence.

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Guests: Greg Bach, Keya Vakil

Tony Evers’ Legacy (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Governor Tony Evers was the keynote speaker for the third night of the annual Cap Times Idea Fest and talked about his decision not to run for a third term and his legacy after eight years of playing defense to a hostile Legislature. We’ll talk to Joe Zepecki about that and the day’s other top stories. Sean O’Malley will visit to discuss your money and the markets. And Chad Holmes will tell us about the stories he’s following for us in the Wausau area.

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Guests: Joe Zepecki, Chad Holmes, Sean O’Malley

Get Ready to Run… For Something (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0000

National politicians get most of the attention, but the people who are getting things done day by day in government are the ones who serve at a local level. It’s time to think about who’s serving on your town board, city council, county board, and in other posts — and if you think it’s a way you could help your community, there’s a group dedicated to training the next round of municipal leaders. We’ll talk to a Wisconsin mayor who heads up that national group.

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Guest: Bryan Kennedy

One of the Day’s 300 (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Conservative agitator Charlie Kirk was a lot of things, many of them antithetical to hopes for a safer America, but that does not excuse political violence – nor any kind of gun violence. If Wednesday was an average day in America, Kirk was one of 300 people who were shot yesterday, nearly half of them shot dead. And that includes a school shooting Wednesday in Colorado. The other victims won’t get the attention Kirk has received, but perhaps the attention to this murder in Utah will take the rest of the country a step closer to recognizing that gun violence and political violence will never be lasting solutions to the problems we have to face together.

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Guest: Cherita Booker

Crowley Becomes a Candidate (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We’ll talk live with Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, the most recent candidate to announce in the 2026 race for Wisconsin governor, about his decision to run and what he wants voters to know about his experience and positions. Also, we’ll have a guest from Clean Wisconsin on how all of these massive new data centers are sucking up groundwater wherever they pop up, a development that’s good for Artificial Intelligence but not so good for neighbors whose wells have run dry.

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Guests: David Crowley, Earl Ingram, Amy Barrilleaux

Do You Know How Much This Costs? (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0000

It might be one of the biggest billion-dollar surprises in Wisconsin, if you were to ask most taxpayers how much public money is going to the private school voucher scheme. It’s more than $700 million this year and getting close to a 10-digit annual payout. We’ll outline how one group is launching a transparency campaign to build public awareness before the program swallows up more of the state budget and skims resources away from local public schools.

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Guest: Heather DuBois Bourenane

Proudly Treasonist? (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000

It’s already well-documented that Congressman Derrick Van Orden spends a lot of time scrolling and trolling through social media. But even by his standards it was weird that he put a new comment on a photo from two years ago. Even weirder: the photo he commented on shows him on the US Capitol grounds on January 6, 2021 — and his comment was, “Hell yes.” Van Orden claims he did not take part in the domestic terrorism that followed on that fateful day, but is it that much better to simply be a spectator to a treasonous mob after flying there to support a knowingly-false claim about the 2020 election?

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Guest: Melissa Kaye

Both Stupid and an Evil Genius (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Is it possible to be an evil genius doing diabolical, well-planned things and be stupid as well? We’ll talk to Courier Newsroom’s Cam Stevenson live from Washington, DC about a Trump/conservative strategy that has gone both ways. It has meticulously given the country a US Supreme Court that on Monday delivered one of the most racist decisions since it upheld Japanese internment camps 80 years ago. At the same time, the administration decided it was a good idea to raid a car and battery complex in Georgia — and South Korea will likely pull the plug on something that was going to bring much-needed employment to a red state. Plus: Dan Shafer gives us some background on the newly announced governor candidate, Democrat David Crowley.

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Guests: Dan Shafer, Cam Stevenson

Fee-Free Is Trashing National Parks (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0000

We’ll catch up with Jeff Rennicke from Friends of the Apostle Islands about how the president’s willful neglect of our National Parks is being seen in everything from overworked staff and fewer tours to piled up trash and lost revenue that could keep our parks healthy. We’ll also talk to Sheila Everhart from the Wisconsin Agricultural Tourism Association and dairy farmer Hans Breitenmoser about the latest opportunities to add some rural Wisconsin sites to your next road trip bucket list. They also bring some updates on bills, including AB413 and SB415, that are in the works at the state level.

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Guests: Hans Breitenmoser, Dan Hagen, Sheila Everhart, Jeff Rennicke

Tips for Reporters: Tell the Whole Story (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Once again local media provided coverage of Congressman Derrick Van Orden unencumbered by fact checks, clarifications, or context. We’ll review an event — not a town hall — to “celebrate” a new tax policy on tips and overtime. It is not nearly as generous or encompassing as you would think, to see how it’s being covered by many outlets.

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More Than Empty Words (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 14:00:00 +0000

For all of the bluster some politicians offer about saluting the service of our veterans, they really show their stripes when it comes time to provide actual services of their own to the men and women who served our nation. We’ll talk to Sen. Jeff Smith about how important programs that help homeless veterans in two Wisconsin locations are on the verge of shutting down because Republican legislators took Gov. Evers’ state budget request and changed it to $0 — and are somehow trying to blame the governor for it.

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Guest: Jeff Smith

Making Maps Without Corruption (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0000

The notion of fair elections has been taking it on the chin lately as Republicans in multiple states engage in corrupt cartography right out in public. We’ll talk to Iuscely Flores from the Wisconsin Fair Maps Coalition about a bipartisain effort to get rid of gerrymandering the maps for Congress and state legislatures. They’re taking part in a statewide campaign of public forums to remind people they should be the ones who choose their representatives — their representatives shouldn’t be allowed to choose who gets to vote for them and who doesn’t.

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Guest: Iuscely Flores

’Tis the Season… for Lots of Sports (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Even being on rehab from knee surgery wasn’t going to stop one enthusiastic Packers fan from attending the season opener at Lambeau Field. We’ll talk to Dr. Kristin Lyerly about a perfect day for football and a practically perfect performance by Green Bay to open the 2025 campaign. The Milwaukee Brewers also continue their latest winning streak. We’ll check other headlines from the weekend and get Brittney Merlot’s forecast to start the workweek.

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Guests: Dr. Kristin Lyerly, Salina Heller

Weekly Best of Mornings with Pat Kreitlow for Sep 6

Pat Kreitlow — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Are You Ready for Some Football? (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We’ll get set for Week 1 of the NFL season with Mike Clemens giving an update on the Green Bay Packers’ status heading into their opener at home against Detroit. And Dr. Kristin Lyerly will sum up the significance of the RFK, Jr. congressional hearing and the additional burden it puts on everyone who wants to get credible information about their health care.

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Guests: Dr. Kristin Lyerly, Mike Clemens

Bread and Circuses and Quackery (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0000

We’ll talk to our Week In Review panel about this week’s events, including a congressional hearing featuring a US Health and Human Services Secretary still blocking or undermining the basic building blocks of public health. Plus: breaking news about job numbers.

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Guests: Jim Santelle, Mark Jacob, Jennifer Schulze

Would You Like Cheese With That? (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Cheese-infused, football-shaped chicken nuggets. Tater tots with brat slices and beer cheese. Maybe some summer sausage with your grilled cheese? With the Packers beginning their 2025 campaign this weekend, we review some of the concession cuisine being served this season at Lambeau Field.

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The One-Handed Economist (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 14:00:00 +0000

It’s the worst of both worlds: inflation remains an issue (which is why you might hike interest rates) but the job market is softening (which is why you might cut interest rates). In other words, Trump Stagflation, with a side order of political pressure on what’s supposed to be an independent Federal Reserve Board. We’ll discuss this dilemma with Sean O’Malley. And we’ll ask Joe Zepecki about the possibility that the president will send military troops to Milwaukee… just because.

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Guests: Joe Zepecki, Chad Holmes, Sean O’Malley

Playground Politics Back in Session (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Congress is back in session, so we’ll ask Congressman Mark Pocan about the full range of déjá vu topics: the Epstein files, another government shutdown showdown, and more. And Todd Allbaugh previews this afternoon’s show on the Civic Media radio network.

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Guest: Mark Pocan

Make Housing Affordable Again (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley came up north to see one of the ways Wisconsin can address the ongoing problem of affordable housing. He also talked about when he’s likely to announce a run for governor. Plus: States are starting to go it alone when it comes to offering vaccine and other public health guidelines now that the US Department of Health and Human Services is working in complete opposition to public health.

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That’s Not How Science Works (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 14:00:00 +0000

The trick to writing good fiction — if you work in the Trump White House, anyway — is the ability to pick and choose which scientific facts match up well with your politics. In this week’s Climate Check, we’ll discuss the most interesting work of fiction in DC these days: a Trump administration report that calls the threat of climate change overblown. Dozens of scientists say it’s riddled with errors, cherry-picked data, and misinformation.

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Guests: Melissa Baldauff, Earl Ingram, James Kelly

Back to School… Interference (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Classes are back in session. So are lawmakers in Madison and Washington. We’ll talk to Peggy Wirtz-Olsen of WEAC about the bills they’re following that range from big picture revenue needs to micromanaging things like cursive writing and what kinds of flags can and can’t be displayed at school.

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Guests: Jimmie Kaska, Peggy Wirtz-Olsen

What’s a Measly $1.3 Billion? (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000

It’s been a little while since Powerball fever started spreading again, but Wednesday’s estimated jackpot of more than $1 billion has us thinking about one of life’s little luxuries: daydreaming. What would you do if you suddenly had $1 billion? Also, today’s History Lesson has a note about the world’s richest woman and just how many billions of dollars she’s already given away since divorcing the world’s richest man. We’ll discuss Vice President J.D. Vance’s upcoming visit to Minneapolis following a tragic church school shooting, sparking debates on gun safety versus an approach with more guns and “thoughts and prayers.” In the meantime, President Trump floats military intervention in Chicago, raising eyebrows and questions about public safety strategies.

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Guest: Melissa Kaye

Back to School, Back to Referendum (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We’ll talk to Dan Shafer of The Recombobulation Area about the new school year and how a new state budget isn’t making life any easier for struggling school districts who will probably be setting another record for referendum requests to fill in the gaps from lazy legislators. And we’ll start a new weekly visit with Courier Newsroom’s Cam Stevenson, author of Below the Beltway, a daily newsletter about his new gig reporting from Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

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Guests: Dan Shafer, Cam Stevenson

Labor and Pride (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Superior Mayor Jim Paine will recap Pride Weekend up in the Twin Ports and tell us why the event doesn’t take place in June like in many other communities. And we’ll recap Labor Day weekend, including the news for thousands upon thousands of American workers who’ve had their collective bargaining rights ripped away by an anti-union president who sees public sector workers as unworthy of jobsite protection.

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Guests: Dan Hagen, Jim Paine

Running Scared (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Approaching the 2026 elections, conservatives are facing a fork in the road: go big or go home. Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley has decided to go home — and not face the prospect of being ousted by progressive Appeals Judge Chris Taylor next April. We’ll review her interesting statement. Vice President JD Vance, meanwhile, has decided to go big… on amplifying the GOP playbook on fear and loathing, the only two touchstones from his remarks on Friday in La Crosse.

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Labor Day Highlights (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 01 Sep 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Hear some of the summer's highlights from the show as Pat enjoys a day off on this Labor Day.

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Labor Day Highlights (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 01 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Hear some of the summer's highlights from the show as Pat enjoys a day off on this Labor Day.

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Highlights on Labor Day (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 01 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Hear some of the summer's highlights from the show as Pat enjoys a day off on this Labor Day.

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Weekly Best of Mornings with Pat Kreitlow for Aug 30

Pat Kreitlow — Sat, 30 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Summer Hits (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We relive some of the greatest interviews and moments from the summer of 2025 while Pat gets an early start to the Labor Day weekend.

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Summer Hits (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 13:03:00 +0000

We relive some of the greatest interviews and moments from the summer of 2025 while Pat gets an early start to the Labor Day weekend.

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Summer Hits (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000

We relive some of the greatest interviews and moments from the summer of 2025 while Pat gets an early start to the Labor Day weekend.

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Big Beautiful BS (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We’ll talk to Joe Zepecki about today’s visit to La Crosse by Vice President JD Vance, another effort to spin the narrative on what’s in the Republicans’ package of massive cuts and record deficit spending that are being used to deliver lots of tax goodies to the very wealthy. Like his buddy, US Rep. Derrick Van Orden, expect lots of forceful denials, sarcasm, and namecalling, but we’ll help you keep an eye on those pesky facts that keep getting in the way of their brand of performative politics.

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Guests: Joe Zepecki, Chad Holmes, Sean O’Malley

Ladder Pushers (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Congressman Derrick Van Orden frequently talks about growing up poor and eating “government cheese,” which only makes it easier to identify him as a ladder pusher: someone who was able to take advantage of policies that can help children and families climb out of poverty, only to push the ladder away before anyone else can benefit. We’ll talk to Kate Felton of Eau Claire about her new column at The Recombobulation Area that calls out Van Orden for continuing to lie that the new Republican budget law doesn’t hurt people who rely on Medicaid and nutrition support to stay out of poverty.

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Guest: Kate Felton

Kennedy Quackery Is Concerning (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000

The new head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a woman with Wisconsin ties, is out of a job less than a month into her new role — and, predictably, it is setting off alarm bells through the country’s health and science communities. We’ll check the “progress” of a Health and Human Services secretary, a spreader of medical misinformation who seems hell-bent on steering the country on a crash course with more public health emergencies.

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Guest: Cherita Booker

The Children Shall Lead (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Wisconsin is the scene of a new lawsuit that is taking on a familiar new approach to the impacts of a changing climate: the harm to children. We’ll talk to Melissa Baldauff about these youth-centric lawsuits, the literal cry of the next generation wants their parents and grandparents to stop harming their future environment and health. Plus: Civic Media’s James Kelly reviews some of his news coverage across western Wisconsin. And author Laura Bird talks about book bans, a seasonal recurrence at the start of school years—what to know and how to keep our libraries free.

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Guests: Melissa Baldauff, Earl Ingram, Laura Bird

Stronger Together (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000

It would be enough for leaders from education, healthcare, labor, and local services to call attention to the damage being done by the Trump administration separately. Today in Eau Claire, they’ll do it together and we’ll talk to the national president of the American Federation of Teachers, Randi Weingarten, about the ongoing work to educate the public about the ways children will be impacted by this year’s actions for many years to come.

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Guest: Randi Weingarten

Gym Teacher, English Teacher Announce Engagement (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000

It’s the closest thing the United States will get to a royal wedding: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce announced plans to get married. We’ll discuss whether the veteran football player and the billionaire pop star can make time for wedding planning between his new NFL season and her new album release.

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Guest: Melissa Kaye

Phoning It In (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We’ll talk to Dan Shafer about the increasing popularity of cell phone bans in classrooms. We also look into various forms of hypocrisy in the Republican party.

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Guests: Dan Shafer, Chad Holmes

Still Chores to Get Done (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000

We’ll talk dairy farmer Hans Breitenmoser, Sheila Everhart of the Wisconsin Agricultural Tourism Association, and Jean Bahn of the Farmview Event Barn about work they’d like to see the Legislature get done this fall to benefit the rural economy.

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Guests: Hans Breitenmoser, Angela Stroud, Dan Hagen, Sheila Everhart, Jean Bahn

Band of Grouchy Brothers (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Vice President JD Vance is coming to La Crosse today, reportedly to talk up the unpopular Trump megabill—but also with a nod to the vulnerable congressman whose caustic comments get in the way of any efforts by Derrick Van Orden and Vance to address concerns about tariffs, massive cuts, and tax breaks for the super-rich.

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Gubernatorial Guidance (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 14:00:00 +0000

How can you tell if someone’s considering a run for statewide office? It’s one thing to check their social media feed. But anyone can sound like a candidate from behind a keyboard. Check the odometer next. We’ll talk to Rep. Francesca Hong about her travels and her very public statements about where Wisconsin Democrats should be headed in the 2026 elections. We’ll visit with our Civic Media friends John & Gordy from our Madison station and Jane Matenaer, whose show follows ours.

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Guest: Francesca Hong

Look for the Union Label (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000

We’ll hear from AFT-Wisconsin president Jon Shelton about the qualities that voters should look for in Wisconsin’s next governor—for him and many other co-signers of a recent letter, there had better be a focus on union labor and workers in general. We’ll also talk to Jimmie Kaska about the first week of high school football, accompanied by high school football weather.

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Guests: Jon Shelton, Jimmie Kaska

Was It Over When the Germans Bombed Pearl Harbor? (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Vice President JD Vance gives the US another black eye, botching a basic historical fact as part of his effort to help Russia hold onto land it seized from Ukraine. And in the category of “How Is This Still a Thing?”: The fake electors court cases are still going on, including a new development in Wisconsin. But what good is a justice system if it can’t quickly bring consequences for trying to overthrow the government that allows that court system to exist?

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Guests: Dr. Kristin Lyerly, Salina Heller

Weekly Best of Mornings with Pat Kreitlow for Aug 23

Pat Kreitlow — Sat, 23 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Rural Alarm Bells (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Tomah Dr. Jill McMullen was recently featured in a video series by Pete Buttigieg, talking about the impact of Republican Medicaid cuts to rural health care in Wisconsin and nationwide. We’ll talk to her about the experience and whether her concerns are growing. And Mike Clemens gives us an update from Packers training camp and reviews how the Brewers emerged from their Wrigley Field gauntlet still in control of the National League Central division.

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Guests: Mike Clemens, Dr. Jill McMullen

Heroes of the Resistance (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Despite the many negative headlines and ample reason to worry about the future of our democracy, Mark Jacob reminds us that there are still Americans willing to stand up for American values. In politics, in law, in media, in faith, he tells us who’s leading the way on defending our republic and how you can help.

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Guests: Jim Santelle, Mark Jacob, Jennifer Schulze

State Sanctioned Kidnapping (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000

A court commissioner in Walworth County is out of job after insisting that due process be followed in immigration matters, no differently than in criminal matters. Without the ability for a judge to review a warrant, what’s to stop Big Government from expanding its efforts to kidnap people who don’t fit their racial profile? We’ll also ask Joe Zepecki about the map warfare going on in Texas and California.

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Guests: Joe Zepecki, Greg Bach

Winners, Losers, and the Wider Gap (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Economic data shows that the Trump presidency is doing exactly what experts tried to warn us about. There’s a widening gap between the super rich and the rest of us. Trump’s trade war has weakened the US dollar. And consumers are paying the price, not other countries, as Trump had been claiming. We’ll discuss all of today’s news with Sean O’Malley, Joe Zepecki, and Chad Holmes.

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Guests: Joe Zepecki, Chad Holmes, Sean O’Malley

State Seeks a New Lieutenant (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000

With Lt. Governor Sara Rodriguez launching a bid to become governor next year, there will be a wide open race to take the number two spot in the state in 2026. Sarah Godlewski, the current secretary of state and former state treasurer, announced her candidacy Wednesday to grab a third constitutional position in as many elections. We’ll talk to her live about her decision and her platform. We’ll also check in with Todd Allbaugh after his trip to Wisconsin Rapids to celebrate the anniversary of a local radio station.

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Guests: Sarah Godlewski, Todd Allbaugh

Evers Strikes Back (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Gov. Tony Evers isn’t wasting time changing how business is done in the Capitol, now that the state Supreme Court has struck down one of the (many) ways Republicans in the Legislature had been blocking him from implementing laws and rules. We’ll also get a rundown of this weekend’s Wisconsin events with Cherita Booker. And we’ll replay our conversation with Dan Shafer about a very liberal US senator coming to western Wisconsin to campaign for a congressional candidate already endorsed by “blue dog” Democrats.

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Guests: Dan Shafer, Cherita Booker

Van Orden’s Gym Problem (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Congressman Derrick Van Orden can’t stop, won’t stop holding private events rather than public town halls to defend the damage being done to his refusal to stand up to President Trump. One of his upcoming events is a country club fundraiser with an Ohio congressman nicknamed “Gym” Jordan, and folks in the Wisconsin Rapids area are planning to make sure both lawmakers know public opinion isn’t on their side.

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Guest: Katrina Shankland

It’s a Trap! (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000

For all of the talk about federal budget cuts, there is also some new federal money being made available to schools — but it’s a trap. It’s being billed as a national tax credit scholarship program, but it’s also a back-door way to fund more vouchers for private schools. State officials who want to protect public education can try to modify how the dollars are distributed, but it’s funding that could eventually be yanked back over to private schools anyway.

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Guest: Christian Phelps

Happy Birthday, WFHR Radio! (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000

We are live in Wisconsin Rapids to help WFHR celebrate 85 years of local broadcasting. We’ll talk to members of the Civic Media family about the historic role the station has played over decades of community service.

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Leftists, Centrists: Adversaries or Allies? (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We’ll catch up with Dan Shafer of The Recombobulation Area to discuss how Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is coming to western Wisconsin to help one of the Democrats trying to unseat US Rep. Derrick Van Orden. We’ll also look into whether US Rep. Bryan Steil is signaling a willingness to help President Trump kill mail-in voting, something used by hundreds of thousands of Wisconsin voters.

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Guest: Dan Shafer

Smoky Logic About Canadian Wildfires (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000

We’ll talk to former state legislator Fred Clark about how ridiculous certain Wisconsin politicians looked in sending a letter to Canada to complain about, you know, their country burning down. We’ll fact-check the people who want to blame everything other than a changing climate for everything that’s changing in our climate.

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Guests: Dan Hagen, Fred Clark

Sneaking Into Town (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000

President Donald Trump recharged his autocratic batteries after meeting up with Russia’s dictator and is back to bashing a cornerstone of democracy: making voting easier for everyone who’s qualified to vote. Also: Derrick Van Orden quietly appeared in Eau Claire, not holding a town hall or hearing from voters. The show has plenty of fun as Pat educates Parker about New Coke, something Pat thinks Parker should know despite it happening 20 years before his birth.

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International Affairs: Trump Does Nothing, Lyerly Observes Peru (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 14:00:00 +0000

John & Gordy join from Madison to talk about some international affairs after Trump gave Putin a photo op. Dr. Kristin Lyerly joins the show from a hotel as she travels back from her conference in Peru. She shares details on her experiences there and some observations about democracy. Also: Civic Media’s Jane Matenaer checks in.

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Guest: Dr. Kristin Lyerly

Let the People Decide (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Wisconsin is unlike many states that allow ordinary citizens to collect signatures and put ideas on a statewide ballot for new laws or constitutional amendments. We’ll talk to two guests who recently wrote an opinion column outlining why we should have that kind of setup in our state, too. We’ll also check in with Civic Media’s Jimmie Kaska.

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Guests: Matt Rothschild, Maresa Strano

Diplomacy or Puppetry (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000

We’ll discuss the Brewers’ extending their winning streak to a record 14 games before finally losing a game on Sunday. And we’ll discuss how Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has figured out the best way to approach today’s meeting at the White House: Bring friends, lots of ‘em, as several European leaders join the follow-up to President Trump’s Alaskan bromance with Russia’s dictator.

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Guest: Salina Heller

Weekly Best of Mornings with Pat Kreitlow for Aug 16

Pat Kreitlow — Sat, 16 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000

The Surplus Is Waning, As It Should Be (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 14:00:00 +0000

A new report from a nonpartisan research group outlines how the new Wisconsin state budget will draw down the multi-billion dollar surplus. That’s the data. Here’s the judgement: Good. A surplus isn’t supposed to just sit there for years, as Republican legislators have allowed. Now it’s coming back in the form of both tax cuts and new investments, showing the importance of having a Democratic governor to ensure a more balanced approach than blowing it all on favors to the very wealthy. Also: Mike Clemens joins us live from Indianapolis to preview tomorrow’s preseason Packers game.

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Guest: Mike Clemens

Secret Police and Not-So-Secret Power Grabs (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000

We’ll review the latest moves by the Trump regime with our Week In Review panel: whether it’s a military takeover of Washington, DC streets; sending armed, masked troops to a rally by California’s governor; or inviting Russia’s war criminal dictator to a summit today in Alaska, the president is all about putting on a show — even though he keeps losing in courtroom as judges strike down his illegal orders.

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Guests: Jim Santelle, Mark Jacob

Was Pam Bondi Not Available? (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000

There’s finally some movement in the legal case surrounding the mayor of Wausau taking it upon himself to remove an absentee ballot drop box from City Hall while echoing Republican talking points about the issue. There’s only one problem: The new special prosecutor happens to be the last Republican candidate to run for state attorney general. We’ll also talk to Courier Newsroom’s Keya Vakil about Texas Democrats deciding to return home now that California’s governor is starting a process that could offset the corrupt cartography being done by Republicans in the Lone Star State.

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Guest: Keya Vakil

If Mass Shooters Could Endorse a Candidate (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Living in an era where the MAGA far right can’t stop drifting further to the right, Wisconsin has a candidate for governor with a position on public safety that puts a sickening spin on the old Oprah Winfrey line: “You get a gun! And you get a gun! And you get a gun!” We’ll review Bill Berrien’s idea to eliminate permits and encourage flooding the streets with concealed weapons. Also, Sean O’Malley talks about the state of the U.S. economy, even relating the state of the current beef population and prices to the free George Webb hamburgers.

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Guests: Joe Zepecki, Chad Holmes, Sean O’Malley

The Senate Is In Sight (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000

The president’s extremism means no Republican incumbents should take their elections for granted in 2026, even a state senator whose district went for Donald Trump by 34 points last year. We’ll talk to Mike Van Someren of Delafield, who announced Wednesday he’s challenging Sen. Chris Kapenga in that suburban Milwaukee district. After all, “Suburban Milwaukee district” isn’t synonymous with “solidly Republican” anymore.

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Guest: Mike van Someren

Allow Myself to Introduce… Myself (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Leave it to a master narcissist to fire board members from the Kennedy Center, appoint new members who would vote to make him their chairman—and then name himself as the host of this year’s Kennedy Center Honors. We’ll have details on this latest blow to American culture and the arts. Also: Cherita Booker reviews some of the many events going on across the state this weekend. And of course we’ll revel in the Milwaukee Brewers winning their 12th game in a row. Who wants a free burger?

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Guests: Melissa Baldauff, Cherita Booker

Rewarding Efficiency Before It’s Too Late (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Wisconsin was the first state in the country to use President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act as a way to put money back in people’s pockets for projects that made their homes more energy efficient. Two years later, it has paid out millions in rebates. We’ll talk to Melissa Baldauff about the program’s success, compared with what the current administration is doing to shift all that money back to company executives involved in oil, gas, and coal. We’ll also talk to Civic Media reporter James Kelly in the Chippewa Valley.

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Guests: Melissa Baldauff, Earl Ingram

Stop Gagging Gig Workers (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Naturally, the headline writers have to be brief and leave out context: “Evers vetoes portable benefits for delivery drivers.” The real story is how the governor vetoed the ongoing imbalance between how corporations treat their workers—and abuse the loophole of “gig workers,” “independent contractors,” and “part-timers.” We’ll talk to former state Rep. Dana Wachs about worker misclassification — and also about his early work to bring transparency to property tax bills about the true cost of the voucher schools program. We’ll also check in with Civic Media’s Jimmie Kaska.

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Guest: Dana Wachs

Showgirls and Safety Buoys (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Taylor Swift has mastered the art of album anticipation and has created another P.R. juggernaut with her next release, “The Life of a Showgirl.” It got us wondering what other albums were highly anticipated over the years, from the Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper” to Nirvana’s “Nevermind.” What was your version of “shut up and take my money?” We’ll also hear from Jeff Rennicke of Friends of the Apostle Islands about their boat safety network of buoys.

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Guest: Melissa Kaye

Flooding Discombobulation (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We’ll talk to Dan Shafer of The Recombobulation Area — less about politics this time and more about what he’s seeing in his hometown as Milwaukee takes stock of the damage from massive flash flooding over the weekend. And we’ll check in with Chad Holmes of our Civic Media station in Wausau about the stories he’s following up north.

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Guests: Dan Shafer, Chad Holmes

Camping on the Farm (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000

The fall session of the Wisconsin Legislature features bills that lawmakers had hoped might make it to the new state budget, but now have to pass on their own merits. One would allow Wisconsin farmers

to have paying campers without having to obtain a campground license. We’ll talk to Hans Breitenmoser and Sheila Everhart about what advocates hope is the opening of another agricultural tourism revenue opportunity. We’ll also have a guest from the Friends of the Apostle Islands to talk about safe boating in that part of Lake Superior.

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Guests: Hans Breitenmoser, Dan Hagen, Sheila Everhart, Jeff Rennicke

DC Rampant with Crime? On January 6. (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Washington, DC is coming under federal, perhaps even military control, because the president is claiming, falsely, that crime is out of control. (It’s far from perfect, but it’s not at its worst.) The irony is that DC’s most violent crime actually occurred on January 6, 2021 and its mastermind is now the one in charge of its police. What could go wrong? We’ll also ride another wave as the Brewers again reach a double-digit winning streak.

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Legislators Summer School (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Every profession needs a good national organization dedicated to best practices, ongoing education, and a little morale boosting. For state lawmakers, that’s the role of the National Conference of State Legislators. We’ll talk to Rep. Jodi Emerson (D-Eau Claire) about this year’s convention discussions — and the difference between a group like NCSL vs. similar groups focused on partisanship and division.

We’ll also check in with Civic Media friends Greg Bach and John & Gordy.

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Guest: Jodi Emerson

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Economy (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000

For many, it’s little more than a lost freighter at the bottom of Lake Superior, but author and former legislator Tom Nelson sees the Edmund Fitzgerald as perhaps the most apt metaphor of the late 20th century — an economy that put shareholder profits ahead of workers’ prosperity, and empty populist promises from candidates in both parties. We’ll talk to him about his new book that draws those parallels.

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Guest: Tom Nelson

The ‘Fertilization President’ Breaks His Promise (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000

It was creepy when he said it and not too surprising that President Trump broke his promise to be the “fertilization president” and labeled himself the “Father of IVF.” We’ll ask Dr. Kristin Lyerly about reports the White House has no intention of fulfilling Trump’s campaign promise that “the government is going to pay for it, or we’ll mandate your insurance company to pay for it.” We’ll also remember a Wisconsin hero: astronaut Jim Lovell. And we’ll have an update on severe weekend flooding around Milwaukee.

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Guest: Dr. Kristin Lyerly

Weekly Best of Mornings with Pat Kreitlow for Aug 9

Pat Kreitlow — Sat, 09 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Berrien His Campaign Hopes (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Gubernatorial candidate Bill Berrien seems to be “buryin’” his campaign hopes each time he’s asked questions about his positions or his history. It took four tries, but a reporter finally got the wealthy businessman to claim he regrets supporting Nikki Haley in the last GOP presidential primary. And he didn’t have a very convincing answer to what separates him from Eric Hovde and Tim Michels, two other wealthy businessmen seeking a high office without any significant political experience.

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Guests: Dr. Kristin Lyerly, Mike Clemens

Easements, Shmeazements (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000

A new ruling from a federal judge in Wisconsin may lead to a big setback in Indian sovereignty across the country. The Lac du Flambeau Reservation is one of many that were made into checkerboards of tribal and non-tribal lands because of racist policies in the 19th century. The boards were further locked into place by this week’s ruling. Plus other headlines from our Week In Review panel.

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Guests: Jim Santelle, Mark Jacob, Jennifer Schulze

They’re Out of Their Census (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000

A western Wisconsin doctor is part of an online video series with Pete Buttigieg, talking about how President Trump’s Medicaid cuts put rural health care into a death spiral. Also: Trump’s disdain of the US Constitution was on display this week in his insistence that a new census be taken that only counts citizens. That is not how a census works, unless of course you’re into people being invisible and being “disappeared.” Meanwhile, two more red states say they’re willing to engage in corrupt cartography. And count JD Vance as one of those “small government” Republicans, until he needs something—like the Corps of Engineers to raise the water levels on an entire river so he and his buddies can go kayaking. Plus: Big news about zucchini.

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Guest: Keya Vakil

They’re (Still) So Weird (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We’ll talk to Trygve Olson, senior advisor to the Lincoln Project, live from Lithuania. Trygve is a River Falls native who has worked all over the globe promoting democracy. Now he spends much of his time helping to defend democracy in, of all places, the United States of America. We’ll catch up with Sean O’Malley and ask if the instability over President Trump’s trade war is still causing concerns about possible stagflation. And we’ll ask Joe Zepecki about Wisconsin Republicans’ very weird week.

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Guests: Joe Zepecki, Trygve Olson, Sean O’Malley

Steil’s Style Critic (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Congressman Bryan Steil is getting compliments for having an in-person town hall, something Republican leaders are expressly discouraging—because it only lets Americans complain about the cuts Republicans are making to essential programs. But Steil’s “bravery” only lasts as long as he’s willing to be truthful to his audience. After that, it’s just political theater. LuAnn Bird weighs in.

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Guests: LuAnn Bird, Todd Allbaugh, Trygve Olson

Delivery Drones (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is loosening rules on drones to allow more of them to fly beyond the operator’s line of sight. Good for delivering Amazon packages and Starbucks coffee, but bad for safety? And some Wisconsin Republicans are spending their week yelling at Milwaukee, yelling at Canada, or — in Derrick Van Orden’s case — putting up posts of a naked man. Will the weirdness never end? Also: Earl Ingram reacts to the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act being marked under conditions we never thought could return.

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Gas Guzzler Gaslighting (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Donald Trump’s Environmental “Protection” Agency has rescinded a landmark policy acknowledgement that manmade pollution from fossil fuels is a danger to human health—and has rolled back vehicle pollution standards as a result, posing a big threat to health, jobs, and the economy. In our Climate Check segment, Melissa Baldauff is joined by Casey Hicks of Wisconsin Conservation Voters. We’ll also check in with James Kelly in Chippewa Falls and Earl Ingram in Milwaukee about stories they’re following this week.

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Guests: Melissa Baldauff, Earl Ingram, Casey Hicks

Exposing the Voucher Price Tag (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000

In our Homeroom segment, we’ll talk to leaders in Green Bay about how you can follow their lead in your own hometown and push for better taxpayer transparency when it comes to the true cost of voucher schools and your property tax bill. We’ll also touch base with Civic Media’s Jimmie Kaska about the drinking fountains in La Crosse and what it means for the issue of homelessness.

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Guests: Denise Gaumer Hutchison, Laura Mccoy, Alyssa Proffitt

Making Political Mischief Costly (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000

What Ed Prehn, Scott Walker, and legislative Republicans did to sabotage the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board a couple of years ago wasn’t “politics as usual,” it was conduct that should disqualify people from ever being entrusted by voters with elected or appointed offices. We have an update on a lawsuit over text messages that led some of Walker’s appointees to stay in place after their terms had expired simply to obstruct appointments from Gov. Tony Evers.

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Guest: Melissa Kaye

Another Birthday, Another Death Watch (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Last month, America marked 60 years of Medicare and Medicaid as a lifeline for the elderly and vulnerable. Not long after that, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to ensure racial discrimination would find no place in America’s elections. But it’s back, thanks to a politicized US Supreme Court and an all-out assault by a sitting president on anything resembling racial justice. Civic Media news director Chali Pittman tells us how recent events play a role in Wisconsin elections too. Chad Holmes brings some positive news from Wausau.

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Guests: Chad Holmes, Chali Pittman

Superior Connectivity (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000

It has taken a while due to restrictions from a Republican-led Legislature, but progress is being made in Wisconsin communities that want to create a local network to ensure access to high-speed internet service. We’ll talk to Superior Mayor Jim Paine about the latest hometown to get a project started. We’ll also review the latest talk among progressive insiders over next year’s Democratic primary for governor and whether a robust primary will help or hurt the eventual nominee.

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Guests: Dan Hagen, Jim Paine

Texas Corruption and Scott Walker (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000

The case of Texas legislators leaving the state in order to delay rigged Republican congressional maps evokes memories of what happened before Act 10 in Wisconsin in 2011. But the similarity goes deeper than that. States are in these positions of corrupt cartography because right wing justices on the US Supreme Court wouldn’t step in when Wisconsin Republicans rigged our own maps during former Gov. Scott Walker’s administration. Is there a path forward that doesn’t involve a race to the bottom when it comes to politicians trampling on voters who just want fair elections? Also: Shawn Phetteplace talks about how Main Street Alliance is giving voice to small business owners getting hit hard by Trumponomics.

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Main Street Hit by Trumponomics (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Small business owners are going public over the struggle to access health care, deal with rising tariffs, and meet the needs of their employees when it comes to childcare and more. We’ll catch up with Shawn Phetteplace from Main Street Alliance about their local meetings with small business owners across the country who look out for the employees who power their productivity. We’ll also check in with Civic Media friends Jane Matenaer at Radio Park and John & Gordy in Madison.

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Guest: Shawn Phetteplace

Crash Those Combines! (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000

It’s the goal of many non-profits and other organizations: create something so popular that it practically funds everything else you do. The folks at the Jackson County Fair figured that out a few years ago when they took the usual demolition derby, traded out cars, and crashed old farm combines! UpNorthNews reporter Salina Heller shares some insight from her hometown fair. We’ll also check in with Civic Media’s Jimmie Kaska.

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Guest: Salina Heller

Fireworks from Packers and Brewers (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Wisconsin two active sports teams put on two different types of fireworks displays over the weekend. For the Green Bay Packers, it was the literal kind—a show in the skies to wrap up another successful Family Night practice. For the Brewers, the fireworks came from the bats—setting a record for the number of hits in a three-game series as they pounded the Nationals in Washington, and manager Pat Murphy getting attention for his in-game snack of… pocket pancakes?!

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Guest: Dr. Kristin Lyerly

Weekly Best of Mornings with Pat Kreitlow for Aug 2

Pat Kreitlow — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We’re talking live with Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez, the first announced candidate in next year’s race for Wisconsin governor. She’ll talk about her background as a nurse and healthcare leader, what prompted her to run for a seat in the Legislature before becoming the state’s second highest executive, and what she wants to do if elected to succeed Tony Evers in November 2026. Dr. Kristin Lyerly joins the discussion. And Mike Clemens gives us an update on Packers training camp and previews the Brewers’ weekend series against the Washington Nationals.

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Guests: Dr. Kristin Lyerly, Sara Rodriguez, Mike Clemens

Trade War via Whack-a-Mole (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Brittney Merlot warns of incredibly poor air quality. We’ll review the top stories of the past few days with our Week In Review panel—including this morning’s newly announced tariffs from President Trump that make little sense and will only increase prices further for American consumers. Plus: A discussion about the national news outlets that are worth the subscription price and the ones that have put their credibility in the journalistic dumpster.

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Guests: Jim Santelle, Mark Jacob, Jennifer Schulze

Corrupt Cartography (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Imagine living in a country where the leadership is so corrupt it can demand that lawmakers in one of its areas redraw the maps as a way to stay in power, no matter what the voters might think. The country is right here and the area is Texas—with legislators coming into special session to redraw maps mid-decade just because Donald Trump told them to rig the lines to add five more Republicans in Congress. We’ll talk to Courier Newsroom’s national political editor Keya Vakil and Matt Hennie, senior political correspondent for Courier Texas.

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Guests: Keya Vakil, Matt Hennie

The Anemic Economic Enigma (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Wall Street finance and compliance expert Sean O’Malley gives us his Wisconsin common sense take on the latest economic news—raw numbers that suggest things aren’t as bad as people feared they might be, but there’s no clear path out of the current sluggishness. And it goes without saying, the sluggishness wasn’t inevitable, since we were enjoying a resurging economy when it was under adult supervision. We’ll also visit with Chad Holmes from our station in Wausau and Joe Zepecki will have an update on how the 2026 races for governor and other Wisconsin offices are being impacted by Gov. Evers’ retirement.

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Guests: Joe Zepecki, Sean O’Malley

We Make. They Take. (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0000

For people who follow the news regularly, there’s no surprise in what billboards are saying about the Trump megabill. But there are still plenty of people in Wisconsin and elsewhere who aren’t aware that the massive cuts in vital programs aren’t saving them a dime—it’s all going to pay for tax cuts for billionaires and others in the highest tax brackets. We’ll talk to the head of a national group putting up billboards featuring America’s most prominent rich guys and sharing a simple message: We Make. They Take.

We’ll also check in with Civic Media’s mid-afternoon host, Todd Allbaugh, and give warnings about the poor air quality across the state due to wildfires.

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Guest: Faiz Shakir

Racism Is Rarely on Pause (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Well, that didn’t take long. The 2026 race for Wisconsin governor already has its first smear campaign—and it was as predictable as it is tiring. Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez met her husband at a salsa dancing class and they’ve been married nearly 20 years. He’s an IT network engineer, a naturalized citizen, and they’re raising two teenagers. Naturally, the first whisper campaigns of his immigration status are underway, and Rodriguez put into perspective perfectly for voters. We’ll also look ahead to this weekend’s big events around the state, including the Wisconsin State Fair, with Cherita Booker, social media manager for UpNorthNews.

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Guest: Cherita Booker

Climate in the Courts (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Is Big Oil about to go the way of Big Tobacco and face an overdue courtroom reckoning for its role in putting our climate and human health in danger? If so, there’s no shortage of courtrooms where that might happen. Former US Attorney Jim Santelle joins Melissa Baldauff in this week’s Climate Check to discuss a World Court ruling as well as landmark lawsuits making progress recently in Hawaii, New York, and Italy. Also: Civic Media reporter James Kelly has an update on stories across northwest Wisconsin.

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Guests: Jim Santelle, Melissa Baldauff, Earl Ingram

A Kid Leaves a School. The Lights Still Have to Go On. (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0000

We’ll talk to a guest from Chippewa Falls, the school district business manager, about the problems being faced in communities with declining school enrollment. Whether because of demographics or (increasingly) the threat from taxpayer-funded private school vouchers, each kid who leaves means state aid goes down a little. But expenses don’t. The lights still go on and the school bus gets fueled whether there are 20 kids or 19. Is the current system sustainable? Also: We’ll get some western Wisconsin headlines from Civic Media’s Jimmie Kaska.

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Guest: Chad Trowbridge

Happy 60th. We’re Here to Kill You. (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Today Medicare and Medicaid turn 60 years old. It should be a cause for celebration, for the untold number of lives made better through healthcare security for the retired, the disabled, and other at-risk populations. Instead, those recipients are being called lazy, told to “get off the couch,” and being lumped in with a miniscule number of cheats as an excuse for conservatives to reach their long-sought goal of removing the safety net and letting Americans return to an era of old age poverty and bankruptcy resulting from getting sick. So, Happy Birthday?

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Democratic Dominoes (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Now that Gov. Evers has made his retirement official, we’ll ask Dan Shafer from The Recombobulation Area and the way Democratic dominoes could start to line up—with incumbents considering a run for new seats, which opens up other seats for newcomers. We’ll also get an update on Wausau headlines with Chad Holmes from 98.9 WXCO Radio.

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Guest: Dan Shafer

Farming More Than Food (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Lincoln County dairy farmer Hans Breitenmoser and Sheila Everhart of the Wisconsin Agricultural Tourism Association will fill us in on upcoming fairs, festivals, and farm shows—and they’ll take on the more serious issues of how laws need to be changed to assist farmers who want to diversify their businesses to welcome more visitors and events. Check this link to read a letter of support for overhauling farm private event laws. You can sign a petition here to support "farm stay" camping.

We’ll also visit with Rep. Angela Stroud (D-Ashland) about how she sees the new state budget as part of a larger Republican war against public schools and what she sees as an ongoing struggle to hold elected officials accountable.

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Guests: Hans Breitenmoser, Angela Stroud, Sheila Everhart

Falling Up (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Once upon a time, it was rare for someone to run for a higher office with no experience serving in some other capacity. Chief executive is a heck of a place for on-the-job training, whether it’s at a factory or running a state — or a country, right? In a two-and-a-half minute interview segment, a candidate for Wisconsin governor showed his inexperience in talking about President Trump, reproductive rights, and tariffs. Was he really advocating for tariffs at the state level?

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Reading Our Way Back to Nature (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Author Laura Bird has some book recommendations that celebrate and promote a connection to nature—covering different genres and ages through books written by Wisconsinites and other Midwesterners. We’ll also check in with Civic Media friends John & Gordy, and Jane Matenaer.

Laura Bird recommends fiction novels by Andrew J. Graff "Raft of Stars" and "True North." For nonfiction she suggests "Sea of Grass: The Conquest, Ruin, and Redemption of Nature on the American Prairie," "Shelter and Storm: At Home in the Driftless" and "Where the Grass Still Sings: Stories of Insects and Interconnection." Bird also has books that are practical and engaging guides for maximizing your exposure to nature: "Time, Beauty, and Grief: A Hike Through Wisconsin’s State Parks" and "Great Nature Wisconsin: A Guide for Nature Immersion in WI." For kids she suggests picture book "The Wild Island" and her very own "Crossing the Pressure Line."

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Guest: Laura Bird

Can We At Least Agree on Clean Drinking Water? (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0000

With so much that divides the parties in Washington, Sen. Tammy Baldwin has a bipartisan proposal any rational member of Congress should feel comfortable supporting: better testing for contaminated drinking water in rural communities. And UpNorthNews reporter Salina Heller tells us about the stories she’s been following recently.

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Guests: Tammy Baldwin, Salina Heller

GOP 2.0: Stop Trying to Rig Elections (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000

If Republicans want to start winning more statewide elections in Wisconsin, a good first step would be to stop trying to rig elections. It’s a process that began in 2015 when they dismantled the nationally-acclaimed Government Accountability Board and created a commission intentionally designed for gridlock. Now one of the GOP candidates for governor wants to get rid of even the commission and continue spreading a false talking point about how elections are run right now.

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Guest: Dr. Kristin Lyerly

Weekly Best of Mornings with Pat Kreitlow for Jul 26

Pat Kreitlow — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Fox Valley Focus (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Our visit to the Fox Valley concludes with a visit from Rep. Lee Snodgrass (D-Appleton), who will share her local priorities for this legislative session and her reasons for voting no on the new state budget. And Mike Clemens has been busy straddling the two big sports seasons in Wisconsin—with the Brewers enjoying a hot streak while the Packers open up training camp.

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Guests: Lee Snodgrass, Mike Clemens

County Executive Trumps Chief Executive (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Here in Oshkosh, we’ll talk to Winnebago County Executive Gordon Hintz, a former legislator, about his first 100 days in office and the role of county governments across Wisconsin. Hintz is having a better week than the nation’s chief executive, who continues flailing in several directions to create distractions from speculation about his role in Jeffrey Epstein’s criminal escapades. We’ll talk to our Week In Review panel about this week’s political and legal headlines.

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Guests: Jim Santelle, Mark Jacob, Jennifer Schulze, Gordon Hintz

Two-Term Tony, B’Gosh! (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000

We bring the show back to Oshkosh, just in time to react to the news that Gov. Tony Evers will not run for a third term in 2026. We’ll get reaction from Sen. Tammy Baldwin and others to the announcement, which triggers wide-open primaries in both parties for next year’s crucial elections. We’ll also find out what’s new at UW-Oshkosh with Provost Ed Martini. And Greg Bach joins us for Friday’s History Lesson.

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Guests: Tammy Baldwin, Ed Martini

Bold Promises or Tied Hands? (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 14:00:00 +0000

A Democratic state senator is collecting names of fellow lawmakers and other leaders on a petition that calls for next year’s gubernatorial nominee to commit to a series of promises—from guaranteed childcare to a minimum $20 hourly wage and more. Are these bold promises that will inspire voters tired of squeamish politicians? Or will these commitments cause candidates to paint themselves into a corner and turn off moderate voters? We’ll talk to Joe Zepecki about the ongoing debate among Democrats charting a course for 2026.

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Guests: Joe Zepecki, Chad Holmes, James Kelly, Sean O’Malley

Combatting Cryptocurrency Crime (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0000

If you haven’t seen cryptocurrency-friendly ATMs yet, chances are you will soon. Tens of thousands of them are springing up—increasing the temptation for everyday Americans to dip a toe into a pool being advertised as opportunity, but it’s not without its perils and pitfalls. Two state legislators outline their bill designed to put some guardrails for consumers on these crypto boxes in our state.

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Guests: Kelda Roys, Ryan Spaude, Camden Hargrove

Russian Ron, Traitorous Tulsi, Delusional Derrick (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Wisconsin’s senior senator, a reliable repeater of Russia-friendly rhetoric, is again feeling emboldened to share disinformation about Moscow’s work to support Donald Trump’s 2016 election. Ron Johnson’s remarks come as part of an effort by Trump allies to distract attention from a new report about him being mentioned in the Epstein files. Trump’s director of national intelligence, another sympathizer to Russia’s dictator, has conflated past reports about 2016 in order to make unsubstantiated claims about former President Barack Obama. That US Rep. Derrick Van Orden was so willing to play along and now call for Obama’s imprisonment is the latest sad chapter in the Republican Party’s fall from Russian watchdog to Putin puppet.

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Guest: Cherita Booker

Good Trouble Still Needed (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 14:00:00 +0000

It’s been five years since the passing of Civil Rights leader and former congressman John Lewis, and his spirit still calls us to get into what he called “good trouble” in the fight for voting rights, dignity, and justice for all. Earl Ingram’s new Civic Media podcast asks how we carry that legacy forward—from civic engagement to mobilizing for change, in order to ensure Wisconsin stands on the right side of history.

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Guests: Melissa Baldauff, Earl Ingram

What a Tease (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Since this show is hosted by a former legislator who’s seen all of the tricks, we’ll explain why Congressman Tom Tiffany’s name is being bandied about as a potential candidate for governor despite his lack of statewide appeal or a substantive legislative record. And in our Homeroom segment, Pat and Jimmie Kaska talk about the problem of declining enrollment, which leads to a reduction in state aid done in a way that is far from any apples-to-apples comparison.

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Guest: Jimmie Kaska

Who Is Bill Berrien (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000

One of the two announced Republican candidates for governor is already running ads in an effort to boost his name recognition across Wisconsin for the 2026 election. But even as he introduces himself, it’s fair to ask, “Who is this guy?” There are some gaps in his timeline that one investigative reporter is still trying to uncover. Also: The Speaker of the House chooses to send members of Congress home early in order to cover up any release of the Epstein files, but will that only put more heat on President Trump? And Dan Shafer talks about the new push for permanent nonpartisan redistricting after the 2030 census.

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Guest: Melissa Kaye

Hurry Up and Wait (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Wisconsin politics is in a holding pattern this week. From legislators to political journalists like Dan Shafer, everyone is waiting on Gov. Tony Evers to announce whether he will seek a third term in 2026 or retire and open up a sprawling Democratic primary to potentially succeed him.

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Guests: Dan Shafer, Chad Holmes

Attention Must Be Paid (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0000

When you don’t have power, at least you can draw attention to those who do. For critics of what Republicans are doing in the federal and state budgets, that includes food drives to call attention to cuts in family nutrition programs—and setting a world record that calls attention to a potentially dangerous oil and gas pipeline across northern Wisconsin.

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Guests: Dan Hagen, Dr. Kate Stolp, Fred Clark

Shaming the Sanewashing (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000

We’ll visit with COURIER’s Cam Stevenson in a preview of his new role covering Congress. Formerly the editor of our Arizona sister outlet, the Copper Courier, Cam is moving to Washington, DC and has already started a new daily newsletter, “Below the Beltway.” We’ll discuss the ongoing efforts to sanewash Trump’s friendship with Jeffrey Epstein and we’ll show how residents in some communities are trying to shame local law enforcement into not becoming a branch office of Trump’s masked secret police force.

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Guest: Camaron Stevenson

Let’s Talk About Real Groomers (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We hear a lot from the political right about “groomers,” people who are preying upon the young and vulnerable in order to recruit them into a harmful lifestyle. As is often the case with the political right, this is another case of projection. We’ll talk about a Courier Newsroom series that examines how vulnerable young men are being targeted to push hyper-masculine MAGA agendas and young women are being taught to embrace a MAHA agenda of outdated anti-feminist tropes.

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Guests: Dr. Kristin Lyerly, Gordy Young, John Peterson

The Least They Could Do (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Here’s an example where “the least they could do” is far from complimentary. Childcare provider and advocate Corrine Hendrickson explains how the new state budget comes nowhere near the investment needed to help parents with rising childcare costs, or businesses who lose workers when a parent has to stay home, or providers who can’t get the bare minimum for offering safe and educational childcare that enables economic growth.

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Guests: Dr. Kristin Lyerly, Jimmie Kaska, Salina Heller

Brewing Excitement (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Sweeping the LA Dodgers right before the All Star break was a pretty big deal for the Milwaukee Brewers. Sweeping them again right after the All Star break is even better—especially as it continues a 10-game winning streak. And in a reminder that Donald Trump can even ruin our escape into sports, he’s threatening to unleash his army of trolls on two sports teams unless they restore the racist nicknames they had finally sent to history’s dumpster.

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Guest: Dr. Kristin Lyerly

Weekly Best of Mornings with Pat Kreitlow for Jul 19

Pat Kreitlow — Sat, 19 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Second Half Kickoff (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 14:00:00 +0000

It’s time for baseball’s second-half kickoff. Wait, maybe that’s not the right analogy! Well, anyway, we’ll talk to Mike Clemens about the Milwaukee Brewers’ expectations as they end the All Star break and start a weekend series out west against the Los Angeles Dodgers. He’ll also fill us in on the upcoming start of Packers training camp. (We knew that kickoff analogy belonged somewhere else!) And we’ll talk to Dr. Kristin Lyerly about the ways sneaky politicians are trying to fool people into thinking an abortion ban isn’t really an abortion ban—when it really is.

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Guests: Dr. Kristin Lyerly, Mike Clemens

Taking the Public Out of Public Broadcasting (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0000

We’ll talk to our Week In Review panel about a vote in Congress this week to gut federal funding for public radio and television—a relatively minor line in a budget, but a lifeline to many communities that aren’t otherwise served by for-profit media.

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Guests: Jim Santelle, Mark Jacob, Jennifer Schulze

Paramount, CBS, and State-Run Media (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000

The news was equally shocking and infuriating: CBS was pulling the plug on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” not negotiating a new contract with Colbert, not naming a new host, just ending the highest-rated franchise in late night TV. It appears to be only the latest corporate capitulation to Donald Trump—and it is stunning to see ongoing similarities to how Hungary went from a democracy to a dictatorship after its leader took control of public broadcasting, private media, and public education. Also: Courier Newsroom’s Keya Vakil will cover Trump’s quest to downplay the Epstein files.

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Guest: Keya Vakil

The Boy Who Cried ‘Epstein!’ (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 14:00:00 +0000

It’s a sad saga that has already taken far too long for those who deserve justice. Unfortunately, the case of infamous pedophile Jeffrey Epstein has been caught up in politics for disgustingly partisan reasons. Donald Trump and his allies made a cottage industry out of using the case for political gain. Now the president is calling it all a hoax and his base is incensed. We’ll ask Joe Zepecki about whether Trump has cried “wolf” one too many times.

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Guests: Joe Zepecki, Chad Holmes, Sean O’Malley

Ignoring Veterans in Need (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Corrine Hendrickson of New Glarus has been a leading advocate on behalf of other childcare providers, but now she says she’s standing at a crossroads because of the new state budget—what’s in it and, more importantly, what was not done for the people whose work makes the workforce possible. Also: State Sen. Jeff Smith talks about something else missing from the state budget: funding to support our veterans who become homeless.

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Guests: Jeff Smith, Corrine Hendrickson

Preparing to Hijack Election 2028 (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000

In the latest example of the Trump administration being “Watergate on steroids,” the US Department of Justice is trying to meddle in state elections offices — including Wisconsin. We’ll review the efforts to intimidate officials and get access to your private data. Cherita Booker also reviews some of this weekend’s big fairs, festivals, and concerts.

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Guest: Cherita Booker

Making Derrick Listen (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 14:00:00 +0000

The representative from Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District is hardly representative of public opinion, which is decidedly against taking away their healthcare and nutrition benefits to pay for tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy, but some folks are going to try again tonight to get Derrick Van Orden to pay attention—if he can rip himself away from Twitter for a few moments. We’ll talk to the new chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin Devin Remiker about this evening’s event in La Crosse.

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Guests: Melissa Baldauff, Earl Ingram, James Kelly, Devin Remiker

Ticking Time Bomb for Wisconsin Taxpayers (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0000

In a world already overrun with angst and trepidation, it might put Wisconsin taxpayers over the edge to learn the state budget has a ticking time bomb that threatens to explode what they’ll have to pay for private school vouchers. It’s already approaching $1 billion a year—with a limit on how many students can use the taxpayer-funded voucher program. So what if that cap on enrollment goes away? That’s what’s scheduled to happen next year unless this budget bomb is diffused.

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Guests: Jimmie Kaska, Christian Phelps

Governor Winklevoss? (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000

It was surprising enough that the new round of campaign donation reports showed a sitting state Supreme Court justice had raised no money yet this year. Now comes word that Bill Berrien, the businessman running for governor, raised $1.2 million — but $1 million of that came from members of one family: the Winklevoss twins, perhaps best known from a movie about the creation of Facebook. We’ll review the early efforts to fund some big 2026 election efforts.

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Guest: Melissa Kaye

Big Bucks and No Bucks (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We’ll talk to Dan Shafer of The Recombobulation Area about this week’s political headlines. In one instance, an early candidate for governor in 2026 is making his first big TV ad buy—seriously. And in next year’s state Supreme Court race, the incumbent conservative justice reported raising absolutely no campaign contributions in the most recent reporting period. Is Rebecca Bradley thinking about not running for another term or —as has been the case for some Republicans lately— is she counting on outside money to do most of the heavy lifting?

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Guests: Dan Shafer, Chad Holmes

Please Snitch on Trump Critics. Really? (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Jeff Rennicke, executive director of the Friends of the Apostle Islands shares some of the responses that the National Park Service has received from across the country about President Trump’s Executive Order ("Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History" aka whitewashing history) that includes signs asking the public to report anyone who believes the history being told in our national parks is too politically correct. Also: State Sen. Jamie Wall (D-Green Bay) talks about the reasons he voted in favor of the new state budget.

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Guests: Hans Breitenmoser, Jamie Wall, Dan Hagen, Jeff Rennicke

Throwing Money or Throwing Shade? (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Washington County Executive Josh Schoemann stopped by the Civic Media booth at the Northern Wisconsin State Fair in Chippewa Falls last Friday to talk about his campaign for governor. We’ll hear the responses he gave to questions from Todd Allbaugh and Pat—and try to get a sense for what those answers tell us about what kind of candidate and what kind of governor he’d be. For one thing, saying Wisconsin is “throwing money” at education sounds more like throwing shade at our public schools, given the ongoing underfunding being continued by Republicans.

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Budget Passed—Now What? (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We’ll visit with state Rep. Amaad Rivera-Wagner about what legislators will be working on, now that the state budget has been completed. He and Dr. Kristin Lyerly discuss Elon Musk and his attempt to bribe voters in the recent Wisconsin Supreme Court election. We’ll also check in with John and Gordy from our Madison station.

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Guests: Dr. Kristin Lyerly, Amaad Rivera-Wagner

Yelling at Smoke (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Some Wisconsin members of Congress get rightly criticized for taking shots at Canada while its forests are ablaze. The Republicans who complained about all the smoke don’t have their own stellar record when it comes to forest management. Also: Jimmie Kaska helps us wrap up a big weekend for the Brewers as they enter the All-Star break.

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Guests: Dr. Kristin Lyerly, Jimmie Kaska, Salina Heller

600 Reps and a Lambeau Leap (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Monday marks our 600th morning show—and all those reps have paid off with an opportunity to talk to new listeners in the Fox Valley. Dr. Kristin Lyerly joins us, fresh off a meeting in Washington, DC with a focus on preserving options for rural healthcare.

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Guest: Dr. Kristin Lyerly

Brewing Above Expectations (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We’ll talk to Mike Clemens about the Milwaukee Brewers and a season that’s gone from potentially mediocre to unexpectedly exciting in just a few short weeks. Also: The Wisconsin Elections Commission releases results of its investigation into nearly 200 ballots that were lost for a time and left uncounted by the now-former city clerk in Madison—an investigation that underscores the importance of election integrity and also make sure there is accountability for violating the rules that keep our elections accurate and fair.

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Guest: Mike Clemens

Next Steps in the Childcare Crisis (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Childcare providers and parents will be gathering at the state Capitol this morning to rally and outline the next steps needed to address the crisis of affordable childcare. They say what was passed in last week’s state budget is entirely inadequate to prevent continued closures, which will give parents fewer options and make the state’s labor shortage worse. Also: Our Week In Review panel wants headlines to stop playing dumb by using question headlines? Less “Is Trump Violating the Constitution?” and more “Trump Is Violating the Constitution.”

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Guests: Jim Santelle, Mark Jacob, Jennifer Schulze

Stateless American Children (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000

How is this still a thing? The court case drags on over President Trump’s attempt to declare that American children born in this country are not citizens if their parents aren’t citizens. The Constitution begs to differ, so a federal judge has made a move to circumvent the sympathy coming from Trump’s accomplices on the US Supreme Court.

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Guest: Keya Vakil

Big Mess Not So Beautiful (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We’ll talk to Joe Zepecki about this week’s political news and Sean O’Malley talks about your money and the markets as President Trump’s hope for a big, beautiful series of trade agreements falls flat.

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Guests: Joe Zepecki, Sean O’Malley

Pocan’s Bigger Role (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0000

For a time, Congressman Mark Pocan had a fairly limited role, representing Wisconsin’s 2nd Congressional District around Madison. But lately he’s been filling the void of representation over in the 3rd District, and he continues to grow his influence among the congressional progressive caucus. We’ll also talk to Sondra Goldschein of the Campaign for a Family Friendly Economy about the impact of the Trump agenda on Wisconsin families.

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Guests: Rep. Mark Pocan, Sondra Goldschein

Astronaut Sean Duffy? (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000

NASA has a new leader, though it’s not clear what former Wisconsin congressman Sean Duffy’s qualifications are to run the space agency, other than having a public argument with Elon Musk—though Duffy is no longer the only Wisconsin Republican to have had a change of heart on the world’s richest man. Also: Cherita Booker tells us about some big weekend events across the state. And the Brewers get out the brooms and sweep a series from the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Guest: Cherita Booker

Overdue Reform (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 14:00:00 +0000

When the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the state could move forward with a ban on so-called conversion therapy, it was actually ruling on a much broader topic: Republicans abusing the rules in order to allow the Legislature to interfere with state agencies. It’s not the only example of an abuse of power—remember those gerrymandered maps? But the liberal justices now in charge of the court seem to be making it harder for politicians to bend the rules. We’ll talk to state Sen. Kelda Roys. Also: Climate Check with Melissa Baldauff, a check on western Wisconsin news with James Kelly, and Earl Ingram launches his Civic Media podcast.

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Guests: Kelda Roys, Melissa Baldauff

Not Acceptable (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0000

There’s no subtle way to put this: Some of Gov. Tony Evers’ biggest supporters are outraged at how little was done in the new state budget for their high-priority issues like childcare and public education. We’ll talk to two leaders in advocacy who think more could have been done for a budget that would not have passed without help from Democratic legislators.

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Guests: Heather DuBois Bourenane, Corrine Hendrickson

What’s a JCRAR? (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Get in, nerds! We’re taking a deep dive into how a bill becomes a law and how a law comes to life through rules. The rulemaking process is usually boring and routine, but Republicans in the Legislature have rigged it in a way that interferes with how experts at state agencies make the law work for all of us. Our humble editor and host, a former state senator, gives an explanation of the legislature’s Joint Committee for the Review of Administrative Rules (JCRAR) and how the state Supreme Court on Tuesday called out GOP lawmakers for misusing it.

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Guest: Melissa Kaye

Least Bad or Least They Could Do? (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 14:00:00 +0000

There are those who describe the new Wisconsin state budget, quickly adopted last week by the Legislature, as the “least bad” option, given the split between Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and majority Republicans. But others believe Democrats didn’t fight hard enough for more, since GOP leaders needed Democratic votes to pass a budget due to some far-right holdouts. There are many layers to peel back from this legislative onion.

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From Superior to Sinsinawa (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0000

We cover the far northwest and southwest corners of Wisconsin this hour. We’ll talk to state Rep. Jenna Jacobson about her newly-announced campaign for the State Senate seat now held by the Republican co-chair of the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee. We’ll visit with Superior Mayor Jim Paine about lead water pipe removal, the Blatnik Bridge project, and using goats to get rid of buckthorn. And Dan Hagen from WJFW-TV will tell us what’s new in the Rhinelander area.

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Guests: Jenna Jacobson, Jim Paine

Sean Duffy’s New War: Rainbow Crosswalks (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000

America’s air traffic control system is a fragmented mess that will take many years and billions of dollars to upgrade. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy could spend his entire workday on that project alone, not to mention the nation’s other critical transportation needs. But if you’ll excuse him, the secretary is very busy right now declaring war on sidewalks that have LGBTQ-supported rainbow colors in them.

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Third Party, Third Strike? (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 14:00:00 +0000

The world’s richest man once bragged he would use his fortune to solve world hunger, but now Elon Musk is announcing plans to start a new political party. Between his DOGE misadventures, his ill-fated effort to influence the Wisconsin Supreme Court election, and now this—has Elon’s third party become his third strike in an effort to buy his way into political power?

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Back to Our Regularly Scheduled Uncertainty (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Now that the state budget is done and President Trump’s federal plans are finalized, we’ll return to an area that the president said would be all summed up by now: 90 deals in 90 days. It’s been 90 days and the administration has two half-deals done. Does this ramp up the talk of a trade war with the rest of the world or do the “TACO” memes start pouring out across the internet again?

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More Bang(stad) for the Buck (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000

We’ll recap the holiday weekend, including the threat of disruption to the Minocqua parade that turned out to be a prank. We’ll discuss grilling, biking, streaming, live concerts, and the triumphant return of Brandon Woodruff to the Milwaukee Brewers’ pitching ranks.

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Guest: Dr. Kristin Lyerly

Weekly Best of Mornings with Pat Kreitlow for Jul 5

Pat Kreitlow — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0000

A Big Beautiful Dumbing Down (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We’ll talk to financial expert Sean O’Malley about some aspects of the Trump budget boondoggle that aren’t getting as much attention—as limits on student loan borrowing and cuts to research funding accelerate a brain drain from US universities and businesses. Joe Zepecki will offer perspective on the week’s big stories out of Madison and Washington. Chad Holmes gets set for a poker tournament he’s been pursuing for a long time.

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Guests: Joe Zepecki, Sean O’Malley

Unhinged and Devoid (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Wednesday’s state Supreme Court ruling invalidating a purported abortion ban provided an early window into the 2026 campaign—with challenger Chris Taylor saying that right wing Justice Rebecca Bradley’s dissent in the case was an “unhinged political rant, devoid of reasoned legal analysis.” We’ll review some of what the justices had to say on both sides of this landmark case. And Todd Allbaugh will get us ready for the 4th of July weekend.

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That Was Quick (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000

The theme this week in Madison and Washington, DC has been late-night sessions in an effort to find enough unified Republicans to pass both state and federal budget bills. In Congress, that meant all-night arm twisting until every last bit of conscience had been wrung out of lawmakers concerned that their big, bloated boondoggle would hurt so many Americans. In Madison, it meant rushing to pass a budget so very far from very good—but having to sign it at 1:30 this morning before the impact of what Congress is doing can be felt. We’ll try to sum it all up.

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Cows Going Solar (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 14:00:00 +0000

In this week’s Climate Check, a lighter story about adaptation. The knock on solar farms has been that all those panels would restrict crop growth or grazing. It didn’t take long for folks to get creative in ways that make the panel mobile and even provide shade for cows while they graze! And we’ll get updates from Civic Media friends Earl Ingram in SE Wisconsin, James Kelly in NW Wisconsin, Jimmie Kaska in southwest WI with updates on how the new state budget will support UW projects and more.

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Guests: Melissa Baldauff, Earl Ingram

Playing Fair (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Rep. Angela Stroud will give us the full picture of a two-part deal that will lead to the removal of more lead water lines in Superior. It required more than faith in a single bill that didn’t do enough for private homeowners. And we’ll talk to a retired pediatric nurse and school board member about her letter to the WIAA critical of their new restrictions on transgender sports participation.

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Guests: Angela Stroud, Carolyn Bonanno

Fair Maps, Fair Budget (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000

We’ll review reaction to the new state budget deal, perhaps best summed up as having something for everyone to like—and hate. The Joint Finance Committee passed it on Tuesday, so the full Senate and Assembly will both be in session today to consider it. Meanwhile, the US Senate passed the largest transfer of wealth and ending of healthcare coverage in American history—but that doesn’t mean Republicans in the US House will send it on to President Trump.

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Guests: Dan Shafer, Jeff Smith, Corrine Hendrickson

Is Perfect the Enemy of ‘Good Enough’? (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We’ll review the newly-announced bipartisan state budget agreement with Dan Shafer of The Recombobulation Area. It’s a deal that falls far short of what you’d see if Gov. Evers and advocates of education, child care, and health care had their way—and it’s far more than what would result if Republicans controlled the governor’s office. But is it enough to quell the voices telling Evers to veto the deal for not going far enough.

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Guests: Dan Shafer, Jeff Smith

Yes, We Have No Bananas (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Heavy rain last week put limits on fieldwork for Wisconsin farmers. We’ll review the latest conditions with Hans Breitenmoser. And we’ll congratulate the Trump administration for needing only five months to understand we can’t grow bananas, coffee, or cocoa beans here, so maybe those tariffs that drive up consumer prices need to be adjusted.

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Guests: Hans Breitenmoser, Corrine Hendrickson

We Have a Deal (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000

It appears Wisconsin will not see a protracted budget crisis—but the deal ain’t done yet. Gov. Tony Evers and Republican leaders in the Legislature announced an agreement on a new plan for taxes and spending. Will it be enough, however, for a couple of far-right Republicans to support it—or will GOP leaders need Democratic votes to get it across the finish line? We’ll detail the package.

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Billionaires, Back Off! (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We’ll talk to Jeff Mandell of Law Forward about their group’s lawsuit against the world’s richest man, hoping to stop people like Elon Musk from ever again being so bribery-adjacent during Wisconsin elections. We’ll catch up with our Civic Media friends John & Gordy, fresh off their show in Madison, and Jane Matenaer to find out what she’ll be talking about in her 9am show.

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Guest: Jeff Mandell

ETTD, Again (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000

On Saturday, North Carolina Republican Sen. Thom Tillis seemed like a rare “profile in courage” for the GOP, voting against President Trump’s big bloated boondoggle. On Sunday, Tillis announced he’d decided not to run for reelection next year—adding his Senate career to the hashtag #ETTD, Everything Trump Touches Dies. We’ll talk to a Courier Newsroom colleague about the prospect of a Democratic pickup of an open seat in a swing state. Also: UpNorthNews reporter Salina Heller shares tales from her weekend with the US Navy’s Blue Angels during the Chippewa Valley Air Show.

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Guests: Michael McElroy, Salina Heller

Can We Deport Bigots? (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000

The US Supreme Court made a ruling on birthright citizenship that isn’t as broad as President Trump is claiming, but it does stretch out the legal fight to protect yet another basic right. Also: The state budget had potential to be done by today’s deadline, but it’s not happening thanks to Republicans in disarray. Plus Dr. Kristin Lyerly tells us about her weekend excursion to see the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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Guest: Dr. Kristin Lyerly

Weekly Best of Mornings with Pat Kreitlow for Jun 28

Pat Kreitlow — Sat, 28 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Draw a Line. Hold the Line. (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Pat and Dr. Kristin Lyerly talk about Emily Tseffos new column in Dan Shafer’s website The Recombobulation Area, calling on Gov. Tony Evers to use all of the tools at his disposal to get a good state budget: the bully pulpit, the veto pen, and the trust of the people. She and others want Evers to define a standard that supports education, childcare, healthcare, and more—and veto a budget bill that falls short rather than trying to fix it with partial vetoes.

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Guests: Dr. Kristin Lyerly, Mike Clemens

Supreme and Extreme (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Former US Attorney Jim Santelle takes us through a flurry of US Supreme Court opinions being issued in the final days of their session—some of which reaffirm how extreme the right wing justices are taking American law. And our Week In Review panel looks at how the Trump White House wants those pesky reporters to focus the big bombs used against Iran and not on whether the attack actually worked.

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Guests: Jim Santelle, Mark Jacob, Jennifer Schulze

Mamdani-Mania (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000

We’re joined by Courier Newsroom’s Keya Vakil to find out what’s with all of the hype about New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani. He’s either a refreshing breath of fresh air and authenticity… or he’s a clear and present danger to Gotham City. Plus: President Trump’s big, bloated boondoggle of a budget bill is unpopular with the public. We’ll review new polling numbers from Marquette and Quinnipiac.

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Guest: Keya Vakil

Ban the Bags (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 14:00:00 +0000

In this week’s Climate Check, it really is that simple — plastic bag bans work to reduce litter and damage. Also: Despite a Trump administration at war with cleaner energy, one automaker says it’s keeping its plans to expand battery development, even without tax incentives.

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Guests: Melissa Baldauff, Sean O’Malley

Out of Balance (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Wisconsin will keep the same congressional map boundaries for at least one more election cycle, even though our 50-50 state has a map that gives 75% of the seats to Republicans. We’ll review the state Supreme Court’s refusal to tackle one gerrymandered map, even though it was willing to correct the one for legislative boundaries.

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Slush Fund (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000

A new state Supreme Court decision has potential to radically change the way Wisconsin’s state budget process will unfold in the future—allowing the Legislature to expand a slush fund that gets around checks and balances from the executive branch.

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Guest: Cherita Booker

Who’s Your Ally? (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We’ll update the progress of state budget negotiations at the Capitol and ask Joe Zepecki about our politics being so broken that moderate legislators have to let their most extreme colleagues drag down their progress rather than working across the aisle to do things they know would do the most good. And we’ll have our usual check on Civic Media stories being covered around southeast Wisconsin with Earl Ingram and northwest Wisconsin with James Kelly.

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Guests: Joe Zepecki, Earl Ingram, James Kelly

Dobbs at Three (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000

We’re joined by Dr. Kristin Lyerly, who testified in Washington, DC on Tuesday as part of the marking of the three-year anniversary of the Dobbs decision, when right wing US Supreme Court justices repealed women’s healthcare rights protected for nearly 50 years by Roe v. Wade. Also: Members of the Wisconsin Public Education Network announce plans for this year’s Summer Summit, an annual education conference dedicated to new skills, fresh information, and making connections.

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Guests: Dr. Kristin Lyerly, Denise Gaumer Hutchison, Lori Blakeslee

Score One for Clean Water (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000

For the better part of 15 years, it would not have been a surprise to report that the Wisconsin Supreme Court, then under conservative control, was considering a rollback of clean water regulations. But with a progressive majority in place, the court on Tuesday upheld the state’s spills laws that ensure faster cleanup and accountability when it comes to things like industrial PFAS chemicals in our drinking water.

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Guest: Dan Shafer

Win Wisconsin, Control Congress (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We’ll talk to Dan Shafer of The Recombobulation Area about a new Washington Post story on Wisconsin’s congressional districts and how the possibility of a mid-decade change in district maps could swing Congress to Democratic control.

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Guest: Dan Shafer

Evers Draws a Red Line (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000

There are many ways to illustrate the divide between Democrats and Republicans. One of the more recent ones is now officially at the center of the state budget debate, after Gov. Tony Evers said he would not sign a state budget bill that doesn’t include funding for a program that addresses the shortage of affordable childcare in Wisconsin. We’ll talk to a daycare provider who’s been leading the charge on making this issue more visible.

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Guests: Corrine Hendrickson, Dan Hagen

Sean Duffy’s Fertility (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000

The New York Times has a new feature story on Sean Duffy, the former congressman from up north and current US transportation secretary, is using his platform to spread a simple message: Make more babies because it’s good for America. We’ll ask if it’s all babies or just a certain group of them, given his record on supporting new parents with food assistance, WIC, affordable housing, schools, or anything else that will help families who don’t have jobs on TV or connections in politics.

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Autocracy: Fake It If You Can’t Make It (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 14:00:00 +0000

This weekend’s Iran strike by President Trump has exposed divisions within the GOP—which makes sense, considering Trump billed himself as the one Republican who would keep the US out of wars in the Middle East. But despite intraparty divides in Washington and Madison, there remains zero effort at bipartisanship when it comes to how Congress and the Legislature deal with Democrats on issues like taxes, education, healthcare, and more. We’ll talk to state Rep. Francesca Hong about the ways her far-right colleagues are behaving as if they’d already accomplished their goal of one-party rule.

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Guest: Francesca Hong

Schivving Schimming (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Wisconsin state Republican chair Brian Schimming is caught in the crosshairs of an ongoing fight between what remains of traditional Republicans and those whose embrace of Trumpism threatens to tear apart their party as much as their president has done to the country. We’ll talk to folks from northeast Wisconsin, where this uncivil war inside the GOP has become especially public.

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Guests: Jimmie Kaska, Tracy Ann Mangold

Iran Surrenders (sarcasm) (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000

An unconstitutional act of war, followed by a ridiculous idea that the weekend attack was a “one-off” and that Iran will simply give up trying to build or acquire nuclear weapons. Now the entire world waits to see if Donald Trump’s reckless gamble actually pays off or if it leads to terrorism, cyber attacks, or military action that puts American troops in harm’s way—all for a president who originally scrapped the landmark deal that had been working to keep the peace.

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Guest: Dr. Kristin Lyerly

Medical Ignorance Is No Joke (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Can you learn to drive by watching NASCAR videos? Can you survive a fall from a cliff if you watch enough Road Runner cartoons? So who thinks the best approach to helping pregnant women stay healthy is to show them an incomplete, feel-good video that glosses over important information? A western Wisconsin congressman, for one. We’ll talk to obstetrician-gynecologist Kristin Lyerly about a growing number of states where conservatives are mandating these videos in school.

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Guests: Dr. Kristin Lyerly, Mike Clemons

Just Ask Joan (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000

The members of our regular Week In Review panel are getting an early start to the weekend, but we’ve found one woman up to the challenge of pinch-hitting for the whole crew—Chicago broadcasting legend Joan Esposito. We’ll discuss the impact of cuts being considered by Republicans in Congress. And closer to home, we’ll review the new endorsement from Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders of 3rd District congressional candidate Rebecca Cooke.

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Guest: Joan Esposito

A ‘Big, Beautiful’ Disaster for Rural Healthcare (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000

A new analysis from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Urban Institute shows Wisconsin hospitals would see a $3 BILLION reduction in spending over the next decade under the big, bloated budget boondoggle under consideration by Congress. That would lead to a $900 million increase in uncompensated care in Wisconsin hospitals—which will lead some of them to close and make the healthcare crisis even worse in some hometowns. We’ll talk to Katherine Hempstead, Senior Policy Advisor at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

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Guest: Katherine Hempstead

Crypto Scammers in High Places (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We’ll ask Sean O’Malley about the way Congress and the Trump administration are trying to lend legitimacy to the cryptocurrency industry. But does it change the nature of something so intangible and inherently risky to the economy? And Joe Zepecki talks about his run for state Democratic Party chair and the path forward to better election outcomes in 2026.

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Guests: Joe Zepecki, Sean O’Malley

Juneteenth Kicks Off Celebratory Weekend (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Summer arrives shortly, but the summertime festivals really ramp up starting this weekend. We’ll talk to UpNorthNews social media manager Cherita Booker about Summerfest and other examples. And we’ll discuss Juneteenth, a day marking true American freedom, as was celebrated once again with a flag-raising atop the Wisconsin state Capitol.

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Guests: Cherita Booker, Maggie Muleski

The GOP Wants Thought Police on Campus (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000

When it comes to public funding by legislatures, the University of Wisconsin System is already one of the least-supported in the country because of an ongoing Republican war against education. Now GOP lawmakers want to drag the UW down further. Instead of considering the requests from Gov. Tony Evers and hundreds of business leaders for an overdue funding increase, Republicans are now talking about cutting UW funding. Why? Their perpetual whining about “political correctness” has them demanding changes in how ideas are discussed. How much closer to Orwell’s “Thinkpol” can they get?

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Guest: Melissa Baldauff

Selective Support for Clean Energy (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 14:00:00 +0000

The big, bloated boondoggle of a budget bill working its way through Congress not only has massive cuts to Medicaid and other vital programs, it also tries to kill the tax credits that could create a new generation of clean energy jobs. Republicans are suddenly having second thoughts—not about protecting healthcare, but at least protecting the tax credits that benefit their corporate friends who could create those new jobs in their states.

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Guests: Melissa Baldauff, Earl Ingram

Nothing Special About Hating Education (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000

We’re tracking the progress of the next state budget bill through the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee, including recent moves to maintain the gap between how Republicans support special education in voucher schools vs. public schools. We’ll talk to a school district finance director about the strain that gap puts on all property taxpayers in the state.

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Guest: Mark Elworthy

This Lame Duck Is All Quacked Up (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000

The GOP-led Wisconsin Legislature fell all over itself to undermine Tony Evers and Josh Kaul after their 2018 election victories, passing laws in a lame-duck session to strip away powers from the incoming governor and attorney general. It took more than six years, but on Tuesday a unanimous Wisconsin Supreme Court started taking steps to let the lawmakers know there are still three co-equal branches of government.

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Guest: Dan Shafer

Convention Recap (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Dan Shafer from The Recombobulation Area recaps last weekend’s state Democratic convention and reaction to his column about Gov. Evers and whether he should run for a third term.

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Guests: Dan Shafer, Chad Holmes

Flip-Flop of a Flip-Flop? (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000

We’ll talk to dairy farmer Hans Breitenmoser about President Trump’s latest flip-flop on farm deportations, or was it another fake? We’ll look at the latest wrench thrown into the lack of certainty for America’s food supply. Plus LuAnn Bird will outline how folks around Wisconsin are speaking out against Trump’s big bloated boondoggle that cuts their Medicaid healthcare coverage.

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Guests: LuAnn Bird, Hans Breitenmoser, Dan Hagen

Wile E. Coyote Wants to Quit (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000

We’re getting the first unofficial indication from Republicans in the Legislature that they might decide not to write a new state budget bill at all. They’re so defeated by Gov Tony Evers' partial vetoes, they'd rather claim it’s more fiscally conservative to simply let the current state budget roll over. Another way to look at it: They're tired of being Wile E. Coyote, of Evers being the Road Runner, and his veto pen playing the role of the Acme anvil that gets dropped on their heads in every budget cycle.

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Memorable Memoirs (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Author Laura Bird takes us through the genre of memoirs. She explains how they’re different than an autobiography—and she recommends several types of memoirs for your summer reading list. We’ll also talk to John Peterson and Gordy Young, John & Gordy from our Civic Media station in Madison, about stories and events shaping the upcoming summer season around the capital city.

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Guest: Laura Bird

No Kings and No Flight Home (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Pat is joined by Salina Heller to discuss the No Kings protests that happened throughout the nation, meanwhile President Donald Trump had a little military parade. Jimmie Kaska joined the show to talk about the wrap up of the high school sports season while the NBA and NHL finals close in on crowning champions.

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Guest: Salina Heller

How Much More? (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000

We saw America at its best and worst over the weekend. We saw millions of Americans gather to remind us we’re not alone in demanding better from our leaders—especially when those leaders embrace violence and misinformation, the kind that led to the shootings and killings in Minnesota over the weekend. We’ll update the situation in the Twin Cities after one legislator was assassinated and another wounded. We’ll remember the legacy of Melissa Hortman as a truly compassionate leader. And we’ll note that it was 10 years ago this week that Donald Trump rode down that escalator and convinced many of our neighbors to normalize everything that’s wrong with allowing the incompetent and insensitive to run our government and control our media.

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Guest: Dr. Kristin Lyerly

Weekly Best of Mornings with Pat Kreitlow for Jun 14

Pat Kreitlow — Sat, 14 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Chris Taylor’s Court Campaign (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We talk to Judge Chris Taylor about her candidacy for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court next year, a race that might feature her going up against incumbent right-wing Justice Rebecca Bradley. We’ll be joined by Dr. Kristin Lyerly as both women talk about their ongoing work to protect women’s healthcare rights. And Mike Clemons will have all kinds of sports to talk about for the weekend, on and off the court—including marriages for Jordan Love and Aaron Rodgers, plus a Brewers pitching phenom has mixed results in his Major League debut.

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Guests: Dr. Kristin Lyerly, Chris Taylor

A Setback for the Regime? (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000

We’ll talk to our Week In Review panelists about the latest effort by the Trump regime to have a permanent military presence in major American cities and a possible setback after a judge ruled the president did not properly take control of the National Guard away from California’s governor. We’ll review media coverage of the events as well.

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Guests: Jim Santelle, Mark Jacob, Jennifer Schulze

Meet Me Halfway (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Republicans on the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee made official on Thursday what had been apparent a few days earlier: a refusal to meet Gov. Tony Evers in the middle when it comes to each side’s highest priorities. GOP lawmakers worked on a tax cut proposal but fell far short of what’s needed to end the cycle of school referendums in the state. We’ll hear from the state Senate Minority Leader.

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Guest: Dianne Hesselbein

Convention Eve (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We’ll talk to Chad Holmes about stories he’s following in the Wausau area. We check in one more time with Joe Zepecki ahead of this weekend’s Democratic state convention. And Sean O’Malley looks at how your money and the markets are impacted by all the latest news out of Washington, DC.

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Guests: Joe Zepecki, Sean O’Malley

Politicians’ Poison Pills (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000

It appears to be happening again in the Wisconsin Legislature: Republicans appear to show some willingness to compromise on an issue, only to turn around and add what’s known as a “poison pill,” some other bill or amendment that’s terrible and undoes whatever compromise Republicans were pretending to embrace. We’ll talk to Senate Democratic Leader Dianne Hesselbein about the progress of state budget negotiations.

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Guest: Dianne Hesselbein

Donald Jefferson Davis Trump (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000

A former top advisor to Gov. Tony Evers, Melissa Baldauff has some thoughts on a new column by our colleague Dan Shafer and whether the governor should follow his advice and decline to run for a third term next year. And we’ll follow how our Confederate president is doing more to put the names of sworn Civil War enemies of the United States back on our military bases. Plus, Cherita Booker reviews some popular events happening this weekend around Wisconsin.

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Guests: Melissa Baldauff, Cherita Booker

A Pro-Pollution Transportation Secretary (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 14:00:00 +0000

In our Climate Check segment, Melissa Baldauff talks about Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s war on pollution controls for automobiles. She also has some opinions on a new Dan Shafer column calling on Gov. Tony Evers not to run for a third term. We’ll also check in with Civic Media’s Earl Ingram and James Kelly.

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Guest: Melissa Baldauff

Schools Fighting an Invisible Foe (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000

It’s always hard to defend yourself when you can’t see your attacker. That’s certainly the case for public schools because taxpayers aren’t able to see how much of their money is being siphoned away to vouchers for well-off families to send their kids to private schools. We’ll talk about that, the state budget debate, and other end-of-the-school-year issues with Brent Bergstrom, president of Green Bay Education Association and Jeremy Traynor, president of the Eau Claire Association of Educators. We’ll catch up with Todd Allbaugh as well.

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Guests: Brent Bergstrom, Jeremy Traynor

It’s $600 BILLION Not Million (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000

That sputtering sound you’re hearing is coming from Republicans stammering about how their big bloated boondoggle of a budget bill doesn’t actually cut Medicaid benefits to deserving Americans—when it actually does. Bigly. In fact, we need to correct our language from yesterday on just how much will be cut from the stable, affordable healthcare coverage that millions of working families rely on for security. We’ll talk to a Madison area chef about why small business owners want the Legislature to stop its attempt to kill a working program that makes childcare more affordable. Also: We again torture our poor Wisconsin Rapids friend Melissa Kaye about her (cue dramatic music) Pigeon Quest!

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Guest: Evan Dannels

Conventional Chatter (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 14:00:00 +0000

It’s an “off” year for elections in Wisconsin, but that won’t dampen the enthusiasm of delegates gathering this weekend at the state Democratic convention. Along with celebrating another state Supreme Court victory, they’ll be voting on a new state chair to succeed Ben Wikler. Plus there will be chatter about whether Gov. Tony Evers will run for a third term next year. We’ll cover all of it and more with Dan Shafer. Plus Chad Holmes gives us an update on spring high school sports championships and Wausau area news.

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Guest: Dan Shafer

Is Grandma a Deadbeat? (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Two of Medicaid’s most vocal critics come from Wisconsin. Sen. Ron Johnson and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos wouldn’t hesitate to criticize or cut a program that’s helped Americans stay healthy for 60 years. But their complaints lose their credibility when they can’t be honest about the number of deserving, hardworking people whose healthcare coverage would be lost if Trump's big, bloated bill passes. We’ll review the rhetoric.

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Occupying Force (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000

US Marines have occupied their fair share of land in their history: From the Halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli. But President Donald Trump has a new battle plan for the Marine Corps—wildly unconstitutional and designed for maximum division—in America’s second largest city. We’ll have the latest update. Plus, community editor Christina Lorey talks about a milestone in professional hockey that puts Milwaukee front and center for celebrations of Pride month.

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Guest: Christina Lorey

Advancing Apprenticeships (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 09 Jun 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Our guest outlines the ongoing popularity of apprenticeships in the construction trades and how the state legislature can continue providing the kind of support that addresses the state’s labor shortage. And Jane Matenaer previews her shows this week on the Civic Media radio network.

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Guest: Emily Pritzkow

Democrats Doing the Defending (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 09 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Democrats in the Wisconsin Legislature have introduced several new packages of bills: one designed to defend the state against Trump policies that can hurt residents, another about gun safety, and another meant to affirm the rights of people in the LGBTQ community. We’ll look back at the weekend in sports with Jimmie Kaska.

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Guest: Chris Larson

California Collision Course (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 09 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000

We’ll update the intentional conflict being set up in California by President Trump over immigration arrests, coming increasingly closer to a martial law/police state situation of his own making—the thing authoritarians do best. Also Dr. Kristin Lyerly talks to us about men’s health week as well as the terrible track record on women’s health in so-called “pro-life” states.

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Guest: Dr. Kristin Lyerly

Weekly Best of Mornings with Pat Kreitlow for Jun 7

Pat Kreitlow — Sat, 07 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Donuts to Dollars (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 14:00:00 +0000

It’s National Donut Day, so we take a look around our communities to talk about who’s got the good ones. We’ll discuss how a positive new jobs report masks the harm that’s being done to the long-term health of government services—just look at what Elon Musk did to the dumpster fire formerly known as Twitter. And Civic Media’s Mike Clemens previews the weekend in sports, including the red-hot Milwaukee Brewers returning for the start of a long homestand.

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Guest: Mike Clemens

Some Bread to Go With Our Circuses? (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000

The bromance breakup of Oval Office besties makes for colorful commentary, but it doesn’t yet change anything about how Republicans in Congress are moving forward with plans to explode the national debt and slash important services to pay for a massive handout to corporations and the very-wealthy. If we’re going to get circuses from our equivalent of Rome, could we at least get some of the bread back too? We’ll talk to our Week In Review panel and avoid distractions while our pockets are being picked.

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Guests: Jim Santelle, Jennifer Schulze, Joan Esposito

Alien vs. Predator (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000

It’s a MAGA Battle Royale. In one corner, a president threatening to cancel space contracts. In the other corner, the world’s richest man accusing the president of heinous crimes and a cover-up. And it all unfolded in real time in a social media beef worthy of quoting Ron Burgundy, “Boy, that escalated quickly. That really got out of hand fast.” Now if only the Trump-Musk break-up could kill the big, bloated boondoggle of a tax bill.

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Guest: Keya Vakil

Make Beer More Expensive? Trump ‘Can’ (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We’ll talk to Sean O’Malley about your money and the markets—including President Trump’s newest tariff, one that’s going to jack up prices for almost anything in a can. His tariffs on imported beer and aluminum aren’t likely to help aluminum and steel jobs nearly as much as it’ll hurt consumers and workers through the beverage and food industries.

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Guests: Joe Zepecki, Sean O’Malley

Why Can’t Marjorie Read? (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000

We’ll talk to Congressman Mark Pocan about the predictable backlash to Donald Trump’s Big, Bloated Boondoggle—coming from some of the same House Republicans who voted for it and are now saying they didn’t understand what all was in the bill. We’ll also discuss his recent town hall in Eau Claire, again making sure some of Congressman Derrick Van Orden’s constituents could be heard even though Van Orden himself isn’t taking questions.

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Guest: Rep. Mark Pocan

Landlord Legislators (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Republican lawmakers in Madison and Washington, DC proved again on Wednesday they have no intention of doing what most Americans think politicians ought to do: compromise and work together. In both cases, they’re trying to ram through whatever they want, whatever the price. That kind of attitude has life-or-death applications, as we’re reminded by Earl Ingram, when you see the ongoing death and damage happening because of legislators who put their own pocketbooks ahead of safety, renters’ rights, and common sense.

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Guest: Earl Ingram

‘Small’ Cuts with Big Impact (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 14:00:00 +0000

In this week’s Climate Check, Melissa Baldauff talks about how some Republicans still want to cut the job creating programs contained in the Inflation Reduction Act. But even if they did, it would mean little for a bill that otherwise explodes the national debt. We’ll also check in with Civic Media’s Earl Ingram, covering stories in southeast Wisconsin and James Kelly, covering news in northwest Wisconsin.

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Guest: Melissa Baldauff

Gig Work vs. Responsible Employers (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000

We’ll discuss a bill taken up in Madison yesterday that would make it easier for so-called “gig” workers, like food delivery drivers, to get benefits that are partially paid by their employer—so long as they’re not actually employers. You see, the whole gig economy is based on businesses avoiding responsibility for benefits, safety, etc., by claiming workers are “contractors” rather than employees. We’ll discuss whether this bill helps fix this situation or perpetuates it.

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Disgusting Abomination (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Score one for Sen. Ron Johnson. The Wisconsin Republican is one of the GOP holdouts on President Trump’s “big beautiful” budget bill. Know who else is? Trump’s former bestie, Elon Musk, who called it a disgusting abomination. We’ll get into the GOP civil war over whether they want to pass a budget packed with special favors for the rich and cuts for the middle class… or packed with special favors for the rich and higher debt and deficits.

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Guest: Dan Shafer

Deporting the Good Ones (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We’ll talk to Civic Media political editor Dan Shafer about the ongoing efforts by the Trump administration to deport almost anyone they want to take away, even if they’re law-abiding and doing good works in our communities. Plus, Chad Holmes tells us about stories he’s covering for Civic Media around Wausau.

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Guest: Dan Shafer

Dairy Doings and Doxing Derrick (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Congressman Derrick Van Orden provides more evidence that his apparent addiction to social media remains unchecked as he tries again to bully and intimidate a constituent in the comments section. We’ll also be joined by dairy farmer Hans Breitenmoser and Shelia Everhart of the Wisconsin Agricultural Tourism Association about June Dairy Month activities.

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Guests: Hans Breitenmoser, Sheila Everhart

Break Up the Brewers! (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000

The Milwaukee Brewers are now on an 8-game winning streak. We’ll talk to UpNorthNews community editor Christina Lorey about the team’s upswing as well as her new monthly newsletter about Wisconsin sports. Also: UpNorthNews social media manager Cherita Booker tells us about some of this weekend’s big upcoming events around the state.

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Guests: Christina Lorey, Cherita Booker, Dan Hagen

As Stupid Does (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 14:00:00 +0000

You know how Shawano County is a big-time liberal enclave, right? Oh wait, it’s not. It’s solidly Republican territory where the county board even went so far as to declare itself a 2nd Amendment “sanctuary” a few years ago. So you can imagine the surprise when the county made a list put out by the Trump administration last week of places hostile to their anti-immigrant activities. We’ll explain the latest example of how competence in public service has been replaced by blind loyalty, complete with spelling errors, fake studies, and unintended consequences.

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More Money in High School Sports (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000

The latest trend in sports isn’t on the field or the court. It’s Name Image Licensing (NIL) deals that allow student athletes to make money through endorsement deals without jeopardizing their amateur status. The NCAA has had it for the past few years and now the WIAA is going down that road with high school sports. We’ll talk to Civic Media’s Jimmie Kaska about the opportunities and the risks that come with mixing business cash with young people trying to excel in athletics and get an education.

Mornings with Pat Kreitlow is powered by UpNorthNews, and it airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio network, Monday through Friday from 6-9 am. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook, X, and YouTube.

Guests: Jimmie Kaska, Salina Heller

Is ‘No Wake’ Too Woke? (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000

We’ve always known our fresh water in Wisconsin is the envy of the country, especially in areas struggling to maintain drinking water supplies. But out-of-state interests are now trying to steal our fresh water for recreational use with little to no concern for the harm their wake boats can do to water quality, the shorelines, and the quieter uses of others. We’ll review a new court case that threatens to bankrupt our smaller communities because our Legislature remains as inactive on the issue as a dead fish.

Mornings with Pat Kreitlow is powered by UpNorthNews, and it airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio network, Monday through Friday from 6-9 am. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook, X, and YouTube.

Guest: Dr. Kristin Lyerly

Weekly Best of Mornings with Pat Kreitlow for May 31

Pat Kreitlow — Sat, 31 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Air Quality and Health Insight (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 30 May 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Britney Merlot warns of poor air quality in her weather report as wildfires blaze in Canada, causing headaches to those stuck in the smoke. Todd Allbaugh and Dr. Kristin Lyerly discuss men's health, breast cancer screening and some health habits to pick up if you have Fatty Liver Disease. Todd learns a little about Parker as they wrap up the lively show.

Todd Allbaugh and the Round Table (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 30 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Guest host Todd Allbaugh welcomes Jennifer Schulze and Mark Jacob to the round table to cover the most fascinating stories from the week. Including, but not limited to, RJK Jr. saying not to take his advice as well as news about Elon Musk and his doings leading up to a press conference with the president that will take place later today.

Mornings without Pat Kreitlow but with Todd Allbaugh (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 30 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Todd Allbaugh takes over for the day as Pat attends a family graduation. Todd gets to know new producer Parker Olsen and jokes with Greg Bach before he departs from the show. Todd goes over some of the days headlines and learns about how air quality warnings are rated.

Doubling Down on Doing Good (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 29 May 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Sen. Tammy Baldwin is not only fighting back against proposed cuts to Medicaid, she’s putting forward a bill that would call for even more prescription drugs to have lower prices by giving the government the power to negotiate bulk pricing. We’ll discuss that with Joe Zepecki. We’ll talk to Chad Holmes about stories he’s covering around Wausau. And Sean O’Malley talks about Money and Markets.

Mornings with Pat Kreitlow is powered by UpNorthNews, and it airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio network, Monday through Friday from 6-9 am. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook, X, and YouTube.

Guests: Joe Zepecki, Sean O’Malley

Real People, Real Pain, Real Stories (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 29 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Congressman Derrick Van Orden claims that anyone who says the Trump budget plan will cut benefits is a liar. There’s already a line forming with folks who’d like to point out that Van Orden is the one telling a fib. We’ll talk to guests from Citizen Action who outline the real harm that’s going to come to people if the “big beautiful bill” Van Orden supports becomes reality.

Mornings with Pat Kreitlow is powered by UpNorthNews, and it airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio network, Monday through Friday from 6-9 am. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook, X, and YouTube.

Guests: jeremy gragert, sara ring

Chicken TACOs (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 29 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Sen. Ron Johnson isn’t closing the door on running for a 4th term, claiming he’s “just a guy from Oshkosh who’s trying to save the country.” Please don’t hurt yourself making an eyeroll at that. Also: When you elect a convicted criminal as president, don’t be surprised when he starts letting fellow felons out of prison. Of course, there’s a catch, so we’ll update his pardons of reality TV stars and public supporters. And we’ll talk about how he reacted when told Wall Street has coined a new term for his on again/off again tariffs: TACO, Trump Always Chickens Out.

Mornings with Pat Kreitlow is powered by UpNorthNews, and it airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio network, Monday through Friday from 6-9 am. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook, X, and YouTube.

Of Lead and Lies (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 28 May 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We talk to Earl Ingram about last week’s remarks by HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy, Jr. claiming a “team” was on the ground in Milwaukee to help with a lead paint crisis in schools. That was a lie. And James Kelly has a story out of Hayward reminding us that when school’s go on summer break, some kids lose out on the one good meal they might get that day.

Mornings with Pat Kreitlow is powered by UpNorthNews, and it airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio network, Monday through Friday from 6-9 am. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook, X, and YouTube.

Guests: Earl Ingram, James Kelly

Senate Bill 1 Remains MIA (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 28 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Hundreds of bills have been introduced in the Wisconsin Legislature so far this session, from Assembly Bill1 to Assembly Bill 273. In the other chambers, you can go all the way up to Senate Bill 280. But one bill is missing: Senate Bill 1. Republicans reserved it for their version of a state budget and tax plan, but it’s still missing in action nearly five months into the session. We’ll talk to Robert Kraig and Heather DuBois Bourenane about a coalition that wants the budget-in-hiding to meet certain standards or Gov. Evers should veto it and make lawmakers start over.

Mornings with Pat Kreitlow airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio network, Monday through Friday from 6-9 am. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up.

Guests: Robert Kraig, Heather DuBois Bourenane

Tiffany Embraces Authoritarianism (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 28 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Not that it’s anything new for a congressman who tried to get a court to throw out the will of Wisconsin voters in 2020, but US Rep. Tom Tiffany continues to embrace authoritarian tactics like threatening a governor with investigations or even an arrest. And we’ll see if there’s any update on Melissa Kaye’s “Pigeon Quest” for a new pet.

Going Nuclear (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 27 May 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Chad Holmes will give us an update on spring sports and news stories he’s following in the Wausau area for Civic Media. And Melissa Baldauff helps us update the latest Trump administration efforts to kill clean energy progress, substantially increase nuclear power, and allow an oil rig executive sweeping powers over federal lands, without going through a US Senate confirmation.

Guests: Melissa Baldauff, Chad Holmes

New Summer Books: Inside Information (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 27 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Author Laura Bird shares some of the big “beach reads” you’ll see on summertime book lists. And she’ll tell you how to find out about some of those upcoming books as early as she does. And we’ll review a controversy in Eagle River that shouldn’t be a controversy, but that won’t stop some local politicians from trying to suppress protests they can’t simply wish away.

Guest: Laura Bird

Who Wants to Be Gov’? (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 27 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000

There’s always a lot of behind-the-scenes chatter at a political convention—state as well as national. And when Wisconsin Democrats meet in just over two weeks, there will be no shortage of chatter about whether Gov. Tony Evers will run for a third term—and if not, how many (many, many) Democrats are likely to crowd into the primary field. Plus, Dan Hagen tells us what he’s following up north for WJFW-TV in Rhinelander.

Guest: Dan Hagen

Best Of Mornings: Remiker, Keyeski, Zepecki, Driever(Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 26 May 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We talk to state Democratic Party chair candidate Devin Remiker. State Sen. Sarah Keyeski outlines her bill that would prevent Wall Street hedge funds from making the affordable housing crisis worse in Wisconsin. We talk to state Democratic Party chair candidate Joe Zepecki. Eau Claire native Sarah Driever talks about her reaction to Robert Kennedy, Jr.'s wrong and hateful comments about people with autism, people like her twin sons.

Guests: Joe Zepecki, Sarah Keyeski, Sarah Driever, Devin Remiker

Best Of Mornings: Hendrickson, Velasquez, Garcia, Breitenmoser (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 26 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Corrine Hendrickson outlines the ongoing crisis of affordable childcare in Wisconsin and how she and other providers are calling attention to it. Michelle Velasquez of Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin tells us the Trump budget plan would decimate basic healthcare services all across Wisconsin. We talk to state Democratic Party chair candidate William Garcia. Lincoln Co. dairy farmer Hans Breitenmoser shares how all of those Trump-Republican cuts are going to hurt families throughout rural Wisconsin.

Guests: Hans Breitenmoser, Corinne Hendrickson, William Garcia, Michelle Velasquez

Best Of Mornings: Phelps, Ingram, Martinez, Shafer (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 26 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000

State Assembly Rep. Christian Phelps (D-Eau Claire) has an update on an Assembly Education Committee with Republican leadership more interested in culture wars and sideshows than on improving our kids’ schools. Earl Ingram sets up an interview series with Dr. Howard Fuller about the earliest days of the voucher schools program. Benefit specialist Zab Martinez outlines how Trump’s massive budget cuts will hurt lots of families in Wisconsin. Dan Shafer previews his new column on lawmakers he’ll be watching as the Legislature’s session rolls into the 2026 elections.

Guests: Dan Shafer, Earl Ingram, Zab Martinez

Weekly Best of Mornings with Pat Kreitlow for May 24

Pat Kreitlow — Sat, 24 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Welcome to the weekend and we thank you for stopping by! We have put together a Best Of episode of Morning With Pat Kreitlow with some our favorite moments and interviews. You'll hear from Civic Media Political Editor Dan Shafer about the transformation of Rep. Derrick Van Orden, as well as State Rep Christian Phelps talking about his work on the Assembly Education Committee. Then we hear from financial expert Sean O'Malley who will give us an insight on how the bonds market is not reacting well to the proposed budget deal. And finally our very own Melissa Kaye announces that she's gonna be a mama...a pigeon mama.

Taking Care of Moms-to-Be (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 23 May 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Dr. Kristin Lyerly talks to us about guarding against preeclampsia, a condition during pregnancy that can lead to high blood pressure and serious impacts to mother and baby. And we’ll wrap up our second round of interviews with the candidates for state Democratic Party chair with William Garcia.

Guests: Dr. Kristin Lyerly, William Garcia

Artificial Intelligence, Real Stupidity (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 23 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000

There have been a lot of discussions in newsrooms about how Artificial Intelligence can either supplement reporting or undermine credibility. A Chicago newspaper learned the hard way just how badly AI can be set up to report stories that seem to be written by humans, only to discover the published product was an embarrassing work of fiction.

Guests: Jim Santelle, Mark Jacob, Jennifer Schulze

Passing the Bill to See What’s In It (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 23 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000

The House Republican tax bill gets a lot of attention for being a massive giveaway to the super-wealthy, but the package is even worse than advertised—though much of its impact wasn’t learned until after it passed because the process was so rushed. We’ll learn more from Courier Newsroom’s Keya Vakil. And for folks who used to watch Pat anchor the news in Eau Claire, prepare to hear something that’ll make you feel a little older.

Guest: Keya Vakil

A Ghoulish Turn, Even for Ron Johnson (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 22 May 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Wisconsin’s senior senator and foremost conspiracy theorist is at it again. Sen. Ron Johnson could have been content wishing former President Biden a full recovery from his new battle with prostate cancer. Instead, he announced a committee investigation of Biden’s health and questioned his fitness for office. We’ll assess whether there’s validity to the questions or if it’s another ghoulish effort to distract from Johnson’s work to slash important services to fund tax cuts for folks in Johnson’s tax bracket and above. And we’ll continue our second round of interviews with candidates for state Democratic Party chair with Joe Zepecki.

Guest: Joe Zepecki

Real Cuts, Real Harm, Fake Reasons(Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 22 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Some of the people on the front lines of fighting American poverty are in the nation’s capital this week to warn about the real damage that will be done by cutting safety net programs like food assistance and healthcare coverage. We’ll also talk about the cuts being proposed to Planned Parenthood that won’t do a single thing to curtail abortion care—they’ll only hurt basic healthcare services to women and men across Wisconsin.

Guests: Michelle Velasquez, Zab Martinez

Send Us a Voice Note! (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 22 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000

We open with a convenient new way for listeners to interact with their favorite shows with the Civic Media app. And we’ll examine new reporting about Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s conveniently timed stock sales, just prior to President Trump’s tariff details that sent markets crashing.

Guests: Melissa Baldauff, Chris Taylor

A New Round of Meet the DPW Candidates (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 21 May 2025 14:00:00 +0000

We’ll begin a new round of interviews for the three candidates hoping to succeed Ben Wikler as chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, starting with the guy who just received Wikler’s endorsement, Devin Remiker. (We’ll talk to Joe Zepecki on Thursday and William Garcia on Friday.) Melissa Baldauff has our weekly Climate Check segment. And James Kelly tells us what he’s working on for listeners to our Civic Media stations in western and northwest Wisconsin.

Guests: Melissa Baldauff, Devin Remiker

Conventional Behavior (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 21 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000

We’ll talk to first-term state Rep. Christian Phelps (D-Eau Claire) about what he’s seeing in the Assembly Education Committee as part of the state budget process. A lot of the material Republicans are putting in front of them seems to be about almost anything other than strengthening public schools, which is conventional behavior from them, given the kind of talk that came up at last weekend’s state Republican convention. We’ll also find out what Earl Ingram is working on for listeners to our Civic Media stations in southeast Wisconsin.

Guests: Earl Ingram, Christian Phelps

Derrick Van Orden’s Metamorphosis Is Complete (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 21 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Remember when US Rep. Derrick Van Orden, a former Navy SEAL, claimed he would be an independent voice for veterans and positioned himself as standing up against budget cuts that would hurt vets? After stiff-arming constituents by refusing to hold town halls, the only voice he’s hearing is from the guy in the White House who wants massive cuts to the Veterans Administration. So it wasn’t a big surprise to hear Van Orden trot out the “bureaucracy” bogeyman in his latest promise that VA cuts would be all about bureaucrats and not the quality of veterans’ health care. Also: Dan Shafer talked to us about his recent column on which legislators will be watched closely for signs of bipartisanship in their newly-competitive districts.

Guests: Dan Shafer, Cherita Booker

Trumpism With Trump Is A Non-Starter (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 20 May 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Pat and Dan Shafer talk about recent election results around the world that again show how politicians trying to bring Trumpism to their countries aren’t seeing a lot of results at the ballot box. And Chad Holmes talks about a personal healthcare experience that should remind all men of a certain age not to take their health for granted.

Guests: Dan Shafer, Chad Holmes

Can’t Cut Our Way to Prosperity (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 20 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000

With Hans Breitenmoser, we’ll review the latest on Republicans’ efforts to pass a budget that hurts farmers and the low-income families who rely on nutrition assistance provided by our farmers. Not only is Congressman Derrick Van Orden supporting that plan, he’s also continuing to spread the notion that Veterans Administration cuts are only targeting fraud, an argument that is itself fraudulent.

Guest: Hans Breitenmoser

Portugal Pat Is Back (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 20 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Pat returns from a trip to Portugal, where he’ll mirror most other Americans who come back from Europe and wonder where the heck did we go wrong in this country? A quick review of the headlines makes the answer pretty apparent.

Guest: Dan Hagen

Navigating Childcare Challenges (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 19 May 2025 14:00:00 +0000

The episode kicks off with weather updates promising a sunny Memorial Day weekend, perfect for grilling and outdoor fun. The conversation shifts to heavier topics, with special guests Teresa Fredericks and Carla Smith highlighting the childcare crisis in Wisconsin. They stress the importance of public investment to sustain childcare centers, as many face closures due to funding cuts. The episode also touches on societal issues like reproductive rights and economic pressures young people face today. Discussions are interspersed with lighter moments about biking adventures, royal family musings, and the challenges of adulthood.

Guests: Theresa Fredericks, Carla Smith

Men For Choice (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 19 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000

In the second hour, Bach, The Doc and Civic Media Meteorologist Brittney Merlot demystify the terms 'tornado' and 'twister' while emphasizing the need for tornado preparedness. The conversation shifts to prostate cancer, highlighting the importance of preventive healthcare for men and the barriers men face in seeking medical help. Discussions on healthcare costs and the necessity of annual check-ups underscore the vital role of preventive care. They urge listeners to prioritize health, drawing parallels to putting on your oxygen mask first in emergencies.

Guest: Alan Tipple

Middle School And The Summer (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Mon, 19 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Dr. Kristin Lierly and Greg Bach, a duo known as Bach and the Doc, take over the airwaves, diving into the chaos of middle school as seen through the eyes of Dr. Lierly's son, Abe, a middle school teacher. They explore the challenges and awkwardness of adolescence, while Abe shares the countdown to summer break. The show shifts gears to discuss the Milwaukee comedy scene, revealing the Laughing Tap's upcoming relocation. They also touch on political antics, like Derek Van Orden's wild suggestion to scrap spring elections. A sprinkle of music history and a dash of weather updates round out this lively episode.

Guest: Abe Lyerly

Weekly Best of Mornings with Pat Kreitlow for May 17

Pat Kreitlow — Sat, 17 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Welcome to the best of episode!! Pat was on vacation this week so we have a great collection of discussions and interviews as Matt Rothschild and Angela Lang sit in the big chair for Pat! Our guests include Executive Director of Law Forward Jeff Mandell and Wisconsin State Representative Francesca Hong.

Giannis, Please Stay…We Love You (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 16 May 2025 14:00:00 +0000

In the final hour, Chad Holmes dives into Wisconsin's wild weather saga with meteorologist Brittany Merlot, who shares the excitement and devastation of tornado coverage. Civic Media's sport reporter Mike Clemens talks about Giannis Antetokounmpo possibly eyeing options beyond Milwaukee, as the Bucks face a critical offseason. Brewers' struggles continue, but hope remains with upcoming games and a big Star Wars night. Packers' off-season workouts hit a snag with contract concerns. Meanwhile, a whirlwind of sports, weather, and winning awaits!

Guest: Mike Clemens

Remembering George Floyd (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 16 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Tornadoes wreak havoc across Central Wisconsin, prompting live wall-to-wall coverage of the severe weather. Meteorologist Brittany Merlot joins to discuss the chaos, from softball-sized hail to tornado warnings, and praises the National Weather Service's tireless efforts. Amid the stormy backdrop, the show shifts gears to civic unity as Latonya Campbell previews 'Wausau Unites in Love,' a rally honoring George Floyd and advocating for marginalized communities. The episode wraps with a spirited discussion on humanity, and a dash of humor about baseball and Greg Bach's elusive stadium visit.

Guest: La Tonya Campbell

Stand Up And Speak Out (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Fri, 16 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Chad Holmes fills in for Pat Kreitlow, diving into a whirlwind of topics from local politics to wild weather. He chats with Marathon County Democratic Chair Nancy Stencil about the need for good governance reminiscent of Jimmy Carter's era. They lament the erosion of ethical leadership amidst Trump's antics, urging citizens to stay engaged. On a lighter note, Chad shares a heartwarming story of a Maine high school athlete who stood up against political exploitation of her race. In between, Chad recounts his morning drive antics.

Guest: Nancy Stencil

Bridging Divides and Fighting Authoritarianism (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 15 May 2025 14:00:00 +0000

In the third hour, Matt and Angela celebrate the courage and passion of Wisconsin legislators like Francesca Hong and Christian Phelps, who challenge both Republicans and Democrats to prioritize people over politics. Dave Zirin joins to discuss his new biography on Howard Zinn, emphasizing the importance of historical awareness in resisting authoritarianism. He critiques MLB's gambling ties and Pete Rose's Hall of Fame eligibility for moral inconsistency. The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign's 30th anniversary highlights ongoing battles against gerrymandering and money in politics. Amidst challenges, hope persists through collective action and education.

Guests: Nick Ramos, Dave Zirin

More Options And More Funding (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 15 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Matt Rothschild and Angela Lang dive into Wisconsin's political landscape with guests like Jeff Mandel and Rep. Francesca Hong. Mandel critiques federal overreach, spotlighting a judge's arrest as a troubling power play by the Trump administration, which he argues is teetering on a constitutional crisis. He champions fusion voting to break the two-party grip, advocating for voter empowerment. Rep. Hong slams Wisconsin Republicans for ignoring constituents and dismantling crucial proposals like childcare funding. She promotes the Economic Bill of Rights to ensure basic worker rights and economic security, while condemning the divisive strategies of state leaders.

Guests: Jeff Mandell, Francesca Hong

Congress v. RFK Jr. (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Thu, 15 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Matt Rothschild and Angela Lang, filling in for Pat dive into the legal tussle involving Judge Dugan, who faces charges for allegedly defying federal immigration officials. Pastor Walter Lanier joins the show to talk about the Trump policies and their effects on Communities of Color. On Capitol Hill, Wisconsin’s Mark Pocan and Tammy Baldwin confront RFK Jr. over vaccine policies and lead poisoning, showcasing accountability in action.

Guest: Pastor Walter Lanier

Y’all Means All Of Us (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 14 May 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Guest host Matt Rothschild, alongside Angela Lang, tackles pressing issues with Abby Swetz, Executive Director of Fair Wisconsin. Swetz highlights the battles against anti-trans legislation, emphasizing the need for solidarity across communities as trans rights face hostile threats. Fear is palpable, but Abby stresses the power of public education and allyship to counteract pre-compliance to executive orders. Brittany Merlot, Civic Media's award-winning weather forecaster, warns of impending severe storms, while Rothschild brings a lighter note with bird migration tales and Margaret Atwood's poignant poetry. A mix of advocacy, weather, and nature keeps listeners engaged.

Guest: Abby Swetz

Imagine A World Without Head Start (Hour 2)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 14 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000

There was a heartbreaking fire in Milwaukee on Mother's Day which claimed five lives due to the absence of sprinkler systems in older apartment buildings. The conversation shifts to policy, questioning the state's priorities under Speaker Robin Voss, who opposes mandatory retrofits citing cost concerns, while ignoring the human cost. The episode also highlights funding threats to Head Start programs, exacerbated by cuts to child care support, revealing a stark landscape where political agendas prioritize landlords over tenants, and budget surpluses overshadow essential public safety and child welfare needs.

Guest: Jen Bailey

The Titanic Did, In Fact Sink (Hour 1)

Pat Kreitlow — Wed, 14 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Matt Rothschild and Angela Lang tackle a whirlwind of heavy topics, from the unsettling prosecution of Judge Dugan to the concerning exodus of scholars fleeing potential fascism in the U.S. They delve into historical lessons from the Holocaust and the urgency for vigilance against authoritarianism. Shifting gears, they spotlight the dire situation of American childcare and elder care systems, with Laura Dresser emphasizing the need for public investment in these undervalued sectors. As they critique the inadequacies of federal incentives and Wisconsin's stagnant minimum wage, they call for systemic change to support society's most critical caregivers.

Guest: Laura Dresser

Universities In The Face Of Fascism (Hour 3)

Pat Kreitlow — Tue, 13 May 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Professor Leah Horowitz spearheads a resolution for Big Ten schools to unite in defense of academic freedom, resisting pressure on curricula and funding. Facing legal threats, universities aim to form a mutual defense compact, with UW-Madison faculty overwhelmingly in support. Despite potential backlash, they argue acquiescence isn’t effective, pushing for solidarity among academic and public communities. The episode also touches on Wisconsin’s political maneuvers and the Republican state convention, underscoring the importance of civic engagement and activism.

Guests: Dan Shafer, Leah Horowitz