Mornings with Pat Kreitlow

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 […]

Guests: Chad Holmes, Joe Zepecki

Thu Oct 9, 2025

44:15

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 — […]

Guest: Mark Pocan

Thu Oct 9, 2025

44:13

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 […]

Thu Oct 9, 2025

44:13

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 […]

Guests: Chuck Collins, Earl Ingram, Melissa Baldauff

Wed Oct 8, 2025

44:15

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 […]

Guests: Chloe Latham Sikes, Ellie Bourdo, Jimmie Kaska

Wed Oct 8, 2025

44:13

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 […]

Wed Oct 8, 2025

44:10

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 […]

Guests: Cam Stevenson, Dan Shafer

Tue Oct 7, 2025

44:14

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 […]

Guests: Hans Breitenmoser, Sheila Everhart

Tue Oct 7, 2025

44:13

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 […]

Tue Oct 7, 2025

44:08

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 […]

Guests: Jane Matenaer, John & Gordy, Meghan Roh

Mon Oct 6, 2025

44:13