Mornings with Pat Kreitlow

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 […]

Guests: Dr. Kristin Lyerly, Emily Tseffos

Fri Oct 31, 2025

43:55

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. Mornings with Pat Kreitlow is powered by UpNorthNews, and it airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio […]

Guests: Jim Santelle, Joan Esposito, Mark Jacob

Fri Oct 31, 2025

43:56

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: […]

Guest: Keya Vakil

Fri Oct 31, 2025

43:57

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 […]

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

Thu Oct 30, 2025

43:54

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 […]

Guest: Ingrid Kundinger

Thu Oct 30, 2025

43:55

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 […]

Guest: Cherita Booker

Thu Oct 30, 2025

43:57

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. […]

Guests: Earl Ingram, Melissa Baldauff

Wed Oct 29, 2025

43:57

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 […]

Guests: Angelina Cruz, Ellie Bourdo, Jimmie Kaska

Wed Oct 29, 2025

43:00

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 […]

Wed Oct 29, 2025

43:00

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 […]

Guests: Cam Stevenson, Ruth Conniff

Tue Oct 28, 2025

43:54