Mornings with Pat Kreitlow

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 […]

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

Tue Nov 11, 2025

43:53

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 […]

Tue Nov 11, 2025

43:57

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 […]

Guest: Tom Nelson

Mon Nov 10, 2025

43:54

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 […]

Guests: Jennie Mauer, Salina Heller

Mon Nov 10, 2025

43:55

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. […]

Guest: Dr. Kristin Lyerly

Mon Nov 10, 2025

43:55

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. Mornings with Pat […]

Guests: Matt Rothschild, Mike Clemens

Fri Nov 7, 2025

43:57

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. Mornings with Pat Kreitlow […]

Guests: Jennifer Schulze, Jim Santelle, Mark Jacob

Fri Nov 7, 2025

43:55

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 […]

Guests: Keya Vakil, Sean Kitchen

Fri Nov 7, 2025

43:54

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 […]

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

Thu Nov 6, 2025

43:55

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 […]

Guests: Greta Neubauer, Misha Dancing Waters

Thu Nov 6, 2025

43:57