Mornings with Pat Kreitlow

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 […]

Guest: Katherine Hempstead

Wed Sep 24, 2025

44:12

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 […]

Guest: Dr. Jill Underly

Wed Sep 24, 2025

44:10

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. Mornings with […]

Wed Sep 24, 2025

44:12

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 […]

Guests: Cam Stevenson, Dan Shafer

Tue Sep 23, 2025

44:12

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 […]

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

Tue Sep 23, 2025

44:13

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 […]

Tue Sep 23, 2025

44:03

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 […]

Guests: Jane Matenaer, John & Gordy

Mon Sep 22, 2025

44:13

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 […]

Guest: Kelda Roys

Mon Sep 22, 2025

44:12

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 […]

Guests: Dr. Kristin Lyerly, Salina Heller

Mon Sep 22, 2025

44:13