Mornings with Pat Kreitlow

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? […]

Guests: Dan Hagen, Hans Breitenmoser, Sheila Everhart

Tue Nov 18, 2025

43:59

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 […]

Tue Nov 18, 2025

43:53

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, […]

Guest: Jodi Habush-Synikin

Mon Nov 17, 2025

43:55

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 […]

Guests: Dr. Kristin Lyerly, Salina Heller

Mon Nov 17, 2025

43:57

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 […]

Guest: Dr. Kristin Lyerly

Mon Nov 17, 2025

43:53

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, […]

Guests: Dr. Kristin Lyerly, Mike Clemens

Fri Nov 14, 2025

43:57

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 […]

Guests: Jennifer Schulze, Jim Santelle, Mark Jacob

Fri Nov 14, 2025

43:56

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. Mornings with Pat Kreitlow is […]

Guest: Keya Vakil

Fri Nov 14, 2025

43:59

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 […]

Guests: Joe Zepecki, Nancy Stencil

Thu Nov 13, 2025

43:56