Mornings with Pat Kreitlow

Wisconsin is unlike many states that allow ordinary citizens to collect signatures and put ideas on a statewide ballot for new laws or constitutional amendments. We’ll talk to two guests who recently wrote an opinion column outlining why we should have that kind of setup in our state, too. We’ll also check in with Civic […]

Guests: Maresa Strano, Matt Rothschild

Mon Aug 18, 2025

44:02

We’ll discuss the Brewers’ extending their winning streak to a record 14 games before finally losing a game on Sunday. And we’ll discuss how Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has figured out the best way to approach today’s meeting at the White House: Bring friends, lots of ‘em, as several European leaders join the follow-up to […]

Guest: Salina Heller

Mon Aug 18, 2025

44:02

A new report from a nonpartisan research group outlines how the new Wisconsin state budget will draw down the multi-billion dollar surplus. That’s the data. Here’s the judgement: Good. A surplus isn’t supposed to just sit there for years, as Republican legislators have allowed. Now it’s coming back in the form of both tax cuts […]

Guest: Mike Clemens

Fri Aug 15, 2025

44:02

We’ll review the latest moves by the Trump regime with our Week In Review panel: whether it’s a military takeover of Washington, DC streets; sending armed, masked troops to a rally by California’s governor; or inviting Russia’s war criminal dictator to a summit today in Alaska, the president is all about putting on a show […]

Guests: Jim Santelle, Mark Jacob

Fri Aug 15, 2025

44:02

There’s finally some movement in the legal case surrounding the mayor of Wausau taking it upon himself to remove an absentee ballot drop box from City Hall while echoing Republican talking points about the issue. There’s only one problem: The new special prosecutor happens to be the last Republican candidate to run for state attorney […]

Guest: Keya Vakil

Fri Aug 15, 2025

44:02

Living in an era where the MAGA far right can’t stop drifting further to the right, Wisconsin has a candidate for governor with a position on public safety that puts a sickening spin on the old Oprah Winfrey line: “You get a gun! And you get a gun! And you get a gun!” We’ll review […]

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

Thu Aug 14, 2025

44:02

The president’s extremism means no Republican incumbents should take their elections for granted in 2026, even a state senator whose district went for Donald Trump by 34 points last year. We’ll talk to Mike Van Someren of Delafield, who announced Wednesday he’s challenging Sen. Chris Kapenga in that suburban Milwaukee district. After all, “Suburban Milwaukee […]

Guest: Mike van Someren

Thu Aug 14, 2025

44:02

Leave it to a master narcissist to fire board members from the Kennedy Center, appoint new members who would vote to make him their chairman—and then name himself as the host of this year’s Kennedy Center Honors. We’ll have details on this latest blow to American culture and the arts. Also: Cherita Booker reviews some […]

Guests: Cherita Booker, Melissa Baldauff

Thu Aug 14, 2025

44:02

Wisconsin was the first state in the country to use President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act as a way to put money back in people’s pockets for projects that made their homes more energy efficient. Two years later, it has paid out millions in rebates. We’ll talk to Melissa Baldauff about the program’s success, compared […]

Guests: Earl Ingram, Melissa Baldauff

Wed Aug 13, 2025

44:02