Mornings with Pat Kreitlow

Our weekly panel of Mark Jacob, Jim Santelle and Joan Esposito discuss news from the week. They talk about the investigations that are pursuing Democrats who told soldiers not to follow illegal orders because, you know, it is illegal to follow illegal orders. Also: our Friday quiz with Dr. Kristin Lyerly and senior producer Frank […]

Guests: Jim Santelle, Joan Esposito, Mark Jacob

Fri Nov 28, 2025

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Pat and Courier Newsroom’s political editor Keya Vakil discuss the week’s news, including a judge in Georgia dismissing the Donald Trump election interference case. Also: fun with Greg Bach. Mornings with Pat Kreitlow is powered by UpNorthNews, and it airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio network, Monday through Friday from 6-9 am. […]

Guests: Greg Bach, Keya Vakil

Fri Nov 28, 2025

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Hear some of our favorite interviews from the last few months as we take a break and spend our Thanksgiving sleeping in a little. In this hour, hear from Chuck Collins, Dr. Kellie Snooks, Tom Nelson and Greta Neubauer. Mornings with Pat Kreitlow is powered by UpNorthNews, and it airs on several stations across the […]

Thu Nov 27, 2025

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Hear some of our favorite interviews from the last few months as we take a break and spend our Thanksgiving sleeping in a little. In this hour hear from Fred Clark, Rahul Powar, Bryan Kennedy and Amy Pechacek. Mornings with Pat Kreitlow is powered by UpNorthNews, and it airs on several stations across the Civic […]

Thu Nov 27, 2025

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Hear some of our favorite interviews from the last few months as we take a break and spend our Thanksgiving sleeping in a little. In this hour hear from Carmen Solis, Shawn Phetteplace, Ingrid Kundinger, Laura Bird and have a little Wisconsin town name fun with James Kelly. Mornings with Pat Kreitlow is powered by […]

Thu Nov 27, 2025

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There are a lot of factors that drive up prices. Unnecessary trade wars come to mind. But you can also connect the dots between food prices and a changing climate. In this week’s Climate Check, we’ll examine how droughts, heat waves, and more frequent flash floods are impacting crops and animal welfare — and driving […]

Guests: Earl Ingram, Melissa Baldauff, Tom Nelson

Wed Nov 26, 2025

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A problem only stays a problem if there’s no willingness to put a solution in place. That’s the case with Wisconsin’s convoluted school funding system. Last week, we visited with two members of a 2017 Blue Ribbon Commission charged with simplifying the way we pay for schools. Those solutions are still waiting for some political […]

Guests: Christian Phelps, Jeff Smith

Wed Nov 26, 2025

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Political karma sometimes requires a long wait, but it comes. In 2011, Republicans in the Legislature and Gov. Scott Walker enacted a law changing how to handle court challenges to gerrymandered maps. At the time, it made sense because the state Supreme Court was controlled by fellow conservatives and they were given power to appoint […]

Wed Nov 26, 2025

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It’s easy to look at occasional mass protests like the “No Kings” rallies and conclude that not much is being done to stand up to things the Trump administration is doing to our country, but recent events show how individual Americans are coming together and pushing back effectively. We’ll talk to COURIER’s Cam Stevenson about […]

Guests: Cam Stevenson, Erik Gunn

Tue Nov 25, 2025

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We’ll talk to state Rep. Angela Stroud of Ashland about the recently completed fall sessions of the Wisconsin Assembly and Senate, what got done and what’s still undone. Charly Ray of nearby Washburn has seen enough that’s not getting done, so he’s thrown his hat in the ring for the 25th state Senate seat in […]

Guests: Angela Stroud, Charly Ray

Tue Nov 25, 2025

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