Billy Ball

The Presidential Alpha and Omega (Hour 1)

January 10, 2025

As former President Jimmy Carter was memorialized on Thursday, courts were weighing in and deciding that President-elect Donald Trump would still be sentenced today for his felony hush money convictions and that the special counsel’s report into his 2020 election interference could be released. We’ll also visit with two Courier Newsroom reporters on other stories making news around the country this week. And we’ll have an update on a well-funded state Supreme Court races already breaking records.

UpNorthNews with Pat Kreitlow airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio network, Monday through Friday from 6-8 am. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on FacebookX, and Instagram to keep up with Pat & the show!

Ticket Splitters (Hour 1)

November 22, 2024

We’ll visit with four of our Courier Newsroom colleagues, all in swing states, to discuss the split decisions given by voters on Election Day: Billy Ball of North Carolina’s Cardinal & Pine, Kyle Kaminski from Michigan’s The Gander, Cam Stevenson from Arizona’s Copper Courier, and Sean Kitchen from Pennsylvania’s The Keystone.

UpNorthNews with Pat Kreitlow airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio network, Monday through Friday from 6-8 am. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on FacebookX, and Instagram to keep up with Pat & the show!

Taking Extremism to Extremes (Hour 1)

July 12, 2024

On the eve of their national convention in Milwaukee, some Republicans are no longer trying to hide their extremism and their contempt for a civil society. We’ll talk to our colleagues in North Carolina about a candidate for governor (and the current Lt. Governor) telling a church audience how he thinks “some folks need killing.”

UpNorthNews with Pat Kreitlow airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio network, Monday through Friday from 6-8 am. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on FacebookX, and Instagram to keep up with Pat & the show

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