Keya Vakil
Remembering Bob Uecker (Hour 1)
Affectionately known as Mr. Baseball, Bob Uecker put 70 of his 90 years into professional baseball—the last 54 as a broadcaster for his hometown Milwaukee Brewers. We’ll remember a Wisconsin icon, a national celebrity, and —by his own account— a lousy ballplayer! And we catch up with Courier Newsroom’s Keya Vakil, who had to evacuate temporarily last week during the tragic southern California wildfires. He’ll join us along with Cam Stevenson of the Copper Courier in Arizona to discuss some of this week’s big stories.
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 Facebook, X, and Instagram to keep up with Pat & the show!
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like a Shutdown (Hour 1)
We’ll ask how one man and one party can bring so much chaos and dysfunction before they’re even officially sworn into office—since it’s appearing more likely that there will be a government shutdown just ahead of the holidays. And Assembly Speaker Robin Vos wants to copy Elon Musk by creating another layer of bureaucracy to track government waste in the bureaucracy! We list the many ways Vos could begin this examination of waste with a look in his own fiscal mirror.
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 Facebook, X, and Instagram to keep up with Pat & the show!
Putting Children in Harm’s Way (Hour 1)
With Congress unable to pass a fresh budget, a lack of funds is hurting centers around the country designed to give protection to children and women in abusive situations. One in Hayward is closing down, and a national report shows a tough time getting Congressman Tom Tiffany to commit to finding the funds to keep it open. Also: Courier Newsroom national correspondent Keya Vakil updates President-elect Donald Trump’s effort to force the Senate to approve his embattled nominee for defense secretary.
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 Facebook, X, and Instagram to keep up with Pat & the show!
Characters Without Character (Hour 1)
We’ll get an update from Courier Newsroom national correspondent Keya Vakil on President-elect Trump’s embattled nominee for Defense secretary—and how it’s fair to see Pete Hogseth as a reflection of Trump himself, media characters who lack the moral character to lead the military or a nation. In a related story, Congressman Tom Tiffany would like people too poor to buy food to be hungry more often.
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 Facebook, X, and Instagram to keep up with Pat & the show!
Big Cuts or Just More Gridlock? (Hour 1)
We’ll discuss the new Congress with Courier Newsroom national correspondent Keya Vakil, focusing on whether it can be effective at implementing the right-wing Project 2025 agenda or if it will get bogged down in intraparty squabbling, courtroom setbacks, and an inability to figure out how to pay for everything they want without looking painfully obvious as big deficit diggers.
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 Facebook, X, and Instagram to keep up with Pat & the show!
Made with Love (Hour 1)
Minnesota First Lady Gwen Walz calls in to talk about her husband’s run for vice president and what makes her great-grandmother’s cookie recipe so popular. Courier Newsroom national correspondent Keya Vakil talks about the widening gap between the unity sounded by Kamala Harris and the dark rhetoric of Donald Trump—plus a reminder not to let long lines at the polls or late-night vote counting discourage anyone from voting and having confidence in the results.
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 Facebook, X, and Instagram to keep up with Pat & the show!
The Other Shoe Dropped (Hour 1)
Two political bombshells in 24 hours in Wisconsin—first the Republican mayor of Waukesha, and now the Legislature’s longest serving Republican, state Sen. Rob Cowles, endorses Democrat Kamala Harris in the presidential election. Also: Keya Vakil helps us turn the corner from the pessimism of an endless campaign to the optimism that the finish line is in sight and things don’t look so bad.
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 Facebook, X, and Instagram to keep up with Pat & the show!
Just Gibberish (1st Hour)
While Donald Trump was rambling through an interview answer that blamed Ukraine for Russia’s invasion, Vice President Kamala Harris made three stops in Wisconsin to ask voters to take the country in a more stable direction. Harris was accompanied by entrepreneur Mark Cuban, who described Trump’s plan for massive tariffs and trade wars as “just gibberish.” In Green Bay, friend of the show and Democratic candidate in Wisconsin's 8th District, Dr. Kristin Lyerly went a little off script at the Harris rally. Meanwhile, Pat points out that Trump seemingly makes grown men cry (or the same man over and over?) at his campaign stops.
Keya Vakil helps us review the week’s big stories, from the early voting numbers in Wisconsin to the rhetoric we are seeing in the final stretch on the presidential campaign trail. Keya makes an excellent point that voting is just one part of the role we need to play in civic life.
The hour wraps with some fun with 'Today's History Lesson' with songs from Chuck Berry and the 5th Dimension, celebrity birthdays and fun facts about October 18th. If you missed the fun to begin the hour, here are the exciting calls from the ALCS game with the Guardians beating the Yankees, in English and in Spanish.
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 Facebook, X, and Instagram to keep up with Pat & the show!
Trump’s Dogwhistle Is a Bullhorn (Hour 1)
Donald Trump ripped the city of Detroit on Thursday—while speaking in Detroit. He also renewed his criticism of Milwaukee. He spent the week referring to Kamala Harris and Whoopie Goldberg as stupid. And he questions the genetic makeup of immigrants. Sounds about white. Courier Newsroom’s Keya Vakil tells us about new Trump revelations in an upcoming book by Bob Woodward.
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 Facebook, X, and Instagram to keep up with Pat & the show.
I’m All Out of Love (Hour 1)
Pat describes hearing about the Brewers playoff elimination while (yes, this is weird) singing along at an Air Supply concert in Milwaukee. Former US Attorney Jim Santelle gives us background on the new filing from special counsel Jack Smith on former President Trump’s federal election interference case. And Courier Newsroom national correspondent Keya Vakil shows us how Trump-backed Republicans are already laying the groundwork to undermine election results in November.
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 Facebook, X, and Instagram to keep up with Pat & the show.
