Nicole Slavin
Joe’s Gonna Be Okay. More So Than Trump. (Hour 2)
We’ll discuss President Joe Biden’s national address about his decision to pull out of the 2024 presidential race. Also: State Rep. Melissa Ratcliff is the focus of our Women Win Wisconsin segment as she talks about her run for a seat in the State Senate. UpNorthNews with Pat Kreitlow airs on several stations across the […]
Fearless (Hour 2)
Our Women Win Wisconsin segment powered by Motherhood For Good includes a conversation with state Assembly Rep. Francesca Hong, a fearless progressive not known for mincing words about the importance of making sure to vote this August and November. UpNorthNews with Pat Kreitlow airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio network, Monday through […]
Bird Watching (2nd Hour)
To begin the hour, we get a forecast from Civic Media‘s Brittney Merlot looking ahead for the next couple days. Then Pat recaps Louisiana’s new law mandating that classrooms display the Ten Commandments and notes the Supreme Court case that was decided decades ago this week that rejected such requirements. Then, we catch up with […]
Get Out of the Echo Chamber (Hour 2)
Congressman Tom Tiffany gets schooled on live TV, proving how bad it is to spend too much time in the echo chamber of political things you want to hear, whether true or not. Also: Our Women Win Wisconsin segment powered by Motherhood for Good introduces us to someone running for Assembly in northeast Wisconsin. Her […]
3rd District Primary: Rebecca Cooke (Hour 2)
Rebecca Cooke concludes our three-day catch-up with candidates in the 3rd Congressional District Democratic primary. State Rep. Jodi Emerson (D-Eau Claire) is our guest in our Women Win Wisconsin segment, powered by our friends at Motherhood for Good. And Luke Mathers helps us review the final Wisconsin episode of Top Chef-Wisconsin before the finalists are […]
Get in a Candidate’s Head (Hour 2)
One of the fundamental tenets of democracy is the ability of ordinary folks to petition their government without fear of retribution—unless you signed a petition a dozen years ago to recall Scott Walker for stripping away workers’ rights. Ever since then, conservative politicians have put those petition signers in a database in order to seek […]
Women, Trump, and Trust (Hour 2)
In our Women Win Wisconsin segment powered by Motherhood for Good, we’re joined by Lt. Governor Sara Rodriguez and Assembly Democratic Leader Greta Neubauer for a discussion on former President Trump’s expressing openness to allowing restrictions on contraception access—before an abrupt about-face. Also: Author Nick Butler runs for an Assembly seat in the Chippewa Valley. […]
The Good Land Cooking Challenge (Hour 2)
We recap the latest episode of Top Chef-Wisconsin, which gets into the overlooked but increasingly revered culture of Indigenous cuisine. And Rep. Lee Snodgrass of the Fox Valley is featured in this week’s Women Win Wisconsin, powered by Motherhood for Good. UpNorthNews with Pat Kreitlow airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio network, […]
Sausage Racing (Hour 2)
We’ll have our weekly Top Chef-Wisconsin recap with Luke Mathers as the chef-testants compete at American Family Field. And we highlight a northeast Wisconsin leader and candidate in our Women Win Wisconsin segment powered by Motherhood for Good. UpNorthNews with Pat Kreitlow airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio network, Monday through Friday […]
How ‘Nearly Dead’ Do Women Have to Be?(Hour 2)
Right-wing justices on the US Supreme Court indicated on Wednesday their support for state-based abortion bans that do not provide legal protection for doctors when a situation is a clear health emergency but not necessarily life-threatening. Also: Our Women Win Wisconsin segment powered by Motherhood for Good highlights a legislative candidate from the Fox Valley. […]
