Dan Schumacher
Politicizing Tragedy: Trump Is Back (Hour 2)
We’ll discuss this week’s news headlines with a new weekly panel: veteran journalists Mark Jacob and Jennifer Schulze, former US Attorney Jim Santelle, and Civic Media afternoon host Todd Allbaugh. Topics include President-elect Trump playing politics with the tragic California wildfires and Meta going MAGA as tech billionaires seek favor with the new administration.
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!
Fair Maps vs. Fair Session (Hour 2)
State Senate Democratic Leader Dianne Hesselbein previews the upcoming session of the Wisconsin Legislature—one where Republicans have a much smaller majority thanks to fairer maps. But whether that will translate into a fair session that allows Democratic bills to be heard is a fair question. Also: Mark Jacob reviews this week’s media coverage. And we’ll go over the rules for a new kind of indoor professional golf league.
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!
Abuses of Power (Hour 2)
Our regular Friday guest, former US Attorney Jim Santelle, has been holding community discussions about the risks to American democracy in an age where politicians are finding less resistance to abusing the powers given to them by voters. Also: Mark Jacob has a look at one troubling pick for the Trump Team: an IRS commissioner eager to cut taxes for billionaires and remove ways to punish wealthy tax cheats.
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!
Any Green Shoots? (Hour 2)
We’ll ask Congressman Mark Pocan if there are any signs of “green shoots” in the upcoming new session Congress, little signs that some kind of bipartisan action could sprout amidst a desert of Republican infighting and obstruction. And we’ll have former US Attorney Jim Santelle on how Donald Trump’s picks for top law enforcement posts will damage an independent judiciary.
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!
Gaetz Out, Bondi Just as Bad (Hour 2)
We’ll talk to former US Attorney Jim Santelle about President-elect Trump’s new choice to be Attorney General, now that Matt Gaetz has withdrawn his nomination. Pam Bondi, the former Florida attorney general, is no better—having torpedoed one investigation of Trump, Inc. fraud and becoming one of his superspreaders of the 2020 Big Lie.
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!
Executive Orders (Hour 2)
We’ll talk to former US Attorney Jim Santelle about the impact of Donald Trump’s victory, from the crumbling of the investigations into election interference and classified documents to the ways Trump will try to use executive orders to essentially be the Day 1 dictator he promised to be. Mark Jacob reviews media coverage of Election Night. And Kirk Bangstad reveals the new flagship beer from the Minocqua Brewing Co.
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!
Trash Talk. Trashy Coverage. (Hour 2)
The former president is calling our country a garbage can and threatening to jail his critics. His Speaker of the House called again for taking away health care from millions of Americans. But the national media has spent the week going after President Biden for a snide remark about a trash-talking comedian. We’ll talk to Mark Jacob about this week’s press coverage. Plus, what’s next on Donald Trump’s legal calendar if he loses next week and can’t rely on presidential pardon power to be a potential “Get Out of Jail Free” card?
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!
Tough to Fire the Publisher (Hour 2)
The Los Angeles Times editorial staff was set to hit “print” on an editorial endorsing Kamala Harris for president—until the publisher said to kill it. We’ll talk to Mark Jacob, a Chicago newspaper veteran, about the editorial tension between journalists and the people who sign their paychecks. Plus former US Attorney Jim Santelle looks for some legal news beyond the presidential campaign.
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!
Let’s Talk About the F-Word (2nd Hour)
We kick off the hour with a meteorology update from Civic Media's Brittney Merlot and then we hear from host of Amicus, Jim Santelle. Jim shares a bit about what he is going to be talking about on his weekend legal show, this Saturday at 9:00am, and Pat asks some questions about the legal landscape.
Then, some conservatives love to throw around slurs like “Communist!” and “Socialist!” in a way that gives the impression (or provides evidence) that they don’t know what the words actually mean. Progressives, on the other hand, are well aware of how to describe Fascism but are only recently using the word more publicly because Donald Trump’s rhetoric creeps closer to matching it. We’ll talk to Mark Jacob about news coverage of Trump’s danger to democracy.
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!
Abortion Ban Politics (Hour 2)
We’ll ask former US Attorney Jim Santelle about this week’s decision by the US Supreme Court not to block an abortion ban in Texas while a lawsuit works its way through the courts. We’ll talk to Mark Jacob about how the media continues tiptoeing around Donald Trump’s incoherence, racism, and lack of policy specifics. And we’ll preview a busy sports weekend, including the nationally-ranked Badger women’s and men’s hockey teams getting their new seasons going.
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.
