Jennifer Schulze

The Crisis Is Looming? (Hour 2)

March 21, 2025

We hear a lot that a Constitutional crisis is looming, but with President Trump’s defiance of judges’ orders, aren’t we already there? We’ll talk to a former US Attorney as part of our week-in-review panel.

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!

Brittany Kinser (Hour 2)

March 14, 2025

We have a conversation with Brittany Kinser about her campaign for state Superintendent of Public Instruction. As an advocate of charter and voucher schools, we’ll ask how she intends to have three things at once: strong public schools, taxpayer-supported private schools, and taxpayers who don’t mind paying for two systems. Also: Our week-in-review panel looks at how President Trump shows no sign of letting up on the steamroller that’s been wearing down national media and Senate Democratic leadership.

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!

Don’t Be a Glass Bowl (Hour 1)

March 14, 2025

Dr. Kristin Lyerly was recently in Washington, DC as part of a lobbying day for obstetricians and gynecologists. Her congressman did not seem to be particularly welcoming. Also: Some local journalists are being tagged as official “legends,” while another is taking her first day off in 8 years after getting sick of toxic online commentary.

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!

No Guardrails (Hour 2)

February 21, 2025

This week’s confirmation of Kash Patel as FBI director puts the final nail in the coffin of anyone’s hopes that Senate Republicans would stand for integrity when faced with a slate of unqualified and dangerous Cabinet appointees. We’ll review this week’s political headlines with journalists Mark Jacob, Jennifer Schulze, and former US Attorney Jim Santelle. Also: A bittersweet conversation with Dan Schumacher of Northland College, where he and others learned this week that the small college in Ashland will shut down at the end of the academic year.

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!

A Daily Dose of American Values (Hour 2)

February 17, 2025

After only four weeks of a new presidency (Really? Only four?), it’s clear the chaos being brought to the American daily routine isn’t some kind of a bug—it’s a feature of Trumpism. So what’s the antidote? We actually got a preview five years ago, when state and local Democratic leaders provided fact-based alternatives to Trump’s daily rants about the pandemic. Journalist Jennifer Schulze outlines how a similar daily media briefing could help Americans understand the local impacts and the better alternatives to running a country, rather than running it into the ground

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!

It’s Work… But It Works (2nd Hour)

January 31, 2025

Pat begins the second hour with a weekend weather report from Civic Media meteorologist Brittney Merlot, covering the wild swings our state is facing this week. Then, Pat touches on what it would mean for a challenge to Act 10 before this Wisconsin Supreme Court, with two current Justices having ties to the case in different ways.

Our week-in-review panel looks at the whirlwind that accompanied the uncertainty of whether the new administration could actually get away with cutting a massive amount of government services for Americans. The bottom line: Dealing with this president is going to require work—work to fact-check, work to challenge, work to maintain a stable government… but as we learned, it works.

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!

Don’t ‘Both Sides’ a Nazi Salute (Hour 2)

January 24, 2025

If ever there were a topic in the news that cried out for not treating it with typical “both sides” coverage, couldn’t we agree making a Nazi salute is one of them? And yet that’s what media outlets are doing after a Milwaukee TV meteorologist rightly called out Elon Musk for a gesture that, at its best, was Nazi-adjacent. We’ll talk to Mark Jacob and Jennifer Schulze about this week’s media coverage of the news, as well as former US Attorney Jim Santelle, who will react to the warrantless raids being done on immigrant laborers—as well as President Trump’s order for US Attorneys to investigate local officials.

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!

Politicizing Tragedy: Trump Is Back (Hour 2)

January 10, 2025

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 FacebookX, and Instagram to keep up with Pat & the show!

Stock Up Before Prices Shoot Up (Hour 2)

November 26, 2024

President-elect Donald Trump is eight weeks away from being sworn in, but he’s already having an impact on the economy with his new pledge to seek higher tariffs on some of our largest trading partners. Why are so few newsrooms explaining that, in plain English, what Trump actually said is that he’s pledging to seek higher prices for consumers? We’ll talk about media coverage of the Trump transition with veteran Chicago journalist Jennifer Schulze.

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!

Beat the Press, Again (Hour 2)

August 16, 2024

Former President Donald Trump held something he described as a news conference on Thursday. Veteran journalist Jennifer Shulze created a media checklist to measure whether Trump was kept on message and held accountable or if he was allowed to ramble and lie and run out the clock. We’ll see how the press corps did.

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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