Mark Jacob
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.
The Sanewashing Will Continue (Hour 2)
Journalist Mark Jacob has the latest examples of major media “sanewashing” the dangerous ramblings of former President Trump and running mate JD Vance, including the newest round of obvious lies that are making it harder to conduct rescues and organize recovery from the Hurricane Helene catastrophe. And we’ll talk sports with Dan Schumacher, including a preview of the Packers-Rams matchup and reliving the way a dream season for the Milwaukee Brewers became another postseason nightmare with one swing of the bat from the New York Mets.
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.
Circus Journalism (Hour 2)
You can’t cover the circus if you’re sleeping with the elephants. That’s not the most elegant phrasing, but it leads into our discussion of how a prominent reporter known for her favorable coverage of Robert Kennedy, Jr. is suspended and accused of having a romantic relationship with her story subject. And we’ll discuss whether county sheriffs should be interpreting election law across Wisconsin.
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.
Better, But… (Hour 2)
This week’s presidential debate showed that moderators can do some fact-checking in real time—even if one of the candidates insists a story about pets being eaten is true because he heard someone say it on TV. Still, only a fraction of Donald Trump’s falsehoods were checked and there was zero success in getting the former president to stop interrupting. Whatever happened to that mic muting idea?
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 Sanewashing Must Stop (Hour 2)
Asked in New York on Thursday for a policy to solve the childcare crisis, former President Trump offered two minutes of gibberish with no coherent ideas to address the problem. But you’d never know that from reading mainstream media write-ups. Mark Jacob and others are branding that kind of reporting as “sanewashing,” and they say it’s past time journalists stopped pretending Trump is behaving like any other public official by cherry-picking his words and leaving out the rambling stream of consciousness
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 Unconventional Convention (Hour 2)
From a history-making nominee to a first-of-its-kind roll call, we’ll sum up the Democratic convention as delegates head home from Chicago. Plus: Mark Jacobs reminds us that not all fact checks are created equal. And former US Attorney Jim Santelle has updates on legal cases in two states that affect November’s ballot.
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.
Target: Midwest Nice (Hour 2)
From the choice of the aw-shucks governor from Minnesota to repeated appearances in Wisconsin and conventions in Milwaukee and Chicago, it’s clear the path to political power in the United States runs right through voters in the Midwest. Also: We’ll ask Mark Jacob if reporters and pundits are asking questions about Donald Trump’s fitness for office as enthusiastically as they were about President Joe Biden. Former US Attorney Jim Santelle has an update on Trump’s legal cases. And we talk to Dan Schumacher about the Brewers’ magic number—because we can do that now!
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.
Prosecuting Trump (Hour 2)
Friday morning on UpNorthNews Radio with @PatKreitlowUpNorth: We ask former US Attorney Jim Santelle about Vice President Kamala Harris and how the time she spent prosecuting criminals can help her with moderate voters. Courier Newsroom national correspondent Keya Vakil has more about what a Harris administration would prioritize for a national agenda. Mark Jacob breaks down some of the abysmal national media coverage of former President Trump’s meltdown in front of Black journalists. And we’ll talk about the first week of the Paris Olympics with Dan Schumacher.
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.
