Mornings with Pat Kreitlow

Turn Out the Lights (Hour 3)

The party’s over. We wrap things up with a preview from Mike Clemens of Saturday’s Packers-Bears matchup. Mornings with Pat Kreitlow is powered by UpNorthNews, and it airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio

Megalomaniac Run Amok (Hour 2)

We’ll have one more go-round with our Week In Review panel and ask them “what have we learned” in 2025 — and how can we take those lessons and apply them toward getting our country back on track in 2026. Given that the p

The Empire Strikes Back (Hour 1)

They say the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice… but that doesn’t mean there won’t be some injustices along the way. Donald Trump’s police state wins a round by securing a felony conviction fo

(Not) At Your Service (Hour 3)

It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy for those who want government to fail: Slash what’s working, blame government itself for being dysfunctional, rinse, repeat. We’ll talk to Joe Zepecki about the latest moves that reduce cu

Connect the Dots Already (Hour 2)

A new report by a nonpartisan research group needed more than 2,300 words to describe why this month’s property tax bills for 2025 are so much higher than last year. They really only needed a handful of words to connect

Republican Rift on Health Care (Hour 1)

In Congress, a discharge petition is an extremely rare tool. A majority of members can sign it to force a full vote on a matter, even if the leadership wants to keep it bottled up. For the fourth time, House Speaker Mike

Pigeon Finds a Home (Hour 3)

One of our favorite long-running stories on this show got the nickname “Pigeon Quest” because Melissa Kaye, from our Civic Media station in Wisconsin Rapids, embarked on a detailed mission to adopt a rescue pigeon. So, y

Class Dismissed (Hour 2)

We mark the final installment of Homeroom, our weekly segment about protecting public education in Wisconsin, with the two people most responsible for making it a prime focus of our show: Heather DuBois Bourenane, Chris

On the Record (Hour 1)

There have been more unusual events in 2025 than we care to count — and one of the stranger ones took place Tuesday when Vanity Fair published the result of 11 (yes, eleven) interviews conducted with Trump’s chief of sta

Trump Is Deranged Syndrome (Hour 3)

There is no bottom: Donald Trump will always find a way to sink even lower than the last time you thought he’d couldn’t be worse. This time, Trump is getting a fair amount of criticism from fellow Republicans for a socia

Gift-Wrapping Rural Wisconsin (Hour 2)

There are lots of holiday gifts you can wrap, but others you need to experience. We’ll talk to Sheila Everhart of the Wisconsin Agricultural Tourism Association about giving the gift of events in rural Wisconsin. We’ll a

Sand in the Gears (Hour 1)

As we often say here: Those who hate government the most should be trusted the least to run it competently. The latest example comes from Republicans in the Legislature who refused a request to allocate the funds to spee

WisEye Closed (Hour 3)

The CEO of WisconsinEye talks to us about the network going dark — unable to continue its work of covering state government due to a lack of funding. We’ll ask why such a vital service has to beg for financial support. M

GOP Healthcare Conundrum (Hour 2)

Former GOP Congressman Reid Ribble joins us to talk about the lack of a serious Republican healthcare plan — something he says shouldn’t be the case. We’ll hear his suggestions to his old colleagues. Mornings with Pat Kr

Putting the BS in CBS (Hour 1)

CBS could have used their time Saturday to honor Dick Van Dyke on his 100th birthday, given his many shows over many years. Instead, the new right wing regime chose to turn the airwaves over to the widow of Charlie Kirk.

Weekly Best of Mornings with Pat Kreitlow for Dec 13

Mandela Barnes Breaks It Down (Hour 3)

A lot of Wisconsin political insiders sure like asking questions about Mandela Barnes: Can he win a general election? Can he raise $50 million to run for governor? Is the attention he’s getting from Republicans a sign of

What a Week (Hour 2)

We’ll ask our Week In Review panel about some of the headlines of the past few days. Republicans had to back off their desire to force grieving women to scoop up the remains of a miscarriage and put it in a medical waste

Our Useless Senate (Hour 1)

Some of us are old enough to remember when the United States Senate had a vaunted reputation as the world’s greatest deliberative body. Weighty issues would be debated by senators with the security of six-year terms, res

Anybody Else? (Hour 3)

With Joel Brennan joining the race for governor, we’ll ask political strategist Joe Zepecki if there’s anyone else in the pipeline or are we seeing the likely field of candidates between now and the primary next August.