Green Bay Mayor Eric Genrich recently wrote a column for Civic Media’s Dan Shafer with his feelings of what Democrats should do differently in order to win more elections in 2026. Mayor Genrich joined Pat Kreitlow to talk about the essay and engage in some back-and-forth about where Democrats can put more emphasis on getting […]

May 3, 2025

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Motherhood—is any concept more American and more worthy of respect from our elected leaders? That doesn’t seem to matter to Robin Vos, the Speaker of the Assembly, who’s single-handedly blocking a bill to better protect new moms from health crises. We’ll talk to Dr. Kristin Lyerly and Emily Tseffos about this bill and another bipartisan […]

Guests: Dr. Kristin Lyerly, Emily Tseffos

May 2, 2025

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Please do not try to parody the New York Times. It is no longer possible. Its 100-day coverage of the Trump White House concludes with a review of the administration’s “style, an administration where looking the part is crucial to playing the part.” We’ll try to find the nuggets amidst this week’s sludge of national […]

Guests: Dan Schumacher, Jennifer Schulze, Jim Santelle, Mark Jacob

May 2, 2025

44:02

Give the White House some credit for a little bipartisanship: Businesses, workers, consumers, and pundits have united on the notion that the Trump tariffs are off-target and causing real harm. We’ll review this week’s developments with Courier Newsroom’s Keya Vakil and Courier colleagues from our outlets in New Hampshire and Michigan. Mornings with Pat Kreitlow […]

Guests: Colin Booth, Keya Vakil, Kyle Kaminski

May 2, 2025

44:02

People like US Rep. Derrick Van Orden love to talk about “following orders,” but he and other GOP lawmakers won’t be able to pass the buck and blame only President Trump for an economy heading toward recession. We’ll talk to Joe Zepecki about Wednesday’s vote in Congress that could have modified or ended Trump’s disastrous […]

Guest: Joe Zepecki

May 1, 2025

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We’re joined by two Chippewa Valley legislators, Sen. Jeff Smith and Rep. Jodi Emerson, who will discuss the latest Donald Trump budget cuts to community volunteer programs—and we’ll see if the money budgeted two years ago for a healthcare crisis in their area is still being held hostage by Republican lawmakers. Mornings with Pat Kreitlow […]

Guests: Jeff Smith, Jodi Emerson

May 1, 2025

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Somewhere between serving as a news anchor in Eau Claire and a radio host in Chippewa Falls, Pat spent a brief stint as a TV reporter in the Cayman Islands. Wednesday was Election Day in his favorite piece of paradise, giving him a chance to reminisce about covering politics in a British Overseas Territory—and being […]

Guest: Melissa Baldauff

May 1, 2025

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A new bill raises this point: should Wisconsin utilities get an advantage when it comes to NEW transmission line projects, or does it stifle competition? It’s a question that doesn’t cut neatly across party lines, as we’ll discuss in this week’s Climate Check with Melissa Baldauff. Mornings with Pat Kreitlow airs on several stations across […]

Guest: Melissa Baldauff

Apr 30, 2025

44:02

If you’re not familiar with the issue of how lead paint is still poisoning children in Milwaukee schools, you can be forgiven for asking, “How is this still a thing?” Our guest from the Wisconsin Public Education Network has the background in this week’s Homeroom segment. Mornings with Pat Kreitlow airs on several stations across […]

Guest: Jenni Hofschulte

Apr 30, 2025

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We’ll ask how we ended up with a government so hostile to even the concept of immigrants that its only plans are to ask people to make more babies and put off retirement. Sean Duffy is the latest in the Trump White House to hint at making retirement tougher for air traffic controllers in order […]

Guest: Dan Shafer

Apr 30, 2025

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