Mornings with Pat Kreitlow

It might be one of the biggest billion-dollar surprises in Wisconsin, if you were to ask most taxpayers how much public money is going to the private school voucher scheme. It’s more than $700 million this year and getting close to a 10-digit annual payout. We’ll outline how one group is launching a transparency campaign […]

Guest: Heather DuBois Bourenane

Wed Sep 10, 2025

44:02

It’s already well-documented that Congressman Derrick Van Orden spends a lot of time scrolling and trolling through social media. But even by his standards it was weird that he put a new comment on a photo from two years ago. Even weirder: the photo he commented on shows him on the US Capitol grounds on […]

Guest: Melissa Kaye

Wed Sep 10, 2025

44:02

Is it possible to be an evil genius doing diabolical, well-planned things and be stupid as well? We’ll talk to Courier Newsroom’s Cam Stevenson live from Washington, DC about a Trump/conservative strategy that has gone both ways. It has meticulously given the country a US Supreme Court that on Monday delivered one of the most […]

Guests: Cam Stevenson, Dan Shafer

Tue Sep 9, 2025

44:02

We’ll catch up with Jeff Rennicke from Friends of the Apostle Islands about how the president’s willful neglect of our National Parks is being seen in everything from overworked staff and fewer tours to piled up trash and lost revenue that could keep our parks healthy. We’ll also talk to Sheila Everhart from the Wisconsin […]

Guests: Dan Hagen, Hans Breitenmoser, Jeff Rennicke, Sheila Everhart

Tue Sep 9, 2025

44:02

Once again local media provided coverage of Congressman Derrick Van Orden unencumbered by fact checks, clarifications, or context. We’ll review an event — not a town hall — to “celebrate” a new tax policy on tips and overtime. It is not nearly as generous or encompassing as you would think, to see how it’s being […]

Tue Sep 9, 2025

44:02

For all of the bluster some politicians offer about saluting the service of our veterans, they really show their stripes when it comes time to provide actual services of their own to the men and women who served our nation. We’ll talk to Sen. Jeff Smith about how important programs that help homeless veterans in […]

Guest: Jeff Smith

Mon Sep 8, 2025

44:02

The notion of fair elections has been taking it on the chin lately as Republicans in multiple states engage in corrupt cartography right out in public. We’ll talk to Iuscely Flores from the Wisconsin Fair Maps Coalition about a bipartisain effort to get rid of gerrymandering the maps for Congress and state legislatures. They’re taking […]

Guest: Iuscely Flores

Mon Sep 8, 2025

44:02

Even being on rehab from knee surgery wasn’t going to stop one enthusiastic Packers fan from attending the season opener at Lambeau Field. We’ll talk to Dr. Kristin Lyerly about a perfect day for football and a practically perfect performance by Green Bay to open the 2025 campaign. The Milwaukee Brewers also continue their latest […]

Guests: Dr. Kristin Lyerly, Salina Heller

Mon Sep 8, 2025

44:02

We’ll get set for Week 1 of the NFL season with Mike Clemens giving an update on the Green Bay Packers’ status heading into their opener at home against Detroit. And Dr. Kristin Lyerly will sum up the significance of the RFK, Jr. congressional hearing and the additional burden it puts on everyone who wants […]

Guests: Dr. Kristin Lyerly, Mike Clemens

Fri Sep 5, 2025

44:02