Mornings with Pat Kreitlow

When Wisconsin finally got fairer maps than the gerrymandered ones of the past decade, it led to more turnover than usual in Assembly races last year. There wasn’t as much impact on state Senate races because only half the Senate is up for reelection every two years — so voters should expect several high-profile races […]

Guests: Jeff Smith, Mike Clemens

Fri Oct 17, 2025

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Even as millions of Americans plan to demonstrate Saturday against President Trump, the opposition to how he’s handling the government shutdown isn’t giving him pause. Congressional Democrats want a deal that says Trump won’t unilaterally rescind federal funds that Congress approves because they don’t trust him. Trump doesn’t care. We’ll ask our Week In Review […]

Guests: Jennifer Schulze, Jim Santelle, Mark Jacob

Fri Oct 17, 2025

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Gerrymandering — the way politicians cheat by rigging maps of legislative and congressional districts — has become so rampant in the age of Trump that some states are taking multiple stabs at making their borders a mockery of democracy. North Carolina Republicans are about to make their 4th altered map in five years. We’ll talk […]

Guests: Billy Ball, Greg Bach, Keya Vakil

Fri Oct 17, 2025

44:13

Jokes aside, it’s serious business that the president of the United States, members of Congress, and others are actually using the phrase “domestic terrorist” to describe people who disagree with them and are standing up to their unethical or illegal activities — and in the president’s case, explicitly calling for their arrest and trial based […]

Guests: Chad Holmes, Joe Zepecki

Thu Oct 16, 2025

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We’ll talk to Cyndi Greening, a Chippewa Valley organizer among the many who are planning “No Kings” rallies at nearly 100 sites around Wisconsin this Saturday. We’ll ask her about the Antifa meetings she attends, the big checks she cashes from George Soros, why she hates America — and other sarcastic tropes that conservatives are […]

Guest: Cyndi Greening

Thu Oct 16, 2025

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We feel bad for the women out there named Karen who know better than to make a “joke” about calling ICE on someone. But the meme is out there and so is the Milwaukee woman who’s out of a job after being seen on social media threatening a Dodgers fan who was engaged in some […]

Thu Oct 16, 2025

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The government shutdown is all about a very simple premise: Republicans want to make healthcare less affordable. They need Democratic votes to pass a bill keeping the government open. Democrats will go along if some of those things that make healthcare less affordable are pulled back. Republicans would rather keep hurting Americans through a protracted […]

Guests: Earl Ingram, Leslie Dach, Melissa Baldauff

Wed Oct 15, 2025

44:14

In our Homeroom segment, Sen. Chris Larson will talk about a proposal to bring more transparency to taxpayers, who need to know how much of their money is being siphoned off to private schools through voucher programs. And Ellie Bourdo updates us on the stories she’s putting into our daily newsletter at UpNorthNews. Mornings with […]

Guests: Chris Larson, Ellie Bourdo

Wed Oct 15, 2025

44:12

There was acrimony in the Legislature on Tuesday as Republicans sought to honor right wing provocateur Charlie Kirk, but they objected to a full telling of Kirk’s life story and his positions espousing bigotry and misogyny. We’ll also force ourselves to relive last night’s Game 2 of the National League Championship Series as the Brewers’ […]

Wed Oct 15, 2025

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Maybe we can call ‘em Trump Food Banks since they’re getting busier than ever thanks to the president’s government shutdown — especially in places where America’s federal employees and members of the Armed Forces count on a competent government to keep the paychecks coming. We’ll talk to COURIER’s Cam Stevenson live from Capitol Hill and […]

Guests: Cam Stevenson, Dan Shafer

Tue Oct 14, 2025

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