Mornings with Pat Kreitlow

Our regular Friday guest, former US Attorney Jim Santelle, has been holding community discussions about the risks to American democracy in an age where politicians are finding less resistance to abus…

With Congress unable to pass a fresh budget, a lack of funds is hurting centers around the country designed to give protection to children and women in abusive situations. One in Hayward is closing d…

There are now two candidates running for the post of state Superintendent of Public Instruction and neither of them are political conservatives. We’ll review the current field. And we’ll talk to Shaw…

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is betting that even with a much smaller majority he can run the same playbook of obstructing what Wisconsinites want from state government. Political strategist Joe Zepeck…

There’s never been a more critical time for supporters of their local public schools to either run for a seat on their local school board or help someone win election in April. We’ll talk to someone …

This week’s conversation about the climate offers a reminder that President-elect Trump’s choice for Energy Secretary is a fracking oil CEO who thinks a changing climate is a good thing—without any e…

Children’s author Laura Bird has some holiday gift recommendations, not just for the young book-readers on your list but grown-ups as well. You might also be able to stuff stockings with Packers tick…

Remember how the pandemic got a few more folks to be socially distant by getting outdoors more often? It’s a trend that benefitted state parks, lakes, and trails—and folks keep coming back. We’ll dis…

Behind every candidate is a campaign manager running countless details behind the scenes. In many progressive campaigns, that manager is someone very young with no employment security after election …

We break down the many, many ways President-elect Trump is passing along false information, most recently in Sunday’s appearance on Meet the Press. Does it matter? Well, the election may be over, but…

We’ll ask Congressman Mark Pocan if there are any signs of “green shoots” in the upcoming new session Congress, little signs that some kind of bipartisan action could sprout amidst a desert of Republ…

We’ll get an update from Courier Newsroom national correspondent Keya Vakil on President-elect Trump’s embattled nominee for Defense secretary—and how it’s fair to see Pete Hogseth as a reflection of…

It’s not just Robert Kennedy, Jr. who risks taking America’s public health. President-elect Trump has surrounded himself with people whose questionable-to-extreme positions on healthcare matters cons…

There are concerns that the recent court ruling overturning Act 10 means that next year’s Wisconsin Supreme Court race will have an outsized focus on a law from 13 years ago. Political strategist Joe…

We’ll visit with Ron Martin, a social studies teacher in Eau Claire who also serves on the executive board of the National Education Association, to get his reaction to a judge overturning Act 10. Al…

Congressional Republicans have a dilemma on their hands. President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act is creating a new generation of jobs nationwide, without regard to who supported him. A lot of “red …

President Biden’s unconditional pardon of his son Hunter has united two groups of people who rarely come together: hypocritical conservatives who didn’t say “boo” about Trump pardoning a Who’s Who of…

Act 10, the 2011 Scott Walker law that stripped away rights from public workers, was always based on a sham premise: that state workers could be fairly divided into two groups, one that would be exem…

Donald Trump and Co. spent the entire year denigrating, dehumanizing, and threatening immigrants. Now that they’ve won with such a divisive message, what’s the plan to address immigration issues with…