Mornings with Pat Kreitlow

We start this month’s visit from Congressman Mark Pocan with a simple question: Why are House Republicans once again playing games with a potential government shutdown at the end of this month—this t…

We’ll react to last night’s debate between Vice President Harris and former President Trump, including Trump noting that, after 9 years, he is still working on a big, beautiful healthcare plan. And a…

The letters B.S. are a radio-safe way of describing unbelievable campaign rhetoric, but they also have a literal meaning—and today we’re going to get into a little Manure 101 with dairy farmer Hans B…

California banker Eric Hovde has finally responded to concerns about foreign deposits with a hearty, “So what?” Literally. We’ll play the audio and explain why it matters that Wisconsin might have (a…

President Joe Biden’s visit to western Wisconsin last week included big news about a major investment in America’s rural electric cooperatives. We’ll talk to Julie Lassa, state director of USDA Rural…

Former President Donald Trump visited central Wisconsin over the weekend, where he engaged in a nearly two-hour stream-of-consciousness conversation with himself that covered all of his usual conspir…

Asked in New York on Thursday for a policy to solve the childcare crisis, former President Trump offered two minutes of gibberish with no coherent ideas to address the problem. But you’d never know t…

While Donald Trump is promising tariffs and trade wars that could cripple American agriculture, President Joe Biden told a crowd in western Wisconsin on Thursday about the next round of investments h…

Football season is underway. The NFL opens its season tonight. The Packers open up in Brazil tomorrow night. And the WIAC kicks off this evening. We’ll visit with Riley Kleist about how a team like U…

A new report looks at how Eric Hovde’s businesses have made investments in firms where moving jobs out of Wisconsin may have played a role in their viability or profitability. It raises the question …

Time for a fresh start in Wisconsin schools as a new academic year gets going. We’ll talk to Dr. Jill Underly, the state Superintendent of Public Instruction, about her department’s to-do list for st…

In this week’s Climate Check, we examine the gulf between the extremism of today’s right-wing politicians and typical Republican voters when it comes to the climate. While the topic might not be a hi…

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is very good at campaign messaging, as demonstrated in some of his quotes from his Labor Day appearance in Milwaukee. Meanwhile, the vice presidential nominee on the other sid…

We return from the long Labor Day weekend—well, not everything has returned. Pat tried to do a radio show even though his voice was still on vacation from a weekend head cold. We try to decipher what…

In this “Best of UpNorthNews Radio,” we learn a deep secret about producer Greg Bach—an unnatural dislike for BLT sandwiches. Is this any way to wrap up National Sandwich Month? Plus: Donald Trump us…

In this “Best of UpNorthNews Radio,” we offer free advice to Senate candidate Eric Hovde: Don’t attend a Republican fundraiser in his adopted hometown in Orange County, California. Think he’ll listen…

In this second half of our special report about Wisconsin voices at the Democratic National Convention, we hear from ten more delegates, leaders, and ordinary citizens invited to take part in the eve…

In the first half of this special report, we hear from ten Wisconsin delegates, officials, and allies attending the Democratic National Convention in Chicago as they react to the new Harris-Walz tick…

We’ll get to know a candidate for Assembly in a district that straddles Dane and Jefferson counties. And we’ll visit with Dan Schafer whose Recombobulation Area news site is now a part of the Civic M…