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Mornings with Pat Kreitlow

Pat Kreitlow is a longtime Wisconsin journalist and former state legislator who lives in and produces his show from along Lake Wissota in Chippewa Falls. UpNorthNews is Northern Wisconsin"s home for informative stories and fact-based conversations. Broadcasts live 6 - 9 a.m. across the state! Listen Live: 6:00 am - 9:00 am Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

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The Doctor Is In (Your Phone) (Hour 2)

Mornings with Pat Kreitlow ·

2025/09/18

We’ll meet pediatrician Dr. Kellie Snooks, who has a new video series “Raising Wisconsin” on UpNorthNews social media sites. Her latest report explains what vaccines actually do inside your body. We’ll also visit with former Racine alderman Trevor Jung, who just announced his candidacy for a State Senate seat held by a Republican for most of the past 14 years. Mornings with Pat Kreitlow is powered by UpNorthNews, and it airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio network, Monday through

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Corporate Media Claims Another Comic (Hour 1)

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2025/09/18

We’ll discuss the latest disturbing attack on America’s freedoms as another corporate television network caves to pressure from a ruling party and removes its late night show host. ABC joins a growing list of media outlets that have done the president’s bidding and put profits ahead of free expression and the freedom to speak truth to power. Meanwhile, Congressman Derrick Van Orden takes a page from fascism’s playbook in the way he turns the First Amendment into speech that is guilty until proven

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Day of Announcements 2 (Hour 3)

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2025/09/17

We continue welcoming a growing parade of candidates seeking higher office in 2026, with a visit from state Rep. Francesca Hong, who this morning announced her candidacy for Wisconsin governor. We’ll ask about the growing appetite among some voters for more unabashed liberalism and no more trying to placate the creeping authoritarianism in our government. We’ll visit with Civic Media friends Earl Ingram, Melissa Kaye, and reporter James Kelly. Mornings with Pat Kreitlow is powered by UpNorthNews,

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Day of Announcements 1 (Hour 2)

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2025/09/17

The change of seasons is becoming more noticeable. Kids are back in school. Football is back on the field. And candidates are announcing their plans for 2026. We’ll talk to a former childcare provider in New Glarus who’s decided to run for a seat in the Legislature because its leadership has ignored the needs of providers, parents, and employers long enough. And in our Homeroom segment, we’ll track the progress of bill at the state Capitol being considered now that the state budget is settled —

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As Useless as Monopoly Money (Hour 1)

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2025/09/17

There’s a lot about the current sluggish economy that can be pegged to moves by the White House, but there’s another underreported quirk in our economy: big business is getting bigger. That reduces competition — the most important factor in keeping prices manageable. We’ll talk about some troubling examples of how families are being nickeled and dimed in ways that don’t get big headlines and show why we need elected officials focused less on corporate America’s leaders and more on their customers.

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A Time Bomb on Health Care Costs (Hour 3)

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2025/09/16

To hear the Speaker of the House tell it, Republicans have no interest in working with Democrats to reach a budget deal and avoid a government shutdown — even though GOP members can’t agree among themselves how to write a budget. Democrats are demanding Republicans dismantle a health care cost bomb that’s going to skyrocket health insurance premiums, but Speaker Mike Johnson seems content to watch families endure healthcare sticker shock. We’ll talk to Courier Newsroom’s Cam Stevenson on Capitol

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Van Orden Vs. Eau Claire (Hour 2)

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2025/09/16

Instead of doing the job of a congressman, Derrick Van Orden spent his Monday still attached to his Twitter keyboard and calling for people, groups, and even cities to be punished because he does not agree with the opinions expressed by fellow Americans. That now includes the City of Eau Claire. It’s not typical (or normal) behavior for a member of Congress to advocate for defunding services from one of the largest communities in their district, but nothing about this situation is normal. We’ll talk

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The Thought Police Take to the Airwaves (Hour 1)

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2025/09/16

Big Government is casting a wider net, seeking to police people’s thoughts as expressed on social media and use those posts to have people fired or to deny visas to potential visitors and workers — again, based on their thoughts and opinions. The news about visa denials came even as the vice president of the United States used his government office to guest host Charlie Kirk’s former radio show and make more threats to use government as a weapon against people solely for political

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Here Come the Candidates! (Hour 3)

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2025/09/15

The candidate list for the 2026 election is growing again this week. We’ll talk about this morning’s entry of state Sen. Kelda Roys to the governor’s race. And we’ll talk live with Milwaukee city council member JoCasta Zamarripa, a former legislator who’s now running for Wisconsin Secretary of State. Mornings with Pat Kreitlow is powered by UpNorthNews, and it airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio network, Monday through Friday from 6-9 am. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not

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Pushing Back Against a Big Oil & Coal President (Hour 2)

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2025/09/15

The current president and majority party may be shamelessly trying to drag America back to the days of coal and oil generating most of our power and pollution, but plenty of other people are pushing back. We’ll talk to Robert Kraig of Citizen Action Wisconsin about the ways they’re making sure lawmakers are aware of the direction being demanded by most Americans — and it doesn’t involve going backward and ignoring the problems of a changing climate. Mornings with Pat Kreitlow is powered by

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Free Speech For Him, But Not About Him (Hour 1)

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2025/09/15

Far-right provocateur Charlie Kirk symbolized the fight over free speech. Universities faced pressure to cancel his appearances as well as pressure to not give in to so-called cancel culture. That makes it ironic that the most tangible activity in the country in the days after his murder has been a wave of firings of people for expressing their own points of view — and threats of firings from people like a member of Congress from Wisconsin. Mornings with Pat Kreitlow is powered by UpNorthNews,

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Weekly Best of Mornings with Pat Kreitlow for Sep 13

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2025/09/13

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More Quackery Facing Pregnant Women (Hour 3)

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2025/09/12

We’ll ask Dr. Kristin Lyerly about Not-a-Dr. Robert Kennedy, Jr. and the misinformation he’s spreading about autism, Tylenol, and folate deficiencies, causing more angst among pregnant women. And Mike Clemens will help us review last night’s Packers game against Washington and whether the short-week pressure will be worth it by having ten days until the next game.Mornings with Pat Kreitlow is powered by UpNorthNews, and it airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio network, Monday

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Politicians in Robes Strike Again (Hour 2)

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2025/09/12

We’ll ask former US Attorney Jim Santelle to make it make sense: the same US Supreme Court that says race cannot be a consideration for college admissions now says race can be an issue in deciding whether law enforcement can pull over, harass, and even detain people they only suspect of not being citizens. And we’ll ask journalists Mark Jacob and Jennifer Schulze about the coverage of the Charlie Kirk murder, especially the double-standard that accompanies the “sanewashing” taking place about Kirk’s

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The Big Lie That Won’t Die (Hour 1)

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2025/09/12

The good news is that President Trump finally approved disaster relief for flash flood victims in southeast Wisconsin. The stupid news is that he had to wrap the announcement in The Big Lie. Yes, Trump is still being delusional or traitorous in lying about winning Wisconsin and the 2020 presidential election. We’ll also talk to Courier Newsroom’s Keya Vakil about the ongoing effort to tone down the violent rhetoric in the wake of this week’s political violence. Mornings with Pat Kreitlow is

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Tony Evers’ Legacy (Hour 3)

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2025/09/11

Governor Tony Evers was the keynote speaker for the third night of the annual Cap Times Idea Fest and talked about his decision not to run for a third term and his legacy after eight years of playing defense to a hostile Legislature. We’ll talk to Joe Zepecki about that and the day’s other top stories. Sean O’Malley will visit to discuss your money and the markets. And Chad Holmes will tell us about the stories he’s following for us in the Wausau area.Mornings with Pat Kreitlow is powered by

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Get Ready to Run… For Something (Hour 2)

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2025/09/11

National politicians get most of the attention, but the people who are getting things done day by day in government are the ones who serve at a local level. It’s time to think about who’s serving on your town board, city council, county board, and in other posts — and if you think it’s a way you could help your community, there’s a group dedicated to training the next round of municipal leaders. We’ll talk to a Wisconsin mayor who heads up that national group. Mornings with Pat Kreitlow is

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One of the Day’s 300 (Hour 1)

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2025/09/11

Conservative agitator Charlie Kirk was a lot of things, many of them antithetical to hopes for a safer America, but that does not excuse political violence – nor any kind of gun violence. If Wednesday was an average day in America, Kirk was one of 300 people who were shot yesterday, nearly half of them shot dead. And that includes a school shooting Wednesday in Colorado. The other victims won’t get the attention Kirk has received, but perhaps the attention to this murder in Utah will take the rest

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Crowley Becomes a Candidate (Hour 3)

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2025/09/10

We’ll talk live with Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, the most recent candidate to announce in the 2026 race for Wisconsin governor, about his decision to run and what he wants voters to know about his experience and positions. Also, we’ll have a guest from Clean Wisconsin on how all of these massive new data centers are sucking up groundwater wherever they pop up, a development that’s good for Artificial Intelligence but not so good for neighbors whose wells have run dry.Mornings with

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Do You Know How Much This Costs? (Hour 2)

Mornings with Pat Kreitlow ·

2025/09/10

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 to build public awareness before the program swallows up more of the state budget and skims resources away from local public schools.Mornings with Pat Kreitlow is powered by

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