State Assembly Rep. Christian Phelps (D-Eau Claire) has an update on an Assembly Education Committee with Republican leadership more interested in culture wars and sideshows than on improving our kids’ schools. Earl Ingram sets up an interview series with Dr. Howard Fuller about the earliest days of the voucher schools program. Benefit specialist Zab Martinez […]

Guests: Dan Shafer, Earl Ingram, Zab Martinez

May 26, 2025

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Welcome to the weekend and we thank you for stopping by! We have put together a Best Of episode of Morning With Pat Kreitlow with some our favorite moments and interviews. You’ll hear from Civic Media Political Editor Dan Shafer about the transformation of Rep. Derrick Van Orden, as well as State Rep Christian Phelps […]

May 24, 2025

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Dr. Kristin Lyerly talks to us about guarding against preeclampsia, a condition during pregnancy that can lead to high blood pressure and serious impacts to mother and baby. And we’ll wrap up our second round of interviews with the candidates for state Democratic Party chair with William Garcia. Mornings with Pat Kreitlow airs on several […]

Guests: Dr. Kristin Lyerly, William Garcia

May 23, 2025

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There have been a lot of discussions in newsrooms about how Artificial Intelligence can either supplement reporting or undermine credibility. A Chicago newspaper learned the hard way just how badly AI can be set up to report stories that seem to be written by humans, only to discover the published product was an embarrassing work […]

Guests: Jennifer Schulze, Jim Santelle, Mark Jacob

May 23, 2025

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The House Republican tax bill gets a lot of attention for being a massive giveaway to the super-wealthy, but the package is even worse than advertised—though much of its impact wasn’t learned until after it passed because the process was so rushed. We’ll learn more from Courier Newsroom’s Keya Vakil. And for folks who used […]

Guest: Keya Vakil

May 23, 2025

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Wisconsin’s senior senator and foremost conspiracy theorist is at it again. Sen. Ron Johnson could have been content wishing former President Biden a full recovery from his new battle with prostate cancer. Instead, he announced a committee investigation of Biden’s health and questioned his fitness for office. We’ll assess whether there’s validity to the questions […]

Guest: Joe Zepecki

May 22, 2025

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Some of the people on the front lines of fighting American poverty are in the nation’s capital this week to warn about the real damage that will be done by cutting safety net programs like food assistance and healthcare coverage. We’ll also talk about the cuts being proposed to Planned Parenthood that won’t do a […]

Guests: Michelle Velasquez, Zab Martinez

May 22, 2025

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We open with a convenient new way for listeners to interact with their favorite shows with the Civic Media app. And we’ll examine new reporting about Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s conveniently timed stock sales, just prior to President Trump’s tariff details that sent markets crashing. Mornings with Pat Kreitlow airs on several stations across the […]

Guests: Chris Taylor, Melissa Baldauff

May 22, 2025

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We’ll begin a new round of interviews for the three candidates hoping to succeed Ben Wikler as chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, starting with the guy who just received Wikler’s endorsement, Devin Remiker. (We’ll talk to Joe Zepecki on Thursday and William Garcia on Friday.) Melissa Baldauff has our weekly Climate Check segment. […]

Guests: Devin Remiker, Melissa Baldauff

May 21, 2025

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We’ll talk to first-term state Rep. Christian Phelps (D-Eau Claire) about what he’s seeing in the Assembly Education Committee as part of the state budget process. A lot of the material Republicans are putting in front of them seems to be about almost anything other than strengthening public schools, which is conventional behavior from them, […]

Guests: Christian Phelps, Earl Ingram

May 21, 2025

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