The Dr. Kristin Lyerly Show

Media Literacy, Misinformation, and the Future of News | With Teacher Abraham Lyerly The information crisis is here. CBS censored Colbert. Gen Z gets news from TikTok. Medical disinformation from RFK Jr. spreads faster than CDC facts. This week I sat down with my producer and oldest son, Abraham Lyerly – a public school teacher […]

Guest: Abraham Lyerly

Sat Feb 21, 2026

43:41

Judge Chris Taylor on her race for Wisconsin Supreme Court State courts are the last line of defense. And what’s happening in Wisconsin is a blueprint for the rest of the country. Between 2023 and 2025, Wisconsin made national headlines twice: first by flipping its Supreme Court to a liberal majority for the first time […]

Guest: Chris Taylor

Sat Feb 14, 2026

43:54

Daily Show Co-Creator on Abortion Rights, ICE Raids, and Why Comedy Is Resistance When they want silence, she brings laughter. This week on The Dr. Kristin Lyerly Show, I’m joined by Lizz Winstead – comedian, activist, co-creator of The Daily Show, co-founder of Air America Radio, and founder of Abortion Access Front. Lizz has spent […]

Guest: Lizz Winstead

Sat Feb 7, 2026

43:47

The Texas Abortion Ban Nearly Killed Me Amanda Zurawski, reproductive rights advocate and one of Time Magazine’s Women of the Year, joins Dr. Kristin Lyerly to share the devastating reality of pregnancy complications under Texas’s abortion ban and how she has used her own life-threatening experience to fight back.  At 18 weeks pregnant with a […]

Guest: Amanda Zurawski

Sat Jan 31, 2026

43:47

My Interview with Wisconsin’s Next Governor (Maybe) Mandela Barnes was Wisconsin’s first Black Lieutenant Governor. In 2022, he ran a nationally watched Senate race against Ron Johnson and lost by just 27,000 votes. Now he’s running for Governor, and Wisconsin voters have questions. In this episode, I sit down with Barnes for a no-BS conversation […]

Guest: Mandela Barnes

Sat Jan 24, 2026

44:02

Jess Craven on Making Fear Your Fuel How do you turn political fear into sustained action? Jess Craven has been answering that question for her massive Substack community every weekday since November 2016. In this episode of The Dr. Kristin Lyerly Show, Dr. Lyerly welcomes the face of “Chop Wood, Carry Water”, Jess Craven: political […]

Guest: Jess Craven

Sat Jan 17, 2026

44:02

What happens when telling patients the truth gets you fired? This week, Dr. Kristin Lyerly sits down with Nikki Sapiro Vinckier, PA-C—an OB/GYN physician assistant who spent over a decade in clinical practice before being pushed out for refusing to stay silent.  Nikki’s new book We Deserve More: Why Reproductive Healthcare is Broken—And What You […]

Guest: Nikki Sapiro Vinckier

Sat Jan 10, 2026

43:49

Hundreds of Wins Against Trump While the Trump-Vance administration has attempted to freeze funding, strip healthcare coverage from millions, and attack reproductive rights, one organization has been fighting back in court – and winning. Democracy Forward didn’t wait for Inauguration Day to prepare. Anticipating the threats of Project 2025, they built a strategic network of […]

Guest: Skye Perryman

Sat Jan 3, 2026

43:42

Plus Our Faves From 2025 Last week, everything changed in an instant. A serious car accident turned this doctor into a patient, and the strangers who became heroes – the volunteers and healthcare workers who rushed to help – reminded me exactly why we do this show. Community isn’t just a buzzword. It’s how we […]

Guest: Abraham Lyerly

Sat Dec 27, 2025

44:02

Missy Hughes on Building a Main Street Economy Wisconsin’s 2026 gubernatorial race is wide open – and the stakes couldn’t be higher. With no incumbent for the first time since 2010, a large and diverse field of Democrats are vying for the nomination in what will be one of the most watched races in the […]

Guest: Missy Hughes

Sat Dec 20, 2025

44:02