Welcome to Night Light.
Great to have you with me on this Tuesday night.
We're gonna light it up folks.
That's what we're here for Wherever you're joining us from in the great state of Wisconsin.
It is great to have you as we broadcast live from beautiful downtown Green Bay second warm day in a row Conrad I am laughing Because okay about a week ago my son Joe was on the show and he sent me that social media
Picture of the guy who was put he would go to this side was it a magic thing or something a magic the gathering Mm-hmm, and he would sneak up behind People whose butt cracks were showing and he would just kind of lean in and take a picture of himself next to the butt cracks and it's
preposterous, but it was very funny.
And Aaron Zommer sent this message.
He produces the Todd Alba show.
He says, I'm listening to your discussion with Joe from last week, Wednesday.
Yeah, it was Wednesday.
He said, I'm very familiar with the guy who got kicked out of the magic, the gathering events for taking peek picks of people's butt cracks.
He is an American hero.
He says as a magic player, he was doing us all a service by publicly shaming these people.
Very funny stuff.
Thank you, Aaron.
Um,
I'm doing good.
It was a nice warm day again.
Yeah.
So instead of going outside like yesterday, I didn't.
How come?
I don't know.
I just, there was nothing.
You pulled a Pete.
I went to work out, but that's inside.
Okay.
So the only outside activity I had today was going to my car.
So you were driving back and forth
today.
All right.
That's not too bad though.
You still get, look at, I had the windows open today.
In my house
that.
beautiful outside.
The sun was out.
I mean, it's probably like 40, but it still felt like it still felt great.
I had I had my my huge door open.
Yeah, outside, you know, I can't think of the word, but I had all the windows open to and it was just really nice getting that smell back into the apartment.
You know, fresh, fresh air, baby.
Yeah, because it's so it's just so, you know, dry during the winter.
I know it's nice though when it's like this because
the last couple nights We didn't even have our humidifier on we just opened the window
I knew we were getting enough moisture And yeah, it's a it's a great feeling.
You know, it's gonna get crazy cold again So
It's do we are we sure of that?
that's still short weather for you
Are you kidding me?
Green Bay too, though.
north of here, so it could be a little bit colder, but we'll see what happens.
Hey, great to have you with us tonight.
Fun show tonight.
So different than all the other nights when pretty much it's just sadness throughout a broadcast of Nightlight.
It's going to be fun tonight, folks.
I'm kidding, of course.
This is the show where you chill out.
You had a long day.
We want to take you away.
We want to help you escape, talk about some movies, TV, comedy, music.
At 6.35, Dr. Kristen Lierly joins the show.
Dr. Lierly and I had a text exchange last night about TikTok health trends.
And it sounded like something she wanted to talk about.
So I'm going to ask you, Conrad, what do you think that means?
Pardon me.
Right.
Maybe.
I don't know, but I said this, my wife is addicted to TikTok and I said, oh, Kristin wants to talk about health, TikTok health trends.
And my wife thought it was a positive thing, like TikTok is doing a service and telling you how to be healthy.
But knowing Kristin like I do, not crazy well, but well enough, I feel like she's gonna say it's a health detriment somehow using TikTok.
We had this discussion and I don't really know what to expect, but I'm intrigued.
So I'm excited to talk about that with Dr. Lyrely at 635.
She's also seen, I think she said all of the Oscar films.
By the way, we need to be ready because she is on call.
So she has to go deliver a baby.
Okay.
And it sounds like she's watched her fair amount of TV.
when she's on call, because she's seen most of the Oscar movies, so that's good.
We'll talk a little bit about that with her as well.
720, our friend Bob Dennis swings by the studio.
He is a mob expert.
He hosts a podcast on the mob here in Wisconsin.
He's quite familiar with urban legends, and Bob has a really unique history.
And every time he's on the show, we get so caught up in mob stuff and urban legends, I don't ask him about his connections.
to TV when he was a kid.
They're fascinating.
I'm going to keep them in the hip pocket.
And one of these days, we'll get into a big discussion.
Maybe it'll be tonight.
You'll just have to find out.
But Bob has great connections to TV shows when he was a kid.
He was on some.
But tonight, I think we'll start with mob tourism in Wisconsin with Bob.
And he will tell us where to go if you want to take a mob road trip.
See Al Capone's home, there's stuff going on at the Wisconsin Dells, all kinds of stuff we probably didn't know about.
and Bob will inform us, so that's at 720, he'll be in studio.
Right now, it's time for our question of the night.
Let's talk
about the question.
Okay, question.
Question.
Question.
Pregunta.
Question.
Question.
Okay, I have a question.
Questions.
This question.
Domanda.
Question.
Questions.
What is your favorite kind of soup?
It is national clam chowder day, ladies and gentlemen.
National, not international.
People overseas today could not give two craps about Clam Chowder, but we are celebrating it here in America.
USA, USA.
What is your favorite kind of soup?
That is tonight's question.
Connor, start us off.
What is the matter with you?
broadscape?
Which is basically a baked potato.
It's so thick.
Yeah, that's kind of a week that.
People
grilled
its own, I kind of agree with you.
I don't know.
I think my wife makes this cauliflower cashew garlic soup.
And it is dynamite.
It's healthy.
I like a good Irish stew.
Love chicken soup, obviously.
Senate bean is a good soup.
I'm gonna say...
I'm gonna say it's a tie between my wife's chicken soup and this cashew Cauliflower garlic soup.
She's been making so healthy.
There's like three superfoods in the soup Okay, you know yeah, I'm serious.
I could eat soup like if I had the patience to make soup every week That's all I would eat especially a good Irish stew in the winter forget about it
What's your favorite soup, though, folks?
Let us know.
Be part of the show.
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We'd love to hear from you.
There are no right or wrong answers.
There are only your answers, and that has to make you feel good.
So let us know what your favorite soup is.
It's International Clam Chowder Day.
I will say I like your good clam chowder.
You probably hate clam chowder.
You know what?
You might actually like it because it's kind of like baked potato soup.
A little bit.
It's creamy.
I don't typically like cream stuff, but something about the clam chowder.
might like it, man.
It might be worth a taste.
Pleasure your taste buds.
But let us know what you think.
You can text us on the stream, the app, or on the old-fashioned radio.
Let us know, and we will read your text on the radio.
I had this thought, okay, so I was in Steven's point last weekend.
I saw a play my daughter was in.
And it's my wife and my daughter and I in this hotel.
And I'm up late.
I'm watching TV.
They're both asleep in the next bed.
And I find myself like I so often do.
I'm gonna open up here, Conrad.
I'm gonna say something about myself that might not be radio friendly.
I don't mean it to sound weird, but
My legs were crossed.
Everyone's like, yeah, where's this going?
And I'm rubbing my feet together.
What?
People rub their feet together all the time.
You know, you got your legs crossed.
Maybe you're in the Lazy Boy watching TV and you're rubbing your feet together.
That's so weird to me, I think.
Like, you don't really do that with any other body part when you're just kind of chilling.
It's like self-cuddling.
So I don't feel like I would never just sit there and rub my arm or rub two fingers together just to chill out.
But we rub our feet together and it's so soothing and it's calming.
How did we settle on that as a populace?
I don't know.
Maybe it's just me.
Of course it's not me.
I see people doing it all the time.
I see people in waiting rooms with their feet crossed, even with shoes on, doing it.
When did this start?
It's self-cuddling.
It's very soothing.
It probably helps us relax.
I bet your blood pressure goes down when you rub your feet together, just casually.
I guarantee
it.
It's not like you're playing.
It's just a soothing technique.
to help us relax.
And I see people do it.
I'm like, oh, yeah, whatever.
You don't think anything of it.
But I would never just sit there and rub my shoulder.
I would never like run my fingers through my own hair.
It's kind of strange.
Try it, Conrad.
I want you to try it during the break.
I think you'll like it.
OK, so let's go.
And we have to talk about White Lotus 2.
Yes.
That ending of season two.
I waited to watch it because now I can go right into season three.
There's always a murder or a homicide or a death at the end of the season now There's only been two seasons of white lotus, but Mike white is such a great writer the characters are multi-dimensional He is such a good writer and there's a murder at the end and it builds to it the whole season.
Yep Can I say who it is or is that like a spoiler?
I mean it's
Alright, I'm gonna tell you who dies at the end of white lotus season two if you want to watch it and the death
God, Red and I both agree it is really funny.
Yes,
it.
Love it too.
All right, I'll tell you who died at the end of White Lotus season two and why it made me laugh.
It's funny folks.
This is Pete Schwab at Nightlight.
So great to have you with me on this Tuesday on the Civic Media radio network.
Every time I-
So, first
vlog!
I want to say, I want to apologize.
People have, we missed like two or three calls because we're having issues with the phone lines.
Yes.
It's been an issue lately.
Most of the time when people call, you guys get through, but I apologize.
So you're welcome to keep trying.
Conrad reset the phones.
We'll try to get the calls.
If not, you're welcome to text as well.
I apologize for that.
I prefer to hear a voice, but if we can't get it figured out, feel free to text as well.
Just try to be part of the show either way, and we will try to figure out this problem.
Our question of the night is, what is your favorite kind of soup?
It is National Clam Chowder Day, which is kind of fun.
People eating clam chowder all over the country in celebration.
Anna from the 608 at the Madison, she says, Hi, Pete and Conrad, my favorite soup is broccoli cheese.
That is a big one here in Wisconsin for sure.
Great choice, Anna.
Paula.
Conrad's mom checking in.
She says, French onion soup with mozzarella on top.
Yes, Paula.
Yes.
Great stuff.
And if you get a really good crouton with French onion soup, you can dip it and let it get a little soggy.
That is tops.
That is fantastic.
Uh, where are we at here?
Eric from Lodi says, I like a great homemade French onion.
Another vote for French onion soup with the broiled cheese over the croutons on top.
Very well said Eric meet Paula Paula meet Eric Too bad Paula's already taken or they could fall in love over French onion soup.
Okay, I am not a home wrecker via the microphone I like though though when you get that French onion soup going with the croutons in there, man And they get a little soggy come on forget about it from the 608 This is Mike in Mount Horrib.
He says you can't brag about your wife's cauliflower cashew garlic soup without posting a recipe
Interesting.
I'll try to get that for you, Mike.
Let me see.
Might as
We could do that.
It's so funny, like it used to be kind of not very cool to ask someone for a recipe.
Sometimes people get very protective of their creations.
My mother-in-law was like that.
You'd be over there.
And if she had like a little dinner party or something, you'd say, oh, Peg, I want this recipe.
And she'd say, we'll talk.
And that was her way of diverting, knowing it wouldn't come up again.
And she wouldn't have to share the
We'll talk.
Exactly.
No.
Kimber from, help me.
How do you say this again, Conrad?
Muscata.
Muscata.
Muscata.
Kimber from Muscata says my favorite soups.
She's got three of them.
Gaspacho, chili with pasta.
OK.
I go crackers, but I could go pasta too.
Chicken with egg noodles.
Very specific.
Thank you, Kimber.
Well done.
We have a call.
Are the phones working?
Yes.
Oh, fantastic.
Yep, Cindy from Appleton.
Cindy.
How are you, Cindy?
Good, Pete.
How are you?
I'm doing very well.
Thank you for sticking with our very old dial tone phones or whatever they're called.
Dial up.
All right.
Rotary.
Anyway, I do like a really good New England clam chowder.
And one of the best of them I think in Wisconsin is the Hotel Seymour in Seymour, Wisconsin.
No kidding.
Okay.
Oh my god, they're clam chowder to die for.
Why do you like it so much?
You have a lot of fish in there, a lot of cream,
not a lot of cream?
It's really creamy and it's really tasty and it's got lots of good chunks of potatoes and clams.
Oh man.
I've had a lot of clam chowders.
I think this is probably the best in Wisconsin.
I do.
Cindy, you are officially...
And of course, we've got to
have a beer cheese.
Can't forget about the beer cheese soup.
Oh, you know, I've had that at the atrium at Lambeau Field.
I think they have a mean beer soup there.
Right?
Is that what I'm thinking
of?
Yeah.
Cindy, I would like to officially designate you as the nightlight clam chowder expert.
How do you feel about that?
I'll take that.
Look, it's an informal title.
There's no responsibilities to come with it, but just think it over and we'll talk next time.
Thanks for the call, Cindy.
Okay.
Have a great night.
This is Cindy's Day.
It's National Clam Chatter Day.
Rejoice.
Steve from Florida, he's in the 920, but he is also in Florida.
He says a little Green Bay trivia.
When I was running a route for a food distributor in the Green Bay area during the 90s, I found out that Green Bay consumed more soup.
than any other town in the United States.
How on earth would they know that?
Yeah, I suppose so.
like the son of a food distributor, very well.
Steve continues, he says, not sure how Green Bay ranks today, but at the time, I want a couple of soup, sell, so long?
I want a couple of soup selling.
A couple of soup-selling contests back in the day.
Anyway, my favorite soup is a creamy broccoli cheese soup.
Okay, so there you go.
go.
That's awesome, Steve.
Thank you for the text.
Tyler from Wisconsin Rapid says, any soup that don't fight back, like the clam in Curly's Chowder on the Three Stooges episode.
Oh, that is awesome, Tyler.
And every once in a while, I...
get a reference, a Three Stooges reference, and it makes me go, why don't you watch the Three Stooges more?
I would still laugh hysterically.
Great text, everybody, keepin' comin'.
We are asking, what is your favorite soup?
It's national clam chowder day today from the 608 Pete.
I make a mean ham and bean soup, celery, carrots, onions, homemade chicken, homemade chicken stock, 14 different beans, and the ham bone.
and leftover ham from Christmas.
People tell me I need to sell this, only one problem, beans need I say more.
I love the show.
Tony the trucker.
I don't know where you're going with that bean thing, Tony.
I get it.
I get it.
If you're a trucker too, you can't be pulling over every seven miles either.
You've got a lot of ground to cover.
Thanks, Tony, great text.
Okay, here's my connection to what I was saying about White Lotus 2.
Jennifer Coolidge's character, first of all, she kind of does play, we had a caller or text her recently that said she kind of plays the same role a lot and she does because she's so good at it.
She played the same type of role in Christopher Guest's, I think it was best in show.
She was married to like a 90 year old guy and she was like 40.
And she said, we have a lot in common.
We both like soup.
I find it hilarious that she, this is a spoiler alert about White Lotus season two folks.
If you don't want to hear this, turn the radio down.
She is the one who dies at the end of the season.
She thinks these guys on a boat are trying to kill her so her husband can get her inheritance and she's right.
She finds the gun and blows them all away and then tries to jump off the boat onto a little boat.
She's not very agile.
She says, okay, you got this.
Immediately falls
20 feet and clunks her head on a boat and dies.
So the husband still gets theater.
White Lotus is such a great show.
No.
I love that.
It is so
That's so great.
All right, this is along the same topic.
I'll get this in quickly.
Annie from Watertown says, wow, just finished season two last night.
What are you going to laugh about?
Honestly, I felt nauseous as I knew what would happen.
Figured it would be her pretty much before even the last episode.
Good call, Annie.
I just
die.
She said, you got this.
All right, we're coming right back with Dr. Kristen Lyrely, some Oscar talk, some health talk, and I will read your text on the stream.
That's next.
from Watertown says, don't forget there's Manhattan clam chowder.
Very different.
That is true.
Thank you, Annie.
Cindy from Wallace House says, my favorite soup is P-H-O.
Does that mean anything to you, Conrad?
We have a lot of texts to read, but we also have a phenomenal guest.
So hang in there, folks.
Keep your texts coming.
What is your favorite kind of soup?
It is National Clam Chowder Day.
So Clam Chowder fans rejoice, and we will read Robert's messages on the stream as well soon.
But right now, I'm very excited.
It is my pleasure to welcome tonight, my old pal.
She's not old.
She's younger than me.
Dr. Kristin Lyrely, she's a rock star who delivers babies, ran for office, and has also seen most of the Oscar films.
Dr. Lirely, welcome.
How are you?
I'm well.
How are you?
I'm doing well.
I think this is the first time you've ever been on the show and not been here in the studio.
I
know.
I sure wish I was there with you, but I am just wrapping up two straight weeks of working in rural Minnesota.
And guess what I'm doing?
Guess how I did it?
It with a bang.
What?
What do you mean?
Well last night I got to bed a little bit later than expected because you know, I was up watching an Oscar movie and All night long the nurses were calling me calling me about these patients because that's actually what I'm really doing right now
call at the hospital and I got to go in and deliver a baby for someone this morning who thought she was gonna have a C-section But she ended up having a vaginal delivery, which is what she wanted in the first place and it was such a victory So that's that's a really good is
so cool.
And now you made me feel better
because I told the entire listening audience that I rub my feet together sometime when I watch TV.
And I called it self-cuddling.
And it's like a lot of people do that.
And it's like the only thing we do where we rub our own bodies when we relax, you know.
Is it?
Are you telling that to a gynecologist?
Pete, come on.
I'm
just saying thank you for bailing me out once again.
Does that ever get old?
I mean, you get to deliver babies.
We kind of covered this when we were texting the other day.
I said, you get to be there for the most important moment of people's lives all the time.
That's got to make you feel great.
I love it.
Those are the really big moments.
Every day at my job is a sentinel moment.
It's a huge day in someone's life, but it's not just those days.
It's the days when I'm in clinic and somebody comes in with an embarrassing problem that they would never tell their best friend.
I'm peeing in my pants.
That's a really common one.
Like, hey friends, more people pee in their pants than don't.
That is the truth.
So if it's happening to you, it's okay.
Oh yeah, as we get
older.
Is there an age that typically starts at?
How old are you?
I'm in my really late 20s.
I haven't.
Right about now.
Listen, I'm not going to say it's never happened, but I'm glad you have that.
Are you excited, Karen?
You have that to look forward to, so.
Hey, do you have a favorite kind of soup, Dr. Lirely?
I love soup because I hate cooking and soup is so easy to cook.
You throw it together.
It's, you know, you eat it whenever you want.
Give me some bread, give me some soup, some cheese, a beer.
I am perfect.
That is my favorite meal.
But our favorite, our family favorite soup is Zupa Toscana.
That sounds delicious.
I have no idea what it is, but I want some.
I'll tell you, it's like they have it at the Olive Garden.
It is, it's kale.
It's a chicken broth with kale and spicy sausage and potatoes and onions and garlic.
It is just this like, the kids ask for it all the time.
Super good.
That sounds like a wonderful compliment to the never ending breadsticks or whatever they're called.
They have never ending breadsticks.
Well,
that's
great one.
Okay.
I like to find new soups like that.
That's fantastic.
I just
realized when you were here,
Did you just say I'll make you some?
Okay, because the next time when you come in, I would love it if you would bring that, because where I was going with this is I have gotten so much swag from you since you've been a guest on Nightlight.
You've brought me placenta juice and...
That's kombucha.
A kombucha, right.
And a yoga mat, and now some soup would be fantastic.
I'm trying to, you know, enhance your life.
You're
even doing that from Minnesota.
Conrad, do we have a call for Dr. Lylee?
It's for both of you.
Oh, okay, fantastic.
I
will give the medical advice.
Dr. Lylee will give the movie advice.
So, yeah, put it through.
Yeah, Scott from Madison.
Scott from Madison, how are you, Scott?
I'm well, and I heard you talking about touching yourself with your feet or your own feet, but I live with multiple sclerosis and can't totally feel my bottom of my feet very well.
And I'll wake up and I'll be like, hey, is that my wife touching my leg with her foot or is that my own foot touching my leg?
And who is it
typically?
That's where it gets even weirder.
But you know what I'm saying, Scott?
It's like kind of a weird thing.
Like a lot of people do it.
They just sit there and they rub their feet together.
It's a soothing kind of nice way to relax.
And I just found it funny, like I don't just lay there and rub my own shoulder or touch my knees together or whatever.
But imagine if you can't really feel your feet very well, and then wonder if your feet are actually touching yourself.
You just, you know, it's kind of crazy.
That is great.
That is unbelievable perspective.
Thank you so much,
Scott.
Tell
your wife to touch your feet more.
Will you?
It's important in a marriage.
If you like it, only if you like it.
All
right, thank you, Scott.
Have a great night.
Thank you.
Hey
Pete, did you happen to catch that AI generated video of Donald Trump and Elon Musk and his feet?
Oh, I did.
Ooh, that
was... I'm not so sure even a guy my age was supposed to be watching that.
I was
blessing.
That was something.
I want
to know
how they did it.
I mean, it's so real looking.
Yeah, well see, Elon had his feet up and then Trump was like down.
Oh, that's...
It's not what you meant how they did it.
You meant how they made the film.
Yes,
how they
put it together because I understand what was happening in the video.
Body doubles?
Yeah, I'm starting to get aroused.
And I think we should move on thinking of that video.
Thank you, Dr. Liarley, for bringing that up.
Hey, so aside from being in slightly less cool than Wisconsin, Minnesota, how's it going there?
Are you joined?
Was it warm there today?
Yeah, not as warm as it is in Green Bay, but it was, I think 42.
It's melty.
Last week, we had two or three days in a row where we didn't even get above zero.
like two hours south of the border.
So it's been really, really cold here.
So these last few days have felt like spring.
People are out in shorts.
T-shirts?
Is that happening in Green Bay?
Oh, yeah.
Shorts and
T-shirts?
Yeah.
It feels great.
We've got a couple of people texting on the stream that say, Robert on the stream says, Rob from Tigerton, want to say good evening to two wonderful people.
Oh,
you.
And me or Conrad, but either way it's nice to thank you Rob That's I'm sure Dr. Lierly appreciates that and then Chad who was on the show last night says hi Pete and doc I don't know the Chad is on doc level with you or he could just call you doc But he's a good guy.
I'll vouch for him.
All right Chad you get a
pass Thank you for the messages everybody.
All right, so let's start I want to ask you we were talking about
This was interesting because last night in our taxi exchange, you said we can talk about TikTok health trends.
And my wife, my wife who was addicted to TikTok immediately thought you wanted to talk about all the great things regarding your health on TikTok.
And I thought, no, I know Kristen sort of, and I think she's probably saying it's detrimental to your health somehow.
We're either one of us, right?
And then you said, ask your kids and my kids weren't totally sure either.
You know I asked my kids and they didn't really know either, but they sent me some weird videos that had nothing to do with health So I don't know.
Yeah, well a lot of people get their information from
TikTok even their health information and this information is not evidence-based in many cases.
It's not validated.
It's just like it's just out there Yeah,
you'll
hear about these teas or these you know these lights or these supplements supplements are a great one that will do these things for you and Probably not they're probably just trying to sell you something
right
but
you know, you don't know because you're just trying to get an answer.
So there have been some things in the past where...
there have been people who have been harmed or people maybe not using like say their birth control appropriately or not using birth control at all because they're getting the messaging that birth control is actually bad for you but actually like unplanned pregnancy is worse I would say.
So yeah trying to like correct I like to correct those things but you know when I went out there to look for health trends I couldn't find anything either and I didn't know if it was just maybe that my algorithm wasn't there or if there's just nothing that's happening.
right now.
I don't know.
What are our viewers?
What are our listeners finding?
There have been times, and like I said, my wife looks at TikTok a lot.
It's her social media platform of choice.
And she'll say, what do you think about this?
And I'll say, well, who is that guy?
She'll go,
well, I don't know.
That's the problem with a lot of social media.
Like you said, people just
they go, oh, that sounds like a great idea.
And maybe that's something you would have talked to your neighbor about over the porch a few years ago before we had all these great, wonderful platforms.
But yeah, you got to be careful.
Totally and I'm very involved with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, which is our big professional Association and we do have patient information That is available that you have to actually go to acog.org and click on the information for your patients button It's not just fed to you And I've gone to the leadership and said you know hey we really need to generate some of these videos But it's there's a whole process and there's all this vetting and validating and it just becomes
too much.
So that's why you don't see all of the big doctor organizations or the American Medical Association putting out, you know, for your health tiktoks.
I'm hoping that some of, I'm also involved in this organization called the Committee to Protect Healthcare, which is very much focused on advocacy and patient outcomes.
Saving Medicaid is one of our big pushes
right now.
So just helping to inform people and making sure that people are getting good solid information instead of, hey, take
the supplement instead of eating vegetables.
No supplement is a substitute for vegetables, my friend, or fruits.
They're $80 a bottle and you still got to eat your apples.
Wow, very well said.
And you know, what do you, it must be frustrating.
Everything you just said and there are people out there saying, eh, science is kind of a thing of the past.
I think we've moved on, you know, like what do you do with that?
And what do you do, doctor, when you have like,
without getting too political, come on.
The vaccines, measles are coming back, bird flu, what can you tell people who want to enhance their immune systems when they don't know where to turn or who to listen to?
Well, the thing that we know enhances your immune system is a vaccine.
I mean, let's be honest, we had measles pretty much eradicated in this country.
But the problem with measles is that it's incredibly...
Contagious and it doesn't hurt adults all that much, but it kills little kids Wow, so it's really really dangerous for young kids and this misinformation that's being spread for political purposes I mean, you know, let's be honest it is politicized Information is really scary and it's giving people these conflicting messages What I do the things that I do in my office are totally different than what you see on the the grander level because talking having a conversation
with a crowd on Facebook is really different than somebody who is willing to share their real vulnerable concerns there
in the
office setting.
Oh, yeah, for sure.
Like I don't screen my patients, you know, before they come in to say, did you vote for Democrats or Republicans?
Are you anti-vax or vax?
You know, I say the recommendation is that you get this vaccine at this point in your pregnancy, for example, so that your baby doesn't get whooping cough within the first couple months of life.
And if my patient says, oh,
I'm really concerned about that vaccine.
I say, great, let's talk about it.
Let's talk about the pluses and minuses, what this could mean for you.
We know whooping cough is rising in this country.
A lot of parents who already have kids who have had cold, I don't know if you had this experience when your kids were a little peep, but when my kids had cold and they were coughing and they were suffering, I was suffering, I was worried.
So as a mom now advising my patients,
the moms who already have kids are like, yes, I would like to get vaccinated.
And
the
moms often they don't have anything to relate it to.
So I try to help them understand, but you know, people decline and that is absolutely their prerogative.
I just then hope that they don't end up having to face the consequences of getting sick or I mean, God forbid, losing a child as a result.
Wow, that is great stuff and very well said.
And I saw something just like that on TikTok last night.
No, I'm just kidding.
Dr. Kristen Lyrely is with us here on Nightlight as she so often is.
It's great to have her.
We will be back after a very short break with more with Dr. Lyrely and we will read your texts as well.
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It's peachwaba and nightlight on the Civic Media Radio
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It's a nightlife dance party.
What does Dr. Lierly do when she is not delivering babies and stuck in a hotel room?
She comes on the radio and dances.
And I watch Oscar movies online as many as I can, but some are still not streaming.
I know.
Well, I think the brutalist is the only one that's still... I think there's only one we don't have access to.
But you have to pay like, it's like 20 or 30 bucks.
I've got three films to watch.
So it's going to cost me about a hundred bucks to finish these.
Deeper than
going to the theater with a buddy though.
That's how I, that's exactly what I say.
Even 20 bucks is still, it's kind of a wash.
You know, if you get popcorn, it costs you 12 bucks to get in.
In Marinette, it costs you about nine bucks to get in, which is a little better.
One of the advantages of living in Marinette was counting.
Are they
showing in Marinette though?
Because
where
I am right now, in Hibbing, Minnesota, there's not an Oscar movie playing across the street.
There was though.
A complete unknown, because this is Bob Dylan's home town.
I was just going to say, I did stand up there in the 90s, Kristen.
Really?
Yes, and I wish.
I worked so many towns where there's really interesting tidbits from history.
I just was in my 20s and didn't care that much.
But Bob Dylan, I would have taken the tour if they had one of his house.
That's pretty cool that you're there.
They do.
So some guy, a pharmacist, a retired pharmacist from Madison bought his house and painted it and is restoring it.
He's like 80 years old.
This is his like passion project.
He's restoring it and he's making it.
It's not fancy.
He puts a little hand-drawn sign outside when he's there.
It says, Bob Dylan house tour call Bill and his phone number is there.
And so you call Bill and he's like, sure, I'll meet you there too.
And then you
go in and he shows you like this is an appliance like Bob Dylan's dad would have sold at his store.
And here are some recipe books from back in the day.
And this is a recipe that Bob Dylan's mom shared.
And then
he takes you down
into the basement and Bob Dylan had in a couple of different places etched RZ into the paneling.
And he shows you Robert Zimmerman.
Robert Zimmerman, yeah.
Yes,
his
piano is there.
He let me sit at the piano and play Bob Dylan's piano.
It's just a very, like it is not a fancy tour.
It's very heartfelt and beautiful and he doesn't charge you for it.
He just asks you for a donation if you're willing.
I have to say, I'll do respect to Bill.
There's a lot of red flags there.
The minute he asks a woman touring the house by herself to go to the basement and it's free.
You're
very brave.
There's a lot of trust that was built before that.
That's so cool.
Well, we'll talk Oscar movies in just a bit, but I have to ask you, and I know I asked you this, and I think we got off on a tangent.
What can people do, aside from a vaccine, to boost their immune systems?
Because there might not be vaccines yet.
I don't know what's going to happen with health and human services if they'll have them ready.
But if people are listening right now and go, how do I not get the bird flu?
If a vaccine is not available yet, what do you tell them?
Like, just get more sleep, eat right?
What do you say?
Well, yeah, maintain a healthy baseline, which is like that classic.
You know advice that your doctor always gives you get enough sleep healthy drink enough water Don't forget to exercise all of those things really are important.
They're difficult to maintain.
We're all busy It's hard like good food can be expensive.
It's perishable.
It's hard to keep in your house You know getting exercise like this time of year today not so bad But yeah last week not so fun to get outside and get exercise.
So, you know forgiving yourself
also when
you can't do all
of those things.
And then not forgetting about your mental health, making sure that you are surrounding yourself with people who uplift you and who believe in you and who support you.
Because really, we, I think, struggle often.
And a lot of it is the company that we keep.
And, you know, let's be very, very honest, mental health issues are real medical issues and require
treatment, whether it's medication or counseling or support groups, whatever it is, our mental health is as important as our physical health and the two affect each other.
You're so sensible.
It kind of drives me crazy.
I'm
just a kitty gruff and cacana.
I'm just one of those people.
That is the voice of Dr. Kristin Lierly.
She is joining us from Minnesota where she is on call and may have to deliver a baby, but in the meantime, she's hanging out with us here at Nightlight as she does from time to time.
So great to have you on the show.
And you know what?
Let's be honest, lay in your bed, rub your feet together, watch a little TV.
Are you getting a page?
No.
Oh, look like your page is
going off.
I got a text.
Okay.
Was it someone seven meters dilated?
Are you
good?
Six
I'm trying it I'm trying it because I do want to talk if you ask your movies with you, but I'm trying to get in one more health question What's a good do you have any general health tips or other than not eating junk food or high fructose corn syrup or that kind of stuff?
You know, can I just talk about Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
and HHS because I am not a fan.
Okay, because
Yeah, I mean he's had some pretty radical stances.
He's been He is not medically trained.
It's pretty clear that his biases are Are things that will benefit him
But there are some things that are really important, like high fructose corn syrup, ultra processed foods, making sure that we have clean air to breathe and clean water to drink, all of those things, which really are kind of his foundation, all of those things are really important.
So I am totally into that.
It's when you get into the, you know, not really, we don't have evidence for this and,
you know, stay
away from regular science that really is unsettling to
me.
And you're right, that was how he built his brand back before he was doing steroids at 70 years old.
And he was really an advocate for the environment.
So that is kind of strange.
All right, Dr. Lyrely is here.
When we come back, I'm going to read some of your texts.
We're going to see what Oscar movie she's watched.
Have you seen all of
them?
No.
OK, but a fair amount.
Most keep us in suspenders.
All right.
We'll ask you this.
All
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