Kristin Lyerly
Send That Law Back to 1849 (Hour 1)
A Dane County judge on Friday afternoon said it was her interpretation that a controversial 1849 law does not actually apply to elective abortions and is superseded by a 1985 abortion rights law. Dr. Kristin Lyerly is one of the intervenors in the case and gives us a progress report as the lawsuit challenging the […]
Weekly Best of UpNorthNews Radio with Pat Kreitlow for Jul 8
During this short week, Pat catches us up on the new state budget signed by Governor Tony Evers with the help of Scot Ross. Afterward, Todd Allbaugh and Dr. Kristin Lyerly throw Pat a surprise birthday party with the help of his wife, Sharry!
Plant, Don’t Eat, Your Placenta (Hour 2)
On this week’s Public Cervix Announcement with Dr. Kristin Lyerly, we discuss
From Cradle to College: Conservative Non-Support (Hour 2)
From cradle to college, there are Wisconsin politicians eager to make life a bit worse. Scot Ross will take us through the fight to tame student loan debt and the recent setback by conservatives on the US Supreme Court. And postpartum doula Kristin Quinn reviews the benefits of extending women’s post-pregnancy health care through Medicaid […]
Parental Rights for Me, Not for Thee (Hour 2)
With a growing chorus of voices urging Gov. Tony Evers to veto the Republican’s version of a new state budget, we’ll review the ways Wisconsin taxpayers are already getting fleeced by having to send more money to voucher schools that are less transparent, free to discriminate, and offer at best a mixed bag of results.
The V-Word Could Save you from Cancer (Hour 2)
The V-word. No, not “vagina”. Vaccines. We kick off this week’s segment of Public Cervix Announcement with Dr. Kristin Lyerly talking about how the next big advance in cancer treatment could be a vaccine. But will be people take it? Then Civic Media sports reporter, Mike Clemens, joins to give us an update on the […]
Bad Air Isn’t Always This Visible (Hour 2)
Environmental epidemiologist Amy Kalkbrenner studies the bodily harm done by environmental pollutants. She and Dr. Kristin Lyerly note that while the smoke from Canadian wildfires is obviously bad, Wisconsinites are frequently exposed to tiny but dangerous particulates that could be reduced with more action to combat climate change.
A Bunch of Zeros (Hour 1)
Now that we know how Republicans in the Legislature want to squander most of the $7 billion budget surplus for tax cuts skewed to the very rich, let’s review all of the many things the surplus could have been used for—but Republicans opted for $0 for each one, in order to put an extra $30,000 […]
Have you been screened for anxiety? (Hour 2)
We welcome back Dr. Kristin Lyerly for this week’s Public Cervix Announcement, where we talk about news that everyone under 65 should be screened for anxiety, Kristin’s anxiety about postpartum depression and what the heck vaginal seeding is. Then Paul Noonan gives us a sports update on the NBA draft, Brewers and Aaron Rodger’s headlining […]
You Don’t Own Me (Hour 2)
As America prepares to mark one year since the US Supreme Court’s repeal of Roe v. Wade, Democrats in Madison and Washington, DC are introducing bills to make clear the difference between parties when it comes to respecting women’s healthcare rights since the Dobbs decision relegated those rights to second-class status. Our Hometown Health segment […]
