Kristin Lyerly
The Healthy Kinds of Biker Gangs (Hour 2)
This week’s Hometown Health segment looks at the benefits of bikes. The urban planners of the 20th century wrote their blueprints around the needs of the automobile. Today’s communities are embracing pedestrian areas, bike paths, green space—and it’s not just good for the air but for community health.
A Better Wisconsin Begins Today (Hour 2)
This is the day the Wisconsin Supreme Court gets a new justice. The investiture of Janet Protasiewicz marks a new era, a return to normalcy after years of political activism by far-right justices. We’ll discuss the significance for Wisconsinites of a court under progressive control with representatives of Motherhood for Good and later with state […]
The Pony Show (I’m a Little Hoarse) (Hour 1)
Waking up with no voice—no fun for anyone, downright alarming for a radio host! Pat will try not to let his voice crack or break into coughing fits too often as he wonders aloud how a mid-summer head cold could get so weird, especially on the first anniversary of UpNorthNews Radio.
What Is a ‘Barbie World?’ It’s Complicated. (Hour 2)
We’ll offer up our attempt at a movie review for the national blockbuster that holds up a mirror to American women… and men… and children’s toys.
Your Health On Porn (Hour 2)
On this week’s Public Cervix Announcement: Then Paul Noonan gives us a sports update on the Women’s World Cup, Brewers and Packers.
Border Battle Part Two: WI vs. MN (Hour 2)
On Wednesday, we featured reporters from Iowa and Michigan outlining significant differences in what their legislatures focused on this spring. In this week’s Hometown Health, Dr. Kristin Lyerly and a fellow obstetrician-gynecologist from Minnesota look at the significant differences between what Republicans refused to do in Madison and everything Democrats accomplished in St. Paul on […]
Who’s Against Cancer Screenings? (Hour 1)
Right-wing judges and justices aren’t resting in their efforts to undo progress that’s been made for Americans in areas like health care. Wisconsin residents are in danger of losing a key benefit of the Affordable Care Act because a Texas judge has removed free access to essential preventative services like cancer screenings. Joe Zepecki helped […]
Iowa’s Sad Slide for Women (Hour 2)
In the middle of the night Tuesday, Iowa Republicans rushed through a near-total abortion ban. We’ll talk to an obstetrician-gynecologist there about the impact on her patients. Also, a family physician from the Kickapoo Valley tells us how everyone can play a direct role in making sure new pollution standards for power plants and vehicles […]
Study in Contrasts: Tom Tiffany & Gwen Moore (Hour 1)
Republican Congressmen Tom Tiffany used his time in a Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday to pepper the director of the FBI with a rehashing of conspiracy theories and excuses for the Jan. 6 insurrectionists. By contrast, Democratic US Rep. Gwen Moore has been helping constituents understand the benefits of Medicare finally being allowed to negotiate bulk […]
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 […]
