Second season of Radio Milwaukee’s award-winning podcast “By Every Measure” centers on solutions being developed in Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE (February 21, 2023) – In 2019, Milwaukee made national headlines when it became the first U.S. city to call systemic racism a public health crisis. Four years later, what progress has been made and what solutions are being actively developed?

This is the focus of the second season of Radio Milwaukee’s award-winning podcast, “By Every Measure.” The podcast released the first episode of season two on “Black Brain Drain” today, the station announced.

“By Every Measure” is co-hosted by award-winning data expert and journalist Reggie Jackson and HYFIN Program Director Tarik Moody. The second season will also feature an abundance of interviews with current and former Milwaukeeans, along with ongoing contributions from HYFIN Production Manager Kim Shine. Nate Imig, Director of Digital Content, serves as the podcast’s Executive Producer.

The podcast will cover the following topics:

• Episodes 1 & 2: Black Brain Drain, Part 1 [Out Now] & Part 2 [Coming February 28]
  with interviews from nationally-touring musicians Sista Strings; Corry Joe Biddle, Executive Director of Fuel Milwaukee; Ranell Washington, Vice President of Social X MKE; and musician and poet Emmit James
• Episode 3: Black Birth Outcomes [Coming March 7]
  with interviews from certified nurse midwife LuVerda Martin of Aurora Health Care and Geraud Blanks of Milwaukee Film
• Episode 4: Housing  [Coming March 14]
  with an interview from Kevin Newell of Royal Capital
• Episode 5: Critical Race Theory [Coming March 21]
  with an interview from Anne Bonds of University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
• Episode 6: General Wealth [Coming March 28]
  with interviews from Greg Wesley of the Medical College of Wisconsin and Ken Robertson of the Greater Milwaukee Foundation

In addition to the audio, Radio Milwaukee will host a discussion group on its Facebook page (facebook.com/RadioMilwaukee). The group will consist of daily conversation prompts on the episode’s topic and a weekly virtual meeting to discuss responses and navigate the community conversations collectively.

The first episode of By Every Measure, Season Two is available now on all major podcast streaming services and at radiomilwaukee.org/measure. New episodes will be released each Tuesday through March 28. All episodes will also be released in conjunction with the NPR Podcast Network.

By Every Measure is supported by The Argosy Foundation.

NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. It has not been verified for its accuracy or completeness.