Just Talking Podcast

This week I'm joined by Alice Bast, CEO of Beyond Celiac for a conversation about the challenges in achieving a proper celiac disease diagnosis, advocating for greater access to gluten free foods and products, adjusting to gluten free diets being seen as a fad instead of a medical necessity, and her upcoming presentation at Stanford Medicine X.

Follow Alice on Twitter @Beyond Celiac and beyondceliac.org.

Run Time - 43:50

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Ryan Penagos, Vice President and Executive Editor of Marvel's Digital Media Group returns for a conversation about social media strategy, planning for San Diego Comic-Con, keeping up with everything Marvel publishes and produces, the art of GIF making, and the cross-cultural opportunities that arise out of a mutual love of comics. Excelsior!

Follow Ryan on Twitter @AgentM.

And you can keep up with all things Marvel at marvel.com.

Run Time - 44:51

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Christel Marchand Aprigliano returns to the podcast to chat about her experience attending the American Association of Diabetes Educators Conference, expanding the Diabetes UnConference to Atlantic City, and measuring the impact of policy advocacy efforts from the Diabetes Patient Advocacy Coalition (DPAC). Also, bowling.

Follow Christel on Twitter @theperfectdblog.

Learn more about the Diabetes UnConference at diabetesunconference.com and the Diabetes Patient Advocacy Coalition at diabetespac.org.

Run Time - 58:23

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Allison Ferlito joins me this week for a conversation about the non-existent mafia presence in Rhode Island, her journey joining the diabetes online community, how her perspective on diabetes helped her graduate school writings, and to share a preview of her upcoming panel at Stanford Medicine X.

Follow Allison on Twitter @verylightnosuga, and verlighnosugar.com.

Run Time - 35:08

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This week I'm joined by James Chen for a conversation about the growth of UltraChen TV, participating in the ongoing discovery of Street Fighter 5, highlights from Evolution 2016, and why appearing on ESPN2 is a recognition of the tremendous growth of the fighting game community.

Follow James on Twitter @jchensor, and catch up on the latest from UltraChen TV at ultrachentv.com and twitch.tv/ultrachentv.

Run Time - 53:19

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This week I'm joined by Ryan Vizzions for a conversation about the power of Instagram, the role of photography and photojournalism in activism, travelling the world, defining your personal style in a world of infinite possibility and creativity, and sharing the efforts of Black Lives Matter activists in Atlanta.

Follow Ryan on Instagram @amodernghost, and check out his other projects at amodernghost.com.

Run Time - 1:03:21

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After successfully defending his dissertation, Dr. Ernesto Ramirez, PhD joins me for a breakdown of his thesis, the process of presenting and defending years of work, the potential of researching the impact of and motivation to use wearable technology, and how much time can be spent settling on a title like "Discretionary self-monitoring of physical activity: A mixed-methods study of behavior change technique use and historical physical activity".

Follow Ernesto on Twitter @eramirez..

And if you'd like to read it, Ernesto shared his Dissertation and the slides used for its defense over on Medium.

Run Time - 59:26

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This week I'm joined by Sarah Lucas, CEO and co-founder of Beyond Type 1. We discuss Sarah's extensive philanthropic background, her motivation for creating a new platform for the diabetes community to share their experiences, effectively engaging the diabetes community on Instagram, and how to eloquently drop names like Nick Jonas and Sam Talbot in a conversation.

For more information about Beyond Type 1, visit beyondtype1.org.

Run Time - 37:03

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Dana Lewis returns to the podcast to chat about gluten free thin mints, the presenting at the most recent American Diabetes Association's Scientific Sessions, the consistent growth of the OpenAPS community, and what the future holds for closed loop technology.

For more information about the OpenAPS data presented at Scientific Sessions, visit OpenAPS.org. You can follow Dana on Twitter at @danamlewis.

Run Time - 1:02:18

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This week, Abby Bayer returns to the podcast to join me in a conversation that lingers way too long on the subtle intricacies of living with cats, a far-too-thorough analysis of Grey's Anatomy. Most importantly, we discuss Abby's career as a Registered Nurse, why changing her service from diabetes to dialysis provided more than just professional growth, and the deceptively complex craft of being a nurse.

Abby contributes to sixuntilme.com from time to time, if you'd like to hear more from her, start there.

Run Time - 53:49

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