Just Talking Podcast

This week I'm joined by Rebecca Hogue for a chat about her breast cancer diagnosis and how her blog helped connect her to her family and other patients around the world. Then our conversation shifts to the importance of understanding and improving health literacy, empowering others to share their stories, and Rebecca's PhD dissertation.

Keep up with everything Rebecca is working on by following her on Twitter at @rjhogue and reading bcbecky.com, epatienthealthliteracy.org, and livingpathography.org.

Run Time - 51:41

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Happy New Year! Jeff Mather starts 2018 off with a conversation about traveling the world, his changing relationship with the diabetes online community, developing a special dedication and insanity to participate in Iron Man races, and the best seasons of Saturday Night Live.

Jeff promises to write more at jeffmatherphotography.com this year.

Run Time - 44:00

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Happy Holidays! Dr. Leonor Fernandez an educator and internist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School is my guest this week. We chat about her path to practicing medicine, life in Boston, Massachusetts, her work at OpenNotes, and the importance of health literacy.

Learn more about OpenNotes at opennotes.org.

Run Time - 49:58

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This week I'm joined by Kerri Sparling to talk about building a house, the "fridge flippy switch", diabetes burnout, mucking around CSS files, the potential of the FreeStyle Libre, and how to pronounce "PLGS". We also talk about the truth behind Santa Claus for a minute or two, so keep sensitive ears away around the 2:30 mark.

Follow Kerri on Twitter @sixuntilme and sixuntilme.com.

I wrote a thing for A Sweet Life about diabetes technology in 2018, you can read it at asweetlife.org.

Run Time - 50:41

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Dana Lewis returns to chat about traveling the world with an open source artificial pancreas, writing a book, and the end of the #hcsm tweetchat after taking over Sunday nights for 9 years.

Follow Dana on Twitter @danamlewis and openaps.org.

Read Dana's post about sunsetting #hcsm at healthsocmed.com. and read Dana's new book, Carolyn's Robot Relative.

Run Time - 40:52

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This week I'm joined by Chris Gale, Vice President at Greentarget Global Group to talk about the versatility of the name Christopher, our mutual appreciation for being a Hokie, the difference between advertising and communications, the value of a crisis communication plan, and the importance of empathy in...everything.

Learn more about Greetarget Global Group at greentarget.com.

Run Time - 47:32

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Cara O'Regan returns to discuss the nuance of sharing home building pictures, exercising self care in the midst of ongoing political absurdity, finding balance through multimedia art, and the ongoing hustle of podcasting.

Follow Cara on Twitter @bimpse and listen to Wistful Thinking on the Cage Club Podcast Network.

Run Time - 49:10

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Harrison Milfeld joins me for a conversation about steroids in baseball, sexual harassment around the country, exploring new opportunities for journalistic endeavors, and the incredible success of Nintendo in 2017.

Follow Harrison on Twitter @hmilfeld and purenintendo.com.

Run Time - 1:05:27

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Sarah Kucharski returns to the podcast to talk about 280-character tweets, the importance of health literacy, changing the narrative of patient inclusion at WEGO Health, growing as a patient advocate in her work with End Well, and creating the Afternoon Nap Society.

Follow Sarah on Twitter @afternoonnapper and afternoonnapsociety.com.

Run Time - 1:03:23

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This week I'm joined by Sara Nicastro to talk about all kinds of diabetes advocacy. Specifically, we discuss local outreach by JDRF's Southern Nevada Chapter, the value of a diabetes buddy system, and we share our caveats that may come with upcoming diabetes technology. Finally, we talk about the value of representation and not-so-subtly plug one of my other podcasts, Mark All That Apply.

Follow Sara on Twitter @saraknic and check out the latest from JDRF's Southern Nevada Chapter at jdrf.org/lv.

Run Time - 53:56

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