Juicebox Podcast: Type 1 Diabetes
Obtainable strategies for living well with diabetes. Throw away your fear and learn to be Bold With Insulin! Visit the show at JuiceboxPodcast.com
#1941 I Chose Wealth Over Health
Danny has had type 1 for thirty-eight years and has lost both legs to it. On September 1 he lands in Newark and drives to San Francisco alone, to meet as many people with diabetes as he can.
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#1940 Joint Pancreas
Michelle and Don's son Carter was diagnosed at six. Two years in, they talk about the signs they missed, staying a team through it, and the thing Carter said when he heard about a cure.
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#1939 Good at Talking to People - Part 2
Part two of Elizabeth Maddock Dillon's interview with Scott: why storytelling works when instructions don't, what he thinks doctors can and can't do, and the three things he's actually trying to say.
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...#1938 Good at Talking to People - Part 1
Elizabeth Maddock Dillon turns the microphone around. An English professor writing a book about sugar interviews Scott about how the podcast began — the diagnosis, the accidental blog, and the day Katie Couric told him what he was good at.
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#1937 Immunostimulation with Dr. Faustman
Dr. Denise Faustman of Harvard and Mass General returns to explain her BCG vaccine research in type 1 diabetes — a phase 2 trial, a surprising metabolic discovery, and where it stands now.
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#1936 Naming This
Scott and Erika Forsyth plan their next series out loud — the reasons people avoid their own diabetes care, and what happens when you give each one a name.
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#1935 My Body Beeps
Katie Lockwood is a therapist and author with cystic fibrosis and CF-related diabetes. She writes picture books that put kids with medical conditions on the page — including one about growing up with diabetes.
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#1934 All In It Together
Hannah, 19 and pre-med, has had type 1 since age 15. She talks candidly about recovery from an eating disorder, working diabetes camp, her mom's later diagnosis, and finding the right support.
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#1933 Blinded by the Light - Part 2
Ryan returns after the Juice Cruise: 38 years with type 1, a vision journey through retinopathy and cataract surgery, a harrowing overdose the night before surgery, and why he now advocates hard.
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#1932 Smooth Blood Sugar
Elias is 10, pre-boluses like a pro, runs a 6.2 A1c, and mentors other kids as a youth ambassador. A bright, funny catch-up a year after his first visit, plus a word with his mom.
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#1931 Fight Fire with Fire - Part 2
Managing type 1 on a fire scene, a candid detour into what people get wrong about the podcast, and Nick on a GLP: half the insulin and a firehouse case against the stigma.
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...#1930 GLP and Type 1: The One Yard Line
They said GLPs weren't for type one. Then Lilly enrolled 905 people. Here's what the research actually shows, and the part about your settings nobody's talking about.
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#1929 Fight Fire with Fire - Part 1
Nick is 28, a professional firefighter, and has had type 1 for thirteen years. Diagnosis at almost-15, the teenage years he calls a rebellion, and the 2022 turnaround that changed everything.
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#1928 Bolus 4: High-Sugar Drinks
Scott and Jenny Smith tackle the drinks people forget to bolus for: regular soda, milk and chocolate milk, juice, and the hidden sugar in powdered lemonade. Liquids are rocket fuel.
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#1927 Hero of the Day - Part 2
Part two: a positive MODY 2 result reframes everything. After a year and a half of insulin and anxiety, Felix comes off insulin under hospital supervision, and his numbers hold.
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#1926 Hero of the Day - Part 1
An Australian mom catches her son's rising blood sugar almost by accident, then spends a year being told he's an atypical anomaly, quietly suspecting something the clinic keeps ruling out. Part one.
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#1925 Blue Shoes
Diagnosed in DKA at 18 in Mexico and told she might never have kids, Tzinnia spent thirteen years on old insulin. Now in Nebraska with twins and 85% time in range.
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Wishful Thinking ♫ Music for 'Hero of the Day'
Next week: a two-part conversation 'Hero of the Day' with Silvana, a mom outside Sydney whose son was headed down one road until she kept asking whether it might be a different one. Her husband told her she was wishing it away. The hospital humored her. She turned out to be right, and by then the asking had cost the family a year and a half.
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#1923 Drop Shipping
At 13, Evan runs his own bike YouTube channel, manages type 1 and celiac himself with a 6.6 A1c, and just did three weeks in Spain solo. He named this episode.
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#1922 Teen Factor
A clinical pharmacist diagnosed her own daughter at seven. Now she's 14, and mom is coining a new setting: teen factor. School nurses, hospital advocacy, and honest burnout.
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#1921 Yo Gabba Gabba
Diagnosed at two, a Pilates teacher has survived seizures too many to count. Somatic therapy, EMDR, a stimulant shortage, glucagon courage — and Scott's first-ever mid-episode bathroom break.
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#1920 Jenna is 28 and Still Amazing
Sixteen years after diagnosis, a nutrition PhD student studies hospital food, manages with Omnipod 5 and Dexcom, and drops a surprise Scott never saw coming.
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#1919 Hurricane Levi
A mother in Zimbabwe on her son's diagnosis at four, $90 sensors paid in cash, a headmaster who said no, and the outdated insulin she didn't know was outdated.
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#1918 Bad Reviews
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#1917 Around the World
Bella was diagnosed at four and spent two decades at an A1C near ten, with an endocrinologist whose method was yelling. She also bet Scott he couldn't guess what state she's from.
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#1916 Chilly Reception
Christina has had type 1 for fifteen years. Her son William was diagnosed in DKA on a ski team trip to Chile, in a hospital where the care was entirely in Spanish — and the hardest part came after they got home.
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#1915 Island in the Sun
Eloise was diagnosed in DKA at seven, with a blood sugar of 750, while her family was between insurance plans. Her mom Eden talks about the bill, a school with no nurse, and finding her limit.
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#1914 Kebab Explosion
Diagnosed at 37 in Germany, a week alone in COVID quarantine, an insulin pen and no instructions. Bar life, burnout, therapy, and one very good endo.
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#1913 Two Mirrors Part 2
Part two. The advice lands — two mirrors bouncing anxiety back and forth. Hidden apple pouches, a thyroid checklist, a Texas move, and Scott's blunt fix for a burned-out mom.
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#1912 Survey Says
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#1911 Two Mirrors Part 1
Part one. An RN mom hasn't slept in nearly two years — her daughter's needle phobia, anxiety, and lows run the house. Scott hears it all, then offers the advice.
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#1910 Dancing with the Devil
Four months in, a dad shares how a family holiday nearly ended in tragedy — his 15-month-old rushed into DKA after being sent home twice with a "chest infection."
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#1909 Life Over Numbers
Her son was hours from a coma at diagnosis. Lockdown took his freedom, and a letter asked for help. How one family found its way back — life over numbers.
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#1908 Every Day Without Diabetes Is a Gift
Three of her four kids have type 1 diabetes. A Montana mom on antibody testing, TZield, and the family motto — every day without diabetes is a gift.
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#1907 Come On Over, Valerie
Valerie's daughter was diagnosed at 12 in full DKA. A year later, a newly-diagnosed mom on California's Central Coast has become a confident, bold advocate — and shares how she got there.
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#1906 In Memoriam: Kent Schnakenberg
In memory of Kent Schnakenberg, the Juicebox Podcast is rereleasing his most recent appearance from 2025.
Kent appeared on the podcast twice, sharing a story marked by resilience, generosity, and an extraordinary commitment to children and families living with type 1 diabetes. Through Team Schnak, he built community, offered encouragement, and helped countless people feel less alone.
Kent passed away on June 11, 2026, at the age of 71. This episode is being shared again in recognition of a life, a story, and a body of work that were beyond laudable.
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#1905 An Ounce of Prevention
Brianna, 11, is a competitive trampoline athlete headed to nationals — and type 1 makes her blood sugar crash mid-routine. She and her dad Jesse talk exercise lows, community, and staying ahead of it.
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#1904 I Killed My Own Pancreas
Diagnosed at ten, Caitlin runs most of her own care a year later with an A1C in the fives. She and mom Jen show what calm, informed type 1 looks like.
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<...#1903 The Secret I Kept
Diagnosed with type 1 at eight, Erin hid it for years while battling an eating disorder. Now in recovery, she talks shame, secrecy, and finding her way back.
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#1902 Chicago Eyes
Thirty years with type one, and diligent about it — until an eye exam this year found early diabetic retinopathy. A reminder it can happen even when you're in range.
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