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I spoke with Ed Damiano, founder of Beta Bionics, about his work on the bi-hormonal pump that uses glucagon and insulin to control blood glucose levels. We get into how the algorithm is superior to other AIDs, the results expected and what it will be like wearing it.

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I spoke with Lissie Poyner, T1D and Diabetes Health Coach, about her experience on the Tandem Mobi system and why she decided to make the switch from Omni Pod. Lissie and I walk through all of the details and features of the Mobi, how it compares to other systems, and her likes and dislikes overall.

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I spoke with Ginger Vieira, T1D author and YouTuber, about her experience with alert fatigue and how you can best manage your devices to help keep that from happening. Ginger talks about what triggered her initial problems regarding alerts, going off of a CGM and back to finger sticks, and how she now finds a balance to make diabetes tech work for her without the added stress.

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I spoke with Chris Lally, RN, Certified Diabetes Educator, and member of the medical staff at ADA Camp Freedom, about the behind the scenes work that goes into running camp smoothly. We talk about how they manage all of the camper devices, what led her to be a part of camp in the first place, and what kids and parents can expect who are planning to attend.

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I spoke with parents about sending their T1D nine year old daughter to diabetes summer camp. We spoke about how they found the camp, how it felt to be cut off from her glucose levels, and how their daughter's independence grew. I also got to ask their daughter about her experience. 

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I spoke with Marcel Both (PharmaSens CEO) and Anna Martensson (Business Dev. & Project Management) about the upcoming line of insulin pumps from PharmaSens called Niia. We discuss the origin of the company, how the pumps work, and their goal of releasing an all-in-one CGM+Insulin pump in the near future.

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I am so thrilled to have Tom Vesely of Type One Talks join me on this episode to talk about what it's like being a diabetes content creator. We chat about growing up with diabetes, overcoming the fear of putting yourself out there with a chronic illness, how diabetes tech improved his life, and the good and bad of being a content creator.

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I spoke with Sequel Med Tech about its newly FDA cleared insulin pump, twiist. We cover the history of Sequel Med Tech, all the details on the brand new tubed pump, how it's worn and what it looks like, and how the DIY community impacted the development and more.

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I spoke with Pharmacist and Diabetes educator, Diana Isaacs about popular GLP-1 Drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. We cover how they work, their impact on weight loss, how they help people with Diabetes, and the ever growing issue of cost and accessibility.

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I spoke with Know Labs about the KnowU cgm, its non-invasive continuous glucose monitor powered by RF Dielectric Spectroscopy technology. We cover how the tech works, its recent study showing 11.1% MARD accuracy, and the road toward FDA clearance. Do you think non-invasive CGMs are the future?

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Twiist, a newly FDA cleared pump, will automate insulin delivery using Tidepool Loop. Tidepool Loop is an FDA cleared automated insulin delivery app built from the popularly used DIY Loop. 

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I attended the ATTD (Advanced Technologies & Treatments for Diabetes) Conference in Florence Italy to take a look at the future of diabetes tech. 

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I spoke with Medtronic about its two new Simplera CGMs: Simplera Sync, a CGM compatible with the 780g insulin pump for automated insulin delivery and Simplera,  which works with InPen, Medtronic's smart insulin pen to create a Smart MDI System. 

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I spoke with a fellow iAPS user about our first few months using the open source DIY automated insulin delivery system built for iPhone.

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Michael Dardenelle was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 1956, about 20 years after the discovery of insulin. He shares his story about diagnosis and treatment and his health obstacles such as neuropathy and more. Michael, you are an inspiration. Thank you for sharing your story.

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Ariana Frayer shares her experience about how her diabetes has affected her dating and sex life. Hope you all enjoy this conversation as much as I did!

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AAPS is the go-to DIY automated insulin system for Android users. I spoke with an AAPS user about her experience using it over the last two years and how it compares to DIY Loop. Sandra is using AAPS version 3.0 during this interview, but has switched to version 3.2 which includes new dynamic settings. She will be coming back on the pod soon to talk about the switch.

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The inhalable insulin known as Afrezza begins affecting blood glucose remarkably faster than injected insulin, in just roughly 2 minutes. Ginger Vieira tells us her experience using Afrezza for three years, how she implements it into her treatment and how it works.

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Melinda Strauss shares her story about the anxieties and treatment for her pregnancies at a time when cgms and automated insulin pumps were not used. This was a fascinating conversation and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

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