Juicebox Podcast: Type 1 Diabetes

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#1907 Come On Over, Valerie Jul 20, 2026

Show notes

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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Medtronic Diabetes

Tandem Mobi **

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CONTOUR NextGen smart meter and CONTOUR DIABETES app

Dexcom G7

Go tubeless with Omnipod 5 or Omnipod DASH *

Get your supplies from US MED or call 888-721-1514

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*The Pod has an IP28 rating for up to 25 feet for 60 minutes. The Omnipod 5 Controller is not waterproof.

** t:slim X2 or Tandem Mobi w/ Control-IQ+ technology (7.9 or newer). RX ONLY. Indicated for patients with type 1 diabetes, 2 years and older. BOXED WARNING:Control-IQ+ technology should not be used by people under age 2, or who use less than 5 units of insulin/day, or who weigh less than 20 lbs. Safety info: tandemdiabetes.com/safetyinfo

Disclaimer - Nothing you hear on the Juicebox Podcast or read on Arden's Day is intended as medical advice. You should always consult a physician before making changes to your health plan.

If the podcast has helped you to live better with type 1 please tell someone else how to find it!

#1906 In Memoriam: Kent Schnakenberg Jul 18, 2026

Show notes

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.

From October 2025: Kent Schnakenberg returns to share how one bike ride turned into a life's mission—raising awareness, saving lives, and inspiring thousands through Team Schnak Strong and the fight against type 1 diabetes.

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Eversense CGM

Medtronic Diabetes

Tandem Mobi **

Use code JUICEBOX to save 20% at Cozy Earth

CONTOUR NextGen smart meter and CONTOUR DIABETES app

Dexcom G7

Go tubeless with Omnipod 5 or Omnipod DASH *

Get your supplies from US MED or call 888-721-1514

Touched By Type 1

Take the T1DExchange survey

The Juicebox Podcast is a free show, but if you'd like to support the podcast directly, you can make a gift here or buy me a coffee. Thank you!

*The Pod has an IP28 rating for up to 25 feet for 60 minutes. The Omnipod 5 Controller is not waterproof.

Disclaimer - Nothing you hear on the Juicebox Podcast or read on Arden's Day is intended as medical advice. You should always consult a physician before making changes to your health plan.

#1905 An Ounce of Prevention Jul 17, 2026

Show notes

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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Eversense CGM

Medtronic Diabetes

Tandem Mobi **

Use code JUICEBOX to save 20% at Cozy Earth

CONTOUR NextGen smart meter and CONTOUR DIABETES app

Dexcom G7

Go tubeless with Omnipod 5 or Omnipod DASH *

Get your supplies from US MED or call 888-721-1514

Touched By Type 1

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Apple Podcasts> Subscribe to the podcast today!

The podcast is available on Spotify, Google Play, iHeartRadio, Radio Public, Amazon Music and all Android devices

The Juicebox Podcast is a free show, but if you'd like to support the podcast directly, you can make a gift here or buy me a coffee. Thank you!

*The Pod has an IP28 rating for up to 25 feet for 60 minutes. The Omnipod 5 Controller is not waterproof.

Disclaimer - Nothing you hear on the Juicebox Podcast or read on Arden's Day is intended as medical advice. You should always consult a physician before making changes to your health plan.

If the podcast has helped you to live better with type 1 please tell someone else how to find it!

#1904 I Killed My Own Pancreas Jul 16, 2026

Show notes

Diagnosed at ten, Kaitlyn 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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Eversense CGM

Medtronic Diabetes

Tandem Mobi **

Use code JUICEBOX to save 20% at Cozy Earth

CONTOUR NextGen smart meter and CONTOUR DIABETES app

Dexcom G7

Go tubeless with Omnipod 5 or Omnipod DASH *

Get your supplies from US MED or call 888-721-1514

Touched By Type 1

Take the T1DExchange survey

Apple Podcasts> Subscribe to the podcast today!

The podcast is available on Spotify, Google Play, iHeartRadio, Radio Public, Amazon Music and all Android devices

The Juicebox Podcast is a free show, but if you'd like to support the podcast directly, you can make a gift here or buy me a coffee. Thank you!

*The Pod has an IP28 rating for up to 25 feet for 60 minutes. The Omnipod 5 Controller is not waterproof.

Disclaimer - Nothing you hear on the Juicebox Podcast or read on Arden's Day is intended as medical advice. You should always consult a physician before making changes to your health plan.

If the podcast has helped you to live better with type 1 please tell someone else how to find it!

#1903 The Secret I Kept Jul 15, 2026

Show notes

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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Eversense CGM

Medtronic Diabetes

Tandem Mobi **

Use code JUICEBOX to save 20% at Cozy Earth

CONTOUR NextGen smart meter and CONTOUR DIABETES app

Dexcom G7

Go tubeless with Omnipod 5 or Omnipod DASH *

Get your supplies from US MED or call 888-721-1514

Touched By Type 1

Take the T1DExchange survey

Apple Podcasts> Subscribe to the podcast today!

The podcast is available on Spotify, Google Play, iHeartRadio, Radio Public, Amazon Music and all Android devices

The Juicebox Podcast is a free show, but if you'd like to support the podcast directly, you can make a gift here or buy me a coffee. Thank you!

*The Pod has an IP28 rating for up to 25 feet for 60 minutes. The Omnipod 5 Controller is not waterproof. In a simulated analysis, the 100 mg/dL Target Glucose (TG) setting demonstrated superior Time in Range (70-180 mg/dL) compared with results at the 110-150 mg/dL TG settings in a real-world population of people with T1D using Omnipod 5. Statistically significant differences in mean TIR were observed for Target 100 mg/dL vs. 110, 120, 130, 140, and 150 mg/dL, with differences of 2.5%, 4.8%, 9.8%, 15.3%, and 20.8%, respectively. Data on File. RF-012026-00057

Disclaimer - Nothing you hear on the Juicebox Podcast or read on Arden's Day is intended as medical advice. You should always consult a physician before making changes to your health plan.

If the podcast has helped you to live better with type 1 please tell someone else how to find it!

#1902 Chicago Eyes Jul 14, 2026

Show notes

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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Eversense CGM

Medtronic Diabetes

Tandem Mobi **

Use code JUICEBOX to save 20% at Cozy Earth

CONTOUR NextGen smart meter and CONTOUR DIABETES app

Dexcom G7

Go tubeless with Omnipod 5 or Omnipod DASH *

Get your supplies from US MED or call 888-721-1514

Touched By Type 1

Take the T1DExchange survey

Apple Podcasts> Subscribe to the podcast today!

The podcast is available on Spotify, Google Play, iHeartRadio, Radio Public, Amazon Music and all Android devices

The Juicebox Podcast is a free show, but if you'd like to support the podcast directly, you can make a gift here or buy me a coffee. Thank you!

*The Pod has an IP28 rating for up to 25 feet for 60 minutes. The Omnipod 5 Controller is not waterproof.

Disclaimer - Nothing you hear on the Juicebox Podcast or read on Arden's Day is intended as medical advice. You should always consult a physician before making changes to your health plan.

If the podcast has helped you to live better with type 1 please tell someone else how to find it!

#1901 Informative, Not Performative Jul 13, 2026

Show notes

Diagnosed with type 1 on college move-in day, a genuine, upbeat 19-year-old talks freshman year, running, body image, and — across a long, unedited conversation — social media, AI, and staying real.

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Eversense CGM

Medtronic Diabetes

Tandem Mobi **

Use code JUICEBOX to save 20% at Cozy Earth

CONTOUR NextGen smart meter and CONTOUR DIABETES app

Dexcom G7

Go tubeless with Omnipod 5 or Omnipod DASH *

Get your supplies from US MED or call 888-721-1514

Touched By Type 1

Take the T1DExchange survey

Apple Podcasts> Subscribe to the podcast today!

The podcast is available on Spotify, Google Play, iHeartRadio, Radio Public, Amazon Music and all Android devices

The Juicebox Podcast is a free show, but if you'd like to support the podcast directly, you can make a gift here or buy me a coffee. Thank you!

*The Pod has an IP28 rating for up to 25 feet for 60 minutes. The Omnipod 5 Controller is not waterproof.

Disclaimer - Nothing you hear on the Juicebox Podcast or read on Arden's Day is intended as medical advice. You should always consult a physician before making changes to your health plan.

If the podcast has helped you to live better with type 1 please tell someone else how to find it!

Miss Early ♫ Jul 11, 2026

Show notes

Pre-bolusing is one of those things people learn years later than they should have. The whole idea fits in a word: timing. Give the insulin a head start on the food, and the two of them meet in the middle instead of fighting each other the whole way down. It costs nothing. Nobody's selling it. It's just a small change in when — not more insulin, not a new device — and for a lot of us it was the thing that flattened everything out. This song is that lesson set to a beat. Hear more at juiceboxpodcast.com/jukebox

The words are drawn directly from the podcast — the management series, the interviews, and years of conversations with this community. I worked with Claude, an AI assistant, to shape those ideas into lyrics, then directed the music, voices, and arrangement myself before having it performed by Suno, an AI music tool. The AI performs it, but the podcast wrote it.

If you're new to this, you don't have to get it perfect on day one. Start small, watch which way the arrow's pointing, and let each meal teach you a little more. Nobody hands you this stuff up front, so consider it handed to you now. There are people out here who've been where you are and who have your back.

Miss Early

They call me Miss Early, I'm ahead of the plate I done did the math before you even said grace Twenty little minutes, that's the head-start habit Food move fast, so I beat it like a rabbit

Insulin's a slow jam, dinner is a sprint If you send 'em out together, baby, take the hint

Full lyrics at link below.

Lyrics drawn from Juicebox Podcast episodes, shaped with Claude Music, voices, and arrangement directed by Scott Benner Performed by Suno

Disclaimer - Nothing you hear on the Juicebox Podcast or read on Arden's Day is intended as medical advice. You should always consult a physician before making changes to your health plan.

#1899 Lightning Doesn't Strike Twice Jul 10, 2026

Show notes

Doctors kept telling her lightning doesn't strike twice. Three of her four kids have type 1 — a funny, unflinching, oddly joyful account of parenting diabetes in triplicate, and sailing anyway.

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Eversense CGM

Medtronic Diabetes

Tandem Mobi **

Use code JUICEBOX to save 20% at Cozy Earth

CONTOUR NextGen smart meter and CONTOUR DIABETES app

Dexcom G7

Go tubeless with Omnipod 5 or Omnipod DASH *

Get your supplies from US MED or call 888-721-1514

Touched By Type 1

Take the T1DExchange survey

Apple Podcasts> Subscribe to the podcast today!

The podcast is available on Spotify, Google Play, iHeartRadio, Radio Public, Amazon Music and all Android devices

The Juicebox Podcast is a free show, but if you'd like to support the podcast directly, you can make a gift here or buy me a coffee. Thank you!

*The Pod has an IP28 rating for up to 25 feet for 60 minutes. The Omnipod 5 Controller is not waterproof.

Disclaimer - Nothing you hear on the Juicebox Podcast or read on Arden's Day is intended as medical advice. You should always consult a physician before making changes to your health plan.

If the podcast has helped you to live better with type 1 please tell someone else how to find it!

#1898 Cat Scratch Seizure Jul 09, 2026

Show notes

A single mom navigates her son's type 1 diagnosis alongside ADHD, a hypoglycemic seizure, and a school that fought her — and slowly finds accommodations, support, and steadier ground.

ABLEnow save for today's needs or invest for tomorrow

Eversense CGM

Medtronic Diabetes

Tandem Mobi **

Use code JUICEBOX to save 20% at Cozy Earth

CONTOUR NextGen smart meter and CONTOUR DIABETES app

Dexcom G7

Go tubeless with Omnipod 5 or Omnipod DASH *

Get your supplies from US MED or call 888-721-1514

Touched By Type 1

Take the T1DExchange survey

Apple Podcasts> Subscribe to the podcast today!

The podcast is available on Spotify, Google Play, iHeartRadio, Radio Public, Amazon Music and all Android devices

The Juicebox Podcast is a free show, but if you'd like to support the podcast directly, you can make a gift here or buy me a coffee. Thank you!

*The Pod has an IP28 rating for up to 25 feet for 60 minutes. The Omnipod 5 Controller is not waterproof.

Disclaimer - Nothing you hear on the Juicebox Podcast or read on Arden's Day is intended as medical advice. You should always consult a physician before making changes to your health plan.

If the podcast has helped you to live better with type 1 please tell someone else how to find it!

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