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Melissa and Steve are joined by Dr. Samuel Thulin—artist, composer, sound designer, educator, and researcher—to wrestle with the question: what role can art play in helping us understand life with Diabetes? And is it possible to think about the MASSIVE amounts of data created by CGMs and BG meters in creative ways, or even... outside of biomedicine? Sam details some of his works that transform blood sugar numbers into audio-visual-material art, and challenges us to think about how relationships are central to those understandings.And, we're talking about fougasse! It's pretty, it's easy, and it's basically a big leaf-shaped breadstick... what's not to love? We used our basic white bread recipe (one batch will make 3 fougasse—recipe available over on the blog), and topped one with flaky salt, another with parmesan and black pepper, and the last with Syrian za'atar. You can shake it up and top them with whatever you happen to have on hand.Find out more about some of Dr. Samuel Thulin's projects at his website samuelthulin.comBe sure to follow and/or subscribe, visit us at diabreadic.com, and go find us on Instagram @diabreadic! While you're at it, head over to Apple Podcasts or Spotify and leave us a review.Music: September Rain by Yme Fresh https://bit.ly/yme-freshCreative Commons Attribution licenceFree Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/3FfoBtAMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/kVCTa0-bDkQ

On this episode of our limited series Highs & Lows, Melissa talks with her mom Loree about Diabetes in school, understanding diagnosis when it's your child, negotiating responsibility for care and treatment—all interrupted by an untimely (and classic...) low blood sugar while they were recording.And since it's her favorite, it is all too appropriate that we are talking about focaccia on Loree's episode! This olive oil-rich sheet-pan baked bread is delicious, easy (and forgiving), and can be topped with pretty much anything you feel like throwing at it.Bryan Ford, who we mention briefly in the episode, is the author of New World Sourdough and host of the Magnolia Network show The Artisan's Kitchen. You can find him on Instagram @artisanbryan and you can find his blog and cook book at the links below:https://www.artisanbryan.com/https://www.amazon.com/New-World-Sourdough-Techniques-Fermented/dp/1631598708Highs & Lows is a limited series exploring what life with chronic illness means for those who live alongside diagnosis—not in it themselves. In each episode Melissa sits down with a member of her family to talk through their personal memories of shared experiences with Diabetes, treatments, and all the funny/difficult bits in-between.Be sure to follow and/or subscribe, visit us at diabreadic.com, and go find us on Instagram @diabreadic! While you're at it, head over to Apple Podcasts or Spotify and leave us a review.Music: September Rain by Yme Fresh https://bit.ly/yme-freshCreative Commons Attribution licenceFree Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/3FfoBtAMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/kVCTa0-bDkQ

Why is Diabetes always the butt of the joke?Dr. Bianca C. Frazer joins us to discuss Diabetic performance: on stage, on screen, and among society more broadly. Jokes about Diabetes usually follow the same uncreative (and stigmatizing) formulas, and they recreate a lot of damaging assumptions about Diabetic people in the process. But comedy, and performance in general, CAN be a valuable means for pushing back against those systems that shame and defame.We are also talking about everyone's favorite sticky buns: Cinnamon Rolls! Sticky, rich, sweet and salty, with a dollop of icing on top... this recipe takes it all to a whole other level. You can find this recipe in the Bread Illustrated from America's Test Kitchen:https://shop.americastestkitchen.com/bread-illustrated-new.htmlDr. Frazer is co-editor of (Un)Doing Diabetes: Representation, Disability, Culture with Dr. Heather Walker. More info and links to purchase can be found at undoing-diabetes.comBe sure to follow and/or subscribe, visit us at diabreadic.com, and go find us on Instagram @diabreadic! While you're at it, head over to Apple Podcasts or Spotify and leave us a review.Music: September Rain by Yme Fresh https://bit.ly/yme-freshCreative Commons Attribution licenceFree Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/3FfoBtAMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/kVCTa0-bDkQ

Melissa and Steve are joined by Taylor Johnson (@taylorbetic on Instagram) for a conversation about Diabetes service animals.Johnson has been active in work related to medical racism, insulin affordability, mental health and chronic illness—and especially over the past few years, her Diabetes Service Dog Claire. She talks about the intensive application process and years-long training regimes involved in establishing a working relationship with a service animal. But it's about more than the work, as that human-canine relationship becomes one of mutual care and fulfillment.We also made tortillas! I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times: flatbread is bread, and tortillas are one of the best. We merged some aspects of both a community recipe from Serious Eats and a Food Network recipe from Rick Martinez (which can be found here):https://www.seriouseats.com/soft-chewy-flour-tortillas-recipehttps://www.foodnetwork.com/fnk/recipes/flour-tortillas-7265712But there's more! We talk through a lot of important bits and bobs related to mental health and chronic illness, racism and Diabetes communities (online and IRL) and resources for those who are in crisis.The Diabulimia Helpline is staffed by folks who have both the training and knowledge to help connect you with the resources that can help in moments of crisis and in long-term mental health treatment. Whether you are experiencing eating disorders, depression, anxiety, burnout, PTSD, or otherwise, staff are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.diabulimiahelpline.org(425) 985-3635Music: September Rain by Yme Fresh https://bit.ly/yme-freshCreative Commons Attribution licenceFree Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/3FfoBtAMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/kVCTa0-bDkQ

In this episode of our limited series Highs & Lows, Melissa talks with her younger brother Marcus about Squeezits and school lunch, blood spurts, bedtime scrambled eggs, and how Diabetes has always been a “normal” part of life around him—until moments of crisis reveal those difficult bits.And since we're months into the show and have never breached the topic: it's sandwich bread time! Old reliable doesn't get much love but it doesn't get much better (and easier) than a basic sandwich bread recipe. Ours here is one we've made A LOT over the past few years, and have played with endlessly.You can find this recipe, along with some helpful tips and insights on the blog at https://www.diabreadic.com/blog/basic-sandwich-bread-recipeWe mentioned Modernist Bread Crumbs in the episode, and if you have any interest in bread do yourself a favor and go listen to all of it:https://heritageradionetwork.org/series/modernist-breadcrumbsHighs & Lows is a limited series exploring what life with chronic illness means for those who live alongside diagnosis—not in it themselves. In each episode Melissa sits down with a member of her family to talk through their personal memories of shared experiences with Diabetes, treatments, and all the funny/difficult bits in-between.Be sure to follow and/or subscribe, visit us at diabreadic.com, and go find us on Instagram @diabreadic! While you're at it, head over to Apple Podcasts or Spotify and leave us a review.Music: September Rain by Yme Fresh https://bit.ly/yme-freshCreative Commons Attribution licenceFree Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/3FfoBtAMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/kVCTa0-bDkQ

Insulin Pumps and CGMs can be life-changing--miraculous even. But as always-connected medical devices, that influence can be... complicated.These devices, and the many others used in treating Diabetes, leave physical traces behind that stay present for people as they go about their day-to-day life. Melissa and Steve talk through what it means that pumps and monitors have to be right there with you AT ALL TIMES (better have a bag ready). And what is more, they are attached to the skin and inserted into the body in ways that can leave marks, holes, and scars behind for days or even weeks/months.We also made banana bread! (Or... is it cake? Anyone care to chime in?) This recipe comes from Aubry Bennion (@aubryeliz on Instagram), and is super rich and indulgent -- plus super simple and is a great one to make with little ones.There's more! We also finally launched our website, diabreadic.com , where you can go to find more detailed information from our episodes along with more content related to Diabetes, chronic illness, bread and breadmaking, and much much more.Be sure to follow and/or subscribe wherever you are listening, and go find us on Instagram @diabreadic! While you're at it, head over to Apple Podcasts or Spotify and leave us a review.Music: September Rain by Yme Fresh https://bit.ly/yme-freshCreative Commons Attribution licenceFree Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/3FfoBtAMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/kVCTa0-bDkQ

In this episode of our limited series Highs & Lows, Melissa talks with her older brother Christopher about Diabetic camp, changes to their relationship in adulthood, and the family's infamous Diabetes emergency at Media Play.And per Christopher's suggestion, we made Claire Saffitz's Sour Cream and Chive Rolls from her book Dessert Person. It's one of his family's favorites, and it is quickly becoming one of ours as well. You can find the book here (or at your local library!):https://www.dessertperson.com/dessert-person-cookbookA version of the recipe can be found here:https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/pull-apart-sour-cream-and-chive-rollsAnd do check out her YouTube channel, she has covered a lot of the recipes from her book:https://www.youtube.com/c/clairesaffitzxdessertpersonHighs & Lows is a limited series exploring what life with chronic illness means for those who live alongside diagnosis—not in it themselves. In each episode Melissa sits down with a member of her family to talk through their personal memories of shared experiences with Diabetes, treatments, and all the funny/difficult bits in-between.Be sure to follow and/or subscribe, and go find us on Instagram @diabreadic! While you're at it, head over to Apple Podcasts or Spotify and leave us a review.Music: September Rain by Yme Fresh https://bit.ly/yme-freshCreative Commons Attribution licenceFree Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/3FfoBtAMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/kVCTa0-bDkQ

Highs & Lows is a limited series exploring what life with chronic illness means for those who live alongside diagnosis—not in it themselves. In each episode Melissa sits down with a member of her family to talk through their personal memories of shared experiences with Diabetes, treatments, and all the funny/difficult bits in-between.In this first episode, Melissa interviews Steve, her spouse and partner, about new encounters as teenagers, mishaps with skittles and BLTs, and some (admittedly heavy) memories that shed new light on some particularly difficult shared moments with high and low blood sugar.But don't worry! We're still talking bread in this limited series, and this episode features one of our VERY favorites: Black Pepper Cheddar Bread. This recipe is from Bread Illustrated, from America's Test Kitchen, and has remained a household favorite since the first time we made it several years ago. It is ridiculously soft and pillowy, and the pepper is a really nice touch. You can check out the book here: https://shop.americastestkitchen.com/bread-illustrated-new.htmlAnd as promised: the poolside photoshoot of Steve sporting an infusion set from Melissa's broken insulin pump: https://www.instagram.com/p/BWWB6HeHAWS/?utm_medium=copy_linkMusic: September Rain by Yme Fresh https://bit.ly/yme-freshCreative Commons Attribution licenceFree Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/3FfoBtAMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/kVCTa0-bDkQ

It's Pizza Night!Dr. Josh Iddings, Assistant Professor of Writing and Communication at Siena College, joins us for a conversation about his Diabetes diagnosis, years of treatment & consistent frustrations... and then ANOTHER Diabetes diagnosis. Can a T1D diagnosis (usually a jarring and traumatic moment) actually be a relief? And what does misdiagnosis mean for people with chronic illness over the long term?Melissa and Steve have been making a lot of pizza over the past couple of years -- so, from easy dough mixing to hot-hot oven temps, there's a lot to talk about. Though we mention using a Baking Steel (which you can see over at bakingsteel.com), a stone works really well. If you have neither: a cast iron skillet is the way to go!For some VERY thorough testing, discussion, and examples of pizza-making practices, we highly recommend you search "pizza" on J. Kenji López-Alt's YouTube channel and/or Serious Eatshttps://www.youtube.com/user/kenjialthttps://www.seriouseats.com/j-kenji-lopez-alt-5118720Melissa ruminates on the way that family dynamics and relationships are always affected by a Diabetes diagnosis, and recalls her experience as a student. Steve briefly geeks out about cast iron, and opens-up some of the social and systemic contexts for misdiagnosis.Be sure to follow and/or subscribe, and go find us on Instagram @diabreadic! If the mood should strike you, write us a review while you're at it.Music: September Rain by Yme Fresh https://bit.ly/yme-freshCreative Commons Attribution licenceFree Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/3FfoBtAMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/kVCTa0-bDkQ

"This thing is keeping me alive, but it's also ruining my life"Diabetic treatment devices, such as insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), make SO MANY things about life with Diabetes easier. They are also... built by people, and can make some everyday things more complicated. Dr. Laura Forlano, Associate Professor of Design and Director of the Critical Futures Lab at the Illinois Institute of Technology, talks about her complicated relationship with her devices and the ways that design-thinking can help us make sense of it--and imagine a more just future.Dr. Forlano's article "Data Rituals in Intimate Infrastructures: Crip Time and the Disabled Cyborg Body as an Epistemic Site of Feminist Science" was referenced a few times during the interview, and can be found here: https://doi.org/10.28968/cftt.v3i2.28843We are also talking about Anadama Bread! (suggested by previous guest Dr. Carrie Rentschler) It's corny, it's molasses-y, it's.. Yankee? This New England staple is unlike any bread we've made before, and it's well worth a bake. Our loaves were based on the recipe from King Arthur Baking (you can find it here: https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/new-england-anadama-bread-recipe )Melissa talks about some late-night frustrations (it's all PG around here, folks) and together she and Steve wrestle with the questions: How can framing Diabetes as a disability help us better understand life with it? And what do we do about the looming problem of treatment-related waste?Be sure to follow and/or subscribe, and go find us on Instagram @diabreadic! If the mood should strike you, write us a review while you're at it.Music: September Rain by Yme Fresh https://bit.ly/yme-freshCreative Commons Attribution licenceFree Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/3FfoBtAMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/kVCTa0-bDkQ

"Is that a pager?"We are talking miniature garlic naan and how Diabetes treatment devices such as insulin pens, insulin pumps, and blood glucose meters train us to think and act as we use them. Our guest is Dr. Carrie Rentschler, Associate Professor in the Department of Art History and Communication Studies and Associate Member of the Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies, who talks through her experiences with these devices in the 49 years since her diagnosis.The designs of these technologies have changed over the past 30 years, but why do they all look like pens, pagers, or cell phones? What drives us to conceal (and, at certain times, reveal) illness or disability? And can Diabetes be the basis for building relationships?During the discussion we reference an article Dr. Rentschler co-authored with Benjamin Nothwehr titled "Transmitting Insulin: The Design and Look of Insulin Delivery Devices as Technologies of Communication," published in 2021 in Catalyst: Theory, Feminism, Technoscience -- it is an open-access journal, and the full text can be found here: https://doi.org/10.28968/cftt.v7i1.34567We based our our tiny, fluffy, bready pillows (thanks for that one, Melissa) on Chef John's recipe for Garlic Naan. John Mitzewich is a treasure, as is this recipe (find it here: https://foodwishes.blogspot.com/2019/02/garlic-naan-now-100-tandoor-free.html)Melissa talks about her experiences with how medical devices have made her (and Diabetes) visible, and sparks an exploration of how we do/don't build trust in technologies.Be sure to follow and/or subscribe, and go find us on Instagram @diabreadic! If the mood should strike you, write us a review while you're at it.Music: September Rain by Yme Fresh https://bit.ly/yme-freshCreative Commons Attribution licenceFree Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/3FfoBtAMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/kVCTa0-bDkQ

Melissa and Steve talk everything bagel pumpkin bread and give a general primer on Diabetes and its treatments. Type 1 and Type 2 are widely known but often less-widely understood. What is the difference between each diagnosis? And how does that affect what is happening with the body—and with people in general? Navigating these intertwined chronic illnesses makes it possible to see some interesting human experiences a little more clearlyHow can you get seeds to stick to the outside of your bread dough? And how, exactly, do you make those fancy pumpkin ribs on a loaf of bread, anyway?Melissa relives some experiences with high and low blood glucose (BG, or blood sugar), and how insulin injection has changed in the 25 years since her diagnosis.See some of the amazing breadmaking insights from Jack Sturgess over at Bake with Jack (bakewithjack.co.uk) – some real gems in there.Be sure to follow and/or subscribe, and go find us on Instagram @diabreadic! If the mood should strike you, write us a review while you're at it.Music: September Rain by Yme Fresh https://bit.ly/yme-freshCreative Commons Attribution licenceFree Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/3FfoBtAMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/kVCTa0-bDkQ

Melissa and Steve talk cardamom bread and Diabetes identity with special guest, Dr. Heather R. Walker! From diagnosis to her personal blog to her academic research and writing, Dr. Walker discusses how the largescale misunderstanding of Diabetes, Diabetics, and their devices creates stereotypes that affect (and live inside) all of us—and how radical trust is the way forward.How can you tell if your bread is ready to bake? And what's with the SUPER under-estimated proofing times all over the food blog-o-sphere?Melissa unpacks her experiences with “defensive othering” and her own identity in Diabetes; Steve connects the concept of radical trust with empathy- and care-based justice.Be sure to follow and/or subscribe, and go find us on Instagram @diabreadic! If the mood should strike you, write us a review while you're at it.Next episode: Everything Bagel Pumpkin Bread & a Diabetes PrimerDr. Walker is co-editor of (Un)Doing Diabetes: Representation, Disability, Culture with Dr. Bianca Frazer. More info and links to preorders can be found at undoing-diabetes.comThe cardamom bread recipe can be found here: https://www.acozykitchen.com/swedish-cardamom-breadMusic: September Rain by Yme Fresh https://bit.ly/yme-freshCreative Commons Attribution licenceFree Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/3FfoBtAMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/kVCTa0-bDkQ

Melissa and Steve talk sourdough starters and introduce their personal and professional connections to bread, Diabetes, and treatment technologies. What is Diabreadic and how did it come about?What is a sourdough starter and how can you make one? What do you do when things get a little… sour? And don't forget to boil your water!Melissa talks life with Diabetes and maneuvering work, family life, and the weight of chronic illness; Steve talks connecting research with lived experience, & mental health and breadmaking.Find Ken Forkish's book Flour Water Salt Yeast here: https://www.amazon.com/Flour-Water-Salt-Yeast-Fundamentals/dp/160774273XBe sure to follow and/or subscribe, and go find us on Instagram @diabreadic! If the mood should strike you, write us a review while you're at it.Next episode: Cardamom Bread & Diabetes Identity w/ Dr. Heather R. Walker, Ph.D.Music: September Rain by Yme Fresh https://bit.ly/yme-freshCreative Commons Attribution licenceFree Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/3FfoBtAMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/kVCTa0-bDkQ

Join host Stephen Horrocks and producer Melissa Horrocks, an expert in Diabetes & medical devices and an artist living with Type 1, as they bake delicious bread together… then “break bread” with a variety of smart and interesting guests as they uncover the human in health and technology. Follow us on Instagram @diabreadic.Music: September Rain by Yme Fresh https://bit.ly/yme-freshCreative Commons Attribution licenceFree Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/3FfoBtAMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/kVCTa0-bDkQ