Podcast appearances and mentions of max szadek

It is a privilege for Max Szadek to be featured in the NAACP Image Awards-nominated documentary Luther: Never Too Much, where he shares his story of discovering Luther Vandross after experiencing a stroke due to mismanaged type 2 diabetes. He hopes to inspire others to take proactive steps to avoid a similar health crisis through advocacy. Remember, if you notice any signs of a stroke, don't hesitate to seek help right away – swift action can greatly impact your recovery. Let's look out for each other! It's essential to seek help, connect with a caring community, and share your journey. Philadelphia's beloved WDAS-FM Radio personality, Patty Jackson, is a true inspiration! After surviving a stroke, she continues to bring joy to her audience behind the microphone and camera. SAVE THE DATE: Divabetic Holiday Outreach Program at Alumni Hall at Thomas Jefferson University Hosptial,1020 Locust St, Philadelphia, PA 19107, on Saturday, November 8, 2025, 11 AM - 1:30 PM. Enjoy a Glam More, Fear Less Fashion Show, Cooking Demonstration, Guest Speakers, Chair Yoga Exercises, and Community Support. Free Admission. Through the Divabetic (Divabetic.Org) programs, podcasts, and videos, We've spread awareness and positivity to hundreds of thousands of men and women.

This is the Happy Diabetic Kitchen--- In this episode, we will hear from some of my very good friends in the diabetic community who will share their personal goals for the New Year! So, get ready! We are stepping into the New Year together exploring ideas for a happy healthy lifestyle way of eating! It's time to gather your thoughts, journals and goals for a New Year's refresh. As someone who's trying to live my best diabetic life, New Year's is an opportunity to reset, regroup, and revitalize. I want to have revolution of goals and ideas… not a revolt! Keep an open mind… Stay open to possibilities of trying something new. That said, it's best to get a head start on your New Year's resolutions now. It just isn't going to happen. But, if you stand firm in actually sticking to your resolutions this year. So, whether you want to get back on that fitness grind, sharpen certain skills or be more productive, we have invited some amazing folks who live in the diabetic space every day to tell you about their list of the top New Year's resolutions to give you inspiration for 2023. I think it will inspire you…   Our guests on the podcast: Guest New Year Resolutions Jana Smolinski (Episode # 53) - Raising a Child with Diabetes: An Interview With Jana Smolenski. Jana is a school teacher and mom who raised a type one diabetic. Annie, her daughter was diagnosed at age 5. Jana has a lot of wisdom to share about how to support a small child in growing up with this disease. Max Mr. Divabetic  - You know him as Mr. Divabetic, the fruit suit clad man-about-town. He is the resident master of ceremonies and happy healthcare anchor on Diva TalkRadio, a podcast channel featuring diabetes edu-tainment and information.  When he re-appears from the studio booth and sheds his pineapple and watermelon jacket, he transforms into the mild-mannered, yet passionate Max Szadek, the founder and executive director of Divabetic and WEGO Health Activist Award nominee. Inspired by his former boss, Luther Vandross, who suffered in silence with his diabetes, Max founded Divabetic to encourage women and their families to accept a diabetes diagnosis boldly, with a Glam More, Fear Less attitude. With a background in entertainment and armed with a team of diabetes health and wellness educators, fashionistas. Mr. Divabetic's enthusiasm is infectious, and you can follow him on Twitter, Facebook, and his world-famous blog for diabetes news, updates, and all things pop culture. “I'm on a mission to change attitudes in those affected by diabetes to stay healthy and upbeat about their care so they can continue to enjoy the glamorous life.” - Max Szadek Max the Divabetic   Janice Baker Janice Baker 25 - Interview With a Dietician    Kim Stewart Kimberly Stuart ABOUT KIM Kimberly Stuart, she holds degrees from St. Olaf College and the University of Iowa. She learned lots of interesting things at these fine institutions, none of which prepared her for the lethal cocktail of parenthood and writing. Stuart is the author of eight published novels, including the Heidi Elliott series, Act Two, Stretch Marks, Operation Bonnet, Sugar, and Heart Land. She is a frequent public speaker and is passionate about helping others live great stories. Kimberly lives, plays, works in Des Moines, Iowa, where she makes her home with one forgiving husband, three wily kids and a black Schnauzer named Scout.   Annie Smolinski 52 - Diabetes does not need to define you! Interview with Annie Smolenski, type 1 rock star!   Bill Polansky Bill Polansky Dr. Bill Polonsky is Associate Clinical Professor in Psychiatry at the University of California San Diego. He received his PhD in clinical psychology from Yale University and has served as Senior Psychologist at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, faculty member at Harvard Medical School and Chairman of the National Certification Board for Diabetes Educators.    Cindy Lewis my wife/partner of 42 years. Cindy has been what I like to call a type 3 diabetic, she has been my support, my helper my supporter my diabetic champion since my diagnosis in 1998.          

On this episode of the OurView Podcast, I welcome my guest Max Szadek. Max is the founder of  a national 501c3 nonprofit called DiVabetic. DiVabetic was inspired by Max's longtime employer and friend the late R&B singer, Luther Vandross. The V in the nonprofit's name is a tribute to Vandross. During our conversation, Max and I discuss diabetes and our mutual love of the great Patti LaBelle.    Follow Max and DiVabetic on Instagram: @MaxSzadek and @ Official_DiVabetic Visit the DiVabetic website: www.divabetic.org   Follow OurView on all social media platforms: @OurView4life To advertise on the OurView Podcast, E-mail: OurView4Life@gmail.com

We’re celebrating Divabetic’s 10th Year Podcast Anniversary with music from the world's most famous "Divabetic"--  Ms.Patti LaBelle. She's encouraging a 'NEW ATTITUDE' about living with diabetes! Thank you to our loyal listeners for sharing your stories, questions, concerns, and successes with us over the past decade. Our aim has been and continues to be to broaden the appeal of diabetes education with music, beauty/style, games, real-life stories, cozy mysteries radio dramas, and laughter. Guests: Patricia Addie-Gentle, RN, CDE, Dr. Andrea Chisholm OB-GYN, Luther McRae, Mama Rose Marie, Susan Weiner MS, RDN, CDE, CDN, Dr. Beverly S. Adler PhD, CDE, Best-Selling Author Tonya Kappes, Seveda Williams and Terri Seidman. One lucky listener in our random drawing will win aDario Blood Glucose Meterstarter kit. This all-in-one pocket-sized device can track blood sugar fluctuations and trends and identify hyper/hypoglycemic episodes right from your smartphone, providing readings within as little as 6 seconds. It’s scientifically proven, HIPPA compliant, and includes Dario Coaches to offer support and motivation to help manage your diabetes. Enjoy this special listener discount on Dario: mydario.com/divabetic LISTENER SURVEY Divabetic was inspired by the late music legend, Luther Vandross and created in 2005 by Max Szadek, who, as Vandross’ assistant of 14 years Visit Divabetic on the web: www.divabetic.org.  

This Divabetic podcast is in solidarity with and dedicated to the Black Lives Matter movement for racial justice. We are making time to reflect, share our feelings, listen and identify ways in which to fight for real and meaningful change. Guests include Lorraine Brooks, Patricia Addie-Gentle RN, CDE, Keith Anthony Fluitt, Leisa Chester Weir, and Jeff James. Join the conversation and call in: (347) 215-8551. To help combat systemic racism, please consider donating to these organizations: Campaign Zero, which is dedicated to ending police brutality in America through research-based strategies. LEARN MORE Color of Change, which works to move decision makers in corporations and government to be more responsive to racial disparities. LEARN MORE Equal Justice Initiative, which provides legal services to people who have been wrongly convicted, denied a fair trial, or abused in state jails and prisons. LEARN MORE LISTENER SURVEY Divabetic was inspired by the late music legend, Luther Vandross and created in 2005 by Max Szadek, who, as Vandross’ assistant of 14 years, witnessed his boss, mentor, and friend struggle in silence and solitude with the diabetes and its related complications. Visit Divabetic on the web: www.divabetic.org.

This Divabetic podcast is in solidarity with and dedicated to the Black Lives Matter movement for racial justice. We are making time to reflect, share our feelings, listen and identify ways in which to fight for real and meaningful change. Guests include Lorraine Brooks, Patricia Addie-Gentle RN, CDE, Keith Anthony Fluitt, Leisa Chester Weir, and Jeff James. Join the conversation and call in: (347) 215-8551. To help combat systemic racism, please consider donating to these organizations: Campaign Zero, which is dedicated to ending police brutality in America through research-based strategies. LEARN MORE Color of Change, which works to move decision makers in corporations and government to be more responsive to racial disparities. LEARN MORE Equal Justice Initiative, which provides legal services to people who have been wrongly convicted, denied a fair trial, or abused in state jails and prisons. LEARN MORE LISTENER SURVEY Divabetic was inspired by the late music legend, Luther Vandross and created in 2005 by Max Szadek, who, as Vandross’ assistant of 14 years, witnessed his boss, mentor, and friend struggle in silence and solitude with the diabetes and its related complications. Visit Divabetic on the web: www.divabetic.org.

Enjoy Divabetic's 6th Annual Diabetes Mystery Podcast, Gingerbread Men Prefer Blondes. The mystery is set in the fictitiously decadent world-renowned Gingerbread Men Cookie Baking Competition in New York’s Central Park Zoo. Mr. Divabetic’s healthy culinary misadventures continue in this year’s escapade as he enters the competition with headless cookies and pureed kale hot cocoa for the judges to sample. As if this dreadful combination wasn’t bad enough to land him at the bottom of the throwdown, his mother, Mama Rose Marie, is accused of poisoning one of the celebrity judges! Things go from bad to worse when the snake phobic Mr. Divabetic hears about the giant python’s escape.          Now, the happy healthcare host must decide to face his fear of snakes and recipe rejection or throw in his apron and risk getting caught up in another murder investigation. Can Mr. Divabetic and his team of amateur sleuths hunt down the real killer and get Mama Rose Marie out of jail? Will he be the next murder victim? Can he ever create an edible recipe? The cast of Gingerbread Men Prefer Blondes features Mama Rose Marie, Best-Selling Author Tonya Kappes, the Charlie's Angels of Outreach (Patricia Addie-Gentle RN, CDE and MaryAnn Nicolay BA, DTR), The Happy Diabetic Chef Robert Lewis, Seveda Williams, Coach The Cure's Trisha Artman, Jillian Walsh, Wendy Radford, Dave Jones, Lorraine Brooks and Max Szadek. Throughout this podcast we will be featuring music from the original Broadway cast recording of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes courtesy of SONY MUSIC.  

We're talking about 'hush hush' topics in diabetes wellness such as intimacy issues, fears and food phobias with musical inspiration from H.E.R. courtesy of SONY Music. H.E.R. chooses to keep her true identity a secret but that’s proving harder to do after winning Best New Artist and Best R&B Song Grammy Awards this past year. Guests include Janis Roszler LMFT, RD, LD/N, CDE, FAND, Cheryl Farley “Food as Medicine” Nutritionist, Dr. Dugan Maddux and the Charlie’s Angels of Outreach. Throughout the podcast we will be playing music from H.E.R.’s "I Used To Know Her: The Prelude" album courtesy of SONY Music. Diabetes Late Nite is a fast-paced, full-filled hour of diabetes education and wellness advice that encourages listeners to “laugh a little, learn a  lot. Divabetic was inspired by the late music legend, Luther Vandross and created in 2005 by Max Szadek, who, as Vandross’ assistant of 14 years, witnessed his boss, mentor, and friend struggle in silence and solitude with the diabetes and its related complications. President Barak Obama, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter have acknowledged Divabetic for its dedication and determination on behalf of the diabetes community. Visit Divabetic on the web: www.divabetic.org.    

TONIGHT ON RADAR RADIO USA. ITS HOT TOPIC FRIDAY! WE DISCUSSED THE B. SMITH SITUATION, MICHAEL JACKSON DOCUMENTARY, THE DEMS WHO ARE RUNNING FOR 2020 PRESIDENT ELECTION, JUSSIE SMOLLETT. MAX SZADEK CALLED IN AND TALKED ABOUT “CLUED INN” A ONE NIGHT EVENT ON MARCH 26th 2019!

Welcome to the debut of the newly released Season 2 of Body Wisdom: Beating Diabetes with Dr. Michele. This year the podcast will be focusing on all things diabetes. As your host, I’ll be recording solo episodes which will answer some of the most common questions I’m asked as a physician such as “what CAN I eat as a diabetic?”, “how can I lose the extra weight that I’ve put on recently?”, “is it really possible to reverse type 2 diabetes?”, “What can I do to prevent my children from getting diabetes since it runs in the family?” and more. I will also be coaching patients and clients live on-air, and conducting interviews with other diabetic experts. For the first show, I am republishing one of my favorite interviews from season 1 with Max Szadek on “Empowering Women to Learn About Diabetes.” I hope you enjoy the show! Max Szadek is an entrepreneur currently living in New York city and is the founder of Divabetic. After graduating from Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University, Max had a very colorful career working as a celebrity personal assistant with the legendary R&B musician Luther Vandross before his death. Following the tragic loss to the music world, Max has since gone on to become a powerful public spokesman for diabetes awareness. One of his vehicles is the national nonprofit organization, Divabetic (divabetic.org) which partially grew out of his dismay with the lack of media attention to Luther Vandross’ diabetes.  Though Max does not himself have the disease, he’s made it his mission to help those who do. His older brother is living with Type 1, his grandmother had diabetes as do several other family members. When Max is not busy with his work fighting for people with diabetes, he enjoys tennis, live theater, and live music. He is also a member of the largest LGBTQ Sports League in North America (Gotham Volleyball), and the New York Celebrity Assistants organization. Show Notes: What happened? Most people are not very educated about diabetes. It’s all too easy to forget to manage your diabetes. Life gets in the way. Type 2 diabetes often involves a lot of shame and blame because of the misconceptions around diabetes. Living with diabetes is more than just managing your sugar levels. People often become angry when they are diagnosed with diabetes, the disease can be frustrating to deal with. Weight gain is very common and difficult to deal with. You need to feel better about yourself, that will help you deal with the symptoms more effectively and improve your condition. How do you empower women to learn about diabetes? The programs usually go for one to two hours. It usually involves an expert speaker and entertaining education. Max uses popular modern music on his podcast to help convey the emotion and meaning. Stress can lead to an addiction of eating which is especially bad for people with diabetes. In the last couple of months the music world has lost multiple people to complications with diabetes. Celebrities bring diabetes to the fore but people still don’t understand how diabetes relates to the kidneys or the eyes or other parts of their body. You need a diabetes care team to help manage the symptoms similar to what happens when someone is diagnosed with cancer. If you love yourself, you will naturally take better care of yourself. We need to help people accept themselves. It must be such an amazing experience when you put on live shows and see the fans in person. What are some key takeaways that women have from attending live events that educate them about diabetes in a positive way? Small boosts of confidence can help boost your overall care. Getting a makeover helps people feel good about their image, living with diabetes doesn’t mean you can’t look good. Marrying the education with music and showmanship has really amplified the effect of the message. You need to take care of your feet, special shoes for people with diabetes can help you care for your feet while still being fashionable. If your family has a history of Type 1 or 2 diabetes, you have to manage your condition if you want to live a full life. Today’s show was brought to you by coaching program “Beating Diabetes: the 10 week roadmap”. For more information, head on over to my website drmichele.com and click on the work with me tab. All of the information is there about my group programs as well as 1:1 coaching. If you have questions about diabetes that you would like me to answer on air, you can email them to me. Just go to my website drmichele.com/contact to email your questions. Ilf you have questions you’d like to discuss with me, sign up for a free 20 minute coaching call at drmichele.com/schedule.

Tonight on the #66th episode of Radar Radio USA. we welcome Mr. Divabetics aka Max Szadek. Divabetics, is a non profit organization that educates change in attitudes about diabetes. For 12 years Max was the personal assistant to the legendary Luther Vandrosss. I can say first hand that Max is an amazing human being and this interview was special!

On this episode of Body Wisdom, learn how to empower women to learn about diabetes in fun and engaging ways with Max Szadek.

Mr. Divabetic, who worked for Luther Vandross for more than 14 years, leads a special hour-long birthday tribute to the late Grammy Award-winning legend. Guests include friends, family and colleagues who remember the moments, the music, the man and the motivation to ensure that no one has to struggle with diabetes alone or in silence.