Diabetes Connections

Diabetes Connections is a weekly type 1 diabetes podcast that the broadcaster Stacey Simms created in 2015 and has hosted and produced by herself ever since, even past its 500th episode. Simms came to podcasting from local radio, where she anchored Charlotte's Morning News on WBT-AM, a move inspired by her family when her son was diagnosed with T1D at a young age. Each episode interviews the people shaping the field, from company executives and researchers to advocates and people living with diabetes. Around the show she has built the World's Worst Diabetes Mom book series and the Moms' Night Out conference. The main show is type 1 focused, though she launched a separate podcast, Diabetes Connections TYPE 2, in November 2023.

Location

Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.