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Making It Awkward — 137 episodes

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1

Gay the Pray Away; Film Review: "Leviticus" with Blake Flaugher, MPH and Caleb Haven Draper

2

Self-Medicating ADHD with Exercise, Disordered Eating, Gender Identity and More! with Calvin Gilbert

3

Unfiltered and Uncensored: Reflections on Speaking at the ADA Conference with Sherene Chou, MS RDN

4

Re-release: 5G, Conspiracies and the Post-Truth Era with Dr. Eoin Flaherty of Maynooth University

5

Queer Men and Body Image: Peptides, Peacocking, and Pick Mes

6

Health Journalism and Disruption; What Happened at the American Diabetes Assoc. Conference? With Lindsay Lee Wallace

7

Re-Release! Queerness, Christianity, & 50% Off Ozempic for Pride!? with Kent Thomas, MSW

8

Tradwives, Motherhood and Traditional Values; Book Club: Yesteryear Part 2

9

Tradwives, Motherhood and Traditional Values; Book Club: Yesteryear Part 1

10

Re-release! Pronatalism, Eugenics, Fertility and Climate Justice with Dr. Eoin Flaherty

11

Anti-Hunger Policy and MAHA's Creep into Public Health with Meghan Cichy, MPH. RD.

12

The People vs Poison Rally RoundUp with Trampus Harmon

13

Re-release: The Ultra-Processed Food Hysteria to Trad Wife Pipeline with Lindsay Lee Wallace

14

Glyphosate & the People vs Poison Rally: Fear vs Facts

15

Food Fearmongering at the Center for Science in the Public Interest with Sherene Chou, MS RD

16

Having Grown Up with Jillian Michaels, Gen Z is Healing

17

Meeting a MAHA Mom in the Middle with Leslie Voorhees Means

18

Debating Jillian Michaels and Winning with Tigress Osborn

19

Jubilee's Surrounded Explained and Jillian Michael's Unhinged Right Turn

20

Leveling Down: Levels Health, CGMs and the False Promises of Data-Driven Health with Selena Salfen and Meghan Cichy

21

Casey Means Went to Congress, Will She Be Our Next Surgeon General? With Meghan Cichy MPH RDN and Selena Salfen MPH RDN

22

The Food Triangle's "Healthy Fats" and Olive Oil 101 with Dr. Selina Wang

23

What Mike Tyson's MAHA Super Bowl Ad is Really Saying; with Tigress Osborn, NAAFA Executive Director

24

Heated Rivalry: Parasociality, Straight Women's Sexuality, and the Cultural Response with Lindsay Lee Wallace

25

Heated Rivalry: Queerness, Coming Out and the Hags That Move the Story Along with Blake Flaugher, MPH

26

Bonus Episode: Community Commitment and MAHA Hypocrisy; F*** ICE

27

Jessica's Monch Monch Ad & Dr. Robert Lustig's Fiber Fail

28

The Manly Man's Inverted Food Triangle: Dissecting the Dietary Guidelines with Meghan Cichy MPH, RDN.

29

Thought Hygiene: Manifesting, Magical Thinking and OCD with Lindsay Lee Wallace

30

Childfree By Choice; Joyful, Unapologetic Childfree Women Frighten the Patriarchy

31

The Caucacity of the Mediterranean Diet with Sherene Chou, MS. RDN.

32

Confinement Nannies and MAHA's Luxury of Taking From Other Cultures with Sherene Chou, MS., RD.

33

Calley Means is In Over His Head and Giving True Crime Vibes with Selena Salfen, MFA., MPH., RDN.

34

Cheryl Hines: The Sad Beige Life of a Dangerous Optimist with Alison Pill and Natalie Ingraham

35

Re-Release: Re-Grifting: Casey and Calley Means; Taking Truemed to the White House with Selena Salfen, MPH, RDN

36

Autism Research Ethics and the Exploitation of Alternative Stats with Jocelyn Green

37

One Mother's Quest to Help Autistic Kids Lose Their Diagnosis with Dr. Theresa Lyons

38

Bubonic and Iconic: Plague History--From Rodents to Racism with Dr. Bethany Johnson

39

Autism Solved; Conspiracy Ken Strikes Again

40

Out of Institutions and Into Society; Community Mental Health Treatment with Kyle Davis, MSW, LICSW

41

MAHA Won't Pay For a Candy Bar, But We're Paying For Measles; Dr. Carole 2.0

42

Re-Release! Poppers 101, RFK Jr, B*tt Stuff and the State of Sex Ed with Blake Flaugher, MPH

43

Fauci Needs to Be Locked Up! With "The Terrorist Therapist," Dr. Carole Lieberman, M.D., M.P.H.

44

The Fetishization of Asian Women and Subverting Stereotypes with Kaila Yu

45

The MAHA Strategy Report: Policy Amateur Hour with Trampus Harmon, Selena Salfen, MPH RD, and Meghan Cichy, MPH RD

46

Ultra-Processed Food Hysteria, Reader Meltdowns, and Nutrition Reporting with Jamie Ducharme!

47

Re-Grifting: Bryan Johnson's Blueprint and the Cult of Longevity with Jen Jacobs

48

Wearable Devices and "the Delusion of Knowledge" with Dr. Maisha Davis

49

Re-Release! Part 2: "No food is better than bad food" says UCSF's Dr. Lustig

50

Ketogenic Diets For Epilepsy: Jessica's Keto Experience with Dr. Lexi Brown

51

Constant Glucose Monitoring and the Levels App; an Experiment with Selena Salfen MPH RD

52

Re-release: "No food is better than bad food" says UCSF's Dr. Lustig. Part 1

53

The Womanosphere, Food Politics and the Next Body Ideal

54

The Womanosphere, Cuteservatives, and Choice Feminism with Cecily Nelson-Alford

55

Holding Onto Hope and Humanity; ICE, Palestine and Black Liberation

56

Re-Grifting: Paul Saladino and His Carnivore Creep with Beef Farmer Trampus Harmon

57

The First MAHA Report: What's In, What's Out, and What's Wrong with Selena Salfen, MPH, RDN and Meghan Cichy, MPH, RDN

58

Re-release!: Making It Awkward at UCSF's Trans Health Summit, with Calvin Gilbert, FNP

59

100 Days of Hellth and the MAHA Commission with Meghan Cichy, MPH, RDN and Selena Salfen, MPH, RDN

60

Beef Tallow and the Ethics of Colostrum Supplements with Dr. Sarah Dougherty and Trampus Harmon

61

Re-release! Making America Healthy Again; Part 2

62

Great British Bake-Off's Mike Wilkins on Farming and Queer Life in the UK

63

Crack, Cheetos & Cigarettes; Soda Taxes Pt. 2 with Blake Flaugher MPH and Raeann Bowlds MPH

64

MAHA Moms, Measles and Medical History with Dr. Bethany Johnson

65

Share Diabetes with Maria? Soda Taxes Pt 1 with Dr. Kelly Brownell

66

Re-Grifting: Dr. Andrew Huberman's Long Con with Tessa Rapaczynski

67

Bonus: Eating Disorder Awareness Week x Black History Month: Me Little Me Returns

68

#Farmlife at Harmon and Son Beef! The Trump Administration's Impact on Farmers and the Food Supply

69

An Intro to Farm Subsidies and Cheese Caves! With Mackenzie Behrle

70

Dad Content then The Guy Who Helped Coin the Phrase That Led Us to Fascism

71

Conspiracy Ken Gets Confirmed- RFK Jr. Will Never Be Ken-Enough

72

Re-Grifting: Dr. Mark Hyman

73

Bird Flu, Biology, Raw Milk & Pet Safety with Dr. Sarah Dougherty, DVM

74

The Raw Milk Divide with Farmer Trampus Harmon

75

We Saw This Coming; Glancing Back and Gearing Up for 2025

76

Neurodivergence and Girl Dinner with Dr. Lexi Brown-Re-release

77

Flavor Maxiamalists and Minimalists in America with Pops

78

MSG, spice and all things nice!

79

Should We Stop Eating Seed Oils? With Dr. Selina Wang

80

The Joy of Reading Romance and the Bliss of a Happy Ending (Re-Release)

81

Going Wild on Health and Fertility with Alison Pill

82

Election Reflections; Father Daughter Edition

83

Treatment in the Real World; Me Little Me Debuts! with Elizabeth Ayiku

84

Curlfriends! Hair, Identity, Health and Fat Lib with Whitney Trotter and Tigress Osborn

85

Making America Healthy Again; Part 1 with Jeff Hutt

86

Can Nutrition Policy Be Purchased? With Sherene Chou

87

Vicki Gonzalez Talks Breast Cancer at 40 and Reminds Us to Get Our Boobs and Bits Checked

88

What a TIME!; "Feedback" & Lessons, Plus Race, Class and Lunchables ft. Patrilie Hernandez

89

Minisode: Making (Dollars and) Sense of Ultraprocessed Foods?

90

Netflix's The Boyfriend & The Chicken Smoothie of it All with Kent Thomas

91

"Smoke & Mirrors"; Food Elitism and Wellness Culture With Shana Spence, MS, RDN

92

"How Dare She Be Phenomenal!" Women's Sports and Gender Panic with Dr. Naima Reddick

93

Making it Awkward Turns 1; A look back at the first season

94

Re-Release: Jessica's Ultra Processed Food Diet Results with Amy Fletcher

95

Hedonism, Palatability, and the Science-ification of "Junk Food;" Same advice, different packaging.

96

Eating Disorders, Dopamine, Salience, & The Status Quo with Molly Robbins

97

Sex is the Sixth Vital Sign; HIV, PrEP, and Disclosure with Pablo Sarmiento, NP

98

Eating Disorders, Food Addiction, Hyperpalatability, and Mental Health with Dr. David Wiss

99

Love on the Spectrum! with Jessica and Her Spouse

100

Salsa is a Vegetable!; Reclaiming Our Cultural Foods with Dalina Soto, RD

101

NPR Told Us To Eat Like Peasants; Its Living Better Series was Good for Clicks and Giggles

102

Tight Sphincters; on Being "Divisive" in the Eating Disorder Field with Dr. Deb Burgard

103

Final Thoughts & Who is Anti-Diet for?; With Jaye Rochon and Cara Harbstreet, MS RD

104

Rage Farming and Sh*tting on Women; with Clara Nosek

105

Neurodivergence, "Picky Eating" and ARFID with Naureen Hunani, RD

106

Anti-Diet Dietitians Made Cereal Ads, Then Things Got Awkward; with Sasha Chavkin

107

Pineapple Overthrow Butter Mochi and Hawaiian Tourism with Daphne K. Jenkins

108

Ultra Processed Fridays and Southern Food; a dad and daughter chat

109

GLP-1s, Diabetes and How Whiteness Works

110

Eating Disorders Don't Discriminate? With Dr. Chukwuemeka Nwuba

111

Writing the Next Book And Not Settling in Love with Chrissy King

112

Live, Laugh, Languish; Jessica Wrote a Book and Then it Got Awkward with Alison Pill

113

BMI Cutoffs for Gender Affirming Surgery; Kindness is Not Liberation with Isaac and Dr. Zo Amaro Jimenez

114

The Pivot: Food Heaven to Diabetes Digital with Wendy Lopez and Jessica Jones

115

Why are there BMI cutoffs for Gender affirming surgery? With Dr. Blair Peters.

116

Fat Liberation and Size Freedom Policies with Tigress Osborn

117

Food & Body Stuff in the Spotlight and Backstage with Stephanie Lexis and Libby Parker

118

Litigation and Legacy; Part 2 With Dr. Whitney Trotter and Meghan Cichy, MPH, RDN

119

Diet Evangelism: Netflix's vegan twin experiment

120

Litigation and Legacy with Steven Dunn; Part 1

121

"Impossible"; Being Black in the Eating Disorder Field with Dr Whitney Trotter and Angela Goens

122

Create a Policy to Reduce Anti-Fatness At The Doctor's Office and on Campus with Shantille Connolly, MPH CHES

123

My Body, ages 4-10. It was too much and very awkward.

124

Books...But Make it Awkward, with Shana and Maya

125

"#bannedbodies--AI's Social Media Discrimination with Jen McLellan"

126

Jen Jacobs, Editor Extraordinaire

127

Babe, have you eaten today? With @yourdietitianbff

128

I Asked My Dad About Dehumanization

129

Is Non-binary Identity a 3rd Gender Category?; USPATH Conference Reflections

130

The Research on BMI and Gender Affirming Care with Elijah Castle

131

What Makes Something News? With Lindsay Lee Wallace

132

Alison Pill is Making it Awkward in Film and TV

133

Ultra-Processed Parenting; Formula Feeding with Kent Thomas and Dr. Natalie Ingraham

134

But What IS an Ultra-Processed Food? with Amy Fletcher

135

Feeling Aligned in Queer Fashion, with Mahlah Catline

136

"Be the unexpected"

137

Introducing Making It Awkward!