Podcast
TypeCast: Life Between the Lines
Hosted by Natalie Balmain · EN
'TypeCast: Life Between the Lines' is a diabetes podcast that goes beyond the target glucose. Juggling the ups and downs of type 1 diabetes isn’t easy, so TypeCast is here to connect you to real stories with people who are living between the lines.
Whether you’re newly diagnosed or a seasoned pro, download, listen and subscribe to 'TypeCast: Life Between the Lines' on YouTube, iTunes, Spotify or your favourite podcast app. From dating and diabetes, diabetes technology to diabetes burnout… there’s no topic uncovered as we explore the challenges and triumphs of living with this complex condition.
16episodes
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Navigating Type 1 Diabetes and Solo Ocean Racing: Jack's Story
Apr 15, 202500:51:00Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Jack speaks to Natalie about falling in love with sailing when he stepped onto his first boat at 6 years old. He reveals how his love of the sport meant that he never questioned whether type 1 diabetes would stop him sailing when he was diagnosed at the age of 15, and the many crossovers between sailing a boat alone and managing type 1 diabetes, Yes, really. Jack’s now on an incredible mission to become the first person with type 1 diabetes to complete the Vendée Globe - a solo sail around the world without assistance. After listening to this episode, we’re sure you’ll be left in no doubt that Jack will achieve his dream!Jack Trigger InstagramThis Podcast is sponsored by Insulet, makers of Omnipod. For more information go to Omnipod.com/Typecast
Transcribe →Mat Lewis Carter: Humour and Insight on Life with Type 1 Diabetes
Apr 8, 202500:46:11Tap to summarizeGet ready for some hilarious anecdotes with content creator, presenter, podcaster Mat Lewis Carter. Diagnosed at 13, Mat had watched his brother live with the condition from a young age, giving Mat a very different perspective when he found himself in the same position. Mat discusses why he only shares his glucose levels with his followers on trickier days, and how the fact he can ‘barely wash his bedsheets, but he can control an organ’ is helpful when it comes to handling the emotional side of type 1 diabetes. Mat Carter InstagramThis Podcast is sponsored by Insulet, makers of Omnipod. For more information go to Omnipod.com/Typecast
Transcribe →Turning the Tables: Deb and Ella Marsden's Shared Diabetes Story
Apr 1, 202500:55:37Tap to summarizeMother / Daughter Duo, Deb and Ella Marsden, are true Northeners from Yorkshire. Diagnosed as a child, all Ella remembers is life with Diabetes. Deb threw herself into helping to raise awareness of type 1 diabetes and started fundraising through hosting charity balls. But nobody could anticipate what was about to happen… After years of managing her daughter’s type 1, Deb then was diagnosed herself. Find out just how those tables turned in this incredible episode.Deb Marsden's InstagramThis Podcast is sponsored by Insulet, makers of Omnipod. For more information go to Omnipod.com/Typecast
Transcribe →From School Outsider to TV Star: Married at First Sight’s Tasha Jay on Life with Type 1 Diabetes
Mar 18, 202500:37:32Tap to summarizeIn this energetic and honest episode, Tasha speaks to Natalie about going from being the outsider at school, to being confident enough to get married to a stranger on TV, discussing her dating experiences with type 1 diabetes, and her fear of change when it comes to embracing diabetes technology. In fact, Tasha only got a glucose sensor to help her Married At First Sight mate JJ, when he was also diagnosed with type 1 diabetes after they finished filming the series. Just don’t speak to her about Crocs…Tasha Jay InstagramTasha Jay TikTokThis Podcast is sponsored by Insulet, makers of Omnipod. For more information go to Omnipod.com/Typecast
Transcribe →Embracing the Challenge: Kamil's Life with Type 1 Diabetes and Technology
Mar 11, 202500:57:35Tap to summarizeWho’s the person behind Nerdabetic? Kamil’s journey has seen him go from managing his type 1 diabetes in secret after he was diagnosed at the age of 14, to proudly making a difference while accepting that the condition is ‘bigger than anything I could ever do or solve.’Funny, insightful and one of the most knowledgeable brains in the community when it comes to all things diabetes and technology, this is an episode not to be missed!Nerdabetic InstagramNerdabetic YouTubeThis Podcast is sponsored by Insulet, makers of Omnipod. For more information go to Omnipod.com/Typecast
Transcribe →Running Through Life: Chloe Andrews' Marathon with Type 1 Diabetes
Mar 4, 202500:43:32Tap to summarizeChloe Andrews has seen it all with type 1 diabetes - the good, the bad and the ugly. Raising an amazing son after a traumatic birth, navigating divorce, training for a marathon and keeping her mental health in check - Chloe is afraid to discuss the gritty realities of life. But her frank attitude and incredible resilience are even more powerful when you consider that she’s been living with type 1 diabetes since the age of just five.This episode contains sensitive themes around childbirth, which may be triggering for some listeners.Chloe Andrews InstagramThis Podcast is sponsored by Insulet, makers of Omnipod. For more information go to Omnipod.com/Typecast
Transcribe →Climbing Life's Mountains: Pete Davies on almost 70 Years with Type 1 Diabetes
Feb 27, 202500:57:50Tap to summarizeA legend both inside and outside the type 1 diabetes community, Pete Davies talks us through living for almost 70 years with the condition, from 28mm needles and no viable or accurate method of glucose monitoring when he was diagnosed at the age of 2, to climbing Kilimanjaro in his 50s, and everything in between!Pete Davies InstagramThis Podcast is sponsored by Insulet, makers of Omnipod. For more information go to Omnipod.com/Typecast
Transcribe →From Hiding to Helping: Nina's Empowering Type 1 Diabetes Story
Feb 18, 202500:37:11Tap to summarizeAs someone who posts about the realities of living with type 1 diabetes to over 100,000 followers across Instagram and TikTok, you would think Nina Joachim has always felt comfortable discussing her condition. But for 10 years following her diagnosis at the age of 7, Nina hid her diabetes and saw it as an ‘enemy’. Now she helps tens of thousands of people across the world on their own road to acceptance, posting aesthetic photos of her gadgets as well as the daily realities of insulin pump fails and high glucose readings. Sharing her story online has given Nina the confidence to try new things, including going to a Taylor Swift concert alone!Nina Joachim InstagramThis Podcast is sponsored by Insulet, makers of Omnipod. For more information go to Omnipod.com/Typecast
Transcribe →Embracing Imperfection: Jen Grieves' Story of Living with Type 1 Diabetes
Feb 11, 202500:56:33Tap to summarizeJen Grieves has had some amazing life experiences despite living with type 1 diabetes. But she claims the key for her has been to embrace being ‘scrappy’ and accepting the fact that nothing about type 1 diabetes is perfect - and it doesn’t need to be. Jen shares how she’s gone from feeling like she was the ‘only person in the world’ who felt like she did in regard to the burden of living with type 1 diabetes, to connecting to a global community by sharing real stories and hilarious anecdotes online, and having candid chats through her own podcast, Type 1 on 1.Jen Grieves InstagramJen Grieves PodcastThis Podcast is sponsored by Insulet, makers of Omnipod. For more information go to Omnipod.com/Typecast
Transcribe →Living Fearlessly: David's Experience with Type 1 Diabetes, Tech, and Triathlons
Feb 4, 202500:47:27Tap to summarizeDavid chats about the differences between his restrictive early diabetes management and the diabetes technology he uses today (despite declaring himself ‘not an insulin pump person’). He reveals how advances in diabetes technology have reduced his food anxiety so that he can enjoy eating out again and tech also gave him the flexibility he needed during triathlon races to compete alongside non-diabetics. So much so that he went onto complete an Ironman, very poignantly with the source of his motivation - his young daughter - crossing the finish line with him.This Podcast is sponsored by Insulet, makers of Omnipod. For more information go to Omnipod.com/Typecast
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