What's going on with health and food policy right now? Each week dietitian and author Jessica Wilson shares her conversations with experts in their field or on their farm and figures out how we got here and why. Jessica has followed the ultra-processed food hysteria to trad wife pipeline and the direct path from COVID conspiracies to RFK Jr to the current administration. From her conversation with the Make America Healthy Again spokesperson to the Oregon beef farmer this podcast connects it all. Listen each week as she brings something new to the conversation and at times makes it awkward.
Making It Awkward
Claim This Podcastby Jessica Wilson, MS RD
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What's going on with health and food policy right now? Each week dietitian and author Jessica Wilson shares her conversations with experts in their field or on their farm and figures out how we got here and why. Jessica has followed the ultra-processed food hysteria to trad wife pipeline and the direct path from COVID conspiracies to RFK Jr to the current administration. From her conversation with the Make America Healthy Again spokesperson to the Oregon beef farmer this podcast connects it all. Listen each week as she brings something new to the conversation and at times makes it awkward.
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Recent Episodes
June 18, 2026
Health Journalism and Disruption; What Happened at the American Diabetes Assoc. Conference? With Lindsay Lee Wallace
Host Jessica Wilson interviews health journalist Lindsay Lee Wallace about disruptive events at the American Diabetes Association conference and the impact of current events on health journalism.
June 4, 2026
Tradwives, Motherhood and Traditional Values; Book Club: Yesteryear Part 2
Meghan Cichy, Leslie Voorhees Means, Selena Salfen, and Alison Pill discuss the complexities of motherhood and the twists in the novel Yesteryear, offering insights into traditional values and lived experiences.
May 28, 2026
Tradwives, Motherhood and Traditional Values; Book Club: Yesteryear Part 1
Host Meghan Cichy interviews Leslie Voorhies Means, Selena Salfen, and Alison Pill about the novel Yesteryear, exploring tradwife culture, motherhood, and differing family values.
142 total episodes available with 13 transcripts
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