Real Talk on PAD, Diabetes, and Our Community
Family, pull up a chair. If you or a loved one is living with Type 2 diabetes, this is the most important message you’ll hear all year.
On the latest episode of the African American Diabetes Podcast, host Leon Rock is delivering a raw, unfiltered wake-up call about PAD (Peripheral Artery Disease)...
5 Researchers kicked out of the American Diabetes Conference. THE UNFILTERED TRUTH.
5 Researchers kicked out of the American Diabetes Conference. THE UNFILTERED TRUTH: Reclaiming Our Health, Bypassing the Gatekeepers
Are you tired of organizations that claim to fight for you while silencing the truth? From their segregationist origins in 1939 to their recent move of calling the ...
Navigating Complex Care Spaces Through Individual and Family Advocacy
You are your family’s best advocate, but how do you make sure you're actually heard in a complex medical system? Join host Leon Rock on the African American Diabetes Podcast for a deeply inspiring and necessary conversation with special guest Kyhla Desire, M.P.H. Together, they dive into "Navigat...
Power, Policy, & The People - A Conversation with Delegate Jennifer White Holland. and Deputy Delegate, Baby Ryleigh!
Join host Leon Rock for an urgent, high-energy conversation with Maryland State Delegate Jennifer White Holland, and a special guest appearance by her 1-year-old "Deputy Delegate," Baby Ryleigh!
In this powerful episode, we’re breaking down the hard-hitting legislative battles fighting to lower y...
Real Talk on PAD, Diabetes, and Our Community
Family, pull up a chair. If you or a loved one is living with Type 2 diabetes, this is the most important message you’ll hear all year.
On the latest episode of the African American Diabetes Podcast, host Leon Rock is delivering a raw, unfiltered wake-up call about PAD (Peripheral Artery Disease)...
Truth, Trials, and Transformation - Reclaiming our seat at the table of discovery to secure a healthier future for the next generation.
In this powerful episode, Leon Rock dives deep into the historical reasons behind medical mistrust in the Black community. He explores how the Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation (TRHT) framework is being used to dismantle barriers to clinical trial participation and discusses the federal m...
Beyond the Finger Prick: Reclaiming Black Health & Diabetes Tech
Standard diabetes care wasn't built with Black communities in mind—and it’s time to rewrite the rules. Join host Leon Rock as he dives into the systemic barriers, outdated advice, and implicit biases that keep life-changing technology out of the hands of Black Americans living with diabetes. From...
A conversation Dr. Trayce Osler and Michael Osler, Co-Founders of the African American Diabetes Association-Colorado Chapter..
Diabetes doesn’t take a day off, and neither does the fight for health equity! In this powerful new episode of The African American Diabetes Podcast, host Leon Rock sits down for a conversation with power duo Dr. Trayce Osler and Michael Osler, Co-Founders of the African American Diabetes Associa...
Diabetes, Insulin Resistance, and Hair Loss.
Get ready for an eye-opening, real-talk episode of The African American Diabetes Podcast that hits straight at the heart of our community's self-image and health! In this powerful edition, host Leon Rock steps up to the mic as a proud, bald-headed Black man living with diabetes to tear down the t...
Beyond the Clinic: How Social Determinants Shape Health in District 10 - A candid conversation with Councilwoman Phylicia Porter.
Join us for a transformative episode of the African American Diabetes Podcast featuring The Honorable Phylicia Porter, Baltimore City Councilwoman for District 10!
In this powerful conversation, Councilwoman Porter tackles the critical intersect of public policy, social determinants of health, an...
