#1571 After Dark: Scared Straight
Juicebox Podcast: Type 1 Diabetes
Scott Benner
4.7 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 9 July 2025
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
Brock, 29, turned his life around after prison and heroin, now thriving with T1D and love.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back, friends. You are listening to the Juice Box podcast. |
| 0:14.4 | Hello, my name is Brock West B. Hess, and I am a type 1 diabetic diabetic and I have been for about 10 years. |
| 0:24.2 | If this is your first time listening to the Juice Box podcast and you'd like to hear more, |
| 0:28.9 | download Apple Podcasts or Spotify, really any audio app at all. Look for the Juicebox podcast |
| 0:34.8 | and follow or subscribe. We put out new content every day that you'll enjoy. |
| 0:40.6 | Want to learn more about your diabetes management? |
| 0:43.0 | Go to Juiceboxpodcast.com up in the menu and look for bold beginnings, |
| 0:46.7 | the Diabetes Pro Tip series, and much more. |
| 0:49.6 | This podcast is full of collections and series of information that will help you to live better with insulin. |
| 0:58.3 | Please don't forget that nothing you hear on the Juice Box podcast should be considered advice, medical or otherwise. |
| 1:04.4 | Always consult a physician before making any changes to your health care plan or becoming bold with insulin. |
| 1:13.6 | This episode is sponsored by the Tandem-Mobi system, which is powered by Tandem's newest algorithm, |
| 1:20.4 | Control IQ Plus technology. TandomMobi has a predictive algorithm that helps prevent highs |
| 1:25.7 | and lows and is now available for ages 2 and up. |
| 1:29.0 | Learn more and get started today at tandemdiabetes.com slash juicebox. |
| 1:34.9 | This episode of the Juicebox podcast is sponsored by the Dexcom G7, the same CGM that my daughter |
| 1:41.2 | wears. Check it out now at Dexcom.com slash juicebox. |
| 1:46.8 | Hello, my name is Brock West Bess, and I am a type 1 diabetic, and I have been for about 10 |
| 1:55.0 | years. And I live in Wisconsin, sure enough, you know, a place that gets plenty of crap from you. |
| 2:03.3 | What? |
| 2:03.9 | You think I'd give Wisconsin crap? |
| 2:05.9 | I mean, you know, from what I've heard, yeah. |
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