#1663 Male Infertility and T1D Fire
Juicebox Podcast: Type 1 Diabetes
Scott Benner
4.7 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 27 October 2025
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
Firefighter Kyle Kondoff opens up about male infertility in type 1 diabetes—retrograde ejaculation, IVF ups/downs, stigma, marriage strain—and his T1D Fire nonprofit rescuing diabetics in crises.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello friends and welcome back to another episode of the Juice Box podcast. |
| 0:04.2 | My name is Kyle Kondoff. |
| 0:16.2 | I wanted to talk about male infertility and type 1 diabetes because I looked up stuff and I could not |
| 0:24.4 | find anything. It was very frustrating. And so I wanted to tell my story because I've had to go |
| 0:31.4 | through an infertility journey and now IVF journey and everything with my wife. That has been |
| 0:36.4 | very difficult, a long road for us. |
| 0:38.4 | But it's not very well known that male infertility is a common complication for male type 1 diabetics. |
| 0:46.5 | If this is your first time listening to the Juice Box podcast and you'd like to hear more, |
| 0:51.1 | download Apple Podcasts or Spotify, really any audio app at all. |
| 0:55.8 | Look for the Juice Box podcast and follow or subscribe. |
| 0:58.9 | We put out new content every day that you'll enjoy. |
| 1:02.8 | Want to learn more about your diabetes management? |
| 1:05.2 | Go to Juiceboxpodcast.com up in the menu and look for bold beginnings, the Diabetes |
| 1:09.5 | Pro Tip series, and much more. |
| 1:12.1 | This podcast is full of collections and series of information that will help you to live better |
| 1:17.7 | with insulin. |
| 1:19.2 | Nothing you hear on the Juice Box podcast should be considered advice, medical or otherwise. |
| 1:23.6 | Always consult a physician before making any changes to your health care plan. |
| 1:29.7 | This episode of the Juice Box podcast is sponsored by the Contor Next Gen blood glucose meter. |
| 1:36.5 | Learn more and get started today at contournext.com slash juicebox. |
| 1:42.3 | This episode of the Juice Box podcast is sponsored by Medtronic Diabetes and their mini-med 780G system designed to help ease the burden of diabetes management. |
| 1:52.1 | Imagine fewer worries about misbolicoluses or miscalculated carbs thanks to meal detection technology and automatic correction doses. |
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