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Making It Awkward

Jessica Wilson

Booking Overview

Interview-led health and food-policy podcast featuring dietitians, journalists, researchers, clinicians, historians, advocates, and food-community experts in substantive conversations about nutrition science, public health, misinformation, eating disorders, and food systems. Credible pitches include accessible subject-matter experts with relevant research, clinical, reporting, lived-experience, or food-policy credentials; booking difficulty is likely low because the show regularly features non-celebrity professionals and welcomes guest pitches.

Metrics

Episodes: 143

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000

Listener location: USA

YouTube: 200 subscribers

Instagram: 109.0k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

jessicawilson.msrd@gmail.com

makingitawkwardpod@gmail.com

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Host

Jessica Wilson - Registered dietitian and author of It's Always Been Ours: Rewriting the Story of Black Women's Bodies.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

low
Typical Credentials:  
Relevant expertise in nutrition science, public health, food policy, medical history, clinical practice, science journalism, eating-disorder treatment, food systems, or lived experience connected to the topic under discussion.
Required Achievements:  
Published research or subject-matter writing, Clinical, reporting, or academic experience, Relevant lived experience or community-based food expertise

Recent Guest Discussions

Daphne K. Jenkins - Spam's History, Cultural Relevance, Hawaiian Food Traditions, Shelf-stable Foods, And Disaster Preparedness.

Jillian Wilson - Chemophobia, Science Literacy, Health Misinformation, And Responsible Reporting On The Make America Healthy Again Movement.

Bethany Johnson - The History Of Raw Milk And Food Safety Claims, Changing Perceptions Of So-called Poor People's Food, And Racial Stereotypes Surrounding Pork And Chicken Consumption.

Molly Robbins - Eating-disorder Treatment, Food Fears, Dopamine And Reward Pathways, Eating-disorder Safety Behaviors, And The Interpretation Of Nutrition And Brain-imaging Research.

Recent Topics

Health, Nutrition, Food Policy, Eating Disorders, Health Misinformation

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Making It Awkward
:

"Dopamine Kids": Privilege, Pixels and the Endless Bottom with Selena Salfen, MPH, RD

October 08, 2026

Selena Salfen, MPH, RD returns to the show to talk about Michaeleen Doucleff's book Dopamine Kids; A Science-Based Plan to Rewire Your Child's Brain and Take Back Your Family in the Age of Screens and Ultraprocessed Foods.  Selena shares her experience parenting a child who has ADHD, autism and different feeding needs than Doucleff's. Selena tried out one of Doucleff's parenting exercises with her kiddo and we all get to hear it! She also shares the two things she found helpful about the boo...

Democratic Dark Money, the Influencer Economy and Sam Rosenholtz with Lindsay Lee Wallace

September 24, 2026

As news outlets are being banned from the White House let's talk about the Democratic dark money funding influencers  positioning themselves as journalists. Actual Journalist Lindsay Lee Wallace returns to the show to unpack dark money in social media influencing, and the social media economy. Lindsay talks about the there isn't a code of ethics for influencers, people aren't required to be experts in their field and what this means for journalism. We talk about how Jessica became the subje...

The SPAMisode! with Daphne K. Jenkins

September 10, 2026

SPAM! Cultural traditions, recipes, the Hormel Girls and the history of SPAM.  Daphne K. Jenkins returns to the show to talk about the history, cultural relevance and celebration of SPAM. Daphne shares the different ways in which she ate SPAM growing up n Hawaii and her recent elevation of the iconic food to butter mochi magic.  The two discuss the need for shelf stable foods, especially when Hawaii has been under multiple hurricane warnings this year.  And where does the term spam email com...

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Publicly listed emails

jessicawilson.msrd@gmail.com

makingitawkwardpod@gmail.com

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