Making It Awkward

Jessica Wilson

makingitawkwardpod@gmail.com

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Booking Overview

This is a weekly health and food-policy interview show featuring dietitians, academics, clinicians, journalists, and other subject-matter experts, with occasional conversations about misinformation, body image, and food systems. PR agencies could credibly pitch qualified nutrition professionals, public-health researchers, policy experts, clinicians, journalists, and informed practitioners; booking difficulty is likely low to medium because the show features accessible experts rather than only high-profile names.

Metrics

Episodes: 135

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

YouTube: 174 subscribers

Instagram: 107.0k followers

Contact Information

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:  
Registered dietitians, clinicians, public-health professionals, university researchers, journalists, policy specialists, and practitioners with direct experience in food, health, misinformation, or body-image issues.
Required Achievements:  
Advanced professional or academic credentials, Published research or journalism, Clinical, policy, or field expertise, Direct experience with the communities or issues under discussion

Recent Guest Discussions

Sherene Chou - Experiences Speaking At The American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions, Clinical Perspectives, And Representation Of Researchers And Clinicians At Medical Conferences.

Eoin Flaherty - 5g Conspiracies, Conspiracy Theory Formation And Spread, Vulnerability To Conspiracism, Misinformation, And The Post-truth Era.

Caleb Draper - Body Image Among Queer Men, Gym Culture, Peacocking, Dating Apps, Looksmaxxing, And Body Dysmorphia.

Blake Flaugher - Body Image Among Queer Men, Gym Culture, Peacocking, Dating Apps, Looksmaxxing, And Body Dysmorphia.

Recent Topics

Food Policy, Health Policy, Nutrition, Public Health, Body Image

Episodes

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

Unfiltered and Uncensored: Reflections on Speaking at the ADA Conference with Sherene Chou, MS RDN

July 09, 2026

Dietitian Sherene Chou and Jessica had a drastically different experience at the ADA Scientific Sessions than the researchers who were removed! Sherene may have been the first person to include a Subway Take at a medical conference. Today's episode continues the conversation about the ADA conference, one that started a few weeks back with journalist Lindsay Lee Wallace. Just last week, the medical journal Lancet published a recap of what happened to the researchers.  Jessica got to sit down ...

Re-release: 5G, Conspiracies and the Post-Truth Era with Dr. Eoin Flaherty of Maynooth University

July 02, 2026

Have you wondered how 5G conspiracies developed or what makes some people more vulnerable to conspiracy theories?  Today Jessica talks with Dr. Eoin Flaherty, assistant professor at Maynooth University to find the  answers to these questions and many others. The two talk about conspiracism and the post-truth era in which we're living.  Dr. Flaherty explains 5G and why some people believe it's dangerous. The two talk about Wi-Fi and 5G-free chicken, RFK Jr., how conspiracies generate and sprea...

Queer Men and Body Image: Peptides, Peacocking, and Pick Mes

June 25, 2026

Closing out Pride Month with a conversation about body image in queer men. Blake Flaugher MPH returns to the show and joins Caleb Draper to talk about gym culture among queer men including a selfie-specific locker room mirror, peacocking among queer men, nudes, looksmaxxing, dating apps and body dysmorphia. The three of them got to be besties while playing kickball with Outloud Sports, stories about which you'll hear sprinkled in the episode. These two are a lot of fun and will be back next ...

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