Making It Awkward

Jessica Wilson

makingitawkwardpod@gmail.com

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Booking Overview

Each week dietitian/author Jessica Wilson connects health and food policy to culture, media, and misinformation by speaking with experts and people on the ground. It’s a sharp, narrative-driven show that’s especially useful for PR professionals pitching credible voices at the intersection of nutrition, policy, and public narratives.

Metrics

Episodes: 132

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Female

Location: USA

YouTube: 174 subscribers

Instagram: 107.0k followers

Contact Information

makingitawkwardpod@gmail.com

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Host

Jessica Wilson - Described as a dietitian and author who shares conversations with experts in their field or on their farm, and who connects health and food policy to how we got here and why. The show also notes he...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Subject-matter expertise in diet/nutrition, public health, health or food policy, and/or lived experience tied to health outcomes; may also include faith/culture-informed practitioners and advocates, plus practitioners with access to relevant community or farming perspectives.
Required Achievements:  
Published expertise in health/nutrition or policy-adjacent work, Professional training in social work/mental health or related fields, Public-facing advocacy, media involvement, or community leadership connected to nutrition/health narratives

Recent Guest Discussions

Kent Thomas - Ozempic Advertising/clinic Offer; Implications For Gay Men; Christianity’s Role In An Eating Disorder; Links Between Religion, Queerness, And Health; Body Norms.

Recent Topics

Nutrition, Food Policy, Health, Misinformation, Religion

Episodes

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

Re-Release! Queerness, Christianity, & 50% Off Ozempic for Pride!? with Kent Thomas, MSW

June 11, 2026

Happy Pride month! 🏳️‍🌈 50% off Ozempic for Pride!!! Jessica traveled to NYC in 2024 and got to investigate an ad for Ozempic. Kent Thosmas, MSW joined Jessica to talk about this ad and her visit to the clinic offering the deal, and what this means for gay men. Kent shared how his Christianity played into his eating disorder and the two talk about queer men, and how religion, queerness, and health are connected. They also talk about the normate body and hardness for gay men.  Kent's original ...

Tradwives, Motherhood and Traditional Values; Book Club: Yesteryear Part 2

June 04, 2026

Spoilers! Meghan Cichy, trad wife Leslie Voorhees Means, Selena Salfen and Alison Pill are back on the show for Part 2 of a conversation about Yesteryear, a novel about a tradwife, Natalie, and her curated yet frightening life. Yesteryear offers the reader two lived experiences for Natalie. One in contemporary times, the other in the 1850s. The novel switches back and forth between these two lives without context or explanation. In this second episode the group discuss their thoughts about th...

Tradwives, Motherhood and Traditional Values; Book Club: Yesteryear Part 1

May 28, 2026

No spoilers! Meghan Cichy, trad wife Leslie Voorhees Means, Selena Salfen and Alison Pill are back on the show for Part 1 of a conversation about Yesteryear, a novel about a tradwife and her curated yet frightening life. Each of them shares who, if any, of the characters they connect with. They also discuss trad wives and whether we can define them, the idea of family values and the valuing of what is typically thought of as women's work. They spend a lot of time discussing motherhood. They ...

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