The Happy Pod: Diabetes awareness month special

In this special episode we're marking Diabetes Awareness Month with a range of stories about innovation, advocacy and education, including a book helping children newly diagnosed with type-1 diabetes. It began as a university project for Lea Leleta Sumer, who is from Bosnia-Herzegovina and has lived with the condition since she was two years old. She wanted to help children like her come to terms with their condition, as well as educate others.

Also, the Barbie doll with type-1 diabetes, a collaboration from Mattel and the international diabetes charity, Breakthrough T1D. We meet the women who inspired the doll.

We speak to Sally TM, of RuPaul's Drag Race UK fame, who was diagnosed with type-1 diabetes around the age of 10. Sally uses her art and platform to advocate for people living with the condition.

Plus, the teacher who has broken the world record for the fastest marathon by a male with type-1 diabetes. And we find out how recent advances in technology have made the daily management of the condition easier and safer, and consider what's to come.

Presenters: Harry Bligh and Alex Ritson
Music: Sarah Warren

(Photo: Lea Leleta Sümer reading her children’s book Lea and her Diabetes. Credit: Lea Leleta Sümer)