New Type Taboo podcast shatters myths about diabetes

November is Diabetes Awareness month and CBCManitoba is proud to launch a new original podcast, Type Taboo: Diary of a New Diabetic, hosted by Emily Brass on November 15.

Denial, anger, depression and shame - Type 2 diabetes can lay the ultimate guilt trip. That's what journalist and former musician Emily Brass discovered when she was diagnosed as a new diabetic.

Forced to make big changes, Emily opens up about her personal struggles with the disease in a series of intimate diaries, and seeks out other diabetics who help her smash the hurtful stereotypes that come with Type 2.

Whether you're living with diabetes, or have ever tried to make changes to get healthier, Emily's journey will motivate you, and make you think differently about Type 2 and the people who live with it.

• Listen to the trailer here: www.cbc.ca/typetaboo

Follow Type Taboo: Diary of a New Diabetic on the CBC Listen app and wherever you download your favourite podcasts.

Join us for the Type Taboo: Diary of a New Diabetic Listening Party

CBCManitoba is hosting an exclusive virtual listening party on Monday, November 15 at 7:30 p.m. CT, hosted by Janet Stewart, with special guests, podcast host Emily Brass and the President & CEO of Diabetes Canada, Laura Syron.

5 lucky virtual audience members will also win limited edition CBC toques. Tickets are free but registration is required: https://bit.ly/3bPDRjg.

About Emily Brass

Emily Brass is host of Type Taboo. She is also a radio news anchor and reporter at CBC Manitoba. Before that, she worked as a national and local journalist for CBC in Montreal, Victoria and St. John's. Emily has also worked for CBC National News in Toronto and London, U.K.

She graduated from the journalism program at Concordia University in 2012, where she was awarded the Joan Donaldson CBC News Scholarship and the Gordon Fisher Prize for Most Outstanding Journalism Graduate.

Emily is also a former musician, who toured extensively across the United States as singer and saxophonist of The Emily Brass Band and Foundation Stone.