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Mike and Cam welcome author, Michal Babay, to talk about her brand new children’s book: “I’m a Gluten Sniffing Service Dog.” Michal shares the fascinating and, at times harrowing, journey that led her daughter to getting their service dog, Chewy. We also learn about what inspired Michal to write the book and her hopes to educate and inspire others who are struggling with celiac and other food intolerance.

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Every March folks put together a bracket for March Madness to try and pick the best college basketball team in the land. This year our friend Erin Smith, Gluten-Free Globetrotter, decided to have fun with another type of madness, the crazy terms people try and use to describe gluten free. She ran these terms into “brackets” through her Instagram page, and now Mike and Cam do their best to prognosticate what was voted the truly best “worst” term to describe gluten free. Find out if your least favorites make it to the championship!

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Mike and Cam welcome returning guest, Disability Rights Attorney, Mary Vargas. Mary discusses an important and often overlooked topic; how the prison and jail systems handle inmates with celiac disease or other food intolerance/allergies. Mary is currently representing a man who, despite being diagnosed with celiac disease, was not given safe food while in jail. We go deep into this subject and talk about the need for the government to provide better support.

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Mike and Cam are quizzed on all things Irish in honor of St. Patrick’s Day on their first ever, “Stump Mike and Cam” podcast. In addition they try possibly the strangest spirit ever created, called Malort, and share the strange and entertaining story behind this quirky Chicago tradition that can be best described as motor oil with a twist of grapefruit. So grab a bottle of Malort, and test your Irish trivia!

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Mike and Cam are excited to be joined by returning guest, Katie Jones. When we last talked to Katie (EP 71 and then EP 119) she was struggling mightily with her health. Katie has multiple autoimmune diseases including: brittle bone disease, MALS and POTS, in addition to celiac disease. Now in a much better place health wise, Katie is following her wanderlust, purchasing a van  and setting out on a new life adventure with her gluten detection dog, Piper. She shares some of her plans and tips for those with celiac disease who want to go on similar adventures.

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Mike and Cam are excited to be joined again by Marilyn Geller, CEO of the Celiac Disease Foundation. Marilyn joins us on the eve of the CDF’s second Patient Education & Advocacy Summit. Learn all about this groundbreaking event and how you can be a part of it. Marilyn also shares more exciting news about other ways that the CDF is helping to advance legislation and research for celiac disease.

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Mike and Cam, again joined by Mike’s wife Ellen, dive into part 2 of Winter News and Notes, talking about a very promising phase three drug study. They also get to more of your incredible emails and the show ends with Mike giving Ellen a very “cheesy” challenge.

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Mike’s wife and the show’s producer, Ellen, joins Mike and Cam to read some of the fantastic letters from our amazing listeners!  Today,  they discuss the shocking story about a wife and her husband’s blood test mix up, plus an email looking for answers about when being on the gluten free diet isn’t enough. Join us next week in Part 2 as we discuss more of your emails and share news of a very promising study.

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The Celiac Project Podcast is excited to help with a big announcement!  Mike and Cam are joined by Cutting Costs for Celiacs founder, Lexie Van Den Heuvel, and COO of GIG, Channon Quinn as they share that GIG will be taking Lexie’s Wisconsin-based non-profit, which she began as a teenager, nationally. She and Channon explain the process of how GIG plans to support Lexie’s mission to help folks with celiac who are struggling to get by on a much grander scale.

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The “Big Game” is this weekend so we invited Sam and Brian to join this week’s show!  We get you ready by tasting a couple of ciders and beers and talk about our game day favorite foods. The discussion quickly turns to beer cheese, Welsh Rarebit, Nachos and something called Schmooey on Toast. It might sound cheesy, but is everything just better with cheese? Grab a cold one and decide for yourself as we get you ready for Sunday’s “Big Game!”

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