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b'In this week\\u2019s episode both our storytellers are sharing their experience with diabetes. More than 34.2 million Americans have diabetes, however, many people don\\u2019t know about the disease or that they even have it. This episode is to raise awareness for American Diabetes Association Alert Day, which is on March 22 this year.\\nPart 1: Diabetes runs in Michele Carlo\\u2019s family and she\\u2019s determined not wind up like them.\\nPart 2: Comedian Gastor Almonte comes to terms with his new diabetes diagnosis.\\nMichele Carlo is a native New Yorker, a Nuyorican, a natural redhead, and remembers when a slice of pizza (and the NYC subway) cost 50 cents. As a storyteller, she has performed across the U.S., including Joe\\u2019s Pub, RISK! live shows and podcast, and the MOTH\\u2019s Mainstage in NYC; and has appeared on NPR (\\u201cLatino USA\\u201d) and PBS (\\u201cLatino Americans of NY & NJ,\\u201d \\u201cStories from the Stage\\u201d). She is also the author of the NYC-set memoir \\u201cFish Out of Agua: My life on neither side of the (subway) tracks\\u201d and a sometime actor. For more on Michele: www.michelecarlo.com \\nGastor Almonte is a stand-up comedian and storyteller from Brooklyn, NY. He\'s appeared on Comedy Central\'s This Is Not Happening, Risk! podcast and the Story Collider Podcast. Timeout magazine named him one of your "New Comedy Obsessions." He\'s been featured on the New York Comedy Festival, The People\'s Impov Theater\'s SoloCom and Cinderblock Comedy Festival. His new album, Immigrant Made, was released in March 2019. \\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'