# 97: How to talk about celiac disease and eating gluten-free, holiday edition Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/celiac-straight-talk-699503/97-how-to-talk-about-celiac-disease-and-eating-gluten-free-holiday-edition Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/celiac-straight-talk-699503/97-how-to-talk-about-celiac-disease-and-eating-gluten-free-holiday-edition.md Podcast: [Celiac Straight Talk](https://stenobird.com/podcast/celiac-straight-talk-699503) Published: 2025-12-09T19:22:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.beyondceliac.org/news-events/podcast-series/ Audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/beyondceliac/CeliacStraightTalk_December2025TownHall_Edited.mp3?dest-id=497758 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/celiac-straight-talk-699503/episodes/97-how-to-talk-about-celiac-disease-and-eating-gluten-free-holiday-edition Duration seconds: 3473 ## Resource Telling someone you eat gluten-free can elicit a wide variety of responses, from sympathetic and accommodating to curious and confused, or even skeptical and derisive. Some conversations are tough to navigate, especially during the holidays, when many folks are reconnecting with family members or spending time with old and new friends. In this event, we offer tips on handling all these conversations. So brew your favorite warm drink and settle in for a Town Hall with Beyond Celiac! Thanks to our partners at Takeda Pharmaceuticals for sponsoring this epiosde. You can find all episodes of Celiac Straight Talk anywhere you listen to podcasts and on our website at BeyondCeliac.org. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok at @BeyondCeliac. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/celiac-straight-talk-699503/episodes/97-how-to-talk-about-celiac-disease-and-eating-gluten-free-holiday-edition/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/celiac-straight-talk-699503/97-how-to-talk-about-celiac-disease-and-eating-gluten-free-holiday-edition.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.