Podcast Episodes

Sawbones: Appendicitis

Episode 446

People have been dying of the inflammation of the appendix long before anyone even knew what this little finger-like organ was good for. Dr. Sydnee goes through the history of the first accidental ap…

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago

Sawbones: Ketchup

Episode 445

There are lots of things that aren’t medicine. Taxes. Pound cake. One thing that is definitely not a medicine but at a time was thought as one? Ketchup! Dr. Sydnee goes through ketchup’s journey from…

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago

Sawbones: Grapefruits

Episode 444

Dr. Sydnee and Justin don't actually like grapefruits, so it's irrelevant to them, but grapefruit juice is known to interact poorly with many medications. Given the wide variety of fruits and their j…

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago

Sawbones: Mononucleosis

Episode 443

Have you ever been interrupted on a college campus by someone asking about your latest incident of intimate kissing? That's because they were trying to track the spread of a common infection called m…

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago

Sawbones: Asafoetida

Episode 442

If you're like Dr. Sydnee and your TikTok algorithm keeps advertising medical substances at you, perhaps you've heard of asafoetida. It's a pungent resin derived from a plant, and has culinary appeal…

Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

Sawbones: Anthrax

Episode 441

In 2001, the United States was under a biological attack from strange spores in mailed envelopes. This is a lot of people's first introduction to anthrax, a bacteria often associated with both domest…

Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

Sawbones: Super Sawbones Quiz of 2022

Episode 440

The Sawbones Medical Quiz is back and better than ever, with questions about this past year's episodes! What have you learned about bad fast food, Senate contenders, pirate medicine, and owls?

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Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

Sawbones: Can I Become the Alpha Period-Haver?

Episode 439

It's the last episode of the year, so Dr. Sydnee and Justin set out to answer your important medical questions! How do oral probiotics prevent a yeast infection (or do they)? What's that medicine and…

Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

Sawbones: RSV

Episode 438

Parts of the US are currently in the midst of a triple-demic, a very scary phrase, so Dr. Sydnee is here to break down the third illness: Respiratory Syncytial Virus, or RSV. It’s a virus that’s comm…

Published on 3 years ago

Sawbones: Farts

Episode 437

This week, Justin takes the wheel and finally gets to talk about farts, only tangentially in a medical way. Get ready for some fart etymology, some notable farts in medieval history, fun fart facts, …

Published on 3 years ago