Podcast Episodes

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 n…

3 years, 6 months ago

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Sawbones: Pirate Medicine Chapter Three

Episode 436

In the third and final chapter of the pirate medicine series, Dr. Sydnee and Justin talk about the dreaded Flux. What is the Flux? Well, it involves …

3 years, 6 months ago

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Sawbones: Pirate Medicine Chapter Two

Episode 435

In the second entry in the pirate medicine series, Dr. Sydnee talks about the practice of treating burns aboard a ship. It seems like burns on a ship…

3 years, 7 months ago

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Sawbones: Pirate Medicine Chapter One

Episode 434

To celebrate the first new live Sawbones shows since 2020, we're releasing the first in a three-part series exploring the vast array that pirates—in …

3 years, 7 months ago

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Sawbones: Does Shrimp Make My Husband Drunk?

Episode 433

Have you ever wanted to ask a real doctor questions that aren’t really advice? Dr. Sydnee answers listener questions about infecting yourself with a …

3 years, 7 months ago

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Sawbones: Anthroposophy

Episode 432

Why not just connect the spiritual and scientific world? That's basically what anthroposophy asks, teaching a philosophical approach to medicine. Dr.…

3 years, 7 months ago

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Sawbones: Iridology

Episode 431

The eyes are the windows to the soul, but could they also be the windows to all the body's ailments? Dr. Sydnee and Justin discuss iridology, the ide…

3 years, 8 months ago

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Sawbones: Dr. Oz

Episode 430

There are many people who have been recurring characters on Sawbones. Pliny the Elder. Charlie. But few so notorious as Dr. Mehmet Oz, now running fo…

3 years, 8 months ago

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Sawbones: Schizophrenia

Episode 429

Is schizophrenia the same as having a dissociative identity? Or anti-social disorder? Or being a murderer? No. No. All of these are wrong. Dr. Sydnee…

3 years, 8 months ago

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Sawbones: How Justin McElroy Became a Trusted Source for COVID News in Canada

Episode 428

Podcast history is being made here: There are TWO Justin McElroys in this week's episode. We are joined by Justin McElroy, CBC reporter of municipal …

3 years, 8 months ago

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