Podcast Episodes

Sawbones: Coronavirus Part 2

Episode 316

Surprise! This week our medical history podcast is about the biggest medical history event in any of our lifetimes. Let's talk about home testing! Social distancing! And some reflections from Sydnee …

Published on 5 years, 8 months ago

Sawbones: Revenge of the Weird Medical Questions

Episode 315

Once again, we're putting Justin at peril of being supremely yucked out by your weirdest medical queries: Should your pee smell so good? Why is your earwax that color? Why did your mom choose the nam…

Published on 5 years, 9 months ago

Sawbones: How Yellow Fever (Nearly) Destroyed Philadelphia

Episode 314

This week on Sawbones, it's the story of how Yellow Fever killed 10 percent of Philadelphia, destroyed the government and made everyone rethink their collection of decorative standing water.

Music: "M…

Published on 5 years, 9 months ago

Sawbones: Quarantine

Episode 313

For reasons we assume you can guess, we're discussing the history of quarantine, and how its historical misuse should make you particularly alert in the days and weeks to come as the world continues …

Published on 5 years, 9 months ago

Sawbones: William Cunningham and the Ghouls of Cincinnati

Episode 312

We love grave robbers on Sawbones and ... well, that came out wrong. We don't have a particular affinity for today's grave robbers, but they've played an important role in medical research and ... we…

Published on 5 years, 9 months ago

Sawbones: Laudable Pus

Episode 311

This week on Sawbones, it's the truly embarrassing story of why we spent several centuries thinking it was important for us to make wounds as pus-filled as possible. There's no nice way of saying it …

Published on 5 years, 10 months ago

Sawbones: Body Temperature

Episode 310

This week on Sawbones, things are getting hot! Well, no, come to think of it, they’re doing the opposite. They’re getting colder. And by “they” we mean “we.” We’re getting colder, all of us. Probably…

Published on 5 years, 10 months ago

Sawbones: Coronavirus

Episode 309

This week on Sawbones, we've got a no-panic-allowed history of coronavirus along with a guide to the current strain that has held the headlines in a stranglehold in the past weeks. Even if you don't …

Published on 5 years, 10 months ago

Sawbones: IV Cocktails

Episode 307

Would it surprise you to learn that people with too much money are flocking to "IV bars" and paying hundreds of dollars for intravenous cocktails of vitamins that are supposed to treat every malady u…

Published on 5 years, 10 months ago

Sawbones: Viking's Disease

Episode 306

This week on Sawbones, we celebrate a trip to Minnesota with an exploration of Viking's Disease. You'll meet the people it isn't really named for and the guy who beat out a long line of researchers t…

Published on 5 years, 11 months ago