Podcast Episodes

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 …

6 years, 2 months ago

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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 …

6 years, 2 months ago

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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…

6 years, 2 months ago

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Sawbones: Bidets

Episode 305

We bidets have been all the rage for years around the globe, they never really caught on in the U.S. What part of their seedy history kept them out o…

6 years, 2 months ago

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Sawbones: The Chicago River Reversal

Episode 304

This week on Sawbones, the incredible true story of how Chicago changed the direction of a river to battle typhoid and cholera.

Music: "Medicines" by…

6 years, 3 months ago

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A Medicine Called Christmas 2: A Royal Pain

Episode 303

Just in time for Christmas, we've got another extremely special holiday film created by Justin and Sydnee McElroy. Gather the family and prepare for …

6 years, 3 months ago

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Sawbones: Elderberry and Other Things That Don't Prevent the Flu

Episode 302

You may have seen a Facebook meme claiming that a combination of elderberry and Oscillococcinum can prevent the flu. The truth of the matter may surp…

6 years, 3 months ago

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Sawbones: Taint Tanning and Heliotherapy

Episode 301

Listen, we're not gonna sit here all fancy and act like we didn't just record an entire episode about people sunning their buttholes. That's what hap…

6 years, 4 months ago

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Sawbones: Yes Virginia, There Are More Medical Questions

Episode 300

We're marking our 300th episode (OK, it's our 301st) by answering all of your pressing medical questions. Can you really poke your brain through your…

6 years, 4 months ago

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Sawbones: The Man Behind the Knick

Episode 299

This week on the 300th (!) episode of Sawbones, meet William Halstead, the father of American surgery, the man who inspired Cinemax's The Knick and .…

6 years, 4 months ago

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