Podcast Episodes

Sawbones: Rubella

Episode 265

This week on Sawbones we complete our three-part series on the MMR vaccine as we make you an honorary Rubella Fighter.

Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

Published on 6 years, 9 months ago

Sawbones: Auriculotherapy

Episode 264

Everybody loves harnessing the power of reflexology, but what if you want all the great, totally real, not at all fabricated benefits of reflexology, but don't wanna touch people's feet? Friends, aur…

Published on 6 years, 9 months ago

Sawbones: Mumps

Episode 263

This week on Sawbones we return to the MMR vaccine, specifically the "mumps" part. We'll also meet the brilliant mind behind the vaccine and the tragic reason he never gets the credit he's due.

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Published on 6 years, 10 months ago

Tom Brady's Snake Oil

Episode 262

Besides being a king of football and all around touchdown master, did you know Tom Brady endorses a training and nutrition regimen co-created by a guy who got in trouble with the FTC for selling fake…

Published on 6 years, 10 months ago

Sawbones: Rock Medicine

Episode 261

This week on Sawbones, we'll meet a San Francisco doctor that reimagined how we care for people with drug addiction and got a hit put out on himself in the process.

Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpay…

Published on 6 years, 10 months ago

Sawbones: Bizarro World

Episode 260

Imagine a world where Sawbones never existed, medical progress was halted and false wellness ran rampant. That's the horrifying world painted by a recent issue of The Times that Dr. Sydnee and Justin…

Published on 6 years, 10 months ago

Sawbones: Alkaline Water

Episode 259

As shelves seem to be overtaken by "pH-balanced" beverages, alkaline water has moved from the fringes into the mainstream. This week on Sawbones, Dr. Sydnee and Justin see if every human malady reall…

Published on 6 years, 11 months ago

Sawbones: Colic and Gripe Water

Episode 258

Gripe water and colic are a match made in Sawbones heaven: A cure-all and a catch all. This week, we'll explore the history of how a misunderstood diagnosis has helped keep a made-up medicine on the …

Published on 6 years, 11 months ago

A Sawbones Special Presentation: A Medicine Called Christmas

Episode 257

Live from Candlenights 2018, we're so proud to present a staged reading of the new Hallmark Christmas movie written by Justin and Sydnee McElroy: A Medicine Called Christmas.

Music: Adam Sakiyama

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Published on 6 years, 11 months ago

Sawbones: Vitamin B17

Episode 256

This week's episode of Sawbones is all about "Vitamin B17" which is, brace yourself ... not a vitamin. Yup, it's gonna be one of those sorts of episodes.

Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

Published on 7 years ago