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Sawbones: Eugenics
Episode 198
This week on Sawbones, join Justin and Dr. Sydnee for a timely, tragic history of eugenics.
Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers
8 years, 7 months ago
Sawbones: Opioid Addiction
Episode 197
This week on Sawbones, join Justin and Dr. Sydnee for a sobering look at America's opioid crisis. The bad news: We're all still living in a Sawbones …
8 years, 7 months ago
Sawbones: Erectile Dysfunction
Episode 196
This week on Sawbones, Dr. Sydnee and Justin rub a baby alligator's heart on every penis we can find as we explore the history of treating erectile d…
8 years, 8 months ago
Sawbones: Mutter Museum
Episode 195
Philadelphia is home not only to the most recent Sawbones live show, but also one of the world's most unusual museums -- The Mutter Museum -- a colle…
8 years, 8 months ago
The (Maybe) Real Dr. Frankenstein
Episode 194
The man who (maybe) inspired Mary Shelley's Frankenstein didn't just try to breathe life into corpses. He also invented a medicine so toxic it was us…
8 years, 8 months ago
Sawbones: Wrinkles
Episode 193
If you've got a few decades on you, you've certainly started to notice a few of the telltale signs of aging. Well, not YOU, of course. YOU look great…
8 years, 9 months ago
Sawbones: An Incomplete History of Gender Confirmation
Episode 192
This week, special guest Laura Kate Dale joins Dr. Sydnee and Justin for a (very) incomplete history of gender confirmation. We hope you'll join us t…
8 years, 9 months ago
Sawbones: Yet More Weird Medical Answers
Episode 191
Why is there iodine in salt? What takes the place of a removed organ? Can you ... actually, that one is too gross to put here. Join Dr. Sydnee and Ju…
8 years, 9 months ago
Sawbones: Conversion Therapy Part 2
Episode 190
This week, we conclude our series on "conversion therapy" with the religious aspect of this horrific "treatment."
Trigger Warning: The treatments use…
8 years, 9 months ago
Sawbones: Conversion Therapy Part 1
Episode 189
This week, we're honoring Pride Month and the LGBTQ community with an exploration of the disturbing history of conversion therapy.
Trigger Warning: …
8 years, 9 months ago