Podcasts by Sickboy
Sickboy is determined to break down the stigma associated with illness and disease. Join Jeremie, Brian and Taylor as they tackle health taboos with people who have experienced them firsthand. Taking the lead from Jeremie
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Everybody Poops: Ulcerative Colitis from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Looking for some Thanksgiving dinner conversation? YOU'VE come to the right place. Colon mucus, bloody stool, the difference between anus, colon and rectum. This week the fellas travel to Toronto f...
ListenMy Forgetful Father: Alzheimer's Disease from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jewelia is a kindhearted and thoughtful meditation teacher, who (like all of us) owes half of her genetic makeup to her Dad - a world renowned sports psychologist with Alzheimer's disease. Wait, wh...
ListenBrian's Mom Pees Out Of Her Belly Button: Bladder Cancer from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ever wonder what it's like to pee out of your belly button? Brian's mom never did until she was corralled through a Chinese CT scan factory and realized she may have Bladder Cancer. This week we sp...
ListenHalf Naked And Delirious - Chronic Edema & Sepsis from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
You know what sucks? Cellulitis, Chronic Edema and Varicose Veins. Think about it... Constant swelling in your feet and legs. An inability to pump blood from your extremities. The need to wear cumb...
ListenSwallowing 101: Achalasia from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Imagine you ate a meal but instead of the food doing what it normally would do (travel through the entire digestive system) it just became stuck within your non working esophagus. As if your body w...
ListenA Tad Too Tight: Vaginismus from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Pour a glass of wine, turn the lights down low, light some vanilla scented candles, turn on Brooklyn Nine-Nine and stick a ""vaginal dilator"" into your hoo-haw. Sounds like an enjoyable night? Wel...
ListenTipping The Scales - OBESITY from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
According to the Canadian Medical Association, obesity has been declared a chronic medical disease! So how does one treat said disease? ""EASY! Eat better and exercise more"" right? Think again. C...
ListenRoutine Checkup: Is Chronic Lyme Disease Real? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In light of some feedback from the medical professional community regarding our latest episode Taylor and Jeremie sit down to discuss Chronic Lyme Disease and how it is viewed in the world of scien...
ListenAll It Takes Is A Tick - Chronic Lyme Disease from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week we sit down with the ever so lovely Meghan to talk all about Lyme disease. From tick bites, to Mexican medicinal vacations, to blended up food - we go through the awful disease that comes...
ListenHolding Space - PTSD (Male Sexual Abuse) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
*Trigger Warning* This week we tip toe into some very sensitive and challenging subject matter. Wade lives with PTSD which stems from childhood abuse/trauma. What does one do to climb such a seemin...
ListenThe Cost of Being Sick w/ John Burris of Atlantic Credit Unions from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week on Sickboy: What happens with your debt when you die? How can you take charge of your financial independence when you're sick? Will Jeremie ever become comfortable with money and numbers?...
ListenA gosh dang GIANT Cell Tumor from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Katie is your typical goofy fun loving gal living in Vancouver. She likes to laugh, she likes to sing, she likes to crack jokes. But for the past few years she's been dealing with huge pain in her ...
ListenBreaking News: Breanna has a Pelvic Kidney! from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
What happens when one of your kidneys was locked up within your pelvis? We asked Breanna the news lady and she said “get a new kidney.” Obviously. But that tiny pelvic kidney will just stay where ...
ListenMother Of All Surgeries - Pseudomyxoma Peritonei (PMP) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sarah Simpson is one of those people you meet and immediately ask yourself “DID WE JUST BECOME BEST FRIENDS?” She also happened to have a mega wacky cancer called “pseudomyxoma peritonei”. Luckily ...
ListenWhen Live Gives You Parkinson's w/ Larry Gifford from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
When we met Larry he was literally shaking in his boots. Could have been from the excitement of recording an episode of Sickboy, but it's more likely due to the Parkinson's disease. It's an episode...
Listen#PussyProblems - Adenomyosis from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today we sit down with Livia to chat about #pussyproblems! But for real, some crazy issues that Livia has been dealing with while living with Adenomyosis, leaving a lot of questions up in the air a...
ListenPursuing A Life Of Happiness w/ Ben Nemtin from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hey Vancouver! Let's kick it off very special guest and good pal Ben Nemtin - a #1 New York Times bestselling author of What Do You Want To Do Before You Die? and the star of the MTV show The Burie...
ListenThe Opioid Epidemic w/ Dr. Mark Tyndall from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We sat down for an intimate chat w/ special guest Dr. Mark Tyndall - Director, BC Centre for Disease Control! We'll talk about his career in Epidemiology and his mission to prove that harm reductio...
Listen"I have a deficiency of the lysosomal acid alpha-glucosidase enzyme!" - Glycogen storage disease type II AKA Pompe Disease from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On this weeks episode of Sickboy we chat with Alex! She's a badass cheerleader chick that doesn't have much of a sweet side... okay, actually, she's super sweet, but she's not allowed to eat sugar ...
ListenCocked Wrists & Crooked Ankles - Arthrogryposis from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
What do you get when a baby is born with clubbed feet, a dislocated hip, triceps but no biceps, hands curled in at the wrists and can only bend one knee? This week we sit down with Michelle to tal...
ListenYou Got Sleep Apnea Bro from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We decided to follow up a hard week of loss with some light hearted and silly fun! This week we’ve got a very special host episode AND sit down with our long time friend of the podcast/sound guy, D...
Listen""When life give's you cancer, get rid of it"" - Brandon Thomas from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Episode two in memory of Brandon Thomas. This is the second time Brandon came on the show to talk to us about his cancer coming back. We love you dude. Thanks for all the laughs. **** When you b...
ListenIn Memory Of Brandon Thomas from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Last week was a tough one. We lost someone very special to us. We met Brandon through the podcast and it didn't take long before we considered him a very close friend. This week we are replaying hi...
ListenThe Parachute DID NOT Open - Skydiving Accident from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In 1997 Carol jumped out of plane expecting her parachute to gently bring her back to earth. Instead she ended up plummeting out of the sky and into the ground going 90 km/h. Needless to say, her b...
Listen“Will I ever wake up?” - Head On Collision & A 2 Month Coma from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Two cars colliding head on, each driving 80 Km/h is a whole lot of bad. When Ashley was in this exact accident, unfortunately (and miraculously) she was the only one hurt... and boy was she hurt! F...
ListenThe Sad Doctor - Depression from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Doctors make for horrible patients”. This week we speak with Michelle, a practicing psychiatrist, who has a history of depression. BUT WAIT?! A Psychiatrist isn't allowed to be depressed! They are ...
ListenF*CKING B*TCH A**HOLE - Tourette Syndrome from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Imagine being compelled to do or say the worst possible thing at the worst possible time. Like the “N word"" in your class at school, farting on a date, or yelling “Bomb!” in an airport. This is j...
ListenNever Not Sleepy - Narcolepsy w/ Cataplexy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Our new friend Hilary spends her days learning the ins and outs of speech pathology while trying not to fall asleep in the middle of it all. This week we dive into Narcolepsy (w/ Cataplexy). We tal...
ListenSuicidal Thoughts At 10 Years Old - Depression w/ Mark Henick from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We kick off our batch of Toronto conversations with Mark Henick as we take a deep dive into his life long struggles with Depression! With 7 hospitalizations from suicidal thoughts/attempts Mark is ...
ListenIt's Either Hodgkins Or It Ain't: Hodgkins Lymphoma from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
While we were in Austin, TX we had an opportunity to make a new friend named Tom who most definitely has both of his balls and never had testicular cancer. But he DID have the one blood cancer to r...
ListenBlades of Gory - Severed Femoral Artery from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week the boys are joined by figure skating superstar, Melissa Julian! They dive into figure skating jargon, equipment, and how adorbies Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue are... oh and they also disc...
ListenSickboy LIVE From SXSW - Leukemia Sucks from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The fellas hopped on a flight down to the big, bad, bitchin' state of Texas for the annual South By South West festival to have a conversation with Andrew Palmer, professional strongman, director o...
ListenI Dove Into A Pool And Broke My Neck - Quadriplegia from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Erin Saari's life changed when she dove into a pool and broke her neck. What physics are at play when a shallow dive goes horribly wrong? At what trajectory must one leap to accelerate the body to ...
ListenPlanning For Your Death w/ Roxanne Walsh, Funeral Celebrant from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week on Sickboy Podcast we talk about DEATH! The big scary inevitability that for whatever silly reason we all seem to ignore and or fear. Roxanne Walsh is an author, certified funeral celebra...
Listen"I GOT A BAD BITE... A REAL BAD BITE" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week on Sickboy Podcast the fellas sit down with each other and catch up over stories of flame throwers, Polio, Bowen technique, pimple popping and more. Jeremie threw his back out, like, real...
ListenThe Birds & The Bees & A Brain Tumour from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
How do you tell your eleven year old daughter that you have a brain tumour that will very likely take your life? Do you censor yourself for her sake? Do you pretend it's not there? Do you just foll...
ListenDon't Assume I'm Drunk - Spastic Cerebral Palsy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week on Sickboy we're LIVE from SAIT in Calgary Alberta! The fellas sit down with very special guest Matthew Corkum! He's a meteorologist, has his Ph.D., drives a sports car, has incredibly ja...
ListenDIRE Wolff Parkinson White Syndrome from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week on Sickboy we sit down with Will MacGregor; a man whos braved the medical system, run the gauntlet of tests and treatments, and has advocated for himself to receive the care he needs. His...
ListenMy Little Blue Devil, Bipolar, and I from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
What do you call a little blue devil that speaks in tongues and wants to bury itself in your ears? Well, we’re not really sure, but Siobhan might know… she met a curious creature like this during h...
ListenI Had Two Vaginas from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week on Sickboy Podcast we have a very special episode! A Sickboy/Turn Me On collaboration! Jer, Bri, Tay and Bryde of Turn Me On Podcast sit down with Lesley to talk about her experience in l...
ListenSomething's Wrong With Mom - Paranoid Schizophrenia from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week on Sickboy Podcast we chat with Marnie about an experience that isn't her own but one that has changed her life forever. Paranoid Schizophrenia. She grew up in a household where Mom and D...
ListenThese Pills Are Making Me Crazy! - Ovarian Cancer from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week on Sickboy, the boys dive into Ovarian Cancer with Nadia. it’s always a learning opportunity for Bri, Tay & Jer when lady parts are involved! How do you start a new relationship while goi...
ListenStruck By A Car: Acquired Brain Injury from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week on Sickboy we dive into the world of acquired brain injuries. A few years ago Jennifer was struck by a car while riding her bike (HELMETS SAVE LIVES PEOPLE!) Today Jennifer takes the fel...
ListenSpinal Surgery & Prolapsed Rectum: Severe Scoliosis from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week on sickboy podcast the fellas sit down with not so shy Ronnie. A normal gal, aside from the fact that her spine used to be the same shape as a question mark. We’re talking over a 50 degre...
ListenBiohack The System: Legally Blind from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
What does it mean to be ""legally blind""? Well, hardcore tunnel vision would do the trick. Victor knows all about it. From the challenges of kicking over children because you can’t see them, to lo...
ListenThe Power of Music w/ Laurie Brown, Host of Pondercast from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week on Sickboy we sit down with Laurie Brown, former host of CBC Radio 2’s The Signal, and creator of Pondercast. Since our adolescent years, Laurie has been a sort of radio-mom to us, her ...
ListenThe Deaf Doctor: Otosclerosis w/ Dr. Jones from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week on Sickboy the fellas continue their adventure in Toronto and sit down with Dr. Liz Jones (such a cool name). What is she dealing with? A hearing condition called Otosclerosis. What’s lif...
ListenDisabled Dick: Sex & Cerebral Palsy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week on Sickboy: The fellas sit down with grinder premium subscriber Andrew Gurza. A regularly horny gay male who happens to use a wheelchair because he lives with Cerebral Palsy! We dive into...
ListenGender Transition: Pandemic Edition from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Gender transition is hard at the best of times, but Travis is going through it during a goshdarn PANDEMIC. But Trav's story goes much deeper than just that! From Crohn’s to addiction to homelessnes...
ListenThe Science & History of Psychedelic Therapy - Feel Good Friday from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Halloween is HERE! Kiddos be sure to look both ways, trust strangers in masks, and check your candy for laxatives. We dive deep into the history of stranger danger razor blades and broken glass dur...
ListenMushrooms: The Magic Medicine from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Thomas Hartle never used drugs before his Stage IV cancer diagnosis. That’s changed thanks to Therapsil. A couple months ago, he became the first Canadian to legally use psychedelic mushrooms to tr...
ListenClouds: All Aboard The Emotional Rollercoaster with Justin Baldoni from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Our friend and past Sickboy guest Justin Baldoni stops by for a little chat about his emotional and beautiful film Clouds. We talk about the importance of tapping into our more emotional side, the ...
ListenThis Is Not the End of Me: Lessons on Living from a Dying Man from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week is a heartfelt blast from the past. We spend our time chatting with Dakshana Bascaramurty, journalist and author of This Is Not the End of Me: Lessons on Living from a Dying Man - a book ...
ListenDeath Deck: A Party Game About Dying - Feel Good Friday from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The WAP debate continues. The gang discuss the bummer news story of an elderly woman who wanted to spend her last days with her dying husband by fighting him in court, then they obsess over a smart...
ListenThe Beauty of Grief - Death Ed from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It's October! The most spooky month of the year. This week's conversation revolves around a fairly common theme in every spooky story - Death! Although let's be clear, there isn't anything spooky a...
ListenGrateful For The WAP & Wastewater Science - Feel Good Friday from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The gang lists off all the things that they are grateful for which inevitably spirals into a conversation about death and poop. Jeremie schools the gang on his mastery of accents and Lauren schools...
ListenRobbed Of A Childhood: Sexual Abuse and Complex PTSD from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week we are joined by our dear friend Mike. He lowers his armour and with great courage allows us to delve into his traumatic and heart wrenching upbringing where he suffered devastating abuse...
ListenReclaiming Your Feminine Power w/ Joss Frank - Feel Good Friday from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Brian has a nasal fluid problem. Lauren's motherland has an Amoeba problem. Taylor has an emotional temperature gage problem and Jeremie just wants you to check in with your "surge capacity". Then ...
ListenHealthy Inside & Out: Psoriasis from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Tanya is an Inuk throat singer and storyteller who lives with psoriasis. She’s passionate about building bridges and creating understanding between Indigenous people and Canadians. We’re so gratefu...
ListenThe Art Of Politeness - Feel Good Friday from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Do you like to get scared? Might be worth crapping your pants with every so often to be more COVID prepped. The gang dig into a study looking at how horror film fans tend to do better in hard times...
ListenBear In A Chair - Sexuality & Disability: Cerebral Palsy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Andrew “Daddy” Gurza is a cripple content creator, disability awareness consultant and focuses in on the realm of queerness, sexuality and disability. We talk about Andrews new endeavor in creating...
ListenCringeworthy Tweets & Overdoses - Feel Good Friday from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A quick would you rather: accidentally print commemorative merch with a pornstar on it? Or accidentally tweet a very very very NSFW photo via your employer's customer service account? Boo-Boo is an...
ListenSpiritualism > Alcoholism: Addiction & Recovery from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week we bring you a rather sobering conversation - pun not intended. The fellas chat with Jay Andrews, a Haligonian musician living in Toronto. Jay suffered from early childhood trauma and aft...
ListenBack To School And Naked People - Feel Good Friday from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
COVID isn't going to keep the kids from going back to school. Nor is it going to keep those pesky nudists from having wild frisky sexy times in small hedonistic villages in europe. We talk spooky d...
ListenBrace Yourself: The Masterful Art Of An Orthotist from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week we speak with Jenna Holz - Orthotist and owner of Brackish Bracing! She takes us on a deep dive into life as an orthotist. Basically she has the dream job of a host on Mythbusters mixed w...
ListenFree Willy Might Get COVID - Feel Good Friday from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Dr. Graham Dellaire is BACK but this time we aren't touching CRISPR. Instead we dive into the sad reality that is COVID being transferred to marine mammals through our waste water! Doc breaks down ...
ListenSickboy: An Introduction from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Meet Jeremie, Brian and Taylor. Three best friends who understand that sometimes the best way to deal with illness, disease and life is simply to laugh. Laughter is the best medicine, right?
ListenThe Arthritis Dietitian: Rheumatoid Arthritis and a disease from IKEA from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Cristina is a dietitian who lives with rheumatoid arthritis and Sjögren’s syndrome! She told us muchachos how she manages her pain with nutrition and lives a full life being a mom, dancing and shar...
ListenScreen Time: A Mental Health Double Edged Sword - Feel Good Friday from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week we bypass the silly willy preamble with the gang and jump straight into the world of mental health through the use of tech! Dr. Sandra Meier, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Dal, tak...
ListenA Rare Boy And His Exceptional Mother: Pontocerebellar Hypoplasia Type 3 (PCH-3) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kristi is an emotional behavioural therapist and mom of three. She is also the caretaker to her son Ben who has a SUPER RARE brain condition called Pontocerebellar Hypoplasia Type 3. We're talking ...
ListenLove: It's A Learned Skill - Feel Good Friday from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week the gang flow right into a phenomenal conversation with Melanie from One Love Foundation! We explore how love is a learned skill and how to spot the 10 Signs of Healthy & Unhealthy relati...
ListenClimbing Adversity Mountain With One Leg from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Aaliyah is no stranger to tough times. A young woman who ran up against a Lupus diagnosis that only got worse during her pregnancy. From seizures to coma, to an infection that resulted in the loss ...
ListenWomen Warriors: Advocating for Indigenous Women's Health from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Shelley Wiart is Métis and a member of the North Slave Métis Alliance, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. She is currently enrolled full-time at Athabasca University in her fourth year of a four-y...
ListenFatberg: A Bowel Obstructed Seaside Town - Feel Good Friday from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The team drops a mega huge announcement! Sickboy Podcast is officially the newest member of the CBC Podcast family. They immediately follow this announcement with a story of a man who poops through...
ListenMask Deniers & Pseudoscience BS w/ Dr. David Kyle Johnson - Feel Good Friday from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This Friday we're jamming on Big fines, big advancements and big wankers in the world of ""science"". Shout out to the AMAZING work Therapsil has done in bringing psychedelic therapy to four Canad...
ListenRockin' A Cane Like It Ain't No Thang: Spina Bifida from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week the fellas have a chat with their new friend Mari. Mari lives with Spina Bifida! What's that you ask? Spina bifida is a birth defect that occurs when the spine and spinal cord don't form ...
ListenHide Yo' Kids: The Importance of Childcare w/ Dr. Susan Prentice - Feel Good Friday from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This FGF starts off with a bang and quickly goes down the sh*tter. Tay slept in, Jeremie introduced a questionable character at a fundraiser, Lauren sprays coffee out of her eyeball and Brian legit...
ListenDown Syndrome: Dylan’s Gift To The World from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Dylan is one hell of a charmer. As an actor and budding video game streamer, Dylan is working towards a career of play in order to bring more joy and smiles to the people of planet earth! This week...
ListenEmotional Fitness & Social Anxiety w/ Dr. Emily Anhalt - Feel Good Friday from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Dr. Emily Anhalt is the sh*t! She is the CoFounder of Coa, a psychoanalytic psychologist, emotional fitness consultant and all-around promoter of self-awareness in all forms. We talk about the impo...
ListenReal Talk: Racial Health Inequities In Canada from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week we speak with Tari Ajadi, a doctoral candidate at Dalhousie studying the barriers to and opportunities for targeted policies aimed at reducing racial health inequities in Nova Scotia. We ...
ListenCRISPR? I Barely Know Her! - Feel Good Friday from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Gene therapy! The next big thing. But what does it all mean? What are the ethics? Where did it even come from? What in the sweet hell is CRISPR? This week for Feel Good Friday the fellas are joined...
ListenMenstruation Nightmares: Endometrial Cancer w/ Aminatou Sow from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Aminatou Sow lived a good majority of her life with the notion that her period is just supposed to be ""really really painful"". From headaches to intense bleeding resulting in the need for blood t...
ListenPlease Scream Inside Your Heart - Feel Good Friday from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week Jeremie bursts a vein over a group of dumb-dumbs protesting in Toronto about not wanting to wear masks. Also, it turns out COVID-19 can give you a boner. Not a fun time happy boner but mo...
ListenShattered Dreams: Paralympic & Olympic Hopefuls In The Time Of COVID from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Melissa Humana-Paredes and Alex Hyndman both had dreams of representing their country while competing in their career sport! Melissa, a beach volleyball badass and Alex, a para-cycling beast! Those...
ListenCanada's History of Eugenics?! - Feel Good Friday from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week we shake it up with a podcast mish-mash! The fellas are joined by the co-hosts of Canadian Politics Is Boring to talk about Ol' Tommy Douglas and his shady background in the practice of E...
ListenIt Wasn't A Hangover, It Was A Full-Blown Stroke from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Eugene lives a rockstar lifestyle. Owning one of the most renowned clubs in Canada the man knows a thing or two about how to party. So it sort of makes sense that he mistook a full-blown stroke for...
ListenRecreation Therapy & Real Talk - Feel Good Friday from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We're approaching the new normal. Stuffed animal audience members. Masks and doggy style for coitus. $1.1 Million hospital bills and more! Then the gang chat with Crystal Watson, executive director...
ListenA Blind Woman's Best Friend: Blindness & Guide Dogs from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Diane is fully blind. So naturally, she has superhuman hearing, right? Nope. That's not how it works. Diane spent her entire life learning to navigate the world without vision to guide her and boy,...
ListenVaccines: They Don't Give Ya Autism - Feel Good Friday from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The world's dumbest world leader gets dumber. Jeremie has been watching too much porn. Lauren is down for some Robot Oral. Then the gang chat with DKT (aka Dr. Karina Top) a vaccine specialist abou...
ListenA Dose Of Reality w/ Dr. Brian Goldman from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We can't contain our excitement for this weeks episode! We sit down with long time dream guest of Sickboy, Dr. Brian Goldman. A Canadian emergency physician, author, public speaker, and host of CBC...
ListenGlory Hole Days - Feel Good Friday from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We're back with another edition of Feel Good Friday! This week we talk about the world opening back up! If you got your cigs, smoke em' like Brians father slamming his drum kit and 2nd hand smoking...
ListenBlack Lives Matter from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week we throwback to two conversations we've had in past episodes about racial inequities within the Canadian healthcare system due to systematic and institutionalized racism. First, we hear f...
ListenMommy Has A Lump In Her Bum: Anal Cancer from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week the boys talk to Ella from down under about lump that she found down under. Turns out that lump turned out to be cancer inside her anus. From intense hypochondria and anxiety to navigatin...
ListenBun In The Oven: Giving Birth During COVID - Feel Good Friday from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It might be Feel Good Friday, but Jeremie is in full panic mode because he may or may not lose his right eye. The fellas discuss the potential for a future vaccine (could it be a year? could it be ...
ListenDirty Needles & Dirty Stigma: Hepatits C from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Steve spent the majority of his life with Hepatitis C and didn't know it. There's no way to know where he got it exactly, but it could have been from a sketchy garage tattoo while indulging in some...
ListenFailing Our Elders - Feel Good Friday from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
What do sex dolls, drive-thru go-go dancers and the Canadian elderly population have in common? Not a whole lot aside from all being topics that were covered on this week's edition of Feel Good Fri...
ListenGrief Is The Price For Love - A Conversation With Bryde Maclean from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Grief can be an incredible teacher. This week we bring you a special and intimate conversation between Jeremie and his wife Bryde about the death of Bryde's father and PEI treasure, Rev. Izzard Goa...
ListenEvil Human Experiments - Feel Good Friday from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This Friday the fellas get extra silly willy. Taylor's conspiracy theories are evolving as he actually for real believes in the existence of Aliens now. Brian admits that he's a fake sweet version ...
ListenCan't Get The Dang Words Out: Apraxia from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ryan's name starts with the letter R. But, Ryan has a really hard time pronouncing words with the letter R. God DAMN that's frustrating! Ryan lives with acquired Apraxia. According to Wikipedia: Ap...
ListenCrazy Cat Lady Foster Parent Heroes - Feel Good Friday from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jeremie eat's a bag of dicks, Brian's GF is an athletic goddess, Lauren earns her week free of lashings and Taylor is not only a flat earther, but he also has an interest in swinging now, apparentl...
ListenSometimes You Poop On Your Friend: Crohn's Disease w/ Tess Koman from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today from our apocalypse bunkers we shoot the literal and metaphorical shit with our new friend Tess Koman! Coming to us from her childhood bedroom closet, Tess shares with us her coming of age ta...
ListenThe History Of Quarantini's w/ Dr. Alex Chase-Levenson - Feel Good Friday from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Brian would like everyone to know that peeing sitting down = vulnerable. Taylor goes even deeper into a hole of alt-right beliefs and conspiracy BS. Lauren does not receive her weekly intern beatin...
ListenThere's Something In The Water: Environmental Racism w/ Dr. Ingrid Waldron from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We spend most of our time talking about personal illness, but this week we dive into the world of Social illness with none other than the wise and poignant Dr. Ingrid Waldron. Dr. Waldron is the au...
ListenMindfulness Amidst Chaos - Feel Good Friday from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today’s Feel Good Friday episode is all about Mindfulness & Self Love. There’s no doubt about it, these are strange and trying times. So if you need a pick me up, settle in for a stimulating sessio...
ListenUnconditional Infinite Love - A Guided Meditation from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This past week has been very challenging for our community here in Nova Scotia. We are in mourning and our love and thoughts go out to everyone who was affected by the senseless violent act that to...
ListenA Father's Memoir: Unlocking Bryson's Brain w/ Keith McArthur from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Keith wears many hats. author, podcaster, speaker but most importantly a rare disease dad. Keith wakes up every day with a single focus. To find cures and therapies for people living with GRIN Diso...
ListenClean Yo' Booty Hole: The Economics Of A Global Pandemic - Feel Good Friday from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jer is ballin' out with that CERB money and bought a talking toilet. Lauren admits to a past front bum water jet trauma. Brian is here to kink shame and Tay celebrates ""national horny day"" by eng...
ListenShake It Off: Parkinson's w/ Larry from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We rewind to simpler times. Back to Vancouver for our final recording of that memorable trip! We once again sit down with our friend Larry the host of ""When Life Gives You Parkinson's"". Good timi...
ListenEMERGENCY ALERT: The Winds Of God Blow...On You! - Feel Good Friday from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It's another round of Feel Good Friday which also just happens to fall on the day of our lord - Good Friday. We open it up by putting the fear of God into you with a banger of a tune by the talente...
ListenI Had COVID-19. It sucked. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"This week we have a doubleheader. First, we speak to Emily! One of the very first Nova Scotians who was diagnosed with and has now recovered from COVID-19. Spoiler alert, it is no walk in the gosh...
ListenDon't Stick Magnets In Your Nose - Feel Good Friday from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Feel Good Friday is back baby!! The dudes kick off your weekend with a convo with Dr. Indy Sahota, an ER doc from Mt Sinai hospital in Toronto! Indy’s been busting mad myths about COVID-19 through ...
ListenStage 4 Breast Cancer?? But Doc, I'm Only 26! from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sarah was one of the unlucky few who was struck with the stark reminder that Breast Cancer does not discriminate based on age. With no family history, an active & healthy lifestyle, and an otherwis...
ListenDr. Naheed | Male Doctor | South Side Naheed Dosani 2020 | Naheed Toronto | Naheed | Hospital Naheed - Feel Good Friday from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We're back for another light-hearted pick me up for your Quarantine Friday! Pour your Quarantini's and hunker down because Taylor was finally rescued from Ecuador and is finally back on Canadian so...
ListenBusting Myths about COVID-19 w/ Dr Dawn Bowdish from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today on Sickboy, the guys sit down with Dr. Dawn Bowdish, a Canadian immunologist who, according to Wikipedia (and our measly intern Lauren), is a professor in the Department of Pathology and Mole...
ListenOvercoming Addiction w/ The Robin Hood of Psychedelics from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week the fellas sit down for a chat with Jerry, the founder of Microdelics, an online company that specializes in LSD microdosing. So what is Microdosing? The practice of taking tiny quantitie...
ListenA Pandemic Of Dad Jokes: COVID-19 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Are you tired of the dire and repetitive COVID-19 news cycle? So are we! Tune in to hear Jer & Bri deliver some uplifting updates and discuss some of their favourite social isolation activities. La...
ListenA Drunk Driver Changed My Life w/ Maia Vezina from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week the boys and their new BFF Maia shake up an entire live audience with a live show for the ages! The fellas play a game of ""Afterlife Price Is Right"". What would you choose? Cryo with yo...
ListenThe World Is Ending? COVID-19 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s the end of the world as we know it. Or is it? Do we even have the rights to use that song? Anyway, Jeremie, Brian and measly intern Lauren talk COVID-19. From underestimating the effect this m...
ListenSpinal Chord Injury: "I Dialled 911 With My Tongue" w/ Andrew Cho from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Andrew Cho is an extreme athlete. He flys down mountains on his bike, constantly putting his life at risk. So when you hear he suffered a spinal chord injury you may think it was due to his extreme...
ListenThe Courtroom Battle In My Brain - OCD & An Eating Disorders from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week the fellas sit down with Katie to dive head first into the world of OCD, intrusive thoughts and eating disorders! Since a young lass Katie has been battling with a catalogue full of OCD r...
ListenDaddy's Got A CPAP: Jeremie's Sleep Apnea Journey from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week join the gang as Jeremie takes them on a little audio journey into the world of sleep apnea. For years Taylor has been telling Jer, ""You got sleep apnea bro"". So Jeremie finally booked...
ListenDrawing A Blank: Epilepsy and Brain Surgery from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week on Sickboy, the guys sit down with Ellie to talk about epilepsy and brain surgeries! They get to the heart of what everybody is wondering: when someone is having a seizure, do you or don'...
ListenE-I-E-I No: Gaps In The Canadian Healthcare System from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week we have something extra special. We sat down with Dina, a palliative care social worker from Montreal, to discuss the gaps in the Canadian health care system. We talk about those who fina...
ListenRoutine Checkup: What The Heck Is Coronavirus? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Brian, Jer and intern Lauren sit down to discuss the hot topic that is Coronavirus 2020. From the facts to misinformation to the panic induced xenophobia and racism being spread just as fast as the...
Listen"Is There A Urologist On Board?" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"We have a new member with us here at Sickboy Podcast! Our homegirl Lauren who has never gotten sick once... ever. *EYEROLL* But she did bust her face wide open falling down a flight of stairs so t...
ListenSpinal Injuries & Prize Winning Piglets from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Adam was your average hard-working good ol' Nova Scotia boy who grew up in the country and worked heavy machinery. Until one day a small yet unfortunate fall led to a spinal injury that forever ch...
ListenA Non-Binary Person Walks Into An Abortion Clinic from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week we sit down and chat with KP about their experience with abortion. No matter how many times the topic is covered it still manages to hurt our uterus'. But that phantom pain is NOTHING com...
ListenThe One Legged Swimming Legend w/ Andrew Haley from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Recorded LIVE from the 2019 Bioport Conference at Pier 21 in Downtown Halifax, the fellas sit down with world champion paralympic swimmer Andrew Haley. As a child, Andrew had cancer twice and each ...
ListenThe Kegal Queen: Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
What is a pelvic floor? What is a kegal? Why would anyone want to have an internal vaginal or rectal exam to explore what is happening with the muscular system within your pelvis? Well, you are abo...
ListenPalliative Care For The Homeless w/ Naheed Dosani from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Have you ever thought about what palliative healthcare or end of life care looks like for someone who is homeless? This is Dr. Dosani's life's work. Naheed Dosani is a palliative care physician and...
ListenWhere's The Nearest Exit?!: Panic Disorder & Agoraphobia from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia. Clearly a mouthful for Jeremie. This week we sit down in front of a full house at the Dalhousie Medical School to hear all about Bridgett's experience with her strug...
ListenBrain Blood Clot B'ye: Ischemic Stroke & Coma from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ischemic Stroke folks. Say it all together now - ISCHEMIC. This week Sarah Jane tells us all about her brain blood clot that caused her to have a full-blown stroke. What does one do to fix this? We...
ListenJeremie's Lungs Let Him Down & The CF Miracle Drug from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jeremie is finally out of the hospital and gives us a full recap of how his lungs decided to crap out on him while on a small vacation down in Boston. From terrifying his young nurse to full-on anx...
ListenLipodystrophy: It's Not a Fad Diet from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ever heard of Lipodystrophy? If the answer is no, we aren't surprised. It is a VERY rare disorder. Lipodystrophy refers to a medical problem where there is an abnormal distribution of fat in the bo...
ListenHotels Are Accessible Right?: Muscular Dystrophy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The boys are hungover and Jeremie has completely lost his voice (and is likely at the beginning of developing the nasty pneumonia that took him out a couple of weeks ago.) But that won't stop them ...
ListenAdam's Got A Brand New Ticker: Heart Transplant from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Remember Adam? He was on the show back in May. He had no pulse. He had a machine pumping blood through his body. He needed a heart....bad. This week he's back, live from Calgary, Alberta...and he'...
ListenLife, Positivity, and Why You Are Awesome w/ Neil Pasricha from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week on Sickboy, the guys sit down with New York Times bestselling author, Neil Pasricha, to chat about life, positivity, perspective and RESILIENCE. From Neil, ""We are lucky. For most of ...
ListenOver Easy Brain Bleed w/ Stormy: Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week on Sickboy we sit down with Stormy in front of a live audience at the Rio Theatre in Vancouver! If you've ever been wondering what Jenga, Starbucks, and brain bleeds have in common, than ...
ListenMale Vulnerability & The Truth About Magic w/ Atticus from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week we cap off our Vancouver studio recordings with a very special guest. Anonymous Poet and New York Times best selling author Atticus. We spend an hour talking about tapping into our creati...
ListenGirl Interrupted: Severe Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Meaghan's life has been consumed by Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Wracked with anxiety her life has been a rollercoaster to say the least! Sitting down with a few dumb dumbs from Halifax on a podc...
ListenZap That Brain Tumour: Neurofibromatosis Type 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We've landed in Vancouver and we learn all about the world of Neurofibromatosis Type 1 with Alison! A curious little genetic disease full of fascinating symptoms. Babies with swollen tongues and ov...
ListenYoung Woman, Ancient Spine - Ankylosing Spondylitis from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ankylosing Spondylitis set Katie on a life path that she never would have imagined. She developed her arthritis at 19. Something that a lot of us may not realize but, young people get arthritis and...
ListenIt's Definitely Real: Mast Cell Activation Syndrome from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A hurricane blew away our abilities to publish an episode for a few days but now that life is getting back to normal let's dive into a hypochondriac inducing, hella confusing, mega-complex diagnosi...
ListenPostpartum Almost Took My Life from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
#basicbrian. Be sure to include the hashtag on your insta story. THIS WEEK we go deep into the world of depression and anxiety with our new friend Heather. Having a baby is a lot. Having a baby and...
ListenFace Warts, Escaped Convicts & A New Set of Lungs from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week starts off a bit weird. With a guest who last-minute pulled out the boys are left to their own devices. Pedo doctors, car accidents, nasty facial growths, an escaped convict from a psychi...
ListenIt Ain't Pee In His Eyes. It's Jaundice: Liver Disease (PCS) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Adrian was on the podcast before. We spent most of the time talking about how we're all just flesh-covered, walking, talking donuts. Adrian had Chron's. Or Colitis? Or both? We aren't super sure. B...
ListenEsophageal Atresia, Hepatitis C & Living in a Group Home (Live @ JFL in Montreal) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Maggy was born with no esophagus. After undergoing 5 major surgeries she was able to finally live a somewhat normal life... except for the fact that, now, she pukes in her lungs if she eats too muc...
ListenA Toothless Radiated Mess: Non Hodgkins Lymphoma Big B Cell from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Dylan is your typical punk band drum player. Covered in tattoos, drives a motorcycle, has a full set of false teeth... wait, what?! While rocking out as a teenager Dylan began feeling the gnarliest...
ListenWhere Are They Now? - Sickboy 200th Episode! from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
WOWEE, it's our 200th episode - and to celebrate, we're catching up with a few of our past guests! Over the past 4 years we've had the pleasure of meeting some incredible individuals whose stories ...
ListenDealing With Cancer Asbestos I Can: Mesothelioma from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Asbestos is no joke. Just ask Laurel. Somehow, somewhere in her life she was exposed to Asbestos in a large enough quantity that it was likely the driving force behind her diagnosis os Mesothelioma...
ListenMy Entire Family Is Dead: Managing Grief w/ David Garner from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
When David was 12 years old he grew up very quickly. Trauma can do that to an individual. And boy oh boy David is no stranger to trauma. Over the span of only several years his father, his older b...
ListenThe Quest For Anorexia: OSFED from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Abigail has been an OG Sickboy listener from day one. But now it's time to share her own story. A story that begins with anxiety from the human chaos that was Magic Mountain, and brings us to today...
ListenSwagger > Limp: Umbilical Cord Syndrom from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Zachary was born with Umbilical Cord Syndrom. He also happens to be an elite para-athlete in the sport of Sprint Kayak! Oh, and he also identifies as queer. At 20 years old Zach is searching for an...
ListenEye Cancer In Inuvik from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A couple of years ago Ashley woke up in her home in Inuvik (way the heck up north) with what felt like ""dry eye"" although she was also unable to see out of half of her left eye. Turns out it was ...
ListenDead Baby Jokes Aside: Stillbirth from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Amy went through something that many women across Canada (and the world) experience. Stillbirth. This week we dive deep into the taboo subject matter of giving birth to a dead human. Bryde from Tur...
ListenTaylor Got Hit By A Car!?! from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Last week Taylor was seriously injured when he was struck by a car while riding nearly 50km per hour on his road bike. The fellas get together by Tays bedside to talk about the traumatic incident. ...
ListenThe Hypochondriac Death Investigator from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Live from Edmonton, Alberta, the guys sit down with Jared, a Death Investigator with an aversion to throwing up. Jared is one of 6 Death Investigators covering thousands of square kilometres of Alb...
ListenGimpin Aint Eazy: Cerebral Palsy w/ Josh Dunn from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Live from the Atlantic Podcast Summit - the fellas sit down with Comedian and meditation facilitator Josh Dunn! Josh lives with Cerebral Palsy and gets around on a sick set of sticks. We dive into ...
ListenThe Man Without a Pulse: Cardiomyopathy & Heart Failure w/ Adam Delorey from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Adam Delorey - the man who tells jokes with a broken heart. Literally. The man went into full heart failure at the age of 13 when his ejection fraction (heart function) was at 11%! Since then he's ...
ListenRemembering Brandon Thomas from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It's been one year since one of our best friends died. Time flies. We miss you, buddy. Take a listen to why and how we fell in love with this beautiful gentleman.
ListenBe There: Eating Disorder w/ Kenzie Brenna from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kenzie Brenna is an actor, creator, influencer and mental health advocate. This week she joins Jer and Bri in the beautiful city of Toronto to discuss all things mental health! After all, it is Men...
ListenI Was Deaf, But Now I Hear: Profound Unilateral Hearing Loss from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ever see those videos on YouTube where a colourblind person gets those cool glasses that allow them to see colour for the very first time? Well, Melissa is like that, only with hearing! Since a chi...
ListenA Childbirth of Nightmares: Pelvic Organ Prolapse from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week is what the kids would refer to as Gnar Gnar. We sit down with Ashleigh to talk about her traumatic experience of giving birth to her second child. She suffers ""3rd world country type in...
Listen1 in 6,000,000: Childhood Churg-Strauss Syndrome from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Chris Muise might sound like a cool country rock star. But no, he's a reporter living with a hella rare disease. This episode is chalk full of big words. Vasculitis! Aosinophils! Wrestlemania! Chri...
ListenA Woman Balding In Her 20's: Alopecia from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Meet Lainie! Three years ago she found a small bald spot on her head. Since that date, she has lost every single hair on her head cyclically at least twice! This week we take a deep dive into the w...
ListenThe Order Of The Good Death w/ Caitlin Doughty from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
What consists of a good death? According to Caitlin Doughty, It is staring down your death fears—whether it be your own death, the death of those you love, the pain of dying, the afterlife (or lack...
ListenJeremie Has Pneumonia from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week we come to you from Jeremie's ultra slick looking private hospital room! Everyone's favourite Sickboy host (obviously) was rushed to the ER after doing his best ""death in a Quinten Taran...
ListenLove Extremist: Brain Cancer from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
There is much to be done about hate extremism in the world today. But what can we do about Love Extremism? Ethan Lipsitz is on a mission to spread more love. Especially after his experience with br...
ListenFive Feet Apart w/ Justin Baldoni from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The sun is always shining in beautiful LA, but it seems to shine even brighter at Justin Baldoni’s house. This week we sit down with easily one of the most genuine and charming humans we’ve ever me...
ListenHIV in the Bible Belt from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
When Derric came out to his Dad, his father disapprovingly told him that he was going to get AIDS. Derric grew up in the Bible Belt, West Virginia, where in a lot of places being gay is still unacc...
ListenCare, Race & Redemption w/ Verena Rizg from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week we take a deep dive into the past and present of nurse practitioner Verena Rizg. A conversation that taps into the nuances and complexities of faith vs culture when approaching grief. The...
ListenHow To Grieve w/ Estelle Thomson from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week we sit down with Estelle Thomson. Good friend and Nova Scotia yoga instructor and artist. We spend a solid 10 minutes beating around the bush and awkwardly avoiding the topic at hand... T...
ListenInside Out: Bladder Exstrophy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Christa Angell is not related to Criss Angel but she knows a pretty gnarly magic trick. Like being born with her bladder on the outside of her body! AKA Bladder Exstrophy. We dive into full bladder...
ListenThe Show Must Go On: Rheumatoid Arthritis from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Aren Morris has spent a career changing the lives of a bunch of snot nosed kids from Sackville. She was basically Jeremie's Robin Williams and he was her Matt Damon. This ex drama teacher/competiti...
ListenBreast Cancer: What Goes Lump In The Night? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In July of 2017 Molly was newly engaged to her partner of six years and beginning to think about starting a family. One day, out of nowhere, she felt a weird pain in her left breast. She instinctiv...
ListenDiabetes: It Ain't No Joke. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week is FULL of laughs, but don't get it wrong. Diabetes is not funny. Kylie joins the fellas in Halifax to drop knowledge on nearly 350 people about what life with diabetes is like. From the ...
ListenBloodsick Doctor: Leukaemia from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Tanya is your friendly neighbourhood family doc, or at least she was. She's been on leave for a good chunk of time because she's nasty boo boo in her blood. Leukaemia to be specific. This week we l...
ListenA Life Of Heartbreak - Tetralogy of Fallot from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It might sound like a Lord Of The Rings character... however Tetralogy of Fallot is actually a combination of four congenital abnormalities in the heart. Sophie literally started from the bottom, n...
ListenLoose Joints & Opioids: Ehlers–Danlos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Mylene is like a real life stretch armstrong! Although this may sound like a super power, it most certainly is not. Loose joints may help with flexibility but this is just a small part of life with...
ListenReal Life Grayscale: Epidermolytic Hyperkeratosis from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Meet Laura! A part time mad food scientist, story telling, should be rapper living in New York. She lives with a rare genetic skin disorder called genetic skin disorder. Sure her skin is flakey and...
ListenStump Kitchen: Born An Amputee (Amniotic Band Syndrome) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Alexis was born missing a large portion of her left arm. This didn't stop her from following her dreams of having her own successful YouTube cooking show. Nor did it stop her from doing anything sh...
ListenMenopause Chicks from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sh*t happens. And so does menopause! This week the fellas tap back into their female anatomy knowledge with the help of Shirley Weir, the founder of the online community Menopause Chicks. Her goal?...
ListenThe Heart With A Hole: Heart Failure from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
How does one live while born with huge hole in their infant heart? When your heart fails how do you survive?! Medical advancements have come a long ass way! The fellas sit down this week with Calli...
Listen"Finger Nail Cancer Can't Be ""That"" Bad - Stage IV Melanoma " from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Unlike Bob Marley, Oliver went through with removing a hunk of one of his cancer ridden digits. Unfortunately that didn't stop the cancer. From fingernail, to lymph and beyond Oliver has the ""Bad"...
ListenPainful Doormat: Provoked Vestibulodynia (Vulva Pain) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
""This is going to get really intimate, really fast."" This week we are talking about the vagina! Specifically a painful vagina. Michelle has spent her whole life experiencing an extremely sensitiv...
ListenDestiny Of My Disabled Child: PCH2d from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
What is it like to have a 4 year old living with complex medical issues? Tough as sh*t. But Kaiti is a BAMF Mother! Her beautiful little daughter Layla was once considered a ""Floppy baby"". She i...
ListenPiss Like Coca-Cola: PNH from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Tracy is not pregnant. She may look pregnant, but she for sure is not. So don't ask her how far along she is. Don't touch her belly and exclaim ""Ohhhh he's gonna be a soccer player"". So why does ...
ListenAudrey Parker Dies Today - Medical Assistance In Dying from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Audrey Parker is a woman with a plan. With stage 4 breast cancer that has spread to her bones and her brain, she has decided to end the suffering on her own terms. Today, Audrey Parker dies through...
ListenThey Found Vegetables In Your Heart?!: Endocarditis from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We have landed in Vancouver and kick it off with a doozy of a recording! We chat with Ken about how one day it started with a cough and the next thing you know he's been on dyalisis for 22 months. ...
ListenThe Fearless Girl's Tit Cancer w/ Bif Naked from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Bif Naked is a celebrated and notorious performer in music, TV, film, and dance, and a tireless advocate and Humanitarian. Orphaned in India, emancipated by punk rock, and empowered by surviving br...
ListenT-T-T-TODAY JUNIOR: Severe Stutter from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Is he beatboxing? Oh... no, he just has a stutter. This week on the podcast we sit down and talk with Matt! He lives with a severe stutter. Matt dives deep into his history with this frustrating sp...
ListenSickboy: Cystic Fibrosis from 2015-09-06T00:10
Hi Friend! My name is Jeremie Saunders and I’m sick. How sick? Well, in the grand scheme of things pretty darn sick. I’ve got this asshole of a disease called Cystic Fibrosis. It’s a genetic Lung D...
ListenSickboy: Cystic Fibrosis from 2015-09-06T00:10
Hi Friend! My name is Jeremie Saunders and I’m sick. How sick? Well, in the grand scheme of things pretty darn sick. I’ve got this asshole of a disease called Cystic Fibrosis. It’s a genetic Lung D...
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