• Sawbones: Do You Know About the Penis Fish?
    Oct 14 2025

    As the weather turns, so do Dr. Sydnee and Justin to their inbox to answer more of listeners' WEIRD medical questions. Questions like: Can pee cure my foot fungus? Why do I cough when I put in earplugs? What is the white crescent on my nails? How does the vaccine nasal spray work? And what is the humble leech’s role in modern medicine?

    Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers https://taxpayers.bandcamp.com/

    Border Angels: https://www.borderangels.org/

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    38 mins
  • Sawbones: Leucovorin
    Oct 7 2025

    Justin and Dr. Sydnee continue to bring news from the forefront of history with the second part of the announcement about autism – a possible treatment. It's leucovorin: also known as vitamin B-9. It can't possibly be that simple, can it? (No). Dr. Sydnee explains where this idea came from and what leucovorin is actually currently used for in medicine.

    Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers https://taxpayers.bandcamp.com/

    Border Angels: https://www.borderangels.org/

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    38 mins
  • Sawbones: Tylenol
    Sep 30 2025

    You may have heard the recent announcement From the US government linking acetaminophen use during pregnancy and autism. Well, at the risk of spoiling the episode, it’s nothing. This week, Dr. Sydnee and Justin talk about the history of acetaminophen and where the claim even came from.

    Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers https://taxpayers.bandcamp.com/

    Border Angels: https://www.borderangels.org/

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    49 mins
  • Sawbones: Dr. Asher
    Sep 16 2025

    Another episode in the Sawbones multiverse, Dr. Sydnee and Justin resist Dr. Richard Asher, who is the person who coined Munchausen Syndrome. Dr. Aster was a prominent physician and critical thinker whose medical contributions included noting the dangers of bed rest and naming the "seven sins of medicine." His children also had notable music careers.

    Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers https://taxpayers.bandcamp.com/

    Equality Florida: https://www.eqfl.org/

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    36 mins
  • Sawbones: Medical Update: Vaccines
    Sep 9 2025

    With all the changes going on in the CDC, Dr. Sydnee and Justin check back in with an update on vaccines and vaccine mandates, as well as dispelling some common vaccine myths that unfortunately come up again and again.

    Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers https://taxpayers.bandcamp.com/

    Equality Florida: https://www.eqfl.org/

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    43 mins
  • Sawbones: Munchausen Syndrome
    Aug 26 2025

    There are many eponymous disorders and diseases, but Munchausen is an interesting case of a disease named after a character who is based on a real person. Dr. Sydnee and Justin talk about Hieronymus Karl Friedrich von Münchhausen and how his fantastic stories became stuck to his name forever.

    Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers https://taxpayers.bandcamp.com/

    World Central Kitchen: https://wck.org/

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    41 mins
  • Sawbones: Lisztomania
    Aug 19 2025

    Before the hysteria of Swifties and Beatlemania, people were getting hype over the handsome pianist Franz Liszt. Dr. Sydnee and Justin talk about what exactly about this artist made regular fandom escalate into a mania and what this medical condition actually meant.

    Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers https://taxpayers.bandcamp.com/

    World Central Kitchen: https://wck.org/

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    37 mins
  • Sawbones: Freddy Pharkas, Frontier Pharmacist
    Aug 5 2025

    Before everyone hits the back-to-school grind, we’ve got a fun episode about Freddy Pharkas. A historical figure of frontier medicine? No, a video game character from 1993. Justin and Dr. Sydnee talk about how a farmer-cist was made, as well as the real and fake medicine Freddy doled out on the frontier.

    Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers https://taxpayers.bandcamp.com/

    World Central Kitchen: https://wck.org/

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    31 mins