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This week we cover FGF LIVE from Edmonton. A death-themed episode where we come to terms with our inevitable reality. We cover the story of a medieval ‘vampire’ unearthed with a sickle across her throat to stop her rising from the dead, 7 Unique Burial Rituals Across the World, Jeremie's bizarre experience with sifting through Bigby's ashes, and the fascinating evolution of the Cryonics industry!...

Lauren Ober is a podcast host and producer. In a life before hosting, Ober was an award-winning audio reporter and has been heard on shows like This American Life, 99% Invisible and Criminal, as well as all of NPR’s flagship programs. Laurens latest podcast The Loudest Girl in the World tells the story of Lauren's journey to understand what the hell it means to be on the autism spectrum and how to...

This week the guys are joined by Kat, a 25-year-old teacher from Western Australia. They have multiple chronic health conditions such as Ehlers Danlos and Dysautonomia, and in 2018 they developed long-term Serotonin Syndrome. They talk to the guys about a history of illness and how a combination of medications led to their experience with long-term Serotonin Syndrome and how much it completely up-...

Ever meet someone so smart that they make you feel dumb? Well, add Marshall Zhang to that list… A 17-year-old kid who’s pioneer research not only won him a prestigious science fair, but also lead to the creation of the type of drug that’s saving Jeremie’s life. On this week’s Feel Good Friday episode we dive into Marshall’s story, 10 weird but real medical conditions, and uncover a whole whack loa...

Dr. Gabor Mate is a Hungarian-Canadian physician and author. He has a background in family practice and a special interest in childhood development, trauma and potential lifelong impacts on physical and mental health including autoimmune disease, cancer, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), addictions and a wide range of other conditions. This week the fellas are honored to chat with G...

This week the fellas sit down and have an incredibly fun conversation with Alex! Alex uses a power wheelchair for mobility which has given him a unique lens of the world. When nothing is made with you in mind, you do a lot of thinking about how things are made. Alex is a self-professed nerd with a love of games (video, board or otherwise). This week he speaks to the fellas about his work as a game...

Sickboy Podcast is BACK on the road baby! This week we bring to you a segment from our raucous live show from one of our favourite cities in Canada, Vancouver. We don't hold back and go deep. Taylor explains how he uses his extreme sucking power to unclog Kylas milk ducts during her bouts of mastitis. Jer unpacks the latest TikTok trend - "The Sleepy Chicken Challenge." A reputable university in E...

Jake Ernst is a writer, educator, and therapist in Toronto, Canada. Jake is a social worker and psychotherapist. He is interested in unexplored feelings, unprocessed trauma, and unmet attachment needs in childhood adolescence, and adulthood as catalysts for mental unhealth and unwellness. This week he re-joins the fellas to talk about social media and how it is having an impact on the mental well-...

When Gabby got her IUD, she didn't expect for her whole world to get flipped upside down and spiral into a depression so deep, that she would start to question why she should even be alive. Gabby Scollard is an author, public speaker, and health advocate, all at 19 years old. Her book, Why I Stay, turns Gabby's daily affirmations of why she should live, into a resource for those struggling with th...

You know it’s a party when someone invites strippers to the nursing home. Some folks in Taiwan are not so happy about the Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations. One dad-to-be doesn’t quite understand what the heck is happening when his partner breaks the exciting news. Like some sort of evil Disney character, a “nurse” in Vancouver is facing a slew of charges for pretending to be someone she most certa...

In the U.S., September is 'Prostate Cancer Awareness Month'! This week the guys are joined by Murray Keith Wadsworth, the author of Prostate Cancer: Sheep or Wolf?. He is passionate about spreading the dark truth about prostate cancer. His sudden diagnosis and shocking process to treatment continues to drive him to untangle and share the systemic misinformation around the disease. Murray gives the...

We’re sharing a special preview of a new podcast, The Loudest Girl in the World from Pushkin Industries. For years, journalist and podcast host Lauren Ober wasn’t all that jazzed about herself. She was always getting in trouble, she had a lot of sensory issues and her anxiety felt off the charts. And then, she found out why — she was autistic. The Loudest Girl in the World tells the story of Laure...

This week the fellas are joined by Trevor. A delightful human who has been struggling with post-concussion syndrome and essential tremor. It all began while shopping for an ergonomic chair. After a serious bonk on the head he began to experience some seriously whack symptoms. Hallucinations, horrifying nightmares, tremors and more. Here is a link to some of Trevors work - An Imperfect Guide to Cli...

A urologist used an electric truck to power a vasectomy. How annoying would it be to hang out with him for the week after that? "My Rivian vasectomy" this and "My Rivian vasectomy" that! The fellas dive into sports! Specifically soccer and how some players are collapsing on the field mid-game. To combat this, Charlie Wyke explains how his defibrillator, akin to the one Christian Eriksen has, allow...

Katie Upham is the Harm Reduction Educator of the Substance User Network of the Atlantic Region (SUNAR). She is a member of a number of other advocacy and drug user groups such as The Canadian Association of People Who Use Drugs and The National Safer Supply Community of Practice. Today she speaks to the fellas about the need for a change in the way that Canadians need to change the way we speak a...

A good friend of the podcast stops into the studio to chat all about his lifelong penis woes. Brent knew at a young age that something wasn't quite right with his member. In university, he became aware of the fact that he was living with phimosis — a condition in which the foreskin cannot be pulled back past the glans of the penis. Long-time listeners of the podcast will be familiar with this cond...

Scientists are doing some wild-ish these days. Like growing a “synthetic” embryo with a brain and beating heart – without eggs or sperm! We live in a Sci-Fi epic. Psychedelics are being used to test whether or not they can play a role in helping people who struggle with alcohol use disorder! The results are promising... go figure. Now that the world seems to be getting back to "normal" the folks o...

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 we hop in the time travel machine and head all the way back to that time the fellas are joined by Dr. Graham Dellaire, Professor of Pathology at Dal & Principle Investigator at the Dellaire Lab of Nuclear Structure and Cancer Biology. He drops s...

Christina is a high school teacher living in Ottawa and the sister of a past Sickboy guest. Today she joins the fellas to discuss how she’s been living with Tourettes and OCD since she was six and the challenges her illness has presented her over the years. To make things worse, she suffered a stroke back in 2015 which most certainly doesn’t help with her OCD. Sickboy LIVE in Edmonton Tickets: htt...

Jer makes a public apology to the world and Elliot from BadDadRadDad. Everybody loves cats. The chances are probably pretty high that you have a doppelgänger but what's even more wild is that you probably share DNA with them! A vaginal fluid transplant could be the next miracle treatment for folks suffering from BV! Nova Scotia reports its first case of Poxy McPoxface. The fellas have a sobering c...

This week we kick off a new series of Routine Checkup episodes by checking in on past guests and seeing how they are doing as of late. Our first guest is our very own Brian Stever. Not long after Brian began seeking therapy he discovered he has ADHD (you’ve probably heard him mention this once or twice… or more). Bri sits with Jer and Tay to discuss how far he’s come in his therapy and how he’s cu...

What began with dental pain in the upper left side of the face resulted in what is recognized in the medical community as one of the most painful disorders a human can experience. Susan sits with the fellas to discuss her experience with Trigeminal Neuralgia, a long-term pain disorder that affects the trigeminal nerve, the nerve responsible for sensation in the face and motor functions such as bit...

Neuroscience research suggests LSD might enhance learning and memory by promoting brain plasticity?! Happy Friday y'all! A wild story out of Europe about the man who has reportedly repatriated more than 800 bodies in two decades. The corpses wash up on shore, and he solves the mystery of who they are in order to get them back to their family but at a price. One Nova Scotia mom is $80k in debt beca...

Lisa Purdy is a medical laboratory technologist and works at the University of Alberta as an Associate Professor and Director of the BSc in the medical laboratory science program. Chaska Vilchez is a recent graduate of the program and is working in Microbiology. The two of them join the fellas to give them a little peek behind the medical curtain to understand how important clinical laboratories a...

Anick Soni was born with a rare variation of sex development and describes himself as an intersex man. Today he joins Jer and Tay to for an absolutely fascinating talk about all things differences of sexual development. What is phalloplasty, really? How does it work? How did navigating being intersex affect Anick's social and dating life? How did his family's cultural influences play a role in his...