Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine
Justin McElroy, Dr. Sydnee McElroy
Join Dr. Sydnee McElroy and her husband Justin McElroy for a tour of all the dumb, bad, gross, weird and wrong ways we've tried to fix people.
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Aug 13, 2015 • 36min
Sawbones: Hygiene
This week on Sawbones, Justin and Dr. Sydnee throw the baby out with the bathwater (literally) as they explore the history of hygiene.
Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers
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Aug 5, 2015 • 31min
Sawbones: Honey
This week on Sawbones, Justin and Dr. Sydnee do their sweetest, most requested episode ever: Let's have a bit 'o' honey.
Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers
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Jul 30, 2015 • 38min
Sawbones: Fainting and Corsets
This week on Sawbones, Justin and Dr. Sydnee stop making corsets and build two battleships as they explore the history of fainting.
Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers
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Jul 24, 2015 • 33min
The Unkillable Phineas Gage
This week on Sawbones, Justin and Dr. Sydnee blow metal rod through a guy's brain and live to tell about it. He does too, which is more impressive, in retrospect.
Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers
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Jul 15, 2015 • 36min
Sawbones: The Seasick-Proof Saloon
This week on Sawbones, Justin and Dr. Sydnee crash a boat into a pier to cure your seasickness.
Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers
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Jul 9, 2015 • 31min
Sawbones: Guinea Worms
This week on Sawbones, Justin and Dr. Sydnee are wrapping a parasitic worm around a stick with Jimmy Carter.
Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers
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Jul 2, 2015 • 34min
Sawbones: Burns
This week on Sawbones, Justin and Dr. Sydnee celebrate their wedding anniversary by rubbing cow manuer in a burn.
Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers
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Jun 25, 2015 • 34min
Sawbones: Sunburns
This week on Sawbones, Justin and Sydnee want you to get your D in the safest way humanly possible.
Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers
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Jun 17, 2015 • 37min
Sawbones: The Teen Girl
This week on Sawbones, Justin is transported into the body of a Sydnee's teenage sister Rileigh and has a lot of awkward questions.
Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers
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Jun 10, 2015 • 36min
Sawbones: Medical TV (Part 2)
This week on Sawbones, Justin and Sydnee finish their scattershot history of medical TV. An episode that even the most squeamish listener won't be yucked out by!
Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers
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