

Sickboy
CBC
Sickboy is the only place where terminal diagnoses can peacefully coexist with jokes we probably shouldn't make. Hosted by three best friends, Jeremie, Brian, and Taylor, this show smashes taboos around illness, death, and everything in between. Inspired by Jeremie’s life with Cystic Fibrosis, we dive headfirst into the uncomfortable, the hilarious, and the heartbreaking. We talk to people living with everything from chronic disease to catastrophic injury, mental health struggles to medical miracles - and we do it with radical empathy, zero BS, and the kind of unfiltered jokes that get us kicked out of support groups. If you’ve ever felt weird, broken, or like no one gets it, welcome. New episodes drop every Wednesday. Pull up a seat; it’s gonna get real.Follow Sickboy on Instagram & TikTok!
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Jul 27, 2022 • 57min
Moms Stop the Harm - Families Impacted By Substance-Use-Related Harms And Deaths
Moms Stop the Harm (MSTH) is a network of Canadian families impacted by substance-use-related harms and deaths. They advocate for the change of failed drug policies, provide peer support to grieving families, and assist those with loved ones who use or have used substances. This week the fellas are joined by Emily, a Board of Directors member for Atlantic Canada and Peer facilitator for Holding Hope NB. Emily gives the guys some insight into the important work MSTH does and shares a heartwarming personal story about how she got involved in this work.
For more information and resources please visit: https://www.momsstoptheharm.com/
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Jul 25, 2022 • 57min
Beauty Is How YOU Define It: Mastectomy Tattoos
Karen Malkin Lazarovitz is a "Previvor" Cancer advocate, the creator of EMPOWERink and all around self-proclaimed badass! She joins the fellas this week to discuss why she decided to have a double mastectomy and hysterectomy even though she did not have breast or ovarian cancer. She also shows the fellas her new boobs and explains the process of getting ink done over mastectomy scars! Applications for this year's EMPOWERink open on July 25th! You can find the application here on that date: https://form.jotform.com/221036076499258
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Jul 22, 2022 • 1h 17min
Why Do Some Trees Smell Like Jizz? - Feel Good Friday
Our Angel Number Podcast! FGF 122 on July 22, 2022. This episode is all about alignment. The forecast today calls for a 10% chance rocket debris falling from the sky and killing you. Trikafta is now approved for kids 6-11 in Nova Scotia! The countries youngest recipient of an artificial heart is cute as a button. A sex toy a day keeps the doctor away... just gotta find a way around those pesky fun toy laws in Alabama. Uber drops the ball for disabled customers and pays the price. UPS trucks are a death trap. For WHAT THE HELLTH?! We talk about why a certain tree this time of year smells like cummy. Yummy or Yuck?
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Jul 20, 2022 • 56min
Seeking Relief From Addiction w/ Naomi Ricther
The Director of Care at GreeneStone, Naomi brings her knowledge and expertise from her designation as a Registered Practical Nurse and extensive experience in residential treatment settings. This week she joins the fellas to dive into her personal experience with addiction and how she ended up doing the important work she does over at GreenStone, offering support for folks struggling with addictions.
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Jul 18, 2022 • 1h 8min
Little People In Big Films w/ Matthew August Jeffers
Matthew is an actor from Baltimore and currently resides in New York City. He recurs on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon) and New Amsterdam (NBC) and is the star of the new feature film Unidentified Objects which recently premiered at the Inside Out Fest in Toronto! Matthew joins the dudes to talk about being undeniable as an actor, how dwarfism has had an impact on his life and much much more.
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Jul 15, 2022 • 1h 9min
Cannibalism Update: How Nutritious is Human Flesh? - Feel Good Friday
Taylor brought a 4th co-host to the studio today. Zaya is here, and she just won't shut up. First things first: frostbite. It's gnar-gnar as heck and we have the proof thanks to @medicaltalks on IG. Yuck. Speaking of yuck, according to a scientist (who legit put many many hours into researching this), human flesh is not that nutritious when you stack it up against other animals in the wild. But hey, if you are in a pinch at least you know that your pal is about the calorie equivalent to a walking lunch. There is a honey product in the U.S. that's giving people boners. Popeye is real and he is not juicing. Conjoined twins are fascinatingly complicated. And finally for What The Hellth?!? - Vabbing. The newest trend where some vulva-havers are dabbing vajayjay juices on their necks in place of perfume in order to find the perfect mate. Does it work?! Tune in to find out.
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Jul 13, 2022 • 59min
Universal Basic Income: A Human Right w/ Guy Standing
Guy Standing is a labour economist and Professorial Research Associate at SOAS University of London. He is also a founder and honorary co-president of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN), an international NGO promoting basic income as a right. Guy sits with the fellas to guide them through an incredible conversation about basic income and how it could (and should) work to relieve many of the stressors that a lot of folks are facing these days when it comes to living a comfortable life. This is one of our favourite conversations in a while and hope you listen and share!
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Jul 11, 2022 • 1h 9min
The Complex Dynamic of Body Image & Weight Loss Surgery
Long time friend and Patron Sadie joins the fellas and kicks the whole thing off with a top notch roast! Sadie shares how trauma, cultural messages about food and body, lessons from her family growing up, and genetics caused her to be fat starting in my pre-teen years. Sadie had a gastric sleeve weight loss surgery. It was a long, frustrating, and occasionally hilarious process. She also introduces the boys to the fat liberation movement which intersects with disability justice, feminism, racial justice, and other social justice movements.
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Jul 8, 2022 • 53min
Human Flavoured Burgers?! - Feel Good Friday
This week the fellas kick things off with some classic pee-pee talk. Hypospadias (pronounced hype-oh-spay-dee-us) is a birth defect in boys where the opening of the urethra is not located where it typically should be. Period tracking apps may become hella problematic for folks living in the U.S., but what about people up here in Canada? Ricky, Rocky, Rock… things get confusing when it comes to The Rock's Dad and all of his alleged half-siblings. Ever curious about what human flesh tastes like? Of course, you have been. Well, now you can munch on some human-like meat with the new human-flavoured vegan burger from Oumph! Finally for this week's edition of WHAT THE HELLTH?! Don’t eat slugs. It may lead to your death.
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Jul 6, 2022 • 43min
Routine Checkup: Hope For Mental Health - Schizophrenia in Nova Scotia
This week the fellas are joined by Karen Slaunwhite, the executive director at Hope For Mental Health. Through her work at Hope For Mental Health, Karen is committed to breaking down mental health barriers and providing programs and services that support individuals with lived experience and their families and friends. The gang talk about the association's name change and their hopes for the future of mental health awareness in Nova Scotia.
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