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 4, 2022 • 55min
Breaking Free of Depression's Grip
This week Brian and Jer are joined by Bruce to discuss his life long struggle with crippling depression. Bruce is VERY familiar with mental illness. He's lived with depression and anxiety for more than 45 years. He walks the fellas through the how he got himself through some of the toughest times, how his views on mental health have shifted over the decades, and how he feels a person can live a productive life despite the burden of mental illness 24/7. Check out Bruce's book "Breaking Free of Depression's Grip."
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Jul 1, 2022 • 1h 13min
A 2-Year-Old With The Testosterone Of A Fully Grown Adult?! - Feel Good Friday
Discussion on Lawn Summer Nights charity event, CRISPR technology turning 10, potential life sentences for dangerous drivers in the UK, Juul facing a ban in the U.S., polio detected in London sewers, and a 2-year-old boy accidentally exposed to testosterone gel developing pubes and bone density of a 5-year-old.
Jun 29, 2022 • 43min
Routine Checkup: Nurses - The Infantry of Health Care
Joyce is a registered nurse who has worked in healthcare leadership positions across Canada for over 30 years. Her clinical work has focused on older adults and those with disabilities. She has been involved in research, education, clinical practice and leadership and has spent time in rural, northern and urban communities in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario. She is currently the acting interim executive director of the Association of Regulated Nurses of Manitoba. Today she joins Jer and Tay to discuss the current Canadian licensing standards for nurses, the importance of IENs and the need for mental health care solutions for nurses in Canada.
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Jun 27, 2022 • 1h 10min
New Relationship Energy & A "Cancer Journey" - Type 2A Hodgkins Lymphoma
If you can’t make cancer jokes when you have cancer, when can you? Well, apparently the answer is never. People don't respond well to cancer jokes, even when you're the one who has it. Still it doesn't hold Kelsey back from cracking the jokes. She was relinquishing control of her body physically, so she was going to hold onto the small amount of control she had over her mental state. This week Kelsey joins the fellas to walk them through her experience of type 2A Hodgkins Lymphoma. From losing her hair, eyebrows and even fingernails (yowza) to how it felt navigating cancer through a new relationship and more.
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Jun 24, 2022 • 1h 7min
Will Bieber Ever Be The Same Again?! - Feel Good Friday
Bieber has Ramsay Hunt Syndrome which is something we covered back in January. It's scary stuff and we hope that it doesn't prevent him from singing, dancing and baking Bimbits for the rest of his life! Don't rub your eyes... Or if you do, don't go watch the MRI video of what it looks like when you rub your eyes. Alopecia is a tough go and there isn't enough access to medication that makes a difference! Brian wants to be VERY clear about his stance on CPR. Finally for this week's edition of WHAT THE HELLTH?! I just saved 15% on car insurance thanks to Geico. I also made 5 million dollars from suing Geico because some guy gave me HPV in the back of his car. Thanks, Geico!
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Jun 22, 2022 • 36min
Routine Checkup: Epidemiology To Be!
Tiffany is from Tecumseh, Nebraska and works at a local, rural hospital as an infection preventionist. In May of 2021, she graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Disease and Human Health with a minor in psychology. Tiffany currently attends the University of Nebraska Medical Center, where she is studying epidemiology. She shares with the fellas how she got into the work she's passionate about and unpacks some fun stuff in her world like genomics, and UTI-giving catheters!
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Jun 20, 2022 • 57min
My Scar Is Sexy - Pancreatic Cancer
Christina Helena is a speaker, writer & performer of an autobiographical solo show SCAR in development for an off-Broadway production. At 19, she became one of the youngest pancreatic cancer survivors in the world after having five of her organs removed with a Whipple surgery and her digestive system reconstructed. Today she joins the fellas in talking about her experience with cancer recovery and her philosophy on how she sees our scars as the sexiest thing about us!
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Jun 17, 2022 • 1h 1min
A.I. Will Be The End Of Us - Feel Good Friday
Good news!! Jeremie no longer has to do his nebulizer! Now he's just a puffer boy. Cute. In other news, AI is possibly now sentient. Does this mean the end of mankind as we know it? I wish there was more to say about this week's episode... but really, there isn't. It's just about a puffer and AI... OH! AND horrifying baby MRIs. Happy Friday Y'all!
Jun 15, 2022 • 55min
Canadian Mental Health Policy w/ Sally Guy - Director of Policy at Canadian Association of Social Workers
Sally Guy is the Director of Policy, Canadian Association of Social Workers. She joins the fellas to break down some of the conversation had with the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions from a couple of weeks ago. Everything from the decriminalization of drugs, to social return on investment and more. Here’s the thing — a lack of adequate (let alone GOOD) social supports are a choice in a country like Canada. Strong social programs and funding like a basic income aren't the boogeyman — but rather just a [logical] extension of things we already have in place.
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Jun 13, 2022 • 1h 6min
The Disease They Call Fat — Lipedema
Mrs. Crystal Ellingsen is a wife, mother of three, teacher, and growing activist. She is also working on managing a chronic progressive disease that affects 1 in 10 women — lipedema. Lipedema is a condition that is almost exclusively found in women and results in enlargement of both legs due to deposits of fat under the skin. The tricky thing is that lipedema fat isn’t manageable via traditional weight-loss methods. This week Crystal chats with the fellas all about the disease they call fat and how Canada is incredibly far behind any viable treatments for the disease.
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