

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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Jan 8, 2018 • 1h 11min
These Pills Are Making Me Crazy! - Ovarian Cancer
This week on Sickboy, the boys dive into Ovarian Cancer with Nadia. it’s always a learning opportunity for Bri, Tay & Jer when lady parts are involved! How do you start a new relationship while going through cancer treatment? How do you pursue your passion when your body is trying to kill you? How do you stay sane when the medication you take is trying to drive you crazy? Find out this week on Sickboy.

Jan 1, 2018 • 1h 33min
Struck By A Car: Acquired Brain Injury
This week on Sickboy we dive into the world of acquired brain injuries. A few years ago Jennifer was struck by a car while riding her bike (HELMETS SAVE LIVES PEOPLE!) Today Jennifer takes the fellas through the journey of how life changes after an acquired brain injury. From debilitating physical pain, to LSDesque spacing out over the sound of a bag of gummies smacking off the floor, to rediscovering a lost libido, to a diagnosis of PTSD. One of our favourite conversations of 2017, and our last before the new year!

Dec 18, 2017 • 1h 1min
Spinal Surgery & Prolapsed Rectum: Severe Scoliosis
This week on sickboy podcast the fellas sit down with not so shy Ronnie. A normal gal, aside from the fact that her spine used to be the same shape as a question mark. We’re talking over a 50 degree curve??? We dive into everything from cone head babies, to prolapsed butt holes, to spinal rods, the therapy within pokemon go, to the scary reality of death via spinal surgery.

Dec 11, 2017 • 1h 11min
Biohack The System: Legally Blind
What does it mean to be ""legally blind""? Well, hardcore tunnel vision would do the trick. Victor knows all about it. From the challenges of kicking over children because you can’t see them, to losing your license, to no longer being able to play “Cops & Robbers” Victor knows how crappy it is to be blind. Victor AKA ""The Blind Biohacker"" drops some knowledge on the fellas re: blindness, night vision, electromagnetism, harmful light, orange sunglasses, sequix machines… You know, SCI-FI! Why do florescent lights suck? Ever hear of Nano Leaf, cause they are changing the game! We also take a deep dive into the world of psychedelics. Buckle up for a decent little trip!

Dec 4, 2017 • 1h 6min
The Power of Music w/ Laurie Brown, Host of Pondercast
This week on Sickboy we sit down with Laurie Brown, former host of CBC Radio 2’s The Signal, and creator of Pondercast.
Since our adolescent years, Laurie has been a sort of radio-mom to us, her voice guiding us into the night as she helped expand our musical libraries. So when we found ourselves wondering how music affects our health, our emotions, and our lives, who better to speak with other than the legendary Laurie Brown?

Nov 27, 2017 • 1h 5min
The Deaf Doctor: Otosclerosis w/ Dr. Jones
This week on Sickboy the fellas continue their adventure in Toronto and sit down with Dr. Liz Jones (such a cool name). What is she dealing with? A hearing condition called Otosclerosis. What’s life like as a Doctor who suffers from severe hearing loss? Or experiencing a constant high pitch ringing in the ear? They dive into Boy Meets World, the cutest bones in the world, Jeremie's alcoholism, ear surgery and hearing aids that talk to you. Poor Liz has a hard time hearing a single word that comes out of Taylor's mouth because he just goes about the world mumbling and whispering the entire god damn time.

Nov 20, 2017 • 1h 16min
Disabled Dick: Sex & Cerebral Palsy
This week on Sickboy: The fellas sit down with grinder premium subscriber Andrew Gurza. A regularly horny gay male who happens to use a wheelchair because he lives with Cerebral Palsy! We dive into everything from rude old women at the grocery store, banging dudes from the “dead turtle” position, loosing the ability to jerk it, how Jeremie is a grade A ablest and the ups and downs of life with CP.

Nov 13, 2017 • 47min
Seizures & Brain Surgery with TJ Miller
I’ve been following Silicon Valley since its first season and have fallen in love with Ehrlich Bachman as he parades around with in his kimono, taking bong hits and pretending as if he is cut from the same technological and entrepreneurial cloth as Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg, simultaneously unable to collect rent from the characters on the show that live in his pizza box ridden home.
It can be easy to forget that some of our favourite characters on our most beloved shows are real people, with real lives, with the same shitty hands the rest of us are sometimes dealt. TJ Miller is one such person that flirted with death at a young age when he found he had been living with a brain malformation for his entire life. Most people with this condition simply die unexpectedly in their mid 30’s, having never known of the fatal malformation that was always there. Luckily for TJ, the copious alcohol consumption and lack of sleep while filming Yogi Bear 3D lead to a hospital visit that revealed his brain malformation and made him confront the decision of going under the knife and risking death on the surgeon’s table to fix his brain.
It’s the things that come up for us when death is strolling around in our neighbourhood, nearby, but not quite knocking on our door. What does it mean to communicate with your sick partner? How do you go about solving the mental puzzle of a manic state? How can a community of people who have such a profound experience in common like being chronically ill elevate each other by telling their story? These are a few of the topics we tackled with in our conversation with TJ Miller, and we couldn’t be more excited to share it with you.
TJ Miller is an original cast member and star of HBO’s Silicon Valley as well as appearing in blockbusters such as Transformers, Deadpool & the upcoming Deadpool 2, and of course, Yogi Bear 3D. Although big screen success has been good to him, he is first and foremost an extremely talented and international standup comic.

Oct 30, 2017 • 1h 29min
Too Many Tubes, Not Enough Holes: Jeremie's Intussusception
This week on Sickboy the three amigos are finally (damn daniel) back at it again! This time around It’s story time with Jeremie who luckily didn’t die during his recent hospital woes. God bless him as he is so gosh darn humble about the whole horrifying ordeal. We dive deep deep deep into his colon that no longer exists. “Intussusception The Sequel” has it all. Deep butt hole fingering, hardcore opioids, run down terrifying hospitals. a violent vomit sesh, tubes in holes… like, all the holes, strap on dildos and of course a good ol’ laugh or two!

Oct 30, 2017 • 1h 1min
Walkers & Catheters: Multiple Sclerosis
This week on Sickboy we sit down with Ardra and dig into what it's like to live with MS, what it's like to rock a walker as a young woman, and how simple catheters can be, although, Taylor is still a little confused. Accessibility becomes a hot topic and we learn just how much of our society is constructed without it in mind. We had a really enlightening conversation and we want to give a huge shoutout to Ardra's blog, Tripping on Air, at trippingonair.com


