Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

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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Sawbones: Coffee

Episode Date: December 16, 2017

This week on Sawbones, we join you live from Seattle. Seeing as this town took place in the home of Starbucks, we took the opportunity to extoll the m...

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Sawbones: Wound Care

Episode Date: December 7, 2017

This week on Sawbones, Justin and Dr. Sydnee explore all the weird, terrible ways we've tried to fix one of the human body's most basic problem. It's...

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Sawbones: The Baby Show

Episode Date: December 1, 2017

This week, Dr. Sydnee and Justin introduce you to Martin Couney, the (maybe) doctor who put babies into a carnival side show and saved a generation of...

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Sawbones: Charcoal

Episode Date: November 10, 2017

Grilling season is over in our part of the U.S. and Justin wants to know what he's gonna do with all this left over charcoal. The answer, according to...

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Sawbones: Chili Peppers

Episode Date: November 4, 2017

This week on Sawbones, we're examining all the health benefits of the red hot chili peppers. Flea is good for you, believe it or ... wait, it's not th...

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Sawbones: Soda

Episode Date: October 27, 2017

This week on Sawbones, Dr. Sydnee and Justin visit the home of Coca-Cola to recount the history of medicinal soda pop and try to finally solve the age...

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Sawbones: The Moon

Episode Date: October 19, 2017

The moon is more than just a big hunk of cheese. Actually, it's not even really cheese. Did you think it was cheese? Wow, you know less about the moon...

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Sawbones: Aspirin

Episode Date: October 1, 2017

Join Dr. Sydnee as she shocks Justin with the revelation that aspirin isn't for headaches anymore, along with plenty of other revelations about this w...

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Sawbones: The Glass Delusion

Episode Date: September 23, 2017

This week, Dr. Sydnee and Justin delve into the strange story of the king who thought he was made of glass, and the many he might have convinced that...

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Sawbones: Snoring

Episode Date: September 11, 2017

Dr. Sydnee and Justin mark the 200th episode of Sawbones with a topic that's a real snooze: The history of snoring! (Get it?) Music: "Medicines" by Th...

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Sawbones: Tickling

Episode Date: August 25, 2017

Sawbones tries to lighten things up this week and Dr. Sydnee and Justin explore the chuckle-worthy history of tickling. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxp...

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Sawbones: Eugenics

Episode Date: August 17, 2017

This week on Sawbones, join Justin and Dr. Sydnee for a timely, tragic history of eugenics. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

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Sawbones: Opioid Addiction

Episode Date: August 11, 2017

This week on Sawbones, join Justin and Dr. Sydnee for a sobering look at America's opioid crisis. The bad news: We're all still living in a Sawbones e...

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Sawbones: Mutter Museum

Episode Date: July 20, 2017

Philadelphia is home not only to the most recent Sawbones live show, but also one of the world's most unusual museums -- The Mutter Museum -- a collec...