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Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

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Ep 133Sawbones: Earaches

Last week on Sawbones, we moved into your ear. This week on Sawbones, we're staying put with an episoe about the dizzying number of ways we've profaned mice to fix earaches. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

Apr 21, 201631 min

Ep 132Sawbones: Earwax

This week on Sawbones, we make earwax way, way worse before we remove all of it. Well, most of it. You gotta leave some you know, it's good for you. Eh, you should probably just listen. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

Apr 15, 201633 min

Ep 131Sawbones: Hydrogen Peroxide

In what may be the most shocking episode of Sawbones to date, we reveal the dirty truth about hydrogen peroxide: It's maybe not so useful for anything. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

Apr 7, 201638 min

Ep 130Sawbones: Hemophilia

Dr. Sydnee and Justin try to apologize for their poopie episode with an episode about blood. They are bad at apologizing. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

Mar 31, 201636 min

Ep 129Sawbones: Poop

Welp, here's an episode about poop. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

Mar 24, 201651 min

Ep 128Sawbones: Your Goofiest Medical Questions: Answered

It's #MaxFunDrive time and Justin and Sydnee are marking the occasion with a special episode in which all of your goofiest, most embarrassing medical questions will be answered by Dr. Sydnee. The link to donate? Well, so happy you asked! Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

Mar 17, 201651 min

Ep 127Sawbones: Vinegar

This week on Sawbones, Justin and Sydnee harness the power of history's longest lasting, most widespread and (perhaps) least effective home remedy. The good news about vinegar? Still great on fries. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

Mar 10, 201638 min

Ep 126Sawbones: Hookworm

This week on Sawbones, Justin and Sydnee have been working in the coal mine, and paying REAL close attention to where they step in the their history of hookworm. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

Mar 4, 201633 min

Ep 125Sawbones: The King of Quacks

This week on Sawbones, Justin and Sydnee return to the fertile land of patent medicine quacks to introduce you to Curtis Howe Springer, the King of Quacks. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

Feb 25, 201630 min

Ep 124Sawbones: Heartburn

This week on Sawbones, Justin and Sydnee eat some coral in a misguided attempt to cure their heartburn (while upsetting as little of the ecosystem as possible). Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

Feb 19, 201634 min

Ep 123Sawbones: Crystal Healing

This week on Sawbones, Justin and Sydnee really "rock out" with an episode all about the healing power of crystals. Get it? Rock out? Man, that's one great joke. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

Feb 11, 201638 min

Ep 122Sawbones: Zika Virus

This week on Sawbones, a new disease is taking the world by storm and Sydnee and Justin are there to explain what everyone is so freaked out about. Well, Sydnee explains. Justin freaks out. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

Feb 4, 201646 min

Ep 121Sawbones: The People vs. The Spleen

This week on Sawbones, it's The Trial of The Century as Justin tries to prove to Sydnee once and for all that the spleen is useless. Take your seats, here comes the judge. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

Jan 28, 201636 min

Ep 120Sawbones: Nosebleeds

This week on Sawbones, Justin and Sydnee have got some wicked nosebleeds, but it's no problem: They've got some Doug to stuff up there. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

Jan 22, 201636 min

Ep 119Sawbones: Green Sickness

his week on Sawbones, Justin and Sydnee drop out of school and have some pre-marital sex to cure their pseudo-anemia. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

Jan 18, 201634 min

Ep 118Sawbones: Fasting

This week on Sawbones, Justin and Sydnee finally kick the eating habit as they explore the often-disturbing history of fasting. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

Jan 6, 201630 min

Ep 117Sawbones: Christmas is Trying to Kill You

This week on Sawbones, Live from Huntington, WV and Candlenights 2015: CHRISTMAS IS TRYING TO KILL YOU. Grandma. Egg nog. Trees. Mistletoe. The Grinch. RUN. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

Dec 23, 201533 min

Ep 116Sawbones: Scurvy

This week on Sawbones, we put the lime in the coconut and the severity of our scurvy is not diminished in the slightest. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

Dec 18, 201534 min

Ep 115Sawbones: Gunshot Wounds

This week on Sawbones, Dr. Sydnee and Justin provide a brief history of caring for gunshot wounds. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

Dec 10, 201536 min

Ep 114Sawbones: Scarlet Fever

This week on Sawbones, Dr. Sydnee and Justin discuss one reason the world is a little less scary for today's parents: The history of scarlet fever. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

Dec 4, 201536 min

Ep 113Sawbones: The Poison Squad

This week on Sawbones, Dr. Sydnee and Justin highlight some of medicine's most incredible superheroes. Their power? Eating trash and not dying. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

Nov 27, 201535 min

Ep 112Sawbones: The Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits

This week on Sawbones, Sydnee and Justin are back with, and we don't think we're exaggerating here: The weirdest story they've ever told. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

Nov 18, 201535 min

Ep 111Sawbones: Nursing

This week on Sawbones, Sydnee and Justin finally stick it to Joy Behar (just a couple months too late to be relevant) with their brief history of nursing. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

Nov 5, 201540 min

Ep 110Sawbones: Medical History Halloween Costumes

This week on Sawbones, Sydnee and Justin dip into their archives to find some great/terrible ideas for costumes from the history of medicine. Also: Spooky medical stories to help you impress around the campfire! Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

Oct 30, 201531 min

Ep 109Sawbones: Roundworm

This week on Sawbones, Sydnee and Justin embark on a tour of the history of roundworms, in an episode Sydnee says will be just "Part 1" of the history of roundworms, which Justin finds horrifying, for the record. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

Oct 22, 201534 min

Ep 108Sawbones: Lyme Disease

This week on Sawbones, Justin and Sydnee are dodging ticks as we explore the surprisingly short history of Lyme Disease. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

Oct 16, 201537 min

Ep 107Sawbones: Near-Death Experiences

This week on Sawbones, Oh No Ross and Carrie! hosts Ross Blocher and Carrie Poppy hosts step in for Sydnee and Justin as part of the Max Fun Great Switcheroo as they look into the history of near-death experiences. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

Oct 8, 201544 min

Ep 106Sawbones: Aah, Real Monsters!

This week on Sawbones, Sydnee and guest star Rileigh Smirl introduce you to the diseases at the root of some monsters myths. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

Oct 1, 201533 min

Ep 105Sawbones: Snakes

This week on Sawbones, it's Part Three of our series of putting pet-centric illness on BLAST. This week, we put snakes on a plane. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

Sep 24, 201534 min

Ep 104Sawbones: Lice

Lice are gross. That is all. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

Sep 16, 201534 min

Ep 103Sawbones: Cats

This week on Sawbones, it's Part Two of our series of putting pet-centric illness on BLAST. This week, live from Vancouver, we give kitties the business. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

Sep 10, 201528 min

Ep 102Sawbones: Birds

This week on Sawbones, it's Part One of our series of putting pet-centric illness on BLAST. This week, live from Seattle, we finally give birds their due. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

Sep 2, 201533 min

Ep 101Sawbones: Love

This week on Sawbones, we celebrate 100 episodes of Sawbones as Justin and Dr. Sydnee pat themselves on the back, talk about the history of their show (and marriage) and explore the medical history of love. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

Aug 26, 201535 min

Ep 100Sawbones: Conjoined Twins

This week on Sawbones, Justin and Dr. Sydnee explore the strange, sad and even occassionally lovely history of conjoined twins. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

Aug 21, 201534 min

Ep 99Sawbones: 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

Aug 13, 201536 min

Ep 98Sawbones: 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

Aug 5, 201530 min

Ep 97Sawbones: 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

Jul 30, 201538 min

Ep 96The 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

Jul 24, 201533 min

Ep 95Sawbones: 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

Jul 15, 201535 min

Ep 94Sawbones: 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

Jul 9, 201531 min

Ep 93Sawbones: 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

Jul 2, 201534 min

Ep 92Sawbones: 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

Jun 25, 201534 min

Ep 91Sawbones: 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

Jun 17, 201537 min

Ep 90Sawbones: 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

Jun 10, 201535 min

Ep 89Sawbones: Poison Ivy

This week on Sawbones, you're gonna need an ocean of calamine lotion as Justin and Sydnee explore the weird history of poison ivy. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

Jun 3, 201531 min

Ep 88Sawbones: Typhoid Mary

This week on Sawbones, Justin and Sydnee share medical history's greatest present the sad story of one of medicine's most mistreated "villains." Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

May 20, 201534 min

Ep 87Sawbones: The Gut Hole Romance

This week on Sawbones, Justin and Sydnee share medical history's greatest will-they/won't-they, the story of a doctor and his muse: A man with a hole in his stomach. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

May 13, 201533 min

Ep 86Sawbones: Sweating Sickness

This week on Sawbones, Justin and Sydnee are gonna make you sweat with their history of the totally bizarre phenomenon known as "Sweating Sickness." Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

May 7, 201535 min

Ep 85Sawbones: Polio

This week on Sawbones, in the last of their three-part series, Dr. Sydnee and Justin explore the dark and light side of swimming pools as they present the triumph over polio. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers (http://thetaxpayers.net)

Apr 29, 201533 min

Ep 84Sawbones: Heroes of Patent Medicine: Volume 3

This week on Sawbones, in the last of their three-part series, Dr. Sydnee and Justin introduce you to some of the craziest operators in the patent medicine game. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers (http://thetaxpayers.net)

Apr 23, 201530 min