In this episode, the Sick Man plays the role of Prometheus; the Titan who stole fire from the gods and gave it to humanity so we could do stuff (and to piss off Zeus). Light your inner spark for the Myth of Prometheus. Support the show Host: Brad Cartner Show Producer: Greg O’Brien Sound Engineer: Derek Welsman Music: Brad Cartner Officer Wilfert: Adam Carter FOR FULL PODCAST DETAILS, NEWS AND DIRECTORIES visit us on our MAIN WEBSITE at https://www.sickmantalking.ca/ or visit our HOST WEBSITE on...
Jun 26, 2025•37 min•Ep. 52
In this episode, join the Sick Man as he brings you the shocking, explosive finale of the Fake Cop Trilogy. The Fake Cop is back from Beverly Hills and back in Newmarket. Prepared to start a new life, a new nemesis steps forward, threatening the Fake Cop’s job and dream, leading to a showdown Newmarket has never seen before. Some men play by the rules. Some men break them. They will all face the heat. This is Newmarket Heat. Support the show Host: Brad Cartner Show Producer: Greg O’Brien Sound E...
Jun 19, 2025•42 min•Ep. 51
In part two of the Fake Cop Trilogy, the Fake Cop goes to Beverly Hills to investigate the murder of a childhood friend. Froot Loops, fentanyl, bearer bonds, and a fake cop on the edge who absolutely hates traveling. This is Beverly Hills Fake Cop. Support the show Host: Brad Cartner Show Producer: Greg O’Brien Sound Engineer: Derek Welsman Music: Brad Cartner Officer Wilfert: Adam Carter FOR FULL PODCAST DETAILS, NEWS AND DIRECTORIES visit us on our MAIN WEBSITE at https://www.sickmantalking.ca...
Jun 09, 2025•1 hr•Ep. 50
In this episode, the Sick Man returns with the Fake Cop, film noir-style. In the first part of this trilogy, the Fake Cop gets mixed up with a washed up hockey player, a powerful gangster, and a very dangerous femme fatale. A tale of love, murder, the mall, and hockey. To Love and Die in Newmarket. Support the show Host: Brad Cartner Show Producer: Greg O’Brien Sound Engineer: Derek Welsman Music: Brad Cartner Officer Wilfert: Adam Carter FOR FULL PODCAST DETAILS, NEWS AND DIRECTORIES visit us o...
May 29, 2025•41 min•Ep. 49
In this episode, the Sick Man talks about PTSD. He gives a history of it, why it happens, what it does, and who it affects. Then he shares his own experiences, and the experiences of other people. Support the show Host: Brad Cartner Show Producer: Greg O’Brien Sound Engineer: Derek Welsman Music: Brad Cartner Officer Wilfert: Adam Carter FOR FULL PODCAST DETAILS, NEWS AND DIRECTORIES visit us on our MAIN WEBSITE at https://www.sickmantalking.ca/ or visit our HOST WEBSITE on BuzzSprout at https:/...
May 19, 2025•48 min•Ep. 48
In this episode, the Sick Man talks about the myth of Sisyphus. Punished by the gods to roll a boulder up a hill, only to have it roll back down to do it all over again, for all of eternity. Sound familiar? Relatable? Join the Sick Man as he explores how Sisyphus may feel about his punishment. There’s a chance he may not mind it. Support the show Host: Brad Cartner Show Producer: Greg O’Brien Sound Engineer: Derek Welsman Music: Brad Cartner Officer Wilfert: Adam Carter FOR FULL PODCAST DETAILS,...
May 09, 2025•51 min•Ep. 47
In this episode, the Sick Man provides an addendum (two of them) for his previous episode about his latest hospital adventure(s). He also displays concern that he can’t tell the difference between his show and his real life. Support the show Host: Brad Cartner Show Producer: Greg O’Brien Sound Engineer: Derek Welsman Music: Brad Cartner Officer Wilfert: Adam Carter FOR FULL PODCAST DETAILS, NEWS AND DIRECTORIES visit us on our MAIN WEBSITE at https://www.sickmantalking.ca/ or visit our HOST WEBS...
Apr 29, 2025•34 min•Ep. 46
In this episode, the Sick Man brings back a familiar character to tell the story of his most recent hospital adventure. Condolences to the Mendoza family. Support the show Host: Brad Cartner Show Producer: Greg O’Brien Sound Engineer: Derek Welsman Music: Brad Cartner Officer Wilfert: Adam Carter FOR FULL PODCAST DETAILS, NEWS AND DIRECTORIES visit us on our MAIN WEBSITE at https://www.sickmantalking.ca/ or visit our HOST WEBSITE on BuzzSprout at https://sickmantalkingpodcast.buzzsprout.com/ Kee...
Apr 19, 2025•39 min•Ep. 45
On a Very Special Episode of Sick Man Talking: On March 12th 2025, the Sick Man was contacted by a person calling themselves a podcast promoter. Intrigued for several reasons, he hired them. It would lead him down a twisting path of fake ratings, fake comments, fake subscriptions, and fake people. Fakery. Join the Sick Man as he exposes the dark underbelly of the podcast promotion business. Where anything is possible, and nothing is real… This is the Fake Episode. Support the show Host: Brad Car...
Apr 03, 2025•45 min•Ep. 44
In March of 1993, a 19-year-old Sick Man was recruited onto a men’s slow pitch team, with promises of fortune and fame. It would change his life forever. Money, fame, women, alcohol, cars, gambling, scandals, cigarettes, hotdogs, hamburgers, beer gardens, picnic tables, gardening gloves, injuries, pills, SWAT cops, steroids. Join the Sick Man as he recounts the tragic, true rise and fall story of a young slow pitch prodigy, and how it almost ended his life. Support the show Host: Brad Cartner Sh...
Mar 27, 2025•39 min•Ep. 43
A Sick Man Talking EXCLUSIVE: They tried to erase it from the local history books; now it gets told for the first time. In October 1990, a 17-year-old Sick Man began working in Newmarket’s Upper Canada Mall selling shoes. It would change his life forever. Join the Sick Man in this Very Special Episode as he goes back to the mall and inside the events of the most explosive story in Upper Canada Mall history: The Great North American Shoe Wars of the 1990s. A Sick Man Talking Exclusive. Coming to ...
Mar 13, 2025•41 min•Ep. 42
In this episode, the Sick Man reveals the fate of his missing Dick Pot producer Greg, and has a new message for Jeff Bezos. Then he embarrasses himself by modernizing one of his favourite Greek myths and tragic love stories, Orpheus and Eurydice. Support the show Host: Brad Cartner Show Producer: Greg O’Brien Sound Engineer: Derek Welsman Music: Brad Cartner Officer Wilfert: Adam Carter FOR FULL PODCAST DETAILS, NEWS AND DIRECTORIES visit us on our MAIN WEBSITE at https://www.sickmantalking.ca/ ...
Mar 08, 2025•47 min•Ep. 41
In this episode, the Sick Man gives an update on his war with Jeff Bezos and the fate of his Dick Pot producer, Greg. Then he talks about Vikings, Valkyries, and Valhalla. Support the show Host: Brad Cartner Show Producer: Greg O’Brien Sound Engineer: Derek Welsman Music: Brad Cartner Officer Wilfert: Adam Carter FOR FULL PODCAST DETAILS, NEWS AND DIRECTORIES visit us on our MAIN WEBSITE at https://www.sickmantalking.ca/ or visit our HOST WEBSITE on BuzzSprout at https://sickmantalkingpodcast.bu...
Feb 28, 2025•44 min•Ep. 40
In this episode, the Sick Man is too sick to talk. So he presents you with Greatest Hits Vol I: The Early Stuff. This is a collection of some of his most popular recordings from episodes 1-17. Revisit some of your early favorites, or perhaps hear them for the first time. This is the Greatest Hits Episode. Support the show Host: Brad Cartner Show Producer: Greg O’Brien Sound Engineer: Derek Welsman Music: Brad Cartner Officer Wilfert: Adam Carter FOR FULL PODCAST DETAILS, NEWS AND DIRECTORIES vis...
Feb 17, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 39
n this episode, the Sick Man talks about his greatest enemy: math. And how a learning disability was ignored by every educator around him. This is the "I Suck at Math Episode". Support the show Host: Brad Cartner Show Producer: Greg O’Brien Sound Engineer: Derek Welsman Music: Brad Cartner Officer Wilfert: Adam Carter FOR FULL PODCAST DETAILS, NEWS AND DIRECTORIES visit us on our MAIN WEBSITE at https://www.sickmantalking.ca/ or visit our HOST WEBSITE on BuzzSprout at https://sickmantalkingpodca...
Feb 06, 2025•36 min•Ep. 38
In this episode, the Sick Man talks about a position as old as time. One you’re perhaps caught in right now. Meet Scylla and Charybdis. Support the show Host: Brad Cartner Show Producer: Greg O’Brien Sound Engineer: Derek Welsman Music: Brad Cartner Officer Wilfert: Adam Carter FOR FULL PODCAST DETAILS, NEWS AND DIRECTORIES visit us on our MAIN WEBSITE at https://www.sickmantalking.ca/ or visit our HOST WEBSITE on BuzzSprout at https://sickmantalkingpodcast.buzzsprout.com/ Keep up to date and LI...
Jan 30, 2025•29 min•Ep. 37
In this episode, the Sick Man attempts to rescue his dick pot producer Greg, who has been allegedly kidnapped by Jeff Bezos. Then, he talks about a night at McDonald’s in 1996, where he witnessed the greatest practical joke of all time. Support the show Host: Brad Cartner Show Producer: Greg O’Brien Sound Engineer: Derek Welsman Music: Brad Cartner Officer Wilfert: Adam Carter FOR FULL PODCAST DETAILS, NEWS AND DIRECTORIES visit us on our MAIN WEBSITE at https://www.sickmantalking.ca/ or visit o...
Jan 24, 2025•31 min•Ep. 36
In this Very Special Episode, the Sick Man goes back in time, and gives you a late-night, 70s-style FM radio program. Join him as he plays all the songs featured on his earlier episodes; Lady Gaga, Elvis, Guns n’ Roses, the Rolling Stones and more. Plus amazing new remixes that you can totally dance, chill, or groove to. This is the Remix Episode. Support the show Host: Brad Cartner Show Producer: Greg O’Brien Sound Engineer: Derek Welsman Music: Brad Cartner Officer Wilfert: Adam Carter FOR FUL...
Jan 17, 2025•48 min•Ep. 35
For this week’s episode, the Sick Man talks about how his life and thoughts (and perhaps yours) differ from conventional tradition. Welcome to the Inverse World. Support the show Host: Brad Cartner Show Producer: Greg O’Brien Sound Engineer: Derek Welsman Music: Brad Cartner Officer Wilfert: Adam Carter FOR FULL PODCAST DETAILS, NEWS AND DIRECTORIES visit us on our MAIN WEBSITE at https://www.sickmantalking.ca/ or visit our HOST WEBSITE on BuzzSprout at https://sickmantalkingpodcast.buzzsprout.c...
Jan 10, 2025•41 min•Ep. 34
In the final part of the Newmarket Kids Trilogy, the Sick Man talks about the summer of 1986, when an arsonist terrorized his hometown of Newmarket, Ontario, Canada. Join him as he runs down the dramatic events in chronological order, and tells the story about how he and his childhood best friend tried to catch the arsonist when they were 13. Support the show Host: Brad Cartner Show Producer: Greg O’Brien Sound Engineer: Derek Welsman Music: Brad Cartner Officer Wilfert: Adam Carter FOR FULL POD...
Jan 02, 2025•36 min•Ep. 33
In this Very Special Episode, the Sick Man brings you part two of his ongoing Newmarket Kids Trilogy. Join him as he leads you on an epic adventure through the Forest, a legendary landmark behind his childhood school Glen Cedar. Leap multiple timelines. Get chased by dogs and bullies. Learn how to win a crabapple war. Down every twist, turn, path, trail, hide, holler, and hill, waits a new story … Support the show Host: Brad Cartner Show Producer: Greg O’Brien Sound Engineer: Derek Welsman Music...
Dec 19, 2024•39 min•Ep. 32
In this episode, the Sick Man takes you on an epic adventure through the Southern Serengeti, announces his plans to move to Australia to become a crocodile celebrity, and finally brings his brutal war with Google to a close. Support the show Host: Brad Cartner Show Producer: Greg O’Brien Sound Engineer: Derek Welsman Music: Brad Cartner Officer Wilfert: Adam Carter FOR FULL PODCAST DETAILS, NEWS AND DIRECTORIES visit us on our MAIN WEBSITE at https://www.sickmantalking.ca/ or visit our HOST WEBS...
Dec 11, 2024•37 min•Ep. 31
In this episode, the Sick Man talks about his 25 year battle to keep flesh on his body. This is the Involuntary Weight Loss Episode. Support the show Host: Brad Cartner Show Producer: Greg O’Brien Sound Engineer: Derek Welsman Music: Brad Cartner Officer Wilfert: Adam Carter FOR FULL PODCAST DETAILS, NEWS AND DIRECTORIES visit us on our MAIN WEBSITE at https://www.sickmantalking.ca/ or visit our HOST WEBSITE on BuzzSprout at https://sickmantalkingpodcast.buzzsprout.com/ Keep up to date and LIKE ...
Dec 04, 2024•33 min•Ep. 30
In this episode, the Sick Man tells a Rocky-style story about a piece of geography he went to war with in the summer of 2009. Then, he releases a classic series of short recordings from a long time ago, and finishes by attempting to sing for the first time in 12 years (he fails). Support the show Host: Brad Cartner Show Producer: Greg O’Brien Sound Engineer: Derek Welsman Music: Brad Cartner Officer Wilfert: Adam Carter FOR FULL PODCAST DETAILS, NEWS AND DIRECTORIES visit us on our MAIN WEBSITE ...
Nov 29, 2024•20 min•Ep. 29
In 2006, the Sick Man bought a retired police car. For the next three years, he went on a reign of terror. This is the Cop Car Episode. Support the show Host: Brad Cartner Show Producer: Greg O’Brien Sound Engineer: Derek Welsman Music: Brad Cartner Officer Wilfert: Adam Carter FOR FULL PODCAST DETAILS, NEWS AND DIRECTORIES visit us on our MAIN WEBSITE at https://www.sickmantalking.ca/ or visit our HOST WEBSITE on BuzzSprout at https://sickmantalkingpodcast.buzzsprout.com/ Keep up to date and LI...
Nov 20, 2024•32 min•Ep. 28
In this episode, the Sick Man takes you on a psychedelic trip through a car wash, then considers becoming an Instagram influencer. Keep up to date and LIKE US ON FACEBOOK at https://www.facebook.com/sickmantalking Join our FACEBOOK COMMUNITY at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1113434209965784/ and on INSTAGRAM at https://www.instagram.com/luigivampa44/ SUPPORT THE SICK MAN TALKING AT https://www.buymeacoffee.com/sickmantalking https://www.buzzsprout.com/2352199/support QUESTIONS OR COMMENT DROP ...
Nov 11, 2024•36 min•Ep. 27
In this very special episode, the Sick Man celebrates Halloween. Join him as he re-creates scenes from classic horror stories, contacts a spirit in his room, and succumbs to a murderous paranoid breakdown. Additional credit to Stephen King, Paranoid: A Chant, 1985; George A. Romero, Night of the Living Dead, 1968. Support the show Host: Brad Cartner Show Producer: Greg O’Brien Sound Engineer: Derek Welsman Music: Brad Cartner Officer Wilfert: Adam Carter FOR FULL PODCAST DETAILS, NEWS AND DIRECT...
Oct 26, 2024•57 min•Ep. 26
A Sick Man Talking EXCLUSIVE: A story 37 years in the making. They tried to erase it from the history books; now, it gets told for the first time in its entirety. Join the Sick Man as he goes inside one of the most explosive events in Newmarket history. Support the show Host: Brad Cartner Show Producer: Greg O’Brien Sound Engineer: Derek Welsman Music: Brad Cartner Officer Wilfert: Adam Carter FOR FULL PODCAST DETAILS, NEWS AND DIRECTORIES visit us on our MAIN WEBSITE at https://www.sickmantalki...
Oct 18, 2024•35 min•Ep. 25
In his Comeback Episode, the Sick Man sits down with America to lecture them about bacon. Then, he tells the strange and tragic tale of an FBI agent named John O’Neill. Support the show Host: Brad Cartner Show Producer: Greg O’Brien Sound Engineer: Derek Welsman Music: Brad Cartner Officer Wilfert: Adam Carter FOR FULL PODCAST DETAILS, NEWS AND DIRECTORIES visit us on our MAIN WEBSITE at https://www.sickmantalking.ca/ or visit our HOST WEBSITE on BuzzSprout at https://sickmantalkingpodcast.buzzs...
Oct 11, 2024•35 min•Ep. 24
In this episode of Sick Man Talking, there is no Sick Man. Instead, fans talk about Sick Man Talking. This is the Fans Episode. Support the show Host: Brad Cartner Show Producer: Greg O’Brien Sound Engineer: Derek Welsman Music: Brad Cartner Officer Wilfert: Adam Carter FOR FULL PODCAST DETAILS, NEWS AND DIRECTORIES visit us on our MAIN WEBSITE at https://www.sickmantalking.ca/ or visit our HOST WEBSITE on BuzzSprout at https://sickmantalkingpodcast.buzzsprout.com/ Keep up to date and LIKE US ON...
Sep 27, 2024•37 min•Ep. 23
