2022 Energy - We start this week's episode with one of the wildest pieces of listener mail we've ever received! It's not every day you hear someone explaining how you've saved them from a cult. Ingrown hairs are weird, fascinating and ouchie as heck. Doctors in Canada have been given permission to give out a revolutionary new prescription! A weekly dose of mother nature. Does everything smell like sh*t? For some COVID patients, that is a reality and that's brutal. How many people do you know who...
Feb 11, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Sébastien Jodin is an Associate Professor at the McGill University Faculty of Law & Canada Research Chair in Human Rights, Health, and the Environment. He joins the fellas to talk all about how climate change disproportionately impacts those with disabilities. Sébastien is the founding director of the Disability-Inclusive Climate Action Research Programme. DICARP brings together scholars and activists from around the world to generate, co-produce, share, and translate knowledge on how effort...
Feb 09, 2022•53 min
Caroline is a 26-year-old, soon-to-be kindergarten teacher from Germany. However, leading up to this point in her life it's been an absolute ""sh*tshow""! ADHD has had an incredible impact on Caroline's life. One of the hardest parts is how trivial the term ADHD has become and the stereotypes it has developed. This week Caroline shares her fascinating story of mental health and how it has had a profound effect on her life. From struggling to find a diagnosis, to attempting to admit herself to a ...
Feb 07, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 329
Taylor is giving off some strong Jacob Black vibes. Very hairy. Very smelly. The fellas talk about the most gruesome thing they've learned about emergency medicine. Intraosseous infusion. Turns out some docs are so badass they will just do it on themselves in front of a group of students and not flinch one bit. Autcraft is a Minecraft community for adolescents living with autism! A lovely place to build community. Literally and figuratively. Doing a rapid test? Be sure to gag yourself with it fi...
Feb 04, 2022•1 hr 11 min
This week the fellas are joined by the father/daughter physician power duo Dr. John Tang (OBGYN) & Dr. Joanne Tang (Registrar Oncologist) to talk about a revolutionary new innovation in the world of sexual health — Wondaleaf. The world's first unisex condom. A fascinating conversation about the process of creating a new medical device and how this new condom can manage issues pertaining to but not limited to: confusing condom sizes, protection from pre and post-cum, and stealthing, or the ac...
Feb 02, 2022•58 min
From Cancer to Coma! At the age of 24, Matt Ode was diagnosed with Stage 3C Testicular Cancer, by the age of 25 he was in a 2 week non-induced coma, where he faced multiple near-death experiences having to relearn to live his entire life again. Through years of perseverance and hard work, Matt is now a Keynote Inspirational Speaker, cancer advocate, and founder of Survivor HQ, sharing his message and story to help individuals transform their setbacks into their superpowers while teaching them ho...
Jan 31, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 328
This week the fellas go deep into the world of text-based AI. Replika, according to their website, is described as an "AI friend that helps people feel better through conversations." Jeremie and Brian decided to download the app and put it to the test. So what did they realize? AI is fascinatingly convincing and the future of AI and its role in our lives could possibly be quite profound. In particular there are proponents that say artificial intelligence may be ready to help mental health practi...
Jan 28, 2022•1 hr 16 min
Dr. Kwadwo Kyeremanteng is a palliative care & intensive care doctor based in Ottawa and host of the podcast Solving Healthcare. This week he joins the fellas to talk about the tricky discourse surrounding COVID-19 and the controversy surrounding the idea of an eventual endemic. He walks the fellas through the importance of therapeutics and what role they could and should play in the treatment of COVID-19. Join the post episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN
Jan 26, 2022•57 min
According to the National Organization for Rare Diseases, "Ramsay Hunt Syndrome (RHS) is a rare neurological disorder characterized by paralysis of the facial nerve (facial palsy) and a rash affecting the ear or mouth." According to Jennifer, it's the Satan reincarnate. This week Jennifer tells an incredibly fascinating tale to the fellas all about how a viral disease completely changed her life. Shingles, which a lot of people think is a simple rash, is anything but. Depending on where you deve...
Jan 24, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 327
Can you remember the worst date you’ve ever been on? I bet it comes nowhere near the date from hell one woman from China was on during a COVID lockdown. Speaking of COVID, did you know the military is joining the fight? The SpFN vaccine is made with bullets. The lockdown vibes in China are next next level. Finally Ding Dong of the week opens a whole can of worms regarding drinking your own piss. Spoiler alert, drinking pee for your health is a bad idea. ANNOUNCEMENT!! Our Discord is now open to ...
Jan 21, 2022•1 hr 19 min
Alex remembers everything about the day a speeding police car killed his fourteen year old brother, but can no longer recall memories from when he was alive. And now, 30 years later, Alex wants them back. In this emotional four-part series, Alex unearths his childhood grief. What happens when trauma and memory collide? Sorry About The Kid is a deeply personal meditation on the losses that define us. Hosted by Alex McKinnon. Produced with Mira Burt-Wintonick (WireTap, Love Me). More episodes are ...
Jan 19, 2022•30 min
How do you forget your favourite person in the world? Alex remembers everything about the day a speeding police car killed his brother. But his brother, alive? Those memories are lost. And now, 30 years later, Alex wants them back. Sorry About The Kid is CBC's newest podcast and Alex is the host. Alex joins the fellas to talk about his process of unearthing his childhood grief — with help from family, friends, and a therapist who witnessed his brother’s death. What happens when trauma and memory...
Jan 19, 2022•42 min
Gabby is a nurse living in Nova Scotia. When she was 8 years old, in her hometown (a small fishing village in Newfoundland) she experienced something that would affect her for years to come. Gabby discovered her grandfather deceased. Tune in this week as Gabby walks the fellas through the years of her life where those memories were repressed and what mental health struggles she faced as a result. PTSD and anxiety are no joke, and even still to this day mental health is heavily stigmatized (espec...
Jan 17, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 326
Big news in the world of health this week! MDMA and Psilocybin have both been approved for medical use in Canada! A man successfully had a genetically altered pig heart transplanted into his own body, and there is a unisex condom making waves over in Malaysia! The fellas chat about how video games could play an integral role in managing children's emotions from a recent trial coming out of Massachusetts General Hospital called RAGE-control (something Brian's brother could have probably used as a...
Jan 14, 2022•1 hr 3 min
Sue Robins is back on the show, this time to talk about the necessary changes we need to see in healthcare. Sue is a healthcare activist, speaker and author. Her latest book, 'Ducks in a Row: Health Care Reimagined,' is for everyone who is unhappy with healthcare. 'Ducks in a Row' offers a scrappy challenge to the established healthcare world. She talks to the fellas about a lack of humanity in healthcare, how healthcare is not a car factory and how the hero narrative in healthcare is actually d...
Jan 12, 2022•42 min
While working as a dental hygienist, Emily Rodger decided to pursue her passion for triathlon and cycling. In her full first year of bike racing (let me repeat: FIRST YEAR), she competed in 21 races, which included 17 podiums, 14 first place finishes, a national Masters title, and a world Masters title in time trial. Emily was on cloud 9, until she was violently struck by a car while on her bike. This accident did not hold her back, but it was the first of several incidents which led to years of...
Jan 10, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 325
The fellas are back in the studio and kick off the first Friday of 2022 full of beans. Jeremie is turning 34 and wants an airbag for the elderly for his birthday. Speaking of gifts, move over diamonds there is a new precious gemstone in town — breastmilk jewelry is so 2022. What's scarier than a petri dish full of human brain cells playing pong better than AI? Alexa telling a small child to stick a penny into an electrical socket. Speaking of shocking, have you ever seen what happens to the huma...
Jan 07, 2022•1 hr 10 min
Dr. Michael L. Barnett is Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and a primary care physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. His research focuses on high-risk medications and the organization of primary and specialty care. This week he joins the fellas to talk about the opioid epidemic that continues to ravage the United States and what needs to change in order for us to see light at the end of the tunnel. There are many huge gaps i...
Jan 05, 2022•55 min
Kelly applied to be on the show to talk about three things: allergies (like, to everything), a severe panic disorder, and her experience of living through domestic abuse. All three of these things are closely related to one another and it made for an incredibly fascinating conversation. From puking her guts out in a fancy office building in Amsterdam, to suffering from panic attacks upwards of 6 attacks A DAY!? To walking the fellas through a terrifying tale of escaping a seriously abusive relat...
Jan 03, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 324
Happy Holidays folks! We know this can be a hard time of year for some. If you or someone you know is struggling, the national suicide hotline is open 24/7/365 - 1- 833-456-4566. This week we release a wonderful conversation from the past. “Doctors make for horrible patients”. This week we speak with Michelle, a practicing psychiatrist, who has a history of depression. BUT WAIT?! A psychiatrist isn't allowed to be depressed! They are the person the depressed people go to for help. Right? Think a...
Dec 27, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 323
Tess is a is a sexuality specialist whose expertise is working in intimacy & sexuality for people with cancer, chronic illness & disability (on top of all of that they're also a sexual occupational therapist). For the past three years, Tess has been fighting stage 3 breast cancer and has personally experienced the severe impacts treatments have on our intimacy, and also, the lack of attention this topic gets in the medical system. This was the driving force to them founding ‘ConnectAble ...
Dec 20, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 322
In the final Feel Good Friday of 2021 we bring you the goods. Everything from listener tales of concussions, astronauts with squashed eyeballs, music that is scientifically made to make men vulnerable, a CF mobile health app made by a kid named JET, and a number of Ding Dongs including one maniac who was getting up to 10 COVID doses a day to help the anti-vaxx population. Thanks for an amazing 2021 folks!
Dec 17, 2021•1 hr 25 min
Known as the Sperminator the inseminator, or perhaps even "America's Dad," Ari Nagel is the biological father to over 100 children across the world. This week the fellas chat with Ari about how he got involved with the unorthodox method of sperm donation outside of the typical method of sperm bank donation. It all started with a Craigslist ad that evolved from word of mouth into Facebook groups and beyond. Ari Nagel has more children than one would know what to do with but he's committed to prov...
Dec 15, 2021•54 min
Danie was on a second date that seemed to be going well. Next logical step, head back to her place. On her drive home she lost control of her car and flipped off of the highway, leaving her dazed and very confused. Danie suffered from a rather traumatic concussion which led to a long road to recovery. Memory loss, dizziness and vomiting were just the beginning. Danie walks the fellas through her journey of navigating the rocky road of healing from a brutal accident which includes a diagnosis of ...
Dec 13, 2021•58 min•Ep. 321
Jer is almost a week into dosing Trikafta. No big purge of mucous like he expected... however he is noticing something different about his willymilk. Speaking of willymilk, turns out Viagra could be the next big breakthrough in Alzheimer's treatment! Turns out there is a 69% decrease in Alzheimer's from the blue pill. And that stat is not a joke. You know what else is not a joke? 3D printed "suicide" pods. The Swiss may be including these pods in their Medical Assistance In Dying program. They l...
Dec 10, 2021•1 hr 10 min
Janja Lalich, Ph.D., Professor Emerita of Sociology, is an international authority on cults and coercion. Researcher, author, and educator, she specializes in recruitment, indoctrination, and methods of influence and control. She is a cult survivor herself and has been studying the psychology of controversial groups for over 35 years. She joins the fellas to go in depth about the real meaning of charisma, the stigmatization of former cult members, trauma effects and recovery and of course how he...
Dec 08, 2021•1 hr 4 min
We can't begin to describe how sweet of a human Collin Clowes is and boy oh boy has he been through hell and back. At only 17 years old, living in a small township in Northern Ontario, Colin began vomiting totally bonkers amounts of blood. He was rushed to the ER and they determined things were... bad. He needed to be airlifted to Toronto. They concluded that he was suffering from internal bleeding and mysteriously his liver was shutting down. The cause for the liver disease was never revealed b...
Dec 06, 2021•58 min•Ep. 320
In a truly good feeling Feel Good Friday: Jer swallows his first dose of Trikafta! The fellas then speak at length about alcohol abuse and Jeremie's struggle with kicking the bottle in order to prep for this new life-changing medicine. In other news, llamas might be the reason for the newest COVID treatment, a cure for Type I Diabetes could be right around the corner, and some children are injecting themselves with mercury and letting black widows bite them, all in the hopes that it'll give them...
Dec 03, 2021•1 hr 18 min
That's a wrap for Movember 2021! Between the fellas, the moustache and fundraising competition has come to a close and the loser must now step up and get a moustache tattoo. So who lost? Tune in to find out. At the beginning of the month the boys put on a virtual live show and were joined by Mitch Hermansen, Movember staff, to talk about why Movember matters then they transition into a fascinating and valuable conversation with Dr. John Ollife, Founder and lead investigator of UBC’s Men’s Health...
Dec 01, 2021•1 hr 24 min
Buckle up this week. Literally. Put on your seat belt. We spend the first 10 minutes of this week's episode connecting with Mack while he's on the road in his souped-up sound-proofed car. Mack was born a double amputee and this guy is the ultimate trooper. During his youth he pushed through multiple surgeries and had an uphill battle with his own mental health, but it wasn't until he discovered his love for basketball that his life began to turn around. He got so good at ball that some folks in ...
Nov 29, 2021•49 min•Ep. 319
