Cenobites are a small price to pay when having fun and learning too! The health care system is a hot dumpster fire everywhere you look! In the U.S. an ER called 911 on themselves?! Asexuality doesn't get much air time, but one psych researcher is looking to change that! One woman had to beg for care at the IWK while going through labour. The clitoris is absolutely jam packed with nerve fibres, and one doctor has discovered the actual number of nerve fibres all thanks to gender affirming surgerie...
Nov 11, 2022•1 hr 7 min
Leanne Huvenaars is a Metis dental hygienist from Saskatchewan who has previously served as the President of the Canadian Dental Hygienists Association. She is the co-owner of Tisdale Dental and Dental Hygiene Clinic and T2 Dental and Dental Hygiene clinic. This week she joins Jer and Brian to discuss her work, the importance of dental care, and how Indigenous folks in Canada are suffering from much higher rates of disease and decay. She also informs us how bad not flossing really is!
Nov 09, 2022•36 min
Dylan is a new father, a dancer, actor, stunt performer and bar manager at Halifax's Bar Kismet! He also is dealing with an inflammatory disease called Ankylosing Spondylitis. Over time this disease can cause some of the bones in the spine (vertebrae) to fuse. Dylan joins the boys to discuss how he's managed to navigate life as an extremely physical person while dealing with a genetic illness that has a massive physical impact, and how our physical health is in a way attached to our mental healt...
Nov 07, 2022•1 hr 9 min
The boys are back! This week Taylor and Jeremie discuss how thousands of people at Shanghai’s Disney Resort were locked inside during a COVID outbreak - FUN! Taylor has a horrible recurring nightmare. Luckily scientists have discovered a way to turn your bad dreams into good dreams! An Iranian man who didn't wash for half a century dies at 94 after he finally took a bath. Apparently nuns watch porn. Finally the fellas talk about how scientists have grown human brain cells in rat pups in the hope...
Nov 04, 2022•50 min
One more throwback while the boys are on vacation! What consists of a good death? According to Caitlin Doughty, it is staring down your death fears—whether it be your own death, the death of those you love, the pain of dying, the afterlife (or lack thereof), grief, corpses, bodily decomposition, or all of the above. Accepting that death itself is natural, but the death anxiety of modern culture is not. Caitlin is a mortician, activist, and funeral industry rabble-rouser. We dive deep into the di...
Nov 02, 2022•1 hr 4 min
From way back in 2016 is a conversation that stuck with us for years! Stomas, ports, megacolons, no colons, and dogs. This weeks episode is all sorts of silly, disgusting, hilarious, and fascinating. Patrick, much like dog, has only one meter of small intestine. He has Hirschsprung's Disease, a form of megacolon. What is a megacolon? Exactly what it sounds like, a big ass colon. With no colon, a jajunostomy, a port and a useless asshole, Patrick lives a rather interesting life. Get ready for som...
Oct 31, 2022•1 hr 7 min
With the fellas on vacation we throwback to earlier in 2021: A new "Human Challenge Study" is coming to the UK. The gang weigh in on what price is right when risking your wellbeing in the name of science. Speaking of science, some group of smart people are trying to recreate an AI super sniffing robot dog to either sniff out cancer, or eradicate the planet of humans. Good boy. Then the fellas speak with Joshua Keyes, a certified genetic counsellor out of Boulder, Colorado! What the heck is genet...
Oct 28, 2022•1 hr 42 min
Zachariah Churchill is a Canadian MLA from Nova Scotia. He serves as a member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Yarmouth. During his tenure as health minister, Zach committed to providing drug coverage for Trikafta, a life-saving drug for people with cystic fibrosis. In opposition, Zach advocated for this commitment to be followed through and was successful. Cystic fibrosis patients in Nova Scotia began receiving coverage on November 18, 2021. This week Zach joins the fellas to give them ...
Oct 26, 2022•1 hr 4 min
There is no shortage of dating apps out there. You have your Tinders and your Bumbles. But there are also dating apps made specifically for certain groups of the population. Grindr has grown into the largest social networking app for gay, bi, trans, and queer people. There are dating apps for threesomes, for people who live in the countryside, for farmers, for music lovers... But get this: until today, there hasn't been a dating app to connect people who live with disabilities?! Kind of a wild t...
Oct 24, 2022•55 min•Ep. 367
Taylor is in Europe, Brian is off to Antartica. The fellas need a much needed break. This week for FGF we throw back to an early episode of Feel Good Friday featuring the bad ass Dr. Emily Anhalt! She is the CoFounder of Coa, a psychoanalytic psychologist, emotional fitness consultant and all-around promoter of self-awareness in all forms. We talk about the importance of caring for your mental health during these wickety wack times, how to find a therapist that jives with you and more. Then the ...
Oct 21, 2022•1 hr 23 min
Amanda is a Kinesiologist and Certified Clinical Exercise Physiologist. She is also the founder and CEO of iMaster Health. Her experience working in academia and healthcare allowed her to recognize a global gap in rehabilitative care. In turn she built a business focused on implementing technology-based solutions to reduce a major strain on the healthcare systems and improve patients’ quality of life. iMaster health is an online pulmonary rehabilitation program that is available now! Amanda join...
Oct 19, 2022•44 min
Jen and Neil are a happily married couple in their thirties. From the outside, life is picture perfect. But behind their smiles lies a heartbreaking secret: they can’t get pregnant. Join CBC journalist Jen White and her husband Neil Hyde in this intimate and informative eight-part series on their years long struggle with fertility — a journey filled with hormone injections, transvaginal ultrasounds, tears, anxiety, shame, laughter, and hope. Listen to more episodes at: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/...
Oct 18, 2022•39 min
Caden Teneycke joins the fellas once again for a very special live show from the Biltmore Cabaret in beautiful Vancouver, Canada! Caden is 17 years old and is 3.5 ft tall due to a rare form of dwarfism. He joins the fellas to dive into his life as he moves through a massive transition by beginning his very first year at university and living on his own for the very first time. He shows the fellas how he's made his one bedroom apartment accessible, how he modified his lifted Jeep in order to allo...
Oct 17, 2022•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 366
Lo's back!!! That's right, guest host Lauren Skankey popped into the studio to join Jeremie and Brian for this week's Feel Good Friday episode! This week we explore traumatic music festival events, face transplants, a guy who was cut in half by a forklift, a province that has legalized psychedelics for therapeutic treatments, and last but not least, a list of the top 10 worst ways to die! Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN
Oct 14, 2022•1 hr 20 min
Angela Hartlin is the founder of Skin Picking Support, a community that provides resources for those with excoriation disorder and other Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviours (BFRBs). This week Angela joins the guys during BFRB Awareness Week to take them on a journey of recovery, awareness, and advocacy surrounding BFRBs while touching on Angela's personal experience with skin picking. Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN
Oct 12, 2022•1 hr
Jeremy Allen is a funeral home director in Alberta, Canada, where he has the privilege to be able to witness the emotion that is sparked when he helps someone identify where their loss lives. Quinn Furey is also a funeral home director who specializes in the embalming arts. They join the fellas in front of a live studio audience in Edmonton to talk about grieving our pets, our loved ones and the work/tools needed to successfully embalm someone who has died. Join the post-episode conversation ove...
Oct 10, 2022•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 365
This week we cover FGF LIVE from Edmonton. A death-themed episode where we come to terms with our inevitable reality. We cover the story of a medieval ‘vampire’ unearthed with a sickle across her throat to stop her rising from the dead, 7 Unique Burial Rituals Across the World, Jeremie's bizarre experience with sifting through Bigby's ashes, and the fascinating evolution of the Cryonics industry! Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN
Oct 07, 2022•39 min
Lauren Ober is a podcast host and producer. In a life before hosting, Ober was an award-winning audio reporter and has been heard on shows like This American Life, 99% Invisible and Criminal, as well as all of NPR’s flagship programs. Laurens latest podcast The Loudest Girl in the World tells the story of Lauren's journey to understand what the hell it means to be on the autism spectrum and how to live life as a newly diagnosed autistic person. This week Lauren chats with the fellas about what i...
Oct 05, 2022•54 min
This week the guys are joined by Kat, a 25-year-old teacher from Western Australia. They have multiple chronic health conditions such as Ehlers Danlos and Dysautonomia, and in 2018 they developed long-term Serotonin Syndrome. They talk to the guys about a history of illness and how a combination of medications led to their experience with long-term Serotonin Syndrome and how much it completely up-ended their life. Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN
Oct 03, 2022•49 min
Ever meet someone so smart that they make you feel dumb? Well, add Marshall Zhang to that list… A 17-year-old kid who’s pioneer research not only won him a prestigious science fair, but also lead to the creation of the type of drug that’s saving Jeremie’s life. On this week’s Feel Good Friday episode we dive into Marshall’s story, 10 weird but real medical conditions, and uncover a whole whack load of new senses you never knew existed! Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://...
Sep 30, 2022•1 hr 2 min
Dr. Gabor Mate is a Hungarian-Canadian physician and author. He has a background in family practice and a special interest in childhood development, trauma and potential lifelong impacts on physical and mental health including autoimmune disease, cancer, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), addictions and a wide range of other conditions. This week the fellas are honored to chat with Gabor about his new book The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture. Gabor ...
Sep 28, 2022•58 min
This week the fellas sit down and have an incredibly fun conversation with Alex! Alex uses a power wheelchair for mobility which has given him a unique lens of the world. When nothing is made with you in mind, you do a lot of thinking about how things are made. Alex is a self-professed nerd with a love of games (video, board or otherwise). This week he speaks to the fellas about his work as a game designer and an accessibility consultant. Video games galore! Join the post-episode conversation ov...
Sep 26, 2022•56 min•Ep. 363
Sickboy Podcast is BACK on the road baby! This week we bring to you a segment from our raucous live show from one of our favourite cities in Canada, Vancouver. We don't hold back and go deep. Taylor explains how he uses his extreme sucking power to unclog Kylas milk ducts during her bouts of mastitis. Jer unpacks the latest TikTok trend - "The Sleepy Chicken Challenge." A reputable university in England has discovered that smelling your partners farts is good for your health. Also, did you know ...
Sep 23, 2022•29 min
Jake Ernst is a writer, educator, and therapist in Toronto, Canada. Jake is a social worker and psychotherapist. He is interested in unexplored feelings, unprocessed trauma, and unmet attachment needs in childhood adolescence, and adulthood as catalysts for mental unhealth and unwellness. This week he re-joins the fellas to talk about social media and how it is having an impact on the mental well-being of youth today. Sickboy LIVE in Vancouver Tickets: https://admitone.com/events/sickboy-podcast...
Sep 21, 2022•51 min
When Gabby got her IUD, she didn't expect for her whole world to get flipped upside down and spiral into a depression so deep, that she would start to question why she should even be alive. Gabby Scollard is an author, public speaker, and health advocate, all at 19 years old. Her book, Why I Stay, turns Gabby's daily affirmations of why she should live, into a resource for those struggling with their mental health. Sickboy LIVE in Edmonton Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/sickboy-live-in-edm...
Sep 19, 2022•54 min•Ep. 362
You know it’s a party when someone invites strippers to the nursing home. Some folks in Taiwan are not so happy about the Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations. One dad-to-be doesn’t quite understand what the heck is happening when his partner breaks the exciting news. Like some sort of evil Disney character, a “nurse” in Vancouver is facing a slew of charges for pretending to be someone she most certainly was not and did a lot of damage while she was at it. NYC is staring down the barrel of a shotgu...
Sep 16, 2022•53 min
In the U.S., September is 'Prostate Cancer Awareness Month'! This week the guys are joined by Murray Keith Wadsworth, the author of Prostate Cancer: Sheep or Wolf?. He is passionate about spreading the dark truth about prostate cancer. His sudden diagnosis and shocking process to treatment continues to drive him to untangle and share the systemic misinformation around the disease. Murray gives the fellas a breakdown of his cancer journey and how taking his health care into his own hands very wel...
Sep 14, 2022•1 hr 3 min
We’re sharing a special preview of a new podcast, The Loudest Girl in the World from Pushkin Industries. For years, journalist and podcast host Lauren Ober wasn’t all that jazzed about herself. She was always getting in trouble, she had a lot of sensory issues and her anxiety felt off the charts. And then, she found out why — she was autistic. The Loudest Girl in the World tells the story of Lauren’s journey to understand what it means to be on the autism spectrum and how to live life as a newly...
Sep 13, 2022•12 min
This week the fellas are joined by Trevor. A delightful human who has been struggling with post-concussion syndrome and essential tremor. It all began while shopping for an ergonomic chair. After a serious bonk on the head he began to experience some seriously whack symptoms. Hallucinations, horrifying nightmares, tremors and more. Here is a link to some of Trevors work - An Imperfect Guide to Climate and Career https://trevorlehmann.squarespace.com/an-imperfect-guide-to-career-and-climate/home ...
Sep 12, 2022•59 min•Ep. 361
A urologist used an electric truck to power a vasectomy. How annoying would it be to hang out with him for the week after that? "My Rivian vasectomy" this and "My Rivian vasectomy" that! The fellas dive into sports! Specifically soccer and how some players are collapsing on the field mid-game. To combat this, Charlie Wyke explains how his defibrillator, akin to the one Christian Eriksen has, allows him to keep playing football despite suffering from a cardiac arrest last November. Speaking of da...
Sep 09, 2022•53 min
