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Sickboy is the only place where terminal diagnoses can peacefully coexist with jokes we probably shouldn't make. Hosted by three best friends, Jeremie, Brian, and Taylor, this show smashes taboos around illness, death, and everything in between. Inspired by Jeremie’s life with Cystic Fibrosis, we dive headfirst into the uncomfortable, the hilarious, and the heartbreaking. We talk to people living with everything from chronic disease to catastrophic injury, mental health struggles to medical miracles - and we do it with radical empathy, zero BS, and the kind of unfiltered jokes that get us kicked out of support groups. If yo...

I GOT A BAD BITE, 2.0: Feral Cats And Mysterious Bacterial Infections - Feel Good Friday

48 mins; August 10, 2023

Huntington’s Disease And One Womans Relentless Search For Happiness

58 mins; August 08, 2023

Slaying Stigma: HIV Activism with Myles Sexton

63 hours 9 mins; August 06, 2023

Saddle Sores & Penis Fractures: The Worlds Most Dangerous Sex Position - Feel Good Friday

45 mins; August 03, 2023

Cancer, Disability, and the Legal Hustle: Triage Cancer with Monica Fawzy Bryant

48 mins; August 02, 2023

I Can't Piss When You're Watching: Paruresis

46 mins; July 31, 2023

Parasitic Twin: The Stranger Within - Feel Good Friday

62 hours 30 mins; July 27, 2023

From Physician to Patient: Dr. Koffman's Journey with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

73 hours 4 mins; July 25, 2023

Dodging Death, Surviving Cancer and Shifting Careers: Stage IV Melanoma and Addison's Disease

59 mins; July 23, 2023

Down the Rabbit Hole: A Look at the Strange and Surreal World of Alice in Wonderland Syndrome - Feel Good Friday

49 mins; July 21, 2023

Death, Grief, and the Art of Living (But Not Dying Too Soon) w/ Stephen Jenkinson

69 hours 27 mins; July 19, 2023

BPD and the Power of DBT: One Asian Man's Struggle with Mental Health

71 hours 8 mins; July 16, 2023

A Grave Responsibility: USPS's Struggle with Undelivered Cremated Remains

64 hours 19 mins; July 14, 2023

Understanding Asexuality: A Conversation with Aline Laurent-Mayard

64 hours 49 mins; July 11, 2023

Aging Like a Fine Wine: Roy Baird's Bladder Cancer Battle

42 mins; July 10, 2023

Semen Allergy: When Love Juice Makes You Itchy, Scratchy, Or Can Even Kill You

62 hours 1 min; July 07, 2023

You Make Your Path by Walking - Navigating Trauma and Grief

61 hours 51 mins; July 04, 2023

Timmy The Tumor: Benign Brain Tumor and Depression

57 mins; July 03, 2023

The Dark History of Organ Transplantation

64 hours 13 mins; June 29, 2023

When The Ticker Is A Bit Thicker: Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM)

57 mins; June 28, 2023

Immunodeficiencies Unmasked: Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID) and Granulomatous and Lymphocytic Interstitial Lung Disease (GLILD) and the Power of Plasma

63 hours 50 mins; June 25, 2023

Selling Dead People's Faces and Other Body Parts: Harvard's Shocking Morgue Scandal

53 mins; June 22, 2023

The Holy Trinity of Diabetes: Exercise, Nutrition, and Blood Sugar Management

60 hours 23 mins; June 21, 2023

Youthful Swagger and MS: Rachel's Courage In The Face Of Early Onset Multiple Sclerosis

66 hours 50 mins; June 18, 2023

Faking Your Own Death For The Likes, LOL - Feel Good Friday

62 hours 12 mins; June 15, 2023

ICU Delirium: An Absolute F'ing Nightmare

63 hours 18 mins; June 14, 2023

Mommin' on Wheels: Ambulatory Wheelchair User With Spina Bifida & Tethered Cord Syndrome

69 hours 37 mins; June 11, 2023

Point Of Personal Privilege: Jeremie Is Now A Certified Death Doula

64 hours 0 mins; June 08, 2023

Ultra Processed People: Unraveling the Secrets of Ultra Processed Foods with Dr. Chris Van Tulleken

63 hours 55 mins; June 06, 2023

If You Nap, You Die: Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome

69 hours 48 mins; June 04, 2023

Injecting Teenage Plasma: When Daddy Wants to Drink Your Youth

67 hours 21 mins; June 01, 2023

The Not-So-Sugarcoated Truth: Diabetes Stigma with Laura Syron, President & CEO of Diabetes Canada

66 hours 49 mins; May 30, 2023

"She's Mentally Ill": Anxiety & Depression

77 hours 46 mins; May 28, 2023

The Jury Is In Not Out: Marijuana Is Not Okay For Pregnant People

63 hours 47 mins; May 25, 2023

Emancipating Passion: Intellectual Disabilities and the Right to Sexual Fulfillment

92 hours 17 mins; May 23, 2023

Tumor, Laughter, and Everything After: Stage-III Acute Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

68 hours 46 mins; May 21, 2023

Sticky Business: Ejaculation and Prostate Cancer Risk Unveiled! - Feel Good Friday

71 hours 21 mins; May 18, 2023

Ace-ing Relationships: The Unspoken Asexuality Spectrum

44 mins; May 16, 2023

Remembering Brandon - Five Years Since You've Been Gone

77 hours 31 mins; May 14, 2023

Mummy Dearest: The Toraja People and their Undead Loved Ones

75 hours 35 mins; May 11, 2023

Finding Relief From Lifelong Depression: Accelerated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

55 mins; May 09, 2023

Sickboy Introduces: Let’s Not Be Kidding with Gavin Crawford

35 mins; May 09, 2023

OUCHIE - Ejaculating Stones: Seminal Vesicle Calculi

66 hours 39 mins; May 07, 2023

Switching Off Your Swimmers: The Future of Male Contraception - Feel Good Friday

72 hours 47 mins; May 04, 2023

A Comedian, His Mom And Her Dementia: Gavin Crawford

54 mins; May 02, 2023

A Softball Size Tumor But Still Batting 1000: Neurofibromatosis type 2 And Many Other Health Conditions

73 hours 30 mins; April 30, 2023

This Is Snot A Joke: The Link Between Nose-Picking and Alzheimer's

64 hours 32 mins; April 27, 2023

Cycle of Lives: The Emotional Journey of Cancer Survivors

64 hours 40 mins; April 25, 2023

Boob Density: Beth’s Unforeseen Journey With Breast Cancer

77 hours 44 mins; April 23, 2023

Clowning Around: The Psychology of Coulrophobia - Feel Good Friday

67 hours 33 mins; April 20, 2023

Inside the Mind of a Medical Child Abuser w/ Detective Michael Weber

52 mins; April 18, 2023

Sweat, Abscesses and Tears: Living with Hidradenitis Suppurativa

51 mins; April 16, 2023

No Shame In Being A Short King - Feel Good Friday

68 hours 23 mins; April 13, 2023

F*ck The Patriarchy - Free Access To Prescription Contraception in BC

51 mins; April 11, 2023

Wired Differently: Military Service and PTSD

59 mins; April 09, 2023

Lost in Translation: Can People with Dementia Give Consent to Sex? - Feel Good Friday

71 hours 56 mins; April 06, 2023

Caring for the Dying: A Death Doula's Perspective

62 hours 10 mins; April 04, 2023

Life's a Wreck: OCD, Anxiety, and Reality TV with Kyle Moore

77 hours 13 mins; April 02, 2023

Why We Sound Like a Wounded Animal When We Bend Over: Middle Age BS

59 mins; March 30, 2023

From O.R. Waste to Environmental Grace: The Science of Sustainable Surgery

43 mins; March 28, 2023

Two Brain Surgeries and a Positive Mindset

63 hours 25 mins; March 26, 2023

Wishful Thinking: When Living Longer Means Fewer Wishes - Feel Good Friday

66 hours 43 mins; March 23, 2023

Occupational Therapy and the Art of Creative Healing with Jon Jon Rivero

62 hours 53 mins; March 21, 2023

From Fur Babies to Chemo: Amanda's Breast Cancer Journey

72 hours 33 mins; March 19, 2023

Did Ya Know?! Pepto Bismol Makes Your Poop Black! - Feel Good Friday

63 hours 16 mins; March 16, 2023

Go Placid Against The Haste: Navigating the Challenges of Family Medicine w/ Dr. Iris Gorfinkel

68 hours 37 mins; March 14, 2023

Self-Catheterization and Self-Discovery: Rare Ovarian Teratoma-Related Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndrome.

65 hours 53 mins; March 12, 2023

Blink and You'll Miss It: Something Is Lodged In Jeremie's Tear Duct!? - Feel Good Friday

59 mins; March 09, 2023

Sick Lies: Unpacking the Complexities of Munchausen by Proxy

53 mins; March 07, 2023

Brain Donations and Bipolar: Jen Kish's Mission to Make a Difference

67 hours 48 mins; March 05, 2023

Medicine or Madness? The Most Puzzling Medical Treatments of All Time - Feel Good Friday

48 mins; March 03, 2023

Sickboy Introduces: White Coat, Black Art

27 mins; March 02, 2023

Advocating for Palliative Care: A Conversation The Canadian Cancer Society

41 mins; February 28, 2023

Lifting the Veil on Infant Loss: A Discussion with Christy Wopat

51 mins; February 26, 2023

Breaking News: Men's Junk Jumps by 24% Worldwide - Feel Good Friday

43 mins; February 23, 2023

Crazy Talk: Medication-Induced Madness

71 hours 51 mins; February 21, 2023

Sickboy Introduces: The Heart: SISTERS

42 mins; February 21, 2023

Overcoming Challenges with Parkinson's Disease: A Conversation with Larry Gifford

55 mins; February 19, 2023

Bringing A Gun Into A MRI Machine - Feel Good Friday

57 mins; February 16, 2023

Going Out With a Bang...and a Bubble: Reef Memorials

58 mins; February 15, 2023

From Hometown Hockey Pro to One Legged Sledge Hero w/ Chris Caderstrand

70 hours 36 mins; February 12, 2023

Sniffing Out Parkinson's Disease - Feel Good Friday

42 mins; February 09, 2023

The Body REALLY Does Keep The Score w/ Jody Carrington

67 hours 4 mins; February 07, 2023

From Homeless to Harvard: The Emi Story

64 hours 58 mins; February 05, 2023

Gonorrhoea: A Love Story with a Twist (of Antibiotic Resistance) - Feel Good Friday

58 mins; February 02, 2023

Arkells & The Healing Power of Music w/ Max Kerman

52 mins; February 01, 2023

The Science of Chronic Pain: It's Not Just in Your Head (Unfortunately)

49 mins; January 31, 2023

More Than Just The Baby Blues - Postpartum Anxiety & Insomnia

60 hours 3 mins; January 29, 2023

Fungus Among Us: How Close are We to the Last Of Us Scenario? - Feel Good Friday

64 hours 41 mins; January 26, 2023

Racism Is A Key Public Health Threat w/ Kwadwo Kyeremanteng

55 mins; January 24, 2023

I Had A Stroke While Having Sex - Misha Montana

44 mins; January 22, 2023

Sally Seat Saver: Navigating Irrational Fears of Seat Saving - Feel Good Friday

53 mins; January 19, 2023

Going Out With a Bang...and a Bubble: Reef Memorials

58 mins; January 17, 2023

ECT-ploring the World Again: Life After ECT-induced Amnesia

72 hours 39 mins; January 15, 2023

Brain Drain: The Search for the Fountain of Youth in All the Wrong Places

47 mins; January 12, 2023

Pain in the Ass: Literally & Figuratively - A Chronic Pain Special

54 mins; January 10, 2023

Lungs Gone Wild: 2 Double Lung Transplants and Cystic Fibrosis

81 hours 47 mins; January 08, 2023

Urine The Know: Brand New Home Pee Test Technology! - Feel Good Friday

52 mins; January 05, 2023

"The Save of My Life" - OCD & Mental Health in the NHL w/ Corey Hirsch

63 hours 25 mins; January 01, 2023

Low Sex Drive Will Lead to an Early Death?! - Feel Good Friday

48 mins; December 29, 2022

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