meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Sickboy

Malaria "Ground Zero"

Sickboy

CBC

Society & Culture

4.8524 Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2016

⏱️ 79 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

This week on Sickboy: Jeremie, Brian and Taylor sit down with very special guest Paul to have a frank and sometimes offside conversation about the time he caught in Malaria in Sub-Saharan Africa. Paul shares his riveting story about filming a documentary about Malaria and then catching Malaria! Womp, Womp! They talk about Mosquitos, traveling to Zambia in the name of love, penile canabolism and witch doctors!

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Every language is a note.

0:05.0

In the symphony of our heritage,

0:10.0

together they create a harmony

0:16.0

that cannot be silenced.

0:24.7

Discover your voice on the APTN Languages TV channel.

0:31.2

This is a CBC podcast.

0:34.9

Hi everyone. Jeremy here.

0:40.7

Before we jump into this week's episode, I just wanted to share something with you. This week's episode is really, really special. Our guest, Paul, a very

0:47.7

good friend of mine, he shares his story about the time that he went to Sub-Saharan Africa to film a documentary

0:58.0

about malaria and then in turn catches malaria.

1:04.0

But one of the reasons why this week's episode is so special is because when Paul was doing this, when Paul was over there,

1:15.8

he was documenting the whole thing, and he ended up writing this, this incredibly riveting story

1:22.6

about this time that he was in this, you know, remote corner of Zambia,

1:29.4

catches malaria and has to spend a number of days at this,

1:35.3

this Christian missionary hospital where he's nursed back to health

1:39.9

by this Welsh doctor named Dr. Davies.

1:42.6

But he dives into the history of this place in Zambia

1:46.9

and the history of this missionary

1:51.9

that has been doing so much great work in this small little area.

1:58.0

It's a riveting, riveting story.

2:05.6

And it's never been published. It's never been seen by the public, really. So Paul was so gracious enough to allow us to take his essay, his story,

2:15.3

and post it up as one of our blog posts on our website. So I would highly,

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from CBC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of CBC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.