meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Sickboy

My Brain Is Too Big For My Skull

Sickboy

CBC

Society & Culture

4.8524 Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2017

⏱️ 66 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Ever caught a lethal bacterial infection at a house party before? Of course not, that would be the worst house part ever. Unfortunately, Ian has been to that house party, and he picked up just that - Bacterial Meningitis. What is Meningitis? The hell if we know, that's why we got young Ian to drop by and tell us all about it. Catheters, nightmares, comas, expanding brains...this one's got it all. Enjoy!

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

All right, I got a big question. How do you feel about aging? Maybe you've got a fear of death, fear of the unknown, fear of change.

0:06.8

Because certainly how we look starts to change. The actor Amanda Pete has given it a lot of thought over the years. She's been in the public eyes since the 90s.

0:14.5

She'll tell you why her new film, Fantasy Life has her thinking about validation, about vanity, and what she thinks about cosmetic surgery and

0:21.8

whether or not to get it.

0:23.4

You'll hear that conversation now.

0:24.9

Just search for Q with Tom Power, wherever you get your podcasts.

0:30.2

This is a CBC podcast.

0:33.8

Welcome to Sick Boy, a podcast where we talk about what it's like to be sick.

0:37.3

This week's guest is Ian. He had bacterial meningitis. Welcome to Sick Boy, a podcast where we talk about what it's like to be sick. This week's guest is Ian.

0:38.9

He had bacterial meningitis.

0:41.5

Let's talk about it.

0:47.7

Speakerphone.

0:51.5

All right, so we got pizza on the way.

1:13.7

Brian, why do you know what number that is? Oh, you don't know this? No. Guys, I used to go to... Oh, do you guys, you can call 1-800 whatever three-letter... That was... That was... That was it. That was it. That was it. That was it. That was it. I used to go to, I used to go to Moosehead Games when I was like really young,

1:16.4

when I was like 12, 13, 14 years old, and we'd go to Moose-Hat games.

1:22.2

When we'd go to the payphone, there'd be a pay-phone, and we'd stand there and we'd make these phone calls to 1-800 wet-puss. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

1:22.8

Is that?

1:26.1

So how do you know that 1,800 wet puss? Dude, watch this.

1:27.0

Okay, give me 1,800.

1:28.4

Okay, 1,800.

1:29.3

A three-letter thing that sounds sexual. So how do you know that 1-800 wet puss? Dude, watch this. Okay, give me 1-800.

1:28.4

Okay, 1-800.

...

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.