Sawbones: Colonoscopy

Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

Justin McElroy

Medical History, Health & Fitness, Comedy, Medicine, Sawbones, History

4.8 • 15.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

In honor of Justin's first colonoscopy, Dr. Sydnee goes through the history of looking inside the colon. From Pompei to the Light Conductor to the more flexible tubes today, humans have always been curious to see just what's going on up there. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers https://taxpayers.bandcamp.com/ Immigrant Defenders Law Center: https://www.immdef.org/

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0:00.0	Sawbones is a show about medical history, and nothing the hosts say should be taken as medical advice or opinion.
0:07.2	It's for fun.
0:08.7	Can't you just have fun for an hour and not try to diagnose your mystery boil?
0:14.2	We think you've earned it.
0:15.8	Just sit back, relax, and enjoy a moment of distraction from that weird growth.
0:22.6	You're worth it.
0:25.9	All right.
0:27.5	Tommy is about some books.
0:30.6	One, two, one, two, three, four. We came across a pharmacy with its windows blasted out
0:52.0	pushed on through the broken glass
0:54.4	And had ourselves a look around
0:56.3	The medicines, the medicines
0:58.4	That I spell and macaw for the mouth
1:01.3	Hello everybody and welcome to Sawbones
1:06.6	A marital tour of misguided medicine
1:08.4	I'm your host, Justin McElroy.
1:11.8	And I'm Sydney McElroy.
1:12.7	The drama, Sydney, simply couldn't be higher.
1:16.7	Yeah, you're having an intense day.
1:18.7	America's favorite patient, Justin T. McElroy, is going under the knife.
1:24.1	Yeah, well, okay, could we clarify, Justin, you're not going under the knife.
1:28.3	Under the camera?
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