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Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

Justin McElroy

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

4.8 • 15.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

As the weather turns, so do Dr. Sydnee and Justin to their inbox to answer more of listeners' WEIRD medical questions. Questions like: Can pee cure my foot fungus? Why do I cough when I put in earplugs? What is the white crescent on my nails? How does the vaccine nasal spray work? And what is the humble leech’s role in modern medicine? Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers https://taxpayers.bandcamp.com/ Border Angels: https://www.borderangels.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.
0:52.5	Pushed on through the broken glass and had ourselves a look arounded out Hello, And we're done 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,
1:04.1	Oh,
1:04.5	Hey, everybody, and welcome to Sawbones
1:06.7	A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine.
1:08.0	I'm your co-host, Justin McElroy.
1:28.8	And I'm Sidney McElroy. I'm not going to do that. Sometimes I pretend Oprah's introducing me. Oh, cute. Because I think that would be really exciting for her to be like, because I didn't really overlap. My, when my star was at its zenith, Oprah Star was at its zenith, it was at its zenith. It was at a very different time So I never got my chance on Oprah
1:30.9	I reject this
1:33.0	Idea that your star is at has reached its zenith
1:37.1	At some point in the past
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