Why Is a Super Bowl Champ Talking About HPV?
Sickboy
CBC
4.8 • 524 Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2026
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
What does a Super Bowl champion know about a virus most men think is "just a women's problem"? Laurent Duvernay-Tardif has spent his life protecting quarterbacks, but now he’s on a mission to protect your health. In this episode, the NFL star and medical resident joins the boys to strip away the stigma surrounding HPV. We dive into the startling reality that 75% of sexually active Canadians will contract HPV, yet most men have zero clue about the long-term consequences. Laurent breaks down why head and neck cancers are skyrocketing in men and why our current healthcare system doesn't even offer us a way to screen for it.
For more info on HPV: Knowhpv.ca
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, Donovan Woods here. |
| 0:01.2 | Hey, hey, it's me, Tom Power. |
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| 0:31.2 | This is a CBC podcast. |
| 0:35.9 | Why on Earth is a Super Bowl champ? his time spreading the good word about HPV? |
| 0:41.5 | Well, the good thing is that I'm spreading the good word and not spreading the actual virus, right? |
| 0:46.1 | So that's the start. |
| 0:47.8 | All right, you got that out of the way, thank God. |
| 0:50.6 | You got to clarify that, but my inner cause is promoting health. |
| 0:54.1 | That's why I want to become an emergency physician. |
| 0:56.2 | So when you look at the way we can actually prevent diseases, preventing viruses is actually a really nice way to do that. |
| 1:02.2 | And when you look at HPV, human papillomavirus, it's a sexually transmitted virus that's affecting around 75% of sexually active Canadian. |
| 1:11.6 | I really think we've got to shift the paradigm and start talking about HPV as a public health issue nationwide, not just for women, not just for men, for everyone. |
| 1:21.8 | Like when you think about it, 75% it's 3 out of 4. It's a lot of people. |
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