Sawbones: COVID-19 and Bad Data
OK, yes, this is an episode about medical research, but it's the sexiest medical research story you're ever going to hear. It's got scandal! It's got a detective! It's got a sentient robot equipped wi...
12 Jun 202044min
Sawbones: The Black Panthers and Public Health
If you received the typical, white-centric education, you probably associate the Black Panthers only with violence and political protest. This week on Sawbones, we talk about their work in medical res...
5 Jun 202041min
Sawbones: Medical Racism and Protest Safety
This week on Sawbones, we examine how Black Americans have received substandard care and fewer opportunities within the American medical system. Also, some guidance on how to protest as safely as poss...
1 Jun 202047min
Sawbones: The Cholera Riots
Fear that the government and doctors were allied in a grand conspiracy to oppress the populace was at a fever pitch. The people took to the streets to prove that they would not abide by quarantine, th...
22 Mai 202044min
Sawbones: COVID-19 Q&A
It should come as no surprise that the Sawbones inbox has been chockablock with questions about the ongoing ... unpleasantness. This week, we're trying to group your COVID-19 queries in an orderly fas...
17 Mai 202052min
Sawbones: Cabin Fever
Did you know that cabin fever isn't just the cooped-up funk we all find ourselves in? It's a real actual disease called typhus -- or at least, it used to be. It's confusing, we know, but this week we'...
8 Mai 202048min
Sawbones: COVID Lies, Darned Lies and Statistics
Two doctors made headlines this week by trying to construct the narrative that the COVID-19 pandemic has been overblown by the hospital system in pursuit of more profits. This week, Dr. Sydnee and Jus...
1 Mai 202051min
Sawbones: The Most Dangerous Parade
This week on Sawbones, we discuss Philadelphia's disastrous Fourth Liberty Loan Parade that helped reignite the 1918 influenza epidemic in the region. We'll also examine some other unnerving similarit...
24 Apr 202049min
