https://www.spreaker.com/show/sickboyenSociety & CultureCopyright Dila Velazquezhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/282ebb36b1a646651cdb60279f12211a.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/show/sickboyWed, 01 Mar 2023 17:16:27 +0000Dila VelazquezDila Velazquezfeeds@spreaker.comJoin hosts Jeremie, Brian, and Taylor as they hangout and have an unapologetic, unpolished and unfiltered discussion about what it's like to live life with a disease, in the hopes of finding humour in an otherwise taboo and sometimes dark subject.yesepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/crazy-talk-medication-induced-madnesssickboy-77e3a53b-10b0-45b6-a916-949fc5ce215aWed, 22 Feb 2023 05:10:00 +0000Dila VelazquezJoin the dudes as they delve into the current state of the addiction and mental health system with Todd Leader, a multiple-award-winning consultant, social worker, and psychologist. Todd will share his unique perspective and real-life experience of...4372yesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/arkells-the-healing-power-of-music-w-maxsickboy-9b93cc25-708e-41e4-9a6c-25e4a06e4958Thu, 02 Feb 2023 05:10:00 +0000Dila VelazquezThis week the fellas have a rollicking good time with Max Kerman, the unstoppable front man of the party-starting rock band Arkells! We discuss the impact of songwriting on people's lives, and the powerful connections that can be formed with fans...3158yesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/the-science-of-chronic-pain-its-not-justsickboy-8d05a95a-5f61-45c9-81f7-c8465921f570Wed, 01 Feb 2023 05:10:00 +0000Dila VelazquezThe boys sit down with Julie, the reigning queen of pain science and mindfulness. She's got the degrees to back it up - Clinical Psychology, Clinical Epidemiology, and a PhD in behavioural medicine. Smart. We delve into the world of pain care, where...3002yesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/more-than-just-the-baby-blues-postpartumsickboy-26fde0c9-76fd-48df-9d77-7a3125798676Mon, 30 Jan 2023 05:10:00 +0000Dila VelazquezThis week the fellas chat with Suzanne, Mama of two and Disabilities Coordinator at Carleton University! We dive into the world of psychiatric disorders of childbirth. Specifically postpartum anxiety and insomnia! Suzanne has had two very wild rides...3635yes381fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/sally-seat-saver-navigating-irrational-fsickboy-13fa043e-4db9-4237-b758-ac046aa1538dFri, 20 Jan 2023 05:10:00 +0000Dila VelazquezThis week the fellas tackle their irrational anxieties. It is common for individuals to experience irrational anxieties, which are fears that are not based on reality or are out of proportion to the situation at hand. Scientists accidentally...3243yesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/brain-drain-the-search-for-the-fountain-sickboy-579dd544-e5c0-49cc-a79d-b2f8025cb22cFri, 13 Jan 2023 05:10:00 +0000Dila VelazquezJer's brain feels like mush after a 12 hour drive from Montreal. Maybe all he needs is a good ol' BT! Neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero's latest plan to extend human life by transplanting brains into younger bodies is met with skepticism and laughter....2859yesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/fatberg-a-bowel-obstructed-seaside-town-sickboy-d8574b70-bf76-4f76-9c71-fa79fd96371dWed, 28 Dec 2022 09:10:00 +0000Dila VelazquezDuring the holiday break we throwback to one of the most delightfully disgusting episodes of all time. Brian would like to profusely apologize for this episode. Jeremie can not contain his excitement for this episode. We speak with the one, the only,...3769yesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/the-car-accident-that-changed-my-life-fosickboy-765b9dc6-dca5-4557-b55b-20948d5eec92Mon, 19 Dec 2022 05:10:00 +0000Dila VelazquezThis week the fellas are treated to one of the most interesting conversations they’ve had all year. Keith Meldrum has lived with persistent neuropathic pain for over 36 years following a near-fatal car accident in 1986 - don’t drive sleepy, kids. At...3484yes375fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/psychology-researchers-are-taking-a-serisickboy-bc4cc278-9fdf-4dfb-b0ff-ba7e08592c15Fri, 16 Dec 2022 05:10:00 +0000Dila VelazquezPsychologists are curious to know if external ejaculation is rooted in men’s desire to demean women. According to a new study published in “Archives of Sexual Behavior” they seem to have found evidence against this theory. Everyone loves a good...3139yesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/gratitude-simple-pleasures-w-neil-pasricsickboy-d003dbf5-97f7-452b-8973-61e4cba4d87aWed, 14 Dec 2022 05:10:00 +0000Dila VelazquezNeil Pasricha is a Canadian author, entrepreneur, podcaster, and public speaker characterized by his advocacy of positivity and simple pleasures. He is best known for his The Book of Awesome series, and ""The Happiness Equation"" which are...3632yesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/underpaid-overworked-the-trauma-of-nursisickboy-d16e6560-ec82-4130-a5d3-bd1bb2b2ecfbWed, 16 Nov 2022 05:10:00 +0000Dila VelazquezThis week is all about the current state of nursing in North America. Jer and Tay are joined by a special co-host, Keara, a CVICU nurse in Halifax. They are joined by Chelsea, a registered nurse fresh out of the ICU post-COVID-19 pandemic! Living in...3794yesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/the-other-side-of-depressionsickboy-76f30a20-cfaf-4c83-9e04-d8daa0a6242bMon, 14 Nov 2022 05:10:00 +0000Dila VelazquezNeil Kelders is a mental health and well-being advocate and coach who since his teenage years has suffered from depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation. After 21 years of suffering alone, Neil talked for the first time. Through that simple act, Neil...3469yesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/dinosaur-bones-ankylosing-spondylitissickboy-a5cc895d-a66b-4e74-b705-25d0a0d3641fMon, 07 Nov 2022 05:10:00 +0000Dila VelazquezDylan is a new father, a dancer, actor, stunt performer and bar manager at Halifax's Bar Kismet! He also is dealing with an inflammatory disease called Ankylosing Spondylitis. Over time this disease can cause some of the bones in the spine (vertebrae)...4167yesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/locked-down-inside-disney-land-feel-goodsickboy-e5f189bd-63ed-457d-8b2e-1e1293284d23Fri, 04 Nov 2022 04:10:00 +0000Dila VelazquezThe boys are back! This week Taylor and Jeremie discuss how thousands of people at Shanghai’s Disney Resort were locked inside during a COVID outbreak - FUN! Taylor has a horrible recurring nightmare. Luckily scientists have discovered a way to turn...3007yesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/throwback-the-gene-daddy-feel-good-fridasickboy-385db05c-4af0-49d0-b041-4e37d69d7386Fri, 28 Oct 2022 04:10:00 +0000Dila VelazquezWith the fellas on vacation we throwback to earlier in 2021: A new "Human Challenge Study" is coming to the UK. The gang weigh in on what price is right when risking your wellbeing in the name of science. Speaking of science, some group of smart...6179yesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/throwback-emotional-fitness-social-anxiesickboy-41777ba1-f51c-4c87-8a8e-784c098f6c3cFri, 21 Oct 2022 04:10:00 +0000Dila VelazquezTaylor is in Europe, Brian is off to Antartica. The fellas need a much needed break. This week for FGF we throw back to an early episode of Feel Good Friday featuring the bad ass Dr. Emily Anhalt! She is the CoFounder of Coa, a psychoanalytic...5001yesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/imaster-health-online-pulmonary-rehabilisickboy-866b8217-50e0-4031-9f8e-d4e1363a8e64Wed, 19 Oct 2022 04:10:00 +0000Dila VelazquezAmanda is a Kinesiologist and Certified Clinical Exercise Physiologist. She is also the founder and CEO of iMaster Health. Her experience working in academia and healthcare allowed her to recognize a global gap in rehabilitative care. In turn she...2663yesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/myasthenia-gravis-frequently-life-threatsickboy-f5296dbf-29c2-4ff1-b189-a2876b9b06c0Mon, 01 Aug 2022 08:10:00 +0000Dila VelazquezJasmine worked in the disability field for over a decade before becoming disabled herself with myasthenia gravis. Myasthenia gravis is a chronic autoimmune, neuromuscular disease that causes weakness in the skeletal muscles that worsens after periods...3454yes355fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/beauty-is-how-you-define-it-mastectomy-tsickboy-2cede555-b0c0-4ff9-a025-a8bd268b9e24Mon, 25 Jul 2022 08:10:00 +0000Dila VelazquezKaren Malkin Lazarovitz is a "Previvor" Cancer advocate, the creator of EMPOWERink and all around self-proclaimed badass! She joins the fellas this week to discuss why she decided to have a double mastectomy and hysterectomy even though she did not...3462yes354fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/seeking-relief-from-addiction-w-naomi-risickboy-ab8f0010-b45d-4444-90c4-260ae3b76c2eWed, 20 Jul 2022 08:10:00 +0000Dila VelazquezThe Director of Care at GreeneStone, Naomi brings her knowledge and expertise from her designation as a Registered Practical Nurse and extensive experience in residential treatment settings. This week she joins the fellas to dive into her personal...3404yesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/cannibalism-update-how-nutritious-is-humsickboy-b837458d-2bd4-4487-87fe-a7092df1e181Fri, 15 Jul 2022 04:10:00 +0000Dila VelazquezTaylor brought a 4th co-host to the studio today. Zaya is here, and she just won't shut up. First things first: frostbite. It's gnar-gnar as heck and we have the proof thanks to @medicaltalks on IG. Yuck. Speaking of yuck, according to a scientist...4159yesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/universal-basic-income-a-human-right-w-gsickboy-93ebe521-843a-44e5-b8e6-32302ee061b2Wed, 13 Jul 2022 08:10:00 +0000Dila VelazquezGuy Standing is a labour economist and Professorial Research Associate at SOAS University of London. He is also a founder and honorary co-president of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN), an international NGO promoting basic income as a right. Guy...3600yesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/a-2-year-old-with-the-testosterone-of-a-sickboy-248a7d1b-bb39-44b4-94d5-a1043f86b977Fri, 01 Jul 2022 08:10:00 +0000Dila VelazquezLawn Summer Nights starts this week! Support our team below! Don't be like Taylor. Disability parking spots are for folks who need it! Canada may have found out what is behind Long COVID! CRISPR is 10 years old! Happy birthday! Dangerous drivers in...4382yesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/a-plan-for-canadas-mental-health-w-the-hsickboy-4b16ae7c-c93b-448e-ac7b-723e662456f8Wed, 01 Jun 2022 04:10:00 +0000Dila VelazquezToday the fellas are joined by Canada's Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, Carolyn Bennett. We've seen so much progress on mental health education and shame reduction since the inception of Sickboy...yet it...3368cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/homegrown-penis-phalloplasty-feel-good-fsickboy-aaffaa7b-2603-4d40-b686-87a2bff5a043Fri, 13 May 2022 04:10:00 +0000Dila VelazquezSometimes you just have to say oops. But then sometimes you get fired on the spot. Rightfully so because sometimes you mistake an elderly person for dead and then zip them up into a body bag and load them into a hearse. Israel opened up a Blood and...3585yesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/routine-checkup-generation-dread-findingsickboy-a05bb9d0-dd2b-45ee-a8f4-a292215dbbf6Wed, 11 May 2022 04:10:00 +0000Dila VelazquezDr. Britt Wray is an author and researcher working at the forefront of climate change and mental health. This week the fellas chat with Britt about her new book Generation Dread and how the existential crisis of climate change is having an effect on...3522cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/routine-checkup-fawn-when-no-looks-like-sickboy-524053ca-ab9f-41af-bd06-bb5e89e76224Wed, 04 May 2022 04:10:00 +0000Dila VelazquezNischa Heron Phair is an author, researcher, trauma-informed pleasure educator. This week she joins the fellas to talk about the fawn response. What is the fawn response you may ask? It's one of your stress responses, silly. You know those types of...3594cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/full-time-autoimmune-disease-collector-asickboy-8d964a0f-b2d1-4b4c-af60-96e319dff9a7Mon, 11 Apr 2022 04:10:00 +0000Dila VelazquezBeth is an autoimmune disease connoisseur. She's 26 and has spent the past 13 years collecting autoimmune disorders including Aggressive Remitting and Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis (MS). This week she joins the fellas to walk them through her wild and...4100yes338fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/routine-checkup-with-great-things-come-gsickboy-20170ac7-22a4-4805-aa99-b8056ea70c62Wed, 30 Mar 2022 04:10:00 +0000Dila VelazquezSara Hertog is a Population Affairs Officer with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. This week she joins Jeremie and Brian to dive into the fascinating world of demography and population health sciences....2569yesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/routine-checkup-changing-lives-with-tlc-sickboy-8d201527-49e4-4bbb-ba3b-4c1a28b6c3c3Wed, 16 Mar 2022 04:10:00 +0000Dila VelazquezMelanie West is a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner who currently works at a federally-qualified health center in Salem, Massachusetts, serving "underserved" areas. This week, long time friend of the podcast, Mel, comes on to discuss how passionate she is...2582yesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/music-is-the-cure-endometriosissickboy-767f95c6-e718-4a29-a190-b9781ee2c042Mon, 14 Mar 2022 04:10:00 +0000Dila VelazquezNoam Frank is a collector of chronic illnesses. However the one that seems to dominate her life more than the rest is her struggle with endometriosis. Noam joins the fellas from Jolly Ol' England to share how the podcast has helped her realize there...4053yes334fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/zap-electrocuted-into-a-concussionsickboy-2c575c4a-2052-4f45-8b77-a32a50b8d8bfMon, 28 Feb 2022 05:10:00 +0000Dila VelazquezShaheeza is a Physiotherapist and owner of Running Shoe Restorative Healthcare and the Calgary Concussion Center. In 2013, after being a PT for a few years, Shaheeza sustained her own injury which re-routed her entire life. She was seriously...4551yes332fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/could-ai-solve-the-mental-health-crisissickboy-ee95e8dc-9bb2-4be4-ba69-cb8b8f8e6a6cFri, 28 Jan 2022 05:10:00 +0000Dila VelazquezThis week the fellas go deep into the world of text-based AI. Replika, according to their website, is described as an "AI friend that helps people feel better through conversations." Jeremie and Brian decided to download the app and put it to the...4605yesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/routine-checkup-bring-on-the-endemic-witsickboy-af557423-1de5-407b-badd-55e6765f0a3fWed, 26 Jan 2022 05:10:00 +0000Dila VelazquezDr. Kwadwo Kyeremanteng is a palliative care & intensive care doctor based in Ottawa and host of the podcast Solving Healthcare. This week he joins the fellas to talk about the tricky discourse surrounding COVID-19 and the controversy surrounding...3451yesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/decades-long-trauma-suicidesickboy-3eab9e86-1c22-449a-9a63-34ce7d64af6cMon, 17 Jan 2022 05:10:00 +0000Dila VelazquezGabby is a nurse living in Nova Scotia. When she was 8 years old, in her hometown (a small fishing village in Newfoundland) she experienced something that would affect her for years to come. Gabby discovered her grandfather deceased. Tune in this week...3815yes326fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/a-story-of-domestic-abuse-survivorship-psickboy-1656794a-aa40-4f41-8513-f4e7426a07e8Mon, 03 Jan 2022 05:10:00 +0000Dila VelazquezKelly applied to be on the show to talk about three things: allergies (like, to everything), a severe panic disorder, and her experience of living through domestic abuse. All three of these things are closely related to one another and it made for an...3892yes324fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/americas-dad-father-of-over-100-childrensickboy-f5118f4f-b7c5-4be9-9f31-e90674a3aa7eWed, 15 Dec 2021 05:10:00 +0000Dila VelazquezKnown as the Sperminator the inseminator, or perhaps even "America's Dad," Ari Nagel is the biological father to over 100 children across the world. This week the fellas chat with Ari about how he got involved with the unorthodox method of sperm...3263yesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/a-sweet-young-man-with-the-liver-of-an-asickboy-807de4f3-e2f5-4f4a-80de-12746bb9290cMon, 06 Dec 2021 05:10:00 +0000Dila VelazquezWe can't begin to describe how sweet of a human Collin Clowes is and boy oh boy has he been through hell and back. At only 17 years old, living in a small township in Northern Ontario, Colin began vomiting totally bonkers amounts of blood. He was...3517yes320fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/jeremies-first-dose-of-trikafta-feel-goosickboy-e2810b2e-73da-475b-aca3-f2e05ba4d731Fri, 03 Dec 2021 09:10:00 +0000Dila VelazquezIn a truly good feeling Feel Good Friday: Jer swallows his first dose of Trikafta! The fellas then speak at length about alcohol abuse and Jeremie's struggle with kicking the bottle in order to prep for this new life-changing medicine. In other news,...4704yesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/full-of-life-while-dying-of-brain-cancersickboy-800dc2d6-95dd-4d7f-81e6-8e52af599d7cMon, 08 Nov 2021 05:10:00 +0000Dila VelazquezGlioblastoma is a heavy word. The most common of the primary brain tumours but also the most fatal. Dana was only 24 when not only having to navigate the world during a global pandemic, but also finding out she had a fatal illness. Dana joins the...5750yes316fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/can-tiktok-give-you-tourettes-feel-good-sickboy-7311e9d8-b1dd-41ec-aaf4-93a3c0f64493Fri, 05 Nov 2021 08:10:00 +0000Dila VelazquezThis week we take a look at a recent phenomenon hitting young girls in several countries across the world. The girls that are presenting with these uncommon physical tics all have one thing in common: TikTok. Specifically they are all following...3569yesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/routine-checkup-mental-health-stigma-no-sickboy-e4e4e432-fafc-408a-89c9-22acdb66c037Wed, 27 Oct 2021 08:10:00 +0000Dila VelazquezSabrina Benaim is a writer, performance artist, and slam poet best known for her poem "Explaining My Depression To My Mother." This week she sits down with the fellas to talk all about mental health stigma, the universal struggles of isolation, grief...2667yesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/routine-checkup-one-question-away-from-csickboy-3932b9e0-163b-405e-8328-b77d155b5aa0Wed, 06 Oct 2021 08:10:00 +0000Dila VelazquezMarc Champagne unpacks the mental fitness practices and reflective questions shaping the lives of some of the most successful and brilliant thinkers in the world. Marc's first book, Personal Socrates, explores the pointed questions that stimulate our...3246yesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/introducing-unlocking-the-fountainsickboy-2a7d061b-045a-40e9-a911-7ead3c5df49aTue, 28 Sep 2021 14:40:00 +0000Dila VelazquezWhat if there were a pill that could add decades to your life? Would you take it? For thousands of years, people have searched for elixirs that could delay death and extend human life. Could new advances in medicine finally make this a reality? From...263cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/resiliency-at-its-finest-spinal-muscularsickboy-504f1e86-832b-48f4-b0e9-79a2cefc2909Mon, 27 Sep 2021 08:10:00 +0000Dila VelazquezBen is a sharp young buck about to start his first year at university. He also happens to live with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)! This week the fellas chat with Ben all about his experience in living with SMA. From finding ways to navigate inclusion...3207yes310fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/routine-checkup-why-does-the-usa-suck-atsickboy-54b7d6d6-cc60-4c7e-9386-9550415d05c8Wed, 08 Sep 2021 04:10:00 +0000Dila VelazquezA report published by the Commonwealth Fund shows the USA ranking dead last amongst its wealthy peers (Canada isn't great either). Why? The fellas are joined by Reggie Williams, vice president of the Commonwealth Fund’s International Health Policy and...2572yesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/routine-checkup-weird-science-psychedelisickboy-e1c60e14-e7d3-406f-af6b-874c48c1d6d3Wed, 01 Sep 2021 04:10:00 +0000Dila VelazquezThis week the fellas are joined by prolific science journalist John Horgan (not the BC Premier) to talk about the interactions between science and mysticism. Altered states of consciousness, psychedelics, the science of drilling holes into peoples...3070yesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/accessibility-evangelist-tech-people-whosickboy-073688c8-eb7f-4cbd-b29b-3c3a6b976799Mon, 08 Mar 2021 05:10:00 +0000Dila VelazquezMeet Lucy Greco. She is the Accessibility Evangelist and this week she took the fellas to church!! Tune in as she teaches her newest disciples all about inclusive design and how accessible design benefits everyone, not just people with disabilities....3412yesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/radiating-positivity-dylan-buskermolen-asickboy-76575e6d-9caf-4342-9fe6-eecbbbae503dMon, 01 Mar 2021 05:10:00 +0000Dila Velazquez"DID WE JUST BECOME BEST FRIENDS?!" Dylan is a health advocate, fundraiser and public speaker. He is also no stranger to cancer treatment. Since being diagnosed with Lymphoma in his second year of university, he has gone through the cancer battle...4062yesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/this-too-shall-pass-grief-and-post-traumsickboy-15a85793-37d3-4a95-91ab-64b01ba6a20fSun, 14 Feb 2021 05:10:00 +0000Dila VelazquezJulia is a psychotherapist and author who specializes in grief. Not only does she have an incredible ability to dissect and examine the myriad of ways we all deal with bereavement, she also has a wicked good sense of humour. In what may be one of the...3828yesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10471886/a-total-sh-t-show-the-ltc-humanitarian-csickboy-c30e7463-4f6b-4c26-800b-61d129ce6180Fri, 12 Feb 2021 05:10:00 +0000Dila VelazquezThis week we go DEEP into the world of feces AKA stool AKA poopy. From Jeremie's bowels explained from doctor Ben to the wonders of fecal transplant to wombat cube crap, to the utter sh*t show that is the private Long Term Care system that has...4687yesfull