I started listening to Sawbones when I was in art school and got totally hooked. I realized how much I love medical history and medicine itself, and that I shared Dr. Sydnee’s passion for it. I loved hearing her and Justin deep diving into topics I’d never even heard of. Now 8 years later, I have a Master’s in medical illustration and just started my first real job in the field. I owe it to Sawbones for showing me how much I actually loved science and medicine, and that I wanted to make it my life’s work.
However…. In the last several years, especially since COVID, the topics and episodes have really started to get boring. I’m one of Sawbones’ most faithful listeners; I’ve listened to every episode multiple times, and yet still I find myself scrolling back through the years to find one that doesn’t have to do with a TikTok trend, or a stupid policy RFK just cooked up, or, worst of all, a repost episode, cheekily called “Sawbones Classics.” If you don’t wanna do an episode that week, just don’t post an episode! Your listeners understand you’re not podcast slaves! I can scroll back and listen to the old ones myself. Those really kind of feel insulting.
I want to hear about blood and guts and tinctures and poultices, and old timey dudes with names like Theophrastus Bombastus Von Hohenheim, and THEN a relation to how we treat the disease today. I just can’t imagine that this podcast the way it is could have changed my life and made me discover a passion for medicine the way it did 8 years ago. I want my favorite podcast back! PLEASE, Dr. Sydnee and Justin, your listeners don’t care about the cruise ship doctor tv show!!!!!!
