Sick Man Talking Podcast
A chronically ill man has been trapped in a room for the majority of his adult life, exploring the limits of agony, sanity, and time. Armed with failing wits, growing pain, Turner Classic Movies, and a variety of recording devices, he navigates his mind and the world as it exists to him. Welcome to Sick Man Talking.
Episodes
In this episode, the Sick Man steps onto the ice to talk about one of hockey’s strongest traditions: fighting.
How it began. How it survived. Who does it. And why the sport that prides itself on speed and skill still makes room for a man whose job description includes punching people in the face.
Along the way, he examines the culture that produced it, and the enduring legend of the “Polite Canadian.”
Featuring real-life hockey enfo...
In this Very Special Episode, the Sick Man talks about the summer of 1987, and his very first job working for a printing factory in Toronto’s Financial District.
Before there was ambition, before there was a crash, before there were podcasts recorded in basements, there was ink. Industrial ink. The perfume of capitalism. And there were cigarettes. Lots and lots of cigarettes.
A coming of each story about paper, panic, and pretendin...
In this episode, the Sick Man talks about childhood myths from the 80s; paying extra attention to one that still haunts him. He also flips the 80s on their head, and presents them from a different perspective.
TRIGGER WARNING FOR GEN X LISTENERS: I know Generation X doesn’t believe in trigger warnings, but this one is necessary.
This is the Lost Nut.
Host: Brad Cartner
Show Producer: Greg O’Brien
Sound Engineer: D...
In this episode, the Sick Man talks about fear; why it happens, what it does, why we need it, and how it has evolved. He then shares some of his own personal fears, many of which are irrational, contradictory, or just plain weird.
This is the Fear Episode.
Host: Brad Cartner
Show Producer: Greg O’Brien
Sound Engineer: Derek Welsman
Music: Brad Cartner
Officer Wilfert: Adam Carter
FOR FULL PODCAST DETAILS, NEWS ...
In this episode, the Sick Man talks (melts down) about technology.
Who are these people? What are they doing to us? Why are they doing it to us? Do we have any choice in it? Will there be a Borg appearance?
Then he traces his own history with technology, detailing his many psychological breakdowns, while suffering several more during the episode.
This is the Technology Episode.
Host: Brad Cartner
...In this episode, the Sick Man talks about sleep deprivation. What it does, why it happens, and how it feels. He gives a history of his own problems, tracing them back to before birth, and reenacts a scene from a hospital room that just couldn’t contain him.
This is the Sleep Deprivation Episode.
Host: Brad Cartner
Show Producer: Greg O’Brien
Sound Engineer: Derek Welsman
Music: Brad Cartner
Offi...
In this episode, the Sick Man talks about vengeance. He traces it back to Ancient Greece through an old myth, examines its philosophical and legal roots, questions whether it has any place in justice, looks at how it’s portrayed in film, and finally turns inward, confronting his own complicated relationship with it. What does vengeance actually do, and who does it really serve? Does it deliver what it promises?
This is the Vengeance...
In this episode, the Fake Cop returns in the explosive finale of the latest Fake Cop Trilogy.
Will he find the Toucan Man? No idea.
Will he continue getting used to his long-lost son? Maybe. Possibly. Temporarily.
Will he be able to keep his son safe in an increasingly dangerous world? Of course he will.
He keeps everybody safe around him. Well … kind of.
And most importantly - will he finally get rid of that body in the trunk?
Pro...
In this episode, the Fake Cop returns in the explosive second instalment of the latest Fake Cop Trilogy.
Newmarket is dealing with a Froot Loops epidemic. The Fake Cop may be responsible. Will he fix it? Probably not. Will he take responsibility? No. Will he manage to save his own dumb-ass, loop-addicted son? Remains to be seen.
The batch has been sweetened. The hooks are in. The loops are now a noose around the town.
This … is the ...
In this episode, the Fake Cop returns in Part 1 one of the explosive new Fake Cop Trilogy. He learns he has a long lost son - and for the first time in his life feels rattled.
How does a corrupt, immoral, anti-social man built on lies, intimidation, and bad decisions handle the unexpected responsibilities of a child? Not very well.
This is Fake Cop Family Ties.
Host: Brad Cartner
Show Producer: Greg O’Bri...
In this episode, the Sick Man launches a new series - or maybe not. He’s not sure yet; it depends on a few factors, mostly his own laziness, because a lot of research went into this. But he’s doing at least one episode called If They Were Alive.
Here, he takes famous historical figures and deposits them into the modern world. What would they be like? What would they be doing? How much money would they make, and how? Whet would they...
In this episode, the Sick Man drags Greek mythology through the streets of Newmarket. Join him on his mythic and totally absurd journey through suburban haze clutching his side, facing obstacle after obstacle, terrifying monsters, a seductive sorceress, faceless bureaucrats, and questionable municipal spending, trying to reach his final destination - the gates of Southlake Regional Hospital. Will he find relief? Does he complete ...
In this episode, the Sick Man returns to the land of Greek mythology to confront Oedipus - though he’d really rather not. Do we have free will, or are we just acting out a script we didn’t write? And most importantly, how will the Sick Man’s parents feel about this one?
Host: Brad Cartner
Show Producer: Greg O’Brien
Sound Engineer: Derek Welsman
Music: Brad Cartner
Officer Wilfert: Adam Carter
FOR FULL PODCAST ...
Back with his first episode since 1987, the Sick Man returns from his absence to talk about what he is doing, and why he is doing it. And it gets a little weird sometimes.
Host: Brad Cartner
Show Producer: Greg O’Brien
Sound Engineer: Derek Welsman
Music: Brad Cartner
Officer Wilfert: Adam Carter
FOR FULL PODCAST DETAILS, NEWS AND DIRECTORIES
visit us on our MAIN WEBSITE at
https://www.sickmantalking.ca/
o...
The Fake Sick Man has an announcement from the Real Sick Man.
Host: Brad Cartner
Show Producer: Greg O’Brien
Sound Engineer: Derek Welsman
Music: Brad Cartner
Officer Wilfert: Adam Carter
FOR FULL PODCAST DETAILS, NEWS AND DIRECTORIES
visit us on our MAIN WEBSITE at
https://www.sickmantalking.ca/
or visit our HOST WEBSITE on BuzzSprout at
https://sickmantalkingpodcast.buzzsprout.com/
Keep up to date and...
In this episode, the Sick Man talks about the history and psychology of murder.
This is the Murder Episode.
Host: Brad Cartner
Show Producer: Greg O’Brien
Sound Engineer: Derek Welsman
Music: Brad Cartner
Officer Wilfert: Adam Carter
FOR FULL PODCAST DETAILS, NEWS AND DIRECTORIES
visit us on our MAIN WEBSITE at
https://www.sickmantalking.ca/
or visit our HOST WEBSITE on BuzzSprout at
In this episode, the Sick Man man talks about dreams. What they are, why we have them, and the different kinds.
He then risks his personal and professional reputation by revealing several of his own dreams and interpreting them.
This is the Dreams Episode.
Host: Brad Cartner
Show Producer: Greg O’Brien
Sound Engineer: Derek Welsman
Music: Brad Cartner
Officer Wilfert: Adam Carter
FOR FULL PODCAST DETAILS, NE...
In this episode, the Sick Man returns to his youth (and first principles) to play a simple, yet incredibly meaningful game.
Grab a ball and find a wall.
Host: Brad Cartner
Show Producer: Greg O’Brien
Sound Engineer: Derek Welsman
Music: Brad Cartner
Officer Wilfert: Adam Carter
FOR FULL PODCAST DETAILS, NEWS AND DIRECTORIES
visit us on our MAIN WEBSITE at
https://www.sickmantalking.ca/
...
In this episode, the Sick Man examines an ancient philosophical question known as the Problem of Evil. In other words, why do bad things happen under a benevolent God? Let’s open up the Book of Job to find the answer. Hopefully we’ll find something. Anything.
Host: Brad Cartner
Show Producer: Greg O’Brien
Sound Engineer: Derek Welsman
Music: Brad Cartner
Officer Wilfert: Adam Carter
FOR FULL PODCAST DETAILS, N...
In this episode, the Sick Man plays the role of Prometheus; the Titan who stole fire from the gods and gave it to humanity so we could do stuff (and to piss off Zeus).
Light your inner spark for the Myth of Prometheus.
Host: Brad Cartner
Show Producer: Greg O’Brien
Sound Engineer: Derek Welsman
Music: Brad Cartner
Officer Wilfert: Adam Carter
FOR FULL PODCAST DETAILS, NEWS AND DIRECTO...
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