Quackery

Quackery

Welcome to Quackery! A comedy Podcast about medicines and medical treatments that are crazy, ineffective and/or unsafe! Join your hosts Jon and Dr Will each week as we explore a new topic in the wacky world of Nostrums and Quackery!

Episodes

February 25, 2021 29 mins
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Oscillococcinum is a brand name homeopathic product manufactured by Boiron Laboratories. Similar homeopathic products are found in other brands. Homeopathic products are extreme dilutions of some active ingredient. They are often so diluted that they don't contain any active medicine.
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Apple cider vinegar, or cider vinegar, is a vinegar made from fermented apple juice, and used in salad dressings, marinades, vinaigrettes, food preservatives, and chutneys. It is made by crushing apples, then squeezing out the juice.
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For more than 30 years, Dr. Quincy Fortier covertly uses his own sperm to inseminate his fertility patients. When his secret is revealed, his children seek the truth about his motives and try to make sense of their own identities.
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January 12, 2021 33 mins
Sambucus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Adoxaceae. The various species are commonly called elder or elderberry. The genus was formerly placed in the honeysuckle family, Caprifoliaceae, but was reclassified as Adoxaceae due to genetic and morphological comparisons to plants in the genus Adoxa.
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January 6, 2021 41 mins
Tom Brady co-founded TB12 on the belief that everyone can benefit from a smarter, more holistic approach to health and wellness. Tom’s functional strength & conditioning principles, innovative recovery practices, and commitment to preventing and addressing injuries are the basis for everything TB12 does.
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December 28, 2020 26 mins
Tom Brady co-founded TB12 on the belief that everyone can benefit from a smarter, more holistic approach to health and wellness. Tom’s functional strength & conditioning principles, innovative recovery practices, and commitment to preventing and addressing injuries are the basis for everything TB12 does.
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December 15, 2020 35 mins
You may have heard various health claims about alkaline water. Some say it can help slow the aging process, regulate your body’s pH level, and prevent chronic diseases like cancer. But what exactly is alkaline water, and why all the hype?
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November 30, 2020 38 mins
Theranos was a privately held health technology corporation. It was initially touted as a breakthrough technology company, with claims of having devised blood tests that required only very small amounts of blood and could be performed very rapidly using small automated devices the company had developed.
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November 24, 2020 36 mins
Listen as the quack heads discuss the drug that allegedly killed martial arts icon Bruce Lee, and the many conspiracies behind his death!
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November 16, 2020 27 mins
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November 9, 2020 51 mins
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September 9, 2020 37 mins
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September 2, 2020 47 mins
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Listen in as the quacks tell you what all the colors of your poop mean!
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August 19, 2020 37 mins
Listen in as the Quacks discuss the worst health disaster in modern history, and you’ve e probably never even heard about it!
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August 12, 2020 33 mins
Listen in as the quack boys tell you all about the oldest soft drink and it’s unbelievable history. And as we try to uncover who was the famous “Doctor Pepper” !! 
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August 4, 2020 31 mins
Listen in as the QuackHeads discuss using your own pee pee for everything from jellyfish stings to urine facials! We take you back to ancient times and fill you in on today’s bizarre treatments. 
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July 21, 2020 41 mins
Dr William’s Pink Pills for Pale People is an iron supplement from the turn of the century that was heralded as a cure for Tuberculosis and all sorts of other conditions. Listen in as the Quacks discuss its uses and amazing advertising ventures.Special...
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July 15, 2020 40 mins
John Romulus Brinkley July 8, 1885 – May 26, 1942Doctor Brinkley is best known for performing Xenotransplantation of goat testicles into men’s scrotums to treat impotence and all other sorts of disorders.He was a radio broadcast pioneer, ran for...
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