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Sickboy

Jeremie Saunders, Brian Stever, Taylor MacGillivray

Booking Overview

This is a weekly health and lived-experience interview show focused on chronic illness, disability, mental health, grief, and difficult medical experiences, with guests including patients, caregivers, advocates, and support professionals. Credible pitches include compelling patient or caregiver advocates, authors, clinicians, and mental-health or perinatal-support professionals with firsthand expertise; booking difficulty is likely medium because the show is established but prioritizes distinctive, emotionally candid stories over celebrity status.

Metrics

Episodes: 901

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10,000 - 100,000

Listener location: Canada

YouTube: 621.0k subscribers

Instagram: 770.0k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

podcasting@cbc.ca

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Host

Jeremie Saunders - Comedian, cystic fibrosis advocate, and co-host who brings personal experience with chronic illness to conversations about health, death, and taboo subjects.

Brian Stever - Comedian and co-host known for candid, irreverent conversations about illness, grief, medical experiences, and emotionally difficult subjects.

Taylor MacGillivray - Comedian and co-host who contributes humor and empathy to discussions of chronic illness, mental health, death, and medical trauma.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
People with compelling firsthand experience of chronic illness, disability, mental-health challenges, grief, medical trauma, or caregiving; patient and family advocates; and accessible clinicians or support professionals with relevant expertise.
Required Achievements:  
Personal experience navigating a serious or unusual health condition, Advocacy or peer-support work, Professional expertise in healthcare, mental health, disability, grief, or family support, Published writing, educational resources, or community leadership

Recent Guest Discussions

Andrea Patterson - Postpartum Anxiety And Depression, Intrusive Thoughts, Sleep Deprivation, Asking For Help, Peer Support, And How Partners And Loved Ones Can Provide Support.

Jessica Slice - Her Daughter’s Sudden-onset Psychosis And Neurological Symptoms, PANS, Medical Gaslighting, Maternal Advocacy, Pediatric Mental-health Care, And Access To Treatment.

Recent Topics

Health, Chronic Illness, Mental Health, Disability, Patient Advocacy

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Sickboy
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Second Opinion: Foreskin Panic, Sidewalk Poop & Family Kidney Drama

October 14, 2026

A date is going great until someone’s foreskin refuses to cooperate. In the second edition of Second Opinion, Jeremie, Brian and Taylor return to Reddit for a sex accident that turns a promising night into an emergency-room bonding exercise. Then, a nursing student gets kicked out of clinical after pooping on the hospital sidewalk. Was it a bodily emergency, bad judgment, or both? Finally, a woman is pressured to donate a kidney to the sister who made her childhood hell—and the guys find them...

Blood Sugar at 200 km/h | Racing With Type 1 Diabetes

October 07, 2026

What does managing type 1 diabetes look like at 200 km/h? Chase Pelletier started karting at ten and received his diabetes diagnosis about a month later. Now a championship winner and race engineer, he joins the guys to unpack the physical demands of racing, the preparation that happens before he ever straps in, and why his mechanic can follow his blood sugar from the pit wall. Chase shares how technology has changed his confidence behind the wheel. He also gets into the sponsorship costs tha...

My P**is Tried to Kill Me | Sleep-Related Painful Erections

September 30, 2026

James started waking up with painful erections. Then it happened again and again up to five times a night. Pelvic floor therapy, sleep apnea treatment, medication, and prostate surgery failed to end the pain. With little sleep and few answers, James reached a frightening point in his mental health.James joins the fellas to talk about the urologist who kept searching, the treatment that finally stopped his nighttime pain, and the tradeoffs that came with it. They also discuss sex after treatme...

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Frequently asked questions

Here's some frequently asked questions for
Sickboy
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How do I get in touch with Sickboy?

Sickboy is hosted by Jeremie Saunders and Brian Stever. Its publicly listed email is podcasting@cbc.ca. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.

What is the email for Sickboy?

The publicly listed email for Sickboy: podcasting@cbc.ca.

How many listeners does Sickboy have?

Podseeker estimates Sickboy reaches 10,000 to 100,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.

Who is an ideal guest for Sickboy?

Sickboy typically books working professionals with real expertise. Typical guest background: People with compelling firsthand experience of chronic illness, disability, mental-health challenges, grief, medical trauma, or caregiving; patient and family advocates; and accessible clinicians or support professionals with relevant expertise. Common among recent guests: Personal experience navigating a serious or unusual health condition; Advocacy or peer-support work; Professional expertise in healthcare, mental health, disability, grief, or family support. Recent guests include Andrea Patterson and Jessica Slice.

How hard is it to get booked on Sickboy?

Medium. Guests usually need solid credentials in the topic and an idea that fits the show.

What topics does Sickboy cover?

Recent episodes cover Health, Chronic Illness, Mental Health, Disability, and Patient Advocacy. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.

Publicly listed emails

podcasting@cbc.ca

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