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Sickos Podcast

A podcast for, by, and about sickos 😎 an anti ableist, anti assimilationist look at life with chronic illness. This show is supported in part by a grant from the Montague Cultural Council, a local agency, which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

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01:22:29

UNLOCKED: Hainish Novels and Stories

Sickos Podcast ·

2025/10/24

Hello sickos of the world! Today I'm unlocking one of our Sick Fuck exclusive episodes for EVERYONE'S enjoyment :) Over on the subscriber-only feed, we have started a new collection of Ursula K. Le Guin works. Herein lies the introduction the collection and the prologue to the first story, Rocannon's World. If you like what you hear, and what to join our journey to new worlds, become a Sick Fuck!________________________________________________________Introduction & Rocannon's World pt. 1Today we

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00:53:31

Back in the saddle

Sickos Podcast ·

2025/10/15

Returning from an unintentional break, I talk about the struggle of creating work while sick, give some life and world updates, and nerd out about, patron Saint of the show, Ursula Le Guin.

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01:13:06

I read you Ursula Le Guin

Sickos Podcast ·

2025/04/22

I read you The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas and The Day Before The Revolution by Ursula Le Guin!Join Sick Fucks: https://www.patreon.com/c/SickosPodcast/home?redirect=true

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00:51:25

MAHA Blast

Sickos Podcast ·

2025/04/07

Where did MAHA come from? What am I doing to prepare for the worst? Plus some media recommendations and chitchat :)https://open.substack.com/pub/thegauntlet/p/rfk-jrs-maha-movement-doesnt-want?r=7ta9f&utm_medium=ioshttps://lux-magazine.com/article/dean-spade/

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00:52:40

Happy COVIDversay

Sickos Podcast ·

2025/02/17

I reflect on the 5 year anniversary of my very first COVID infection.

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01:31:55

Covid 101 workshop at The Finders Collective

Sickos Podcast ·

2025/01/06

A recording of a workshop I gave in December 2024 on the basics of Covid, from what it is, how it spreads, to how to prevent and treat it! Throughout the episode I mention several people I wanna shout out here: -The Finders Collective, who hosted the workshop. Follow them @finders.c0llective on IG-Lola Germs, science communicator and extraordinaire. Follow @lola.germs on IG and YouTube -Xtian who runs Western Mass Mask Bloc and spoke to us about it. Follow them @westernmassmaskbloc on IG-mask chain

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00:41:07

Child liberation, Long Covid, and Palestine

Sickos Podcast ·

2024/11/18

I’m back with my two most recent Your Sick Friend columns, originally published in The Montague Reporter. The first, from September, goes into the worrying prevalence of Long Covid in children. The second, written on the 381st day of the Zionist entity’s genocide of Palestinians, is about the importance of bearing witness to the horrors unfolding so that we may actually fight to stop them. Child liberation now! Free Palestine!

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01:23:36

Deprogramming from Wellness

Sickos Podcast ·

2024/09/28

You sickos asked for it! I delivered 😎 herein lies my sordid wellness crunchy granola goopy bullshit past!This podcast is supported by a grant from the Montague Cultural Council, a local agency, which is supported by the Mass Cultural Councils, a state agency.

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01:00:47

Code of the Freaks

Sickos Podcast ·

2024/07/29

June/July update: long Covid drug trial trials and tribulations; nyc dyke march reality check; Freaks, mask bans, and Ugly Laws

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01:00:37

Post Exertional Monologue

Sickos Podcast ·

2024/06/13

Summer Covid surge is here and I’m feeling…bad

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01:18:17

Coming at you from the Chronic Illness Autonomous...

Sickos Podcast ·

2024/05/28

We welcome our very first GUEST on the podcast!! Alyssa of the very wonderful Twitch account Bed Sores :) with special appearances by iconic cat Earl! Join Alyssa’s stream at https://twitch.tv/bedsores

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00:40:22

Covid Brain Ramblings

Sickos Podcast ·

2024/05/12

On Gaza, student encampments, Covid safety, sicko activism, and a reading of my newest Your Sick Friend Column.

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00:48:53

Dispatches from my sick bed

Sickos Podcast ·

2024/04/23

Covid infection #8, an intervention for our non-sick friends, and words from Jehad in Rafah—donate to his survival fund here: https://givebutter.com/AbuRouk

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00:44:02

Crip Utopian Workwear

Sickos Podcast ·

2024/04/07

I shoot the shit, shout out local Covid activism, and read an old piece of mine written when I first accepted I might not ever get “better”. Support Walla and his family flee Gaza here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-wallas-family-escape-gaza-to-safetye-er-fb

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00:48:49

Aaaand we’re back!

Sickos Podcast ·

2024/03/25

Back from Covid/surgery/covid! Reintroducing myself and the show: who am I, why am I, and what am I doing? We get into it :) thanks for being here! CW: brief discussion of suicidality

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00:42:51

Your Sick Friend vol. 6

Sickos Podcast ·

2024/01/07

New Year, New podcast news? Reading Your Sick Friend, shooting the shit about pain, screaming fuuuuuuck, listening to Fugazi 🤘🏻 made it to episode 10 babyyyy

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00:34:04

Your Sick Friend Vol. 5

Sickos Podcast ·

2023/12/17

A welcome letter to the newly disabled!

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01:56:23

For Frida

Sickos Podcast ·

2023/12/10

Breaking from usual form, this week I read Carlos Fuentes’ introduction to The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Portrait

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01:31:45

Solidarity Forever, again and again

Sickos Podcast ·

2023/12/03

Connecting the dots between Covid safety, the situation in Gaza, the IWW and the ethic of cross-issue solidarity. I read Your Sick Friend Vol. 5 and a piece from +972 Magazine called ”‘A mass assassination factory’: Inside Israel’s calculated bombing of Gaza”

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00:36:26

Your Sick Friend Vol. 4

Sickos Podcast ·

2023/11/26

National Day of Mourning, Palestine, pandemic, winter is coming…Casey is really fucking tired

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