{"podcast":{"title":"Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine","slug":"sawbones-a-marital-tour-of-misguided-medicine-317119","podcast_index_feed_id":317119,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/y1LF_sn2","website_url":"https://maximumfun.org/podcasts/sawbones/","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/ee8ef2f9-5bb2-4a0a-bad7-44fd3b17d53c/3c7d6aae-f46d-4881-9705-a7213fb0a05d/3000x3000/sawbonesalbumartrevisionsfinalresize872025.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Justin McElroy","episode_count":588,"summary":"Join Dr. Sydnee McElroy and her husband Justin McElroy for a tour of all the dumb, bad, gross, weird and wrong ways we've tried to fix people.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-08T06:18:04.351660+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sawbones-a-marital-tour-of-misguided-medicine-317119"},"episode":{"title":"Sawbones: Sauna","slug":"sawbones-sauna","published_at":"2026-02-10T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sawbones-a-marital-tour-of-misguided-medicine-317119/sawbones-sauna","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sawbones-a-marital-tour-of-misguided-medicine-317119","url":"https://maximumfun.org/podcasts/sawbones/","audio_url":"https://claritaspod.com/measure/pscrb.fm/rss/p/prfx.byspotify.com/e/afp-9384.calisto.simplecastaudio.com/a5445fde-0e70-4659-8f18-442f9aabbaac/episodes/af52b40c-cf86-4e4f-ac91-20a924c56d07/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=a5445fde-0e70-4659-8f18-442f9aabbaac&awEpisodeId=af52b40c-cf86-4e4f-ac91-20a924c56d07&feed=y1LF_sn2","summary":"Even though it's associated with Nordic countries, the Sauna has been around in many different cultures for as long as people have been trying to get warm in a hot box. But how about health benefits? Dr. Sydnee talks about the history of saunas and spirituality, as well as the association between sweat and the perception of health – and that even though actual studies don't say anything definite, sometimes it is just nice to get in a warm, steamy room. Music: \"Medicines\" by The Taxpayers https://taxpayers.bandcamp.com/ Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota: https://www.ilcm.org/donate/","meta_description":"Even though it's associated with Nordic countries, the Sauna has been around in many different cultures for as long as people have been trying to get warm…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2398,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/sawbones-a-marital-tour-of-misguided-medicine-317119/episodes/sawbones-sauna/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sawbones-a-marital-tour-of-misguided-medicine-317119/sawbones-sauna.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}