Sickos Podcast

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A welcome letter to the newly disabled!

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