episodes
Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Diet
From Russia With Love Handles
Cheese Hazards
To Brie or Not to Brie
MMR Vaccine?
Measles Misery Resolved!
Is Syphilis Making a Comeback?
A Critical Pox-pective
From A to K
The ABCs (and Ds, Es, and Ks) of Vitamins
In Treble?
John Oates Joins the Docs
Aged to Perfection:
Growing old - it beats the alternative!
Fake Diseases
Sickness or Silliness?
Problems Peeing?
Urine Trouble
Cardiac Arrest
A Glenn Hoddle Heart to Heart
The Achilles Heel
Glenn Hoddle, Two Docs and Ten Dons
Dogs and Health
Join the Dogs at Join the Docs!
Flatus
Gone With The Wind
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
The Bald Truth About Hair Loss: It Isn’t All in Your Head, or on Your Head
Hiccups
Want the cure? Don’t hold your breath…
Cyberchondria
Don’t Google Your Symptoms!
The Complete Guide to Bruises
Are you Cruisin’ for a Bruisin’?
Don’t Let The Bed Bugs Bite
From Paris to New York, Be Careful Who You Go To Bed With!
What is an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm?
Under Pressure!
The Mysteries of Itching
Let Me Scratch that Itch
Tired of Being Tired? Insights into Anaemia
How Iron-ic
Do People Really Put Things There?
A Hole in One or Another in a Hole: Orifices Part 2
Why Do People Put Things Up Their Rear Ends?
A Hole in One or One in a Hole; Orifices Part 1
What's up docs?
London-bred, Jonathan is a Liverpool-educated doctor. After training in surgery in Britain, he was recruited to America to help introduce laparoscopic “keyhole” surgery. He loved caring for patients, teaching, conducting research and sharing his passion for medicine.
Patients’ needs inspired Jonathan to help develop several medical inventions, including the first surgical robot and various devices, diagnostics, drugs and services.
When not elbow-deep-in-gore, Jonathan loves to fly planes, sail, scuba, ski, hike and cook. He can also swim but prefers the hot tub.
Always valuing Nigel’s perspectives, their shared love of science and humour, and driven by the social constraints imposed by Covid, Join the Docs was born over many late-night video calls and virtual cocktail hours!
Doctor Nigel Guest, Co-Host and Family Doctor
Born in Birmingham UK, Nigel grew up in Britain’s ‘Black Country’ zealously to his bizarre accent. Also a Liverpool University educated doctor, he stoically remained in the country’s northwest building a large National Health Service (NHS) General Practice.
Motivated by improving patient care, Nigel increasingly became involved with healthcare management, ultimately becoming CEO of a successful and innovative NHS Commissioning Group, overseeing a £350m budget and leading large-scale cancer care and mental health innovations.
Embracing new opportunities and drawn to innovation, Nigel helped national and international groups aiming to improve care, collaborating with his life-long friend, Jonathan Sackier in several such activities.
When not healing the sick, Nigel sails, swims and cooks, although rarely at the same time. He used to race cars, but has given up as they tend to beat him nowadays.
Driven by a joint love of education and communication, and believing in the therapeutic power of humour, Nigel and Jonathan have again enjoyed coming together at Join the Docs to share experiences, educate and hopefully amuse.
What's up docs?
London-bred, Jonathan is also Liverpool-educated doctor. After training in surgery in Britain, he was recruited to America to help introduce laparoscopic
“keyhole” surgery. He loved caring for patients, teaching, conducting research and sharing his passion for medicine.
Patients’ needs inspired Jonathan to help develop several medical inventions, including the first surgical robot and various devices, diagnostics, drugs and
services.
When not elbow-deep-in-gore, Jonathan loves to fly planes, sail, scuba, ski, hike and cook. He can also swim but prefers the hot tub.
Always valuing Nigel’s perspectives, their shared love of science and humour, and driven by the social constraints imposed by Covid, Join the Docs was born
over many late-night video calls and virtual cocktail hours!
Doctor Nigel Guest, Co-Host and Family Doctor
Born in Birmingham UK, Nigel grew up in Britain’s ‘Black Country’ clinging jealously to his bizarre accent. A Liverpool University educated doctor, he stoically remained in the country’s northwest building a large National Health Service (NHS) General Practice.
Motivated by improving patient care, Nigel increasingly became involved with healthcare management, ultimately becoming CEO of a successful and
innovative NHS Commissioning Group, overseeing a £350m budget and leading large-scale cancer care and mental health innovations.
Embracing new opportunities and drawn to innovation, Nigel helped national and international groups aiming to improve care, collaborating with his life-long friend, Jonathan Sackier in several such activities.
When not healing the sick, Nigel sails, swims and cooks, although rarely at the same time. He used to race cars, but has given up as they tend to beat him nowadays.
Driven by a joint love of education and communication, and believing in the
therapeutic power of humour, Nigel and Jonathan have again enjoyed coming
together at Join the Docs to share experiences, educate and hopefully amuse.
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show Credits
We couldn't do all of this on our own! Credit where credit is due...
The Druids of Stonehenge
The New York-based Druids of Stonehenge (frontman Dave Budge, guitarists Carl Hauser and Bill Tracy, bassist Tom Workman and drummer Steve Tindall) exemplified both the surly essence of teen garage-punk and the experimental spirit of psychedelia. The band formed in 1965 as a scrappy, R&B-influenced teen combo in the Rolling Stones/Pretty Things mold. (This period is documented on the earlier Sundazed vinyl EP The Druids of Stonehenge.) By 1968, the Druids had embraced psychedelia, relocated to the West Coast andesigned with the UNI label.
Carl Hauser, and friend of Prof. Jonathan Sackier, has very kindly given us the right to use their music as our theme tune.
You can find out more about the band here.
Robin Gott
Robin grew up in the house once inhabited by Boris Karloff, perhaps inspiring his endearing love of the macabre. He met Jonathan at school where they proudly collaborated on a production of “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead” and Robin was energised by creating countless doodles.
Trained as an artist in London, he worked in animation in various countries, drawing characters including Father Christmas and Tony the Tiger, then settling in Malmö, Sweden with his family. Robin’s head is strangely large, filled with bizarre associations, some of which spill onto paper.
Robin enjoys running, cooking, fishing, reading crime novels and believes he has a split personality, although he cannot do the splits, but does like banana splits; in fact, he likes any dessert apart from tiramisu, which he avoids like the plague. The other half of this split identity is an actor, appearing in TV commercials, films, Swedish sketch shows and in Wallander with Sir Kenneth Branagh. His recent portrayal of a fisherman in a soon-to-be-released Swedish feature, casts him in a new light. Robin is happy to sign autographs but doesn’t like drawing graphs.
Robin is delighted to participate in Join the Docs having known Professor Sackier before he was a professor, but always thought he was a very nife person. He didn’t know Nigel’s surname, so he guessed. And was right.
slim
Mathias “Thigh” Bone, and his brothers Wish and Lazee, were born in Marylebone, London, attending Marrow High School. This was not a happy place as he received endless ribbing about his appearance, failing to gain muscle and gaining the nickname “Slim.” Due to an alcohol-related incident in senior school
rendering him ‘out of his skull,’ Slim was asked to leave.
He ran away with a travelling Circus, happily working the Ghost Train ride. Modelling jobs followed, including as the skull and crossbones in Pirates of the Caribbean. Auditioning for various movies, he then came out the closet, literally, in several horror films, leading to roles like his portrayal of Skeletor and Red Skull.
Preferring Shakespearean theatre, Slim trod the boards in London’s West End, the critics raving about his Yorick. When not working, Slim listens to his favourite bands, Boney M and The Grateful Dead or enjoys, skin diving.
Having boned up on anatomy, Slim keeps an eye socket on Nigel and Jonathan, featuring at Join the Docs on the couch, behind the couch and on the shelf, fulfilling his key ambition to be humerus!
show Credits
We couldn't do all of this on our own! Credit where credit is due...
The Druids of Stonehenge
The New York-based Druids of Stonehenge (frontman Dave Budge, guitarists Carl Hauser and Bill Tracy, bassist Tom Workman and drummer Steve Tindall) exemplified both the surly essence of teen garage-punk and the experimental spirit of psychedelia. The band formed in 1965 as a scrappy, R&B-influenced teen combo in the Rolling Stones/Pretty Things mold. (This period is documented on the earlier Sundazed vinyl EP The Druids of Stonehenge.) By 1968, the Druids had embraced psychedelia, relocated to the West Coast andesigned with the UNI label.
Carl Hauser, and friend of Prof. Jonathan Sackier, has very kindly given us the right to use their music as our theme tune.
You can find out more about the band here.
Robin Gott
Robin grew up in the house once inhabited by Boris Karloff, perhaps inspiring his endearing love of the macabre. He met Jonathan at school where they proudly collaborated on a production of “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.”
Training as an artist in London, he worked in animation drawing characters including Father Christmas and Tony the Tiger and worked in various countries, settling in Malmö, Sweden with his family. Robin’s head is strangely large, filled with bizarre associations, some of which spill onto paper by a pencil carved from a human funny-bone.
Robin enjoys running, cooking, fishing, reading crime novels and believes he has a split personality, although he cannot do the splits, but does like banana splits; in fact, he likes any dessert apart from Tiramisu, which he avoids like the plague. The other half of this split identity is an actor, who's appeared in TV commercials, films, Swedish sketch shows and in Wallander with Sir Kenneth Branagh. His recent portrayal of a Dover fisherman in a soon-to-be-released Swedish feature casts him in a new light. Robin is happy to sign autographs, but doesn’t like drawing graphs.
Robin is delighted to participate in Join the Docs having known Professor Sackier before he was a professor, but always thought he was a very nife person. He didn’t know Nigel’s surname, so he guessed. And was right.
slim
Mathias “Thigh” Bone, and his brothers Wish and Lazee, were born in Marylebone, London, attending Marrow High School. This was not a happy place as he received endless ribbing about his appearance, failing to gain muscle and gaining the nickname “Slim.” Due to an alcohol-related incident in senior school
rendering him ‘out of his skull,’ Slim was asked to leave.
He ran away with a travelling Circus, happily working the Ghost Train ride. Modelling jobs followed, including as the skull and crossbones in Pirates of the Caribbean. Auditioning for various movies, he then came out the closet, literally, in several horror films, leading to roles like his portrayal of Skeletor and Red Skull.
Preferring Shakespearean theatre, Slim trod the boards in London’s West End, the critics raving about his Yorick. When not working, Slim listens to his favourite bands, Boney M and The Grateful Dead or enjoys, skin diving.
Having boned up on anatomy, Slim keeps an eye socket on Nigel and Jonathan, featuring at Join the Docs on the couch, behind the couch and on the shelf, fulfilling his key ambition to be humerus!