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What happens when the Salad Mafia comes for Tim, cockroach milk enters the conversation, and KFC decides fried chicken should be a jelly bean flavor?

In this episode of Doc Tales with Cocktails, Drs. May and Tim Hindmarsh are back with another round of unfiltered conversation, questionable food choices, bizarre headlines, and plenty of rabbit holes.

They kick things off w...

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Are we treating mental illness—or increasingly medicalizing the normal struggles of being human?

In this BS Free MD Rewind, Drs. May and Tim revisit a powerful conversation with clinical psychologist Dr. Roger McFillin, host of the Radically Genuine Podcast and founder of the Conscious Clinician Collective.

Dr. McFillin challenges conventional approaches to mental health care, from the...

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The Salad Mafia has spoken—and apparently Tim’s anti-salad rant struck a nerve.

This week, Drs. Tim and May Hindmarsh turn the studio into a highly questionable test kitchen as they taste their way through some of the strangest processed foods currently sitting on grocery store shelves. Dill pickle baked beans? Kansas City barbecue ramen? Dye-free Flamin’ Hot Cheetos? Unfortunately, yes.

B...

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What happens when the lessons learned in combat follow you into the exam room?

In this repurposed episode of BS Free MD, Drs. May and Tim Hindmarsh sit down with Dr. Mike Simpson, whose path to medicine was anything but conventional. Before becoming a physician, Dr. Simpson spent years in military Special Operations, working in environments where decisions had to be made q...

What happens when the person who’s supposed to be saving lives is quietly fighting to save his own?

This week, we’re revisiting one of our most powerful conversations with Dr. Jason Giles, whose story takes us behind the white coat and into the realities of addiction, burnout, recovery, and redemption.

While training in anesthesiology, Jason found himself caught in a devastating fentanyl addiction. From the outside, he was a successful physician-in-training. Behind the scenes, he was struggling to survive.

Then came a moment that changed everything.

In this deeply pers...

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What happens when conversations about health, personal autonomy, freedom of conscience, and free expression become harder to have?

This week, May and Tim are joined by Rebecca Mello, a Canadian law student and organizer with Think Canada, to talk about the upcoming Health Under Fire conference in Scarborough, Ontario.

After launching its first conference under the theme Freedom Under Fire, T...

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What do Canadian football, the trad wife movement, lip filler, gym culture, and climate change have in common? Somehow, Tim and May connect them all in another unfiltered episode of BS Free MD.

The conversation kicks off with a nostalgic tribute to the Canadian Football League before taking a detour into bizarre climate headlines, including whether changing temperatures could threaten bird populations. F...

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Could your salad really make you sick? In this lively DocTales with Cocktails episode, Dr. May Hindmarsh and Tim Hindmarsh tackle the headlines surrounding a recent Cyclospora outbreak linked to fresh produce—and separate legitimate concerns from media-driven fear.

The conversation dives into foodborne parasites, dehydration, gut health, and why not every alarming headline deserves a panic response. They also explore whether coo...

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What if some of the most widely accepted ideas about health deserve a second look?

In this rerun episode of BS Free MD, Drs. May and Tim Hindmarsh welcome Dr. Jeremy Ayres and John Gusty for a wide-ranging conversation that challenges conventional thinking about medicine, chronic disease, and personal wellness.

Drawing from decades of experience in natural health, Dr. Ayres s...

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Why are so many patients still struggling with debilitating symptoms years after COVID—and why does conventional medicine seem to have so few answers?

In this encore presentation, Drs. Tim and May Hindmarsh sit down with internist and cardiologist Dr. Peter McCullough for an in-depth discussion about long COVID, persistent spike protein, chronic inflammation, and the growing number of patients experiencing symptoms tha...

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Happy Independence Day—and Canada Day! 🇺🇸🇨🇦

In this festive Doc Tales with Cocktails episode, Drs. Tim and May Hindmarsh share hilarious travel stories, bizarre medical news, and practical health advice for one of the busiest holiday weekends of the year.

From the unforgettable smell of rotting sargassum seaweed in Key West to an astonishing new ultrasound treatment that may eliminate opioid cravings...

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Are you with someone because they're truly the right partner—or simply because it's comfortable?

In this Truth Bomb episode, Drs. May and Tim Hindmarsh take a candid look at what it really means to choose a life partner. Inspired by the idea of being "sponge-worthy," they move past surface-level attraction to discuss the qualities that actually sustain healthy, lasting relationships.

T...

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This week on BS Free MD, Dr. Tim Hindmarsh and Dr. May Hindmarsh tackle another round of bizarre headlines, questionable medical practices, and stories that leave more questions than answers.

From a McDonald's employee facing prison time after contaminating food, to an inmate claiming his life sentence ended when he briefly died, the conversation quickly shifts into much deeper territory—including an exp...

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Physicians are constantly pitched the next "can't miss" investment opportunity—but how do you separate legitimate strategies from financial hype?

In this sponsored episode, Drs. Tim and May Hindmarsh sit down with Jeff Sekinger, founder of NURP, to unpack algorithmic trading, quantitative investing, and where alternative investments may fit into a physician's overall financial strategy.

Jeff explains how ins...

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What do heavy metal screams, UFC on the White House lawn, AI-generated Menopause Barbie, and colonoscopy cocktails have in common? Somehow... they're all part of this week's Doc Tales with Cocktails.

Drs. Tim and May Hindmarsh take listeners on another unpredictable ride through music, medicine, culture, and internet absurdity. From discovering the incredible vocal talent of Spiritbox's Courtney LaPlante to debating why h...

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What happens when artificial intelligence begins replacing not just our work—but our thinking, relationships, and sense of identity?

In this thought-provoking episode of BS Free MD, Dr. May Hindmarsh and Dr. Tim Hindmarsh welcome back renowned psychiatrist, author, and executive coach Dr. Keith Ablow for an eye-opening conversation about artificial intelligence, human connection, and what it means to remain fully human in...

In this repurposed episode of BS Free MD, Dr. May Hindmarsh shares a powerful conversation with Steve Feldman, CEO of Feinberg Consulting, whose personal journey from addiction to more than three decades of sobriety transformed his life’s mission. After achieving sobriety in 1992, Steve dedicated his career to helping individuals and families navigate addiction, mental health crises, and the complex road to lasting recovery.

Together, they have a candid, stigma-free conversation about substance use disorders, emotional pain, family dynamics, treatment misconceptions, and what true recovery actually requires. Steve offers a deeply human perspective on why addiction is no...

What if many of the answers to better health have nothing to do with another prescription?

In this thought-provoking episode, Drs. May and Tim Hindmarsh sit down with Emma Tekstra, actuary, global health consultant, and author of How to Be a Healthy Human, to challenge conventional assumptions about modern healthcare. Drawing on decades of experience analyzing health data and employee health programs, Emma shares why she believes true wellness requires a broader perspective than symptom management alone.

The conversation explores personal responsibility, critical thinking, chronic disease trends, the business side of healthcare, and the often-overlooked...

In this lively episode of Doc Tales with Cocktails, Dr. May and Tim Hindmarsh tackle everything from bizarre fast-food crimes and questionable healthcare practices to a decades-old vaccine lawsuit making headlines.

They discuss a McDonald's employee facing criminal charges after tampering with a customer's food, explore the dangers of social media-fueled decision-making, and break down the legal case of a convicted murderer who argued his life sentence ended when his heart temporarily stopped.

The conversation then shifts to a controversial lawsuit involving an experimental RSV vaccine from the 1960s and broader concerns about medical ethics...

In this special replay, BS Free MD host Dr. May Hindmarsh steps out from behind the microphone and into the guest chair.

Originally recorded for the Hotflash Inc. podcast with host Anne-Marie McQueen, this candid conversation explores Dr. May's personal journey through menopause, hormone therapy, histamine intolerance, epigenetics, and the unexpected challenges she faced when conventional solutions didn't provide the answers she was seeking.

After more than 30 years practicing medicine, Dr. May found herself navigating a complex health journey that included severe hot flashes, migraines, sleep disruption, anxiety, panic attacks, elevated heart rate, and symptoms...

First up, the team walks through the Kyle Busch timeline — from his ask for a "shot" at Watkins Glen three weeks before he died, to the orthopedic PA who likely administered it, to the cascade of bad decisions and biology that turned a viral illness into fatal sepsis in someone too tough and too fit to take his own symptoms seriously. May and Tim unpack why young, hyper-conditioned athletes are uniquely vulnerable to missed diagnoses, why the pneumonia vaccine isn't actually what most people think it is, and why MRSA — not strep pneumoniae — is the bug worth fearing when sepsis...

In this outrageous episode of BS Free MD, Drs. May and Tim Hindmarsh dive headfirst into one of the most absurd headlines they’ve ever covered: a man attempting to pull a 2-ton police car with his penis… while on fire… all in the name of prostate cancer awareness.

But the chaos doesn’t stop there.

The conversation spirals into pharmaceutical “awareness” campaigns, toxic chemical exposure in artists, questionable modern healthcare practices, pig semen-based cancer research, and the growing tendency of medicine to mask symptoms instead of asking why disease is happening in the first place.

What happens when a world-famous chef starts questioning the food system, modern wellness culture, and the way we’ve been taught to think about health?

In this rerun episode of BS Free MD, Drs. May and Tim Hindmarsh sit down with Australian chef, author, and wellness advocate Pete Evans for a conversation that goes far beyond recipes and nutrition trends. Pete shares how his journey from professional surfer to celebrity chef eventually led him toward a deeper exploration of healing, intentional living, and the emotional connection people have with food.

The disc...

May and Tim revisit her long COVID journey with a real progress update. After exponentially climbing spike protein antibody levels (12,000+ on LabCorp’s quantitative test), autoimmune symptoms, and MCAS flares, May has finally turned a corner — and she walks listeners through what’s working and why.

Topics covered in this episode:

This episode is an encore presentation from the BS Free MD archives — and worth a second listen.

Drs. May and Tim Hindmarsh welcome marriage coaches Dr. Jeep and Vanessa Naum back to BS Free MD for a wide-ranging conversation on what actually sustains a marriage long-term. The four longtime friends — coincidentally going through home sales and life transitions on opposite coasts — dig into the conversations couples should be having before the wedding and throughout the marriage: where to live, whose career takes priority, how many kids to have, religion, finances, in-laws, and shared interests. The Naums share person...

Youth mental health isn’t just struggling—it’s in full crisis mode. In this episode, the hosts sit down with The Truthful Therapist to unpack what’s really happening beneath the surface of rising anxiety, depression, and behavioral challenges in children.

They challenge conventional narratives around therapy, diagnosis, and treatment—questioning whether current systems are truly helping kids or unintentionally making things worse. The conversation dives into the role of family dynamics, environment, overdiagnosis, and the increasing medicalization of normal childhood struggles.

This episode pulls back the curtain on modern mental health approaches and asks a big...

Anne-Marie shares the brutal perimenopause story that pulled her into this beat — years of nightmares, anxiety, gut issues, ER visits for chest pain and headaches, and a parade of doctors who never said the word "perimenopause." She and the Hindmarshes unpack why this is a clinical diagnosis, not a lab diagnosis, and why a single hormone panel is a snapshot of a movie that's swinging wildly day to day. The conversation lands hard on a key point: if your life was working a year ago and now it isn't, you don't need a blood test — you need someone to guid...

From a man named Porky Bicker stockpiling 70 tires for three years to fake a volcanic eruption in Alaska, to a pair of pranksters who stomped around Clearwater, Florida in giant lead penguin feet for a decade, to Saskatoon radio hosts who convinced an entire province (and a sitting member of Parliament) that Canada was switching to "metric time" — this is a masterclass in long-form mischief. The hosts close with a naturally occurring iceberg off the coast of Dildo, Newfoundland that defies all earthly explanation, before pivoting — somehow — to a serious reflection on Easter weekend, public accountability, and the fragility of mor...

Dr. Panzner explains the difference between a pharmacist and a pharmacologist, and why he treats food, supplements, and medications all as "drugs" — anything that alters physiology. He introduces the iceberg effect: no supplement does just one thing, and the unlisted mechanisms beneath the label are often what's driving anxiety, palpitations, low blood pressure, anemia, or that vague "off" feeling people can't trace back to their stack.

The conversation digs into real client cases — a vitamin C product spiking adrenaline because of concentrated quercetin, polyphenol stacks dropping blood pressure low enough to make people pass out in hot show...

The episode opens with a caffeine-fueled kickoff and a memorable trivia night story before pivoting into "Judges Gone Wild." Tim breaks down the Olympus Spa case in Washington, where a traditional Korean women-only nude spa was sued for refusing entry to a biological male identifying as a trans woman — and the now-famous Judge Van Dyke dissent that called out the court's selective outrage. From there, they unpack a Massachusetts ruling against HHS and ACIP's revised childhood vaccine schedule, the 1986 Childhood Vaccine Safety Act implications, and why liability — not science — is driving the legal pushback.

The second half shifts...

Pierre explains how he ended up deep in mineral chemistry instead of the ketamine series he was writing. After four years treating vaccine‑injured patients at Leading Edge Clinic, he’s learned that almost every promising therapy — hyperbaric, stem cells, exosomes, chlorine dioxide, DMSO, ivermectin — helps some people a lot, others modestly, and leaves a stubborn cohort behind. A contact kept pushing him to look at a mineral extract derived from biotite (black mica), a volcanic rock containing 50 to 80 minerals. The backstory: a Japanese researcher in the 1950s, transfixed by a tree growing out of a bare rock, spent roughly...

Tim and May reminisce about their own legendary moon mission prank that had friends fooled for months. From there, they unpack some of the wildest real April Fools stunts ever recorded, including a fake Alaskan volcano eruption made with burning tires, mysterious giant penguin tracks in Florida, and a radio prank that convinced Canadians they were switching to “metric time.

The conversation then takes a sharp turn into deeper territory—UFO narratives, media manipulation, social psychology, and how believable lies are often built around small truths. They close by reflecting on leadership, humility, public trust, and Easter week...

In this episode, the conversation shifts from humor into a surprisingly grounded discussion on relationships and what makes marriages work long-term. Instead of focusing on conflict and “grievance-based” communication—often reinforced in traditional therapy—the hosts highlight four foundational habits that build connection:

The discussion emphasizes that relationships fail not just from co...

Dr. Adam Urato, Chief of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at MetroWest Medical Center, spent decades on the front lines of obstetric care before he couldn't ignore what the data was showing. In this episode, he walks Drs. May and Tim through the rise and fall of Makena — a drug prescribed to prevent preterm birth that was ultimately pulled by the FDA in 2023 after being proven ineffective — and connects it to a larger pattern of flawed trials, minimized risks, and industry-driven guidelines that have shaped standard obstetric care for years.

Dr. Urato then turns to SSRIs, now taken by roughly 1 in 1...

In this episode, Dr. Daved Rosensweet—founder of The Menopause Method—challenges conventional thinking around menopause and hormone therapy. He reframes menopause not as a natural decline to endure, but as a treatable condition tied to systemic hormonal loss that affects nearly every tissue in the body.

The conversation dives into the science behind bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT), emphasizing individualized dosing, transdermal delivery methods, and the importance of balancing estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone. Dr. Rosensweet explains how hormone decline is linked to increased risks of osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease, cognitive decline, and overall quality-of-life deterioration—and argues that m...

This episode blends sharp commentary with personal insight, starting with heated discussions around judicial decisions involving gender policies and vaccine oversight, highlighting tensions between law, medicine, and public trust. The conversation then pivots into something more grounded—relationships—breaking down four core habits for a strong marriage: having fun together, building spiritual connection, maintaining eye contact, and prioritizing physical touch. Through humor and real-life examples, the hosts emphasize that while culture and institutions may feel chaotic, strong personal relationships are built on simple, intentional behaviors.

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This Truth Bomb episode digs into the idea of being “sponge-worthy” in a relationship—what actually makes a partner worth committing to long-term. The hosts challenge listeners to look beyond surface-level compatibility and examine values, habits, communication, and personal responsibility. It’s a candid conversation about standards, self-awareness, and whether you’re intentionally choosing your partner—or just settling into what’s comfortable.

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In this in-studio episode, Pamela Garfield-Jaeger returns to BS Free MD for a wide-ranging conversation that blends parenting, mental health, and cultural commentary. She shares the inspiration behind her children’s book Froggy Girl, which promotes self-acceptance and pushes back on messaging that encourages children to redefine themselves to fit in.

The discussion expands into the current state of therapy and mental health care, with Garfield-Jaeger highlighting a shift away from traditional approaches that once emphasized resilience, emotional regulation, and distinguishing feelings from reality. She argues that modern therapy culture often prioritizes validation over challenge, which can le...

Dr. McDonald shares his perspective as a psychiatrist on how prolonged fear messaging, social pressure, and institutional narratives have influenced behavior, relationships, and individual autonomy. The discussion touches on the psychological impact of recent global events and what it means to live with integrity when cultural pressures push in the opposite direction.

The conversation challenges listeners to think critically about courage, responsibility, and the role individuals play in restoring common sense and moral conviction in their families and communities.

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For decades, conventional medical guidance has emphasized lowering cholesterol—often with statins—to reduce cardiovascular risk. Statins are widely prescribed and have been shown to reduce cardiovascular events and mortality in many high-risk populations.

But emerging research is prompting a deeper conversation about lifestyle factors that may play an equally important role in health outcomes. In this episode, the hosts examine evidence suggesting that sunlight exposure may influence mortality through mechanisms such as vitamin D production, circadian rhythm regulation, and metabolic health. They discuss a large observational study from Sweden indicating that women with higher sun exposure live...