Before anesthesia, surgeons used a hammer, whiskey, and a prayer.

In the very first episode of Waywut?, Darrell drags Jason down the bloody rabbit hole of medical horror stories — from 1800s “ether frolics” to secret plutonium injections in 1945. No lectures, just two middle-aged dorks asking: How the hell did we figure this out?

• Patients bit through leather straps during amputations
• Dentists turned ether into party drugs
• Government injected plutonium into a guy… and paid him for his glowing pee

Jason’s shoulder surgery sparks a rant on pain empathy, cow licks, and why you should never post your stitches on Facebook.

Timestamps (Apple/Spotify/Overcast): 00:00 Intro & Podcast Promo • 00:40 Welcome to Wa ...