Calling In Sick
Hosted by Alex and Alexandra Wildeson and Alex Wildeson · Just Media
5.0from 159 ratings
- 141
- Episodes
- 62
- Transcribed
- 159
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
- 1M
- YouTube views
About Calling In Sick
Welcome to the Calling in Sick, hosted by Alex Wildeson and produced by Just Media. On this podcast, Alex shares her unfiltered personal journey battling several autoimmune and chronic conditions including Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN) Vasculitis, Mixed Connective Tissue Disease (MCTD) / Lupus, Endometriosis, and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS). She also provides practical “how-to” guides, explores hot topics, and welcomes other warriors, medical professionals, advocates and creators on the show to shed light on the latest healing modalities, promising treatments, and myth bust popular misconceptions and trendy health hacks. Tune in for some laughs, tears, and growth… but stay for the camaraderie and community. You can engage with Alex and the community through social media @callinginsickpod. We promise, you don’t need a doctor’s note for this one!
- Publisher
- Just Media
- Category
- health & fitness
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 13 Aug 2024
- Latest episode
- 5 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
62 of 141 episodes have a transcript.
5 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Do you have to accept your chronic illness to live your life? (Ft. Cheryl Crow)
30 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Bikini Medicine, Clinical Trial Gaps & Companies Changing the Game ft. Amanda Berk
28 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Patient Advocacy: One Thing Every Chronically Ill Woman Needs (ft. Amanda Berk)
Inside a recent episode
Do you have to accept your chronic illness to live your life? (Ft. Cheryl Crow)
Published 5 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] No one has that crystal ball to tell me that for sure that this is the stuff you can no longer control with your RA and these are the stuff that you can't. Does that make sense? So it's like you're forced to accept the reality that you're living in. but that doesn't necessarily equate to there's nothing you can do about it. Yeah, and I think actually I did one of my internships in spinal cord rehab, and I think it is a really good analogy for this in a weird way. So like when you have a complete spinal cord injury, there is a clear line in the sand. The way medicine is in 2026, let's say you are paralyzed at the belly button level, like if it's T11, thoracic spine level, You cannot move or feel your body below your belly button, period. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Calling In Sick
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- Cheryl Crow
- Amanda Berk
- Linda Bluestein
- Sheila Masterson
- Cortney Gensemer
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 1,393,319
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 44 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 115 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 53 / 100
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- Quality
- 30
- Social presence
- 100
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 51
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- Does not typically book guests
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Who hosts Calling In Sick?
Alex and Alexandra Wildeson and Alex Wildeson host the show. Published by Just Media.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does Calling In Sick take guests?
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