McElroys, Sawbones Live podcast to kick off HerdCon

Marshall University’s annual pop culture convention, HerdCon, kicks off at 1 p.m. Friday, March 24, with a visit from Justin and Dr. Sydnee McElroy of the internationally known podcast “Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine.”

The Sawbones Live event will be in BE5 of the Memorial Student Center, and tickets became available at 9 a.m. Monday, Feb. 27. Tickets are free but limited. A livestream link will be available to the event for those unable to attend in person. Both ticket information and the link will be available at www.marshall.edu/herdcon.

Both Justin and Sydnee McElroy grew up in Huntington and attended Marshall. Throughout their careers — Justin’s, which has involved podcasting, YouTube projects and more, and Sydnee’s, which has involved medicine and podcasting — have actively raised funds and supported community organizations such as Harmony House, the Huntington Children’s Museum and the local theater group HART in the Park.