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Want to know the common way people are exposed to the chemical causing lung damage in microwave popcorn workers? What vitamin might be toxic for your lungs and how you can inhale heavy metals without welding? Listen to find out! Send us Fan Mail

Want to know what upholstery has to do with seizures? What poison murdered children during the Kindergarten Wars? What toxin sends a shiver of fear down my own spine? Listen to find out!   Send us Fan Mail

Want to know what toxin has killed hundreds of thousands of people, has been associated with the Salem Witch Trials and is the source of modern hallucinogens? Then stay tuned!  Send us Fan Mail

Want to know what animal is called the most venomous in the world? If pee is an antidote and how pantyhose makes swimming safer?  Listen to find out! Send us Fan Mail

How you might accidently kill a patient with intubation? Want to know what drug Kafka called the only remedy against the misery of being?  The compound that might’ve played a role in Rasputin’s influence over the Romanovs?  Listen to find out! Send us Fan Mail

Want to know what favorite poison of Agatha Christie’s is also used as a performance enhancer? What compound was used as rat poison and also in doping during the Tour de France? Listen to find out! Send us Fan Mail

Want to know what leaf can cause symptoms of an opioid overdose? Use of what herbal has resulted in liver transplants and also causes a rash called crocodile skin? Listen to find out! Send us Fan Mail

Want to know what class of drugs is dangerous enough to have been used by a serial killer nurse, but is also in cough drops? What antidote for the life-threatening overdoses caused these drugs is a common nutritional ingredient?  Listen to find out! Send us Fan Mail

Want to know what chemical used to make explosives is also used for weight loss? What drug was used to keep soldiers warm during WWII? Listen to find out! Send us Fan Mail

Want to know what medicine is derived from PCP? Why it’s medical use resulted in murder charges and convictions? Listen to find out! Send us Fan Mail

Want to know what’s called the disease of kings? What toxic plant is used to treat it? What prehistoric animal also suffered from this disease? Listen to find out! Send us Fan Mail

Want to know what poison causes blindness? Why some prison commissaries don’t stock fruit? What toxins were intentionally used to adulterate alcohol during Prohibition? Listen to find out! Send us Fan Mail

Want to know what risky behavior often targets pregnant women and children? What massive overdose requires surgical intervention? What exactly is a drug loo and where can you find one?  Listen to find out! Send us Fan Mail

Want to know what poison causes pathological shyness and is historically associated with being mad as a hatter? What causes dancing cat fever and might have contributed to the death of John Wilkes Booth? Listen to find out! Send us Fan Mail

What poison makes you mad as a hatter? What’s the brand-new antidote for it hot off the presses? What medicine comes from a bean used in African witchcraft trials? Listen to find out!  Send us Fan Mail

Do you know what toxin abused by teenagers causes sudden cardiac death? How fear can kill you? Listen to find out! Will our patient survive this podcast? It’s up to you and the choices you make.  Send us Fan Mail

Want to know why people are intentionally poisoning themselves with frog poison? What happens when you take it? And what could possibly go wrong? Listen to find out! Send us Fan Mail

Want to know what category of poisons is named the new guy in Russian? How a man dropped dead in minutes of a potent toxin applied by people wearing no PPE, without the poisoners suffering any symptoms? And what’s the antidote to these poisons? Listen to find out! Send us Fan Mail

Do you know what type of poisoning affects three million people each year? What this poison has to do with chemical weapons? And what toxin is so potent it can kill lions in just a few steps? Listen to find out! Send us Fan Mail

What to know what poison is more potent than cyanide? Where it occurs in the natural world? And what famous explorer survived his exposure to it? Listen to find out! Send us Fan Mail

Want to know what drug has caused the same number of American deaths as World War I? Want to know how to treat an overdose? Want to know what new adulterant in this drug is causing horrific non-healing wounds? Then stay tuned!  Send us Fan Mail

This is the first historical episode, looking back at riveting, and often harrowing, stories of poisoning from the past.  Today we’ll discuss the Moscow Theater Crisis and what happened when Chechen rebels held Russian theatergoers hostage. Did the Russians government’s unusual response to the crisis help or hurt the hostages? We will also touch on what these events from twenty years ago have to d...

Want to know about the dangers of black-market butt lifts? How they can kill you? What hardware stores and hotel rooms have to do with healthcare? Or in this case, shouldn’t have to do with healthcare? Listen for more! Send us Fan Mail

Dr. JP shares her passion for poisons in this interactive podcast. Will our patient survive this podcast? It’s up to you and the choices you make.  Interested in aphrodisiacs? Want to know what EKGs have to do with mustaches, and what toads have to do with van Gogh?  Listen to find out.  Send us Fan Mail

Do you want to know which substance is so toxic it’s called the poisoner’s poison? What pigment used in painting is used to treat this toxin? And which antidote contains cyanide? Listen to find out more.  Send us Fan Mail