Pick Your Poison

Jan 27 2025 41 ep. 20 mins 12

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Dr. JP shares her passion for poisons in this interactive show. Pick Your Poison is a fast-paced, interactive podcast about poisons and toxins, mischief and murder ranging from ancient history to pop culture. Your choices direct the diagnosis and treatment. Make the wrong choice and our patient won’t survive the podcast.

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Bitten

Jan 27 2025 12 mins

hat antidote has caused more deaths than the toxin itself? Want to know what type of bite has been mistaken for appendicitis? Listen to find out! Send us a text

Hangover

Jan 13 2025 17 mins

Want to know what disease is more common in the Emergency Department in the month of January? Has been called Jitterbug? Why Veterans hospitals used to have whisky on the formulary? Listen to find out! Send us a text

Blizzard

Dec 12 2024 16 mins

Want to know what poison is called the Silent Killer? Is colorless, odorless and tasteless i.e. completely undetectable? How car part theft might increase the toxicity of your car? Listen to find out!Send us a text

Winter Holiday Special

Nov 25 2024 19 mins

Want to know about the dangers of mistletoe tea and snow flocking spray? What life-threatening complication alcohol can cause in a person who isn’t drunk? Listen to find out! Send us a text

Amnesia

Nov 13 2024 18 mins

Want to know what disease affects both sea lions and humans? What toxin inspired a horror film and has also been used as a deworming agent ?Send us a text

Out of This World

Oct 28 2024 18 mins

Want to know what substance has been used at parties since 1799 and is still popular on sites like TikTok? Why it’s used as much as 600 times per day and where you can find it in the grocery store? Listen to find out!Send us a text

Halloween Haunted House

Oct 08 2024 18 mins

Want to know what toxin you can find at a haunted house? How it’s responsible for world-wide outbreaks, poisoning thousands, many of the victims children? How too much exercise can cause kidney failure? Listen to find out!Send us a text

Bad Seed

Sep 30 2024 21 mins

Want to know how homemade jewelry can poison you? Why some people remain unaffected after exposure to this lethal toxin? How it was used to assassinate dissidents from Eastern Europe? Listen to find out!Send us a text

Hazardous Hike

Sep 09 2024 17 mins

Want to know what phrase strikes fear into the hearts of toxicologists? What was in the state poison Athens used for capital punishment? How people become sick after eating quail? Listen to find out! Send us a text

Pill Paradox

Aug 28 2024 22 mins

Want to know what over the counter drug is lethal to pets? What important toxicology tool was plotted on a cocktail napkin? What’s the medical use of a barbiturate coma? Listen to find out! Send us a text