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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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Dead Weight: A Civil War Artifact Toxicology Mystery
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Aug 25, 2026 |
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Short Circuit : A Medical Mystery of Seizures and Poisoning
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Aug 11, 2026 |
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Green Fairy: Psychosis at the Absinthe Bar
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Jul 21, 2026 |
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Wild Mistake: A Deadly Foraging Mystery
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Jul 07, 2026 |
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Poisoned Paper: The Prison Contraband Mystery
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Jun 23, 2026 |
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Breathless: The Paleolithic Hazard Hiding in Modern Kitchens
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Jun 09, 2026 |
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Burning Desire: Insect toxin, aphrodisiac, and poison
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May 26, 2026 |
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Cold Fire: Poison that can combust in the ER
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May 13, 2026 |
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Killer Candy: The killer candy found in King Tut's tomb
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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Breathing Fire: A Toxic Lung Emergency
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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Poisoned by Paleontology: A Blowgun Poison Mystery
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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Locked In: Fever, Paralysis, and a Mystery Pill
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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The Last Supper: Did foraging topple a royal dynasty?
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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The Quiet Baby: An infant poisoned, an antidote from the serum of scientists
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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Sublimation: Death in a sealed room
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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Sweet: Ancient biological weapon. Modern aphrodisiac.
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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Hot Water: When bath salts become deadly
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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Fermentation: The Mysterious Blood Alcohol Level
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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Fumigation: A Pesticide Poisoning Mystery
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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Bad Advice: When a Chatbot Recommends a Poison
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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Adulteration: The New Fentanyl Contaminant
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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Blue Mood, Part 2: A drug-drug interaction that changed medicine
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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Blue Mood, Part 1: What the wet dog shakes have to do with humans
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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Pick Your Poison Trailer
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Abyssinian Tea: A Little-Known Global Drug Mystery
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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Fresh Air: When the Antidote Becomes Dangerous
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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Hemorrhage, Part 2: The Dictator Who Feared His Doctors
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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Hemorrhage, Part 1: Cocaine, Rat Poison, and a Medical Mystery
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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Pumped: Doping, Weight Loss, and a Drug-Test Mystery
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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Hitchhiker: The $40-Million a gallon Animal Toxin
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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Sudden Death: The very lethal toxin Treated with Vitamins
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May 28, 2025 |
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Hooch: Prison brew and nature's most potent poison.
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May 13, 2025 |
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Bitter Brew: The Amazonian Plant Medicine Mystery
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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Something Stinks: A Seafood Poisoning Mystery
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Decay, Part 2: Glowing Bones and Radioactive Murder
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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Decay, Part 1: A scientist's fatal exposure and a TSA-flagged treatment
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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Burn: The Poison That Causes Excruciating Pain
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Arctic: The Explorer’s Diet That Turned Toxic
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Bitten: When the Antidote Is More Dangerous Than the Bite
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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Hangover: The January Emergency Doctors Dread
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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Blizzard: The Silent Killer in Winter Storms
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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Winter Holiday Special: Mistletoe, Snow Spray, and Hidden Hazards
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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Amnesia: The Sea-Lion Toxin That Affects Humans
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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Out of This World: The Party Drug Hiding in Grocery Stores
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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Halloween Haunted House: A Toxic Threat in the Fog
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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Bad Seed: Poisonous Jewelry and a Cold War Assassination
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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Hazardous Hike: Ancient execution poison found on hiking trails.
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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Pill Paradox: A common pain reliever with an antidote sketched on a cocktail napkin
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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Temptation: A neglected tropical disease killing 100,000 a year
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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Murder and Medicine, Part 2: The Murder case that launched modern forensic toxicology
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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Murder and Medicine, Part 1: The King of Poisons
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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Electric: A Festival Drug Causing brain swelling
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Knockdown: The Poison That Kills Rescuers
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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Miasma: The Hidden Causes of Toxic Lung Injury
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May 29, 2024 |
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Rivalry Gone Awry: Seizures in the Kindergarten Wars
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May 15, 2024 |
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Fire in the Rain: Poison, Witch Trials, and Hallucinations
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May 01, 2024 |
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Perilous Waters: The World’s Most Venomous Animal
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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Therapeutic Misadventures: A medical misadventure linked to Kafka and Rasputin
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Culinary Catastrophe: Agatha Christie’s Performance-Enhancing Poison
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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Gas Station Herbals: The Leaf That Mimics an Opioid Overdose
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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Desensitized: The Cough-Drop Drug That Can Stop the Heart
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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Explosive Heat: The Weight-Loss Drug Used in Explosives
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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Nobody Home: The Anesthetic Linked to a Murder Conviction
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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Poisonous Panacea: The Toxic Plant Used to Treat the Disease of Kings
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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White Lightning: Prohibition-era poison still found in prison
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Deadly Delivery: The Hidden World of Drug Smuggling
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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Mad as a Hatter: The poison behind “mad as hatter: and a presidential assassin's death.
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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Loco: Madness, Witchcraft, and a New Antidote
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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Deadly Breath: Toxin used by teens That Causes Sudden Death
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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The Hollywood Shaman: Celebrity-endorsed frog toxin
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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The New Guy: A Russian Nerve-Agent Mystery
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Aug 05, 2023 |
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Three Little Steps: Rodenticides, Chemical Weapons, and Murder
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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The Hazardous Holiday: A Poison More Potent Than Cyanide
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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The Grim Reaper: Overdose, Antidotes, and a Flesh-Eating Adulterant
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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Poison Gas: The Moscow Theater Hostage Crisis
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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Black-Market Butt Lifts: A Deadly Cosmetic-Injection Mystery
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May 24, 2023 |
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Love Hurts: Aphrodisiacs, Toad Toxins, and a Failing Heart
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May 09, 2023 |
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The Poisoner’s Poison: Murder, Pigment, and an Unusual Antidote
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May 09, 2023 |
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Toxic Tea: Werewolves, Poison Arrows, and Medicine
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May 09, 2023 |