Pick Your Poison

By Dr. JP

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 p

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How many episodes does Pick Your Poison have?

The podcast currently has 74 episodes available.

Pick Your Poison episodes:

August 12, 2025 Fresh Air
What to know what antidote is getting more attention on social media than the poison it treats? What happens if the doctor panics while giving it. Why people are drinking fish tank antifungal cleaner? Listen to find out!
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24min
July 29, 2025 Hemorrhage Part 2
Want to know what dictators’ autopsy was published on the front page of the newspaper, why he hated doctors and what that had to do with his death? What leeches were used for in 1950? Listen to find out!
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21min
July 15, 2025 Hemorrhage
Want to know why cocaine is used in the operating room? What toxin has been used in bombs, impregnated into clothing and sprayed on salad bars? What rat poison is treated with vitamins? Listen to find out!
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23min
June 25, 2025 Pumped
Want to know what eating meat has to do with doping and drug testing in the Olympics? What medicine to treat asthma in horses is abused by humans for weight loss? Listen to find out!
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19min
June 11, 2025 Hitchhiker
Want to know what hitchhikers have to do with toxicology? Exposure to what animal has been mistaken for a drug of abuse? What substance costs $40 million dollars per gallon? Listen to find out.
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17min
May 28, 2025 Sudden Death
Want to know what toxin was used by Nazis and is treated with vitamins? Is potent enough to kill a moose in 20 minutes. A poison where the antidote changes the color of your blood and skin? Listen to find out!
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20min
May 13, 2025 Hooch
Do you know what poison is the most potent known to man, yet is ubiquitous in nature? How you can be poisoned by a prison potato? Listen to find out!
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19min
April 30, 2025 Bitter Brew
Want to know what compound from the Amazon combines 2 plants in a bit of ingenious indigenous pharmacology? What substance was considered too dangerous for study in communist countries?
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15min
April 16, 2025 Something Stinks
Want to know poisoning is often mistaken for an allergic reaction? What you risk by eating barracuda? What causes Foreign Accent Syndrome when a person suddenly starts speaking in another language? Listen to find out!
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17min
March 26, 2025 Decay Part 2
Want to know what poison makes bones crumble and glow-in-the-dark? What living thing thrives inside Chernobyl? Listen to find out!
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19min

FAQs about Pick Your Poison:

How many episodes does Pick Your Poison have?

The podcast currently has 74 episodes available.

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