PoisonBoy Podcast

Poison Boy runs the gauntlet of February - fighting the frosty fiend with facts and love. In this special episode, we explore all the historical highlights from the shortest, coldest, boringest, crappiest month and manage to shine sriracha -hot sunny beams of knowledge warmth all over the place. Join fellow Safety Rangers Robinson Crusoe, Mark Twain, Darryl Strawberry, Stalin, Gomer Pyle, G.I. Joe, The Rolling Stones (with Marianne Faithful), Einstein, Anna Nicole Smith, Prince Valiant, Socrates, Typhoid Mary, Mr.Spock, Sade and a whole batting order of the cool, the infamous, the ridiculous and the randomly Ranger-ish.

Poison Boy and Joel Kravitz team up again to solve the world's problems in less than a half hour. Then we recount the most important toxicology-related events of the second two weeks of January, including the death of Socrates, Paul McCartney getting arrested multiple times (in addition to the Grateful Dead and Marion Barry), the founding of Australia, robot murderers, hot Czechoslovakian chicks that fall from the sky and idiot British terrorists that try (unsuccesfully) to blow planes from the sky. And that's just the beginning...

Poison Boy is back and better than ever with new equipment, new stories, new conversation and a whole new world of danger and weirdness. Join the conversation as we tackle the vaccine controversy in a way you have not heard before. Then Poison Boy is joined by honorary Safety Ranger, Joel Kravitz MD - a Canadien born New Jerseyite - (kind of like a polite Tony Soprano) and all hell breaks loose in a free-flowing conversation in an honest attempt to solve the world's problems. The Venomous Media Review takes us "On The Run" through Lagos, Nigeria and we break down the first two weeks of the year in This Week in Tox History. Buckle up! It's gonna be a bumpy ride!

Poison Boy battles a sore throat and stuffed nose to bring you the latest in intelligent analysis, non-sequiturs and anecdotes. The Safety Rangers discuss carbon monoxide, Lucy in the Sky with LSD, Jim Morrison's penchant for getting drunk and arrested, the greatest bank heist in Japanese history, the first music store in America, famous graves and the 47 ronin. C'mon on!

Poison Boy and the Safety Rangers are back to explore the hazards of memory and the dangers of ennui. The crew dive into the a discussion of Bhopal on the 30th anniversary of that industrial horror, then the conversation turns to a Philadelphia citywide debate on the perfect secret sauce for the knock-out punch - how to safely sedate the undifferentiated agitated patient in the ER. The Venomous Media Review covers the great 1996 film TREES LOUNGE, which has special meaning for Poison Boy and the Week in Review covers everything from the creation of "smog" to the disappearance of Agatha Christie to the Rolling Stones at Altamont and Howard Stern! Babbabooey!

Poison Boy returns HARD with an all new hip and an all new birthday podcast! Fresh off a total hip replacement, Gerry O (a.k.a. Poison Boy) recounts his adventures in orthopedics as well as what many consider to be the origin story of Poison Boy - the defining moment that launched the epic journey. Then, loyal Safety Ranger Steve Walsh joins the conversation to educate and discuss the importance of avoiding cyanide and the even bigger importance of having an airtight prenuptial agreement. The Venomous Media Review focuses on the 1995 classic LEAVING LAS VEGAS and we wrap up the podcast with a discussion of other important events that occurred on December 1st (besides the birth of Poison Boy).

Poison Boy and the Safety Rangers return to expose the low-rent Romeo of medicine and join the chorus pleading for sanity in mushroom foraging. We join the entire Philadelphia toxicology community for a lively journal club discussion, discuss the great film DRUGSTORE COWBOY and run down the list of famous and infamous from this week in toxicology history.

Poison Boy returns to discuss pediatric poisoning and teenage strychnine experimentation. Safety Ranger Bill Boroughf joins the conversation with a discussion of toxicity from artificial hips and the boys have a conversation about a recent local case of hydroflouric acid poisoning. The venomous media review is a discussion of the Basketball Diaries from 1995 and we rap up This Week in Tox History with a visit to Pompeii, potato chips in Saratoga, NY, transcendental meditation with the Beatles and Stones, the creation of chop suey, banana spider venom to treat erectile dysfunction, Rod Stewart, sulfur dioxide in Belgium, Star Trek, Squeaky Fromme and the Monkees.

Poison Boy and the Safety Rangers are back and refreshed and ready for action! They dive right in to a discussion of what happens as a result of eating at Dickie's BBQ in Utah, pesticide suicide in the developing world and unusual tips on party planning from a goth mom in Idaho. The team discusses ondansetron and cardiac dysrhythmias and the venomous media review focuses on the 2000 film Requiem for a Dream. We round out This Week in Tox History remembering Jim Morrison, Keith Moon, Stephen Stills, Grace Slick and Max Yasgur, among others.

Poison Boy returns with an update on some of the toxicology-related weirdness that has transpired throughout the known universe over the past couple of weeks. We begin in 1972 in a little boy's room in New York listening to all the hits from WABC and then move quickly to Russian assasination and Toledo water bans. Poison Boy enlists the help of some of the Safety Rangers to discuss organophoshate poisoning as an occupational hazard among airline pilots and button battery ingestions. We discuss the intriguing but troubled new TV show THE KNICK and round out the podcast with a discussion of the week in tox history focusing on The Rolling Stones, the Mamas and the Poppas, 2 stories featuring Jerry Garcia and a rememberance of atomic REM.