The Deadly Dose

House of the Dragon on HBO Max has been out for over a month now and fans of the original Game of Thrones are having a field-day comparing the two storylines, ourselves included! In this episode, we wanted to talk about notable drugs and poisons that play a large role in the Song of Ice and Fire universe. Moon tea, anyone?

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Episode Sources:

• https://gameofthrones.fandom.com/wiki/Poison#Known_poisonings
• https://gameofthrones.fandom.com/wiki/Tears_of_Lys
• https://gameofthrones.fandom.com/wiki/Strangler
• https://gameofthrones.fandom.com/wiki/Long_farewell
• https://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Tears_of_Lys#A_Game_of_Thrones
• https://gameofthrones.fandom.com/wiki/Moon_tea
• https://www.kew.org/read-and-watch/tale-two-poppies

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In the last six years, Jordan Peterson has become one of the most polarizing public intellectuals to grace mainstream news outlets. At the peak of his ascent to sociopolitical celebrity, he fell off the face of the Earth. After a year of silence, he returned to his Youtube fanbase (with the help of his daughter) to share his story of battling benzodiazepine addiction and withdrawals. His recollection of his year-long rehabilitation and choices in detox treatments have been deemed controversial by drug experts and healthcare practitioners. All in all, we figured his story would be a great introduction to benzos, and what someone should be aware of when seeking a benzo prescription. 

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Episode Sources:

• Maintenance Phase - Jordan Peterson Part 1 & Part 2
• Dr. Todd Grande - Jordan Peterson/Mikhaila Interview Analysis and Jordan Peterson Dangers of Benzodiazepine Withdrawal
• Joe Rogan Experience - Episode #1769 Jordan Peterson on Getting Off of Benzodiazepines 
• https://cardinalrecovery.com/blog/dr-jordan-peterson-talks-about-xanax-addiction/
• https://nypost.com/2021/01/31/jordan-peterson-says-he-was-suicidal-addicted-to-benzos/
• https://nationalpost.com/health/jordan-peterson-benzodiazepines
• https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/jordan-peterson-says-i-m-back-to-my-regular-self-after-drug-dependency-1.5008292

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The Deadly Dose is now on Patreon! Through the Deadly Dose Podcast Patreon (aka the DDPP... or should it be D2P2?) we'll be dropping exclusive content from bonus episodes to reaction videos to merchandise. Click the direct link below to see subscription options and what each membership-tier has to offer. OR sit back, relax, hit play, and we'll tell you all about it. 

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We've brought you an encore presentation of "The Devil's Nightcap" with added commentary and an update on a recent discovery in the ongoing investigation into Shastri's death. 

In 1966, the second Prime Minister of India, Lal Bahadur Shastri, died under mysterious circumstances in Tashkent, Uzbekistan a day after signing the Tashkent Agreement (a peace treaty to end the Indo-Pakistan War). Family and followers believed he was poisoned. To this day, the Indian Government keeps Shastri's post-mortem results sealed and confidential to the public. Did he die of natural causes, or is a geopolitical conspiracy afoot?

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Episode Sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tashkent_Files
• https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/the-man-who-accompanied-shastri-to-tashkent-debunks-the-tashkent-files-119051001592_1.html
• https://www.dnaindia.com/bollywood/photo-gallery-the-tashkent-files-here-s-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-mysterious-death-of-dr-lal-bahadur-shastri-2730995
• https://www.dailyo.in/politics/lal-bahadur-shastri-tashkent-kgb-russia-rti-congress-pmo-mea-tn-kaul/story/1/8393.html
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aconitum
• https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/pharmacology-toxicology-and-pharmaceutical-science/aconitum
• https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13596-021-00565-8

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We're bringing you an encore presentation of the story that inspired this podcast (plus bonus commentary!). Harini talks about the Chicago Tylenol Murders (or Tylenol Murders) of 1982 and how this terrorizing event completely changed the pharmaceutical industry's drug-packaging practices. It also influenced stricter Federal anti-tampering legislation. Although copycat attempts of drug tampering and poisoning threatened the nation immediately following the Chicago murders, the case remains open to this day with no true leads. 

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In this episode:

• McMillions documentary on HBO 
• Avenue Beat (music) @avenuebeat

Sources:

• https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/tylenol-murders-1982
• https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/cold-cases/chicago-tylenol-murders/
• https://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/October-2012/Chicago-Tylenol-Murders-An-Oral-History/
• https://publichealth.uic.edu/news-stories/people-politics-and-poison-the-tylenol-murders-revisited-forty-years-later/
• https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/16/us/tylenol-acetaminophen-deaths.html
• https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cyanide-laced-tylenol-kills-seven
• https://allthatsinteresting.com/chicago-tylenol-murders
• https://forensicsciencesociety.com/thedrip/the-cold-case-tylenol-murders

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As the Russia-Ukraine war continues, and global outcry against the Russian Federation's invasion loses it's intensity, we wanted to bring back our coverage of the assassination attempt on Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption activist, Alexei Navalny.

In 2020, Navalny was poisoned with a nerve agent called Novichok. During his recovery, he organized a private investigation unit to uncover his assailants. The investigation implicated FSB agents and Putin himself.

In this encore presentation, we've added additional commentary on Navalny's current status as a prisoner of the Kremlin. 

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 Sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_of_Alexei_Navalny
• https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/03/1086012
• https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/21/europe/russia-navalny-poisoning-underpants-ward/index.html
• https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/20/world/europe/navalny-poison-russia.html
• https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/02/world/europe/navalny-poison-novichok.html
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/08/20/alexei-navalny-was-poisoned-one-year-ago-his-fate-tells-us-lot-about-putins-russia/
• https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/21/europe/russia-navalny-poisoning-underpants-ward/index.html
• https://www.npr.org/2020/12/22/949053847/navalny-reportedly-dupes-agent-into-revealing-details-of-poisoning
• https://www.science.org/content/article/how-german-military-scientists-likely-identified-nerve-agent-used-attack-alexei-navalny

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We're back with another Deadly Dose re-release! In this episode, Megan talks about the most incredible poisoning/assassination event to have occurred in the 21st century: the assassination of Kim Jong-nam, half-brother of Supreme Leader of North Korea Kim Jong-un. What starts as an investigation into two women accused as assassins, develops into an unbelievable plot of geopolitical intrigue, an elaborate network of North Korean agents, a deadly nerve toxin, months of orchestration, and two unsuspecting women manipulated by the promise of stardom. 

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In this episode:

• Assassins - a documentary on Kim Jong Nam's assassination by Ryan White 
• Harini's current book - Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures by Melvin Sheldrake 

Episode Sources:

• GQ: The Untold Story of Kim Jong-nam’s Assassination by Doug Bock Clark (photography by Jesse Chehak)
• WSJ Video: The Moment Kim Jong am Was attacked: CCTV Footage
• NPR Asia: North Korean Leader’s Slain Brother was Reportedly Working with the CIA by Scott Neuman
• WSJ: North Korean Leader’s Slain Half Brother Was a CIA Source by Warren P Strobel

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It’s a Deadly Dose re-release, Part II! We’re bringing back Harini’s coverage of MK-Ultra and all the questionable, unsanctioned sh*t that occurred under this infamous CIA mind-control program. One conspiracy of significance that came of MK-Ultra was the untimely and mysterious death of American bacteriologist, Frank Olson. Pour yourself some Cointreau (sans LSD - unless, you know, that's your thing) and settle into this mid-century thriller of espionage, conspiracy, murder and drugs. 

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In this episode:

• Wormwood on Netflix (a docuseries about Frank Olson's death and MK Ultra)

Sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Olson
• https://spyscape.com/article/frank-olson-the-cias-secret-quest-for-mind-control
• https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/06/frohttps://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/27/us/family-of-frank-olson-man-drugged-by-cia-plans-suit.html
• m-mind-control-to-murder-how-a-deadly-fall-revealed-the-cias-darkest-secrets
• https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Frank_Olson
• https://frankolsonproject.com/
• https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/document/0005/1561485.pdf

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It’s a Deadly Dose re-release! We’re bringing back Harini’s coverage of MK Ultra and all the questionable, unsanctioned sh*t that occurred under this infamous CIA mind-control program.  LSD and other drug experiments (read: torture?) ran rampant from the 1950s to 1970s in a bid to beat the Communists. Hold onto your bell bottoms and rose-colored glasses because it's going to be a TRIP! 

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• The Great British Bake Off

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It's a Deadly Dose re-release! With the recent Italian grinder sandwich trending across the internet, we wanted to bring back this incredible story of a serial sandwich poisoner in Germany. We've added bonus commentary reflecting on how far we've come in the last two years. We hope you enjoy! Just like how you'd enjoy a delicious sandwich.

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In this episode:

• Where the Crawdad's Sing by Delia Owens
• Arthur from PBS Kids 
• The Bridge or Bron/Broen 2011 TV Series 
• Fake or Fortune from BBC One, now streaming on Amazon Prime

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