The Poisoner's Almanac

There's a church that was formed around licking poisonous frogs because they have hallucinogens on their skin. They have a Facebook page. This is real. I wish I was making this all up, but no. If you're feeling down, just remember you're doing better than the yahoos who lick poisonous frogs sitting on a church pew with other yahoos who think this is normal behavior. Cut yourself some slack brah. You're actually doing ok.

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More cyanide? Yes, we have Part 2 this week. Did you know the origin of the phrase 'drinking the Kool-Aid'? It's not pretty. And it's directly connected to cyanide. I realize this could damage our collective impression of Kool-Aid, which is obviously the giant Kool-Aid man crashing through the wall at someone's house with an 'OH YEAH!'. But don't worry (your honor) we leave the Kool-Aid man out of this. Anyway, here's Kool-Aid Wall [crash OH YEAH].

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The guy that blows up the lab where they made Captain America is played by Richard Armitage, who also played Thorin Oakenshield in the Hobbit trilogy by the way, so he runs away and Captain Steve Rogers chases him and catches him, but then the guy bites down on a false tooth which is actually a cyanide vial and he foams at the mouth and expires. Yeah, that's cyanide. Super secret spy stuff. Also why don't you have The Hobbit trilogy extended edition on DVD you peasant? Anyway, here's Wonderwall.

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Bob Ross paints happy trees. He would never paint these trees because they're actively trying to kill us. They're what the US Department of the Interior refers to as 'unhappy.' Like, they're so unhappy it feels like someone made them in a lab. Pretty sure Mugatu from Zoolander made these trees. We're obviously people of taste and culture, us Zoolander fans. Anyway, here's Wonderwall. Thanks for listening!

Have people been accidentally buried alive because they were presumed dead but really it was just opium poisoning and there were some kids playing in the graveyard and heard someone screaming from underground but nobody checked until the next day and now I won't sleep well for a week thinking about this because it's so horrifying? At the risk of spoiling it....yes, all of that is true. Enjoy this episode while you're not sleeping.

Is there a poisonous plant that contains the precursor to the cardiac medication digoxin? We tackle that in this episode!

Is the mushroom from the Super Mario Brothers' franchise actually toxic in real life? Is it ok for Toad to have it on his head? We answer these and many other existential fungi questions in this episode. Once you've finished listening, you will be able to extricate lethal fungi from the mouths of your unsuspecting friends and loved ones who are doing some sort of Survivor Man challenge to kinda, y'know, find themselves- like Dwight Schrute did for Michael Scott. Yeah, that kinda vibe.

Does chloroform really make you go to sleep when doused on a rag and held over your mouth or is that just Hollywood? Did one of my wife's best friends get her a book all about strychnine and make this episode even better? Listen and find out!

Enjoy and thanks for listening!

Is the 'lead-poisoning stare' real or just a meme? Did the Roman Empire fall because they used lead in their dentistry? We tackle these poisonous questions in this episode. Enjoy and thanks for listening!