The Transcripts
Therapeutic Misadventures
This is the Pick Your Poison podcast. I’m your host Dr. JP and I’m here to share my passion for poisons in this interactive show. Will our patients survive this podcast? It’s up to you and the choices you make. Our episode today is called Therapeutic Misadventures.
How you might accidently kill a patient with intubation? Want to know what drug Kafka called the only remedy against the misery of being? The compound that might’ve played a role in Rasputin’s influence over the Romanovs? Listen to find out.
This is the Pick Your Poison podcast. I’m your host Dr. JP and I’m here to share my passion for poisons in this interactive show. Will our patients survive this podcast? It’s up to you and the choices you make. Our episode today is called the Culinary Catastrophe.
Want to know what favorite poison of Agatha Christie’s is also used as a performance enhancer? What compound was used as rat poison and also in doping during the Tour de France? Listen to find out!
Culinary Catastrophe
Gas Station Herbals
This is the Pick Your Poison podcast. I’m your host Dr. JP and I’m here to share my passion for poisons in this interactive show. Will our patients survive this podcast? It’s up to you and the choices you make. Our episode today is called Gas Station Herbals. Want to know what leaf can cause symptoms of an opioid overdose? Use of what herbal has resulted in liver transplants and also causes a rash called crocodile skin? Then stay tuned!
Desensitized
This is the Pick Your Poison podcast. I’m your host Dr. JP and I’m here to share my passion for poisons in this interactive show. Will our patients survive this podcast? It’s up to you and the choices you make. Our episode today is called Desensitized.
Want to know what class of drugs is dangerous enough to have been used by a serial killer nurse, but is also in cough drops? What antidote for the life-threatening overdoses caused these drugs is a common nutritional ingredient? Then stay tuned!
Explosive Heat
This is the Pick Your Poison podcast. I’m your host Dr. JP and I’m here to share my passion for poisons in this interactive show. Will our patients survive this podcast? It’s up to you and the choices you make. Our episode today is called Explosive Heat.
Want to know what chemical used to make explosives is also used for weight loss? What drug was used to keep soldiers warm during WWII? Then stay tuned!
Nobody Home
This is the Pick Your Poison podcast. I’m your host Dr. JP and I’m here to share my passion for poisons in this interactive show. Will our patient survive this podcast? It’s up to you and the choices you make. Our episode today is called Nobody Home. Want to know what medicine is derived from PCP? Why it’s medical use resulted in murder charges and convictions? Stay tuned!
Poisonous Panacea
This is the Pick Your Poison podcast. I’m your host Dr. JP and I’m here to share my passion for poisons in this interactive show. Will our patients survive this podcast? It’s up to you and the choices you make. Our episode today is called the Painful Panacea.
Want to know what’s called the disease of kings? What toxic plant is used to treat it? What prehistoric animal also suffered from this disease? Then stay tuned!
White Lightning
This is the Pick Your Poison podcast. I’m your host Dr. JP and I’m here to share my passion for poisons in this interactive show. Will our patient survive this podcast? It’s up to you and the choices you make. Our episode today is called White Lightening.
Want to know what poison causes blindness? Why some prison commissaries don’t stock fruit? What toxins were intentionally used to adulterate alcohol during Prohibition? Then stay tuned!
The Deadly Delivery
This is the Pick Your Poison podcast. I’m your host Dr. JP and I’m here to share my passion for poisons in this interactive show. Will our patient survive this podcast? It’s up to you and the choices you make. Our episode today is called the Deadly Delivery. Want to know what risky behavior often targets pregnant women and children? What massive overdose requires surgical intervention? What exactly is a drug loo and where can you find one? Then stay tuned.
Mad as a Hatter
This is the Pick Your Poison podcast. I’m your host Dr. JP and I’m here to share my passion for poisons in this interactive show. Will our patient survive this podcast? It’s up to you and the choices you make. Our episode today is called The Mad Hatter.
Want to know what poison causes pathological shyness and is historically associated with being mad as a hatter? What causes dancing cat fever and might have contributed to the death of John Wilkes Booth? Then stay tuned!
Loco
This is the Pick Your Poison podcast. I’m your host Dr. JP and I’m here to share my passion for poisons in this interactive show. Will our patient survive this podcast? It’s up to you and the choices you make.
Our episode today is called Loco. What poison makes you mad as a hatter? What’s the brand-new antidote for it hot off the presses? What medicine comes from a bean used in African witchcraft trials? Listen to find out!
Deadly Breath = Sudden Death
This is the Pick Your Poison podcast. I’m your host Dr. JP and I’m here to share my passion for poisons in this interactive show. Our episode today is called Deadly Breath = Sudden Death.
Do you know what toxin abused by teenagers causes sudden cardiac death? What seemingly benign event can trigger cardiac arrest in a patient without any other symptoms? Then stay tuned!
The Hollywood Shaman
This is the Pick Your Poison podcast. I’m your host Dr. JP and I’m here to share my passion for poisons in this interactive show. Will our patients survive this podcast? It’s up to you and the choices you make. Our episode today is called The Hollywood Shaman.
Want to know why people are intentionally poisoning themselves with frog poison? What happens when you take it? An what could possibly go wrong? Then stay tuned.
The New Guy
This is the Pick Your Poison podcast. I’m your host Dr. JP and I’m here to share my passion for poisons in this interactive show. Will our patients survive this podcast? It’s up to you and the choices you make. Our episode today is called The New Guy.
Want to know what category of poisons is named the new guy in Russian? How a man dropped dead in minutes of a potent toxin applied by people wearing no PPE, without the poisoners suffering any symptoms? And what’s the antidote to these poisons? Then stay tuned!
Three Little Steps
This is the Pick Your Poison podcast. I’m your host Dr. JP and I’m here to share my passion for poisons in this interactive show. Will our patients survive this podcast? It’s up to you and the choices you make. Today’s episode is called Three Little Steps.
Do you know what type of poisoning affects three million people each year? What this poison has to do with chemical weapons? And what toxin is so potent it can kill lions in just a few steps? Then stay tuned!
The Hazardous Holiday
This is the Pick Your Poison podcast. I’m your host Dr. JP and I’m here to share my passion for poisons in this interactive show. Will our patients survive this podcast? It’s up to you and the choices you make. This episode is called the Hazardous Holiday. What to know what poison is more potent than cyanide? Where it occurs in the natural world? And what famous explorer survived his exposure to it? Then stay tuned!
Today we’re in Thailand on a trip with a group of friends. To combat jet lag, you napped for a few hours before meeting for dinner. A loud commotion in the hallway outside your room wakes you up. You look at the clock and realize you forgot to set your alarm clock and missed the meal, a mistake that may have saved your life.
The Grim Reaper Episode 6
This is the Pick Your Poison podcast. I’m your host Dr. JP and I’m here to share my passion for poisons in this interactive show. Will our patients survive this podcast? It’s up to you and the choices you make. Our episode today is called the Grim Reaper. Want to know what drug has caused the same number of American deaths as World War I? Want to know how to treat an overdose? Want to know what new adulterant in this drug is causing horrific non-healing wounds? Then stay tuned!
Poison Gas Episode 5
This is the Pick Your Poison podcast. I’m your host Dr. JP and I’m here to share my passion for poisons in this interactive show. This is the first historical episode, looking back at riveting, and often harrowing, stories of poisoning from the past.
Today we’ll discuss the Moscow Theater Crisis and what happened when Chechen rebels held Russian theatergoers hostage. Did the Russians government’s unusual response to the crisis help or hurt the hostages? We will also touch on what these events from twenty years ago have to do with today’s very current drug epidemic. Want to know what links these two seemingly disparate things? Stay tuned to find out.
Black Market Butt Lifts Episode 4
This is the Pick Your Poison podcast. I’m your host Dr. JP and I’m here to share my passion for poisons in this interactive show. Will our patients survive this podcast? It’s up to you and the choices you make.
Want to know about the dangers of black-market butt lifts? What hardware stores and hotel rooms have to do with healthcare? Or in this case, shouldn’t have to do with healthcare? Then stay tuned.
Toxic Tea Episode 3
This is the Pick Your Poison podcast. I’m your host Dr. JP and I’m here to share my passion for poisons in this interactive show. Will our patients survive this podcast? It’s up to you and the choices you make.
Interested in toxic tea? The poison associated with werewolves? One so potent it was used on poison arrows to hunt bears, ibexes and even whales. Then stay tuned!
The Poisoner’s Poison Episode 2
This is the pick your poison podcast. I’m your host Dr. JP and I’m here to share my passion for poisons in this interactive show. Will our patient survive this podcast? It’s up to you and the choices you make.
Do you want to know which substance is so toxic it’s called the poisoner’s poison? What pigment used in painting is used to treat this toxin? And which antidote contains cyanide? Then stay tuned.
Love Hurts Episode 1
This is the Pick Your Poison podcast. I’m your host Dr. JP and I’m here to share my passion for poisons in this interactive show. Will our patients survive this podcast? It’s up to you and the choices you make.
Today’s episode is called Love Hurts. If you’re interested in aphrodisiacs, if you want to know what EKGs have to do with mustaches, and what toads have to do with van Gogh then stay tuned!
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