Pick Your Poison
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 pop culture. Your choices direct the diagnosis and treatment. Make the wrong choice and our patient won’t survive the podcast.
Episodes
63 episodes
Hot Water
Want to know what easily available product in the drug store works like botulism? Why enemas were used to treat brain injuries? Listen to find out!
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Episode 23
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19:38
Fermentation
Want to know what ingredient in beer other than alcohol causes disease in humans? What might be defense attorneys favorite medical diagnosis? Why everyone has a positive blood alcohol level, even if they don’t drink a drop? Listen to find out!
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Season 3
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Episode 22
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24:14
Fumigation
Will our patient survive this podcast? It’s up to you and the choices you make. Want to know what toxin has killed thrives robbing houses? What pesticide is so poisonous it depletes the ozone layer? Listen to find out!
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Season 3
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Episode 21
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15:28
Bad Advice
Want to know what poisoned advice was given by a chatbot? What drug toxicity is also a euphemism for trite or boring? What toxin is in the Dead Sea? Listen to find out.
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Season 3
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Episode 20
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20:29
Adulteration
What to know what drug of abuse is called rhino tranq? What adulterant found in fentanyl is also used as a medicine in the ED and ICU? And can cause life-threatening withdrawal? Listen to find out!
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Season 3
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Episode 19
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20:02
Blue Mood 2
Want to know what cocaine has to do with residency hours? What genetic disease can kill you in the operating room? How a missed diagnosis resulted in changes to the training of every American intern and resident afterward? Listen to find out!&n...
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Season 3
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Episode 18
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17:54
Blue Mood
Want to know what the wet-dog shakes have to do with humans? What drug reaction causes a temperature so high it can cook the proteins inside your body? What over the counter medicine can cause a potentially life-threatening reaction with SSRIs?...
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Season 3
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Episode 17
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18:01
Pick Your Poison Trailer
Interested in poisons, mystery, and murder in mayhem? You're in the right place. This is Pick your Poison. I'm your host, Dr. JP, here to share my passion for poisons. It is a fast-paced interactive show where your choices direct the dia...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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0:39
Abyssinian Tea
Want to know what substance is used by 20 million people a day worldwide, but almost unknown in Western countries. What movie might’ve included US drug policy and what plant’s potency decreases rapidly once it’s picked? Listen to find out! ...
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Season 3
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Episode 16
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15:23
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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Season 3
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Episode 15
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23:34
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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Season 3
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Episode 14
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20:08
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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Season 3
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Episode 13
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22:23
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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Season 3
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Episode 12
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18:49
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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Season 3
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Episode 11
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16:58
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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Season 3
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Episode 10
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19:20
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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Season 3
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Episode 9
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18:59
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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Season 3
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Episode 8
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14:49
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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Season 3
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Episode 7
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16:25
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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Season 3
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Episode 6
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18:29
Decay
Want to know what poison causes septic shock? What famous scientist died after exposure? And what medical treatment requires a doctor’s note to get through airport security after receiving it? Listen to find out!
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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18:34
Burn
Want to know what toxin causes excruciating pain and death in minutes? Has been treated with amputation? And when petroleum jelly (brand name Vaseline) is used to treat poisoning? Listen to find out!
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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20:40
Arctic
Want to know what toxin in the local diet affected Artic explorers in the 1800s but not native people? Which body part reflects brain swelling? What did the ancient Egyptians use to treat night blindness?
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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16:07
Bitten
What antidote has caused more deaths than the toxin itself? Want to know what type of bite has been mistaken for appendicitis? Listen to find out!
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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12:53