Pick Your Poison
by Dr. JP
Latest episode
Just a Drop: A Delayed Neurologic Toxicology Mystery
Just a Drop: A Delayed Neurologic Toxicology Mystery
About this podcast
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
The newest 20 of 83 episodes
- Just a Drop: A Delayed Neurologic Toxicology Mystery · 19 min · Season 4 Episode 20A 30-year-old chemistry PhD candidate develops progressive difficulty walking and speaking months after a seemingly minor laboratory incident. His stroke evaluation, MRI, and…
- Strange Appetite — Halloween Special · 20 min · Season 4 Episode 19An old Victorian house. A Halloween séance. A trunk that hasn't been opened in decades. What could possibly go wrong? This Halloween, join Dr. JP for a medical mystery that…
- Surface Tension · 25 min · Season 4 Episode 18Want to know what dangerous wellness trend causes harm with bubbles? Why the treatment for too much oxygen can be more oxygen? And how concentration can make the difference…
- Under the Sink: A Pediatric Poisoning Emergency · 20 min · Season 4 Episode 17A toddler is found screaming beneath the kitchen sink, surrounded by spilled household cleaners. Which exposure is responsible—and why can inducing vomiting or using common…
- Dead Weight: A Civil War Artifact Toxicology Mystery · 28 min · Season 4 Episode 16A three-year-old develops abdominal pain, constipation, profound lethargy, and a sudden seizure after a family gathering. The crucial clue appears in an unexpected place—and…
- Short Circuit : A Medical Mystery of Seizures and Poisoning · 27 min · Season 4 Episode 15A routine medication turns catastrophic when a patient's brain loses its brakes. Why won't the seizures stop? What hidden diagnosis is everyone missing? And what life-saving…
- Green Fairy: Psychosis at the Absinthe Bar · 22 min · Season 4 Episode 14A notorious green spirit served in a Belle Époque bar. A violent patient hallucinating and fighting invisible enemies. And a medical myth linked to some of history’s most famous…
- Wild Mistake: A Deadly Foraging Mystery · 21 min · Season 4 Episode 13A harmless-looking plant gathered for a wilderness dinner. An ancient remedy for madness associated with Heracles. And a flower carrying the same kind of cardiac poison found in…
- Poisoned Paper: The Prison Contraband Mystery · 22 min · Season 4 Episode 12A normal conversation followed by unconsciousness within minutes. A drug abandoned as too dangerous for medicine but reborn on the illicit market. And prison contraband hidden on…
- Breathless: The Paleolithic Hazard Hiding in Modern Kitchens · 23 min · Season 4 Episode 11Want to know what toxin has been killing workers since Paleolithic times—and is hiding in modern kitchens? The ancient Romans called it a widow-maker… because husbands died so…
- Burning Desire: Insect toxin, aphrodisiac, and poison · 22 min · Season 4 Episode 10An animal that poisons without biting or stinging. An infamous aphrodisiac behind centuries of terrible decisions. And a blistering substance used as a murder weapon. Your…
- Cold Fire: Poison that can combust in the ER · 21 min · Season 4 Episode 9A poison that can burst into flame in the emergency department. Vomit and stool dangerous enough to threaten the medical team. And a possible answer to the missing bones of…
- Killer Candy: The killer candy found in King Tut's tomb · 21 min · Season 4 Episode 8A candy flavor beloved around the world. An ancient treat found in King Tut’s tomb and rumored to make camels less thirsty. And an overdose that drives blood pressure up while…
- Breathing Fire: A Toxic Lung Emergency · 22 min · Season 4 Episode 7Fire eaters who damage their lungs without being burned. Hot-tub users who develop a serious respiratory illness. And gasoline thieves poisoned by the way they steal it. Your…
- Poisoned by Paleontology: A Blowgun Poison Mystery · 22 min · Season 4 Episode 6Today's episode is about a toxin so powerful that a little smeared on the tip of a blowgun arrow is enough to silence every muscle in your body, including your diaphragm…
- Locked In: Fever, Paralysis, and a Mystery Pill · 23 min · Season 4 Episode 5A fever that refuses to break with ordinary medicine. Muscles rigid enough to trap a conscious patient inside the body. And the diagnostic chaos caused by “a round white pill.”…
- The Last Supper: Did foraging topple a royal dynasty? · 27 min · Season 4 Episode 4A foraged mushroom served at a royal meal. A dinner said to have ended the House of Habsburg and changed Europe. And a plant extract investigated as an antidote to liver failure…
- The Quiet Baby: An infant poisoned, an antidote from the serum of scientists · 21 min · Season 4 Episode 3A healthy infant who becomes too weak to cry or feed. A digestive system missing key protective bacteria and bile acids. And a lifesaving antidote produced with help from…
- Sublimation: Death in a sealed room · 21 min · Season 4 Episode 2A locked room with no intruder. A dead person with no sign of trauma. And a volatile clue that vanishes before investigators arrive. Your patient. Your diagnosis. Your decision…
- Sweet: Ancient biological weapon. Modern aphrodisiac. · 19 min · Season 4 Episode 1A natural poison that harms humans but leaves bees untouched. A rare honey valuable enough to risk lives harvesting it. And a sweet weapon used in conflicts between Russia and…
