Pick Your Poison
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A fast-paced, interactive podcast about poisons, toxins, mayhem and murder spanning from ancient history to pop culture.

Winner Silver Best Science Podcast

Nominee Best Science Podcast

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This is an interactive show. Your choices direct the diagnosis and treatment. Make the wrong choice and our patient won’t survive the podcast.

Want to learn more about aphrodisiacs? Wonder what toads have to do with van Gogh? What’s the poisoner’s poison? What do spring-loaded umbrellas have to do with castor beans? Listen to find out!

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