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Gavin Pitts joins Kevin, Toren, and Joe again via Skype to talk head lice, body lice, public lice, Strigiphilus Garylarsoni,  Aristotle’s “spontaneous generation” theory, the [...]

Food tasters, Wiley’s poison squad, tetra ethyl lead, pesticide-contaminated lunches, a new botulinum toxin, and the usual pop culture. Plus – what’s the lethal dose of various [...]

Our fundraiser for Season 5 has already succeeded far beyond our expectations, and thank you so much to everyone who has supported us so far. We hit our $10k stretch goal to create a Caustic Soda [...]

Dr Jenna Moccia joins us to talk nightshade, strychnine, curare, arsenic, ricin, cyanide, botulinum, chemotherapy, the 1858 Bradford Sweets poisonings, the 1971 Iraq mercury grain poisonin, plus [...]

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Maritime MishapsPart three of our Maritime Mishaps series continues with a look at complete loss of water-going vessels: Shipwrecks! We’ll look at [...]

This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series Maritime MishapsWe discuss several instances of people cast away to deserted islands in history, and provide a PSA on how to survive! We also [...]

This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series Maritime MishapsThis week, Joe, Kevin, and Toren look at getting stuck out on the open ocean. We’ll cover the several dangers of being lost at sea, [...]