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The Deadly Dose

The Deadly Dose

Harini Bhat & Megan Gesner

A pharmacist and her longtime friend walk into a bar. What emerges is a dotty little science podcast, with a taste for toxicology. Poisons, medical mysteries, political assassinations, healing rituals, environmental disasters, pandemics & more - nothing is off the lab table here. This is the science of storytelling at its finest.

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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best The Deadly Dose episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to The Deadly Dose for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite The Deadly Dose episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

The Deadly Dose - Ep 4 - Terrifyingly Toxic Glow
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11/18/20 • 45 min

In this week's episode, Harini covers the wild story of the Radium Girls and the worldwide obsession with elemental Radium in the 1920s. If glow in the dark looks could kill...

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In this week's episode we talked about:

  • 'Radioactive' the 2019 Amazon Prime original movie
  • 'The Radium Girls' the 2020 movie starring Joey King

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The Deadly Dose - Ep 51 - Re: Burn Pits (our editor's personal story)
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12/08/21 • 50 min

Two episodes ago, we talked about burn pits. In that episode, we called on our listeners to email us if they knew anyone that was around or had been exposed to burn pits. We had no idea we were about to get an email so close to home. Today we have Braydon Griffith, our podcast editor, and co-producer, sharing his personal story of how he lost his father to cancer due to exposure to burn pits. Please listen to this episode and share Braydon's story with as many people as you can. Thank you, poison pals.

In this episode:

Kamp Kesem UCSD

Non-Profit Veteran Advocacy Group

VA Burn Pit Registry

Resources to Understand and Track Senate Bill 952- Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act

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The Deadly Dose - *UPDATE* Breaking News: What's in Room 239?
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12/30/20 • 15 min

BREAKING NEWS UPDATE: We have a real-time update regarding our Special Episode: What's in Room 239? about the poisoning of Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny. This story just keeps getting crazier and crazier. It's hard to believe we're not reading the script of the next James Bond movie. We now know exactly how Navalny was poisoned and all we can say is we're going commando for a while...

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The Deadly Dose - Ep 37 - The Lethal Lassi
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08/11/21 • 55 min

Remember that one time you ordered from your favorite Indian joint down the road and you got a creamy, delicious, mango lassi? Well, this story is exactly like that. Except it takes place in Pakistan, there’s an arranged marriage, and the lassi is spiked with poison. In honor of Harini’s upcoming wedding, Megan tells the story of a defiant bride whose plot to poison her betrothed goes drastically awry when the whole wedding party falls ill due to a tampered batch of lassi.

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Episode Sources:

  • Image 1: A tray of lassi, similar to the batch that Aasia Bibi laced with rat poison before her arranged wedding to her cousin.
  • Image 2: Aasia Bibi and her alleged boyfriend Muhammad Shahid (in the black hood) after their arrest.
  • https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/11/02/pakistani-bride-kills-17-people-with-poison-milk-to-escape-arranged-marriage/
  • https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/02/561589498/pakistani-bride-charged-with-poisoning-husbands-milk-inadvertently-killing-17
  • https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/03/world/asia/pakistan-newlywed-poison.html
  • https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41816049
  • https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-middle-east-international-news-asia-pacific-arrests-62ed09dce0744f7380b0ef61c28fa0b3

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The Deadly Dose - Ep 13 - The Tokyo Terror
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02/03/21 • 69 min

In this week's episode, Megan reinforces our fear of small spaces and unclaimed luggage with the 1995 Sarin Subway Gas Attacks in Tokyo, Japan. Who is Shoko Asahara and why did he start the fanatic cult, Aum Shinrikyo, that was behind this deadly attack? The poison has been picked and all we can say is - get. to. higher. ground.

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Episode Sources:

  • Image 1: Members of the Aum Shinrikyo group with leader Shoko Asahara (center).
  • Image 2: Shoko Asahara in custody after the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attacks.
  • Image 3: Commuters/victims above ground and waiting for medical attention after the subway lines had been evacuated.
  • Image 4: Personnel clearing sarin from a subway carriage.
  • Image 5: Victims of the attack.
  • Image 6: Firefighters in full hazmat going underground to evacuate civilians.
  • https://emergency.cdc.gov/agent/sarin/basics/facts.asp
  • https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Sarin
  • https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/05/what-does-sarin-do-to-people/275577/
  • https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2019/nano-antidote-provides-long-term-protection-nerve-agents/
  • https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35975069
  • https://www.wired.com/1996/07/aum/
  • https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/03/25/national/25-years-tokyo-attack-aum-shinrikyo/

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The Deadly Dose - Ep 8 - The Ultimate Prank...
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12/23/20 • 69 min

In this week's episode, Megan regales us with the notorious, yet somehow widely unknown assassination of Kim Jong Nam, the forgotten wild child of the late Kim Jong-il. That is all to say we are doing a quilt episode in light of the new Assassins movie - two recordings are stitched together to bring you the ultimate content in preparation for the new documentary. This killer game of peek-a-boo is no prank though...all we can say is, wash ya damn hands ya filthy animals!

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In this episode:

  • Assassins - a documentary on Kim Jong Nam's assassination by Ryan White
  • Harini's current book - Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures by Melvin Sheldrake

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The Deadly Dose - Ep 14 - The Devil's Nightcap
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02/10/21 • 62 min

In this week's episode, Harini does a story that takes place in her mother country - India. In the early youth of a newly independent India, what could befall the second prime minister to a fate determined by his nightcap? Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri was on an important political trip when he is poisoned and passes away. What happened that night is a mystery to this day.

In this episode:

  • Wisting (Nordic crime drama series) on Acorn TV via Amazon Prime

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Episode Sources:

  • Image 1: Lal Bahadur Shastri, the Indian Prime Minister (via Wiki)
  • Image 2: The Tashkent Files representatives (via The Business Standard)
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tashkent_Files
  • https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/the-man-who-accompanied-shastri-to-tashkent-debunks-the-tashkent-files-119051001592_1.html
  • https://www.dnaindia.com/bollywood/photo-gallery-the-tashkent-files-here-s-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-mysterious-death-of-dr-lal-bahadur-shastri-2730995
  • https://www.dailyo.in/politics/lal-bahadur-shastri-tashkent-kgb-russia-rti-congress-pmo-mea-tn-kaul/story/1/8393.html

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The Deadly Dose - Ep 20 - The Deutsche Doctor
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04/07/21 • 56 min

World War II history buffs, this one's for you. In this episode, Harini tells the story of the war wonder drug, "Pervitin" that every Nazi soldier took religiously during the war. However, it wasn't only the soldiers that dabbled in the drugs. The Fuhrer himself was hooked on this upper at the discretion of his doctor. Some say the doctor was slowly poisoning him, some say he was just doing his job...

In this episode:

  • Valkyrie (film 2008)

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Episode Sources:

  • Image 1: Nazi army fueled by methamphetamine pills branded as “Pervitin” during WWII (via PBS)
  • Image 2: The Third Reich kept its soldiers and pilots awake & alert with Pervitin (via The Atlantic)
  • https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/05/pilots-salt-the-third-reich-kept-its-soldiers-alert-with-meth/276429/
  • https://time.com/5752114/nazi-military-drugs/
  • https://thesecuritydistillery.org/all-articles/pervitin-how-drugs-transformed-warfare-in-1939-45
  • https://allthatsinteresting.com/pervitin-nazi-drugs
  • https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/25/blitzed-norman-ohler-adolf-hitler-nazi-drug-abuse-interview

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The Deadly Dose - Ep 89 - Jordan Peterson and Benzos
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09/21/22 • 78 min

In the last six years, Jordan Peterson has become one of the most polarizing public intellectuals to grace mainstream news outlets. At the peak of his ascent to sociopolitical celebrity, he fell off the face of the Earth. After a year of silence, he returned to his Youtube fanbase (with the help of his daughter) to share his story of battling benzodiazepine addiction and withdrawals. His recollection of his year-long rehabilitation and choices in detox treatments have been deemed controversial by drug experts and healthcare practitioners. All in all, we figured his story would be a great introduction to benzos, and what someone should be aware of when seeking a benzo prescription.

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The Deadly Dose - Ep 3 - Seven Bodies Long...
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11/10/20 • 60 min

In this week's episode, Megan covers her homegrown poison story of the Dorothea Puente Murder House in Sacramento! Hide your AARP card folks, this one's a doozy

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How many episodes does The Deadly Dose have?

The Deadly Dose currently has 124 episodes available.

What topics does The Deadly Dose cover?

The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Chemistry, Medicine, Podcasts and Science.

What is the most popular episode on The Deadly Dose?

The episode title 'Ep 58 - Always Spaghetti in Philadelphia' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on The Deadly Dose?

The average episode length on The Deadly Dose is 60 minutes.

How often are episodes of The Deadly Dose released?

Episodes of The Deadly Dose are typically released every 7 days.

When was the first episode of The Deadly Dose?

The first episode of The Deadly Dose was released on Oct 26, 2020.

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