Poisonboy Podcast

A New Year, new opportunities for mystery, science, poison, toxicology, adventure, mystery...wait, I said mystery...it's the Poison Boy Podcast! Back from holiday hiatus! It's all Venomous Media Review this week, with discussions of the HBO documentary "Dope Sick Love" as well as the Natsuo Kirino crime thriller "Grotesque" and a story about the worst college roommate in the world and his band, the Velvet Underground. Let's go, we are a already a week into the 2016!

Poison Boy sits down in the pouring rain with cigar and beer in hand around the pit of truth to interview a true American hero - the Cobra. 

Poison Boy is back - a day late but never a dollar short. Remembering the life and music of Scott Weiland and Stone Temple Pilots and gate-crashing the weekly toxicology rounds with 2 attractive and beautiful medical students and a brilliant and loquacious emergency medicine resident. We talk the heck out of carbon monoxide in all its forms and presentations and permutations, along with some jokes, out of context movie references, a discussion of Ramadan and Eid and so much entertainment that it took an extra day to put it all together. Let's dig in! 

Poison Boy is relentless and determined to bring you the best infotainment with the best podcast in the world. The phenomenal Dr. Tammi Schaeffer drops knowledge bombs like napalm all over the place and discusses the carbon monoxide experience in Northern New England. Then Poison Boy relates his experiences with Earth and Fire Erowid of the world famous Erowid website and we wrap up the excitement with an exploration of the 27th anniversary of the Jonestown massacre. What are you waiting for?!

Poison Boy back in action! The Safety Rangers rally round the people of Paris on this terrible night of terroristic horror. We discuss a confusing and challenging case of an unusual clonidine overdose, then recount some adventures in the Philadelphia Medical Examiner's office while discussing "Solved" in the Venomous Media Review and wrap up the whole affair with a discussion of friggatriskaidekaphobia or fear of Friday the 13th. All this excitement and the theme from S.W.A.T.! What more could an adventurer want from a podcast?!

Poison Boy is back - shot out of a cannon with a raging hangover but determined to make the post. With Safety Ranger Big Dog, we discuss the heck out of the whole Spice, K2, Loud synthetic cannabinoid mess, dropping knowledge bombs right and left. The Venomous Media Review focuses on BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS by Katherine Boo and the use of Eraz-ex by the inhabitants of a Mumbai undercity and even with all that, we still have time to talk about Movember, spruce beer, George Takei, Howard Stern, ALLEGIANCE on Broadway all wrapped up in the gorgeous guitar work of Bahamas. almost makes the hangover worthwhile.

Poison Boy is back from a self-imposed exile and what a return! Doubling the drop-down on Halloween with a new podcast, a new website and a whole new determination to find the answers because the truth is out there...or is it? Interviews with Dr. Leslie Dye, the President of the American College of Toxicology and Dr. Adam Rowden and his tactical strike force of toxicologic ninjas. A Venomous Media Review of "BLACKOUT" by Sarah Hepola and a Halloween poisoning story to chill your bones. All this wrapped up to the creepy soundtrack of the world famous Bollock Brothers. Poison Boy - how did we survive without him?

Poison Boy rarely has to devote all his attention to a single issue, but the story of Chris McCandless and INTO THE WILD is one worth learning and sharing. The publication of a purely scientific analysis of the biochemical composition of Alaskan Wild Potato seeds by Jon Krakauer has led us to dive deep into the lore and mythology of "Alexander Supertramp", his journey of self-discovery and his sad, tragic death. In addition, This Week in Tox History covers the Ides of March and the death of Ceasar, Billie Holiday's bad and good behavior, St.Patrick - past, present and future, the invention of hemodialysis, the Pillsbury DoughBoy (no relation), the Micturating Stones, the Clash and the crash of Teddy Pendergrass, mutiny on the Mississippi, the Japanese sarin subway attack, the Rosenbergs and the agony of defeat, among many other things. 

Poison Boy battles technical glitches of all sorts as he struggles through an overnight shift sleep deprivation hangover on (of all days) St. Patrick's Day to get the truth out for the Safety Ranger Corps of Cadets. All in a day's work for our intrepid hero. Poison Boy talks turkey about the dog poisoning controversy at Crufts Dog Show, then he is joined by Mrs. Poison Boy and they talk all things poisonous and deadly from the Far East. The venomous media review (VMR) is an analysis of the great 1995 film ONCE WERE WARRIORS and we round out the podcast with This Week in Tox History and all the usual suspects make an appearance including the McCartneys, Jim Morrison, Grace Slick and Led Zeppelin, but our cast of characters this episode also includes everyone from Henri Becquerel to Ryutaro Hashimoto and Albert Einstein. We do it all to the joyous and beautiful beats of MY LITTLE LOVER and their great song "Shiroi Kite." 

Poison Boy runs the gauntlet of February - fighting the frosty fiend with facts and love. In this special episode, we explore all the historical highlights from the shortest, coldest, boringest, crappiest month and manage to shine sriracha -hot sunny beams of knowledge warmth all over the place. Join fellow Safety Rangers Robinson Crusoe, Mark Twain, Darryl Strawberry, Stalin, Gomer Pyle, G.I. Joe, The Rolling Stones (with Marianne Faithful), Einstein, Anna Nicole Smith, Prince Valiant, Socrates, Typhoid Mary, Mr.Spock, Sade and a whole batting order of the cool, the infamous, the ridiculous and the randomly Ranger-ish. 

Poison Boy and Joel Kravitz team up again to solve the world's problems in less than a half hour. Then we recount the most important toxicology-related events of the second two weeks of January, including the death of Socrates, Paul McCartney getting arrested multiple times (in addition to the Grateful Dead and Marion Barry), the founding of Australia, robot murderers, hot Czechoslovakian chicks that fall from the sky and idiot British terrorists that try (unsuccesfully) to blow planes from the sky. And that's just the beginning...

Poison Boy is back and better than ever with new equipment, new stories, new conversation and a whole new world of danger and weirdness. Join the conversation as we tackle the vaccine controversy in a way you have not heard before. Then Poison Boy is joined by honorary Safety Ranger, Joel Kravitz MD - a Canadien born New Jerseyite - (kind of like a polite Tony Soprano) and all hell breaks loose in a free-flowing conversation in an honest attempt to solve the world's problems. The Venomous Media Review takes us "On The Run" through Lagos, Nigeria and we break down the first two weeks of the year in This Week in Tox History. Buckle up! It's gonna be a bumpy ride!

Poison Boy battles a sore throat and stuffed nose to bring you the latest in intelligent analysis, non-sequiturs and anecdotes. The Safety Rangers discuss carbon monoxide, Lucy in the Sky with LSD, Jim Morrison's penchant for getting drunk and arrested, the greatest bank heist in Japanese history, the first music store in America, famous graves and the 47 ronin. C'mon on! 

Poison Boy and the Safety Rangers are back to explore the hazards of memory and the dangers of ennui. The crew dive into the a discussion of Bhopal on the 30th anniversary of that industrial horror, then the conversation turns to a Philadelphia citywide debate on the perfect secret sauce for the knock-out punch - how to safely sedate the undifferentiated agitated patient in the ER. The Venomous Media Review covers the great 1996 film TREES LOUNGE, which has special meaning for Poison Boy and the Week in Review covers everything from the creation of "smog" to the disappearance of Agatha Christie to the Rolling Stones at Altamont and Howard Stern! Babbabooey! 

Poison Boy returns HARD with an all new hip and an all new birthday podcast! Fresh off a total hip replacement, Gerry O (a.k.a. Poison Boy) recounts his adventures in orthopedics as well as what many consider to be the origin story of Poison Boy - the defining moment that launched the epic journey. Then, loyal Safety Ranger Steve Walsh joins the conversation to educate and discuss the importance of avoiding cyanide and the even bigger importance of having an airtight prenuptial agreement. The Venomous Media Review focuses on the 1995 classic LEAVING LAS VEGAS and we wrap up the podcast with a discussion of other important events that occurred on December 1st (besides the birth of Poison Boy). 

Poison Boy and the Safety Rangers return to expose the low-rent Romeo of medicine and join the chorus pleading for sanity in mushroom foraging. We join the entire Philadelphia toxicology community for a lively journal club discussion, discuss the great film DRUGSTORE COWBOY and run down the list of famous and infamous from this week in toxicology history. 

Poison Boy returns to discuss pediatric poisoning and teenage strychnine experimentation. Safety Ranger Bill Boroughf joins the conversation with a discussion of toxicity from artificial hips and the boys have a conversation about a recent local case of hydroflouric acid poisoning. The venomous media review is a discussion of the Basketball Diaries from 1995 and we rap up This Week in Tox History with a visit to Pompeii, potato chips in Saratoga, NY, transcendental meditation with the Beatles and Stones, the creation of chop suey, banana spider venom to treat erectile dysfunction, Rod Stewart, sulfur dioxide in Belgium, Star Trek, Squeaky Fromme and the Monkees. 

Poison Boy and the Safety Rangers are back and refreshed and ready for action! They dive right in to a discussion of what happens as a result of eating at Dickie's BBQ in Utah, pesticide suicide in the developing world and unusual tips on party planning from a goth mom in Idaho. The team discusses ondansetron and cardiac dysrhythmias and the venomous media review focuses on the 2000 film Requiem for a Dream. We round out This Week in Tox History remembering Jim Morrison, Keith Moon, Stephen Stills, Grace Slick and Max Yasgur, among others. 

Poison Boy returns with an update on some of the toxicology-related weirdness that has transpired throughout the known universe over the past couple of weeks. We begin in 1972 in a little boy's room in New York listening to all the hits from WABC and then move quickly to Russian assasination and Toledo water bans. Poison Boy enlists the help of some of the Safety Rangers to discuss organophoshate poisoning as an occupational hazard among airline pilots and button battery ingestions. We discuss the intriguing but troubled new TV show THE KNICK and round out the podcast with a discussion of the week in tox history focusing on The Rolling Stones, the Mamas and the Poppas, 2 stories featuring Jerry Garcia and a rememberance of atomic REM. 

Poison Boy and the Safety Rangers battle all sorts of audio and technical difficulties to bring you brilliant analysis of criminal misoprostol pancake poisoning, ciguatoxin evaluation and treatment, mercury poisoning from dental amalgams, a history lesson on swine flu vaccine and Legionnaire's disease, Doc Holliday, the Beatles, Ed Koch  and Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones and a review of BEAUTIFUL BOY by David Sheff.