Dose Makes The Poison: The Toxcast
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
That's Not Popeye's Spinach!
04 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 23 of Dose Makes the Poison: The Toxcast! Today, let's talk about when eating spinach goes wrong, aka hallucinogenic spinach! That'...
DMT, Ayahuasca, and a Chat with Tristan Brown
10 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 22 of The Toxcast. Let's talk a bit about DMT (dimethyltryptamine) and ayahuasca and chat with Tristan Brown about his experiences ...
Synthetic Cannabinoids and Bleeding: What is Up With That?
27 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 21 of the Toxcast. Synthetic cannabinoids and bleeding. Let's talk about it. Please check out MEL Science and their awesome science...
A Chat with Dr. Justin Brower (Forensic Toxicologist)
31 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 20 of Dose Makes the Poison: The Toxcast. In today's episode, I sit down for a chat with forensic toxicologist Dr. Justin Brower. W...
Mistletoe Be or Not Mistletoe Be? That is the question.
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to episode 19 of Dose Makes the Poison: The Toxcast. Today, we briefly talk about mistletoe and its toxicity. Intro and outro music is Ps...
Quick Bites: The Age Old Question: Is It Venomous or Poisonous?
23 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 18 of The Toxcast. It's our second ever quick bites episode where I talk about the age old question - is it venomous or poisonous? ...
Cannabis, Drug Testing, and The Olympics
12 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 17 of ToxCast. Today, we briefly talk cannabis and drug testing. We then approach the question - should cannabis be tested for in s...
Vape Liquids Are For Vaping Not Drinking (Nicotine)
17 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 16 of The ToxCast. Let's talk about vape liquids and the potential for poisoning and death if they are misused. Intro and outro mu...
Run for the Betamethasone...errrr...Roses
11 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Dose Makes the Poison: The ToxCast. In today's episode, we look at the recent Kentucky Derby winning horse, Medina Spirit, and a posit...
Carbon Monoxide: A Primer
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to a new season of The Toxcast. This is episode 14 - Carbon Monoxide: A Primer. Intro and outro music is a 15 second clip of Psychedelic Mushr...
Tales of (Un)Poisoned Halloween Candy
14 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 13 of Dose Makes the Poison: The Toxcast. In this episode, I talk about the myths surrounding drugs and poisons in halloween candy ...
What in the Oleander is going on with the Benadryl Challenge?
06 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 12 of The Toxcast is here. And today, I'm talking about what in the Oleander is going on with the Benadryl Challenge? Oleander and Benadryl (D...
Quick Bites: The Case of Jagger the Irish Setter
18 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's episode 11 of The Toxcast and I'm here to talk about a case of suspected animal poisoning in a new feature called Quick Bites (Of The Poisoned Ap...
A Very Special Toxisode: Yes, Pepper Spray is Tear Gas
08 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to a very special toxisode of Dose Makes the Poison: The Toxcast. In episode 10, I talk about tear gas, pepper spray, chili peppers, and capsa...
Headed for a Heartbreak (The Cardiac Glycosides: Digoxin and Convallatoxin)
27 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 9 of Dose Makes the Poison: The Toxcast. Let's talk about Digitalis (digoxin, digitoxin) and Convallaria (convallatoxin) - what are these plan...
How To Fix A Drug Scandal (Netflix)
10 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 8. When Things Go Real Bad In The Lab. Two forensic toxicologists (Dr. Justin Brower and I) chat about the new Netflix documentary series, How...
Not Your Parent's Heroin (Heroin, Fentanyl, and Fentalogs)
15 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 7 of Dose Makes The Poison: The Toxcast. In today's episode, I talk about heroin, fentanyl, and fentanyl analogs (fentalogs). What ...
McGruff the Singing Crime Dog / Drugs in the News
09 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 6 of Dose Makes the Poison: The Toxcast. Today's episode is a bit different. Remember McGruff the Crime Dog? Well, come with me as ...
What's In The Bottle? (Cyanide)
13 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's episode 5 of Dose Makes The Poison: The Toxcast. And I wonder what's in this bottle? Well, I think it's time to talk cyanide. Intro and outro mus...
A Few Drops Will Do Ya (Tetrahydrozoline)
30 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 4 of Dose Makes The Poison: The Toxcast. In today's episode, I chat about the over the counter substance, tetrahydrozoline, and its...
Toxicology in the Movies (Knives Out)
09 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It's episode 3 of Dose Makes The Poison: The Toxcast. I love when I see forensic toxicology in film and tv. And today, the new murder mystery film, Kn...
A Brief Introduction to Forensic Toxicology
05 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 2 of Dose Makes the Poison: The Toxcast. A Brief Introduction to Forensic Toxicology Episode 2 is a quick discussion about what for...
The Background
05 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 1 of Dose Makes the Poison: The Toxcast. The Background Episode 1 is an explainer about what this podcast is going to be, who I am,...