Historical Toxicology (OLD TIMEY POISONS) with Deborah Blum

Oh hey, it's the moldy pumpkin you carved a little too early. Allie Ward, let's enjoy some poisons. I love this guest. I first met her at a book reading over 10 years ago, and I've always enjoyed so much her historical science writing. She studied chemistry, but she majored in journalism.

More on that in a bit, and got a master's degree in environmental journalism, went on to write a whole stack of books like Monkey Wars. in Ghost Hunters, William James, and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life After Death, and of course the beloved The Poisoners Handbook, Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age, New York. And she also authored the recent Tactical Guide to Science Journalism and is writing a new book as we spoke. And how good is she? She's a Pulitzer Prize winner.

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