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\u201cAspirin and Old Lace?\u201d Okay, it would take a bottle full of pills in a glass of elderberry wine to really harm you, but aspirin can be deadly. So can too much of anything, including water. Dose is key in toxicology, after all, but there are some poisons that can do deadly work in tiny amounts. \nHear about the chemistry of poisons \u2026 why Botox may freeze your emotions as well as your face\u2026 which animal is most lethal to humans\u2026 and how 19th-century poisoners got away with murder \u2013 until the birth of forensic science.\nGuests:\n\n\nDeborah Blum \u2013 Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer, author of The Poisoner\u2019s Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York\n\n\n\nMartyn Smith \u2013 Toxicologist, University of California, Berkeley\n\n\nJoshua Ian Davis \u2013 Psychologist, Barnard College, New York\n\n\nJamie Seymour \u2013 Venom biologist, director of The Tropical Australian Stinger Research Unit, School of Marine Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Cairns, Australia\n\nBig Picture Science is part of the\xa0Airwave Media\xa0podcast network.\xa0Please contact\xa0advertising@airwavemedia.com\xa0to inquire about advertising on Big Picture Science.\nYou can get early access to ad-free versions of every episode by joining us on\xa0Patreon. Thanks for your support!\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices