Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Deborah Blum talks about her new work, The Poisoner’s Handbook , a look at how easy it used to be to kill someone with poison and the researchers who made poisoning much harder to get away with. Plus we’ll test your knowledge about some recent science in the news. Websites related to this episode include blog.deborahblug.com
[ The transcript of this episode will be available soon. ]
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