Intoxicants

The Science of Fiction by The Science of Fiction

Nov 25, 20120:53:38Science & Medicine

Andy and Will round off the year with a show on intoxicants: real or fantastical, legal or outlawed, poison or cure (or sometimes both …). James Bond’s heart, curare , Charles Waterton’s donkey- and bellows-based hobbies...

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