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Jan 2023
49m 36s

That's Not Popeye's Spinach!

Kevin G. Shanks
About this episode

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's definitely not Popeye's spinach!


Intro and outro music is Psychedelic Mushrooms by T Morri.


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