Blood Work

Blood Flows: Arm Transfers

We trace the evolution of international arms transfers from mercantilism to the modern era, and the perverse incentives produced by the symbiosis of private enterprise and state imperatives in arms pr...

10 Mar 1h 2min

Uncle Joe’s Insurance Policy: The History of the AK-47, Part Two [PREVIEW]

This is a preview. To hear the entire episode and help Blood Work to survive and thrive, become a supporter on Patreon. It’s time to tell the story of Mikhail Kalashnikov, his eponymous gun, the horro...

3 Mar 13min

Machines Infernal: The History of the AK-47, Part 1

We begin our history of the most famous firearm of all time with a prologue: Because in order to understand how we got here, you gotta understand where we came from. Blood Work is a Scam Goldin Produc...

24 Feb 1h 30min

24 Reasons Why w/ Josh Boerman

This is a preview. To hear the entire episode and help Blood Work to survive and thrive, become a supporter on Patreon. Josh drops by the Blood Work studio to talk about one of the most mentally unhin...

17 Feb 17min

A History of Violence w/ Patrick Wyman

Prompted by a meditation on mercenaries, Gregk consults the henchest man in ancient history to discuss ancient forms of violence work and whether our current conjuncture is really a rupture, or more a...

10 Feb 1h 11min

Combat 18, Part 2: We Need Some More Lads in Here w/ Gareth Watkins [PREVIEW]

This is a preview. To hear the entire episode and help Blood Work to survive and thrive, become a supporter on Patreon. Gareth and Gregk reconvene to tell the second chapter in the C18 saga which, nat...

3 Feb 13min

Combat 18, Part 1: Lad’s Army w/ Gareth Watkins

Gareth and Gregk discuss what happens when a group of football hooligans decide to elevate their violent bloodlust into a fully-fledged political movement. (Spoiler: Bad, stupid things.) Follow Garet...

27 Jan 1h 51min

Cruel to be Kind: Sanctions [PREVIEW]

This is a preview. To hear the entire episode and help Blood Work to survive and thrive, become a supporter on Patreon. We situate the favourite tool in the U.S. arsenal in its historical context, and...

20 Jan 15min