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Blood Work

Blood Work

bloodwork 48 Episodes Oct 13, 2026

Blood Work is a podcast dedicated to exploring the 'Economy of Violence'. The show examines how violence is intertwined with economic systems, power dynamics, and societal structures. It offers a critical analysis of the ways in which violence is produced, managed, and capitalized upon.

Episodes

Intermezzo: Behind the Blood Veil
Intermezzo: Behind the Blood Veil Oct 13, 2026 1792 This is a preview. To hear the entire episode and help Blood Work to survive and thrive, become a supporter on Patreon. Gregk and Thomas mark Blood Work’s first birthday with a casual discussion about what we learned in the year 1 AS (Anno Sangui). Image: A cupcake with a single candle being lit on fire with a handgun. I mean, I don’t know, I feel like this one’s pretty self-explanatory. Blood Wor
Death Becomes You: Drones, Part 3
Death Becomes You: Drones, Part 3 Oct 6, 2026 3739 We close out our series discussing how drone warfare advanced a new military ethics in which the lives of combatants are sacrosanct, while civilian lives are expendable. Image: A photograph on an Israeli UAV dropping grenades from the sky. Blood Work is a Scam Goldin Production This episode was produced by Thomas O’Mahony Our theme song is ‘Dream Weapon’ by Genghis Tron Our artwork is provided cou
What We Have is a Document: Wannsee
What We Have is a Document: Wannsee Sep 29, 2026 1656 This is a preview. To hear the entire episode and help Blood Work to survive and thrive, become a supporter on Patreon. On January 20, 1942, a group of SS officers and mid-level bureaucrats from the ministries of the Third Reich convened at a lakeside villa. The agenda: Genocide. Image: A photograph of one of the interior corridors of 56-58 Am Wannsee (Credit: Werner Zellien) Blood Work is a Scam
I Am Sitting In A Room: Drones, Part 2
I Am Sitting In A Room: Drones, Part 2 Sep 22, 2026 3935 We return to Grégoire Chamayou’s Theory of the Drone to meditate on sacrifice, preservation, and what happens when warrior virtue must be retooled for riskless killers. Image: A photograph of the setup of the ‘shock generator’ equipment for Stanley Milgram's famous 1960s studies on authority and obedience. (Source: Stanley Milgram Papers (MS 1406). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library
The Human is the Object of War: Drones & Autonomy w/ Kelsey D. Atherton
The Human is the Object of War: Drones & Autonomy w/ Kelsey D. Atherton Sep 15, 2026 2071 This is a preview. To hear the entire episode and help Blood Work to survive and thrive, become a supporter on Patreon. Kelsey joins Gregk to discuss his ten-year beat covering military tech, drones and autonomous weapons and talk about emergent modes of war in the 2020s. For more from Kelsey D. Atherton: – Follow him on Bluesky – Preorder A World For All: New Visions of US Foreign Policy, out thi
I See It All: Drones, Part 1
I See It All: Drones, Part 1 Sep 8, 2026 4036 We look at Grégoire Chamayou’s groundbreaking 2015 book on Drone Warfare to examine the phenomenon of killing without vulnerability, and the troubling ethics such technologies induce. If you enjoyed this episode: – Support Blood Work via Patreon – Leave a rating or review on your podcast app – Follow us on Bluesky / Instagram / Twitter Image: An 18-year-old factory worker named Norma Jean Doughert
UNLOCKED: Paper Work: Immigration, Islamophobia and Bureaucracy w/ Josef Burton
UNLOCKED: Paper Work: Immigration, Islamophobia and Bureaucracy w/ Josef Burton Sep 4, 2026 9819 Josef enters the Zone to talk about his experience working in the U.S. State Department and discuss the quiet violence work of diplomats, administrators and functionaries. For more from Josef Burton: – Follow him on Bluesky and Twitter – Listen to his appearance on QAA discussing Iranian Monarchists – Read his 2023 essay ‘Impolite Society’ in The Baffler Image: A photo of the exterior of the Write
Paper Work: Immigration, Islamophobia and Bureaucracy w/ Josef Burton
Paper Work: Immigration, Islamophobia and Bureaucracy w/ Josef Burton Sep 1, 2026 2280 This is a preview. To hear the entire episode and help Blood Work to survive and thrive, become a supporter on Patreon.   Josef enters the Zone to talk about his experience working in the U.S. State Department and discuss the quiet violence work of diplomats, administrators and functionaries.   For more from Josef Burton: – Follow him on Bluesky and Twitter – Listen to his appearance on QAA discus
Municipal Blood Board w/ Mattie Lubchansky & Riley Quinn
Municipal Blood Board w/ Mattie Lubchansky & Riley Quinn Aug 27, 2026 4234 The girls from No Gods No Mayors swing by to talk about mayoral megalomania and the evolution of the violence inherent to municipal politics. Listen to No Gods No Mayors For more from Mattie Lubchansky: – Read Simplicity – Read Boys Weekend – Listen to Temporal Culture War For more from Riley Quinn: – Listen to Trashfuture – Listen to Trouble in River City If you enjoyed this episode: – Support B
A Vast Accumulation of Corpses: Necropolitics
A Vast Accumulation of Corpses: Necropolitics Aug 18, 2026 1694 This is a preview. To hear the entire episode and help Blood Work to survive and thrive, become a supporter on Patreon.   We take another dive into the Blood Work theory zone, looking at Cameroonian postcolonial thinker Achille Mbembe’s seminal 2003 essay on the production of death as the crowning political activity of our era.   Image: Achille Mbembe, Necropolitics (2019), Duke University Press  
Keep on Truckin’: The Toyota Hilux
Keep on Truckin’: The Toyota Hilux Aug 11, 2026 5595 We explore the modern history of putting big guns on wheels, then dive into the history of Chad and its border dispute with Libya to learn how a humble pickup truck became a quintessential weapon of war. If you enjoyed this episode: – Support Blood Work via Patreon – Leave a rating or review on your podcast app – Follow us on Bluesky / Instagram / Twitter Image: A Nigerien military convoy on a cou
Euro(trash) w/ Ciarán Dold
Euro(trash) w/ Ciarán Dold Aug 4, 2026 1172 This is a preview. To hear the entire episode and help Blood Work to survive and thrive, become a supporter on Patreon.   Blood Work’s EU Correspondent joins us to discuss Europe’s sclerotic struggle to adapt to a rapidly changing world, why NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte is such a freak, and what the heck actually went down in Ceuta.   For more from Ciarán Dold: – Follow him on Bluesky – Liste

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