Blood Work

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 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 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

Your Being Manipulated: Eddington w/ Hussein Kesvani Jul 28, 2026 6106 Hussein comes on to talk about the most important film of the COVID era that isn’t Christopher Nolan’s TENET. For more from Hussein Kesvani – Listen to Ten Thousand Posts and Trashfuture – Order Vittles #3 to read his piece about how Muslim consumers have become central to the evolution of British food culture – Follow Hussein on Bluesky If you enjoyed this episode: – Support Blood Work via Patreo

Homecoming: White Power & the US Military w/ Molly Conger Jul 21, 2026 1652 This is a preview. To hear the entire episode and help Blood Work to survive and thrive, become a supporter on Patreon. Molly from Weird Little Guys comes on to talk about the long thread connecting Confederates, Klansmen, Veterans and armed white power groups past and present. For more from Molly Conger: – Follow her on Bluesky – Listen to Weird Little Guys Image: Louis Beam attending a Kla

Blood (of Christ) Work: Evangelicals w/ Josh Boerman & Brian Alford Jul 14, 2026 6176 Brian and Josh enter the Blood Zone to explain how Christian conservatives were transformed into one of the most powerful blocs in contemporary US politics. For more from Josh Boerman and Brian Alford: – Listen to their podcast, The Worst of All Possible Worlds – Listen to Josh’s podcast with June Sternbach, Ill Conceived – Follow Josh, Brian, TWOAPW and Ill Conceived on Bluesky Image: Preside

Two and a Half Men: Sportswashing w/ Tom Usher Jul 7, 2026 1261 This is a preview. To hear the entire episode and help Blood Work to survive and thrive, become a supporter on Patreon. Gregk is joined by Tom and Producer Thomas to discuss whether cultural reputation laundering is really such a new phenomena, and whether anything is even being washed at all. Read Patrick Redford’s piece ‘The State of Sportswashing’ in Defector here. Read Jack Crosbie’s piece ‘

THIS WEEK IN VIOLENCE: Strange Bedfellows Jul 5, 2026 2402 Article 1: Army, Allied Militias, Islamist Armed Groups Commit Violations with Impunity Report by Human Rights Watch – Jun 28, 2026 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 Blood Work is a Scam Goldin Production This episode was produced by Thomas O’Mahony Our theme song is ‘Dream Weapo

An Unsolved Remainder: Haiti w/ Jonathan M. Katz Jun 30, 2026 4991 Jonathan joins us to talk about the gang violence that has engulfed Haiti since 2021 and place the instability that has haunted that nation within its proper political and historical context. For more from Jonathan Katz: – read his newsletter, The Racket – Follow him on Bluesky and – on Instagram If you enjoyed this episode: – Support Blood Work via Patreon – Leave a rating or review on your podca

Axis of Empire w/ Dr. Afshin Matin-Asgari Jun 23, 2026 1255 This is a preview. To hear the entire episode and help Blood Work to survive and thrive, become a supporter on Patreon. Gregk speaks to the author of a new book on US-Iran relations to place the two countries’ braided history in its proper context and make sense of… how we got here. Axis of Empire: A History of US-Iran Relations is out now, available from Verso Image: A photograph of a large ant

An Orchestral Conductor of Violence: The Veiled Prophet w/ Devin O'Shea Jun 16, 2026 5977 Devin joins Gregk to talk about his book The Veiled Prophet: Secret Societies, White Supremacy, and the Struggle for St. Louis. It’s a conversation that goes some places. The Veiled Prophet: Secret Societies, White Supremacy, and the Struggle for St. Louis comes out on June 23, 2026, published by Haymarket Books. Pre-order now: – Haymarket Books (US) – Blackwell’s (UK) Follow Devin O’Shea: – on Bl

Genghis Tron: Signal Fire w/ Michael Sochynsky Jun 12, 2026 3394 Genghis Tron’s keyboardist and programmer joins us to talk about the band’s new record and making despair-laden music in a collapsing world. GENGHIS TRON: SIGNAL FIRE — OUT NOW. STREAM HERE PHYSICAL COPIES & MERCH AVAILABLE VIA: – Bandcamp – Relapse Records – Rough Trade (UK) – Shirt Killer Blood Work is a Scam Goldin Production This episode was produced by Thomas O’Mahony Our theme song is

Combat 18, Part 4: Ladageddon w/ Gareth Watkins Jun 9, 2026 1705 This is a preview. To hear the entire episode and help Blood Work to survive and thrive, become a supporter on Patreon. Our story of Britain’s most infamous neo-nazi terror gang concludes with a Harlow Night of the Long Knives and a final, desperate attempt to kick off and claim the race war. Follow Gareth Watkins on Bluesky Listen to the Death // Sentence podcast Image: A man walks past a b

Warp & Weft: Afghan War Rugs Jun 2, 2026 4315 We explore the cultural history of rug-weaving in Afghanistan, and how decades of war caused that country’s craft and conditions into a morbid reciprocity. 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 Blood Work is a Scam Goldin Production This episode was produced by Thomas O’Mahony Our th

Combat 18, Part 3: Crisis of Ladsculinity w/ Gareth Watkins May 26, 2026 1929 This is a preview. To hear the entire episode and help Blood Work to survive and thrive, become a supporter on Patreon. Gareth returns to continue our history of ‘90s Britain’s most notorious neo-nazi gang, recounting the time Will Browning convinced a Scandinavian to mail a package bomb to an Olympic swimmer. Image: Thomas Nakaba marching at a far-right rally in Copenhagen, Denmark, in the 1990s.

Do Your Own Research: Conspiracy, Paranoia & the Drive to Violence w/ Julian Feeld May 19, 2026 5330 Do Your Own Research: Conspiracy, Paranoia & the Drive to Violence w/ Julian Feeld Julian and Gregk discuss the history of conspiracy, lone wolves, mass psychoses, and his new show SUPER STRUCTURE on the power of propaganda, political repression & revolutionary struggle. If you enjoyed this episode: – Support Blood Work via Patreon – Leave a rating or review on your podcast app – Follow us

Valley of Malls: Post-Fordist Cities & Political Repression, Part Two May 12, 2026 1862 This is a preview. To hear the entire episode and help Blood Work to survive and thrive, become a supporter on Patreon. We conclude our two-parter with a story that runs through Lewis Powell, Times Square, 9/11 and Occupy, and concludes by considering a vanguard of neoliberal authoritarianism: The Olympics. Image: An interior shot of the amusement park at Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota

Mean Streets: Post-Fordist Cities & Political Repression, Part One May 5, 2026 3438 In the first of a two-parter, we trace the evolution of the modern city from industrialisation to the 1970s, when a trio of crises laid the foundation for an anti-political backlash 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 photograph taken on Leyden Street, London, during the 1

Intermezzo: Extraction/Consequences Apr 28, 2026 1505 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 pause to reflect on some of the topics covered since they last spoke, and meditate on recent events. Image: A still from Werner Herzog’s 1992 documentary Lessons of Darkness Blood Work is a Scam Goldin Production This episode was produced by Thomas O’Mahony Our t

This is How You Kill Them: Genocide w/ Joe Kassabian Apr 21, 2026 7593 Joe and Gregk use Gregory Stanton’s ‘Ten Stages of Genocide’ to discuss the tactics & techniques states deploy to legitimise and perpetrate mass murder. Image: Remains of victims of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide retrieved from a mass grave in Huye District in January, 2024. Follow Joe Kassabian on Bluesky Listen to Lions Led by Donkeys Blood Work is a Scam Goldin Production This episode was produc

In So Many Words [PREVIEW] Apr 14, 2026 1128 This is a preview. To hear the entire episode and help Blood Work to survive and thrive, become a supporter on Patreon. We take a foray into the world of euphemisms, turns-of-phrase and the disingenuous world of militarese 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 courtesy of KT Kobel

Mona Lisas: Female Suicide Bombers Apr 7, 2026 4391 We look at the history of women’s participation in suicide bombing attacks and how society has tried to make sense of women who carry out the most extreme political act of all. 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 Blood Work is a Scam Goldin Production This episode was produced by T

Wildfire: The History of the AK-47, Part Four [PREVIEW] Mar 31, 2026 1084 This is a preview. To hear the entire episode and help Blood Work to survive and thrive, become a supporter on Patreon. In the conclusion to our series, we look at what happened when the Soviet Union collapsed, and the rifles it had been making for over four decades started leaking out into a rapidly changing world. Image: A screencap from a video dated June, 2001, showing al-Qaeda militants wield

The Facilitators: On Engineers w/ Gareth Dennis & Justin Roczniak Mar 24, 2026 5490 Gareth and Rocz join Gregk to account for the many crimes of modernity’s slow, silent killers – engineers, technicians, and urban planners. Follow Gareth and Rocz on Bluesky Watch Well There’s Your Problem on YouTube Watch RailNatter on YouTube 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 provide

Wicked Game: The History of the AK-47, Part Three [PREVIEW] Mar 17, 2026 1805 This is a preview. To hear the entire episode and help Blood Work to survive and thrive, become a supporter on Patreon. As the Soviets entered the Cold War, they had a gun they could use as conduit, commodity, or currency. The US, meanwhile, hit the snooze alarm. In Vietnam, a rude awakening awaited them. Blood Work is a Scam Goldin Production This episode was produced by Thomas O’Mahony Our theme

Blood Flows: Arm Transfers Mar 10, 2026 3738 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 production. 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 courtesy of KT Kobel If you enjo

Uncle Joe’s Insurance Policy: The History of the AK-47, Part Two [PREVIEW] Mar 3, 2026 817 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 horrors of the Eastern Front, and one of the biggest fumbles in US military history. Blood Work is a Scam Goldin Production This episode was produced by Thomas O’Mahony Our theme song is ‘Dream Weapon’ by

Machines Infernal: The History of the AK-47, Part 1 Feb 24, 2026 5441 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 Production This episode was produced by Thomas O’Mahony Our theme song is ‘Dream Weapon’ by Genghis Tron Our artwork is provided courtesy of KT Kobel If you enjoyed this episode: – Support Blood Work via P

24 Reasons Why w/ Josh Boerman Feb 17, 2026 1071 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 unhinged prestige TV shows of the early millennium and what it might tell us about America’s relationship with violence. Follow Josh Boerman on Bluesky Listen to The Worst of All Possible Worlds Listen to

A History of Violence w/ Patrick Wyman Feb 10, 2026 4283 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 return to form. Follow Patrick Wyman on Bluesky Listen to Past Lives Listen to Tides of History Blood Work is a Scam Goldin Production This episode was produced by Thomas O’Mahony Our theme song is

Combat 18, Part 2: We Need Some More Lads in Here w/ Gareth Watkins [PREVIEW] Feb 3, 2026 816 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, naturally, features some sunlit uplands, a Swedish man named ‘Pie’, and a wizard. Follow Gareth Watkins on Bluesky Read his recent article, “Has Ukip Gone Full Nazi?” in The New Statesman Read his excel

Combat 18, Part 1: Lad’s Army w/ Gareth Watkins Jan 27, 2026 6714 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 Gareth Watkins on Bluesky Read his recent article, “Has Ukip Gone Full Nazi?” in The New Statesman Read his excellent essay, “AI: The New Aesthetics of Fascism” in New Socialist Listen to the Death // Sent

Cruel to be Kind: Sanctions [PREVIEW] Jan 20, 2026 932 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 try to make sense of that silent, peaceful, deadly weapon. 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 art

Reign of Terror w/ Spencer Ackerman Jan 13, 2026 5533 Gregk speaks to the award-winning national security journalist Spencer Ackerman about the long shadows of 9/11 and the War on Terror, how America’s response to those events contributed to its current condition, the media’s role in justifying and legitimating state violence, and much more. Spencer Ackerman is a national security journalist whose work has appeared in The Guardian, The Daily Beast,

COIN All the Way Down: A Discourse on Counterinsurgency [PREVIEW] Jan 6, 2026 766 This is a preview. To hear the entire episode and help Blood Work to survive and thrive, become a supporter on Patreon. We look at the history and philosophy of a doctrine so broad and plastic that even its theorists concede it might not mean anything at all—because if it doesn’t mean anything, then maybe it means everything. Blood Work is a Scam Goldin Production This episode was produced by Thom

Chestnuts Listening on a Blood Work Fire w/ Thomas O’Mahony Dec 23, 2025 6827 For their first ever Christmas episode, Gregk and producer Thomas get together for a casual fireside chat, discussing some of the key questions animating Blood Work, reflecting on the project’s progress so far, where they’d like to take it next year, and offer some perspectives on how this thing that we call violence connects to that other thing that we call politics. And then, as a little Christm

"What Does The Forest Say?” w/ Dr. Florin Poenaru Dec 16, 2025 5341 This week, Gregk speaks to Anthropologist Florin Poenaru about his essay for North South Notes, published on the one-year anniversary of Romania’s cancelled Presidential elections, in which ‘outsider’ candidate Călin Georgescu was alleged to have benefitted from a Russian-coordinated TikTok interference campaign. In their conversation, they discuss the layers of power within a globalised politica

Down Below the Borderline: The Monroe Doctrine Dec 9, 2025 4057 In 1823, US President James Monroe declared an end to European colonial ambitions in the Americas. By the end of that century, his declaration had morphed into a license for the United States to pursue unilateral political, economic and military actions across the Western Hemisphere. This week, we examine the history of the Monroe Doctrine and the wider geospatial order of the Americas, and see ho

They Kiss Horses, Don’t They? / Four Fascist Concepts Dec 2, 2025 4356 What are ‘libidinal politics’? What the fuck is a ‘machinic assemblage’? Why are these men all terrified of women? This week, we explore four key ideas in the fascist imaginary and head down to the stables to look at some freaks. 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 Blood Work is a

To Live as People or Die Like Men: Attica Nov 25, 2025 3584 In 1971, a group of people cast aside by the state rose up and attempted to reclaim their humanity and political subjectivity. This week, we look at the Attica Prison Uprising to see what that event might tell us about the relationship between politics, law and violence. If you enjoyed this episode: – Support Blood Work via Patreon – Leave a rating or review on your podcast app – Follow us on Blue

Crock of Schmitt Nov 19, 2025 5082 Come join us, won’t you, for a deep dive into one of the twentieth century’s biggest assholes. Say hello to Carl Schmitt: Jurist, legal scholar, political philosopher… Nazi? Look: We’re only showing you him so you know how to get away from him. Support the show on Patreon You have been listening to Blood Work A Scam Goldin Production Follow us on Bluesky, @bloodwork.show On Instagram, @bloodworksh

Dick Down Nov 11, 2025 5579 We take a break from scheduled programming to commemorate the passing of one of the greatest monsters of the early 21st century, looking back at some of his greatest hits of being a rancid asshole and how they show our exceptional times might not be all that exceptional. This episode is a little thing we've been calling internally, "The Gregk Directive", for when the news simply is too good to res

The Leper in the City (w/ Serene Richards) Nov 4, 2025 4995 In the mid-1990s, the political philosopher Giorgio Agamben began a 20-year project exploring the origin of what Michel Foucault called biopolitics – the governance of populations through technocratic management of aspects of their biological lives and the conditions intended to make live, or let die. Performing an archaeology of politics tracing back to the Greeks, Agamben identified a number of

Hot Rod of the Apocalypse: The History of the Car Bomb (Part 2) Oct 28, 2025 4908 With the quotidian workhorse of urban terror now well on its way, we round out our story by looking at how the car bomb became conscious of the city as its object, target and victim, its proliferation during the Iraq War years, and its seeming culmination as both a herald and producer of escalatory political nihilism. You have been listening to Blood Work A Scam Goldin Production Follow us on Blue

The Poor Man's Air Force: The History of the Car Bomb (Part 1) Oct 21, 2025 4004 What has 4 wheels, a steering wheel, and massive destructive potential? You have been listening to Blood Work A Scam Goldin Production Follow us on Bluesky, @bloodwork.show On Instagram, @bloodworkshow and on Twitter @bloodworkshow Our theme song is Dream Weapon by Genghis Tron Artwork is provided courtesy of KT Kobel If you want to get in touch, email us at contact@bloodwork.show Thanks for list

Slouching Towards A Critique of Violence Oct 15, 2025 4870 We dive deep into German Walter Benjamin's seminal essay 'Towards A Critique of Violence' to try and understand violence not only as a phenomen, but also as a powerful force in society, politics, and everything around us. You have been listening to Blood Work A Scam Goldin Production Follow us on Bluesky, @bloodwork.show On Instagram, @bloodworkshow and on Twitter @bloodworkshow Our theme song is

The 1033 Program Oct 7, 2025 2254 How did the American police get access to a nation's war chest? You have been listening to Blood Work A Scam Goldin Production Follow us on Bluesky, @bloodwork.show On Instagram, @bloodworkshow and on Twitter @bloodworkshow Our theme song is Dream Weapon by Genghis Tron Artwork is provided courtesy of Kyle Kobel If you want to get in touch, email us at contact@bloodwork.show Thanks for listening

An Introduction to Blood Work Oct 7, 2025 2095 What is Blood Work, and who profits from violence? You have been listening to Blood Work A Scam Goldin Production Follow us on Bluesky, @bloodwork.show On Instagram, @bloodworkshow and on Twitter @bloodworkshow Our theme song is Dream Weapon by Genghis Tron Artwork is provided courtesy of Kyle Kobel If you want to get in touch, email us at contact@bloodwork.show Thanks for listening, and I'll see

Blood Work Trailer Sep 30, 2025 176 A show examining the Economies of Violence. Episodes 1&2 coming 07/10/25 You have been listening to Blood Work A Scam Goldin Production Follow us on Bluesky, @bloodwork.show On Instagram, @bloodworkshow and on Twitter @bloodworkshow Our theme song is Dream Weapon by Genghis Tron Artwork is provided courtesy of Kyle Kobel If you want to get in touch, email us at contact@bloodwork.show Thank

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