Episodes
Thursday Nov 23, 2023
19 Bonus Episode: Dark Power with Karl Dewey
Thursday Nov 23, 2023
Thursday Nov 23, 2023
Karl Dewey (2022)
Poisonous affairs: Russia’s evolving use of poisons in targeted killings
https://twitter.com/KarlDewey1
Audio credit: Clip BBC
Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
20 Bonus Episode: No Fire No Thunder with Alastair Hay
Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
In this episode, I interview Professor Alastair Hay about his work as a toxicologist related to the prohibition of chemical weapons.
Monday Jan 29, 2024
21 Bonus Episode: The French Connection with Etienne Aucouturier
Monday Jan 29, 2024
Monday Jan 29, 2024
In this episode, we examine the development of the French CBW programme post WW-2
Etienne Aucouturier (2023) Biological Warfare. Another French Connection
Olivier Lepick (2008) French Military biological programme, 1947-1972
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/299105068_French_Military_biological_programme_1947-1972
Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
22 Bonus Episode: Foreign Agents with Eliot Higgins
Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
In this episode I discuss the emergence of OSINT and Bellingcat- with a focus on work related to chemical weapons.
Sources:
Book
Bellingcat investigations
Ukraine riot control agent allegations
Media sources
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-cJu-6QFC8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBQ604MWZTQ
Friday Feb 16, 2024
23 Bonus Episode: Tear Gas Tasting Notes with Dan Kaszeta
Friday Feb 16, 2024
Friday Feb 16, 2024
In this episode we consider the long and complex history of Riot Control Agents- from the first world war, to the battlefields of modern Ukraine.
There is also a list of recent statements below made in the context of the OPCW on the Ukraine issue:
Monday Mar 11, 2024
24 Movie Special: Outbreak and Contagion with Saskia Popescu
Monday Mar 11, 2024
Monday Mar 11, 2024
In our first ever movie review special, Dr Saskia Popescu reviews the classics Contagion (2011) and Outbreak (1995).
This episode was edited and produced by the wonderful Nicolas Lureau
Saturday Apr 06, 2024
25 Movie Review Special: The Rock with Steve Johnson
Saturday Apr 06, 2024
Saturday Apr 06, 2024
The second of our movie review specials. This one looking at The Rock (1996).
With Steve Johnson https://x.com/CBRNEsteve?t=_sSXmOA7t4xGzvcW8TUYPA&s=09
I do not own the rights to the trialer used here under fair use.
Epic rap battles
https://youtu.be/_wYtG7aQTHA?si=RltWpU_VOW9xwvHh
Tuesday Apr 23, 2024
26 Bonus Episode: Mustard and the Fascist Way of War with Charles Stephenson
Tuesday Apr 23, 2024
Tuesday Apr 23, 2024
In this episode, I am joined by Charles Stephenson, who discusses the use of chemical weapons by Italian invaders in the war against Ethiopia in the campaign of 1935-6.
You can find the book he recently published on this topic here:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mussolini-Mustard-Gas-Fascist-Way/dp/1399051660