Blood Work
Episodes
The Facilitators: On Engineers w/ Gareth Dennis & Justin Roczniak
24 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Gareth and Rocz join Gregk to account for the many crimes of modernity’s slow, silent killers – engineers, technicians, and urban planners. Follow...
Wicked Game: The History of the AK-47, Part Three [PREVIEW]
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 Col...
Blood Flows: Arm Transfers
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We trace the evolution of international arms transfers from mercantilism to the modern era, and the perverse incentives produced by the symbiosis of p...
Uncle Joe’s Insurance Policy: The History of the AK-47, Part Two [PREVIEW]
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Machines Infernal: The History of the AK-47, Part 1
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 wher...
24 Reasons Why w/ Josh Boerman
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 s...
A History of Violence w/ Patrick Wyman
10 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Prompted by a meditation on mercenaries, Gregk consults the henchest man in ancient history to discuss ancient forms of violence work and whether our ...
Combat 18, Part 2: We Need Some More Lads in Here w/ Gareth Watkins [PREVIEW]
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Combat 18, Part 1: Lad’s Army w/ Gareth Watkins
27 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Gareth and Gregk discuss what happens when a group of football hooligans decide to elevate their violent bloodlust into a fully-fledged political move...
Cruel to be Kind: Sanctions [PREVIEW]
20 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Reign of Terror w/ Spencer Ackerman
13 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
COIN All the Way Down: A Discourse on Counterinsurgency [PREVIEW]
06 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 phi...
Chestnuts Listening on a Blood Work Fire w/ Thomas O’Mahony
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For their first ever Christmas episode, Gregk and producer Thomas get together for a casual fireside chat, discussing some of the key questions animat...
"What Does The Forest Say?” w/ Dr. Florin Poenaru
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Gregk speaks to Anthropologist Florin Poenaru about his essay for North South Notes, published on the one-year anniversary of Romania’s c...
Down Below the Borderline: The Monroe Doctrine
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 mor...
They Kiss Horses, Don’t They? / Four Fascist Concepts
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What are ‘libidinal politics’? What the fuck is a ‘machinic assemblage’? Why are these men all terrified of women? This week, we explore four ...
To Live as People or Die Like Men: Attica
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
Crock of Schmitt
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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, p...
Dick Down
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
The Leper in the City (w/ Serene Richards)
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the mid-1990s, the political philosopher Giorgio Agamben began a 20-year project exploring the origin of what Michel Foucault called biopolitics –...
Hot Rod of the Apocalypse: The History of the Car Bomb (Part 2)
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 a...
The Poor Man's Air Force: The History of the Car Bomb (Part 1)
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 Bl...
Slouching Towards A Critique of Violence
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 a...
The 1033 Program
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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,...
An Introduction to Blood Work
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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.sho...
Blood Work Trailer
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 Follo...