Poisons and Pestilence

A History of Biological and Chemical Warfare

Episodes

Total: 41

In this episode I discuss operational aspects of the destruction of declared Syrian CW stocks - with

You can check our more of Dr Zander's work over at The Trench – Challenging entrenched positions - J

37: Arsenic Aria

2024/11/14

The show notes will follow shortly on this episode on poisoning in the renaissance. 

In this episode Nathan discusses WW2 ARP preparations for gas attacks on civilian centres.    Media

In this bonus episode I am joined by Seth Carus, as we explore some of the earliest allegations of b

In this episode I talk about Ian's experience as a Porton Down research volunteer as a serviceman du

In this episode we look at the history of bio-threat assessment. With a review provided by Michael P

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In this episode I discuss pathogens, as well as security screening in the gene synthesis industry- w

Another movie special !  The expanse- and the space fungus hypothesis!  With Dr Emily Ricotta.    ht

In this movie review special Gwyn Winfield discusses the series 'Fallout'- and touch on the depictio

In this episode we examine some 19th century chemical warfare plans, which were a prelude to the fir

In this episode, I am joined by Charles Stephenson, who discusses the use of chemical weapons by Ita

The second of our movie review specials. This one looking at The Rock (1996).    With Steve Johnson

In our first ever movie review special, Dr Saskia Popescu reviews the classics Contagion (2011) and

In this episode we consider the long and complex history of Riot Control Agents- from the first worl

In this episode I discuss the emergence of OSINT and Bellingcat- with a focus on work related to che

In this episode, we examine the development of the French CBW programme  post WW-2  Etienne Aucoutur

In this episode, I interview Professor Alastair Hay about his work as a toxicologist related to the