Afleveringen
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In this movie review special Gwyn Winfield discusses the series 'Fallout'- and touch on the depiction of the environmental effects of nuclear weapons- among other things. Fallout is available on Prime Video.
Gwyn's magazine: https://cbrneworld.com/
Trailer audio used under fair usage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPZwLYEVUK8 (Prime Video).
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In this episode we examine some 19th century chemical warfare plans, which were a prelude to the first large scale use of gas warfare in WW1.
Book link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Admirals-Secret-Weapon-Dundonald-Stephenson/dp/B017AJTSBU
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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
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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
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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
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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:
https://www.opcw.org/sites/default/files/documents/2023/11/29-11-2023%20CSP-28%20_Statement%20Germany%20agenda%209d%20RCA%20_0.pdfhttps://www.opcw.org/sites/default/files/documents/2024/01/Combined%20Canadian%20statement%20on%20Subitem%209d.pdf
https://www.opcw.org/sites/default/files/documents/2023/11/CSP_28_National%20Statement_Ukraine_OPCW_CW_English.pdfaudio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLNMKRqOrMo
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In this episode I discuss the emergence of OSINT and Bellingcat- with a focus on work related to chemical weapons.
Sources:
https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/have-chemical-weapons-been-used-ukraine
Book
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=bellingcat+book&adgrpid=1172080294039072&hvadid=73255220590861&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=41801&hvnetw=o&hvqmt=e&hvtargid=kwd-73255153838822%3Aloc-188&hydadcr=10776_2102372&tag=mh0a9-21&ref=pd_sl_6o2ld96ezj_e
Bellingcat investigations
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2020/10/23/russias-clandestine-chemical-weapons-programme-and-the-grus-unit-21955/
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/mena/2020/01/15/the-opcw-douma-leaks-part-1-we-need-to-talk-about-alex/
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2018/09/20/skripal-suspects-confirmed-gru-operatives-prior-european-operations-disclosed/
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2020/10/22/russian-vehicle-registration-leak-reveals-additional-gru-hackers/
Ukraine riot control agent allegations
Media sources
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-cJu-6QFC8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBQ604MWZTQ
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In this episode, we examine the development of the French CBW programme post WW-2
Etienne Aucouturier (2023) Biological Warfare. Another French Connection
https://materiologiques.com/en/histoire-des-sciences-et-des-techniques/303-biological-warfare-the-french-conection-9782373612394.html
Olivier Lepick (2008) French Military biological programme, 1947-1972
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/299105068_French_Military_biological_programme_1947-1972
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In this episode, I interview Professor Alastair Hay about his work as a toxicologist related to the prohibition of chemical weapons.
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Karl Dewey (2022)
Poisonous affairs: Russia’s evolving use of poisons in targeted killings
https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/poisonous-affairs-russias-evolving-use-of-poisons-in-targeted-kil
https://twitter.com/KarlDewey1
Audio credit: Clip BBC
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A history of the foundation of the French BW programme. You can find a list of Etienne's publications here: https://irfu.cea.fr/Pisp/etienne.aucouturier/
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In this episode, we examine the western gunpowder revolution and consider ideas for poison weapons which were outlined at this time in numerous military manuals.
I am very grateful for the input from:
the stupendous Seth Carus, the amazing Anna Roessing, the unbelievable Una Jacob, the awe-inspiring Alexander Samuel, the terrific Tonio Andrade, and the remarkable Rainer Leng.
Show notes: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1wIibQJYobwyhFNC-OhjnLYkOwVizIjuJ?usp=sharing
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In this episode we examine preparations by the US in the advent of Operation Desert Storm (2003) for dealing with what was believed at the time to have been a large Iraqi CBW capability- with Al Mauroni.
Further reading:
A Poisonous Affair: America, Iraq, and the Gassing of Halabja (2007) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Poisonous-Affair-America-Gassing-Halabja/dp/0521876869
Al Mauroni publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3sj1svAAAAAJ
The UNSCOM Saga: Chemical and Biological Weapons Non-Proliferation (Global Issues) (2000) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unscom-Saga-Chemical-Biological-Non-Proliferation/dp/0312229593
The Search for Iraq's Weapons of Mass DestructionInspection, Verification and Non-Proliferation (2005) https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Search_For_Iraq_s_Weapons_of_Mass_De/Q7hvQgAACAAJ?hl=enSaddams Secrets: The Hunt for Iraq's Hidden Weapons (1999)
https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Saddams_Secrets/Rk0hAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=Saddam%27s%20WMD%20weapon%20inspector%20%20trevan
Why Did the United States Invade Iraq? The Debate at 20 Years (2023) https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/handle/2152/120569
Media Credits:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYURE58xBPE&t=548s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ6qpFpIFkY&t=243s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRJi_M2T6kc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htAWpu59bUA&t=1s
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The latest installment- covering the spread of gunpowder west, via the Mongols. Show notes available at: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1wIibQJYobwyhFNC-OhjnLYkOwVizIjuJ?usp=sharing
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You can check out Glenn's book here: Dirty War: Rhodesia and Chemical Biological Warfare 1975-1980 - Glenn Cross - Google Books
We didn't have time to cover the smaller and largely exploratory BW aspect of this programme but hopefully we will in s future episode.
Audio clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FrD4XJcOw4
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You can find a link to Simon's work on this subject over at https://simonjoneshistorian.com/2019/08/27/first-air-dropped-cw/
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Image and sound from the US national archives.
Check out Reid's website over at Military Historian - Reid Kirby
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In this episode we examine the impact of the development of gunpowder on chemical and biological warfare. We focus on China in the 9th -16th centuries. Next week we follow the spread of gunpowder west.
Show notes are available here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1wIibQJYobwyhFNC-OhjnLYkOwVizIjuJ?usp=sharing
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In this episode Dan discusses his work examining the life of Edmund Tilly. After WW2 Tilly interrogated those involved in the German chemical warfare programme- which was the first to develop and produce a nerve agent ' Tabun'- on a large scale.
Sound Credits: This clip is from the 1963 film, Nerve Agents, available at the national Archives. Video found on this amazing Youtube channel. https://www.youtube.com/user/markdcatlin/videos
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During World War II, the Polish resistance movement used chemical and biological weapons (CBW) against the Third Reich. The use of CBW against the Third Reich most likely originated in a secret Polish biological-weapons program, which existed in the 1930s and went underground after the September 1939 German invasion. Between 1940 and 1942, a unit of the Polish resistance movement named WKZO (Wielkopolskie Kierownictwo Związku Odwetu—the Greater Poland Leadership of the Union of Retaliation) conducted CBW sabotage in the German-annexed area Reichsgau Wartheland and its main city Posen (today’s Poznań). In this episode we examine this group with Robert Peterson.
You can find Robert's paper on the subject here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10736700.2020.1866321
sound clip credit: https://youtu.be/pw2PenZYBuw
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