Reid Kirby will be publishing his book in June. Follow him at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rkirby/ Media Credits: ABC news. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-jA96JgD9UBy Brett Edwards

In this episode Jessica Morris discusses her work on the evolution of British Gas Strategy during WW1.By Brett Edwards

This instalment of EDMO looks to take you on a journey through Melodic House & Techno, bringing you the latest tracks from within the club.By Ian Loo

In this episode I discuss operational aspects of the destruction of declared Syrian CW stocks - with Jerry Smith. Recorded November 2024.By Brett Edwards

You can check our more of Dr Zander's work over at The Trench – Challenging entrenched positions - Jean Pascal ZandersBy Brett Edwards

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

In this episode Nathan discusses WW2 ARP preparations for gas attacks on civilian centres. Media source: Have Your Gas Masks With You (1941-1946) (youtube.com) I do not own the rights to this clip, used under fair usage.By Brett Edwards

In this bonus episode I am joined by Seth Carus, as we explore some of the earliest allegations of biological warfare- as well as the more recent modern developments, which transformed ancient fears, into Cold War era weapon systems. Do check out these two studies, I think they are great: Carus, W. Seth. "The history of biological weapons use: what…

In this episode I talk about Ian's experience as a Porton Down research volunteer as a serviceman during the 1980's. Ian is eager to contact other former veterans - please email be directly at Bwie20[@]bath.ac.uk. The most substantive publicly available report on this subject, which we are aware of, is published here: [ARCHIVED CONTENT] Defence Int…

In this episode we look at the history of bio-threat assessment. With a review provided by Michael Parker, who has collated a list of threat assessments produced over the past century. You can find further details on the project here! Do check it out! https://cobrabiosecurity.org/ Further reading: Sequence-Based Classification of Select Agents A BR…

Find Andrej's work over at: https://www.youtube.com/@cbrnacademy And the video is available here https://youtu.be/Xf3vW3pWIm8?si=-Mpz5eNteHG61o84By Brett Edwards

All clips are from the following trailers. Used under fair usage. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWlNe1-5wb8&t=9s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWB6Ufh4O98 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtKMEAXyPkg&t=25sBy Brett Edwards

This instalment of EDMO looks to take you on a journey through the House and Electronic genre, bringing you the latest tracks from within the club.By Ian Loo

In this episode I discuss pathogens, as well as security screening in the gene synthesis industry- with someone who isn't that sectors namesake- but has done a lot of work relevant to it: Gene Godbold, from Signature Science LLC.By Brett Edwards

Another movie special ! The expanse- and the space fungus hypothesis! With Dr Emily Ricotta. https://www.emilyricotta.com/ I do not own the right to the trailer, which is used under normal critique and review exemptions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0QwBp_da28By Brett Edwards

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).…

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/B017AJTSBUBy Brett Edwards

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…

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_VOW9xwvHhBy Brett Edwards

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 LureauBy Brett Edwards

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%…

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&hvlocp…

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, 1…

This instalment of EDMO looks to take you on a journey through the Melodic House genre, moving between tech and progressive seamlessly with very open and chill vibes.By Ian Loo

In this episode, I interview Professor Alastair Hay about his work as a toxicologist related to the prohibition of chemical weapons.By Brett Edwards

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 BBCBy Brett Edwards

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/By Brett Edwards

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…

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-Ha…

This instalment of EDMO looks to blend the lines between House and Tech House by weaving in and out of old school classics overlayed with driving basslines.By Ian Loo

Welcome to the 13th Episode! Join me for 2 hours of the best sounding trance with a sprinkling of old school classics this time around.By Ian Loo

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=sharingBy Brett Edwards

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…

Welcome to the 12th Episode! Join me for 2 hours of the best sounding trance with a sprinkling of old school classics this time around.By Ian Loo

You can find a link to Simon's work on this subject over at https://simonjoneshistorian.com/2019/08/27/first-air-dropped-cw/By Brett Edwards

Image and sound from the US national archives. Check out Reid's website over at Military Historian - Reid KirbyBy Brett Edwards

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…

This instalment of EDMO looks to blend the lines between House and Techno by weaving in and out of old school classics overlayed with driving basslines.By Ian Loo

This instalment of EDMO flips the switch and gives us a look at some of the latest Hip Hop and RNB remixes.By Ian Loo

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 …

This instalment of EDMO takes us back to piano house roots and pop house beats. Great classics given a modern day rub.By Ian Loo

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 o…

Welcome to the 11th Episode! Tranceformer will take you on a journey through all the slightly harder and edgier styles of EDM.Join me for 4 hours of the best sounding trance with plenty of bassBy Ian Loo

Won't be long until we are back looking at poison arrows, toxic smoke, water poisoning and the laws of war from the 13th to the 18th century. Drop me a line if you have ideas for the show!By Brett Edwards

In this episode, we look at transitions in Chemical and Biological defence in the British army between the tail end of the Cold War and the Gulf War. We talk about noddy suits- and I didn't make a joke about being cold once. Be sure to say hello to Gareth on Twitter ( especially if you like tanks) I do not own the media clips, they can be found her…

This instalment of EDMO flips the switch and gives us a look at some of the latest Hip Hop and RNB remixes.By Ian Loo

Hello! And welcome to episode 7 of the poisons and pestilence podcast- If you buboe me by now. Now I had a great time putting together the last two specials- and I hope you enjoyed them. However, it is high time we returned to our trundle through the history of biological and chemical warfare. As you will recall, in earlier episodes, we have been c…

This instalment of EDMO takes us to the future and pop house beats. Great classics given a modern day rub.By Ian Loo

This episode is a Trap inspired mix drawing on influences from Alison Wonderland, Flume and illeniumBy Ian Loo

You can check out the Declassified MOD film on the Lyme Bay Trials here (a clip of this appears in the show audio) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTwQJ1ASyws&t=302s You can also check out various documentaries and excerpts of press coverage of the Zinc Cadmium and Lyme Bay Trials produced when these issues first hit the headlines over at https:/…