{"podcast":{"title":"Blood Work","slug":"blood-work-7518569","podcast_index_feed_id":7518569,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/bloodwork/feed.xml","website_url":"https://bloodwork.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/21421648/bloodwork_hero_art144095vo7.jpg","author":"bloodwork","episode_count":44,"summary":"A show about the Economy of Violence","last_synced_at":"2026-07-15T06:21:11.080226+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blood-work-7518569"},"episode":{"title":"Axis of Empire w/ Dr. Afshin Matin-Asgari","slug":"axis-of-empire-w-dr-afshin-matin-asgari","published_at":"2026-06-23T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blood-work-7518569/axis-of-empire-w-dr-afshin-matin-asgari","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blood-work-7518569","url":"https://bloodwork.podbean.com/e/axis-of-empire-w-dr-afshin-matin-asgari/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/pwcabpkmrttrnkxq/EP38_-_AFSHIN_Mixdown_preview6hi7p.mp3","summary":"This is a preview. To hear the entire episode and help Blood Work to survive and thrive, become a supporter on Patreon. Gregk speaks to the author of a new book on US-Iran relations to place the two countries’ braided history in its proper context and make sense of… how we got here. Axis of Empire: A History of US-Iran Relations is out now, available from Verso Image: A photograph of a large anti-USA mural painted on the side of a residential apartment block in downtown Tehran Blood Work is a Scam Goldin ProductionThis episode was produced by Thomas O’MahonyOur theme song is ‘Dream Weapon’ by Genghis TronOur artwork is provided courtesy of KT KobelIf you enjoyed this episode:– Support Blood Work via Patreon– Leave a rating or review on your podcast app– Follow us on Bluesky / Instagram / Twitter THIS WEEK IN VIOLENCE: VetClaims.AI For this week’s newsletter, we present four articles which collectively paint an interesting picture of our current conjecture, beginning with the text of Iran’s fourteen-point MoU with the US, running through the UFC spectacle at the White House, and concluding with an excellent recently-published interview with Alberto Toscano.","meta_description":"This is a preview. To hear the entire episode and help Blood Work to survive and thrive, become a supporter on Patreon. Gregk speaks to the author of a ne…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1255,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/blood-work-7518569/episodes/axis-of-empire-w-dr-afshin-matin-asgari/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blood-work-7518569/axis-of-empire-w-dr-afshin-matin-asgari.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}