{"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":"Machines Infernal: The History of the AK-47, Part 1","slug":"machines-infernal-the-history-of-the-ak-47-part-1","published_at":"2026-02-24T18:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blood-work-7518569/machines-infernal-the-history-of-the-ak-47-part-1","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blood-work-7518569","url":"https://bloodwork.podbean.com/e/machines-infernal-the-history-of-the-ak-47-part-1/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ngqarq4v36i97msj/EP21_AK_PART1_Mixdown_27tp4f.mp3","summary":"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 where we came from. 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: Little Marco’s Big SpeechALSO AVAILABLE IN AUDIOThis week, we discuss the thinly-veiled white nationalist vision laid out by Marco Rubio in his Munich Security Conference speech. But first, we provide a little background on the man himself and what it means that a man like that would be giving such a speech—because this might be one of those cases where the medium is the message. Sources: C. J. Chivers (2010), The Gun: The Story of the AK-47 Larry Kahaner (2008), AK-47: The Weapon that Changed the Face of War Chris McNab (2001), The AK-47 Image: The American-British entrepreneur Hiram Maxim posing with his eponymous Maxim Gun.","meta_description":"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 where we…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5441,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/blood-work-7518569/episodes/machines-infernal-the-history-of-the-ak-47-part-1/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/machines-infernal-the-history-of-the-ak-47-part-1.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}