{"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":"Mean Streets: Post-Fordist Cities & Political Repression, Part One","slug":"mean-streets-post-fordist-cities-political-repression-part-one","published_at":"2026-05-05T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blood-work-7518569/mean-streets-post-fordist-cities-political-repression-part-one","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blood-work-7518569","url":"https://bloodwork.podbean.com/e/mean-streets-post-fordist-cities-political-repression-part-one/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/8nx8ii3unkyaw8d3/EP31_PIGS_IN_THE_CITY_Mixdown_1aw1ob.mp3","summary":"In the first of a two-parter, we trace the evolution of the modern city from industrialisation to the 1970s, when a trio of crises laid the foundation for an anti-political backlash If you enjoyed this episode:– Support Blood Work via Patreon– Leave a rating or review on your podcast app– Follow us on Bluesky / Instagram / Twitter Image: A photograph taken on Leyden Street, London, during the 1979 ‘Winter of Discontent’ (Source: Maurice Hibberd/Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) 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 Kobel THIS WEEK IN VIOLENCE: Even in Death, They Will Still Degrade YouALSO AVAILABLE IN AUDIOFor this week’s newsletter, Gregk uses a resurfaced comment by filmmaker Joe Russo from 2023 to provide some commentary on the modern AI craze and the historical ties between technology, pornography, and violence. Sources: Robert A. Beauregard (2006), When America Became Suburban Jordan T. Camp & Christina Heatherton [eds.] (2016), Policing the PlanetL Why the Policing Crisis Led to Black Lives Matter Peter Eisinger (2000), ‘The Politics of Bread and Circuses: Building the City for the Visitor Class’, Urban Affairs Review [35:3] Antonio Gramsci (1971), Selections from the Prison Notebooks Stuart Hall et al (1978), Policing the Crisis: Mugging, the State, and Law and Order Margaret Kohn (2004), Brave New Neighborhoods: The Privatisation of Public Space Mark Neocleous (2021), A Critical Theory of Police Power Paul A. Passavant (2021), Policing Protest: The Post-Democratic State and the Figure of Black Insurrection","meta_description":"In the first of a two-parter, we trace the evolution of the modern city from industrialisation to the 1970s, when a trio of crises laid the foundation for…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3438,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/blood-work-7518569/episodes/mean-streets-post-fordist-cities-political-repression-part-one/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/mean-streets-post-fordist-cities-political-repression-part-one.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}