{"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":"Wicked Game: The History of the AK-47, Part Three [PREVIEW]","slug":"wicked-game-the-history-of-the-ak-47-part-three-preview","published_at":"2026-03-17T18:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blood-work-7518569/wicked-game-the-history-of-the-ak-47-part-three-preview","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blood-work-7518569","url":"https://bloodwork.podbean.com/e/wicked-game-the-history-of-the-ak-47-part-three-preview/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/epme2fnk7f5icp5v/EP24_AK_PART_3_PREVIEW_Mixdown_17z8f4.mp3","summary":"This is a preview. To hear the entire episode and help Blood Work to survive and thrive, become a supporter on Patreon. As the Soviets entered the Cold War, they had a gun they could use as conduit, commodity, or currency. The US, meanwhile, hit the snooze alarm. In Vietnam, a rude awakening awaited them. 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 For more: – Support Blood Work via Patreon – Follow us on Bluesky / Instagram / Twitter THIS WEEK IN VIOLENCE: The Stinging TreeALSO AVAILABLE IN AUDIOFor this week’s newsletter, we look at the long arc of US-Iran relations during the twentieth century, and place the Persian state’s current horizontal deterrence strategy against its American and Israeli aggressors in its proper historical context. Image: A Viet Cong soldier posing with a Type 2 AK-47 rifle during a POW exchange in 1973. (Source: SSgt. Herman Kokojan, Defence Visual Information Centre)","meta_description":"This is a preview. To hear the entire episode and help Blood Work to survive and thrive, become a supporter on Patreon. As the Soviets entered the Cold Wa…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1805,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/blood-work-7518569/episodes/wicked-game-the-history-of-the-ak-47-part-three-preview/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/wicked-game-the-history-of-the-ak-47-part-three-preview.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}