Radio War Nerd EP190 — Ticks, Lyme Disease & Cold War Biological Warfare Programs

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Guest: Kris Newby , author , filmmaker , science journalist Recorded: July 12, 2019 Ames has been pestering the War Nerd community with his obsession over Lyme disease & ticks—and author Kris Newby, a Lyme survivor, has just the medicine to make Ames more miserable than ever: "Bitten: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons" , a remarkable & blood-curdling book about ticks & some of the Cold War's darkest and craziest secret programs. At 1:28:00 the War Nerd & Ames discuss the UAE's withdrawal in military defeat from Yemen . . . and the latest moves in the Iran-US-UK "tanker war" shuffle . . . Buy Kris Newby's book "Bitten: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons" . Watch Kris's documentary film Under Our Skin . Read Kris's science writing at Stanford Medical School's Scope.. Intermission music by RWN sound god Brendon Anderegg. Buy Brendon's music at Thrill Jockey . And don't forget the new audiobook by the War Nerd's alter-ego John Dolan: "Pleasant Hell" , the comic memoir read by the author himself. Buy it here! Total time: 1:54:34

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