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

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