Dipping my toe into making things way too personal with this episode about a giant oil conglomerate! Who doesn't fucking love that? Amy Do and Blender Bluid are BACK, baby, to do just a tiny bit more set dressing on this season. We're talking about procurement; how did the companies in the upcoming season get their contracts in the first place? Turns out, even THAT is laden with some busted-ass shenanigans!

Ultimately, this is a podcast that is entirely informed by my comedic and artistic point of view. This particular episode on Halliburton is admittedly not as dense as they typically come - that's intentional. I've already lost sleep from jolting awake at night, haunted by the images, descriptions, and horrors that keep coming up in this research. So fuck it, let's do an episode about Dick Cheney's heart! Let's talk about B.O.B. and G-Unit! Let's discuss how I ruined the name Christian for my high school religion teachers!

Follow @blenderbluid and please, sincerely, keep Amy Do in your thoughts right now.

Audio engineering by the wickedly talented Casey Synesael

SOURCES:

Blood Money: Wasted Billions, Lost Lives, and Corporate Greed in Iraq by T. Christian Miller, May 2007

A Web of Truth: Whistle-Blower or Troublemaker, Neely Tucker, Washington Post, 2005

Whistleblower exposes $7 billion no-bid Defense Department contract, CBS News, 2019

The Whistleblower’s Tale: How An Accountant Took on Halliburton, Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica, 2015

Australian academics apologise for false AI-generated allegations against big four consultancy firms, Harry Belot, The Guardian, Nov 2023

Heart: An American Medical Odyssey, by (I'm sorry) Dick Cheney and Jonathan Reiner, MD

NBC's "Meet the Press" Transcript, Chuck Todd interviewing Dick Cheney, 2014

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/21/AR2008032102482_pf.html

Cheney Dismisses Critic With Obscenity, Helen Dewar and Dana Milbank, Washington Post, 2004

Iraq The Halliburton Connection: The Master Builder, Jyoti Thottam, TIME Magazine 2004