Novichok is the most deadly chemical weapon ever developed. With us to discuss the history of Novichok is Vil Mirzayanov. Vil worked in the secret Soviet chemical weapons laboratory that developed Novichok. He revealed its existence to the world in 1991 and was then arrested by the Russian counterintelligence service and prosecuted in a secret trial. He won his freedom with the help of an international group of scientists, including three who have appeared as guests on this podcast. He then immigrated to the United States and published his story in the book State Secrets. An Insider's Chronicle of the Russian Chemical Weapons Program, published in 2009 by Outskirts Press.
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Episode 77. Szilard's Chain Reaction: William Lanouette
Episode 76. Malaria & Reminiscences: Nobel Laureate Peter Agre
Episode 75. Retrospective: Oliver Sacks
Episode 73. Pascual Jordan's Duplicity: Ryan Dahn
Episode 72. Scientific Espionage: Eli Lake
Episode 71. Retrospective: The Franck-Hertz Experiment
Episode 70. Retrospective: James Franck
Episode 69. Ancient DNA: Maanasa Raghavan
Episode 68. Pandemics: Leslie Reperant
Episode 67. Lazaretto: David Barnes
Episode 66. Climbing, Chemistry & Policy: Arlene Blum
Episode 65. Ideology & Science: Lee Jussim
Episode 64. Environmental Diplomacy: Mark Lytle
Episode 63. Paleoanthropology: Evan Hadingham
Episode 62. Conservation Easement or Easy Pollution? Jaimi Dowdell and Andrea Januta
Episode 61. Foresight: Thomas Suddendorf
Episode 60. Planetary Boundary Threats: Bethanie Carney Almroth
Episode 59. The Civilian Conservation Corps: Neil Maher
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