Hello and welcome back to Doomsday Watch. I'm Arthur Snell. I told you last week that we were

pausing to prep our new documentary series, but I'm actually delighted to bring you a special

episode while we wait for that. I'm currently away on diplomatic assignment in Nigeria,

you can probably hear the traffic noise in the background, but before I left I had the

pleasure of hosting the first ever Doomsday Watch live at 21 Soho in London.

As well as revealing a little too much for comfort of my own career as I switched from host to

interviewE, I was joined by former American Secret Service agent and chemical weapons expert

Dan Kajeta to discuss his career countering terrifying weapons. Here's an edited version of my

conversation with Dan and if you'd like to support this podcast and get discounts for future

live events like this, don't forget to search Patreon Doomsday Watch to sign up for as little as

£3 a month. Our new series drops on Wednesday October 26 with 10 documentary episodes going deep

behind the lines on the threats the world faces today and those coming tomorrow. Patreon supporters

will get early access to episodes after launch plus bonus content including that interview with

me at the show. For now, I hope you enjoy this excerpt from the first ever live Doomsday Watch.

Well, good evening everyone, good evening Dan. Thank you, good evening Arthur. So I just want to

call to order this meeting of the anti-grows coalition. I hope you all had a safe journey from your

North London townhouses. In a cab. Exactly, by taxi. That's how we like to roll. And a huge pleasure

to be here and a particular pleasure to welcome Dan Kajeta. Just to kind of talk you through

the emergency exit. No, I don't know but I have no idea where the emergency exit is. Oh yeah,

there it is. Okay, no. But what I do know is we're going to talk for about half an hour and then

there'll be time for questions. If you've got burning questions about which nerve agent's going to

kill you and how it'll feel, Dan is your man. So this is a real opportunity. So with that,

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