This episode was recorded live at Reid Hall as part of the Voices in Journalism series.
Award-winning journalist and author Alex Perry speaks with Phil Chetwynd, Global News Director at Agence France-Presse (AFP), on Blood Will Flow: The Murderous Business of Oil and Gas, a gripping investigation into the human, political, and economic forces driving one of the world's most powerful industries.
Beginning with the devastating 2021 ISIS attack on Palma, Mozambique—a town transformed by one of the largest natural gas projects in Africa—Perry reconstructs the events that left hundreds dead and exposed profound failures by governments, corporations, and private security actors. From this harrowing story, he broadens the lens to examine the opaque networks of influence, wealth, and violence that underpin the global oil and gas economy.
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Host: Marie Doezema
Production: Marie Doezema, Tessa Overvoorde, and Anthony Valette
Editing: Theo Albaric
Music: Lili Boulanger’s Nocturne performed by Magdalena Baczewska and Sasha He
With thanks to the Nadia and Lili Boulanger International Centre in Paris
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