Pick Me Up, I'm Scared.

This week, Madeline and David talk about the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia and the completion of Balkanization. PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared SOURCES:⁠⁠⁠https://archive.org/details/tokillnationat00pare/page/95/mode/2up⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/axis-invasion-of-yugoslavia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna11875449⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.politico.eu/article/slobodan-milosevic-and-the-heroic-quest-for-the-truth/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mojevrijeme.hr/magazin/2015/04/hrvatska-i-bih-slozne-u-sfrj-se-zivjelo-bolje/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://liberationnews.org/09-03-31-yugoslavia-ten-years-after-nato-html/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://liberationnews.org/05-10-01-nationalist-competition-opened-d-html/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://liberationnews.org/07-12-14-why-us-backs-kosovo-independe-html/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://liberationschool.org/yugoslavia-nationalist-competition-opened-door-to-imperialist-intervention/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/25/everyone-loved-each-other-rise-yugonostalgia-tito⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.marxists.org/subject/yugoslavia/trgo/survey-peoples-liberation-war/ch03.htm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80-00809A000700100359-1.pdf⁠⁠⁠

Transcribed - Published: 12 May 2026

This week, Madeline and David talk about the Bosnian genocide and the build up to the NATO bombing of YugoslaviaPATREON:https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared SOURCES:⁠⁠https://archive.org/details/tokillnationat00pare/page/95/mode/2up⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/axis-invasion-of-yugoslavia⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna11875449⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.politico.eu/article/slobodan-milosevic-and-the-heroic-quest-for-the-truth/⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mojevrijeme.hr/magazin/2015/04/hrvatska-i-bih-slozne-u-sfrj-se-zivjelo-bolje/⁠⁠⁠⁠https://liberationnews.org/09-03-31-yugoslavia-ten-years-after-nato-html/⁠⁠⁠⁠https://liberationnews.org/05-10-01-nationalist-competition-opened-d-html/⁠⁠⁠⁠https://liberationnews.org/07-12-14-why-us-backs-kosovo-independe-html/⁠⁠⁠⁠https://liberationschool.org/yugoslavia-nationalist-competition-opened-door-to-imperialist-intervention/⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/25/everyone-loved-each-other-rise-yugonostalgia-tito⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.marxists.org/subject/yugoslavia/trgo/survey-peoples-liberation-war/ch03.htm⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80-00809A000700100359-1.pdf⁠⁠

Transcribed - Published: 4 May 2026

This week, Madeline and David talk about the Tito-Stalin split and the IMF sinking its teeth into Yugoslavia!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared SOURCES:⁠https://archive.org/details/tokillnationat00pare/page/95/mode/2up⁠ ⁠https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/axis-invasion-of-yugoslavia⁠⁠https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna11875449⁠⁠https://www.politico.eu/article/slobodan-milosevic-and-the-heroic-quest-for-the-truth/⁠⁠https://www.mojevrijeme.hr/magazin/2015/04/hrvatska-i-bih-slozne-u-sfrj-se-zivjelo-bolje/⁠⁠https://liberationnews.org/09-03-31-yugoslavia-ten-years-after-nato-html/⁠⁠https://liberationnews.org/05-10-01-nationalist-competition-opened-d-html/⁠⁠https://liberationnews.org/07-12-14-why-us-backs-kosovo-independe-html/⁠⁠https://liberationschool.org/yugoslavia-nationalist-competition-opened-door-to-imperialist-intervention/⁠⁠https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/25/everyone-loved-each-other-rise-yugonostalgia-tito⁠⁠https://www.marxists.org/subject/yugoslavia/trgo/survey-peoples-liberation-war/ch03.htm⁠⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80-00809A000700100359-1.pdf⁠

Transcribed - Published: 14 April 2026

This week, Madeline and David talk about the foundation of socialist Yugoslavia!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared SOURCES:https://archive.org/details/tokillnationat00pare/page/95/mode/2up https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/axis-invasion-of-yugoslaviahttps://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna11875449https://www.politico.eu/article/slobodan-milosevic-and-the-heroic-quest-for-the-truth/https://www.mojevrijeme.hr/magazin/2015/04/hrvatska-i-bih-slozne-u-sfrj-se-zivjelo-bolje/https://liberationnews.org/09-03-31-yugoslavia-ten-years-after-nato-html/https://liberationnews.org/05-10-01-nationalist-competition-opened-d-html/https://liberationnews.org/07-12-14-why-us-backs-kosovo-independe-html/https://liberationschool.org/yugoslavia-nationalist-competition-opened-door-to-imperialist-intervention/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/25/everyone-loved-each-other-rise-yugonostalgia-titohttps://www.marxists.org/subject/yugoslavia/trgo/survey-peoples-liberation-war/ch03.htmhttps://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80-00809A000700100359-1.pdf

Transcribed - Published: 6 April 2026

This week, Madeline was in Cuba on the Nuestra America Convoy so David interviewed PhD candidate Alexia Alkadi-Barbaro about the state of American neoliberalism, the despair of American liberals, and what exactly is to be done!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared

Transcribed - Published: 30 March 2026

This week, David and Madeline do part 3 of our episode series on the Armenian genocide!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscaredSOURCES:see part 1

Transcribed - Published: 10 March 2026

This week, David and Madeline do part 2 of our episode series on the Armenian genocide!PATREON (for bonus content related to this episode):https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscaredSOURCES:see part 1 :)

Transcribed - Published: 24 February 2026

This week, David and Madeline talk about the Armenian genocide.PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/postsSOURCES: Genocide and Persecution: The Armenian Genocide, ed. Noah BerlatskyRoving Revolutionaries: Armenians and the Connected Revolutions in the Russian, Iranian, and Ottoman Worlds, Houri BerberianArmenian Golgotha: A Memoir of the Armenian Genocide, Grigoris BalakianThe Armenian Massacres 1894-1896: U.S. Media Testimony, ed. Arman KirakossianThey Can Live in the Desert and Nowhere Else: A History of the Armenian Genocide, Ronald Grigor Suny.The Banality of Indifference: Zionism and the Armenian Genocide: Yair Auron

Transcribed - Published: 6 January 2026

This week, Madeline and David talk about the history of American intervention in Ukraine, part 4!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/postsSOURCES: ⁠⁠⁠https://responsiblestatecraft.org/azov-ban-lifted/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.kyivpost.com/post/6652⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://responsiblestatecraft.org/putin-willing-negotiate/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://thehill.com/policy/defense/380483-congress-bans-arms-to-controversial-ukrainian-militia-linked-to-neo-nazis/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://esc.nccu.edu.tw/PageDoc/Detail?fid=7801&id=6963⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.britannica.com/event/2022-Russian-invasion-of-Ukraine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-ukraine-nuclear-plant-shelling-fire-invasion-putin-rcna18685⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/01/19/new-language-requirement-raises-concerns-ukraine#⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cohen-ukraine-commentary-idUSKBN1GV2TY/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-10-2024-001576_EN.html⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/29/europe/ukraine-azov-movement-far-right-intl-cmd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/world/u-s-lifts-ban-on-providing-weapons-and-training-for-ukraines-controversial-azov-brigade⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27173857⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=456617⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxcB0PI4ZLg⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.salon.com/2014/02/25/is_the_us_backing_neo_nazis_in_ukraine_partner/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.npr.org/2022/04/24/1094567906/the-war-has-many-ukrainians-who-speak-russian-abandoning-the-language⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mintpressnews.com/us-votes-against-un-resolution-condemning-nazis-labels-it-russian-disinformation/273728/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.pbs.org/newshour/classroom/daily-videos/2014/03/crimeans-vote-to-join-russia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://responsiblestatecraft.org/cia-ukraine-russia/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.democracynow.org/2014/2/20/a_new_cold_war_ukraine_violence⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://truthout.org/articles/the-ukraine-mess-that-nuland-made/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://eng.ipn.gov.pl/en/digital-resources/articles/8044,Stepan-Bandera-leader-of-the-Organisation-of-Ukrainian-Nationalists.html⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.gis.huri.harvard.edu/king-dead⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/bandera-mythologies-and-their-traps-for-ukraine/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/03/08/wdtz-m08.html⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2009/11/02/end-of-communism-cheered-but-now-with-more-reservations/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://liberationnews.org/nazis-in-ukraine-seeing-through-the-fog-of-the-information-war/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.yahoo.com/news/cia-trained-ukrainian-paramilitaries-may-take-central-role-if-russia-invades-185258008.html⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://responsiblestatecraft.org/maidan-ukraine/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://fpif.org/seven-decades-nazi-collaboration-americas-dirty-little-ukraine-secret/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrMiSQAGOS4⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://2009-2017.state.gov/p/eur/rls/rm/2013/dec/218804.htm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.cato.org/commentary/americas-ukraine-hypocrisy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26079957⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93eyhO8VTdg⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjcMoDFU1xg⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.jeffsachs.org/newspaper-articles/nato-chief-admits-expansion-behind-russian-invasion⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/28/nato-expansion-war-russia-ukraine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://theintercept.com/2024/06/22/ukraine-azov-battalion-us-training-ban/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.jstor.org/stable/27336025?seq=12⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/ukrainian-intel--abetted--funded--trained--equipped-by-the-c⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ourworld.unu.edu/en/what-do-the-world-bank-and-imf-have-to-do-with-the-ukraine-conflict⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://en.al-akhbar.com/news/inside-ned-s-ukraine-operation--how--revolutions--are-engine

Transcribed - Published: 15 December 2025

This week, Madeline and David talk about the history of American intervention in Ukraine, part 3!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/postsSOURCES: ⁠⁠https://responsiblestatecraft.org/azov-ban-lifted/⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.kyivpost.com/post/6652⁠⁠⁠⁠https://responsiblestatecraft.org/putin-willing-negotiate/⁠⁠⁠⁠https://thehill.com/policy/defense/380483-congress-bans-arms-to-controversial-ukrainian-militia-linked-to-neo-nazis/⁠⁠⁠⁠https://esc.nccu.edu.tw/PageDoc/Detail?fid=7801&id=6963⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.britannica.com/event/2022-Russian-invasion-of-Ukraine⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-ukraine-nuclear-plant-shelling-fire-invasion-putin-rcna18685⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/01/19/new-language-requirement-raises-concerns-ukraine#⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cohen-ukraine-commentary-idUSKBN1GV2TY/⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-10-2024-001576_EN.html⁠⁠⁠⁠https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/29/europe/ukraine-azov-movement-far-right-intl-cmd⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/world/u-s-lifts-ban-on-providing-weapons-and-training-for-ukraines-controversial-azov-brigade⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27173857⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=456617⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxcB0PI4ZLg⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.salon.com/2014/02/25/is_the_us_backing_neo_nazis_in_ukraine_partner/⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.npr.org/2022/04/24/1094567906/the-war-has-many-ukrainians-who-speak-russian-abandoning-the-language⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mintpressnews.com/us-votes-against-un-resolution-condemning-nazis-labels-it-russian-disinformation/273728/⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.pbs.org/newshour/classroom/daily-videos/2014/03/crimeans-vote-to-join-russia⁠⁠⁠⁠https://responsiblestatecraft.org/cia-ukraine-russia/⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.democracynow.org/2014/2/20/a_new_cold_war_ukraine_violence⁠⁠⁠⁠https://truthout.org/articles/the-ukraine-mess-that-nuland-made/⁠⁠⁠⁠https://eng.ipn.gov.pl/en/digital-resources/articles/8044,Stepan-Bandera-leader-of-the-Organisation-of-Ukrainian-Nationalists.html⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.gis.huri.harvard.edu/king-dead⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/bandera-mythologies-and-their-traps-for-ukraine/⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/03/08/wdtz-m08.html⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2009/11/02/end-of-communism-cheered-but-now-with-more-reservations/⁠⁠⁠⁠https://liberationnews.org/nazis-in-ukraine-seeing-through-the-fog-of-the-information-war/⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.yahoo.com/news/cia-trained-ukrainian-paramilitaries-may-take-central-role-if-russia-invades-185258008.html⁠⁠⁠⁠https://responsiblestatecraft.org/maidan-ukraine/⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ930lCvSK8&list=PLDl9_LuL-uw7Ot9l6V6DTbZg1Zhv98gUv&index=9⁠⁠⁠⁠https://manchesterhistorian.com/2024/us-intervention-in-the-orange-revolution-in-ukraine-and-how-technology-influences-democracy-by-leah-morris/⁠⁠⁠⁠https://fpif.org/seven-decades-nazi-collaboration-americas-dirty-little-ukraine-secret/⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrMiSQAGOS4⁠⁠⁠⁠https://2009-2017.state.gov/p/eur/rls/rm/2013/dec/218804.htm⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.cato.org/commentary/americas-ukraine-hypocrisy⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26079957⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93eyhO8VTdg⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjcMoDFU1xg⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.jeffsachs.org/newspaper-articles/nato-chief-admits-expansion-behind-russian-invasion⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/28/nato-expansion-war-russia-ukraine⁠⁠⁠⁠https://theintercept.com/2024/06/22/ukraine-azov-battalion-us-training-ban/⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.jstor.org/stable/27336025?seq=12⁠⁠⁠⁠https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/ukrainian-intel--abetted--funded--trained--equipped-by-the-c⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ourworld.unu.edu/en/what-do-the-world-bank-and-imf-have-to-do-with-the-ukraine-conflict⁠⁠⁠⁠https://en.al-akhbar.com/news/inside-ned-s-ukraine-operation--how--revolutions--are-engine

Transcribed - Published: 9 December 2025

This week, Madeline and David talk about the history of American intervention in Ukraine, part 2!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/postsSOURCES: ⁠https://responsiblestatecraft.org/azov-ban-lifted/⁠⁠https://www.kyivpost.com/post/6652⁠⁠https://responsiblestatecraft.org/putin-willing-negotiate/⁠⁠https://thehill.com/policy/defense/380483-congress-bans-arms-to-controversial-ukrainian-militia-linked-to-neo-nazis/⁠⁠https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/ukraine-has-nazi-problem-vladimir-putin-s-denazification-claim-war-ncna1290946⁠⁠https://esc.nccu.edu.tw/PageDoc/Detail?fid=7801&id=6963⁠⁠https://www.britannica.com/event/2022-Russian-invasion-of-Ukraine⁠⁠https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-ukraine-nuclear-plant-shelling-fire-invasion-putin-rcna18685⁠⁠https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/01/19/new-language-requirement-raises-concerns-ukraine#⁠⁠https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cohen-ukraine-commentary-idUSKBN1GV2TY/⁠⁠https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-10-2024-001576_EN.html⁠⁠https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/29/europe/ukraine-azov-movement-far-right-intl-cmd⁠⁠https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/world/u-s-lifts-ban-on-providing-weapons-and-training-for-ukraines-controversial-azov-brigade⁠⁠https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27173857⁠⁠https://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=456617⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxcB0PI4ZLg⁠⁠https://www.salon.com/2014/02/25/is_the_us_backing_neo_nazis_in_ukraine_partner/⁠⁠https://www.npr.org/2022/04/24/1094567906/the-war-has-many-ukrainians-who-speak-russian-abandoning-the-language⁠⁠https://www.mintpressnews.com/us-votes-against-un-resolution-condemning-nazis-labels-it-russian-disinformation/273728/⁠⁠https://www.pbs.org/newshour/classroom/daily-videos/2014/03/crimeans-vote-to-join-russia⁠⁠https://responsiblestatecraft.org/cia-ukraine-russia/⁠⁠https://www.democracynow.org/2014/2/20/a_new_cold_war_ukraine_violence⁠⁠https://truthout.org/articles/the-ukraine-mess-that-nuland-made/⁠⁠https://eng.ipn.gov.pl/en/digital-resources/articles/8044,Stepan-Bandera-leader-of-the-Organisation-of-Ukrainian-Nationalists.html⁠⁠https://www.gis.huri.harvard.edu/king-dead⁠⁠https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/bandera-mythologies-and-their-traps-for-ukraine/⁠⁠https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/03/08/wdtz-m08.html⁠⁠https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2009/11/02/end-of-communism-cheered-but-now-with-more-reservations/⁠⁠https://liberationnews.org/nazis-in-ukraine-seeing-through-the-fog-of-the-information-war/⁠⁠https://www.yahoo.com/news/cia-trained-ukrainian-paramilitaries-may-take-central-role-if-russia-invades-185258008.html⁠⁠https://responsiblestatecraft.org/maidan-ukraine/⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ930lCvSK8&list=PLDl9_LuL-uw7Ot9l6V6DTbZg1Zhv98gUv&index=9⁠⁠https://manchesterhistorian.com/2024/us-intervention-in-the-orange-revolution-in-ukraine-and-how-technology-influences-democracy-by-leah-morris/⁠⁠https://fpif.org/seven-decades-nazi-collaboration-americas-dirty-little-ukraine-secret/⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrMiSQAGOS4⁠⁠https://2009-2017.state.gov/p/eur/rls/rm/2013/dec/218804.htm⁠⁠https://www.cato.org/commentary/americas-ukraine-hypocrisy⁠⁠https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26079957⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93eyhO8VTdg⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjcMoDFU1xg⁠⁠https://www.jeffsachs.org/newspaper-articles/nato-chief-admits-expansion-behind-russian-invasion⁠⁠https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/28/nato-expansion-war-russia-ukraine⁠⁠https://theintercept.com/2024/06/22/ukraine-azov-battalion-us-training-ban/⁠⁠https://www.jstor.org/stable/27336025?seq=12⁠⁠https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/ukrainian-intel--abetted--funded--trained--equipped-by-the-c⁠⁠https://ourworld.unu.edu/en/what-do-the-world-bank-and-imf-have-to-do-with-the-ukraine-conflict⁠⁠https://en.al-akhbar.com/news/inside-ned-s-ukraine-operation--how--revolutions--are-engine

Transcribed - Published: 18 November 2025

This week, Madeline and David talk about the history of American intervention in Ukraine!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/postsSOURCES: https://responsiblestatecraft.org/azov-ban-lifted/https://www.kyivpost.com/post/6652https://responsiblestatecraft.org/putin-willing-negotiate/https://thehill.com/policy/defense/380483-congress-bans-arms-to-controversial-ukrainian-militia-linked-to-neo-nazis/https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/ukraine-has-nazi-problem-vladimir-putin-s-denazification-claim-war-ncna1290946https://esc.nccu.edu.tw/PageDoc/Detail?fid=7801&id=6963https://www.britannica.com/event/2022-Russian-invasion-of-Ukrainehttps://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-ukraine-nuclear-plant-shelling-fire-invasion-putin-rcna18685https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/01/19/new-language-requirement-raises-concerns-ukraine#https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cohen-ukraine-commentary-idUSKBN1GV2TY/https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-10-2024-001576_EN.htmlhttps://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/29/europe/ukraine-azov-movement-far-right-intl-cmdhttps://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/world/u-s-lifts-ban-on-providing-weapons-and-training-for-ukraines-controversial-azov-brigadehttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27173857https://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=456617https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxcB0PI4ZLghttps://www.salon.com/2014/02/25/is_the_us_backing_neo_nazis_in_ukraine_partner/https://www.npr.org/2022/04/24/1094567906/the-war-has-many-ukrainians-who-speak-russian-abandoning-the-languagehttps://www.mintpressnews.com/us-votes-against-un-resolution-condemning-nazis-labels-it-russian-disinformation/273728/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/classroom/daily-videos/2014/03/crimeans-vote-to-join-russiahttps://responsiblestatecraft.org/cia-ukraine-russia/https://www.democracynow.org/2014/2/20/a_new_cold_war_ukraine_violencehttps://truthout.org/articles/the-ukraine-mess-that-nuland-made/https://eng.ipn.gov.pl/en/digital-resources/articles/8044,Stepan-Bandera-leader-of-the-Organisation-of-Ukrainian-Nationalists.htmlhttps://www.gis.huri.harvard.edu/king-deadhttps://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/bandera-mythologies-and-their-traps-for-ukraine/https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/03/08/wdtz-m08.htmlhttps://www.pewresearch.org/global/2009/11/02/end-of-communism-cheered-but-now-with-more-reservations/https://liberationnews.org/nazis-in-ukraine-seeing-through-the-fog-of-the-information-war/https://www.yahoo.com/news/cia-trained-ukrainian-paramilitaries-may-take-central-role-if-russia-invades-185258008.htmlhttps://responsiblestatecraft.org/maidan-ukraine/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ930lCvSK8&list=PLDl9_LuL-uw7Ot9l6V6DTbZg1Zhv98gUv&index=9https://manchesterhistorian.com/2024/us-intervention-in-the-orange-revolution-in-ukraine-and-how-technology-influences-democracy-by-leah-morris/https://fpif.org/seven-decades-nazi-collaboration-americas-dirty-little-ukraine-secret/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrMiSQAGOS4https://2009-2017.state.gov/p/eur/rls/rm/2013/dec/218804.htmhttps://www.cato.org/commentary/americas-ukraine-hypocrisyhttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26079957https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93eyhO8VTdghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjcMoDFU1xghttps://www.jeffsachs.org/newspaper-articles/nato-chief-admits-expansion-behind-russian-invasionhttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/28/nato-expansion-war-russia-ukrainehttps://theintercept.com/2024/06/22/ukraine-azov-battalion-us-training-ban/https://www.jstor.org/stable/27336025?seq=12https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/ukrainian-intel--abetted--funded--trained--equipped-by-the-chttps://ourworld.unu.edu/en/what-do-the-world-bank-and-imf-have-to-do-with-the-ukraine-conflicthttps://en.al-akhbar.com/news/inside-ned-s-ukraine-operation--how--revolutions--are-engine

Transcribed - Published: 3 November 2025

This week, Madeline & David finish up our two-parter on Venezuela, including conversations about Maduro, the Peace & Freedom website, and why it doesn't matter who is wearing a captain's hat and selling fentanyl to your kids!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/postsSOURCES:https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79-00927A004600120002-9.pdfhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/45329740.pdfhttps://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/F419409CE36569D0BBC81389843FBDCB/S0023879100024845a.pdf/cattle-corruption-and-venezuelan-state-formation-during-the-regime-of-juan-vicente-gomez-1908-35.pdfhttps://www.reuters.com/article/world/us-to-provide-venezuelas-guaido-with-52-million-in-funding-idUSKBN1W934P/https://www.sociostudies.org/almanac/articles/the_us_methods_and_goals_to_destabilize_venezuela/https://www.newstatesman.com/long-reads/2008/11/chavez-venezuela-oppositionhttps://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/17/world/abrams-denies-wrongdoing-in-shipping-arms-to-contras.htmlhttps://www.reuters.com/article/world/how-venezuela-got-here-a-timeline-of-the-political-crisis-idUSKCN1PJ03O/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22314562799&gbraid=0AAAAA-mwunF8-09P-Awp_HNmn1VHy7Dft&gclid=Cj0KCQjwo63HBhCKARIsAHOHV_Ugl_qLm4x2Feoh9JAYu3pdpveYzKTTgRnXkyvnLky86HmpDFgT5UsaAl3tEALw_wcBhttps://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1162&context=classracecorporatepowerhttps://www.blackagendareport.com/venezuela-imperialism-and-global-struggle-sovereigntyhttps://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/14263/https://dc.ewu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1008&context=srcw_2019https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1921v02/d897https://www.nytimes.com/1952/09/21/archives/opposition-party-in-venezuela-test-copei-one-of-2-groups-against.htmlhttps://peoplesworld.org/article/venezuela-2002-the-coup-heard-around-the-world/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/apr/21/usa.venezuelahttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/apr/21/usa.venezuelahttps://www.nytimes.com/1977/02/21/archives/venezuelans-are-denying-perez-was-paid-by-cia.htmlhttps://time.com/archive/6703965/interview-on-drugs-debt-and-poverty-venezuelas-carlos-andres-perez/https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80R01731R002400050019-5.pdfhttps://www.nytimes.com/1977/02/22/archives/caracas-assails-us-for-payoffs-report-president-perez-calls.htmlhttps://www.reuters.com/article/world/us-to-provide-venezuelas-guaido-with-52-million-in-funding-idUSKBN1W934P/https://liberationnews.org/oppose-us-threats-against-venezuela/https://misionverdad.com/memoria/aquel-narcoestado-llamado-puntofijismo-0https://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/12/business/world-class-fraud-bcci-pulled-it-off-special-report-end-twisted-trail-piggy-bank.html?pagewanted=allhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF-IYdsFGrwhttps://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/07CARACAS1637_a.htmlhttps://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/04CARACAS2224_a.htmlhttps://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/6750/https://www.nytimes.com/1977/03/01/archives/cia-money-flowed-but-us-aides-insist-it-was-for-intelligence.htmlhttps://digitallibrary.un.org/record/3974230?ln=en&v=pdf#fileshttps://www.sumate.org/documentos/Varios/NED_Grant_Agreement_25septiembre2003.pdfhttps://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/hrbodies/hrcouncil/ffmv/a-hrc-60-crp-4-annex-eng.pdfhttps://www.counterpunch.org/2014/04/25/the-dirty-hand-of-the-national-endowment-for-democracy-in-venezuela/

Transcribed - Published: 20 October 2025

This week, Madeline and David talk about Venezuela, Chavez, and mustaches!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/SOURCES:ttps://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79-00927A004600120002-9.pdfhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/45329740.pdfhttps://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/F419409CE36569D0BBC81389843FBDCB/S0023879100024845a.pdf/cattle-corruption-and-venezuelan-state-formation-during-the-regime-of-juan-vicente-gomez-1908-35.pdfhttps://www.reuters.com/article/world/us-to-provide-venezuelas-guaido-with-52-million-in-funding-idUSKBN1W934P/https://www.sociostudies.org/almanac/articles/the_us_methods_and_goals_to_destabilize_venezuela/https://www.newstatesman.com/long-reads/2008/11/chavez-venezuela-oppositionhttps://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/17/world/abrams-denies-wrongdoing-in-shipping-arms-to-contras.htmlhttps://www.reuters.com/article/world/how-venezuela-got-here-a-timeline-of-the-political-crisis-idUSKCN1PJ03O/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22314562799&gbraid=0AAAAA-mwunF8-09P-Awp_HNmn1VHy7Dft&gclid=Cj0KCQjwo63HBhCKARIsAHOHV_Ugl_qLm4x2Feoh9JAYu3pdpveYzKTTgRnXkyvnLky86HmpDFgT5UsaAl3tEALw_wcBhttps://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1162&context=classracecorporatepowerhttps://www.blackagendareport.com/venezuela-imperialism-and-global-struggle-sovereigntyhttps://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/14263/https://dc.ewu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1008&context=srcw_2019https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1921v02/d897https://www.nytimes.com/1952/09/21/archives/opposition-party-in-venezuela-test-copei-one-of-2-groups-against.htmlhttps://peoplesworld.org/article/venezuela-2002-the-coup-heard-around-the-world/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/apr/21/usa.venezuelahttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/apr/21/usa.venezuelahttps://www.nytimes.com/1977/02/21/archives/venezuelans-are-denying-perez-was-paid-by-cia.htmlhttps://time.com/archive/6703965/interview-on-drugs-debt-and-poverty-venezuelas-carlos-andres-perez/https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80R01731R002400050019-5.pdfhttps://www.nytimes.com/1977/02/22/archives/caracas-assails-us-for-payoffs-report-president-perez-calls.htmlhttps://www.reuters.com/article/world/us-to-provide-venezuelas-guaido-with-52-million-in-funding-idUSKBN1W934P/https://liberationnews.org/oppose-us-threats-against-venezuela/https://misionverdad.com/memoria/aquel-narcoestado-llamado-puntofijismo-0https://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/12/business/world-class-fraud-bcci-pulled-it-off-special-report-end-twisted-trail-piggy-bank.html?pagewanted=allhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF-IYdsFGrwhttps://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/07CARACAS1637_a.htmlhttps://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/04CARACAS2224_a.htmlhttps://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/6750/https://www.nytimes.com/1977/03/01/archives/cia-money-flowed-but-us-aides-insist-it-was-for-intelligence.html

Transcribed - Published: 14 October 2025

This week, Madeline and David talk about Xinjiang, the Uyghurs, Donald Trump, and BDSM clubs in Taiwan!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/postsSOURCES:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BmgLBs4h20BYpty5svAQZ3nI4GxM7vhDM2gWPA6f9QY/edit?tab=t.0

Transcribed - Published: 6 October 2025

This week, Madeline and David talk about campaign financing and dark money!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/posts SOURCES:https://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/candidate-taking-receipts/using-personal-funds-candidate/https://www.usa.gov/campaign-finance-lawshttps://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/candidate-taking-receipts/contribution-limits/https://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/candidate-taking-receipts/who-can-and-cant-contribute/#who-cant-contributehttps://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/dark-money-hit-record-high-19-billion-2024-federal-raceshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/11/15/republican-ads-false-flag/https://www.britannica.com/event/Citizens-United-v-Federal-Election-Commissionhttps://www.opensecrets.org/elections-overview/winning-vs-spendinghttps://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/secret-spending-stateshttps://issueone.org/donors-key-findings-and-profiles-of-the-top-15-dark-money-groups/https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/president-and-treasurer-super-pac-sentenced-dark-money-schemehttps://campaignlegal.org/update/how-does-citizens-united-decision-still-affect-us-2025https://nypost.com/2025/08/28/business/dark-money-group-paying-pro-democrat-influencers-up-to-8k-a-month-report/

Transcribed - Published: 15 September 2025

This week, Madeline and David talk about Hulk Hogan's role in union-busting at the WWE!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/SOURCES: https://www.thesportster.com/wwe-hulk-hogan-killed-jesse-ventura-plan-pro-wrestling-union-vince-mcmahon/https://www.thesportster.com/tag/hulk-hogan/https://www.thesportster.com/hulk-hogan-jokes-body-slamming-kamala-harris-questions-indian-heritage/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hJHrgREqNAhttps://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/jesse-ventura-hulk-hogan-ratted-202354667.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAABUNtevCdZbng14s_7x3Yf946qPjevulgu3SXbGdDVr9ioMn0p35G-xKxQsErbnqqA8tV1LLbMhcL0ErfwUNgDOaRdv-hfnClboaf8MewIVtX3CZwYiD8DEhYkMzlqbHiEk-VwCuG2qSQCk3bXhsfrLZ7D0_nXey7K3C_6G7H_Cthttps://411mania.com/wrestling/hulk-hogan-admits-revealed-jesse-ventur-union-plans-vince-mcmahon/https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-8th-circuit/1387808.htmlhttps://www.wrestlezone.com/news/1525370-jesse-ventura-hulk-hogan-had-a-lame-excuse-for-being-anti-union-he-lied-to-avoid-office-stooge-labelhttps://www.wrestlinginc.com/1739395/wwe-hall-famer-jesse-ventura-explains-hulk-hogan-denied-stopping-union-efforts/https://web.archive.org/web/20140227105532/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1119010/1/index.htmhttps://jacobin.com/2022/10/wwe-vince-mcmahon-wrestling-unions-healthhttps://qz.com/work/1584785/john-oliver-explains-the-wwes-glaring-workers-rights-problemhttps://pagesix.com/2025/07/31/celebrity-news/hulk-hogans-cause-of-death-revealed/https://www.newsweek.com/hulk-hogan-donald-trump-quotes-2103891https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/24/hulk-hogan-death-trump-maga-wrestlemania/https://jacobin.com/2014/08/money-in-the-bank/?ref=sullyville.iohttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Jesse-Venturahttps://www.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/07/09/ventura/index.html

Transcribed - Published: 4 August 2025

This week, David and Madeline wrap up part 3 of our series on the Mexican revolutionaries The Magonistas!PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/postsSOURCES:Hernandez, Kelly Lytle. Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands. W. W. Norton & Company, 2022.

Transcribed - Published: 21 July 2025

This week, David and Madeline do part 2 of our three part series about border control and the Mexican revolutionaries the Magonistas!PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/postsSOURCES:Hernandez, Kelly Lytle. Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands. W. W. Norton & Company, 2022.

Transcribed - Published: 14 July 2025

This week, David and Madeline talk about the Magonistas!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/postsSOURCES:Hernandez, Kelly Lytle. Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands. W. W. Norton & Company, 2022.

Transcribed - Published: 17 June 2025

This week, Madeline and David talk about the ICE protests in Los Angeles and finish up our three part episode on Lyndon LaRouche!PATREON:http://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscaredSOURCES:https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1986/10/26/larouches-call-to-quarantine-aids-victims-trails-in-california/f79e0d33-02be-4fad-a643-08bf0d462f95/https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-00806R000100640021-7.pdfhttps://schillerinstitute.com/blog/2022/10/14/conference-build-the-new-paradigm-defeat-green-fascism/https://archive.org/details/larouchenewamericanfascismhttps://larouchepub.com/pr/2022/20221102_hinkle.htmlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20110713184401/http://larouchewatch.com/ugliest-larouche-rant.pdfhttps://www.cosmonautmag.com/2025/04/praxis-of-alienation-and-enmity-on-the-american-communist-party/

Transcribed - Published: 10 June 2025

This week, we talk more about Lyndon LaRouche and the Marxists that never were, and David tries to cajole Madeline into saying a slur (Madeline does NOT).PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/postsSOURCES: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1986/10/26/larouches-call-to-quarantine-aids-victims-trails-in-california/f79e0d33-02be-4fad-a643-08bf0d462f95/https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-00806R000100640021-7.pdfhttps://schillerinstitute.com/blog/2022/10/14/conference-build-the-new-paradigm-defeat-green-fascism/https://archive.org/details/larouchenewamericanfascismhttps://larouchepub.com/pr/2022/20221102_hinkle.htmlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20110713184401/http://larouchewatch.com/ugliest-larouche-rant.pdfhttps://www.cosmonautmag.com/2025/04/praxis-of-alienation-and-enmity-on-the-american-communist-party/

Transcribed - Published: 3 June 2025

This week, Madeline and David talk about Lyndon LaRouche!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/postsSOURCES: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1986/10/26/larouches-call-to-quarantine-aids-victims-trails-in-california/f79e0d33-02be-4fad-a643-08bf0d462f95/https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-00806R000100640021-7.pdfhttps://schillerinstitute.com/blog/2022/10/14/conference-build-the-new-paradigm-defeat-green-fascism/https://archive.org/details/larouchenewamericanfascismhttps://larouchepub.com/pr/2022/20221102_hinkle.htmlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20110713184401/http://larouchewatch.com/ugliest-larouche-rant.pdfhttps://www.cosmonautmag.com/2025/04/praxis-of-alienation-and-enmity-on-the-american-communist-party/

Transcribed - Published: 26 May 2025

This week, Madeline and David wrap up our two-part episode about AFRICOM, Burkina Faso, and Traore!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/postsSOURCES: https://www.defense.gov/About/combatant-commands/https://hoodcommunist.org/2022/09/29/a-guide-to-shutdownafricom/amp/https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/03/16/afri-m16.htmlhttps://www.communistpartyofkenya.org/87-recent-news/246-oint-statement-of-the-communist-party-of-kenya-and-the-zimbabwe-communist-party-on-the-expansion-of-africomhttps://mronline.org/2021/10/05/building-a-movement-to-shutdown-africom/https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/africomhttps://hoodcommunist.org/2020/10/01/africom-and-nato-are-terrorist/amp/https://monthlyreview.org/2024/06/01/the-actuality-of-red-africa/https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/newspape/socialist-viewpoint-us/julaug_12/julaug_12_27.htmlhttps://www.workers.org/2018/10/39384/https://www.socsci.uci.edu/newsevents/news/2023/2023-07-20-al-bulushi-teen-vogue.phphttps://www.teenvogue.com/story/what-is-africom-us-military-africahttps://www.defensepriorities.org/explainers/rethinking-africa-command/https://countrystudies.us/libya/30.htmhttps://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/document/obo-9780199846733/obo-9780199846733-0193.xmlhttps://www.accord.org.za/analysis/african-military-marxism-is-its-past-its-future/https://hoodcommunist.org/2021/09/30/building-a-movement-to-shutdown-africom/https://blackallianceforpeace.com/events/2024actionsagainstafricomhttps://www.communistpartyofkenya.org/87-recent-news/246-oint-statement-of-the-communist-party-of-kenya-and-the-zimbabwe-communist-party-on-the-expansion-of-africomhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/03/16/afri-m16.htmlhttps://www.teenvogue.com/story/what-is-africom-us-military-africahttps://www.defensepriorities.org/explainers/rethinking-africa-command/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/07/world/africa/07congo.html?_r=2https://www.theafricareport.com/380259/us91africa-africom-makes-its-case-tariffs-for-south-africa-women-under-fire/https://www.blackagendareport.com/africom-congohttps://blackallianceforpeace.com/africomwatchbulletin//edition47https://sfbayview.com/2013/12/declaration-would-contract-drc-to-concede-to-m23/https://www.blackagendareport.com/african-unity-and-new-cold-warhttps://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/05/26/unity-is-an-imperative-reclaiming-african-liberation-day-60-years-on/https://www.blackagendareport.com/liberia-and-challenges-us-imperialismhttps://thegrayzone.com/2021/11/30/africom-corporations-dr-congo-climate-china/https://defensescoop.com/2025/01/29/us-algeria-defense-cooperation-mou-agreement-to-expand-military-cooperation/https://www.blackagendareport.com/africom-watch-bulletin-50https://www.hstoday.us/subject-matter-areas/counterterrorism/africom-led-operation-extracts-u-s-government-personnel-from-sudan/https://realistreview.org/2021/11/02/america-played-a-big-role-in-sudans-coup/https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2021/01/27/us-africa-command-official-hails-new-beginning-in-sudan/https://www.blackagendareport.com/useunatos-regime-change-playbook-burkina-faso-and-captain-ibrahim-traorehttps://www.military.africa/2024/09/us-forces-returning-to-chad-but-with-a-different-objective/https://apnews.com/article/niger-chad-us-troops-withdrawal-russia-aa852a79bac39aaa679af3663b56deaahttps://peoplesworld.org/article/u-s-africom-africa-and-the-world-in-the-crosshairs/https://legalafrica.org/from-gaddafi-to-traore-africa-must-unite-against-neo-imperialism/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/jun/14/africom-imperial-agenda-marches-onhttps://foreignpolicy.com/2010/07/21/the-truth-about-africom/https://blackagendareport.com/africom-crying-russia-libya-pot-and-kettle-syndrome https://www.mintpressnews.com/ibrahim-traore-burkina-faso-west/289538/

Transcribed - Published: 11 May 2025

This week, Madeline & David talk about AFRICOM, Kony 2012, and whether or not X is a rockabilly band!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/postsSOURCES:https://www.defense.gov/About/combatant-commands/https://hoodcommunist.org/2022/09/29/a-guide-to-shutdownafricom/amp/https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/03/16/afri-m16.htmlhttps://www.communistpartyofkenya.org/87-recent-news/246-oint-statement-of-the-communist-party-of-kenya-and-the-zimbabwe-communist-party-on-the-expansion-of-africomhttps://mronline.org/2021/10/05/building-a-movement-to-shutdown-africom/https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/africomhttps://hoodcommunist.org/2020/10/01/africom-and-nato-are-terrorist/amp/https://monthlyreview.org/2024/06/01/the-actuality-of-red-africa/https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/newspape/socialist-viewpoint-us/julaug_12/julaug_12_27.htmlhttps://www.workers.org/2018/10/39384/https://www.socsci.uci.edu/newsevents/news/2023/2023-07-20-al-bulushi-teen-vogue.phphttps://www.teenvogue.com/story/what-is-africom-us-military-africahttps://www.defensepriorities.org/explainers/rethinking-africa-command/https://countrystudies.us/libya/30.htmhttps://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/document/obo-9780199846733/obo-9780199846733-0193.xmlhttps://www.accord.org.za/analysis/african-military-marxism-is-its-past-its-future/https://hoodcommunist.org/2021/09/30/building-a-movement-to-shutdown-africom/https://blackallianceforpeace.com/events/2024actionsagainstafricomhttps://www.communistpartyofkenya.org/87-recent-news/246-oint-statement-of-the-communist-party-of-kenya-and-the-zimbabwe-communist-party-on-the-expansion-of-africomhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/03/16/afri-m16.htmlhttps://www.teenvogue.com/story/what-is-africom-us-military-africahttps://www.defensepriorities.org/explainers/rethinking-africa-command/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/07/world/africa/07congo.html?_r=2https://www.theafricareport.com/380259/us91africa-africom-makes-its-case-tariffs-for-south-africa-women-under-fire/https://www.blackagendareport.com/africom-congohttps://blackallianceforpeace.com/africomwatchbulletin//edition47https://sfbayview.com/2013/12/declaration-would-contract-drc-to-concede-to-m23/https://www.blackagendareport.com/african-unity-and-new-cold-warhttps://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/05/26/unity-is-an-imperative-reclaiming-african-liberation-day-60-years-on/https://www.blackagendareport.com/liberia-and-challenges-us-imperialismhttps://thegrayzone.com/2021/11/30/africom-corporations-dr-congo-climate-china/https://defensescoop.com/2025/01/29/us-algeria-defense-cooperation-mou-agreement-to-expand-military-cooperation/https://www.blackagendareport.com/africom-watch-bulletin-50https://www.hstoday.us/subject-matter-areas/counterterrorism/africom-led-operation-extracts-u-s-government-personnel-from-sudan/https://realistreview.org/2021/11/02/america-played-a-big-role-in-sudans-coup/https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2021/01/27/us-africa-command-official-hails-new-beginning-in-sudan/https://www.blackagendareport.com/useunatos-regime-change-playbook-burkina-faso-and-captain-ibrahim-traorehttps://www.military.africa/2024/09/us-forces-returning-to-chad-but-with-a-different-objective/https://apnews.com/article/niger-chad-us-troops-withdrawal-russia-aa852a79bac39aaa679af3663b56deaahttps://peoplesworld.org/article/u-s-africom-africa-and-the-world-in-the-crosshairs/https://legalafrica.org/from-gaddafi-to-traore-africa-must-unite-against-neo-imperialism/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/jun/14/africom-imperial-agenda-marches-onhttps://foreignpolicy.com/2010/07/21/the-truth-about-africom/https://blackagendareport.com/africom-crying-russia-libya-pot-and-kettle-syndrome

Transcribed - Published: 5 May 2025

This week David and Madeline finish our two part episode about the Italian syndicalists!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/SOURCES:⁠Anderson, Considerations on Western Marxism⁠ ⁠Clark, Antonio Gramsci and the Revolution That Failed⁠⁠Gramsci, The Antonio Gramsci Reader: Selected Writings 1916-1935⁠⁠Emmerson, “Gabriele D’Annunzio’s Fiume Escapade.”⁠⁠Bertrand, “The Biennio Rosso: Anarchists and Revolutionary Syndicalists in Italy, 1919-1920.”⁠⁠Lenin, “Terms of Admission into Communist International.”⁠⁠Trudell, “Gramsci: The Turin Years.”⁠ ⁠Trotsky, “Speech in Discussion of the Italian Question.”⁠

Transcribed - Published: 8 April 2025

This week, David and Madeline talk about Italy, Biennio Rossa, and what age is too young to not know how to put your phone on silent!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/SOURCES:Anderson, Considerations on Western Marxism Clark, Antonio Gramsci and the Revolution That FailedGramsci, The Antonio Gramsci Reader: Selected Writings 1916-1935Emmerson, “Gabriele D’Annunzio’s Fiume Escapade.”Bertrand, “The Biennio Rosso: Anarchists and Revolutionary Syndicalists in Italy, 1919-1920.”Lenin, “Terms of Admission into Communist International.” Trudell, “Gramsci: The Turin Years.” Trotsky, “Speech in Discussion of the Italian Question.”

Transcribed - Published: 1 April 2025

This week, David and Madeline talk about Italy, Biennio Rossa, and what age is too young to not know how to put your phone on silent!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/SOURCES:Anderson, Considerations on Western Marxism Clark, Antonio Gramsci and the Revolution That FailedGramsci, The Antonio Gramsci Reader: Selected Writings 1916-1935Emmerson, “Gabriele D’Annunzio’s Fiume Escapade.”Bertrand, “The Biennio Rosso: Anarchists and Revolutionary Syndicalists in Italy, 1919-1920.”Lenin, “Terms of Admission into Communist International.” Trudell, “Gramsci: The Turin Years.” Trotsky, “Speech in Discussion of the Italian Question.”

Transcribed - Published: 1 April 2025

This week, Madeline and David wrap up our second part of our discussion about USAID!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/postsSOURCES:https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2025/02/14/usaid-controversy-live-updates-judge-orders-trump-administration-to-temporarily-restore-foreign-aid-funding/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-blocks-trump-administration-from-canceling-foreign-aid-awards-in-place-before-his-inauguration/https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP74B00415R000300070019-8.pdfhttps://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79T00975A027700010040-0.pdfhttps://digitalcommons.csp.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1038&context=hmong-studies_hohphttps://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP85T00875R001000080025-2.pdfhttps://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP85T00875R001000080025-2.pdfhttps://www.newsweek.com/lefts-goal-usaid-reform-finally-accomplished-trump-opinion-2029951https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/08/04/report-u-s-aid-used-hiv-program-in-cuba-to-foment-rebellion/https://apnews.com/music-general-news-548798feb950406d8e23186e77359f8fhttps://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/u-s-secretly-built-cuban-twitter-stir-unrest-ap-reports-n70531https://apnews.com/article/trump-musk-usaid-c0c7799be0b2fa7cad4c806565985fe2https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/03/us-cuban-twitter-zunzuneo-stir-unresthttps://apnews.com/general-news-5de7cd8b5aab4294aaef93aa06fd6fdahttps://www.thenation.com/article/archive/how-hillary-clinton-militarized-us-policy-in-honduras/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/04/usaid-latin-americans-cuba-rebellion-hiv-workshopshttps://apnews.com/music-general-news-7c275c134f1b4a0ca3428929fcece82dhttps://web.archive.org/web/20240622164647/https:/www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/2023-01/Disinformation-Primer.pdfhttps://www.peoplesworld.org/article/trump-reorganization-of-usaid-will-not-change-its-promotion-of-exploitation/https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU00/20250212/117881/HHRG-119-JU00-20250212-SD003-U3.pdfhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/06/musk-doge-usaid/https://oig.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/2018-06/9-121-14-002-p.pdfhttps://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-struggle-for-middle-east-democracy/https://jacobin.com/2022/02/maidan-protests-neo-nazis-russia-nato-crimeahttps://2017-2020.usaid.gov/georgiahttps://adst.org/2016/02/winning-the-peace-usaid-and-the-demobilization-of-the-nicaraguan-contras/https://web.archive.org/web/20170815101734/https://legcounsel.house.gov/Comps/Foreign%20Assistance%20Act%20Of%201961.pdfhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/159742?read-now=1&seq=16#page_scan_tab_contentshttps://web.archive.org/web/20180527183738/https://www.sigar.mil/interactive-reports/stabilization/https://web.archive.org/web/20031119001121/http://www.usaid.gov/policy/ads/400/fsa.pdfhttps://afsa.org/usaid-60-enduring-purpose-complex-legacyhttps://www.counterpunch.org/2020/08/13/teaching-torture-the-death-and-legacy-of-dan-mitrione/https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80-01601R000800260001-8.pdfhttps://www.airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/AUPress/Books/B_0156_CELESKI_SPECIAL_AIR_WARFARE_AND_THE_SECRET_WAR_IN_LAOS_AIR_COMMANDOS_1964_1975.pdfhttps://afsa.org/sites/default/files/vietnamArchivedContentFromFSJ008.pdfhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/11/haiti-and-the-failed-promise-of-us-aidhttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-56201575

Transcribed - Published: 10 March 2025

This week, Madeline and David discuss USAID!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/postsSOURCES:https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2025/02/14/usaid-controversy-live-updates-judge-orders-trump-administration-to-temporarily-restore-foreign-aid-funding/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-blocks-trump-administration-from-canceling-foreign-aid-awards-in-place-before-his-inauguration/https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP74B00415R000300070019-8.pdfhttps://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79T00975A027700010040-0.pdfhttps://digitalcommons.csp.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1038&context=hmong-studies_hohphttps://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP85T00875R001000080025-2.pdfhttps://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP85T00875R001000080025-2.pdfhttps://www.newsweek.com/lefts-goal-usaid-reform-finally-accomplished-trump-opinion-2029951https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/08/04/report-u-s-aid-used-hiv-program-in-cuba-to-foment-rebellion/https://apnews.com/music-general-news-548798feb950406d8e23186e77359f8fhttps://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/u-s-secretly-built-cuban-twitter-stir-unrest-ap-reports-n70531https://apnews.com/article/trump-musk-usaid-c0c7799be0b2fa7cad4c806565985fe2https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/03/us-cuban-twitter-zunzuneo-stir-unresthttps://apnews.com/general-news-5de7cd8b5aab4294aaef93aa06fd6fdahttps://www.thenation.com/article/archive/how-hillary-clinton-militarized-us-policy-in-honduras/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/04/usaid-latin-americans-cuba-rebellion-hiv-workshopshttps://apnews.com/music-general-news-7c275c134f1b4a0ca3428929fcece82dhttps://web.archive.org/web/20240622164647/https:/www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/2023-01/Disinformation-Primer.pdfhttps://www.peoplesworld.org/article/trump-reorganization-of-usaid-will-not-change-its-promotion-of-exploitation/https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU00/20250212/117881/HHRG-119-JU00-20250212-SD003-U3.pdfhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/06/musk-doge-usaid/https://oig.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/2018-06/9-121-14-002-p.pdfhttps://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-struggle-for-middle-east-democracy/https://jacobin.com/2022/02/maidan-protests-neo-nazis-russia-nato-crimeahttps://2017-2020.usaid.gov/georgiahttps://adst.org/2016/02/winning-the-peace-usaid-and-the-demobilization-of-the-nicaraguan-contras/https://web.archive.org/web/20170815101734/https://legcounsel.house.gov/Comps/Foreign%20Assistance%20Act%20Of%201961.pdfhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/159742?read-now=1&seq=16#page_scan_tab_contentshttps://web.archive.org/web/20180527183738/https://www.sigar.mil/interactive-reports/stabilization/https://web.archive.org/web/20031119001121/http://www.usaid.gov/policy/ads/400/fsa.pdfhttps://afsa.org/usaid-60-enduring-purpose-complex-legacyhttps://www.counterpunch.org/2020/08/13/teaching-torture-the-death-and-legacy-of-dan-mitrione/https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80-01601R000800260001-8.pdfhttps://www.airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/AUPress/Books/B_0156_CELESKI_SPECIAL_AIR_WARFARE_AND_THE_SECRET_WAR_IN_LAOS_AIR_COMMANDOS_1964_1975.pdfhttps://afsa.org/sites/default/files/vietnamArchivedContentFromFSJ008.pdfhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/11/haiti-and-the-failed-promise-of-us-aidhttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-56201575

Transcribed - Published: 18 February 2025

This week, David and Madeline wrap up our three-part series on the Haitian Revolution!This episode is a little louder than usual so start it quieter to be kind to your ears because Madeline's voice is SHRILL.PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/postsSOURCES:http://piketty.pse.ens.fr/files/Henochsberg2016.pdfhttps://jacobin.com/2017/01/haiti-reparations-france-slavery-colonialism-debt/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/world/americas/haiti-history-colonized-france.htmlhttps://nyujilp.org/frances-overdue-debt-to-haiti/#_ftn3https://www.jstor.org/stable/44148455https://www.jstor.org/stable/42843715https://www.cadtm.org/The-evolution-of-wealth-inequalities-over-the-last-two-centurieshttps://www.projectmanifest.eu/the-french-society-of-friends-of-black-people-1788-1799-en-fr/https://revolution.chnm.org/d/290https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/world/haiti-wall-street-us-banks.htmlJames,The Black Jacobins: Toussaint Louverture and the San Domingo Revolution Douglas,Making The Black Jacobins:C.L.R. James and the Drama of History Cesaire,Return to my Native Land https://www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices/timeline/171.html Williams,Capitalism and Slavery Peabody:“There Are No Slaves in France”Geggus, David, ed.The Haitian Revolution: A Documentary HistoryM. de C.Makandal, Histoire VeritablePopkin,A Concise History of the Haitian Revolution

Transcribed - Published: 11 February 2025

This week, David and Madeline talk about the Haitian Revolution! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/ SOURCES: ⁠http://piketty.pse.ens.fr/files/Henochsberg2016.pdf⁠ ⁠https://jacobin.com/2017/01/haiti-reparations-france-slavery-colonialism-debt/⁠ ⁠https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/world/americas/haiti-history-colonized-france.html⁠ ⁠https://nyujilp.org/frances-overdue-debt-to-haiti/#_ftn3⁠ ⁠https://www.jstor.org/stable/44148455⁠ ⁠https://www.jstor.org/stable/42843715⁠ ⁠https://www.cadtm.org/The-evolution-of-wealth-inequalities-over-the-last-two-centuries⁠ ⁠https://www.projectmanifest.eu/the-french-society-of-friends-of-black-people-1788-1799-en-fr/⁠ ⁠https://revolution.chnm.org/d/290⁠ ⁠https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/world/haiti-wall-street-us-banks.html⁠ James, The Black Jacobins: Toussaint Louverture and the San Domingo Revolution  Douglas, Making The Black Jacobins: C.L.R. James and the Drama of History  Cesaire, Return to my Native Land  ⁠https://www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices/timeline/171.html⁠  Williams, Capitalism and Slavery  Peabody: “There Are No Slaves in France” Geggus, David, ed. The Haitian Revolution: A Documentary History M. de C. Makandal, Histoire Veritable ⁠Popkin, A Concise History of the Haitian Revolution

Transcribed - Published: 28 January 2025

This week, David and Madeline talk about the Haitian Revolution! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/ SOURCES: http://piketty.pse.ens.fr/files/Henochsberg2016.pdf https://jacobin.com/2017/01/haiti-reparations-france-slavery-colonialism-debt/ https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/world/americas/haiti-history-colonized-france.html https://nyujilp.org/frances-overdue-debt-to-haiti/#_ftn3 https://www.jstor.org/stable/44148455 https://www.jstor.org/stable/42843715 https://www.cadtm.org/The-evolution-of-wealth-inequalities-over-the-last-two-centuries https://www.projectmanifest.eu/the-french-society-of-friends-of-black-people-1788-1799-en-fr/ https://revolution.chnm.org/d/290 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/world/haiti-wall-street-us-banks.html James, The Black Jacobins: Toussaint Louverture and the San Domingo Revolution  Douglas, Making The Black Jacobins: C.L.R. James and the Drama of History  Cesaire, Return to my Native Land  https://www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices/timeline/171.html  Williams, Capitalism and Slavery  Peabody: “There Are No Slaves in France” Geggus, David, ed. The Haitian Revolution: A Documentary History M. de C. Makandal, Histoire Veritable Popkin, A Concise History of the Haitian Revolution

Transcribed - Published: 20 January 2025

This week, Madeline & David talk about the Los Angeles fires, prison labor, and climate change! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/posts SOURCES: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14269289/arsonist-arrested-starting-la-kenneth-fire.html https://longreads.com/2018/12/04/the-case-for-letting-malibu-burn/ https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1935/10/27/87883221.html?login=smartlock&auth=login-smartlock&pageNumber=13 https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-malibu-wildfire-history/ https://malibutimes.com/article_be86d151-e381-5db5-9a85-66cc05586070 https://retrospectjournal.com/2023/11/26/the-flammable-nature-of-malibu-beach-a-brief-history-of-californias-wildfires-in-the-early-20th-century/ https://www.firehouse.com/operations-training/article/10545036/californias-calabasas-malibu-fire https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025/01/11/los-angeles-fires-california-updates-palisades-eaton-kenneth/ https://ktla.com/news/california/wildfires/eaton-fire-still-raging-in-southern-california-saturday-as-santa-ana-winds-pick-back-up/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0ewe4p9128o https://www.themarshallproject.org/2025/01/11/los-angeles-palisades-prisoners-firefighters https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/us/inmates-firefighters-wildfires-california.html https://www.npr.org/2025/01/10/nx-s1-5254122/inmate-firefighters-california-wildfires https://www.vera.org/news/from-fighting-wildfires-to-digging-graves-incarcerated-workers-face-danger-on-the-job https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-history-of-californias-inmate-firefighter-program-180980662/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/01/california-incarcerated-firefighters-prison

Transcribed - Published: 13 January 2025

This week, Madeline & David wrap up part 2 of our series on the Potato famine! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/posts SOURCES: https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1p6qp8j https://www.jstor.org/stable/30006815 https://www.jstor.org/stable/27724246 https://www.jstor.org/stable/175367 https://www.jstor.org/stable/43920279 https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2023/12/27/jane-ohlmeyer-ireland-served-as-a-laboratory-for-the-british-empire/ https://the-past.com/feature/the-tudor-conquest-of-ireland/ https://daily.jstor.org/britains-blueprint-for-colonialism-made-in-ireland/ https://escholarship.mcgill.ca/concern/theses/bc386j919 https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch1169-1799.htm https://www.jstor.org/stable/30006740?read-now=1&seq=8#page_scan_tab_contents https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1002&context=srhonorsprog https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/27533643.pdf?refreqid=fastly-default%3Abb408c83fba772ab72430ebed8a32c86&ab_segments=&initiator=&acceptTC=1 https://www.jstor.org/stable/24399137 https://www.jstor.org/stable/30006772 https://www.jstor.org/stable/30006355 https://www.jstor.org/stable/24340829 https://marxist.com/irish-potato-famine10122007.htm https://www.researchgate.net/publication/247758541_A_Million_of_the_Irish_Toilers_A_Marxist_Approach_to_the_Great_Irish_Famine https://daily.jstor.org/when-language-started-a-political-revolution/ https://www.britannica.com/event/Easter-Rising https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/the-legacy-of-eoin-macneill-the-man-who-tried-to-call-off-the-rising-1.1579668 https://as.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyu-as/irelandHouse/documents/0111-0126_PoliticsOfTheIrishLanguage.pdf https://www.jstor.org/stable/43670669

Transcribed - Published: 6 January 2025

This week, Madeline and David talk about the history of the colonization of Ireland leading up to the potato famine! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared SOURCES: https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1p6qp8j https://www.jstor.org/stable/30006815 https://www.jstor.org/stable/27724246 https://www.jstor.org/stable/175367 https://www.jstor.org/stable/43920279 https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2023/12/27/jane-ohlmeyer-ireland-served-as-a-laboratory-for-the-british-empire/ https://the-past.com/feature/the-tudor-conquest-of-ireland/ https://daily.jstor.org/britains-blueprint-for-colonialism-made-in-ireland/ https://escholarship.mcgill.ca/concern/theses/bc386j919 https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch1169-1799.htm https://www.jstor.org/stable/30006740?read-now=1&seq=8#page_scan_tab_contents https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1002&context=srhonorsprog https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/27533643.pdf?refreqid=fastly-default%3Abb408c83fba772ab72430ebed8a32c86&ab_segments=&initiator=&acceptTC=1 https://www.jstor.org/stable/24399137 https://www.jstor.org/stable/30006772 https://www.jstor.org/stable/30006355 https://www.jstor.org/stable/24340829 https://marxist.com/irish-potato-famine10122007.htm https://www.researchgate.net/publication/247758541_A_Million_of_the_Irish_Toilers_A_Marxist_Approach_to_the_Great_Irish_Famine https://daily.jstor.org/when-language-started-a-political-revolution/ https://www.britannica.com/event/Easter-Rising https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/the-legacy-of-eoin-macneill-the-man-who-tried-to-call-off-the-rising-1.1579668 https://as.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyu-as/irelandHouse/documents/0111-0126_PoliticsOfTheIrishLanguage.pdf https://www.jstor.org/stable/43670669

Transcribed - Published: 11 November 2024

This week, Madeline and David wrap up our 4-part series on the politics of horror by talking about horror movies and disability, plus horror movies and the domestic space! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/posts SOURCES: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2757926/ https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2023/10/08/one-of-us-tod-brownings-freaks-disability-culture-and-the-criterion-for-inclusion/ https://www.nyfa.edu/student-resources/how-horror-movies-have-changed-since-their-beginning/ https://www.jstor.org/stable/431308?read-now=1&seq=8#page_scan_tab_contents https://daily.jstor.org/the-horror/ https://medusacreatives.com/2020/10/31/normal-people-dont-scare-me-a-history-of-ableism-in-the-horror-genre/ https://collider.com/horror-movies-transphobia/ https://wildezine.com/3806/opinion/its-not-about-the-dress-a-brief-history-of-transphobia-in-horror-movies/ https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/press/transpop-suicide-press-release/ https://cinema.usc.edu/spectator/37.2/5_Miller.pdf https://www.sceneandheardnu.com/female-victimization-in-horror https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2023/03/revealing-horrors-problematic-past-the-black-guy-dies-first/ https://www.frieze.com/article/unmasking-hollywood-horrors-racial-stereotypes https://baltimorebeat.com/three-decades-later-the-people-under-the-stairs-is-unsubtle-unsung-and-unbelievable/ https://medium.com/@jaredcharles/american-capitalism-the-implications-of-class-and-race-in-horror-9c990639b32f https://grlmag.com/2022/02/28/the-final-girl-feminist-icon-or-misogynistic-martyr/ https://thefilmsmith.com/2010/03/20/why-arent-we-killing-the-poor/ https://dailydead.com/editorial-jaws-is-a-political-piece-with-some-serious-teeth/ https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/pod-people-legacy-invasion-body-snatchers https://dainealmaclean.medium.com/the-american-home-invasion-film-and-the-history-of-racial-and-social-exclusion-in-the-pursuit-of-87d02c6f514d

Transcribed - Published: 4 November 2024

This week, Madeline and David talk about race and class in the politics of horror movies! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared SOURCES: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2757926/ https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2023/10/08/one-of-us-tod-brownings-freaks-disability-culture-and-the-criterion-for-inclusion/ https://www.nyfa.edu/student-resources/how-horror-movies-have-changed-since-their-beginning/ https://www.jstor.org/stable/431308?read-now=1&seq=8#page_scan_tab_contents https://daily.jstor.org/the-horror/ https://medusacreatives.com/2020/10/31/normal-people-dont-scare-me-a-history-of-ableism-in-the-horror-genre/ https://collider.com/horror-movies-transphobia/ https://wildezine.com/3806/opinion/its-not-about-the-dress-a-brief-history-of-transphobia-in-horror-movies/ https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/press/transpop-suicide-press-release/ https://cinema.usc.edu/spectator/37.2/5_Miller.pdf https://www.sceneandheardnu.com/female-victimization-in-horror https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2023/03/revealing-horrors-problematic-past-the-black-guy-dies-first/ https://www.frieze.com/article/unmasking-hollywood-horrors-racial-stereotypes https://baltimorebeat.com/three-decades-later-the-people-under-the-stairs-is-unsubtle-unsung-and-unbelievable/ https://medium.com/@jaredcharles/american-capitalism-the-implications-of-class-and-race-in-horror-9c990639b32f https://grlmag.com/2022/02/28/the-final-girl-feminist-icon-or-misogynistic-martyr/ https://thefilmsmith.com/2010/03/20/why-arent-we-killing-the-poor/ https://dailydead.com/editorial-jaws-is-a-political-piece-with-some-serious-teeth/ https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/pod-people-legacy-invasion-body-snatchers https://dainealmaclean.medium.com/the-american-home-invasion-film-and-the-history-of-racial-and-social-exclusion-in-the-pursuit-of-87d02c6f514d

Transcribed - Published: 21 October 2024

This week, David and Madeline start a journey exploring the politics of horror movies! We do a brief overview of the transition from horror literature to horror film and the key trends of horror films by decade. Next week, we will tackle the politics of horror by topic and explore specific film titles! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared SOURCES: ⁠https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2757926/⁠ ⁠https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2023/10/08/one-of-us-tod-brownings-freaks-disability-culture-and-the-criterion-for-inclusion/⁠ ⁠https://www.nyfa.edu/student-resources/how-horror-movies-have-changed-since-their-beginning/⁠ ⁠https://www.jstor.org/stable/431308?read-now=1&seq=8#page_scan_tab_contents⁠ ⁠https://daily.jstor.org/the-horror/⁠ ⁠https://medusacreatives.com/2020/10/31/normal-people-dont-scare-me-a-history-of-ableism-in-the-horror-genre/⁠ ⁠https://collider.com/horror-movies-transphobia/⁠ ⁠https://wildezine.com/3806/opinion/its-not-about-the-dress-a-brief-history-of-transphobia-in-horror-movies/⁠ ⁠https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/press/transpop-suicide-press-release/⁠ ⁠https://cinema.usc.edu/spectator/37.2/5_Miller.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.sceneandheardnu.com/female-victimization-in-horror⁠ ⁠https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2023/03/revealing-horrors-problematic-past-the-black-guy-dies-first/⁠ ⁠https://www.frieze.com/article/unmasking-hollywood-horrors-racial-stereotypes⁠ ⁠https://baltimorebeat.com/three-decades-later-the-people-under-the-stairs-is-unsubtle-unsung-and-unbelievable/⁠ ⁠https://medium.com/@jaredcharles/american-capitalism-the-implications-of-class-and-race-in-horror-9c990639b32f⁠ ⁠https://grlmag.com/2022/02/28/the-final-girl-feminist-icon-or-misogynistic-martyr/⁠ ⁠https://thefilmsmith.com/2010/03/20/why-arent-we-killing-the-poor/⁠ ⁠https://dailydead.com/editorial-jaws-is-a-political-piece-with-some-serious-teeth/⁠ ⁠https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/pod-people-legacy-invasion-body-snatchers⁠ ⁠https://dainealmaclean.medium.com/the-american-home-invasion-film-and-the-history-of-racial-and-social-exclusion-in-the-pursuit-of-87d02c6f514d

Transcribed - Published: 14 October 2024

This week, David and Madeline start a journey exploring the politics of horror movies! We do a brief overview of the transition from horror literature to horror film and the key trends of horror films by decade. Next week, we will tackle the politics of horror by topic and explore specific film titles! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared SOURCES: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2757926/ https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2023/10/08/one-of-us-tod-brownings-freaks-disability-culture-and-the-criterion-for-inclusion/ https://www.nyfa.edu/student-resources/how-horror-movies-have-changed-since-their-beginning/ https://www.jstor.org/stable/431308?read-now=1&seq=8#page_scan_tab_contents https://daily.jstor.org/the-horror/ https://medusacreatives.com/2020/10/31/normal-people-dont-scare-me-a-history-of-ableism-in-the-horror-genre/ https://collider.com/horror-movies-transphobia/ https://wildezine.com/3806/opinion/its-not-about-the-dress-a-brief-history-of-transphobia-in-horror-movies/ https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/press/transpop-suicide-press-release/ https://cinema.usc.edu/spectator/37.2/5_Miller.pdf https://www.sceneandheardnu.com/female-victimization-in-horror https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2023/03/revealing-horrors-problematic-past-the-black-guy-dies-first/ https://www.frieze.com/article/unmasking-hollywood-horrors-racial-stereotypes https://baltimorebeat.com/three-decades-later-the-people-under-the-stairs-is-unsubtle-unsung-and-unbelievable/ https://medium.com/@jaredcharles/american-capitalism-the-implications-of-class-and-race-in-horror-9c990639b32f https://grlmag.com/2022/02/28/the-final-girl-feminist-icon-or-misogynistic-martyr/ https://thefilmsmith.com/2010/03/20/why-arent-we-killing-the-poor/ https://dailydead.com/editorial-jaws-is-a-political-piece-with-some-serious-teeth/ https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/pod-people-legacy-invasion-body-snatchers https://dainealmaclean.medium.com/the-american-home-invasion-film-and-the-history-of-racial-and-social-exclusion-in-the-pursuit-of-87d02c6f514d

Transcribed - Published: 7 October 2024

This week, Madeline & David wrap up our 2-part episode about the CIA and the Free Tibet Movement! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared SOURCES: ⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80R01731R000200110047-1.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82-00457R007100010009-7.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79R00890A001100090004-2.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP78-02771R000300470002-3.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79R00890A001100040024-5.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82-00457R001800890009-0.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80B01676R002400060103-8.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79R00890A001100040003-8.pdf⁠ ⁠https://ywang.uchicago.edu/history/docs/2001_03_05.pd⁠ ⁠https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/19thcpcnationalcongress/2010-11/24/content_29714621_2.htm⁠ ⁠https://www.marxists.org/subject/china/peking-review/1966/PR1966-36m.htm⁠ ⁠https://www.marxists.org/glossary/events/c/u.htm⁠ ⁠https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/ncm-7/cwp-cr/intro.htm⁠ ⁠https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/ncm-7/cwp-cr/part-3.htm⁠ ⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82-00457R009400440004-0.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82-00457R008300510002-6.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82-00457R009600210006-1.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80B01676R004300030019-4.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80-00810A002000070007-5.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP78T05929A000400080015-3.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/DOC_0005760209.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/COVERT%20ACTION%20IN%20HIGH%20ALT%5B14688685%5D.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82R00025R000100060013-5.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP78-04864A000300050003-0.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1999/09/23/the-dalai-lama-and-the-cia/⁠ ⁠https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/feb/10/tibet-china-feudalism⁠ ⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP88-01350R000200230033-3.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP78-03061A000400050002-2.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82R00025R000100060022-5.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82R00025R000100060022-5.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79T01018A000300070001-4.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.thequint.com/news/politics/dalai-lama-tibet-china-development⁠ ⁠https://www.newsweek.com/checking-secret-cia-hotel-tibets-freedom-fighters-390723⁠ ⁠https://dalailama80.tibetnetwork.org/day-6/⁠ ⁠https://1997-2001.state.gov/regions/eap/1996_eap_speeches.html⁠ ⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90T00100R000201090001-1.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.nybooks.com/online/2013/04/09/cias-cancelled-war-tibet/⁠ ⁠https://web.archive.org/web/20170123043530/⁠ ⁠https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76v17/d278⁠ ⁠https://www.jstor.org/stable/26202084⁠ ⁠https://www.colorado.edu/anthropology/sites/default/files/attached-files/mcgranahantibetscoldwar.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/10/obituaries/heinrich-harrer-93-explorer-of-tibet-dies.html⁠ ⁠https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,864579,00.html⁠ ⁠https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/22/opinion/22french.html⁠ ⁠https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/29/education/29student.html⁠ ⁠https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1574394.Dragon_Thunder⁠ ⁠https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-58466528⁠ ⁠https://www.ned.org/the-national-endowment-for-democracy-the-olympics-and-tibet/⁠ https://tinyurl.com/yshtap4b https://tinyurl.com/43e4ktn5 https://tinyurl.com/2avr5t7x https://tinyurl.com/5fmu4dw7 https://tinyurl.com/5h6bb9kr https://tinyurl.com/5buxyba3 https://tinyurl.com/am43tzyj https://www.jstor.org/stable/24590981 https://tinyurl.com/5brhwj9f https://tinyurl.com/vnt2m2zr https://tinyurl.com/s252zdj9 https://tinyurl.com/3zks8ucv https://tinyurl.com/3tjez8a2 https://tinyurl.com/3fysh3ca https://tinyurl.com/48vm3srt

Transcribed - Published: 30 September 2024

This week, Madeline and David talk about the Free Tibet movement, the Dalai Lama's friendship with a Nazi, and Rockabilly for 2025! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared SOURCES: https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80R01731R000200110047-1.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82-00457R007100010009-7.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79R00890A001100090004-2.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP78-02771R000300470002-3.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79R00890A001100040024-5.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82-00457R001800890009-0.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80B01676R002400060103-8.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79R00890A001100040003-8.pdf https://ywang.uchicago.edu/history/docs/2001_03_05.pd https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/19thcpcnationalcongress/2010-11/24/content_29714621_2.htm https://www.marxists.org/subject/china/peking-review/1966/PR1966-36m.htm https://www.marxists.org/glossary/events/c/u.htm https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/ncm-7/cwp-cr/intro.htm https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/ncm-7/cwp-cr/part-3.htm https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82-00457R009400440004-0.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82-00457R008300510002-6.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82-00457R009600210006-1.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80B01676R004300030019-4.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80-00810A002000070007-5.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP78T05929A000400080015-3.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/DOC_0005760209.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/COVERT%20ACTION%20IN%20HIGH%20ALT%5B14688685%5D.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82R00025R000100060013-5.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP78-04864A000300050003-0.pdf https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1999/09/23/the-dalai-lama-and-the-cia/ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/feb/10/tibet-china-feudalism https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP88-01350R000200230033-3.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP78-03061A000400050002-2.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82R00025R000100060022-5.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82R00025R000100060022-5.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79T01018A000300070001-4.pdf https://www.thequint.com/news/politics/dalai-lama-tibet-china-development https://www.newsweek.com/checking-secret-cia-hotel-tibets-freedom-fighters-390723 https://dalailama80.tibetnetwork.org/day-6/ https://1997-2001.state.gov/regions/eap/1996_eap_speeches.html https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90T00100R000201090001-1.pdf https://www.nybooks.com/online/2013/04/09/cias-cancelled-war-tibet/ https://web.archive.org/web/20170123043530/ https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76v17/d278 https://www.jstor.org/stable/26202084 https://www.colorado.edu/anthropology/sites/default/files/attached-files/mcgranahantibetscoldwar.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/10/obituaries/heinrich-harrer-93-explorer-of-tibet-dies.html https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,864579,00.html https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/22/opinion/22french.html https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/29/education/29student.html https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1574394.Dragon_Thunder https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-58466528 https://www.ned.org/the-national-endowment-for-democracy-the-olympics-and-tibet/ https://tinyurl.com/yshtap4b https://tinyurl.com/43e4ktn5 https://tinyurl.com/2avr5t7x https://tinyurl.com/5fmu4dw7 https://tinyurl.com/5h6bb9kr https://tinyurl.com/5buxyba3 https://tinyurl.com/am43tzyj https://www.jstor.org/stable/24590981 https://tinyurl.com/5brhwj9f https://tinyurl.com/vnt2m2zr https://tinyurl.com/s252zdj9 https://tinyurl.com/3zks8ucv https://tinyurl.com/3tjez8a2 https://tinyurl.com/3fysh3ca https://tinyurl.com/48vm3srt

Transcribed - Published: 24 September 2024

This week, Madeline and David finish up our 2-part episode all about the CIA's airline, Air America! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared SOURCES: https://www.britannica.com/place/Vietnam/The-two-Vietnams-1954-65 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/14672715.1973.10406346 https://www.hamptonthink.org/read/from-stolen-land-to-riches-us-neo-colonialism-in-south-korea https://time.com/archive/6949003/the-hmong-and-the-cia/ https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA243492.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/197002_os.pdf https://media.defense.gov/2019/Jul/02/2002153035/-1/-1/0/B_0156_CELESKI_SPECIAL_AIR_WARFARE_%20AND_THE_SECRET_WAR_IN_LAOS_AIR_COMMANDOS_1964_1975.PDF https://renincorp.org/bookshelf/politics-of-heroin-in-south.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20110608142059/http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/AirAmerica/Best/AirAmerica.htm https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/197002_os.pdf https://www.historynet.com/air-america-played-a-crucial-part-of-the-emergency-helicopter-evacuation-of-saigon/?f https://web.archive.org/web/20110720084338/http://www.air-america.org/Articles/Fall_of_Saigon.shtml#adams https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/23/weekinreview/the-world-getting-it-wrong-in-a-photo.html?pagewanted=1 https://web.archive.org/web/20201018033528/https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/kent-csi/vol43no3/pdf/v43i3a07p.pdf https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=gL9scSG3K_gC&dat=19700223&printsec=frontpage&hl=en https://web.archive.org/web/20160418074259/http://www.utdallas.edu/library/specialcollections/hac/cataam/Leeker/aircraft/uh342.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080928/http://www.foia.cia.gov/sites/default/files/document_conversions/1818029/196508.pdf https://www.npr.org/2019/06/02/729050357/pilots-who-flew-for-air-america-in-vietnam-fight-for-pensions https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/RELATIONS%20BETWEEN%20SOUTHER%5B16217884%5D.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP77M00144R000500010009-0.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP77M00144R000500010009-0.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP74B00415R000400160005-2.pdf https://www.vice.com/en/article/drug-running-plane-seized-by-feds-used-to-spy-on-george-floyd-protests/ https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP76-00702R000100120048-3.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/ACTIVITIES%20OF%20AIR%20AMERICA%5B16146822%5D.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP72-00337R000200200010-4.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80-01601R001000190001-3.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP76-00702R000100040008-6.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP84-00499R000100050001-0.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP75B00380R000600010033-3.pdf https://digitalcommons.bard.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1021&context=senproj_f2018 https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP85M00364R002204200005-0.pdf https://www.cia.gov/resources/csi/static/CIA-Air-Ops-Laos.pdf https://utdallas.app.box.com/v/history-Laos1Part2 https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/drugs/archive/gunsdrugscia.html https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-00965R000100130114-4.pdf https://www.npr.org/2017/01/23/511185078/america-in-laos-traces-the-militarization-of-the-cia

Transcribed - Published: 16 September 2024

This week, David and Madeline talk about the CIA's very own airline, Air America! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared SOURCES: Killing Hope William Blum Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia Alfred McCoy Air America Christopher Robbins https://adst.org/2013/04/the-year-of-living-dangerously-indonesia-and-the-downed-cia-pilot-may-1958/ https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/a_people_at_war/prelude_to_war/flying_tigers.html https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-00806R000100680006-0.pdf https://stlreporter.com/2017/05/13/the-cias-french-connection-and-other-other-footnotes-to-history/ Anderson, Benedict R. O’G. “Looking Back.” The Wilson Quarterly (1976-), vol. 5, no. 2, 1981, pp. 112–25. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/40256090. Accessed 9 Sept. 2024. Bunnell, Frederick P. “The Central Intelligence Agency. Deputy Directorate for Plans 1961 Secret Memorandum on Indonesia: A Study in the Politics of Policy Formulation in the Kennedy Administration.” Indonesia, no. 22, 1976, pp. 131–69. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/3350980. Accessed 9 Sept. 2024. Derks, Hans. “OPIUM PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION IN CHINA.” History of the Opium Problem: The Assault on the East, ca. 1600-1950, vol. 105, Brill, 2012, pp. 643–708. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1163/j.ctv4cbhdf.37. Accessed 9 Sept. 2024. International Crisis Group. “A Long Legacy.” Fire and Ice: Conflict and Drugs in Myanmar’s Shan State, International Crisis Group, 2019, p. Page 3-Page 5. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep31349.5. Accessed 9 Sept. 2024. Kaufman, Victor S. “Trouble in the Golden Triangle: The United States, Taiwan and the 93rd Nationalist Division.” The China Quarterly, no. 166, 2001, pp. 440–56. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/3451165. Accessed 9 Sept. 2024. “Berkeley Barb.” Berkeley Barb, vol. 14, no. 3(336), Jan. 1972. UC San Diego Library. Independent Voices. Reveal Digital, JSTOR, https://jstor.org/stable/community.28033361. Accessed 9 Sept. 2024. GINGERAS, RYAN. “Istanbul Confidential: Heroin, Espionage, and Politics in Cold War Turkey, 1945–1960.” Diplomatic History, vol. 37, no. 4, 2013, pp. 779–806. JSTOR, https://www.jstor.org/stable/26376489. Accessed 9 Sept. 2024.  

Transcribed - Published: 9 September 2024

This week, Madeline interviews Kiel Lopez-Schmidt (he/they) about the upcoming Queer Housing Summit in Fresno, California! CHECK OUT THE EVENT! REGISTER: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe0jZl80KGsgMcf7OSgQGBPVELP7VC3H2FSjP-KaUC9z1vOug/viewform TICKETS: https://www.towertheatrefresno.com/ INSTAGRAM: @southtowerclt @queerhousingsummit

Transcribed - Published: 9 August 2024

This week, David talks about the Olympics and Madeline definitely does NOT sexually harass anyone! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared SOURCES: https://repository.uclawsf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1230&context=ca_ballot_props Al Stump “The Hopeless Dream of William May Garland”, https://digital.la84.org/digital/api/collection/p17103coll1/id/33885/download https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/lost-la/a-boosters-dream-come-true-l-a-and-the-1932-olympics Mike Davis, City of Quartz Pg. 36. https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/tlatelolco-massacre/ https://www.npr.org/2008/12/01/97546687/mexicos-1968-massacre-what-really-happened https://www.radiodiaries.org/audiohistory/storyimages/mexico/doc1.pdf https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB10/mex16-01.htm Eugenia Allier-Montano “Memory and History of Mexico ’68 in European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies 10/16, N. 102 Elisa Kriza “Anti-Communism, Communism, and Interventionism in Narratives Surrounding the Student Massacre on Tlatelolco Square.”  Bulletin of Latin American Affairs 38.1, 2019. Pp.82-96 https://www.si.com/olympics/2020/08/12/tommie-smith-john-carlos-1968-olympics-protest-athlete-activism https://isoh.org/wp-content/uploads/JOH-Archives/johv26n2h.pdf https://www.thenation.com/article/society/avery-brundage/ https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB10/nsaebb10.htm https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/qfp/104481.htm https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2024/07/24/olympics-munich-israel-1972-paris/ https://www.npr.org/2022/09/04/1116641214/munich-olympics-massacre-hostage-terrorism-israel-germany https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/want-understand-1992-la-riots-start-1984-la-olympics/ https://www.si.com/olympics/2021/06/03/la-84-olympics-changed-the-games-daily-cover https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2023/08/28/cold-war-diplomatic-games-the-1984-los-angeles-summer-olympics/ Joshua Ryan Leiser “Los Angeles and the 1984 Olympic Games: Cultural Commodification, Corporate Sponsorship, and the Cold War” Dissertation, UC Riverside 2014, https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2tb760kz Reagan arrives in LA ahead of the 1984 Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvhSGFcVekg https://reagan.blogs.archives.gov/2016/08/05/ronald-reagans-remarks-when-the-olympic-torch-came-to-the-white-house-in-1984/ https://www.atf.gov/our-history/eric-rudolph https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/made-by-history/wp/2017/08/06/the-1984-olympics-fueled-l-a-s-war-on-crime-will-the-2028-games-do-the-same/ https://www.businessinsider.com/g4s-olympic-security-disaster-2012-7 Pete Fussey “Command, Control and contestation: Negotiating security at the London 2012 Olympics”, The Geographic Journal, Vol. 181, N. 3 9/15. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jun/30/a-massive-betrayal-how-londons-olympic-legacy-was-sold-out https://www.refworld.org/reference/annualreport/idmc/2016/en/111503 https://www.ksbw.com/article/migrants-homeless-people-cleared-out-of-paris-olympics/61710134 https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2016/06/deadly-side-rio-olympics-2016/

Transcribed - Published: 5 August 2024

This week, Madeline and David wrap up our multi-part dive into the US Agency for Global Media -- the USA's propaganda wing! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared SOURCES: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vQMU0LMIbnXB64R6EYyMxkaqbfGYD09C7fYAsYAks-E/

Transcribed - Published: 30 July 2024

This week, Madeline and David get into part 2 of our look at the US Agency for Global Media -- the USA's propaganda arm -- by examining Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared SOURCES: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vQMU0LMIbnXB64R6EYyMxkaqbfGYD09C7fYAsYAks-E/

Transcribed - Published: 22 July 2024

This week, Madeline and David talk about the U.S. Agency for Global Media, the branch of the U.S. government that oversees American propaganda efforts around the globe! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared SOURCES: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vQMU0LMIbnXB64R6EYyMxkaqbfGYD09C7fYAsYAks-E/edit?usp=sharing

Transcribed - Published: 9 July 2024

This week, Madeline and David talk about microplastics and personal safety! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared SOURCES: https://www.npr.org/2024/05/23/nx-s1-4970522/new-research-suggests-that-microplastics-could-be-affecting-male-fertility https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10151227/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7068600/ https://pubs.acs.org/doi/epdf/10.1021/envhealth.3c00052 https://magazine.hms.harvard.edu/articles/microplastics-everywhere https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/heart-matters-magazine/news/behind-the-headlines/microplastics-stroke https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-02968-x https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a46993585/microplastics-human-placenta/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=arb_ga_pop_md_dsa_hybd_mix_us_21178859017&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwj9-zBhDyARIsAERjds23S1pMLEiciUj2cIVolQpsuQZHv16BQrLjSlGPLiFbopI6pXAAT7waArf3EALw_wcB https://hsc.unm.edu/news/2024/04/microplastics-in-organs.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/03/11/microplastics-health-impacts-unknown/ https://e360.yale.edu/features/plastic-waste-atmosphere-climate-weather https://news.mongabay.com/2020/07/our-life-is-plasticized-new-research-shows-microplastics-in-our-food-water-air/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-023-01172-y https://www.ciel.org/news/sowing-a-plastic-planet-new-report-exposes-intentional-use-of-microplastics-on-food-crops/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7927104/ https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/SaPP-Factsheet-English_Jan2023.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10072287/ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/laundry-is-a-top-source-of-microplastic-pollution-heres-how-to-clean-your-clothes-more-sustainably https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/12/18/3396 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36948312/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969722083607 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9273611/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9734713/ https://resolutions.unep.org/resolutions/uploads/sowing_a_plastic_planet_-_how_microplastics_in_agrochemicals_are_affecting_our_soils_our_food_and_our_future_ciel.pdf_0.pdf https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/13/3/701 https://www.mdpi.com/2571-8789/7/1/19

Transcribed - Published: 3 July 2024