Episodes

  • This week, Madeline and David talk about the history of the colonization of Ireland leading up to the potato famine!

    PATREON:

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    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

  • 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

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  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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
  • 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
  • This week, Madeline and David finish up our 2-part episode all about the CIA's airline, Air America!

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  • This week, David and Madeline talk about the CIA's very own airline, Air America!

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    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.
  • This week, Madeline interviews Kiel Lopez-Schmidt (he/they) about the upcoming Queer Housing Summit in Fresno, California!

    CHECK OUT THE EVENT!

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  • This week, David talks about the Olympics and Madeline definitely does NOT sexually harass anyone!

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    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/
  • This week, Madeline and David wrap up our multi-part dive into the US Agency for Global Media -- the USA's propaganda wing!

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    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vQMU0LMIbnXB64R6EYyMxkaqbfGYD09C7fYAsYAks-E/

  • 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!
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  • 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!

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    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vQMU0LMIbnXB64R6EYyMxkaqbfGYD09C7fYAsYAks-E/edit?usp=sharing

  • This week, Madeline and David talk about microplastics and personal safety!

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    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

  • This week, Madeline and David are back (with better audio quality than last week!!!) to talk about MICROPLASTICS! They're everywhere!

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    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

  • This week, Madeline and David do part 2 of our Heritage Foundation episode and get into Project 2025

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    https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/09/the-fall-of-the-heritage-foundation-and-the-death-of-republican-ideas/279955/

    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/21/magazine/heritage-foundation-kevin-roberts.html

    https://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/brian-walsh/2013/09/12/the-senate-conservative-fund-and-the-heritage-foundation-profit-from-attacking-republicans

    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/20/magazine/trump-government-heritage-foundation-think-tank.html

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2022/02/07/heritage-foundation-trump-republicans/

    https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/09/15/too-hot-for-heritage-00116094

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/20/us/politics/republican-president-2024-heritage-foundation.html

    https://www.project2025.org/policy/

    https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_FOREWORD.pdf

    https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/the-conservative-promise/

    https://www.thenation.com/article/society/project-2025-trump-heritage-foundation-maga/

    https://www.thenation.com/article/society/project-2025-democracy-fcc-fec/

    https://projects.propublica.org/graphics/koch

    https://www.heritage.org/trade/report/the-national-endowment-democracy-prudent-investment-thefuture

    https://www.ned.org/fellows/olivia-enos/

    https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP88B00443R000502320001-2.pdf

    https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-00965R000100560001-2.pdf

    https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-00552R000505420082-7.pdf

    https://www.heritage.org/article/timeline-heritage-successes

    https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Heritage_Foundation#Core_Financials

    https://victimsofcommunism.org/award/edwin-feulner-jr-phd/

    https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/05/religious-right-real-origins-107133/

    https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/will-the-heritage-foundations-project-2025-turn-trumpism-into-a-governing-agenda/

  • This week, Madeline and David talk about The Heritage Foundation and Project 2025!

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    https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/09/the-fall-of-the-heritage-foundation-and-the-death-of-republican-ideas/279955/

    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/21/magazine/heritage-foundation-kevin-roberts.html

    https://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/brian-walsh/2013/09/12/the-senate-conservative-fund-and-the-heritage-foundation-profit-from-attacking-republicans

    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/20/magazine/trump-government-heritage-foundation-think-tank.html

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2022/02/07/heritage-foundation-trump-republicans/

    https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/09/15/too-hot-for-heritage-00116094

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/20/us/politics/republican-president-2024-heritage-foundation.html

    https://www.project2025.org/policy/

    https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_FOREWORD.pdf

    https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/the-conservative-promise/

    https://www.thenation.com/article/society/project-2025-trump-heritage-foundation-maga/

    https://www.thenation.com/article/society/project-2025-democracy-fcc-fec/

    https://projects.propublica.org/graphics/koch

    https://www.heritage.org/trade/report/the-national-endowment-democracy-prudent-investment-thefuture

    https://www.ned.org/fellows/olivia-enos/

    https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP88B00443R000502320001-2.pdf

    https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-00965R000100560001-2.pdf

    https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-00552R000505420082-7.pdf

    https://www.heritage.org/article/timeline-heritage-successes

    https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Heritage_Foundation#Core_Financials

    https://victimsofcommunism.org/award/edwin-feulner-jr-phd/

    https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/05/religious-right-real-origins-107133/

    https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/will-the-heritage-foundations-project-2025-turn-trumpism-into-a-governing-agenda/

  • This week, Madeline and David finish up the second part of our two-parter on the School of the Americas, a.k.a. WHINSEC!

    Warning: Contains mention of SA, violence against children, and torture

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    https://jacobin.com/2019/11/shut-down-school-of-the-americas-whinsec-ice-border-patrol

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/08/spanish-trial-of-soldiers-behind-uca-atrocity-raises-hopes-of-ending-impunity-in-el-salvador

    https://www.britannica.com/biography/Juan-Peron

    https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2012/3/1/el-salvadors-brutal-civil-war-what-we-still-dont-know

    https://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/21/world/roberto-d-aubuisson-48-far-rightist-in-salvador.html

    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/nov/18/us-military-usa

    https://www.nrc.no/perspectives/2015/nr-4/colombias-bloody-history/

    https://www.e-ir.info/2017/08/22/imperialism-by-another-name-the-us-war-on-drugs-in-colombia/

    https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/news-item/the-zapatista-movement-the-fight-for-indigenous-rights-in-mexico/

    https://schoolsforchiapas.org/the-massacre-of-viejo-velasco/

    https://soaw.org/notorious-soa-graduates

    https://web.archive.org/web/20070119115027/http://www.soaw.org/new/newswire_detail.php?id=851

    https://soaw.org/training-in-2019-soa-whinsec

    https://www.lawg.org/declassified-army-and-cia-manuals/

    https://www.mintpressnews.com/notorious-georgia-army-school-became-americas-training-ground-for-global-torture/285223/

    https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA527172.pdf

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