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Madeline Pendleton and David Roberts

A Guide to Surviving Life, Love, and Capitalism. By Madeline Pendleton and David Roberts. Find us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared

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  • August 6 · 1 hr 33 min

    168. The Korean War, Part 5!

    This week, Madeline and David get into 1949-1950 leading up to the Korean War! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared SOURCES: https://www.thedial.world/articles/news/issue-9/south-korea-jeju-uprising-anti-communist-massacre https://www.hamptonthink.org/read/from-stolen-land-to-riches-us-neo-colonialism-in-south-korea https://www.researchgate.net/publication/393874710_The_2024_Martial_Law_Declaration_and_Necropolitical_Living_under_South_Korean_Subimperialism https://www.jstor.org/stable/3516875?seq=15 https://books.google.com/books?id=6_7SEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=2#v=onepage&q&f=false https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/THE%20KOREAN%20LABOR%20PARTY%20AN%5B16184350%5D.pdf https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/14672715.1973.10406346 https://ia601503.us.archive.org/7/items/KoreasPlaceInTheSunBruceCumings/Korea%27s%20Place%20in%20the%20Sun%20-%20Bruce%20Cumings.pdf https://dokumen.pub/download/everyday-life-in-the-north-korean-revolution-19451950-9780801469367.html https://kfausa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Patriots-Traitors-and-Empires-Stephen-Gowans.pdf https://www.bannedthought.net/Korea-DPRK/ForeignAcademic/TheHiddenHistoryOfTheKoreanWar-1950-1951-I.F.Stone-InternetArchive-OCR.pdf

  • July 23 · 2 hr 9 min

    167. The Korean War, Part 4!

    This week, David talk about the period of 1947-1948 leading up to the Korean War. PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared SOURCES: https://www.thedial.world/articles/news/issue-9/south-korea-jeju-uprising-anti-communist-massacre https://www.hamptonthink.org/read/from-stolen-land-to-riches-us-neo-colonialism-in-south-korea https://www.researchgate.net/publication/393874710_The_2024_Martial_Law_Declaration_and_Necropolitical_Living_under_South_Korean_Subimperialism https://www.jstor.org/stable/3516875?seq=15 https://books.google.com/books?id=6_7SEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=2#v=onepage&q&f=false https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/THE%20KOREAN%20LABOR%20PARTY%20AN%5B16184350%5D.pdf https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/14672715.1973.10406346 https://ia601503.us.archive.org/7/items/KoreasPlaceInTheSunBruceCumings/Korea%27s%20Place%20in%20the%20Sun%20-%20Bruce%20Cumings.pdf https://dokumen.pub/download/everyday-life-in-the-north-korean-revolution-19451950-9780801469367.html https://kfausa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Patriots-Traitors-and-Empires-Stephen-Gowans.pdf

  • July 15 · 2 hr 14 min

    166. The Korean War, Part 3!

    This week, David and Madeline get into the year 1946! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared SOURCES https://www.thedial.world/articles/news/issue-9/south-korea-jeju-uprising-anti-communist-massacre https://www.hamptonthink.org/read/from-stolen-land-to-riches-us-neo-colonialism-in-south-korea https://www.researchgate.net/publication/393874710_The_2024_Martial_Law_Declaration_and_Necropolitical_Living_under_South_Korean_Subimperialism https://www.jstor.org/stable/3516875?seq=15 https://books.google.com/books?id=6_7SEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=2#v=onepage&q&f=false https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/THE%20KOREAN%20LABOR%20PARTY%20AN%5B16184350%5D.pdf https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/14672715.1973.10406346 https://ia601503.us.archive.org/7/items/KoreasPlaceInTheSunBruceCumings/Korea%27s%20Place%20in%20the%20Sun%20-%20Bruce%20Cumings.pdf https://dokumen.pub/download/everyday-life-in-the-north-korean-revolution-19451950-9780801469367.html

  • July 7 · 2 hr 4 min

    165. The Korean War, Part 2!

    This week, David and Madeline get into the intra-war period of 1945-1950 in Korea! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared SOURCES: https://www.thedial.world/articles/news/issue-9/south-korea-jeju-uprising-anti-communist-massacre https://www.hamptonthink.org/read/from-stolen-land-to-riches-us-neo-colonialism-in-south-korea https://www.researchgate.net/publication/393874710_The_2024_Martial_Law_Declaration_and_Necropolitical_Living_under_South_Korean_Subimperialism https://www.jstor.org/stable/3516875?seq=15 https://books.google.com/books?id=6_7SEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=2#v=onepage&q&f=false https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/THE%20KOREAN%20LABOR%20PARTY%20AN%5B16184350%5D.pdf https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/14672715.1973.10406346 https://ia601503.us.archive.org/7/items/KoreasPlaceInTheSunBruceCumings/Korea%27s%20Place%20in%20the%20Sun%20-%20Bruce%20Cumings.pdf https://dokumen.pub/download/everyday-life-in-the-north-korean-revolution-19451950-9780801469367.html

  • June 16 · 1 hr 56 min

    164. The Korean War - Pt. 1!

    This week, Madeline and David talk about imperial Japanese control over Korea! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared SOURCES: https://ia601503.us.archive.org/7/items/KoreasPlaceInTheSunBruceCumings/Korea%27s%20Place%20in%20the%20Sun%20-%20Bruce%20Cumings.pdf https://dokumen.pub/download/everyday-life-in-the-north-korean-revolution-19451950-9780801469367.html https://www.jstor.org/stable/3516875?seq=7 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2711476/

  • May 12 · 2 hr 17 min

    163. Yugoslavia - Pt. 4!

    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-yugoslavia⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna11875449⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://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-tito⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.marxists.org/subject/yugoslavia/trgo/survey-peoples-liberation-war/ch03.htm⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80-00809A000700100359-1.pdf⁠⁠⁠

  • May 4 · 2 hr 8 min

    162. Yugoslavia - Pt. 3!

    This week, Madeline and David talk about the Bosnian genocide and the build up to the NATO bombing of 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-yugoslavia⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna11875449⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://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-tito⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.marxists.org/subject/yugoslavia/trgo/survey-peoples-liberation-war/ch03.htm⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80-00809A000700100359-1.pdf⁠⁠

  • April 14 · 1 hr 40 min

    161. Yugoslavia - Pt. 2!

    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-yugoslavia⁠ ⁠https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna11875449⁠ ⁠https://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-tito⁠ ⁠https://www.marxists.org/subject/yugoslavia/trgo/survey-peoples-liberation-war/ch03.htm⁠ ⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80-00809A000700100359-1.pdf⁠

  • April 6 · 1 hr 20 min

    160. Yugoslavia - Pt. 1!

    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-yugoslavia https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna11875449 https://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-tito https://www.marxists.org/subject/yugoslavia/trgo/survey-peoples-liberation-war/ch03.htm https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80-00809A000700100359-1.pdf

  • March 30 · 1 hr 37 min

    159. What is to be done, 2.0! Feat. Alexia Alkadi-Barbaro

    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

  • March 10 · 1 hr 45 min

    158. The Armenian Genocide - Pt. 3!

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

  • February 24 · 1 hr 40 min

    157. The Armenian Genocide - Pt. 2!

    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/pickmeupimscared SOURCES: see part 1 :)

  • January 6 · 1 hr 33 min

    156. The Armenian Genocide - Pt. 1

    This week, David and Madeline talk about the Armenian genocide. PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/posts SOURCES: Genocide and Persecution: The Armenian Genocide, ed. Noah Berlatsky Roving Revolutionaries: Armenians and the Connected Revolutions in the Russian, Iranian, and Ottoman Worlds, Houri Berberian Armenian Golgotha: A Memoir of the Armenian Genocide, Grigoris Balakian The Armenian Massacres 1894-1896: U.S. Media Testimony, ed. Arman Kirakossian They 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

  • Dec 15, 2025 · 2 hr

    155. Nazis, Cookies, and Ronald Reagan -- Pt. 4

    This week, Madeline and David talk about the history of American intervention in Ukraine, part 4! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/posts SOURCES: ⁠⁠⁠https://responsiblestatecraft.org/azov-ban-lifted/⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.kyivpost.com/post/6652⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://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=6963⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.britannica.com/event/2022-Russian-invasion-of-Ukraine⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-ukraine-nuclear-plant-shelling-fire-invasion-putin-rcna18685⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://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.html⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/29/europe/ukraine-azov-movement-far-right-intl-cmd⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/world/u-s-lifts-ban-on-providing-weapons-and-training-for-ukraines-controversial-azov-brigade⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27173857⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=456617⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxcB0PI4ZLg⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://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-language⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://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-russia⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://responsiblestatecraft.org/cia-ukraine-russia/⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.democracynow.org/2014/2/20/a_new_cold_war_ukraine_violence⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://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.html⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.gis.huri.harvard.edu/king-dead⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/bandera-mythologies-and-their-traps-for-ukraine/⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/03/08/wdtz-m08.html⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://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.html⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://responsiblestatecraft.org/maidan-ukraine/⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://fpif.org/seven-decades-nazi-collaboration-americas-dirty-little-ukraine-secret/⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrMiSQAGOS4⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://2009-2017.state.gov/p/eur/rls/rm/2013/dec/218804.htm⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.cato.org/commentary/americas-ukraine-hypocrisy⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26079957⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93eyhO8VTdg⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjcMoDFU1xg⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.jeffsachs.org/newspaper-articles/nato-chief-admits-expansion-behind-russian-invasion⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/28/nato-expansion-war-russia-ukraine⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://theintercept.com/2024/06/22/ukraine-azov-battalion-us-training-ban/⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.jstor.org/stable/27336025?seq=12⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/ukrainian-intel--abetted--funded--trained--equipped-by-the-c⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://ourworld.unu.edu/en/what-do-the-world-bank-and-imf-have-to-do-with-the-ukraine-conflict⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://en.al-akhbar.com/news/inside-ned-s-ukraine-operation--how--revolutions--are-engine

  • Dec 9, 2025 · 2 hr 13 min

    154. Nazis, Cookies, and Ronald Reagan -- Pt. 3

    This week, Madeline and David talk about the history of American intervention in Ukraine, part 3! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/posts SOURCES: ⁠⁠https://responsiblestatecraft.org/azov-ban-lifted/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.kyivpost.com/post/6652⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://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=6963⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.britannica.com/event/2022-Russian-invasion-of-Ukraine⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-ukraine-nuclear-plant-shelling-fire-invasion-putin-rcna18685⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://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.html⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/29/europe/ukraine-azov-movement-far-right-intl-cmd⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/world/u-s-lifts-ban-on-providing-weapons-and-training-for-ukraines-controversial-azov-brigade⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27173857⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=456617⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxcB0PI4ZLg⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://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-language⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://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-russia⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://responsiblestatecraft.org/cia-ukraine-russia/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.democracynow.org/2014/2/20/a_new_cold_war_ukraine_violence⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://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.html⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.gis.huri.harvard.edu/king-dead⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/bandera-mythologies-and-their-traps-for-ukraine/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/03/08/wdtz-m08.html⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://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.html⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://responsiblestatecraft.org/maidan-ukraine/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ930lCvSK8&list=PLDl9_LuL-uw7Ot9l6V6DTbZg1Zhv98gUv&index=9⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://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=JrMiSQAGOS4⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://2009-2017.state.gov/p/eur/rls/rm/2013/dec/218804.htm⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.cato.org/commentary/americas-ukraine-hypocrisy⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26079957⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93eyhO8VTdg⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjcMoDFU1xg⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.jeffsachs.org/newspaper-articles/nato-chief-admits-expansion-behind-russian-invasion⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/28/nato-expansion-war-russia-ukraine⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://theintercept.com/2024/06/22/ukraine-azov-battalion-us-training-ban/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.jstor.org/stable/27336025?seq=12⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/ukrainian-intel--abetted--funded--trained--equipped-by-the-c⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://ourworld.unu.edu/en/what-do-the-world-bank-and-imf-have-to-do-with-the-ukraine-conflict⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://en.al-akhbar.com/news/inside-ned-s-ukraine-operation--how--revolutions--are-engine

  • Nov 18, 2025 · 1 hr 56 min

    153. Nazis, Cookies, and Ronald Reagan -- Pt. 2

    This week, Madeline and David talk about the history of American intervention in Ukraine, part 2! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/posts SOURCES: ⁠https://responsiblestatecraft.org/azov-ban-lifted/⁠ ⁠https://www.kyivpost.com/post/6652⁠ ⁠https://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-ncna1290946⁠ ⁠https://esc.nccu.edu.tw/PageDoc/Detail?fid=7801&id=6963⁠ ⁠https://www.britannica.com/event/2022-Russian-invasion-of-Ukraine⁠ ⁠https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-ukraine-nuclear-plant-shelling-fire-invasion-putin-rcna18685⁠ ⁠https://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.html⁠ ⁠https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/29/europe/ukraine-azov-movement-far-right-intl-cmd⁠ ⁠https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/world/u-s-lifts-ban-on-providing-weapons-and-training-for-ukraines-controversial-azov-brigade⁠ ⁠https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27173857⁠ ⁠https://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=456617⁠ ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxcB0PI4ZLg⁠ ⁠https://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-language⁠ ⁠https://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-russia⁠ ⁠https://responsiblestatecraft.org/cia-ukraine-russia/⁠ ⁠https://www.democracynow.org/2014/2/20/a_new_cold_war_ukraine_violence⁠ ⁠https://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.html⁠ ⁠https://www.gis.huri.harvard.edu/king-dead⁠ ⁠https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/bandera-mythologies-and-their-traps-for-ukraine/⁠ ⁠https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/03/08/wdtz-m08.html⁠ ⁠https://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.html⁠ ⁠https://responsiblestatecraft.org/maidan-ukraine/⁠ ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ930lCvSK8&list=PLDl9_LuL-uw7Ot9l6V6DTbZg1Zhv98gUv&index=9⁠ ⁠https://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=JrMiSQAGOS4⁠ ⁠https://2009-2017.state.gov/p/eur/rls/rm/2013/dec/218804.htm⁠ ⁠https://www.cato.org/commentary/americas-ukraine-hypocrisy⁠ ⁠https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26079957⁠ ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93eyhO8VTdg⁠ ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjcMoDFU1xg⁠ ⁠https://www.jeffsachs.org/newspaper-articles/nato-chief-admits-expansion-behind-russian-invasion⁠ ⁠https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/28/nato-expansion-war-russia-ukraine⁠ ⁠https://theintercept.com/2024/06/22/ukraine-azov-battalion-us-training-ban/⁠ ⁠https://www.jstor.org/stable/27336025?seq=12⁠ ⁠https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/ukrainian-intel--abetted--funded--trained--equipped-by-the-c⁠ ⁠https://ourworld.unu.edu/en/what-do-the-world-bank-and-imf-have-to-do-with-the-ukraine-conflict⁠ ⁠https://en.al-akhbar.com/news/inside-ned-s-ukraine-operation--how--revolutions--are-engine

  • Nov 3, 2025 · 1 hr 57 min

    152. Nazis, Cookies, and Ronald Reagan -- Pt. 1

    This week, Madeline and David talk about the history of American intervention in Ukraine! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/posts SOURCES: https://responsiblestatecraft.org/azov-ban-lifted/ https://www.kyivpost.com/post/6652 https://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-ncna1290946 https://esc.nccu.edu.tw/PageDoc/Detail?fid=7801&id=6963 https://www.britannica.com/event/2022-Russian-invasion-of-Ukraine https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-ukraine-nuclear-plant-shelling-fire-invasion-putin-rcna18685 https://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.html https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/29/europe/ukraine-azov-movement-far-right-intl-cmd https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/world/u-s-lifts-ban-on-providing-weapons-and-training-for-ukraines-controversial-azov-brigade https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27173857 https://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=456617 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxcB0PI4ZLg https://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-language https://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-russia https://responsiblestatecraft.org/cia-ukraine-russia/ https://www.democracynow.org/2014/2/20/a_new_cold_war_ukraine_violence https://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.html https://www.gis.huri.harvard.edu/king-dead https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/bandera-mythologies-and-their-traps-for-ukraine/ https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/03/08/wdtz-m08.html https://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.html https://responsiblestatecraft.org/maidan-ukraine/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ930lCvSK8&list=PLDl9_LuL-uw7Ot9l6V6DTbZg1Zhv98gUv&index=9 https://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=JrMiSQAGOS4 https://2009-2017.state.gov/p/eur/rls/rm/2013/dec/218804.htm https://www.cato.org/commentary/americas-ukraine-hypocrisy https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26079957 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93eyhO8VTdg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjcMoDFU1xg https://www.jeffsachs.org/newspaper-articles/nato-chief-admits-expansion-behind-russian-invasion https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/28/nato-expansion-war-russia-ukraine https://theintercept.com/2024/06/22/ukraine-azov-battalion-us-training-ban/ https://www.jstor.org/stable/27336025?seq=12 https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/ukrainian-intel--abetted--funded--trained--equipped-by-the-c https://ourworld.unu.edu/en/what-do-the-world-bank-and-imf-have-to-do-with-the-ukraine-conflict https://en.al-akhbar.com/news/inside-ned-s-ukraine-operation--how--revolutions--are-engine

  • Oct 20, 2025 · 1 hr 43 min

    151. Vuvuzula Part 2!

    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/posts SOURCES: https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79-00927A004600120002-9.pdf https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/45329740.pdf https://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.pdf https://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-opposition https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/17/world/abrams-denies-wrongdoing-in-shipping-arms-to-contras.html https://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_wcB https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1162&context=classracecorporatepower https://www.blackagendareport.com/venezuela-imperialism-and-global-struggle-sovereignty https://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/14263/ https://dc.ewu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1008&context=srcw_2019 https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1921v02/d897 https://www.nytimes.com/1952/09/21/archives/opposition-party-in-venezuela-test-copei-one-of-2-groups-against.html https://peoplesworld.org/article/venezuela-2002-the-coup-heard-around-the-world/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/apr/21/usa.venezuela https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/apr/21/usa.venezuela https://www.nytimes.com/1977/02/21/archives/venezuelans-are-denying-perez-was-paid-by-cia.html https://time.com/archive/6703965/interview-on-drugs-debt-and-poverty-venezuelas-carlos-andres-perez/ https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80R01731R002400050019-5.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/1977/02/22/archives/caracas-assails-us-for-payoffs-report-president-perez-calls.html https://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-0 https://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/12/business/world-class-fraud-bcci-pulled-it-off-special-report-end-twisted-trail-piggy-bank.html?pagewanted=all https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF-IYdsFGrw https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/07CARACAS1637_a.html https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/04CARACAS2224_a.html https://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/6750/ https://www.nytimes.com/1977/03/01/archives/cia-money-flowed-but-us-aides-insist-it-was-for-intelligence.html https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/3974230?ln=en&v=pdf#files https://www.sumate.org/documentos/Varios/NED_Grant_Agreement_25septiembre2003.pdf https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/hrbodies/hrcouncil/ffmv/a-hrc-60-crp-4-annex-eng.pdf https://www.counterpunch.org/2014/04/25/the-dirty-hand-of-the-national-endowment-for-democracy-in-venezuela/

  • Oct 14, 2025 · 1 hr 58 min

    150. But What About Vuvuzula?

    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.pdf https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/45329740.pdf https://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.pdf https://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-opposition https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/17/world/abrams-denies-wrongdoing-in-shipping-arms-to-contras.html https://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_wcB https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1162&context=classracecorporatepower https://www.blackagendareport.com/venezuela-imperialism-and-global-struggle-sovereignty https://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/14263/ https://dc.ewu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1008&context=srcw_2019 https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1921v02/d897 https://www.nytimes.com/1952/09/21/archives/opposition-party-in-venezuela-test-copei-one-of-2-groups-against.html https://peoplesworld.org/article/venezuela-2002-the-coup-heard-around-the-world/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/apr/21/usa.venezuela https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/apr/21/usa.venezuela https://www.nytimes.com/1977/02/21/archives/venezuelans-are-denying-perez-was-paid-by-cia.html https://time.com/archive/6703965/interview-on-drugs-debt-and-poverty-venezuelas-carlos-andres-perez/ https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80R01731R002400050019-5.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/1977/02/22/archives/caracas-assails-us-for-payoffs-report-president-perez-calls.html https://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-0 https://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/12/business/world-class-fraud-bcci-pulled-it-off-special-report-end-twisted-trail-piggy-bank.html?pagewanted=all https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF-IYdsFGrw https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/07CARACAS1637_a.html https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/04CARACAS2224_a.html https://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/6750/ https://www.nytimes.com/1977/03/01/archives/cia-money-flowed-but-us-aides-insist-it-was-for-intelligence.html

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