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Madeline Pendleton and David RobertsExplicit
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2021/06/15
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2026/09/28
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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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171. The Korean War, Part 8!
2026/09/28
This week, Madeline and David finish our MEGA 8-part session on the Korean War!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
SOURCES:
https://www.bannedthought.net/Korea-DPRK/ForeignAcademic/TheHiddenHistoryOfTheKoreanWar-1950-1951-I.F.Stone-InternetArchive-OCR.pdf
https://d119vjm4apzmdm.cloudfront.net/open-access/pdfs/9781501767319.pdf
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://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/35fbc4b6-6afb-416d-818c-9e8e720fa5dc/content
https://koreanwarlegacy.org/chapters/korea-forgetting-and-remembering/
https://news.gallup.com/poll/7741/gallup-brain-americans-korean-war.aspx
https://history-maps.com/story/History-of-South-Korea/event/Bodo-League-Massacre
https://www.chinanews.com.cn/mil/2013/02-19/4576841_2.shtml#1
170. The Korean War, Part 7!
2026/09/22
This week, Madeline and David discuss our second installment of the Korean War itself in our deep dive series!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
SOURCES:
https://www.bannedthought.net/Korea-DPRK/ForeignAcademic/TheHiddenHistoryOfTheKoreanWar-1950-1951-I.F.Stone-InternetArchive-OCR.pdf
https://d119vjm4apzmdm.cloudfront.net/open-access/pdfs/9781501767319.pdf
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://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/35fbc4b6-6afb-416d-818c-9e8e720fa5dc/content
https://koreanwarlegacy.org/chapters/korea-forgetting-and-remembering/
https://news.gallup.com/poll/7741/gallup-brain-americans-korean-war.aspx
https://history-maps.com/story/History-of-South-Korea/event/Bodo-League-Massacre
https://www.chinanews.com.cn/mil/2013/02-19/4576841_2.shtml#1
169. The Korean War, Part 6!
2026/09/14
This week, Madeline and David discuss the first two months of the Korean War!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
SOURCES:
https://www.bannedthought.net/Korea-DPRK/ForeignAcademic/TheHiddenHistoryOfTheKoreanWar-1950-1951-I.F.Stone-InternetArchive-OCR.pdf
https://d119vjm4apzmdm.cloudfront.net/open-access/pdfs/9781501767319.pdf
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://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/35fbc4b6-6afb-416d-818c-9e8e720fa5dc/content
https://koreanwarlegacy.org/chapters/korea-forgetting-and-remembering/
https://news.gallup.com/poll/7741/gallup-brain-americans-korean-war.aspx
https://history-maps.com/story/History-of-South-Korea/event/Bodo-League-Massacre
https://www.chinanews.com.cn/mil/2013/02-19/4576841_2.shtml#1
168. The Korean War, Part 5!
2026/08/06
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
167. The Korean War, Part 4!
2026/07/23
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
166. The Korean War, Part 3!
2026/07/15
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-massacrehttps://www.hamptonthink.org/read/from-stolen-land-to-riches-us-neo-colonialism-in-south-koreahttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/393874710_The_2024_Martial_Law_Declaration_and_Necropolitical_Living_under_South_Korean_Subimperialismhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/3516875?seq=15https://books.google.com/books?id=6_7SEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=2#v=onepage&q&f=falsehttps://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/THE%20KOREAN%20LABOR%20PARTY%20AN%5B16184350%5D.pdfhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/14672715.1973.10406346https://ia601503.us.archive.org/7/items/KoreasPlaceInTheSunBruceCumings/Korea%27s%20Place%20in%20the%20Sun%20-%20Bruce%20Cumings.pdfhttps://dokumen.pub/download/everyday-life-in-the-north-korean-revolution-19451950-9780801469367.html
165. The Korean War, Part 2!
2026/07/07
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-massacrehttps://www.hamptonthink.org/read/from-stolen-land-to-riches-us-neo-colonialism-in-south-koreahttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/393874710_The_2024_Martial_Law_Declaration_and_Necropolitical_Living_under_South_Korean_Subimperialismhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/3516875?seq=15https://books.google.com/books?id=6_7SEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=2#v=onepage&q&f=falsehttps://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/THE%20KOREAN%20LABOR%20PARTY%20AN%5B16184350%5D.pdfhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/14672715.1973.10406346https://ia601503.us.archive.org/7/items/KoreasPlaceInTheSunBruceCumings/Korea%27s%20Place%20in%20the%20Sun%20-%20Bruce%20Cumings.pdfhttps://dokumen.pub/download/everyday-life-in-the-north-korean-revolution-19451950-9780801469367.html
BONUS: Interview with Nat from Collective Action Comics Podcast
2026/06/29
This week, get a taste of the bonus content over on our Patreon!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
Check out Nat's podcast here!
https://linktr.ee/CollectiveActionComics
164. The Korean War - Pt. 1!
2026/06/16
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.htmlhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/3516875?seq=7https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2711476/
163. Yugoslavia - Pt. 4!
2026/05/12
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
162. Yugoslavia - Pt. 3!
2026/05/04
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
161. Yugoslavia - Pt. 2!
2026/04/14
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
160. Yugoslavia - Pt. 1!
2026/04/06
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
159. What is to be done, 2.0! Feat. Alexia Alkadi-Barbaro
2026/03/30
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
158. The Armenian Genocide - Pt. 3!
2026/03/10
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
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I love listening to this and the sources provided is very helpful
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Taiwan is not a self-autonomous region of China - it is a self governing country and not ruled by China. Do the hosts know what they’re talking about?...
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One of my favorite podcasts
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get rid of david :)
love this podcast but david needs to get booted… i’m sorry some people just don’t have podcasting skills. i can’t stand constantly hearing him go “um,...
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depth!
love your deep dives and conversational style!
the volume on 🍏 pcasts is too LOWWWW please fix this issue! i can't hear over the road noise of my non...
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