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    Pick Me Up, I’m Scared.

    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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    170. The Korean War, Part 7! Sep 22, 2026
    Show notes

    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! Sep 14, 2026
    Show notes

    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! Aug 06, 2026
    Show notes

    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! Jul 23, 2026
    Show notes

    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! Jul 15, 2026
    Show notes

    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



    165. The Korean War, Part 2! Jul 07, 2026
    Show notes

    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


    BONUS: Interview with Nat from Collective Action Comics Podcast Jun 29, 2026
    Show notes

    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! Jun 16, 2026
    Show notes

    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/


    163. Yugoslavia - Pt. 4! May 12, 2026
    Show notes

    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! May 04, 2026
    Show notes

    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


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