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121. Air America, Part 1! Sep 09, 2024

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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.

INTERVIEW: Queer Housing with Kiel Lopez-Schmidt! Aug 09, 2024

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

CHECK OUT THE EVENT!

REGISTER: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe0jZl80KGsgMcf7OSgQGBPVELP7VC3H2FSjP-KaUC9z1vOug/viewform

TICKETS: https://www.towertheatrefresno.com/

INSTAGRAM: @southtowerclt@queerhousingsummit

120. The Olympics 2028! Aug 05, 2024

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

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SOURCES:

https://repository.uclawsf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1230&context=ca_ballot_props

Al Stump “The Hopeless Dream of William May Garland”, https://digital.la84.org/digital/api/collection/p17103coll1/id/33885/download

https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/lost-la/a-boosters-dream-come-true-l-a-and-the-1932-olympics

Mike Davis, City of Quartz Pg. 36.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/tlatelolco-massacre/

https://www.npr.org/2008/12/01/97546687/mexicos-1968-massacre-what-really-happened

https://www.radiodiaries.org/audiohistory/storyimages/mexico/doc1.pdf

https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB10/mex16-01.htm

Eugenia Allier-Montano “Memory and History of Mexico ’68 in European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies 10/16, N. 102

Elisa Kriza “Anti-Communism, Communism, and Interventionism in Narratives Surrounding the Student Massacre on Tlatelolco Square.” Bulletin of Latin American Affairs 38.1, 2019. Pp.82-96

https://www.si.com/olympics/2020/08/12/tommie-smith-john-carlos-1968-olympics-protest-athlete-activism

https://isoh.org/wp-content/uploads/JOH-Archives/johv26n2h.pdf

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/avery-brundage/

https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB10/nsaebb10.htm

https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/qfp/104481.htm

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2024/07/24/olympics-munich-israel-1972-paris/

https://www.npr.org/2022/09/04/1116641214/munich-olympics-massacre-hostage-terrorism-israel-germany

https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/want-understand-1992-la-riots-start-1984-la-olympics/

https://www.si.com/olympics/2021/06/03/la-84-olympics-changed-the-games-daily-cover

https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2023/08/28/cold-war-diplomatic-games-the-1984-los-angeles-summer-olympics/

Joshua Ryan Leiser “Los Angeles and the 1984 Olympic Games: Cultural Commodification, Corporate Sponsorship, and the Cold War” Dissertation, UC Riverside 2014, https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2tb760kz

Reagan arrives in LA ahead of the 1984 Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvhSGFcVekg

https://reagan.blogs.archives.gov/2016/08/05/ronald-reagans-remarks-when-the-olympic-torch-came-to-the-white-house-in-1984/

https://www.atf.gov/our-history/eric-rudolph

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/made-by-history/wp/2017/08/06/the-1984-olympics-fueled-l-a-s-war-on-crime-will-the-2028-games-do-the-same/

https://www.businessinsider.com/g4s-olympic-security-disaster-2012-7

Pete Fussey “Command, Control and contestation: Negotiating security at the London 2012 Olympics”, The Geographic Journal, Vol. 181, N. 3 9/15.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jun/30/a-massive-betrayal-how-londons-olympic-legacy-was-sold-out

https://www.refworld.org/reference/annualreport/idmc/2016/en/111503

https://www.ksbw.com/article/migrants-homeless-people-cleared-out-of-paris-olympics/61710134
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2016/06/deadly-side-rio-olympics-2016/

119. The USAGM Pt. 3 -- Radio Free Asia, Radio & TV Marti, and Middle Eastern Broadcasting Networks! Jul 30, 2024

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

PATREON:

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SOURCES:

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

118. The USAGM Pt. 2 -- Radio Free Europe & Radio Liberty! Jul 22, 2024

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

117. American Propaganda & The USAGM! Pt. 1 -- Voice of America Jul 09, 2024

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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!

PATREON:

https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared

SOURCES:

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

116. Microplastics Pt. 2! Jul 03, 2024

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

PATREON:

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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/