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This week, Madeline and David get into 1949-1950 leading up to the Korean War!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscaredSOURCES:https://www.thedial.world/articles/news/issue-9/south-korea-jeju-uprising-anti-communist-massacrehttps://www.hamptonthink.org/read/from-stolen-lan ... Show More

This week, David talk about the period of 1947-1948 leading up to the Korean War.PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscaredSOURCES:https://www.thedial.world/articles/news/issue-9/south-korea-jeju-uprising-anti-communist-massacrehttps://www.hamptonthink.org/read/from-stolen- ... Show More

This week, David and Madeline get into the year 1946!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscaredSOURCEShttps://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-colon ... Show More

The current president of Venezuela made global headlines when he seemed on the cusp of invading the neighboring country of Guyana -- why would a country already in the grip of domestic chaos aim to start a war? In today's episode, Ben, Matt and Noel dive into the disturbing histo ... Show More

Venezuela is facing an economic and humanitarian crisis as extreme poverty and violence have forced many to flee the country in recent years. How did a country once wealthy with oil resources fall into such turmoil? Through the lives of two revolutionaries turned authoritarian le ... Show More

Venezuela is facing an economic and humanitarian crisis as extreme poverty and violence have forced many to flee the country in recent years. How did a country once wealthy with oil resources fall into such turmoil? See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use ... Show More

<p>Our parcero Juan David Rojas joins the pod to discuss Latin@s for Trump and Latin American cultural politics including Cuban neocons, the Evangelical take over, and other chismes. </p> <p><br /></p> <p>Follow Juan @rojasrjuand and read his work at COMPACT https://www.compactma ... Show More

Kamala Harris is black again and trouble in Venezuela. Preborn! To donate, dial pound 250 & say the keyword “BABY” that’s pound 250 “BABY” or donate securely at https://preborn.com/candace Grand Canyon University Find your purpose at http://www.GCU.EDU American Financing Act t ... Show More

Despite its massive natural oil wealth, Venezuela is a country sliding into recession, and has one of the highest inflation rates in the world. With prices of some products rising as much as 50% or more annually, the crisis presents a simple human predicament - how to lay your ha ... Show More

In recent weeks, tensions between the US and Venezuela have been growing. Several US military strikes have targeted boats in the Caribbean allegedly carrying illicit drugs, and US President Donald Trump has said that he has authorized the CIA to use lethal force in Venezuela. And ... Show More

Sarah Montague speaks to Venezuelan opposition politician Maria Corina Machado. Banned from running in the country’s presidential elections this weekend, she’s still a leading figure in the movement trying to unseat socialist authoritarian Nicolas Maduro. With the country’s econo ... Show More

Yascha Mounk and Nicholas Casey discuss whether left-populism is as dangerous as right-populism; why things are so much worse in Venezuela than they are in Ecuador; and why Latin American politics may hold the key to America’s future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megap ... Show More

Venezuela has been thrust into chaos following the recent election, leaving President Maduro, the opposition, and the military cornered. Years of escalating tensions with Guyana over the Essequibo region have reached a critical point, risking both the strength of the Venezuelan m ... Show More