Interventionary

For this bonus episode, Raegan and Jesse each take on one of the infamous Dulles brothers, one of whom was CIA director and the other of whom was Secretary of State under Eisenhower, to teach the other about. They were both absolutely terrible people. One of them almost definitely killed JFK.

Special thanks to Hengly You for our wonderful intro music!
 
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Next Episode: France (08/11/2021)

Outro Music: CIA by New Politics

This week, Jesse teaches us all about everything from Catholic communists to the invention of fascism to the start of the CIA to which Princess Bride characters were in the mob.

Special thanks to Hengly You for our wonderful intro music!
 
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Next Episode: BONUS -- The Dulles Brothers (07/21/2021)

Outro Music: Prisencolinensinainciusol by Adriano Celentano & Raffaella Carrà

Content Warning: Sexual Assault

Today, we talk about the United States dropping two nuclear bombs on Japan, then occupying it for three to five years (depending on whether you define the occupation by American standards or Japanese standards).

Here’s the link to Shaun’s YouTube video, which we referenced in the beginning. This served as our jumping off point for the nuclear bombing timeline and research.

Also, in case you want to read, here’s that Atlantic article that manufactured consent post-hoc for nuking Japan and here’s President Truman’s response, further manufacturing even more consent.

Special thanks to Hengly You for our amazing intro music!
 
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Next Episode: Italy (07/07/2021)

Outro Music: Eve of Destruction by Barry McGuire

Today's episode covers a wide range of topics, including Panama.

Special thanks to Hengly You for our fantastic intro music!
 
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Next Episode: Japan (06/23/2021)

Outro Music: Vengo De Panama by Los Rakas

This week, Raegan and Jesse chat about one of the deadliest wars you've never heard of and how the US intervened for basically no reason.

Special thanks to Hengly You for our fantastic intro music!
 
Make sure to follow us on Twitter @Interventionary and point out that Raegan says "World War II" when she means "World War I" once at [email protected].

Next Episode: Panama (06/09/2021)

Outro Music: Moskau by Dschinghis Khan

We interrupt your regularly-scheduled Russia episode (again) for a discussion of something that began around the same time as the other episodes you've heard lately: the carving up of Southwest Asia into roughly the countries we know today as the Middle East. And, given Raegan's background and the current situation in Palestine, we'll be largely focusing our discussion on that particular region.

Outro Music: Language of Peace by DJ Lethal Skillz & Shadia Mansour

Next Episode: Russia (06/02/21)

Additional Reading Material:
Human Rights Watch Report
B'Tselem Report

Places to Donate:
Sheikh Jarrah
Gaza
General

This week, Raegan and Jesse present for you a terminally online guide to Lenin's Imperialism.

You'll notice that we are a week "late" this week, on account of weekly episodes being a lot for two people who do this just for lols. We'll be going back to biweekly episodes.

Outro Music: Empires by Electric Swing Circus

Next Episode: Russia (05/19/21)

Jesse and Raegan have their first real disagreement this week as Jesse helps us all learn about the US' attempt to annex the Dominican Republic.

Special thanks to Hengly You for our wonderful intro music!
 
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Next Episode: BONUS on Lenin's Imperialism (05/12/2021)

This week, Raegan teaches Jesse about how the United States occupied Haiti for decades in the early 20th century and guaranteed its economic stagnation.

Special thanks to Hengly You for our fantastic intro music!
 
Make sure to follow us on Twitter @Interventionary and point out that Raegan says "Hawaii" when she means "Haiti" once at [email protected].

Next Episode: The Dominican Republic (04/28/2021)

Outro Music: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised by Gil Scott-Heron

This week, Jesse teaches Raegan all about how the US stuck its nose in the Mexican Revolution.

Special thanks to Hengly You for our lovely intro music!
 
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Next Episode: Haiti (04/21/2021)

Outro Music: MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) by Lil Nas X