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Episode #554

Inflaishment

#554 Inflaishment
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credit: Imelda Marcos' shoes (Bullit Marquez / AP)

Karen:

The Marcos regime and the Manila Film Center disaster

Episode sources:

  1. “The Kingmaker” (2019)

  2. “The Woman Behind the Man” (Martial Law Analysis) 2018

  3. “Imelda Marcos” (Britannica)

  4. “Marcos Declares Martial Law in the Philippines” by Richard Kagan (EBSCO) 2021

  5. “Observers of Vote Cite Wide Fraud by Marcos Party” by Seth Mydans (New York Times) 1986

  6. “On the Philippines' Calauit Island, the extraordinary forced coexistence between humans and animals” by Brice Pedroletti (Le Monde) 2022

  7. “Marcos Sr. and the April Fools affair” (Marcos Regime Research) 2023

  8. “The mysterious curse of the Manila film center” by Nicai de Guzman (Esquire) 2019

  9. “From Senator to Prisoner: The Story of Ninoy Aquino” (Ateneo Martial Law Museum)

  10. “Marcos overcame murder conviction” by Patrick J. Killen (UPI) 1986

  11. “Philippines: Restore Respect for Human Rights on 46th Anniversary of Martial Law” (Amnesty International) 2018

  12. “Heart-to-heart talks with Ninoy” by Rolando M. Solis (Inquirer.Net) 2011

  13. “Ferdinand Marcos” (Wikipedia)

  14. “How the Philippines’ brutal history is being whitewashed for voters” by Regine Cabato and Shibani Mahtani (The Washington Post) 2022

  15. “MARCOS WAS MORE THAN JUST ANOTHER DEPOSED DICTATOR” (Chicago Tribune) 2021

  16. “Manila Film Festival Proves All-Out Spectacular” by Pamela G. Hollie (New York Times) 1982

  17. “The Filipino-American legacy of fighting for freedom is taking on Trump” (by Jasmine Mithani (19th News) 2026

  18. “‘The Kingmaker’ Tackles the Truths and ‘Horrors’ Surrounding Imelda Marcos” by Morgan Enos (Fortune) 2019

  19. “Maharlika” (Film) (Wikipedia)

  20. “Is Trump channeling his inner Marcos?” by William C. Rempel (Los Angeles Times)

  21. “Assasination of Philippine Opposition Leader Benigno Aquino” by Richard Kagan (EBSCO) 2023

  22. “I Investigated the crimes of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos – and loved ‘Here Lies Love’” by Lewis Simons (NPR) 2023

  23. “Philippine Joy Turns to Rampage at Palace” (Los Angeles Times) 1986

 

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