Pick Me Up, I'm Scared.
A guide to surviving life, love, and capitalism. Hosted by Madeline Pendleton and David Roberts, the podcast offers practical advice and personal stories to help listeners navigate modern challenges. It covers topics like personal finance, relationships, and mental health with a humorous and relatable tone. The show also has a Patreon for additional content.
Episodes
171. The Korean War, Part 8!
This week, Madeline and David finish our MEGA 8-part session on the Korean War!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscaredSOURCES:https://www.bannedthought.net/Korea-DPRK/ForeignAcademic/TheHiddenHistoryOfTheKoreanWar-1950-1951-I.F.Stone-InternetArchive-OCR.pdf https://d119vjm4apzmdm.cloudfront.net/open-access/pdfs/9781501767319.pdfhttps://www.thedial.world/articles/news/issue-9/sou
170. The Korean War, Part 7!
This week, Madeline and David discuss our second installment of the Korean War itself in our deep dive series!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscaredSOURCES:https://www.bannedthought.net/Korea-DPRK/ForeignAcademic/TheHiddenHistoryOfTheKoreanWar-1950-1951-I.F.Stone-InternetArchive-OCR.pdf https://d119vjm4apzmdm.cloudfront.net/open-access/pdfs/9781501767319.pdfhttps://www.thedial.world
169. The Korean War, Part 6!
This week, Madeline and David discuss the first two months of the Korean War!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscaredSOURCES:https://www.bannedthought.net/Korea-DPRK/ForeignAcademic/TheHiddenHistoryOfTheKoreanWar-1950-1951-I.F.Stone-InternetArchive-OCR.pdf https://d119vjm4apzmdm.cloudfront.net/open-access/pdfs/9781501767319.pdfhttps://www.thedial.world/articles/news/issue-9/south-korea-jej
168. The Korean War, Part 5!
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-land-to-riches-us-neo-colonialism-in-south-koreahttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/393874710_The_2024_Martial_Law_Dec
167. The Korean War, Part 4!
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-land-to-riches-us-neo-colonialism-in-south-koreahttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/393874710_The_2024_Martial_Law_
166. The Korean War, Part 3!
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-colonialism-in-south-koreahttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/393874710_The_2024_Martial_Law_Declaration_and_Necropoliti
165. The Korean War, Part 2!
This week, David and Madeline get into the intra-war period of 1945-1950 in Korea!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscaredSOURCES:https://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-colonialism-in-south-koreahttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/393874710_The_2024_Martial_L
BONUS: Interview with Nat from Collective Action Comics Podcast
This week, get a taste of the bonus content over on our Patreon!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscaredCheck out Nat's podcast here!https://linktr.ee/CollectiveActionComics
164. The Korean War - Pt. 1!
This week, Madeline and David talk about imperial Japanese control over Korea!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscaredSOURCES: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.htmlhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/351
163. Yugoslavia - Pt. 4!
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-yugoslaviahttps://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna11875449https://www.politico.eu/artic
162. Yugoslavia - Pt. 3!
This week, Madeline and David talk about the Bosnian genocide and the build up to the NATO bombing of YugoslaviaPATREON: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-yugoslaviahttps://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna11875449https://www.politico.eu/article/s
161. Yugoslavia - Pt. 2!
This week, Madeline and David talk about the Tito-Stalin split and the IMF sinking its teeth into 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-yugoslaviahttps://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna11875449https://www.politico.eu/article/slobodan-mi
160. Yugoslavia - Pt. 1!
This week, Madeline and David talk about the foundation of socialist 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-yugoslaviahttps://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna11875449https://www.politico.eu/article/slobodan-milosevic-and-the-heroic-quest-for-the
159. What is to be done, 2.0! Feat. Alexia Alkadi-Barbaro
This week, Madeline was in Cuba on the Nuestra America Convoy so David interviewed PhD candidate Alexia Alkadi-Barbaro about the state of American neoliberalism, the despair of American liberals, and what exactly is to be done!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared
158. The Armenian Genocide - Pt. 3!
This week, David and Madeline do part 3 of our episode series on the Armenian genocide!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscaredSOURCES:see part 1
157. The Armenian Genocide - Pt. 2!
This week, David and Madeline do part 2 of our episode series on the Armenian genocide!PATREON (for bonus content related to this episode):https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscaredSOURCES:see part 1 :)
156. The Armenian Genocide - Pt. 1
This week, David and Madeline talk about the Armenian genocide.PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/postsSOURCES: Genocide and Persecution: The Armenian Genocide, ed. Noah BerlatskyRoving Revolutionaries: Armenians and the Connected Revolutions in the Russian, Iranian, and Ottoman Worlds, Houri BerberianArmenian Golgotha: A Memoir of the Armenian Genocide, Grigoris BalakianThe Armenian
155. Nazis, Cookies, and Ronald Reagan -- Pt. 4
This week, Madeline and David talk about the history of American intervention in Ukraine, part 4!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/postsSOURCES: https://responsiblestatecraft.org/azov-ban-lifted/https://www.kyivpost.com/post/6652https://responsiblestatecraft.org/putin-willing-negotiate/https://thehill.com/policy/defense/380483-congress-bans-arms-to-controversial
154. Nazis, Cookies, and Ronald Reagan -- Pt. 3
This week, Madeline and David talk about the history of American intervention in Ukraine, part 3!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/postsSOURCES: https://responsiblestatecraft.org/azov-ban-lifted/https://www.kyivpost.com/post/6652https://responsiblestatecraft.org/putin-willing-negotiate/https://thehill.com/policy/defense/380483-congress-bans-arms-to-controversial-ukrain
153. Nazis, Cookies, and Ronald Reagan -- Pt. 2
This week, Madeline and David talk about the history of American intervention in Ukraine, part 2!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/postsSOURCES: https://responsiblestatecraft.org/azov-ban-lifted/https://www.kyivpost.com/post/6652https://responsiblestatecraft.org/putin-willing-negotiate/https://thehill.com/policy/defense/380483-congress-bans-arms-to-controversial-ukrainian-mil
152. Nazis, Cookies, and Ronald Reagan -- Pt. 1
This week, Madeline and David talk about the history of American intervention in Ukraine!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/postsSOURCES: https://responsiblestatecraft.org/azov-ban-lifted/https://www.kyivpost.com/post/6652https://responsiblestatecraft.org/putin-willing-negotiate/https://thehill.com/policy/defense/380483-congress-bans-arms-to-controversial-ukrainian-militia-linked-to-
151. Vuvuzula Part 2!
This week, Madeline & David finish up our two-parter on Venezuela, including conversations about Maduro, the Peace & Freedom website, and why it doesn't matter who is wearing a captain's hat and selling fentanyl to your kids!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/postsSOURCES:https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79-00927A004600120002-9.pdfhttps://www.jstor.org/st
150. But What About Vuvuzula?
This week, Madeline and David talk about Venezuela, Chavez, and mustaches!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/SOURCES:ttps://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79-00927A004600120002-9.pdfhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/45329740.pdfhttps://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/F419409CE36569D0BBC81389843FBDCB/S0023879100024845a.pdf/cattle-corruption-and-vene
149. Adrian Zenz Wants to Hit Children & Destroy China!
This week, Madeline and David talk about Xinjiang, the Uyghurs, Donald Trump, and BDSM clubs in Taiwan!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/postsSOURCES:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BmgLBs4h20BYpty5svAQZ3nI4GxM7vhDM2gWPA6f9QY/edit?tab=t.0
148. Dark Money, Influencers, and Republican Trolls
This week, Madeline and David talk about campaign financing and dark money!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/postsSOURCES:https://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/candidate-taking-receipts/using-personal-funds-candidate/https://www.usa.gov/campaign-finance-lawshttps://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/candidate-taking-receipts/contribution-limits/https://www.fec.g
147. Hulk Hogan, Union-Busting, and the WWE!
This week, Madeline and David talk about Hulk Hogan's role in union-busting at the WWE!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/SOURCES: https://www.thesportster.com/wwe-hulk-hogan-killed-jesse-ventura-plan-pro-wrestling-union-vince-mcmahon/https://www.thesportster.com/tag/hulk-hogan/https://www.thesportster.com/hulk-hogan-jokes-body-slamming-kamala-harris-questions-indian-heritage/htt
146. The Magonistas, Pt. 3!
This week, David and Madeline wrap up part 3 of our series on the Mexican revolutionaries The Magonistas!PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/postsSOURCES:Hernandez, Kelly Lytle. Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands. W. W. Norton & Company, 2022.
145. The Magonistas, Pt. 2!
This week, David and Madeline do part 2 of our three part series about border control and the Mexican revolutionaries the Magonistas!PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/postsSOURCES:Hernandez, Kelly Lytle. Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands. W. W. Norton & Company, 2022.
144. The Magonistas, Pt. 1!
This week, David and Madeline talk about the Magonistas!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/postsSOURCES:Hernandez, Kelly Lytle. Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands. W. W. Norton & Company, 2022.
143. LaRouche -- Pt. 3!
This week, Madeline and David talk about the ICE protests in Los Angeles and finish up our three part episode on Lyndon LaRouche!PATREON:http://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscaredSOURCES:https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1986/10/26/larouches-call-to-quarantine-aids-victims-trails-in-california/f79e0d33-02be-4fad-a643-08bf0d462f95/https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-00806R0001
142. LaRouche -- Pt. 2!
This week, we talk more about Lyndon LaRouche and the Marxists that never were, and David tries to cajole Madeline into saying a slur (Madeline does NOT).PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/postsSOURCES: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1986/10/26/larouches-call-to-quarantine-aids-victims-trails-in-california/f79e0d33-02be-4fad-a643-08bf0d462f95/https://www.cia.gov/re
141. LaRouche -- Pt. 1!
This week, Madeline and David talk about Lyndon LaRouche!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/postsSOURCES: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1986/10/26/larouches-call-to-quarantine-aids-victims-trails-in-california/f79e0d33-02be-4fad-a643-08bf0d462f95/https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-00806R000100640021-7.pdfhttps://schillerinstitute.com/blog/2022/10/14/co
140. AFRICOM -- Pt. 2!
This week, Madeline and David wrap up our two-part episode about AFRICOM, Burkina Faso, and Traore!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/postsSOURCES: https://www.defense.gov/About/combatant-commands/https://hoodcommunist.org/2022/09/29/a-guide-to-shutdownafricom/amp/https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/03/16/afri-m16.htmlhttps://www.communistpartyofkenya.org/87-recent-news/246-oint-st
139. AFRICOM -- Pt. 1!
This week, Madeline & David talk about AFRICOM, Kony 2012, and whether or not X is a rockabilly band!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/postsSOURCES:https://www.defense.gov/About/combatant-commands/https://hoodcommunist.org/2022/09/29/a-guide-to-shutdownafricom/amp/https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/03/16/afri-m16.htmlhttps://www.communistpartyofkenya.org/87-recent-news/246-oi
138. Riding the Crimson Wave: Biennio Rosso and the Failed Revolution -- Pt. 2
This week David and Madeline finish our two part episode about the Italian syndicalists!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/SOURCES:Anderson, Considerations on Western Marxism Clark, Antonio Gramsci and the Revolution That FailedGramsci, The Antonio Gramsci Reader: Selected Writings 1916-1935Emmerson, “Gabriele D’Annunzio’s Fiume Escapade.”Bertrand, “The Biennio Rosso: Anarch
137. Riding the Crimson Wave: Biennio Rosso and the Failed Revolution -- Pt. 1
This week, David and Madeline talk about Italy, Biennio Rossa, and what age is too young to not know how to put your phone on silent!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/SOURCES:Anderson, Considerations on Western Marxism Clark, Antonio Gramsci and the Revolution That FailedGramsci, The Antonio Gramsci Reader: Selected Writings 1916-1935Emmerson, “Gabriele D’Annunzio’s Fiume Escapade
136. USAID - Pt. 2!
This week, Madeline and David wrap up our second part of our discussion about USAID!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/postsSOURCES:https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2025/02/14/usaid-controversy-live-updates-judge-orders-trump-administration-to-temporarily-restore-foreign-aid-funding/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-blocks-trump-administration-from-canceling-foreign-aid-a
135. USAID -- Pt. 1
This week, Madeline and David discuss USAID!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/postsSOURCES:https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2025/02/14/usaid-controversy-live-updates-judge-orders-trump-administration-to-temporarily-restore-foreign-aid-funding/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-blocks-trump-administration-from-canceling-foreign-aid-awards-in-place-before-his-inauguration/h
134. The Haitian Revolution, Pt. 3!
This week, David and Madeline wrap up our three-part series on the Haitian Revolution!This episode is a little louder than usual so start it quieter to be kind to your ears because Madeline's voice is SHRILL.PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/postsSOURCES:http://piketty.pse.ens.fr/files/Henochsberg2016.pdfhttps://jacobin.com/2017/01/haiti-reparations-france-slavery-colonialism-de
133. The Haitian Revolution -- Pt. 2!
This week, David and Madeline talk about the Haitian Revolution!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/
SOURCES:
http://piketty.pse.ens.fr/files/Henochsberg2016.pdf
https://jacobin.com/2017/01/haiti-reparations-france-slavery-colonialism-debt/
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/world/americas/haiti-history-colonized-france.html
https://nyujilp.org/frances-overdue-debt-to-haiti
132. The Haitian Revolution - Pt. 1!
This week, David and Madeline talk about the Haitian Revolution!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/
SOURCES:
http://piketty.pse.ens.fr/files/Henochsberg2016.pdf
https://jacobin.com/2017/01/haiti-reparations-france-slavery-colonialism-debt/
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/world/americas/haiti-history-colonized-france.html
https://nyujilp.org/frances-overdue-debt-to-haiti/#_ftn3
131. The Case for Letting Malibu Burn
This week, Madeline & David talk about the Los Angeles fires, prison labor, and climate change!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/posts
SOURCES:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14269289/arsonist-arrested-starting-la-kenneth-fire.html
https://longreads.com/2018/12/04/the-case-for-letting-malibu-burn/
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1935/10/27/87883221.html
130. The Potato Famine - Pt. 2!
This week, Madeline & David wrap up part 2 of our series on the Potato famine!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/posts
SOURCES:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1p6qp8j
https://www.jstor.org/stable/30006815
https://www.jstor.org/stable/27724246
https://www.jstor.org/stable/175367
https://www.jstor.org/stable/43920279
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2023/12/27/jane-ohlmeyer-
129. The Potato Famine, Pt. 1
This week, Madeline and David talk about the history of the colonization of Ireland leading up to the potato famine!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
SOURCES:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1p6qp8j
https://www.jstor.org/stable/30006815
https://www.jstor.org/stable/27724246
https://www.jstor.org/stable/175367
https://www.jstor.org/stable/43920279
https://www.irishtimes.com/opini
128. The Politics of Horror, Pt. 4!
This week, Madeline and David wrap up our 4-part series on the politics of horror by talking about horror movies and disability, plus horror movies and the domestic space!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/posts
SOURCES:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2757926/
https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2023/10/08/one-of-us-tod-brownings-freaks-disability-culture-and-t
127. The Politics of Horror, Part 3!
This week, Madeline and David talk about race and class in the politics of horror movies!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared
SOURCES:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2757926/
https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2023/10/08/one-of-us-tod-brownings-freaks-disability-culture-and-the-criterion-for-inclusion/
https://www.nyfa.edu/student-resources/how-horror-movies-hav
126. The Politics of Horror, Pt. 2!
This week, David and Madeline start a journey exploring the politics of horror movies! We do a brief overview of the transition from horror literature to horror film and the key trends of horror films by decade. Next week, we will tackle the politics of horror by topic and explore specific film titles!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
SOURCES:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/ar
125. The Politics of Horror Movies -- Pt. 1!
This week, David and Madeline start a journey exploring the politics of horror movies! We do a brief overview of the transition from horror literature to horror film and the key trends of horror films by decade. Next week, we will tackle the politics of horror by topic and explore specific film titles!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
SOURCES:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/art
124. Free Tibet, Pt. 2!
This week, Madeline & David wrap up our 2-part episode about the CIA and the Free Tibet Movement!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
SOURCES:
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80R01731R000200110047-1.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82-00457R007100010009-7.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79R00890A001100090004-2.pdf
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123. Free Tibet Pt. 1!
This week, Madeline and David talk about the Free Tibet movement, the Dalai Lama's friendship with a Nazi, and Rockabilly for 2025!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
SOURCES:
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80R01731R000200110047-1.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82-00457R007100010009-7.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79R00890A0
122. Air America, Pt. 2!
This week, Madeline and David finish up our 2-part episode all about the CIA's airline, Air America!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
SOURCES:
https://www.britannica.com/place/Vietnam/The-two-Vietnams-1954-65
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/14672715.1973.10406346
https://www.hamptonthink.org/read/from-stolen-land-to-riches-us-neo-colonialism-in-south-korea
121. Air America, Part 1!
This week, David and Madeline talk about the CIA's very own airline, Air America!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
SOURCES:
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_p
INTERVIEW: Queer Housing with Kiel Lopez-Schmidt!
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!
This week, David talks about the Olympics and Madeline definitely does NOT sexually harass anyone!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
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://w
119. The USAGM Pt. 3 -- Radio Free Asia, Radio & TV Marti, and Middle Eastern Broadcasting Networks!
This week, Madeline and David wrap up our multi-part dive into the US Agency for Global Media -- the USA's propaganda wing!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
SOURCES:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vQMU0LMIbnXB64R6EYyMxkaqbfGYD09C7fYAsYAks-E/
118. The USAGM Pt. 2 -- Radio Free Europe & Radio Liberty!
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
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!
This week, Madeline and David talk about microplastics and personal safety!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
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/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7068600/
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/epdf/10.10
115. Microplastics! pt. 1
This week, Madeline and David are back (with better audio quality than last week!!!) to talk about MICROPLASTICS! They're everywhere!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
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/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.go
114. The Heritage Foundation & Project 2025 -- Pt. 2!
This week, Madeline and David do part 2 of our Heritage Foundation episode and get into Project 2025
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
SOURCES:
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/09/the-fall-of-the-heritage-foundation-and-the-death-of-republican-ideas/279955/
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/21/magazine/heritage-foundation-kevin-roberts.html
https://www.usnews.com/op
113. The Heritage Foundation & Project 2025 -- Pt. 1!
This week, Madeline and David talk about The Heritage Foundation and Project 2025!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
SOURCES:
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/09/the-fall-of-the-heritage-foundation-and-the-death-of-republican-ideas/279955/
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/21/magazine/heritage-foundation-kevin-roberts.html
https://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/brian-
112. School of the Americas -- Pt. 2!
This week, Madeline and David finish up the second part of our two-parter on the School of the Americas, a.k.a. WHINSEC!
Warning: Contains mention of SA, violence against children, and torture
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
SOURCES:
https://jacobin.com/2019/11/shut-down-school-of-the-americas-whinsec-ice-border-patrol
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/08/spanish-trial-
111. School of the Americas -- Pt. 1!
This week, Madeline and David talk about the School of the Americas -- where the USA trains future dictators of the world!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
SOURCES:
https://jacobin.com/2019/11/shut-down-school-of-the-americas-whinsec-ice-border-patrol
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/08/spanish-trial-of-soldiers-behind-uca-atrocity-raises-hopes-of-ending-impunity-in-el-s
110. Coca-Colonization Pt. 2
This week, Madeline and David finish our episode about Coca-Colonization in Mexico!
BOOK:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/722726/i-survived-capitalism-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-t-shirt-by-madeline-pendleton/
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
SOURCES:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/coca-cola-mexico-wells-dry-bottled-water-sucking-san-felipe-ecat
109. Coca-Colonization Pt. 1!
This week, Madeline and David talk about Coca Cola's colonization of Mexico, part 1 of a 2-parter!
BOOK:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/722726/i-survived-capitalism-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-t-shirt-by-madeline-pendleton/
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
SOURCES:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/coca-cola-mexico-wells-dry-bottled-water-suc
108. NED Pt. 2!
This week, Madeline and David wrap up our two-part episode on NED -- the second, smaller CIA!
BOOK:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/722726/i-survived-capitalism-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-t-shirt-by-madeline-pendleton/
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
SOURCES:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A1xOGFEcb2-Iy_ZUuNVx_9tdJtnMdjpTMYQfEHnuPRM/edit?usp=sharing
107. NED -- Like the CIA but Cuter! Pt. 1
This week, Madeline and David talk about the tinier CIA: The National Endowment for Democracy! Part 1.
BOOK:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/722726/i-survived-capitalism-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-t-shirt-by-madeline-pendleton/
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
SOURCES:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A1xOGFEcb2-Iy_ZUuNVx_9tdJtnMdjpTMYQfEHnuPRM/edit?usp=sharing
106. Trump Was Sent By Heaven to Destroy the Communist Party!
This week, Madeline and David talk about Shen Yun, Falun Gong, The Epoch Times, and Li Hongzhi!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
BOOK:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/722726/i-survived-capitalism-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-t-shirt-by-madeline-pendleton/
SOURCES:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OFqFIW1ejobai9MrY3ksBc96Jr5lfoW5YeyPzzjkDm8/edit?usp=sharing
105. Further Right Than West Virginia
This week, David and Madeline talk about the West Virginia coal mining wars, deputizing orthodontists to shoot the poors, and maybe the only okay cop to ever exist -- maybe!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
BOOK:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/722726/i-survived-capitalism-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-t-shirt-by-madeline-pendleton/
SOURCES:
Savage, Lon: Thunder in the Mou
104. The TSA Wants To Know What's In Your Pants!
This week, Madeline and David talk about the TSA, 9/11, and what we could do with $8 billion per year!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
BOOK:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/722726/i-survived-capitalism-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-t-shirt-by-madeline-pendleton/
SOURCES:
https://www.statista.com/chart/24599/passenger-screenings-at-us-airports
https://www.americanactionfor
103. Milton Friedman, Enfant Terrible
This week, Madeline and David talk about Milton Friedman, ultra capitalism, and how the United States staged a coup in Chile
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
BOOK:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/722726/i-survived-capitalism-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-t-shirt-by-madeline-pendleton/
SOURCES:
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/25/economic-forecasts-have-been-very-wrong-lately-b
102. Stockholm Syndrome & Other Horrors of The Patriarchy
This week, Madeline and David talk about Stockholm Syndrome, apartment hunting in LA, and why cops are so scared of acorns!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
MADELINE'S BOOK:
http://tinyurl.com/ymzv3xas
SOURCES:
https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/what-is-stockholm-syndrome
https://theprepared.com/emergencies/guides/kidnapping/
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-23/is-stockho
101. Blonde Women Love Guns in Rhodesia!
This week, Madeline and David talk about Rhodesia, settler colonialism, and violent apartheid!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
MADELINE'S BOOK:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/722726/i-survived-capitalism-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-t-shirt-by-madeline-pendleton/
SOURCES:
https://www.britannica.com/place/Rhodesia
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/12/2/how-bri
100. If You Love Communism So Much, Move to St. Louis
This week, David hosts and teaches Madeline all about the 1877 Train-Workers Strike and how it led to St. Louis being a commune for like three or four days?
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
BOOK:
http://tinyurl.com/ymzv3xas
SOURCES:
Phililp Foner, The Great Labor Uprising of 1877
Robert Bruce, 1877: Year Of Violence
Mike Davis, Prisoners of the American Dream
Leon Fink, Workingma
99. Reagan Youth! Pt. 2
This week, Madeline and David get into the second half of our deep dive on Ronald Reagan -- the presidential years!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
BOOK:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/722726/i-survived-capitalism-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-t-shirt-by-madeline-pendleton/
SOURCES:
SOURCES
https://www.lse.ac.uk/research/research-for-the-world/economics/tax-cuts-for-the
98. Reagan Youth! Pt. 1
This week, Madeline and David dive into part 1 of our 2-part series on Ronald Reagan!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
BOOK:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/722726/i-survived-capitalism-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-t-shirt-by-madeline-pendleton/
SOURCES:
https://astro-charts.com/tools/birth_chart/?name=Ronald+Reagan&location=Tampico%2C+Illinois%2C+United+States&g
97. Parental Alienation Syndrome
This week's episode is about parental alienation syndrome, the intersection of misogyny and grifting, and the worst man in the world Richard Gardner.
BOOK PRE-ORDER:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/722726/i-survived-capitalism-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-t-shirt-by-madeline-pendleton/
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
SOURCES:
https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/AB2THZ
96. PETA
This week, Madeline and David talk about PETA, cute animals, and the ultimate trolls!
BOOK PRE-ORDER:
https://tinyurl.com/ymzv3xas
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
SOURCES:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-023-00795-w
https://tinyurl.com/24cwurts
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Peter-Singer
https://tinyurl.com/2syn2jpp
https://tinyurl.com/5266sskc
https://www.youtube.c
95. Kissinger of Death
This week, Madeline and David talk about Henry Kissinger, international diplomacy, and blood lust!
BOOK PRE-ORDER:
https://tinyurl.com/ymzv3xas
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
SOURCES:
https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/kissinger-henry-a
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1969-1976/arab-israeli-war-1973
Henry Kissinger, White House Years, quoted in Mosely
94. The MOVE Bombings
This week, Madeline and David talk about the MOVE bombings, being vegan, and how much cleaning you have to do to be a good neighbor!
BOOK:
https://tinyurl.com/yc4e4xwr
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
SOURCES:
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/move-bombing/
https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/8/8/20747198/philadelphia-bombing-1985-move
https://onamove.com/about/
https://w
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