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Pick Me Up, I'm Scared.

by Madeline Pendleton and David Roberts

A Guide to Surviving Life, Love, and Capitalism. By Madeline Pendleton and David Roberts. Find us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared

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  1. 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/pickmeupimscared SOURCES: ⁠⁠https://www.bannedthought.net/Korea-DPRK/ForeignAcademic/TheHiddenHistoryOfTheKoreanWar-1950-1951-I.F.Stone-InternetArchive-OCR.pdf⁠⁠...

  2. 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/pickmeupimscared SOURCES:...

  3. 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/pickmeupimscared SOURCES: https://www.bannedthought.net/Korea-DPRK/ForeignAcademic/TheHiddenHistoryOfTheKoreanWar-1950-1951-I.F.Stone-InternetArchive-OCR.pdf...

  4. 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/pickmeupimscared SOURCES: https://www.thedial.world/articles/news/issue-9/south-korea-jeju-uprising-anti-communist-massacre...

  5. 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/pickmeupimscared SOURCES: https://www.thedial.world/articles/news/issue-9/south-korea-jeju-uprising-anti-communist-massacre...

  6. 166. The Korean War, Part 3!

    This week, David and Madeline get into the year 1946! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared SOURCES https://www.thedial.world/articles/news/issue-9/south-korea-jeju-uprising-anti-communist-massacre...

  7. 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/pickmeupimscared SOURCES: https://www.thedial.world/articles/news/issue-9/south-korea-jeju-uprising-anti-communist-massacre...

  8. 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/pickmeupimscared Check out Nat's podcast here! https://linktr.ee/CollectiveActionComics

  9. 164. The Korean War - Pt. 1!

    This week, Madeline and David talk about imperial Japanese control over Korea! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared SOURCES: https://ia601503.us.archive.org/7/items/KoreasPlaceInTheSunBruceCumings/Korea%27s%20Place%20in%20the%20Sun%20-%20Bruce%20Cumings.pdf...

  10. 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...

  11. 162. Yugoslavia - Pt. 3!

    This week, Madeline and David talk about the Bosnian genocide and the build up to the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared SOURCES: ⁠⁠https://archive.org/details/tokillnationat00pare/page/95/mode/2up⁠⁠...

  12. 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...

  13. 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-yugoslavia...

  14. 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

  15. 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/pickmeupimscared SOURCES: see part 1

  16. 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/pickmeupimscared SOURCES: see part 1 :)

  17. 156. The Armenian Genocide - Pt. 1

    This week, David and Madeline talk about the Armenian genocide. PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/posts SOURCES: Genocide and Persecution: The Armenian Genocide, ed. Noah Berlatsky Roving Revolutionaries: Armenians and the Connected Revolutions in the Russian, Iranian, and Ottoman...

  18. 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/posts SOURCES: ⁠⁠⁠https://responsiblestatecraft.org/azov-ban-lifted/⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.kyivpost.com/post/6652⁠⁠⁠...

  19. 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/posts SOURCES: ⁠⁠https://responsiblestatecraft.org/azov-ban-lifted/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.kyivpost.com/post/6652⁠⁠...

  20. 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/posts SOURCES: ⁠https://responsiblestatecraft.org/azov-ban-lifted/⁠ ⁠https://www.kyivpost.com/post/6652⁠...

  21. 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/posts SOURCES: https://responsiblestatecraft.org/azov-ban-lifted/ https://www.kyivpost.com/post/6652…

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  22. 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/posts SOURCES:...

  23. 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.pdf https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/45329740.pdf...

  24. 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/posts SOURCES: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BmgLBs4h20BYpty5svAQZ3nI4GxM7vhDM2gWPA6f9QY/edit?tab=t.0

  25. 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/posts SOURCES: https://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/candidate-taking-receipts/using-personal-funds-candidate/ https://www.usa.gov/campaign-finance-laws...

  26. 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/...

  27. 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/posts SOURCES: Hernandez, Kelly Lytle. Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands. W. W. Norton & Company, 2022.

  28. 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/posts SOURCES: Hernandez, Kelly Lytle. Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands. W. W....

  29. 144. The Magonistas, Pt. 1!

    This week, David and Madeline talk about the Magonistas! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/posts SOURCES: Hernandez, Kelly Lytle. Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands. W. W. Norton & Company, 2022.

  30. 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/pickmeupimscared SOURCES:...

  31. 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/posts SOURCES:...

  32. 141. LaRouche -- Pt. 1!

    This week, Madeline and David talk about Lyndon LaRouche! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/posts SOURCES: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1986/10/26/larouches-call-to-quarantine-aids-victims-trails-in-california/f79e0d33-02be-4fad-a643-08bf0d462f95/...

  33. 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/posts SOURCES: https://www.defense.gov/About/combatant-commands/ https://hoodcommunist.org/2022/09/29/a-guide-to-shutdownafricom/amp/...

  34. 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/posts SOURCES: https://www.defense.gov/About/combatant-commands/ https://hoodcommunist.org/2022/09/29/a-guide-to-shutdownafricom/amp/...

  35. 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 Failed⁠ ⁠Gramsci, The Antonio Gramsci Reader: Selected...

  36. 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 Failed...

  37. 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/posts SOURCES:...

  38. 135. USAID -- Pt. 1

    This week, Madeline and David discuss USAID! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/posts SOURCES: https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2025/02/14/usaid-controversy-live-updates-judge-orders-trump-administration-to-temporarily-restore-foreign-aid-funding/...

  39. 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/posts SOURCES:...

  40. 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/⁠...

  41. 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/...

  42. 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...

  43. 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...

  44. 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...

  45. 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/...

  46. 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/...

  47. 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...

  48. 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...

  49. 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...

  50. 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...

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A Guide to Surviving Life, Love, and Capitalism. By Madeline Pendleton and David Roberts. Find us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared

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