Pick Me Up, I'm Scared.

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/ https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-00806R000100640021-7.pdf https://schillerinstitute.com/blog/2022/10/...

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/ https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/03/16/afri-m16.html https://www.communistpartyofkenya.org/87-recent-news/246-o...

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/ https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/03/16/afri-m16.html https://www.communistpartyofkenya.org/87-recent-news...

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 Writings 1916-1935 ⁠ ⁠Emmerson, “Gabriele D’Annunzio’s Fiume Escapade.”⁠ ⁠Bertrand, “The Biennio R...

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 Gramsci, The Antonio Gramsci Reader: Selected Writings 1916-1935 Emmerson, “Gabriele D’Annunzio’s Fiume...

This week, Madeline and David wrap up our second part of our discussion about 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/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-blocks-trump-administration-from-canceling-foreign-...

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/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-blocks-trump-administration-from-canceling-foreign-aid-awards-in-place-before-his-inaugurat...

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: http://piketty.pse.ens.fr/files/Henochsberg2016.pdf https://jacobin.com/2017/01/haiti-reparations-france-slavery-colonial...

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...

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...

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...

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-...

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...

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-th...

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-have...

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...

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/arti...

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 ⁠https://www.cia....

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-RDP79R00890A00110009...

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 https://...

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_people_...

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

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://www.pbssoc...

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/

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/