Pick Me Up, I'm Scared.

Pick Me Up, I'm Scared.

By Madeline Pendleton and David RobertsSociety & Culture
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Pick Me Up, I'm Scared. episodes

  • 60. Who Arted In Here?! (AKA He Who Smelt it Dealt it)
    This week, Madeline and Kenna talk about the art industry, your drug dealer's iguana, and why FACE/OFF is a better film than anything Fellini's ever made!
    PATREON:
    https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
    SOURCES:
    https://tinyurl.com/yck53927
    https://tinyurl.com/2p87tmff
    https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-63254878
    https://tinyurl.com/2v62sv3n
    https://jaquo.com/aileen-getty/
    https://aumag.org/2015/12/01/aileen-getty/
    https://tinyurl.com/mtjnry3m
    https://tinyurl.com/25ecddx7
    https://tinyurl.com/uc3b6k5r
    https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.139856.html
    https://tinyurl.com/uc3b6k5r
    https://tinyurl.com/mr2hkzeb
    https://100swallows.com/2010/09/27/how-did-michelangelo-get-so-rich/
    https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-history-art-dealing
    https://www.vangoghgallery.com/misc/biography.html
    https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vincent-van-Gogh/Legacy
    https://www.jstor.org/stable/4603681
    https://laafa.edu/art-dealing-101/
    https://tinyurl.com/45dbh886
    https://tinyurl.com/3kktvads
    https://tinyurl.com/md4r9ybf
    https://tinyurl.com/y4sk3vx9
    https://tinyurl.com/mwcy3dr4
    https://www.britannica.com/topic/Christies
    https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sothebys
    https://news.artnet.com/art-world/dora-maar-picasso-tate-modern-1710780
    https://www.artdex.com/the-secrets-of-the-art-industry/
    https://www.artandobject.com/news/how-money-laundering-works-art-world
    https://tinyurl.com/24bacxd7
    https://tinyurl.com/4bbdxcdj
    https://boldergroup.com/insights/blogs/money-laundering-in-the-art-market/
    https://newrepublic.com/article/147192/modern-art-serves-rich
    https://tinyurl.com/2p9fffcf
    https://tinyurl.com/3swdx5xc
    2 hr 10 min
  • 59. And Iran, Iran So Far Away

    This week, Madeline and Kenna talk about US intervention in Iran, the American Bush Dynasty, and how many nuclear weapons you need to feel safe!

    PATREON: 

    https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared

    SOURCES:

    https://www.cfr.org/timeline/us-relations-iran-1953-2022

    https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cia-assisted-coup-overthrows-government-of-iran

    https://www.looper.com/758525/how-historically-accurate-is-argo/

    https://www.iranchamber.com/history/islamic_conquest/islamic_conquest.php

    https://www.jstor.org/stable/4310854

    https://www.iranicaonline.org/pages/chronology-4

    https://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/search_result.php?priv=Raytheon+Technologies

    https://foreignpolicy.com/2013/08/19/cia-admits-it-was-behind-irans-coup/

    https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/10/30/the-united-states-overthrew-irans-last-democratic-leader/

    https://www.brookings.edu/articles/lessons-from-americas-first-war-with-iran/

    https://www.britannica.com/event/Iran-Air-flight-655

    https://tnsr.org/2019/11/the-collapse-narrative-the-united-states-mohammed-mossadegh-and-the-coup-decision-of-1953/

    https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.2968/066004008

    https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/01/world/clinton-to-order-a-trade-embargo-against-teheran.html

    https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/29/magazine/iraq-weapons-mass-destruction.html

    https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ahmadinejad%27s_2006_letter_to_Bush

    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/feds-charge-two-iranians-alleged-interference-us-2020-election-rcna6027

    https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-rejects-bidens-support-anti-government-protests-interference-tehrans-state-2022-10-16/

    https://www.tudehpartyiran.org/en/2022/10/02/statement-of-the-tudeh-party-of-iran-a-passionate-salute-to-the-heroic-struggle-of-the-women-youth-and-students-of-the-country-iran/

    https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/newspape/socialistvoice/iran11.html

    2 hr 20 min
  • 58. The War on Drugs is a War on Us
    This week, Madeline and Kenna talk about the War on Drugs, Tupac, and why Coloradans love to say "ganja"!
    PATREON:
    https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
    SOURCES:
    https://projectknow.com/discover/how-do-you-say-it-drugs/
    https://tinyurl.com/4j57bups
    https://tinyurl.com/2p8ybnx6
    https://tinyurl.com/37un4m37
    https://tinyurl.com/2vdbshc8
    https://disa.com/maps/marijuana-legality-by-state
    https://cdapress.com/news/2015/jan/27/happy-rats-dont-do-drugs-5/
    https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/10/151021161034.htm
    https://tinyurl.com/mr7ydmmt
    https://drugtimeline.ca/
    https://www.history.com/topics/crime/the-war-on-drugs
    https://tinyurl.com/2y8c6d4y
    https://drugpolicy.org/issues/brief-history-drug-war
    https://www.britannica.com/topic/war-on-drugs
    https://tinyurl.com/523r48d5
    https://tinyurl.com/28k3ybrb
    https://tinyurl.com/yt7pcjc4
    https://tinyurl.com/2e4tc6mb
    https://time.com/6090016/us-war-on-drugs-origins/
    https://tinyurl.com/mvu2au87
    https://tinyurl.com/4wfdky38
    https://tinyurl.com/3bem4m43
    https://tinyurl.com/y4xw6wes
    https://tinyurl.com/4ektnjd9
    https://www.aclu.org/other/drug-war-new-jim-crow
    https://tinyurl.com/4sjhv9br
    https://tinyurl.com/5bxywyjx
    https://tinyurl.com/2p87wf87
    https://www.wbur.org/news/2017/08/01/opium-history-addiction
    https://tinyurl.com/arfvtt6z
    https://www.history.com/news/drug-use-in-vietnam
    https://tinyurl.com/y45hfed6
    https://tinyurl.com/325834um
    https://tinyurl.com/msxeercm
    https://tinyurl.com/bdwsbtdx
    https://www.history.com/topics/us-government/history-of-mk-ultra
    https://tinyurl.com/2p8yefnt
    https://tinyurl.com/3fnth976
    https://www.aclu.org/issues/smart-justice/mass-incarceration
    https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/harm-reduction
    https://tinyurl.com/2kstnexd
    https://tinyurl.com/kvjt88at
    https://tinyurl.com/23vnk66y
    https://drugpolicy.org/Legal-Regulation-Safer-Supply
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7840515/
    https://tinyurl.com/5c2ntfse
    https://tinyurl.com/mrj3x3tu
    2 hr 58 min
  • 57. E! Entertainment Blues
    This week, Madeline and Kenna talk about fame, the horror of Hidden Hills, and how it's nice to be able to go get a cup of coffee.
    PATREON:
    https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
    SOURCES:
    https://tinyurl.com/374r7uvr
    https://thewire.in/culture/psychology-fame-depression
    https://www.buzzfeed.com/amandaeedelman/celebs-on-how-much-they-hate-being-famous
    https://www2.psych.ubc.ca/~schaller/Schaller1997Fame.pdf
    https://bestlifeonline.com/celebrities-who-hate-being-famous/
    https://www.psychalive.org/fame-is-a-dangerous-drug-a-phenomenological-glimpse-of-celebrity/
    https://people.com/celebrity/celeb-confessions-that-will-make-you-never-want-to-be-famous/
    https://thriveworks.com/blog/mental-health-effects-of-celebrities/
    https://paracelsusrehab.medium.com/should-fame-come-with-a-health-warning-c755bf65776e
    https://tinyurl.com/2vkspx55
    https://radaronline.com/photos/its-all-falling-down-the-25-craziest-celebrity-meltdowns/
    https://www.wired.com/2013/01/the-fraction-of-famous-people-in-the-world/
    https://tinyurl.com/yspmap38
    https://www.insider.com/guides/health/mental-health/can-money-buy-happiness
    https://afrotech.com/celebrity-bankruptcy?item=9
    https://www.finance101.com/celebrities-who-declared-bankruptcy/
    https://tinyurl.com/bddxs5d5
    https://tinyurl.com/23ajcrt2
    https://www.insider.com/alyson-stoner-child-star-speaks-out-2021-4
    https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2018/07/205233/celebrity-money-quotes-being-famous
    https://tinyurl.com/8fmxr5y7
    https://tinyurl.com/555xatz5
    https://tinyurl.com/7vdzv7u2
    https://www.nme.com/news/music/n-sync-4-1215019
    https://www.livescience.com/18649-oscar-psychology-celebrity-worship.html
    https://allthatsinteresting.com/celebrity-parents-stage-mothers/1
    https://www.ziprecruiter.com/Salaries/Social-Media-Influencer-Salary
    https://betches.com/trying-to-become-an-instagram-influencer-ruined-my-life/
    https://www.buzzfeed.com/stephenlaconte/influencer-secrets-reddit
    https://tinyurl.com/yc7sfspb
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6426373/
    https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/a22528348/beyonce-jay-z-net-worth/
    2 hr 19 min
  • 56. Grow, Baby, Grow!
    This week, Madeline and Kenna talk about farming, backyard gardens, and the Black Panther Party! Sound quality changes halfway thru this episode due to technical difficulties, thank you for bearing with us!
    PATREON:
    https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
    SOURCES:
    https://www.northstar-ok.com/blog/indoor-gardening
    https://about.spud.com/blog-regrowing-vegetables-from-scrap/
    https://tinyurl.com/mthvbkhn
    https://medium.com/@Miigle/the-rise-of-urban-farming-cf894db51784
    https://tinyurl.com/5b6a694d
    https://phys.org/news/2019-02-urban-agriculture-food-cities.html
    https://tinyurl.com/bdfj8szu
    https://tinyurl.com/zx8jyj5h
    https://tinyurl.com/2dap25mj
    https://www.fb.org/newsroom/fast-facts
    https://tinyurl.com/2p8pwr8y
    https://coopeduplife.com/vegetable-garden-statistics/
    https://tinyurl.com/4nvhzrx9
    https://tinyurl.com/2p8pz2u2
    https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/subsistence_farming
    https://tinyurl.com/4cn7f88u
    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/13/dining/fruit-vegetables-imports.html
    https://tinyurl.com/5x26wp3w
    https://tinyurl.com/yztn2sb7
    https://tinyurl.com/bdca8ay3
    https://tinyurl.com/4drnwx8k
    https://tinyurl.com/5n954kzm
    https://tinyurl.com/2zf4una6
    https://tinyurl.com/mr2njhx8
    https://livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe40s/crops_02.html
    https://tinyurl.com/mrhwj9bk
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6701066/
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6372235/
    https://tinyurl.com/2ny2fynm
    https://www.rts.com/resources/guides/food-waste-america/
    https://tinyurl.com/2p9errwz
    https://tinyurl.com/y2bjbnwt
    https://tinyurl.com/ycku2pr8
    https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/time-to-rethink-corn/
    https://www.aecf.org/blog/exploring-americas-food-deserts
    https://tinyurl.com/2p8yksd4
    https://tinyurl.com/y6zatm8e
    https://tinyurl.com/wjtvrz7f
    2 hr 8 min
  • 55. Credit Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself
    This week, Madeline & Kenna talk about credit scores, homemade Coffee Coke, and David Graeber!
    PATREON:
    https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
    SOURCES:
    https://tinyurl.com/y74muct2
    https://tinyurl.com/2p8jnd4d
    https://tinyurl.com/yf2y94dz
    https://tinyurl.com/5yk56wpz
    https://tinyurl.com/4wc4wstu
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    https://tinyurl.com/fmzuyw94
    https://tinyurl.com/bddyvtpy
    https://tinyurl.com/39ssncjn
    https://tinyurl.com/2p87zfyc
    https://tinyurl.com/5n77d32p
    https://tinyurl.com/3zhwa8dy
    https://tinyurl.com/2sxpa4kv
    https://tinyurl.com/ys4bbjza
    https://tinyurl.com/jsjnphzy
    https://tinyurl.com/y9n5ewe3
    https://tinyurl.com/bd2kjk27
    https://tinyurl.com/2ub8eyun
    https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3683219
    https://www.kia.com/us/en/sportage-plug-in-hybrid
    https://www.myautoloan.com/rate-widget-v1.html
    https://www.forbes.com/advisor/credit-score/what-is-vantagescore/
    https://www.visualcapitalist.com/history-consumer-credit-one-infographic/
    https://time.com/3961676/history-credit-scores/
    https://www.consumerfinance.gov/ask-cfpb/what-is-a-credit-score-en-315/
    https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,756386,00.html
    https://www.wired.com/1995/09/equifax/
    https://muse.jhu.edu/article/236961/pdf
    https://www.lexingtonlaw.com/blog/finance/credit-score-statistics.html
    https://www.cnbc.com/select/side-effects-of-bad-credit/
    https://medium.com/commonfuture/why-credit-scores-are-racist-da109fcfb300
    https://www.investopedia.com/average-credit-scores-by-race-5214521
    https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/04/24/opinion/giving-credit-where-its-due
    https://www.bankrate.com/personal-finance/credit/how-to-build-credit/
    https://merics.org/en/opinion/chinas-social-credit-score-untangling-myth-reality
    2 hr 27 min
  • 54. It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, it’s…Operation Condor!
    This week, Madeline and Kenna talk about CIA-backed military coups, what Chase and Pepsi have in common, and the horrifying history of Operation Condor!
    PATREON:
    http://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
    SOURCES:
    https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/sep/03/operation-condor-the-illegal-state-network-that-terrorised-south-america
    http://www.cels.org.ar/especiales/plancondor/en/
    https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB125/index.htm
    https://theconversation.com/operation-condor-why-victims-of-the-oppression-that-swept-1970s-south-america-are-still-fighting-for-justice-186789
    https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/events/operation-condor-1968-1989
    https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/12/world/americas/argentina-dictatorship-cia-documents.html
    https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document/00452069
    https://unredacted.com/tag/operation-condor/
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/15/operation-condor-european-spies-dictators-cia-documents
    https://jacobin.com/2020/11/operation-condor-cia-latin-america-repression-torture
    1 hr 7 min
  • 53. How To Change Someone's Mind in 10 Steps or Less!
    This week, Madeline and Kenna talk about changing people's minds, cults and conspiratorial thinking, and the difference between growing up in Massachusetts versus Mississippi!
    PATREON:
    https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
    SOURCES:
    https://tinyurl.com/4fu6dmx6
    https://tinyurl.com/2p93h4ua
    https://tinyurl.com/2hb3udb3
    https://tinyurl.com/fytkadk4
    https://tinyurl.com/yckub3ja
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    https://tinyurl.com/4v5ju7f3
    https://tinyurl.com/2jr45hj2
    https://tinyurl.com/3ua7kyub
    https://www.buzzworthy.com/15-conspiracies-that-turned-out-to-be-true/
    https://www.agcs.allianz.com/news-and-insights/news/civil-unrest.html
    https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/04/perspectives/qanon-cult-truth/index.html
    https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.646394/full
    https://www.livescience.com/why-people-believe-conspiracy-theories
    https://bakadesuyo.com/2019/12/change-someones-mind/
    https://thriveglobal.com/stories/what-shapes-our-opinions
    https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/most-conservative-states
    https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/most-liberal-states
    https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1017/s0022381613000996
    https://hbr.org/2020/07/how-to-actually-change-someones-mind
    https://gsas.harvard.edu/news/colloquy/winter-2020/changing-minds
    https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/18/us/americans-lgbt-opinions.html
    https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2002-08203-005
    https://psych2go.net/7-psychological-ways-to-change-someones-mind/
    https://nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/facts-dont-change-peoples-minds-heres/16242/
    https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-political-opinions-change/
    2 hr 13 min
  • 52. Happiness Is a Warm Pun
    This week, Madeline and Kenna talk about happiness, Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, and concrete pineapples!
    PATREON:
    https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
    SOURCES:
    https://tinyurl.com/2rhwn8h5
    https://tinyurl.com/2p9art92
    https://tinyurl.com/dvk7ta6e
    https://tinyurl.com/yj7rxxtc
    https://tinyurl.com/yxabus6x
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    https://tinyurl.com/yvajduws
    https://tinyurl.com/yck76zb3
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3008658/
    https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/10/101005171036.htm
    https://www.insider.com/guides/health/mental-health/is-anxiety-genetic
    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41380-018-0070-0
    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11256581/
    https://www.genecards.org/cgi-bin/carddisp.pl?gene=HTR2A
    https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/serotonin#functions
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4449495/
    https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/livable-wage-by-state
    https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/average-rent-by-state
    https://www.simplypsychology.org/maslow.html
    https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/povertys-toll-mental-health
    https://frac.org/hunger-poverty-america
    https://www.ifitweremyhome.com/compare/US/FI
    2 hr 6 min
  • 51. Alan Mask Wants to Impregnate Mars
    This week, Madeline & Kenna talk about Elon Musk, seducing Mars, and villain origin stories! Also: Madeline has the 'vid so we're recording remotely -- forgive any sound issues please!
    PATREON:
    https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
    SOURCES:
    https://tinyurl.com/2p8end7p
    https://tinyurl.com/y2hcmd4w
    https://tinyurl.com/msyepdev
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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