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Pick Me Up, I'm Scared.
By Madeline Pendleton and David RobertsSociety & Culture
Pick Me Up, I'm Scared. episodes
- 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
- https://time.com/archive/6949003/the-hmong-and-the-cia/
- https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA243492.pdf
- https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/197002_os.pdf
- https://media.defense.gov/2019/Jul/02/2002153035/-1/-1/0/B_0156_CELESKI_SPECIAL_AIR_WARFARE_%20AND_THE_SECRET_WAR_IN_LAOS_AIR_COMMANDOS_1964_1975.PDF
- https://renincorp.org/bookshelf/politics-of-heroin-in-south.pdf
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110608142059/http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/AirAmerica/Best/AirAmerica.htm
- https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/197002_os.pdf
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- https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080928/http://www.foia.cia.gov/sites/default/files/document_conversions/1818029/196508.pdf
- https://www.npr.org/2019/06/02/729050357/pilots-who-flew-for-air-america-in-vietnam-fight-for-pensions
- https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/RELATIONS%20BETWEEN%20SOUTHER%5B16217884%5D.pdf
- https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP77M00144R000500010009-0.pdf
- https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP77M00144R000500010009-0.pdf
- https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP74B00415R000400160005-2.pdf
- https://www.vice.com/en/article/drug-running-plane-seized-by-feds-used-to-spy-on-george-floyd-protests/
- https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP76-00702R000100120048-3.pdf
- https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/ACTIVITIES%20OF%20AIR%20AMERICA%5B16146822%5D.pdf
- https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP72-00337R000200200010-4.pdf
- https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80-01601R001000190001-3.pdf
- https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP76-00702R000100040008-6.pdf
- https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP84-00499R000100050001-0.pdf
- https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP75B00380R000600010033-3.pdf
- https://digitalcommons.bard.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1021&context=senproj_f2018
- https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP85M00364R002204200005-0.pdf
- https://www.cia.gov/resources/csi/static/CIA-Air-Ops-Laos.pdf
- https://utdallas.app.box.com/v/history-Laos1Part2
- https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/drugs/archive/gunsdrugscia.html
- https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-00965R000100130114-4.pdf
- https://www.npr.org/2017/01/23/511185078/america-in-laos-traces-the-militarization-of-the-cia
1 hr 40 min - 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_people_at_war/prelude_to_war/flying_tigers.html
- https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-00806R000100680006-0.pdf
- https://stlreporter.com/2017/05/13/the-cias-french-connection-and-other-other-footnotes-to-history/
- Anderson, Benedict R. O’G. “Looking Back.” The Wilson Quarterly (1976-), vol. 5, no. 2, 1981, pp. 112–25. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/40256090. Accessed 9 Sept. 2024.
- Bunnell, Frederick P. “The Central Intelligence Agency. Deputy Directorate for Plans 1961 Secret Memorandum on Indonesia: A Study in the Politics of Policy Formulation in the Kennedy Administration.” Indonesia, no. 22, 1976, pp. 131–69. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/3350980. Accessed 9 Sept. 2024.
- Derks, Hans. “OPIUM PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION IN CHINA.” History of the Opium Problem: The Assault on the East, ca. 1600-1950, vol. 105, Brill, 2012, pp. 643–708. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1163/j.ctv4cbhdf.37. Accessed 9 Sept. 2024.
- International Crisis Group. “A Long Legacy.” Fire and Ice: Conflict and Drugs in Myanmar’s Shan State, International Crisis Group, 2019, p. Page 3-Page 5. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep31349.5. Accessed 9 Sept. 2024.
- Kaufman, Victor S. “Trouble in the Golden Triangle: The United States, Taiwan and the 93rd Nationalist Division.” The China Quarterly, no. 166, 2001, pp. 440–56. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/3451165. Accessed 9 Sept. 2024.
- “Berkeley Barb.” Berkeley Barb, vol. 14, no. 3(336), Jan. 1972. UC San Diego Library. Independent Voices. Reveal Digital, JSTOR, https://jstor.org/stable/community.28033361. Accessed 9 Sept. 2024.
- GINGERAS, RYAN. “Istanbul Confidential: Heroin, Espionage, and Politics in Cold War Turkey, 1945–1960.” Diplomatic History, vol. 37, no. 4, 2013, pp. 779–806. JSTOR, https://www.jstor.org/stable/26376489. Accessed 9 Sept. 2024.
1 hr 30 min - TEASER: Taft Hartley from our Patreon!
Check out a teaser from this week's bonus episode over on our Patreon!
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
7 min - 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
1 hr 19 min - 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://www.pbssocal.org/shows/lost-la/a-boosters-dream-come-true-l-a-and-the-1932-olympics
- Mike Davis, City of Quartz Pg. 36.
- https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/tlatelolco-massacre/
- https://www.npr.org/2008/12/01/97546687/mexicos-1968-massacre-what-really-happened
- https://www.radiodiaries.org/audiohistory/storyimages/mexico/doc1.pdf
- https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB10/mex16-01.htm
- Eugenia Allier-Montano “Memory and History of Mexico ’68 in European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies 10/16, N. 102
- Elisa Kriza “Anti-Communism, Communism, and Interventionism in Narratives Surrounding the Student Massacre on Tlatelolco Square.” Bulletin of Latin American Affairs 38.1, 2019. Pp.82-96
- https://www.si.com/olympics/2020/08/12/tommie-smith-john-carlos-1968-olympics-protest-athlete-activism
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- https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/qfp/104481.htm
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2024/07/24/olympics-munich-israel-1972-paris/
- https://www.npr.org/2022/09/04/1116641214/munich-olympics-massacre-hostage-terrorism-israel-germany
- https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/want-understand-1992-la-riots-start-1984-la-olympics/
- https://www.si.com/olympics/2021/06/03/la-84-olympics-changed-the-games-daily-cover
- https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2023/08/28/cold-war-diplomatic-games-the-1984-los-angeles-summer-olympics/
- Joshua Ryan Leiser “Los Angeles and the 1984 Olympic Games: Cultural Commodification, Corporate Sponsorship, and the Cold War”
Dissertation, UC Riverside 2014, https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2tb760kz- Reagan arrives in LA ahead of the 1984 Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvhSGFcVekg
- https://reagan.blogs.archives.gov/2016/08/05/ronald-reagans-remarks-when-the-olympic-torch-came-to-the-white-house-in-1984/
- https://www.atf.gov/our-history/eric-rudolph
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/made-by-history/wp/2017/08/06/the-1984-olympics-fueled-l-a-s-war-on-crime-will-the-2028-games-do-the-same/
- https://www.businessinsider.com/g4s-olympic-security-disaster-2012-7
- Pete Fussey “Command, Control and contestation: Negotiating security at the London 2012 Olympics”, The Geographic Journal, Vol. 181, N. 3 9/15.
- https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jun/30/a-massive-betrayal-how-londons-olympic-legacy-was-sold-out
- https://www.refworld.org/reference/annualreport/idmc/2016/en/111503
- https://www.ksbw.com/article/migrants-homeless-people-cleared-out-of-paris-olympics/61710134
- https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2016/06/deadly-side-rio-olympics-2016/
1 hr 56 min - 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/
2 hr 34 min - 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/pickmeupimscaredSOURCES:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vQMU0LMIbnXB64R6EYyMxkaqbfGYD09C7fYAsYAks-E/2 hr 10 min
- 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
2 hr 15 min - 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/10.1021/envhealth.3c00052
https://magazine.hms.harvard.edu/articles/microplastics-everywhere
https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/heart-matters-magazine/news/behind-the-headlines/microplastics-stroke
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-02968-x
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a46993585/microplastics-human-placenta/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=arb_ga_pop_md_dsa_hybd_mix_us_21178859017&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwj9-zBhDyARIsAERjds23S1pMLEiciUj2cIVolQpsuQZHv16BQrLjSlGPLiFbopI6pXAAT7waArf3EALw_wcB
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/03/11/microplastics-health-impacts-unknown/
https://e360.yale.edu/features/plastic-waste-atmosphere-climate-weather
https://news.mongabay.com/2020/07/our-life-is-plasticized-new-research-shows-microplastics-in-our-food-water-air/
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-023-01172-y
https://www.ciel.org/news/sowing-a-plastic-planet-new-report-exposes-intentional-use-of-microplastics-on-food-crops/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7927104/
https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/SaPP-Factsheet-English_Jan2023.pdf
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10072287/
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/laundry-is-a-top-source-of-microplastic-pollution-heres-how-to-clean-your-clothes-more-sustainably
https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/12/18/3396
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36948312/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969722083607
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9273611/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9734713/
https://resolutions.unep.org/resolutions/uploads/sowing_a_plastic_planet_-_how_microplastics_in_agrochemicals_are_affecting_our_soils_our_food_and_our_future_ciel.pdf_0.pdf
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/13/3/701
https://www.mdpi.com/2571-8789/7/1/19
2 hr 58 min - 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.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7068600/
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/epdf/10.1021/envhealth.3c00052
https://magazine.hms.harvard.edu/articles/microplastics-everywhere
https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/heart-matters-magazine/news/behind-the-headlines/microplastics-stroke
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-02968-x
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a46993585/microplastics-human-placenta/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=arb_ga_pop_md_dsa_hybd_mix_us_21178859017&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwj9-zBhDyARIsAERjds23S1pMLEiciUj2cIVolQpsuQZHv16BQrLjSlGPLiFbopI6pXAAT7waArf3EALw_wcB
https://hsc.unm.edu/news/2024/04/microplastics-in-organs.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/03/11/microplastics-health-impacts-unknown/
https://e360.yale.edu/features/plastic-waste-atmosphere-climate-weather
https://news.mongabay.com/2020/07/our-life-is-plasticized-new-research-shows-microplastics-in-our-food-water-air/
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-023-01172-y
https://www.ciel.org/news/sowing-a-plastic-planet-new-report-exposes-intentional-use-of-microplastics-on-food-crops/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7927104/
https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/SaPP-Factsheet-English_Jan2023.pdf
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10072287/
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/laundry-is-a-top-source-of-microplastic-pollution-heres-how-to-clean-your-clothes-more-sustainably
https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/12/18/3396
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36948312/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969722083607
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9273611/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9734713/
https://resolutions.unep.org/resolutions/uploads/sowing_a_plastic_planet_-_how_microplastics_in_agrochemicals_are_affecting_our_soils_our_food_and_our_future_ciel.pdf_0.pdf
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/13/3/701
https://www.mdpi.com/2571-8789/7/1/19
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