115 episodes
Pick Me Up, I'm Scared. Madeline Pendleton and David Roberts
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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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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 -
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/opinion/blogs/brian-walsh/2013/09/12/the-senate-conservative-fund-and-the-heritage-foundation-profit-from-attacking-republicans
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/20/magazine/trump-government-heritage-foundation-think-tank.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2022/02/07/heritage-foundation-trump-republicans/
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/09/15/too-hot-for-heritage-00116094
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/20/us/politics/republican-president-2024-heritage-foundation.html
https://www.project2025.org/policy/
https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_FOREWORD.pdf
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/the-conservative-promise/
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/project-2025-trump-heritage-foundation-maga/
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/project-2025-democracy-fcc-fec/
https://projects.propublica.org/graphics/koch
https://www.heritage.org/trade/report/the-national-endowment-democracy-prudent-investment-thefuture
https://www.ned.org/fellows/olivia-enos/
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP88B00443R000502320001-2.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-00965R000100560001-2.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-00552R000505420082-7.pdf
https://www.heritage.org/article/timeline-heritage-successes
https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Heritage_Foundation#Core_Financials
https://victimsofcommunism.org/award/edwin-feulner-jr-phd/
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/05/religious-right-real-origins-107133/
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/will-the-heritage-foundations-project-2025-turn-trumpism-into-a-governing-agenda/ -
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-walsh/2013/09/12/the-senate-conservative-fund-and-the-heritage-foundation-profit-from-attacking-republicans
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/20/magazine/trump-government-heritage-foundation-think-tank.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2022/02/07/heritage-foundation-trump-republicans/
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/09/15/too-hot-for-heritage-00116094
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/20/us/politics/republican-president-2024-heritage-foundation.html
https://www.project2025.org/policy/
https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_FOREWORD.pdf
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/the-conservative-promise/
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/project-2025-trump-heritage-foundation-maga/
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/project-2025-democracy-fcc-fec/
https://projects.propublica.org/graphics/koch
https://www.heritage.org/trade/report/the-national-endowment-democracy-prudent-investment-thefuture
https://www.ned.org/fellows/olivia-enos/
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP88B00443R000502320001-2.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-00965R000100560001-2.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-00552R000505420082-7.pdf
https://www.heritage.org/article/timeline-heritage-successes
https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Heritage_Foundation#Core_Financials
https://victimsofcommunism.org/award/edwin-feulner-jr-phd/
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/05/religious-right-real-origins-107133/
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/will-the-heritage-foundations-project-2025-turn-trumpism-into-a-governing-agenda/ -
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-of-soldiers-behind-uca-atrocity-raises-hopes-of-ending-impunity-in-el-salvador
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Juan-Peron
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2012/3/1/el-salvadors-brutal-civil-war-what-we-still-dont-know
https://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/21/world/roberto-d-aubuisson-48-far-rightist-in-salvador.html
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/nov/18/us-military-usa
https://www.nrc.no/perspectives/2015/nr-4/colombias-bloody-history/
https://www.e-ir.info/2017/08/22/imperialism-by-another-name-the-us-war-on-drugs-in-colombia/
https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/news-item/the-zapatista-movement-the-fight-for-indigenous-rights-in-mexico/
https://schoolsforchiapas.org/the-massacre-of-viejo-velasco/
https://soaw.org/notorious-soa-graduates
https://web.archive.org/web/20070119115027/http://www.soaw.org/new/newswire_detail.php?id=851
https://soaw.org/training-in-2019-soa-whinsec
https://www.lawg.org/declassified-army-and-cia-manuals/
https://www.mintpressnews.com/notorious-georgia-army-school-became-americas-training-ground-for-global-torture/285223/
https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA527172.pdf
http://www.allgov.com/departments/department-of-defense/western-hemisphere-institute-for-security-cooperation-school-of-the-americas?agencyid=7389
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2014/12/9/infamous-us-military-school-still-draws-fire
https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB122/920310%20Imporper%20Material%20in%20Spanish-Language%20Intelligence%20Training%20Manuals.pdf
https://wagingnonviolence.org/2018/12/actions-across-latin-america-target-notorious-school-americas/
https://irp.fas.org/congress/1997_rpt/soarpt.htm
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-00552R000504880017-0.pdf
https://nacla.org/news/us-intervention-paraguay-continues
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP88-00733R000100110006-6.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP85T01094R000200010050-9.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/STEPS%20TO%20IMPROVE%20U.S.-ARG%5B15503036%5D.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP85T00287R000901540001-4.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90M00005R001100160023-3.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP85T01094R000300010023-8.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP85T01058R000100010001-4.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP99-01448R000402010001-1.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP99-01448R000402000001-2.pdf
https://oig.justice.gov/sites/default/files/archive/special/9712/ch11p2.htm
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-00845R000100190001-6.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82-00850R000200070035-4.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP85T01184R000301550001-2.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP85T01184R000301720002-2.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP04T00907R000100340001-5.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP04T00447R000100110001-1.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP88-01314R000100350003-4.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP88-01314R000100350003-4.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP87M00539R002203530034-7.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP87M00539R001802760013-1.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP04T00367R000100090001-3.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP89B00423R000300330003-4.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/LIEUTENANT%20GENERAL%20LEOPOL%5B15499966%5D.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20191106052505/http://william_h_orms -
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-salvador
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Juan-Peron
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2012/3/1/el-salvadors-brutal-civil-war-what-we-still-dont-know
https://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/21/world/roberto-d-aubuisson-48-far-rightist-in-salvador.html
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/nov/18/us-military-usa
https://www.nrc.no/perspectives/2015/nr-4/colombias-bloody-history/
https://www.e-ir.info/2017/08/22/imperialism-by-another-name-the-us-war-on-drugs-in-colombia/
https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/news-item/the-zapatista-movement-the-fight-for-indigenous-rights-in-mexico/
https://schoolsforchiapas.org/the-massacre-of-viejo-velasco/
https://soaw.org/notorious-soa-graduates
https://web.archive.org/web/20070119115027/http://www.soaw.org/new/newswire_detail.php?id=851
https://soaw.org/training-in-2019-soa-whinsec
https://www.lawg.org/declassified-army-and-cia-manuals/
https://www.mintpressnews.com/notorious-georgia-army-school-became-americas-training-ground-for-global-torture/285223/
https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA527172.pdf
http://www.allgov.com/departments/department-of-defense/western-hemisphere-institute-for-security-cooperation-school-of-the-americas?agencyid=7389
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2014/12/9/infamous-us-military-school-still-draws-fire
https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB122/920310%20Imporper%20Material%20in%20Spanish-Language%20Intelligence%20Training%20Manuals.pdf
https://wagingnonviolence.org/2018/12/actions-across-latin-america-target-notorious-school-americas/
https://irp.fas.org/congress/1997_rpt/soarpt.htm
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-00552R000504880017-0.pdf
https://nacla.org/news/us-intervention-paraguay-continues
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP88-00733R000100110006-6.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP85T01094R000200010050-9.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/STEPS%20TO%20IMPROVE%20U.S.-ARG%5B15503036%5D.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP85T00287R000901540001-4.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90M00005R001100160023-3.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP85T01094R000300010023-8.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP85T01058R000100010001-4.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP99-01448R000402010001-1.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP99-01448R000402000001-2.pdf
https://oig.justice.gov/sites/default/files/archive/special/9712/ch11p2.htm
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-00845R000100190001-6.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82-00850R000200070035-4.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP85T01184R000301550001-2.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP85T01184R000301720002-2.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP04T00907R000100340001-5.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP04T00447R000100110001-1.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP88-01314R000100350003-4.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP88-01314R000100350003-4.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP87M00539R002203530034-7.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP87M00539R001802760013-1.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP04T00367R000100090001-3.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP89B00423R000300330003-4.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/LIEUTENANT%20GENERAL%20LEOPOL%5B15499966%5D.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20191106052505/http://william_h_ormsbee.tripod.com/Articles/school_americas_who_84.pdf
https://irp.fas.org/ -
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-ecatepec-chiapas-a7953026.html
https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/15/coca-cola-country-in-southern-mexico-photo-essay
https://www.indigenousmexico.org/articles/chiapas-forever-indigenous?format=amp
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/jul/28/water-is-the-real-thing-but-millions-of-mexicans-are-struggling-without-it
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/15/coca-cola-country-in-southern-mexico-photo-essay
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/14/world/americas/mexico-coca-cola-diabetes.html
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a22172862/coca-cola-mexico-town-water/
https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL5N2XF4ZG/
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/dateline/article/this-small-town-in-mexico-is-addicted-to-coca-cola-it-also-grapples-with-a-deadly-disease/p1m2g5dtd
https://truthout.org/articles/coca-cola-sucks-wells-dry-in-chiapas-forcing-residents-to-buy-water/
https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/major-cities-in-mexico-running-out-of-water-as-extreme-heat-continues-209737285844
https://coha.org/coca-colas-corporate-greed-is-leaving-mexicans-thirsty/
https://borgenproject.org/chronic-diseases-in-chiapas/
https://killercoke.org/ray_rogers_absurdity_at_unam_110329.php
https://killercoke.org/crimes_mexico.php
https://inthesetimes.com/article/cola-wars-in-mexico
https://chiapas-support.org/2023/06/14/coca-colas-lack-of-political-transparency-is-associated-with-life-and-death-in-chiapas/
https://www.atlantamagazine.com/great-reads/cocacolonization/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277953604004587?via%3Dihub
https://compact.org/news/coca-colonization-and-christmas-cheer-in-mexico
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277953604004587
https://www.salon.com/2018/04/04/the-coca-cola-invasion-is-causing-mexicos-slow-death-by-junk-food_partner/
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2017/12/23/coca-cola-red-and-whitewashing-the-empire
https://www.businessinsider.com/coca-cola-influence-on-mexican-culture-2018-8#but-there-was-a-downside-to-cokes-sudden-spike-in-popularity-the-diabetes-rate-doubled-in-mexico-between-2000-and-2007-14