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

  1. JAN 6

    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 Worlds, Houri Berberian Armenian Golgotha: A Memoir of the Armenian Genocide, Grigoris Balakian The Armenian Massacres 1894-1896: U.S. Media Testimony, ed. Arman Kirakossian They Can Live in the Desert and Nowhere Else: A History of the Armenian Genocide, Ronald Grigor Suny. The Banality of Indifference: Zionism and the Armenian Genocide: Yair Auron

    1h 33m

  2. 12/15/2025

    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 ⁠⁠⁠https://responsiblestatecraft.org/putin-willing-negotiate/⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://thehill.com/policy/defense/380483-congress-bans-arms-to-controversial-ukrainian-militia-linked-to-neo-nazis/⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://esc.nccu.edu.tw/PageDoc/Detail?fid=7801&id=6963⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.britannica.com/event/2022-Russian-invasion-of-Ukraine⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-ukraine-nuclear-plant-shelling-fire-invasion-putin-rcna18685⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/01/19/new-language-requirement-raises-concerns-ukraine#⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cohen-ukraine-commentary-idUSKBN1GV2TY/⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-10-2024-001576_EN.html⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/29/europe/ukraine-azov-movement-far-right-intl-cmd⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/world/u-s-lifts-ban-on-providing-weapons-and-training-for-ukraines-controversial-azov-brigade⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27173857⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=456617⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxcB0PI4ZLg⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.salon.com/2014/02/25/is_the_us_backing_neo_nazis_in_ukraine_partner/⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.npr.org/2022/04/24/1094567906/the-war-has-many-ukrainians-who-speak-russian-abandoning-the-language⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.mintpressnews.com/us-votes-against-un-resolution-condemning-nazis-labels-it-russian-disinformation/273728/⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.pbs.org/newshour/classroom/daily-videos/2014/03/crimeans-vote-to-join-russia⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://responsiblestatecraft.org/cia-ukraine-russia/⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.democracynow.org/2014/2/20/a_new_cold_war_ukraine_violence⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://truthout.org/articles/the-ukraine-mess-that-nuland-made/⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://eng.ipn.gov.pl/en/digital-resources/articles/8044,Stepan-Bandera-leader-of-the-Organisation-of-Ukrainian-Nationalists.html⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.gis.huri.harvard.edu/king-dead⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/bandera-mythologies-and-their-traps-for-ukraine/⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/03/08/wdtz-m08.html⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2009/11/02/end-of-communism-cheered-but-now-with-more-reservations/⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://liberationnews.org/nazis-in-ukraine-seeing-through-the-fog-of-the-information-war/⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.yahoo.com/news/cia-trained-ukrainian-paramilitaries-may-take-central-role-if-russia-invades-185258008.html⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://responsiblestatecraft.org/maidan-ukraine/⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://fpif.org/seven-decades-nazi-collaboration-americas-dirty-little-ukraine-secret/⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrMiSQAGOS4⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://2009-2017.state.gov/p/eur/rls/rm/2013/dec/218804.htm⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.cato.org/commentary/americas-ukraine-hypocrisy⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26079957⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93eyhO8VTdg⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjcMoDFU1xg⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.jeffsachs.org/newspaper-articles/nato-chief-admits-expansion-behind-russian-invasion⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/28/nato-expansion-war-russia-ukraine⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://theintercept.com/2024/06/22/ukraine-azov-battalion-us-training-ban/⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.jstor.org/stable/27336025?seq=12⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/ukrainian-intel--abetted--funded--trained--equipped-by-the-c⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://ourworld.unu.edu/en/what-do-the-world-bank-and-imf-have-to-do-with-the-ukraine-conflict⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://en.al-akhbar.com/news/inside-ned-s-ukraine-operation--how--revolutions--are-engine

    2 hr

  3. 12/09/2025

    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 ⁠⁠https://responsiblestatecraft.org/putin-willing-negotiate/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://thehill.com/policy/defense/380483-congress-bans-arms-to-controversial-ukrainian-militia-linked-to-neo-nazis/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://esc.nccu.edu.tw/PageDoc/Detail?fid=7801&id=6963⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.britannica.com/event/2022-Russian-invasion-of-Ukraine⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-ukraine-nuclear-plant-shelling-fire-invasion-putin-rcna18685⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/01/19/new-language-requirement-raises-concerns-ukraine#⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cohen-ukraine-commentary-idUSKBN1GV2TY/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-10-2024-001576_EN.html⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/29/europe/ukraine-azov-movement-far-right-intl-cmd⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/world/u-s-lifts-ban-on-providing-weapons-and-training-for-ukraines-controversial-azov-brigade⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27173857⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=456617⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxcB0PI4ZLg⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.salon.com/2014/02/25/is_the_us_backing_neo_nazis_in_ukraine_partner/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.npr.org/2022/04/24/1094567906/the-war-has-many-ukrainians-who-speak-russian-abandoning-the-language⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.mintpressnews.com/us-votes-against-un-resolution-condemning-nazis-labels-it-russian-disinformation/273728/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.pbs.org/newshour/classroom/daily-videos/2014/03/crimeans-vote-to-join-russia⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://responsiblestatecraft.org/cia-ukraine-russia/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.democracynow.org/2014/2/20/a_new_cold_war_ukraine_violence⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://truthout.org/articles/the-ukraine-mess-that-nuland-made/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://eng.ipn.gov.pl/en/digital-resources/articles/8044,Stepan-Bandera-leader-of-the-Organisation-of-Ukrainian-Nationalists.html⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.gis.huri.harvard.edu/king-dead⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/bandera-mythologies-and-their-traps-for-ukraine/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/03/08/wdtz-m08.html⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2009/11/02/end-of-communism-cheered-but-now-with-more-reservations/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://liberationnews.org/nazis-in-ukraine-seeing-through-the-fog-of-the-information-war/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.yahoo.com/news/cia-trained-ukrainian-paramilitaries-may-take-central-role-if-russia-invades-185258008.html⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://responsiblestatecraft.org/maidan-ukraine/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ930lCvSK8&list=PLDl9_LuL-uw7Ot9l6V6DTbZg1Zhv98gUv&index=9⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://manchesterhistorian.com/2024/us-intervention-in-the-orange-revolution-in-ukraine-and-how-technology-influences-democracy-by-leah-morris/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://fpif.org/seven-decades-nazi-collaboration-americas-dirty-little-ukraine-secret/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrMiSQAGOS4⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://2009-2017.state.gov/p/eur/rls/rm/2013/dec/218804.htm⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.cato.org/commentary/americas-ukraine-hypocrisy⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26079957⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93eyhO8VTdg⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjcMoDFU1xg⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.jeffsachs.org/newspaper-articles/nato-chief-admits-expansion-behind-russian-invasion⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/28/nato-expansion-war-russia-ukraine⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://theintercept.com/2024/06/22/ukraine-azov-battalion-us-training-ban/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.jstor.org/stable/27336025?seq=12⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/ukrainian-intel--abetted--funded--trained--equipped-by-the-c⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://ourworld.unu.edu/en/what-do-the-world-bank-and-imf-have-to-do-with-the-ukraine-conflict⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://en.al-akhbar.com/news/inside-ned-s-ukraine-operation--how--revolutions--are-engine

    2h 13m

  4. 11/18/2025

    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 ⁠https://responsiblestatecraft.org/putin-willing-negotiate/⁠ ⁠https://thehill.com/policy/defense/380483-congress-bans-arms-to-controversial-ukrainian-militia-linked-to-neo-nazis/⁠ ⁠https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/ukraine-has-nazi-problem-vladimir-putin-s-denazification-claim-war-ncna1290946⁠ ⁠https://esc.nccu.edu.tw/PageDoc/Detail?fid=7801&id=6963⁠ ⁠https://www.britannica.com/event/2022-Russian-invasion-of-Ukraine⁠ ⁠https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-ukraine-nuclear-plant-shelling-fire-invasion-putin-rcna18685⁠ ⁠https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/01/19/new-language-requirement-raises-concerns-ukraine#⁠ ⁠https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cohen-ukraine-commentary-idUSKBN1GV2TY/⁠ ⁠https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-10-2024-001576_EN.html⁠ ⁠https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/29/europe/ukraine-azov-movement-far-right-intl-cmd⁠ ⁠https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/world/u-s-lifts-ban-on-providing-weapons-and-training-for-ukraines-controversial-azov-brigade⁠ ⁠https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27173857⁠ ⁠https://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=456617⁠ ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxcB0PI4ZLg⁠ ⁠https://www.salon.com/2014/02/25/is_the_us_backing_neo_nazis_in_ukraine_partner/⁠ ⁠https://www.npr.org/2022/04/24/1094567906/the-war-has-many-ukrainians-who-speak-russian-abandoning-the-language⁠ ⁠https://www.mintpressnews.com/us-votes-against-un-resolution-condemning-nazis-labels-it-russian-disinformation/273728/⁠ ⁠https://www.pbs.org/newshour/classroom/daily-videos/2014/03/crimeans-vote-to-join-russia⁠ ⁠https://responsiblestatecraft.org/cia-ukraine-russia/⁠ ⁠https://www.democracynow.org/2014/2/20/a_new_cold_war_ukraine_violence⁠ ⁠https://truthout.org/articles/the-ukraine-mess-that-nuland-made/⁠ ⁠https://eng.ipn.gov.pl/en/digital-resources/articles/8044,Stepan-Bandera-leader-of-the-Organisation-of-Ukrainian-Nationalists.html⁠ ⁠https://www.gis.huri.harvard.edu/king-dead⁠ ⁠https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/bandera-mythologies-and-their-traps-for-ukraine/⁠ ⁠https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/03/08/wdtz-m08.html⁠ ⁠https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2009/11/02/end-of-communism-cheered-but-now-with-more-reservations/⁠ ⁠https://liberationnews.org/nazis-in-ukraine-seeing-through-the-fog-of-the-information-war/⁠ ⁠https://www.yahoo.com/news/cia-trained-ukrainian-paramilitaries-may-take-central-role-if-russia-invades-185258008.html⁠ ⁠https://responsiblestatecraft.org/maidan-ukraine/⁠ ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ930lCvSK8&list=PLDl9_LuL-uw7Ot9l6V6DTbZg1Zhv98gUv&index=9⁠ ⁠https://manchesterhistorian.com/2024/us-intervention-in-the-orange-revolution-in-ukraine-and-how-technology-influences-democracy-by-leah-morris/⁠ ⁠https://fpif.org/seven-decades-nazi-collaboration-americas-dirty-little-ukraine-secret/⁠ ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrMiSQAGOS4⁠ ⁠https://2009-2017.state.gov/p/eur/rls/rm/2013/dec/218804.htm⁠ ⁠https://www.cato.org/commentary/americas-ukraine-hypocrisy⁠ ⁠https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26079957⁠ ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93eyhO8VTdg⁠ ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjcMoDFU1xg⁠ ⁠https://www.jeffsachs.org/newspaper-articles/nato-chief-admits-expansion-behind-russian-invasion⁠ ⁠https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/28/nato-expansion-war-russia-ukraine⁠ ⁠https://theintercept.com/2024/06/22/ukraine-azov-battalion-us-training-ban/⁠ ⁠https://www.jstor.org/stable/27336025?seq=12⁠ ⁠https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/ukrainian-intel--abetted--funded--trained--equipped-by-the-c⁠ ⁠https://ourworld.unu.edu/en/what-do-the-world-bank-and-imf-have-to-do-with-the-ukraine-conflict⁠ ⁠https://en.al-akhbar.com/news/inside-ned-s-ukraine-operation--how--revolutions--are-engine

    1h 56m

  5. 11/03/2025

    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 https://responsiblestatecraft.org/putin-willing-negotiate/ https://thehill.com/policy/defense/380483-congress-bans-arms-to-controversial-ukrainian-militia-linked-to-neo-nazis/ https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/ukraine-has-nazi-problem-vladimir-putin-s-denazification-claim-war-ncna1290946 https://esc.nccu.edu.tw/PageDoc/Detail?fid=7801&id=6963 https://www.britannica.com/event/2022-Russian-invasion-of-Ukraine https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-ukraine-nuclear-plant-shelling-fire-invasion-putin-rcna18685 https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/01/19/new-language-requirement-raises-concerns-ukraine# https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cohen-ukraine-commentary-idUSKBN1GV2TY/ https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-10-2024-001576_EN.html https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/29/europe/ukraine-azov-movement-far-right-intl-cmd https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/world/u-s-lifts-ban-on-providing-weapons-and-training-for-ukraines-controversial-azov-brigade https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27173857 https://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=456617 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxcB0PI4ZLg https://www.salon.com/2014/02/25/is_the_us_backing_neo_nazis_in_ukraine_partner/ https://www.npr.org/2022/04/24/1094567906/the-war-has-many-ukrainians-who-speak-russian-abandoning-the-language https://www.mintpressnews.com/us-votes-against-un-resolution-condemning-nazis-labels-it-russian-disinformation/273728/ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/classroom/daily-videos/2014/03/crimeans-vote-to-join-russia https://responsiblestatecraft.org/cia-ukraine-russia/ https://www.democracynow.org/2014/2/20/a_new_cold_war_ukraine_violence https://truthout.org/articles/the-ukraine-mess-that-nuland-made/ https://eng.ipn.gov.pl/en/digital-resources/articles/8044,Stepan-Bandera-leader-of-the-Organisation-of-Ukrainian-Nationalists.html https://www.gis.huri.harvard.edu/king-dead https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/bandera-mythologies-and-their-traps-for-ukraine/ https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/03/08/wdtz-m08.html https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2009/11/02/end-of-communism-cheered-but-now-with-more-reservations/ https://liberationnews.org/nazis-in-ukraine-seeing-through-the-fog-of-the-information-war/ https://www.yahoo.com/news/cia-trained-ukrainian-paramilitaries-may-take-central-role-if-russia-invades-185258008.html https://responsiblestatecraft.org/maidan-ukraine/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ930lCvSK8&list=PLDl9_LuL-uw7Ot9l6V6DTbZg1Zhv98gUv&index=9 https://manchesterhistorian.com/2024/us-intervention-in-the-orange-revolution-in-ukraine-and-how-technology-influences-democracy-by-leah-morris/ https://fpif.org/seven-decades-nazi-collaboration-americas-dirty-little-ukraine-secret/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrMiSQAGOS4 https://2009-2017.state.gov/p/eur/rls/rm/2013/dec/218804.htm https://www.cato.org/commentary/americas-ukraine-hypocrisy https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26079957 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93eyhO8VTdg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjcMoDFU1xg https://www.jeffsachs.org/newspaper-articles/nato-chief-admits-expansion-behind-russian-invasion https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/28/nato-expansion-war-russia-ukraine https://theintercept.com/2024/06/22/ukraine-azov-battalion-us-training-ban/ https://www.jstor.org/stable/27336025?seq=12 https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/ukrainian-intel--abetted--funded--trained--equipped-by-the-c https://ourworld.unu.edu/en/what-do-the-world-bank-and-imf-have-to-do-with-the-ukraine-conflict https://en.al-akhbar.com/news/inside-ned-s-ukraine-operation--how--revolutions--are-engine

    1h 58m

  6. 10/20/2025

    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: https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79-00927A004600120002-9.pdfhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/45329740.pdfhttps://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/F419409CE36569D0BBC81389843FBDCB/S0023879100024845a.pdf/cattle-corruption-and-venezuelan-state-formation-during-the-regime-of-juan-vicente-gomez-1908-35.pdfhttps://www.reuters.com/article/world/us-to-provide-venezuelas-guaido-with-52-million-in-funding-idUSKBN1W934P/https://www.sociostudies.org/almanac/articles/the_us_methods_and_goals_to_destabilize_venezuela/https://www.newstatesman.com/long-reads/2008/11/chavez-venezuela-oppositionhttps://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/17/world/abrams-denies-wrongdoing-in-shipping-arms-to-contras.htmlhttps://www.reuters.com/article/world/how-venezuela-got-here-a-timeline-of-the-political-crisis-idUSKCN1PJ03O/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22314562799&gbraid=0AAAAA-mwunF8-09P-Awp_HNmn1VHy7Dft&gclid=Cj0KCQjwo63HBhCKARIsAHOHV_Ugl_qLm4x2Feoh9JAYu3pdpveYzKTTgRnXkyvnLky86HmpDFgT5UsaAl3tEALw_wcBhttps://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1162&context=classracecorporatepowerhttps://www.blackagendareport.com/venezuela-imperialism-and-global-struggle-sovereigntyhttps://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/14263/https://dc.ewu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1008&context=srcw_2019https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1921v02/d897https://www.nytimes.com/1952/09/21/archives/opposition-party-in-venezuela-test-copei-one-of-2-groups-against.htmlhttps://peoplesworld.org/article/venezuela-2002-the-coup-heard-around-the-world/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/apr/21/usa.venezuelahttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/apr/21/usa.venezuelahttps://www.nytimes.com/1977/02/21/archives/venezuelans-are-denying-perez-was-paid-by-cia.htmlhttps://time.com/archive/6703965/interview-on-drugs-debt-and-poverty-venezuelas-carlos-andres-perez/https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80R01731R002400050019-5.pdfhttps://www.nytimes.com/1977/02/22/archives/caracas-assails-us-for-payoffs-report-president-perez-calls.htmlhttps://www.reuters.com/article/world/us-to-provide-venezuelas-guaido-with-52-million-in-funding-idUSKBN1W934P/https://liberationnews.org/oppose-us-threats-against-venezuela/https://misionverdad.com/memoria/aquel-narcoestado-llamado-puntofijismo-0https://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/12/business/world-class-fraud-bcci-pulled-it-off-special-report-end-twisted-trail-piggy-bank.html?pagewanted=allhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF-IYdsFGrwhttps://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/07CARACAS1637_a.htmlhttps://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/04CARACAS2224_a.htmlhttps://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/6750/https://www.nytimes.com/1977/03/01/archives/cia-money-flowed-but-us-aides-insist-it-was-for-intelligence.htmlhttps://digitallibrary.un.org/record/3974230?ln=en&v=pdf#fileshttps://www.sumate.org/documentos/Varios/NED_Grant_Agreement_25septiembre2003.pdfhttps://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/hrbodies/hrcouncil/ffmv/a-hrc-60-crp-4-annex-eng.pdfhttps://www.counterpunch.org/2014/04/25/the-dirty-hand-of-the-national-endowment-for-democracy-in-venezuela/

    1h 44m

  7. 10/14/2025

    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.pdfhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/45329740.pdfhttps://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/F419409CE36569D0BBC81389843FBDCB/S0023879100024845a.pdf/cattle-corruption-and-venezuelan-state-formation-during-the-regime-of-juan-vicente-gomez-1908-35.pdfhttps://www.reuters.com/article/world/us-to-provide-venezuelas-guaido-with-52-million-in-funding-idUSKBN1W934P/https://www.sociostudies.org/almanac/articles/the_us_methods_and_goals_to_destabilize_venezuela/https://www.newstatesman.com/long-reads/2008/11/chavez-venezuela-oppositionhttps://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/17/world/abrams-denies-wrongdoing-in-shipping-arms-to-contras.htmlhttps://www.reuters.com/article/world/how-venezuela-got-here-a-timeline-of-the-political-crisis-idUSKCN1PJ03O/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22314562799&gbraid=0AAAAA-mwunF8-09P-Awp_HNmn1VHy7Dft&gclid=Cj0KCQjwo63HBhCKARIsAHOHV_Ugl_qLm4x2Feoh9JAYu3pdpveYzKTTgRnXkyvnLky86HmpDFgT5UsaAl3tEALw_wcBhttps://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1162&context=classracecorporatepowerhttps://www.blackagendareport.com/venezuela-imperialism-and-global-struggle-sovereigntyhttps://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/14263/https://dc.ewu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1008&context=srcw_2019https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1921v02/d897https://www.nytimes.com/1952/09/21/archives/opposition-party-in-venezuela-test-copei-one-of-2-groups-against.htmlhttps://peoplesworld.org/article/venezuela-2002-the-coup-heard-around-the-world/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/apr/21/usa.venezuelahttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/apr/21/usa.venezuelahttps://www.nytimes.com/1977/02/21/archives/venezuelans-are-denying-perez-was-paid-by-cia.htmlhttps://time.com/archive/6703965/interview-on-drugs-debt-and-poverty-venezuelas-carlos-andres-perez/https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80R01731R002400050019-5.pdfhttps://www.nytimes.com/1977/02/22/archives/caracas-assails-us-for-payoffs-report-president-perez-calls.htmlhttps://www.reuters.com/article/world/us-to-provide-venezuelas-guaido-with-52-million-in-funding-idUSKBN1W934P/https://liberationnews.org/oppose-us-threats-against-venezuela/https://misionverdad.com/memoria/aquel-narcoestado-llamado-puntofijismo-0https://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/12/business/world-class-fraud-bcci-pulled-it-off-special-report-end-twisted-trail-piggy-bank.html?pagewanted=allhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF-IYdsFGrwhttps://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/07CARACAS1637_a.htmlhttps://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/04CARACAS2224_a.htmlhttps://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/6750/https://www.nytimes.com/1977/03/01/archives/cia-money-flowed-but-us-aides-insist-it-was-for-intelligence.html

    1h 59m

  8. 10/06/2025

    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

    2h 41m
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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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    Madeline Pendleton and David Roberts
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