Pick Me Up, I'm Scared. Madeline Pendleton and David Roberts
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- Society & Culture
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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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109. Coca-Colonization Pt. 1!
This week, Madeline and David talk about Coca Cola's colonization of Mexico, part 1 of a 2-parter!
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 -
108. NED Pt. 2!
This week, Madeline and David wrap up our two-part episode on NED -- the second, smaller CIA!
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://docs.google.com/document/d/1A1xOGFEcb2-Iy_ZUuNVx_9tdJtnMdjpTMYQfEHnuPRM/edit?usp=sharing -
107. NED -- Like the CIA but Cuter! Pt. 1
This week, Madeline and David talk about the tinier CIA: The National Endowment for Democracy! Part 1.
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://docs.google.com/document/d/1A1xOGFEcb2-Iy_ZUuNVx_9tdJtnMdjpTMYQfEHnuPRM/edit?usp=sharing -
106. Trump Was Sent By Heaven to Destroy the Communist Party!
This week, Madeline and David talk about Shen Yun, Falun Gong, The Epoch Times, and Li Hongzhi!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
BOOK:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/722726/i-survived-capitalism-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-t-shirt-by-madeline-pendleton/
SOURCES:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OFqFIW1ejobai9MrY3ksBc96Jr5lfoW5YeyPzzjkDm8/edit?usp=sharing -
105. Further Right Than West Virginia
This week, David and Madeline talk about the West Virginia coal mining wars, deputizing orthodontists to shoot the poors, and maybe the only okay cop to ever exist -- maybe!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
BOOK:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/722726/i-survived-capitalism-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-t-shirt-by-madeline-pendleton/
SOURCES:
Savage, Lon: Thunder in the Mountains: The West Virginia Coal Mine War 1920-1921
Shogon, Robert: The Battle of Blair Mountain
Hubert, Patrick: Rednecks and Red Bandanas
Wheeler, Hoyt: What Did the Coal Miner See
Amsden, Jon and Brier, Stephen: Coal Miners on Strike
Gadsby, Margaret: The Coal Strikes -
104. The TSA Wants To Know What's In Your Pants!
This week, Madeline and David talk about the TSA, 9/11, and what we could do with $8 billion per year!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
BOOK:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/722726/i-survived-capitalism-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-t-shirt-by-madeline-pendleton/
SOURCES:
https://www.statista.com/chart/24599/passenger-screenings-at-us-airports
https://www.americanactionforum.org/research/insulin-cost-and-pricing-trends/
https://www.theverge.com/c/23311333/tsa-history-airport-security-theater-homeland
https://www.cnn.com/2015/06/01/politics/tsa-failed-undercover-airport-screening-tests/index.html
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/shoe-bomber-richard-reid-flight
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/19/us/politics/underwear-bomber-lawsuit-prison-treatment.html
https://www.npr.org/2021/09/10/1035131619/911-travel-timeline-tsa
https://www.jstor.org/stable/24562556
https://www.vox.com/2016/5/17/11687014/tsa-against-airport-security
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ellistalton/2019/01/28/is-the-tsa-really-necessary/?sh=354b2cf525e0
https://nypost.com/2019/09/08/save-us-from-the-pointless-burdens-of-the-tsa/
https://news.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/wheelchair-bound-preteen-held-tsa-traces-explosives-found-161802927--abc-news-travel.html
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/21075201/oig-tsa-ct.pdf
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/tsa-dumb-security-rules-not-science-based/
https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2011/12/tsa-insanity-201112
https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/17/business/yourmoney/17digi.html
https://www.jobtestprep.com/tsa-training
https://www.cnn.com/2015/06/01/politics/tsa-failed-undercover-airport-screening-tests/index.html
https://www.stratosjets.com/blog/skyhighsmuggling/
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jul/6/tsa-failed-detect-95-percent-prohibited-items-minn/
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/11/the-things-he-carried/307057/
https://nypost.com/2024/02/01/lifestyle/tsa-sparks-privacy-concerns-amid-plans-to-install-facial-recognition-systems-at-400-us-airports/
https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/01/tsa-business-security-theater-not-security/357599/
https://www.npr.org/2021/11/09/1049814332/despite-calls-to-improve-air-travel-is-still-a-nightmare-for-many-with-disabilit
https://tinyurl.com/yknz43cx
https://www.rd.com/article/what-do-airport-body-scanners-see/
https://www.aclu.org/news/national-security/new-documents-show-tsa-program-blamed-profiling
https://www.propublica.org/article/tsa-not-discriminating-against-black-women-but-their-body-scanners-might-be
https://www.propublica.org/article/tsa-not-discriminating-against-black-women-but-their-body-scanners-might-be
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/08/tsa-screening-racial-religious-profiling-aclu-study
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/millennial-media/201812/are-tsa-random-screens-code-racial-profiling
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/12/us/racial-profiling-at-boston-airport-officials-say.html
https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-mo-tsa-removes-nude-scanners-from-airports-20130531-story.html
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/10/us-no-fly-list-predictive-assessments
https://smmirror.com/2023/01/california-homeless-housing-needs-assessment-finds-it-will-cost-303-billion-to-end-homelessness-in-the-state
https://gai.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/TSA-pages-5-8.pdf
Customer Reviews
If you want to know…..
If you want to see what the shadow agency who killed the Kennedies are up to today, you will LOVE this podcast.
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Only complaint is: I worry the CIA is going to take drastic, possibly ridiculous, measures to stop this podcast at any time.
Super dense… but super informative!
I love the range this podcast has. It can go from very light “what does makeup mean in society 🥰🧚🏻♀️” to “ways the CIA has duped YOU PERSONALLY👹” in the span of like, a week. i do have to be in the right headspace to really dive in considering most episodes are a couple hours long at LEAST, probably my only complaint just because it’s always soooo dense. but definitely something you can pause and come back to. truly just giant deep dives into topics you didn’t even know needed deep dives. if you are anything left of center, have ever had gripes with unregulated capitalism, or have been critical of societal structures at all for any reason, you’ll probably find this interesting even if you don’t “agree” with it all.
tysm for doing my hyperfixation homework, madeline 🫵🏻🫶🏼❤️🔥💋 u r a super ⭐️