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Pick Me Up, I'm Scared.
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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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133. The Haitian Revolution -- Pt. 2!
Jan 28, 202502:10:39Tap to summarizeThis week, David and Madeline talk about the Haitian Revolution! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/ SOURCES: http://piketty.pse.ens.fr/files/Henochsberg2016.pdf https://jacobin.com/2017/01/haiti-reparations-france-slavery-colonialism-debt/ https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/world/americas/haiti-history-colonized-france.html https://nyujilp.org/frances-overdue-debt-to-haiti/#_ftn3 https://www.jstor.org/stable/44148455 https://www.jstor.org/stable/42843715 https://www.cadtm.org/The-evolution-of-wealth-inequalities-over-the-last-two-centuries https://www.projectmanifest.eu/the-french-society-of-friends-of-black-people-1788-1799-en-fr/ https://revolution.chnm.org/d/290 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/world/haiti-wall-street-us-banks.html James, The Black Jacobins: Toussaint Louverture and the San Domingo Revolution Douglas, Making The Black Jacobins: C.L.R. James and the Drama of History Cesaire, Return to my Native Land https://www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices/timeline/171.html Williams, Capitalism and Slavery Peabody: “There Are No Slaves in France” Geggus, David, ed. The Haitian Revolution: A Documentary History M. de C. Makandal, Histoire Veritable Popkin, A Concise History of the Haitian Revolution
Transcribe →132. The Haitian Revolution - Pt. 1!
Jan 20, 202502:07:06Tap to summarizeThis week, David and Madeline talk about the Haitian Revolution! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/ SOURCES: http://piketty.pse.ens.fr/files/Henochsberg2016.pdf https://jacobin.com/2017/01/haiti-reparations-france-slavery-colonialism-debt/ https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/world/americas/haiti-history-colonized-france.html https://nyujilp.org/frances-overdue-debt-to-haiti/#_ftn3 https://www.jstor.org/stable/44148455 https://www.jstor.org/stable/42843715 https://www.cadtm.org/The-evolution-of-wealth-inequalities-over-the-last-two-centuries https://www.projectmanifest.eu/the-french-society-of-friends-of-black-people-1788-1799-en-fr/ https://revolution.chnm.org/d/290 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/world/haiti-wall-street-us-banks.html James, The Black Jacobins: Toussaint Louverture and the San Domingo Revolution Douglas, Making The Black Jacobins: C.L.R. James and the Drama of History Cesaire, Return to my Native Land https://www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices/timeline/171.html Williams, Capitalism and Slavery Peabody: “There Are No Slaves in France” Geggus, David, ed. The Haitian Revolution: A Documentary History M. de C. Makandal, Histoire Veritable Popkin, A Concise History of the Haitian Revolution
Transcribe →131. The Case for Letting Malibu Burn
Jan 13, 202502:14:51Tap to summarizeThis week, Madeline & David talk about the Los Angeles fires, prison labor, and climate change! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/posts SOURCES: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14269289/arsonist-arrested-starting-la-kenneth-fire.html https://longreads.com/2018/12/04/the-case-for-letting-malibu-burn/ https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1935/10/27/87883221.html?login=smartlock&auth=login-smartlock&pageNumber=13 https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-malibu-wildfire-history/ https://malibutimes.com/article_be86d151-e381-5db5-9a85-66cc05586070 https://retrospectjournal.com/2023/11/26/the-flammable-nature-of-malibu-beach-a-brief-history-of-californias-wildfires-in-the-early-20th-century/ https://www.firehouse.com/operations-training/article/10545036/californias-calabasas-malibu-fire https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025/01/11/los-angeles-fires-california-updates-palisades-eaton-kenneth/ https://ktla.com/news/california/wildfires/eaton-fire-still-raging-in-southern-california-saturday-as-santa-ana-winds-pick-back-up/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0ewe4p9128o https://www.themarshallproject.org/2025/01/11/los-angeles-palisades-prisoners-firefighters https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/us/inmates-firefighters-wildfires-california.html https://www.npr.org/2025/01/10/nx-s1-5254122/inmate-firefighters-california-wildfires https://www.vera.org/news/from-fighting-wildfires-to-digging-graves-incarcerated-workers-face-danger-on-the-job https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-history-of-californias-inmate-firefighter-program-180980662/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/01/california-incarcerated-firefighters-prison
Transcribe →130. The Potato Famine - Pt. 2!
Jan 6, 202501:58:19Tap to summarizeThis week, Madeline & David wrap up part 2 of our series on the Potato famine! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/posts SOURCES: https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1p6qp8j https://www.jstor.org/stable/30006815 https://www.jstor.org/stable/27724246 https://www.jstor.org/stable/175367 https://www.jstor.org/stable/43920279 https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2023/12/27/jane-ohlmeyer-ireland-served-as-a-laboratory-for-the-british-empire/ https://the-past.com/feature/the-tudor-conquest-of-ireland/ https://daily.jstor.org/britains-blueprint-for-colonialism-made-in-ireland/ https://escholarship.mcgill.ca/concern/theses/bc386j919 https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch1169-1799.htm https://www.jstor.org/stable/30006740?read-now=1&seq=8#page_scan_tab_contents https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1002&context=srhonorsprog https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/27533643.pdf?refreqid=fastly-default%3Abb408c83fba772ab72430ebed8a32c86&ab_segments=&initiator=&acceptTC=1 https://www.jstor.org/stable/24399137 https://www.jstor.org/stable/30006772 https://www.jstor.org/stable/30006355 https://www.jstor.org/stable/24340829 https://marxist.com/irish-potato-famine10122007.htm https://www.researchgate.net/publication/247758541_A_Million_of_the_Irish_Toilers_A_Marxist_Approach_to_the_Great_Irish_Famine https://daily.jstor.org/when-language-started-a-political-revolution/ https://www.britannica.com/event/Easter-Rising https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/the-legacy-of-eoin-macneill-the-man-who-tried-to-call-off-the-rising-1.1579668 https://as.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyu-as/irelandHouse/documents/0111-0126_PoliticsOfTheIrishLanguage.pdf https://www.jstor.org/stable/43670669
Transcribe →129. The Potato Famine, Pt. 1
Nov 11, 202402:02:22Tap to summarizeThis week, Madeline and David talk about the history of the colonization of Ireland leading up to the potato famine! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared SOURCES: https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1p6qp8j https://www.jstor.org/stable/30006815 https://www.jstor.org/stable/27724246 https://www.jstor.org/stable/175367 https://www.jstor.org/stable/43920279 https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2023/12/27/jane-ohlmeyer-ireland-served-as-a-laboratory-for-the-british-empire/ https://the-past.com/feature/the-tudor-conquest-of-ireland/ https://daily.jstor.org/britains-blueprint-for-colonialism-made-in-ireland/ https://escholarship.mcgill.ca/concern/theses/bc386j919 https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch1169-1799.htm https://www.jstor.org/stable/30006740?read-now=1&seq=8#page_scan_tab_contents https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1002&context=srhonorsprog https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/27533643.pdf?refreqid=fastly-default%3Abb408c83fba772ab72430ebed8a32c86&ab_segments=&initiator=&acceptTC=1 https://www.jstor.org/stable/24399137 https://www.jstor.org/stable/30006772 https://www.jstor.org/stable/30006355 https://www.jstor.org/stable/24340829 https://marxist.com/irish-potato-famine10122007.htm https://www.researchgate.net/publication/247758541_A_Million_of_the_Irish_Toilers_A_Marxist_Approach_to_the_Great_Irish_Famine https://daily.jstor.org/when-language-started-a-political-revolution/ https://www.britannica.com/event/Easter-Rising https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/the-legacy-of-eoin-macneill-the-man-who-tried-to-call-off-the-rising-1.1579668 https://as.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyu-as/irelandHouse/documents/0111-0126_PoliticsOfTheIrishLanguage.pdf https://www.jstor.org/stable/43670669
Transcribe →128. The Politics of Horror, Pt. 4!
Nov 4, 202402:46:16Tap to summarizeThis week, Madeline and David wrap up our 4-part series on the politics of horror by talking about horror movies and disability, plus horror movies and the domestic space! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/posts SOURCES: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2757926/ https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2023/10/08/one-of-us-tod-brownings-freaks-disability-culture-and-the-criterion-for-inclusion/ https://www.nyfa.edu/student-resources/how-horror-movies-have-changed-since-their-beginning/ https://www.jstor.org/stable/431308?read-now=1&seq=8#page_scan_tab_contents https://daily.jstor.org/the-horror/ https://medusacreatives.com/2020/10/31/normal-people-dont-scare-me-a-history-of-ableism-in-the-horror-genre/ https://collider.com/horror-movies-transphobia/ https://wildezine.com/3806/opinion/its-not-about-the-dress-a-brief-history-of-transphobia-in-horror-movies/ https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/press/transpop-suicide-press-release/ https://cinema.usc.edu/spectator/37.2/5_Miller.pdf https://www.sceneandheardnu.com/female-victimization-in-horror https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2023/03/revealing-horrors-problematic-past-the-black-guy-dies-first/ https://www.frieze.com/article/unmasking-hollywood-horrors-racial-stereotypes https://baltimorebeat.com/three-decades-later-the-people-under-the-stairs-is-unsubtle-unsung-and-unbelievable/ https://medium.com/@jaredcharles/american-capitalism-the-implications-of-class-and-race-in-horror-9c990639b32f https://grlmag.com/2022/02/28/the-final-girl-feminist-icon-or-misogynistic-martyr/ https://thefilmsmith.com/2010/03/20/why-arent-we-killing-the-poor/ https://dailydead.com/editorial-jaws-is-a-political-piece-with-some-serious-teeth/ https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/pod-people-legacy-invasion-body-snatchers https://dainealmaclean.medium.com/the-american-home-invasion-film-and-the-history-of-racial-and-social-exclusion-in-the-pursuit-of-87d02c6f514d
Transcribe →127. The Politics of Horror, Part 3!
Oct 21, 202402:15:19Tap to summarizeThis week, Madeline and David talk about race and class in the politics of horror movies! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared SOURCES: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2757926/ https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2023/10/08/one-of-us-tod-brownings-freaks-disability-culture-and-the-criterion-for-inclusion/ https://www.nyfa.edu/student-resources/how-horror-movies-have-changed-since-their-beginning/ https://www.jstor.org/stable/431308?read-now=1&seq=8#page_scan_tab_contents https://daily.jstor.org/the-horror/ https://medusacreatives.com/2020/10/31/normal-people-dont-scare-me-a-history-of-ableism-in-the-horror-genre/ https://collider.com/horror-movies-transphobia/ https://wildezine.com/3806/opinion/its-not-about-the-dress-a-brief-history-of-transphobia-in-horror-movies/ https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/press/transpop-suicide-press-release/ https://cinema.usc.edu/spectator/37.2/5_Miller.pdf https://www.sceneandheardnu.com/female-victimization-in-horror https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2023/03/revealing-horrors-problematic-past-the-black-guy-dies-first/ https://www.frieze.com/article/unmasking-hollywood-horrors-racial-stereotypes https://baltimorebeat.com/three-decades-later-the-people-under-the-stairs-is-unsubtle-unsung-and-unbelievable/ https://medium.com/@jaredcharles/american-capitalism-the-implications-of-class-and-race-in-horror-9c990639b32f https://grlmag.com/2022/02/28/the-final-girl-feminist-icon-or-misogynistic-martyr/ https://thefilmsmith.com/2010/03/20/why-arent-we-killing-the-poor/ https://dailydead.com/editorial-jaws-is-a-political-piece-with-some-serious-teeth/ https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/pod-people-legacy-invasion-body-snatchers https://dainealmaclean.medium.com/the-american-home-invasion-film-and-the-history-of-racial-and-social-exclusion-in-the-pursuit-of-87d02c6f514d
Transcribe →126. The Politics of Horror, Pt. 2!
Oct 14, 202402:12:56Tap to summarizeThis week, David and Madeline start a journey exploring the politics of horror movies! We do a brief overview of the transition from horror literature to horror film and the key trends of horror films by decade. Next week, we will tackle the politics of horror by topic and explore specific film titles! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared SOURCES: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2757926/ https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2023/10/08/one-of-us-tod-brownings-freaks-disability-culture-and-the-criterion-for-inclusion/ https://www.nyfa.edu/student-resources/how-horror-movies-have-changed-since-their-beginning/ https://www.jstor.org/stable/431308?read-now=1&seq=8#page_scan_tab_contents https://daily.jstor.org/the-horror/ https://medusacreatives.com/2020/10/31/normal-people-dont-scare-me-a-history-of-ableism-in-the-horror-genre/ https://collider.com/horror-movies-transphobia/ https://wildezine.com/3806/opinion/its-not-about-the-dress-a-brief-history-of-transphobia-in-horror-movies/ https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/press/transpop-suicide-press-release/ https://cinema.usc.edu/spectator/37.2/5_Miller.pdf https://www.sceneandheardnu.com/female-victimization-in-horror https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2023/03/revealing-horrors-problematic-past-the-black-guy-dies-first/ https://www.frieze.com/article/unmasking-hollywood-horrors-racial-stereotypes https://baltimorebeat.com/three-decades-later-the-people-under-the-stairs-is-unsubtle-unsung-and-unbelievable/ https://medium.com/@jaredcharles/american-capitalism-the-implications-of-class-and-race-in-horror-9c990639b32f https://grlmag.com/2022/02/28/the-final-girl-feminist-icon-or-misogynistic-martyr/ https://thefilmsmith.com/2010/03/20/why-arent-we-killing-the-poor/ https://dailydead.com/editorial-jaws-is-a-political-piece-with-some-serious-teeth/ https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/pod-people-legacy-invasion-body-snatchers https://dainealmaclean.medium.com/the-american-home-invasion-film-and-the-history-of-racial-and-social-exclusion-in-the-pursuit-of-87d02c6f514d
Transcribe →125. The Politics of Horror Movies -- Pt. 1!
Oct 7, 202401:50:01Tap to summarizeThis week, David and Madeline start a journey exploring the politics of horror movies! We do a brief overview of the transition from horror literature to horror film and the key trends of horror films by decade. Next week, we will tackle the politics of horror by topic and explore specific film titles! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared SOURCES: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2757926/ https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2023/10/08/one-of-us-tod-brownings-freaks-disability-culture-and-the-criterion-for-inclusion/ https://www.nyfa.edu/student-resources/how-horror-movies-have-changed-since-their-beginning/ https://www.jstor.org/stable/431308?read-now=1&seq=8#page_scan_tab_contents https://daily.jstor.org/the-horror/ https://medusacreatives.com/2020/10/31/normal-people-dont-scare-me-a-history-of-ableism-in-the-horror-genre/ https://collider.com/horror-movies-transphobia/ https://wildezine.com/3806/opinion/its-not-about-the-dress-a-brief-history-of-transphobia-in-horror-movies/ https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/press/transpop-suicide-press-release/ https://cinema.usc.edu/spectator/37.2/5_Miller.pdf https://www.sceneandheardnu.com/female-victimization-in-horror https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2023/03/revealing-horrors-problematic-past-the-black-guy-dies-first/ https://www.frieze.com/article/unmasking-hollywood-horrors-racial-stereotypes https://baltimorebeat.com/three-decades-later-the-people-under-the-stairs-is-unsubtle-unsung-and-unbelievable/ https://medium.com/@jaredcharles/american-capitalism-the-implications-of-class-and-race-in-horror-9c990639b32f https://grlmag.com/2022/02/28/the-final-girl-feminist-icon-or-misogynistic-martyr/ https://thefilmsmith.com/2010/03/20/why-arent-we-killing-the-poor/ https://dailydead.com/editorial-jaws-is-a-political-piece-with-some-serious-teeth/ https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/pod-people-legacy-invasion-body-snatchers https://dainealmaclean.medium.com/the-american-home-invasion-film-and-the-history-of-racial-and-social-exclusion-in-the-pursuit-of-87d02c6f514d
Transcribe →124. Free Tibet, Pt. 2!
Sep 30, 202402:48:10Tap to summarizeThis week, Madeline & David wrap up our 2-part episode about the CIA and the Free Tibet Movement! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared SOURCES: https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80R01731R000200110047-1.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82-00457R007100010009-7.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79R00890A001100090004-2.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP78-02771R000300470002-3.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79R00890A001100040024-5.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82-00457R001800890009-0.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80B01676R002400060103-8.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79R00890A001100040003-8.pdf https://ywang.uchicago.edu/history/docs/2001_03_05.pd https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/19thcpcnationalcongress/2010-11/24/content_29714621_2.htm https://www.marxists.org/subject/china/peking-review/1966/PR1966-36m.htm https://www.marxists.org/glossary/events/c/u.htm https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/ncm-7/cwp-cr/intro.htm https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/ncm-7/cwp-cr/part-3.htm https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82-00457R009400440004-0.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82-00457R008300510002-6.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82-00457R009600210006-1.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80B01676R004300030019-4.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80-00810A002000070007-5.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP78T05929A000400080015-3.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/DOC_0005760209.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/COVERT%20ACTION%20IN%20HIGH%20ALT%5B14688685%5D.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82R00025R000100060013-5.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP78-04864A000300050003-0.pdf https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1999/09/23/the-dalai-lama-and-the-cia/ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/feb/10/tibet-china-feudalism https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP88-01350R000200230033-3.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP78-03061A000400050002-2.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82R00025R000100060022-5.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82R00025R000100060022-5.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79T01018A000300070001-4.pdf https://www.thequint.com/news/politics/dalai-lama-tibet-china-development https://www.newsweek.com/checking-secret-cia-hotel-tibets-freedom-fighters-390723 https://dalailama80.tibetnetwork.org/day-6/ https://1997-2001.state.gov/regions/eap/1996_eap_speeches.html https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90T00100R000201090001-1.pdf https://www.nybooks.com/online/2013/04/09/cias-cancelled-war-tibet/ https://web.archive.org/web/20170123043530/ https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76v17/d278 https://www.jstor.org/stable/26202084 https://www.colorado.edu/anthropology/sites/default/files/attached-files/mcgranahantibetscoldwar.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/10/obituaries/heinrich-harrer-93-explorer-of-tibet-dies.html https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,864579,00.html https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/22/opinion/22french.html https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/29/education/29student.html <a href="https://www.goodr...
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