Pick Me Up, I'm Scared.

This week, Madeline and Kenna talk about libraries, the Americanization of immigrants, and third spaces!

PATREON:

https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared

BOOK PRE-ORDER:

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/722726/i-survived-capitalism-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-t-shirt-by-madeline-pendleton/

SOURCES:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Stoics

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https://lis653.wordpress.com/2020/11/04/soviet-library-classification-schemes/

https://www.nonviolenceny.org/post/exotic

https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-homestead-strike

https://www.jaha.org/attractions/johnstown-flood-museum/flood-history/the-club-and-the-dam/

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https://www.aei.org/politics-and-public-opinion/if-libraries-are-about-finding-the-truth-lets-be-honest-about-their-decline/

https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/12/what-are-the-real-third-places/

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https://www.lapl.org/

Welcome to the first episode of our podcast! In this episode: Madeline smacks her lips a lot (sorry, we're new to this) and we talk about front lawns, community spaces, geodesic domes, and the housing crisis.

Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared

Sources:

1) https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/anthropology-in-practice/the-american-obsession-with-lawns/

2) https://www.businessinsider.com/americas-biggest-crop-is-grass-2016-2

3) https://www.businessinsider.com/where-grass-lawns-came-from-2016-5#and-in-drought-stricken-regions-out-west-its-not-worth-all-the-water-to-grow-a-yard-full-of-plants-from-rainy-england-in-southern-california-stick-with-a-native-grass-instead-16

4) https://www.nrdc.org/experts/tracy-quinn/why-lawn-must-die

5) https://www.cnn.com/style/article/lawns-american-yard-us/index.html

6) https://www.nrdc.org/stories/more-sustainable-and-beautiful-alternatives-grass-lawn

7) https://ggwash.org/view/72499/lawns-are-good-for-almost-nothing-environment-eco-landscaping

8) https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/09/video/lawn-grass-environment-history.html

9) https://www.cnps.org/

10) https://www.jstor.org/stable/24706922

11) https://www.dailycal.org/2021/03/20/why-do-we-have-lawns-anyway/

12) https://www.monticello.org/slavery/

13) https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/slavery/

Further Reading:

1) "Debt: The First 5000 Years" by David Graeber

2) "Confronting Empire" by Arundhati Roy

3) "Forest Bathing Is Great for Your Health. Here’s How to Do It" by Qing Li, Time Magazine

4) "When June Jordan and Buckminster Fuller Tried to Redesign Harlem" by Claire Schwartz, The New Yorker

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/

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https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2011/12/tsa-insanity-201112

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https://www.jobtestprep.com/tsa-training

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https://www.stratosjets.com/blog/skyhighsmuggling/

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https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/11/the-things-he-carried/307057/

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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/<...

This week, Madeline and David talk about Stockholm Syndrome, apartment hunting in LA, and why cops are so scared of acorns!

PATREON:

https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared

MADELINE'S BOOK:

http://tinyurl.com/ymzv3xas

SOURCES:

https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/what-is-stockholm-syndrome

https://theprepared.com/emergencies/guides/kidnapping/

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-23/is-stockholm-syndrome-a-myth/102738084

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1600-0447.2007.01112.x

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=OPTvgIUIEyAC&q=rises+to+95+percent&redir_esc=y#v=snippet&q=rises%20to%2095%20percent&f=false

https://daily.jstor.org/stockholm-syndrome/

https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/KvaX8M/radslan-for-polisens-agerande-enade-oss

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/stockholm-syndrome-meaning-bank-robbery-b2399531.html

https://lithub.com/on-the-myth-of-stockholm-syndrome-and-women-guerrilla-fighters/

https://www.history.com/news/stockholm-syndrome

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/10/21/gone-girl-2

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/08/23/stockholm-syndrome-bank-robbery-jan-erik-olsson/

https://www.nytimes.com/1973/08/25/archives/swedish-robber-holds-hostages-2d-day.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/sep/11/natascha-kampusch-interview

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1974/11/25/the-bank-drama

https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/02/obituaries/nils-bejerot-67-pioneer-in-study-of-drug-abuse.html

This week, Madeline and David get into the second half of our deep dive on Ronald Reagan -- the presidential years!

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:

SOURCES

https://www.lse.ac.uk/research/research-for-the-world/economics/tax-cuts-for-the-wealthy-only-benefit-the-rich-debunking-trickle-down-economics

https://millercenter.org/president/reagan/foreign-affairs

https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/474669-how-ronald-reagan-won-the-cold-war/

https://merip.org/1988/11/saudi-arabia-and-the-reagan-doctrine/

https://www.politico.com/story/2013/02/this-day-in-politics-feb-6-1985-087212

https://merip.org/1987/03/ethiopias-contras/

https://lithub.com/how-ronald-reagans-time-at-general-electric-pushed-him-to-conservatism/

https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/12/nancy-reagan-hollywood-history-twitter-madonna.html

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1980/09/16/us-to-support-pol-pot-regime-for-un-seat/58b8b124-7dd7-448f-b4f7-80231683ec57/

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https://www.hrw.org/reports/1989/WR89/Cambodia.htm

https://ips-dc.org/the_cia_contras_gangs_and_crack/

https://oig.justice.gov/sites/default/files/archive/special/9712/ch01p2.htm