121. Air America, Part 1!
Pick Me Up, I'm Scared.
Madeline Pendleton and David Roberts
4.8 • 724 Ratings
🗓️ 9 September 2024
⏱️ 90 minutes
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Summary
This week, David and Madeline talk about the CIA's very own airline, Air America!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Pick Me Up, I'm scared. The podcast. |
| 0:31.6 | I'm your host, Madeline. I am your co-host, David. And we are back for our first episode after our August break. |
| 0:38.2 | Yeah, we did a couple of Patreon-type things over in August, but this is a main, like, Spotify-type episode. |
| 0:44.7 | Yes, it is our main episode. So, uh, we're back, you know, we take August off usually, |
| 0:52.2 | um, because it is my birthday and life is hectic. Yep. Uh, so, Madeline, what do an elephant, the crown prince of Kuwait, some illegally trafficked pet |
| 0:55.8 | gibbons, and the bulk of the world supply of heroin have in common? |
| 0:59.3 | Well, I know the answer to this. |
| 1:00.5 | You know the answer. It's written in front of you. |
| 1:02.5 | I know the answer. It is that they all flew on plane zone by the CIA. |
| 1:06.6 | Yep. Today we're talking about Air America. |
| 1:09.3 | Yeah, and this is not the first time we've talked about Air America. |
| 1:11.6 | But this is, I feel like, the first time we've devoted something to it. |
| 1:15.4 | Correct. |
| 1:15.8 | I was looking back, and it seems like it was in the Kissinger episode a little bit. |
| 1:20.1 | And on an episode, we did just an overview of some of the more ridiculous things about the CIA. |
| 1:25.8 | Yeah, it was maybe like a... |
| 1:27.1 | It was a long time ago. |
| 1:27.8 | Oh, is this a you and Kenna episode? |
| 1:29.0 | Me and Kenna, yeah. |
| 1:29.8 | Yeah, yeah. |
| 1:30.4 | So this is going to be a deep dive into Air America, |
| 1:33.2 | and it's going to be a little bit unique |
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