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Pick Me Up, I'm Scared.

129. The Potato Famine, Pt. 1

Pick Me Up, I'm Scared.

Madeline Pendleton and David Roberts

Society & Culture

4.8724 Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2024

⏱️ 122 minutes

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Summary

This week, Madeline and David talk about the history of the colonization of Ireland leading up to the potato famine!

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to Pick Me Up, I'm scared. The podcast. I'm your host Madeline. I'm your co-host David. And today I lost

0:29.5

the connector for our microphone to go to my computer. So we're just recording straight on the

0:34.3

MacBook. Which it means I'm going to sound extra nasally.

0:37.6

Hope you guys enjoy that.

0:39.0

You know, just when you thought our sound quality couldn't get more inconsistent and bizarre.

0:43.5

You know, it is better than when we try to record on Zoom, I will say that.

0:47.8

It definitely is, yes.

0:49.7

And if you stick with us, you're a real one.

0:52.7

I think the info is good though.

0:54.9

The info's worth it.

0:55.8

I will say, okay, well, so I was on my way over here,

1:00.0

I was like, well, how do we do the hard transition?

1:04.1

Uh-huh.

1:05.1

Let's do the most obnoxious of white American questions.

1:09.7

What is it? Madeline. Yeah. How Irish are you?

1:13.7

Oh, I think I'm zero Irish. Wait, I have my 23 and me. Do you know how Irish you are?

1:20.3

I mean, I know my family tree well enough to know I'm like all like English and Welsh.

1:26.4

I really, oh here we go. Here we go. I have Welsh. I really, oh, here we go.

1:28.1

Here we go.

1:28.5

I have mine.

1:29.2

I am 32% British and Irish.

1:33.0

But I am mostly French and German.

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