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Pick Me Up, I'm Scared.

136. USAID - Pt. 2!

Pick Me Up, I'm Scared.

Madeline Pendleton and David Roberts

Society & Culture

4.8 • 724 Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2025

⏱️ 178 minutes

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Summary

This week, Madeline and David wrap up our second part of our discussion about USAID!

PATREON:

https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/posts

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to Pick Me Up, I'm scared. The podcast.

0:32.4

I'm your host, Madeline. I'm your co-host, David. And we are back after a small break.

0:39.3

Sorry, everybody, with our second part of our episode on USAID, or as I've been calling it, USAID.

0:42.2

And I'm confused why everybody else doesn't just call it USAID too.

0:43.2

It's what makes sense.

0:45.0

I'd say, you know what?

0:49.4

I like, I, I, yesterday was my aunt's birthday.

0:58.2

And she was telling me about a friend of hers who was a USAID worker, who himself called a USAID form. And she was telling me about a friend of hers who was a USAID worker who himself called a USAID form and shoot.

0:59.2

So I'm just saying.

0:59.7

Okay.

1:00.2

All right.

1:01.7

I got shooters on my side.

1:04.6

But I will say, okay. So welcome back.

1:07.7

Madeline was a barbarian town.

1:10.2

She was trying to get

1:11.0

with the times.

1:12.3

Go real folk

1:15.3

German cottage core.

1:18.3

I started dating

1:19.5

someone new

1:20.4

and we went on a little

1:21.6

weekend trip together.

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