156. The Armenian Genocide - Pt. 1
Pick Me Up, I'm Scared.
Madeline Pendleton and David Roberts
4.8 • 783 Ratings
🗓️ 6 January 2026
⏱️ 93 minutes
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Summary
This week, David and Madeline talk about the Armenian genocide.
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https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/posts
SOURCES:
Genocide and Persecution: The Armenian Genocide, ed. Noah Berlatsky
Roving Revolutionaries: Armenians and the Connected Revolutions in the Russian, Iranian, and Ottoman Worlds, Houri Berberian
Armenian Golgotha: A Memoir of the Armenian Genocide, Grigoris Balakian
The Armenian Massacres 1894-1896: U.S. Media Testimony, ed. Arman Kirakossian
They Can Live in the Desert and Nowhere Else: A History of the Armenian Genocide, Ronald Grigor Suny.
The Banality of Indifference: Zionism and the Armenian Genocide: Yair Auron
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Pick Me Up, I'm scared. The podcast. |
| 0:28.3 | I'm your co-host today, Madeline. |
| 0:30.9 | It's me. It's all you. Sorry, guys. |
| 0:31.9 | Don't apologize. |
| 0:34.1 | Never take up space, David. |
| 0:39.9 | You know, I am man spreading today all over your fucking internet connection. |
| 0:43.0 | I'm ready for it. |
| 0:43.5 | Yeah. |
| 0:48.2 | I'm actually really excited about this topic because I was telling you, I somehow know nothing about this. Okay, so we are from Fresno. |
| 0:50.9 | Yes. |
| 0:51.2 | Right. |
| 0:51.6 | Large Armenian population. |
| 0:53.3 | Like one of the largest Armenian populations per capita in the country. I live one block from Glendale now. Live one block from Glendale. Also very large Armenian population. You hang out in East Hollywood sometimes. I listen to system of a down religiously growing up. And yet you know nothing like you... I know nothing about the Armenian Genocide. Would you... |
| 1:11.6 | Big gap in my knowledge. |
| 1:12.2 | Let me ask you a question. |
| 1:13.2 | What do you know about, like, Armenians? |
| 1:14.9 | Just like, generally. |
| 1:16.1 | System of a down, as I mentioned. |
| 1:18.6 | Uh-huh. |
| 1:19.6 | I think that might be... |
| 1:21.6 | Um, some of the foods I remember we had at food fair days at school girls. |
| 1:28.3 | Like beer rocks, Ramajun, stuff like that. |
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