Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff
As long as there’s been oppression, there’ve been people fighting it. This weekly podcast dives into history to drag up the wildest rebels, the most beautiful revolts, and all the people who long to be—and fight to be—free. It explores complex stories of resistance that offer lessons and inspiration for us today, focusing on the ensemble casts that make up each act of history. That is to say, this podcast focuses on Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff.
- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 53 minutes
- Episodes
- 428
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Part Two: Public Radio: From the Open Source Origins to the Pacifist Poets
Margaret talks with Bridget Todd about Jagadish Chandra Bose, the inventor of radio, and Kenneth Rexroth, the poet involved in the creation of public radio.
Sources
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/p…
Part One: Public Radio: From the Open Source Origins to the Pacifist Poets
Margaret talks with Bridget Todd about Jagadish Chandra Bose, the inventor of radio, and Kenneth Rexroth, the poet involved in the creation of public radio.
Sources:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/…
CZM Book Club: Hermetica, by Alan Lea, Part Seven
Margaret brings you the conclusion of the tale of Hermetica.
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Part Two: Pirate Radio: From International Waters to Squatted Apartment Buildings
Margaret continues her talk with Bursts about the surprising history of pirate radio and the three way fight for control of the airwaves.
Sources:
https://files.libcom.org/files/radio-is-my-bomb-part…
Part One: Pirate Radio: From International Waters to Squatted Apartment Buildings
Margaret talks with Bursts about the surprising history of pirate radio and the three way fight for control of the airwaves.
Sources:
https://files.libcom.org/files/radio-is-my-bomb-part-1.pdf
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CZM Book Club: Hermetica, by Alan Lea, Part Six
Margaret continues with tale of Hermetica, the generation ship.
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Part Two: The Surprising Stories Behind Foosball and Air Mail
Margaret continues her talk with Mangesh Hattikudur about the antifascist who invented table soccer and the socialist photographer who invented air mail.
Sources:
https://spainonthisday.com/alejandro…
Part One: The Surprising Stories Behind Foosball and Air Mail
Margaret talks with Mangesh Hattikudur about the antifascist who invented table soccer and the socialist photographer who invented air mail.
Sources:
https://spainonthisday.com/alejandro-finisterre-t…
CZM Book Club: Hermetica, by Alan Lea, Part Five
Margaret brings you further along into the tale of Hermetica, the generation ship.
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Part Two: Alter-globalization Continues: How the Movement of Movements Used Carnivals and Riots to Fight Neoliberalism
Margaret continues talking about how people confronted trade summit after trade summit, fighting tooth, nail, and pom-pom against unelected world governance.
Sources:
https://crimethinc.com/2021/11/3…
CZM Book Club : Hermetica, by Alan Lea, Part Four
Margaret brings you further along into the tale of Hermetica, the generation ship.
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CZM Rewind: Part Two: The Jane Collective: Direct Action Abortion Access Works
In part two of this weeks episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Samantha McVey about the more than a hundred women who provided safe, affordable abortion in pre- Roe v Wade Chicago.
Origi…
CZM Rewind: Part One: The Jane Collective: Direct Action Abortion Access Works
Margaret talks with Samantha McVey about the more than a hundred women who provided safe, affordable abortion in pre- Roe v Wade Chicago.
Original Air Date: 5.9.2022
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CZM Book Club: Hermetica, by Alan Lea, Part Three
Margaret brings you further along into the tale of Hermetica, the generation ship.
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Part One: Alter-globalization Continues: How the Movement of Movements Used Carnivals and Riots to Fight Neoliberalism
Margaret talks about how people confronted trade summit after trade summit, fighting tooth, nail, and pom-pom against unelected world governance.
Sources:
https://crimethinc.com/2021/11/30/epilogue…
CZM Book Club: Hermetica, by Alan Lea, Part Two
Margaret continues with Hermetica and our protagonist discovers... a clue!
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Part Two: Indymedia: How Lefty Techies and Journalists Reinvented the Internet
Margaret continues talking to Sarah Marshall about the Independent Media Centers that helped protesters build movements and changed how online communication happens.
Sources:
https://daily.jstor.or…
Part One: Indymedia: How Lefty Techies and Journalists Reinvented the Internet
Margaret talks to Sarah Marshall about the Independent Media Centers that helped protesters build movements and changed how online communication happens.
Sources:
https://daily.jstor.org/the-inventio…
CZM Book Club: Hermetica, by Alan Lea, Part One
Margaret reads you a modern speculative fiction novella written in the classic style that she thinks you'll like.
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CZM Rewind: The Japanese Anarchists Part Two
We're once again joined by Margaret Killjoy, host of the new podcast Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff, to talk about the history of anarchism in Japan.
Original Air Date: 4.29.22 on It Could Happen Her…