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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.

Society & Culture History
Update frequency
every 2 days
Average duration
53 minutes
Episodes
428
Years Active
2022 - 2025
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Part Two: The Common Ground Collective: The DIY Collective That Built Modern Mutual Aid

Part Two: The Common Ground Collective: The DIY Collective That Built Modern Mutual Aid

In part two, Margaret continues to talk with Andrew Ti about the anarchists and former Black Panthers that came together to set up mutual aid in post-Katrina New Orleans.

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00:56:14  |   Wed 21 Feb 2024
Part One: The Common Ground Collective: The DIY Collective That Built Modern Mutual Aid

Part One: The Common Ground Collective: The DIY Collective That Built Modern Mutual Aid

Margaret talks with Andrew Ti about the anarchists and former Black Panthers that came together to set up mutual aid in post-Katrina New Orleans.

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00:47:06  |   Mon 19 Feb 2024
CZM Book Club:

CZM Book Club: "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Part Two

Margaret reads you the second part of a classic feminist horror story about the madness caused by patriarchy.

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00:25:42  |   Sun 18 Feb 2024
Part Four: The Easter Rising: How a Bunch of Irish Poets and Union Organizers Took On the British Empire, Died, and Then Won

Part Four: The Easter Rising: How a Bunch of Irish Poets and Union Organizers Took On the British Empire, Died, and Then Won

In our final part, Margaret talks with Katy Stoll about the motley collection of rebels who sparked Irish independence

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00:59:31  |   Wed 14 Feb 2024
Part Three: The Easter Rising: How a Bunch of Irish Poets and Union Organizers Took On the British Empire, Died, and Then Won

Part Three: The Easter Rising: How a Bunch of Irish Poets and Union Organizers Took On the British Empire, Died, and Then Won

Margaret, for the third time out of four, talks with Katy Stoll about the motley collection of rebels who sparked Irish independence.

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00:48:27  |   Mon 12 Feb 2024
CZM Book Club:

CZM Book Club: "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Part One

Margaret reads you a classic feminist horror story about the madness caused by patriarchy.

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00:26:35  |   Sun 11 Feb 2024
Part Two: The Easter Rising: How a Bunch of Irish Poets and Union Organizers Took On the British Empire, Died, and Then Won

Part Two: The Easter Rising: How a Bunch of Irish Poets and Union Organizers Took On the British Empire, Died, and Then Won

In part two, Margaret continues to talk with Katy Stoll about the motley collection of rebels who sparked Irish independence.

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00:51:15  |   Wed 07 Feb 2024
Part One: The Easter Rising: How a Bunch of Irish Poets and Union Organizers Took On the British Empire, Died, and Then Won

Part One: The Easter Rising: How a Bunch of Irish Poets and Union Organizers Took On the British Empire, Died, and Then Won

Margaret talks with Katy Stoll about the motley collection of rebels who sparked Irish independence.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

00:57:43  |   Mon 05 Feb 2024
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CZM Book Club: "The House of Surrender" by Laurie Penny

Margaret reads Shereen a story about a time traveler sent to a very strange prison.

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00:37:17  |   Sun 04 Feb 2024
Part Two: Abortion and its Defenders: From Weimar to the Bay

Part Two: Abortion and its Defenders: From Weimar to the Bay

In part two, Margaret continues to talk with Samantha McVey about the syndicalists who ran a network of 200 clinics in Weimar Germany and the feminists who defended Roe-era clinics in California

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01:07:34  |   Wed 31 Jan 2024
Part One: Abortion and its Defenders: From Weimar to the Bay

Part One: Abortion and its Defenders: From Weimar to the Bay

Margaret talks with Samantha McVey about the syndicalists who ran a network of 200 clinics in Weimar Germany and the feminists who defended Roe-era clinics in California.

See omnystudio.com/listener f…

00:53:33  |   Mon 29 Jan 2024
Cool ReRun: The Young Lords: How Some Puerto Rican Socialists Changed Everything Part 3+4

Cool ReRun: The Young Lords: How Some Puerto Rican Socialists Changed Everything Part 3+4

On the second part of this Cool ReRun, Margaret continues the conversation with Alynda Segarra from Hurray for the Riff Raff about how radicals got the trash taken out in New York, literally.

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02:02:43  |   Mon 22 Jan 2024
Cool ReRun: The Young Lords: How Some Puerto Rican Socialists Changed Everything Part 1+2

Cool ReRun: The Young Lords: How Some Puerto Rican Socialists Changed Everything Part 1+2

On this Cool ReRun, Margaret talks with Alynda Segarra from Hurray for the Riff Raff about how radicals got the trash taken out in New York, literally.

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01:38:23  |   Wed 17 Jan 2024
Part Two: Freedom House: The World’s First Paramedics Were Black Men from Pittsburgh

Part Two: Freedom House: The World’s First Paramedics Were Black Men from Pittsburgh

In part two of this week's series, Margaret continues her conversation with Kaveh Hoda about the down-and-out Black men who created the world's first modern paramedic service, way more recently than …

00:56:14  |   Wed 10 Jan 2024
Part One: Freedom House: The World’s First Paramedics Were Black Men from Pittsburgh

Part One: Freedom House: The World’s First Paramedics Were Black Men from Pittsburgh

Margaret talks with Kaveh Hoda about the down-and-out Black men who created the world's first modern paramedic service, way more recently than you'd imagine

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00:59:20  |   Mon 08 Jan 2024
CZM Book Club:

CZM Book Club: "The Untimely Death of Northgate Mall" by Evan J Peterson

Margaret reads Gare an urban folk horror story.

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00:33:23  |   Sun 07 Jan 2024
Here's To You, Dear Listeners: 2024 Q&A

Here's To You, Dear Listeners: 2024 Q&A

On this special episode of Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff, Margaret and Sophie answer questions from you, the listeners!

CBP is detaining thousands of migrants, including children and the elderly, in…

00:38:30  |   Wed 03 Jan 2024
Part Two: The Battle of Negro Fort: Florida's Maroon Community

Part Two: The Battle of Negro Fort: Florida's Maroon Community

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Jamie Loftus about the Black and Indigenous soldiers who lived free in a fort in Spanish Florida until Andrew Jackson brok…

00:53:02  |   Wed 20 Dec 2023
Part One: The Battle of Negro Fort: Florida's Maroon Community

Part One: The Battle of Negro Fort: Florida's Maroon Community

Margaret talks with Jamie Loftus about the Black and Indigenous soldiers who lived free in a fort in Spanish Florida until Andrew Jackson broke a lot of laws to fight them.

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01:02:14  |   Mon 18 Dec 2023
CZM Book Club: The Flair by Nick Mamatas

CZM Book Club: The Flair by Nick Mamatas

Margaret reads Mia a sci-fi story about what people will do for free power and war. And about hacker clowns.

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00:36:48  |   Sun 17 Dec 2023
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