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 Four: Rebellion in Patagonia: When the Rural Argentinian Labor Movement Took Over Half the Country
In the finale of this four-part episode, Margaret concludes her conversation with Mia about the 1920s Argentinian labor revolt that inspired Margaret to start this podcast in the first place.
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Part Three: Rebellion in Patagonia: When the Rural Argentinian Labor Movement Took Over Half the Country
In part three of this four-part episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Mia about the 1920s Argentinian labor revolt that inspired Margaret to start this podcast in the first place.
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CZM Book Club: The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion: Part Three
In this episode of the Cool Zone Media Book Club, Margaret Killjoy continues reading the next two chapters of her folk horror novella the Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion to Robert.
Part Two: Rebellion in Patagonia: When the Rural Argentinian Labor Movement Took Over Half the Country
In part two of this four-part episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Mia about the 1920s Argentinian labor revolt that inspired Margaret to start this podcast in the first place.
See omnyst…
Part One: Rebellion in Patagonia: When the Rural Argentinian Labor Movement Took Over Half the Country
Margaret talks with Mia about the 1920s Argentinian labor revolt that inspired Margaret to start this podcast in the first place.
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CZM Book Club: The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion: Part Two
In this episode of the Cool Zone Media Book Club, Margaret Killjoy continues reading the next two chapters of her folk horror novella the Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion to Robert.
Part Two: Hobohemia & the Dil Pickle Club: Chicago is Weird & Cool
Margaret continues her conversation with Chelsey Weber-Smith about Chicago's queer-friendly, antiracist working class cultural cornerstone of the 1920s, the Dil Pickle Club.
Part One: Hobohemia & the Dil Pickle Club: Chicago is Weird & Cool
Margaret talks with Chelsey Weber-Smith about Chicago's queer-friendly, antiracist working class cultural cornerstone of the 1920s, the Dil Pickle Club.
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CZM Book Club: The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion: Part One
In this first ever episode of the Cool Zone Media Book Club, Margaret Killjoy reads the first two chapters of her folk horror novella the Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion to Robert.
Part Four: The Surrealists Were Even Cooler Than You Thought
In the finale of this four-part episode, Margaret concludes her conversation with Caitlin Durante about the queer, antifascist artists who set out to revolutionize a lot more than just the art world.
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Part Three: The Surrealists Were Even Cooler Than You Thought
In part three of this four-part episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Caitlin Durante about the queer, antifascist artists who set out to revolutionize a lot more than just the art world.
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CZM Rewind: The Civil War Within the Civil War: How the South Won the War for the Union
Original Air Date: May 16, 2022
Margaret talks with Prop about how people escaping slavery turned the tide of the American Civil War and how the South was anything but united.
Part Two: The Surrealists Were Even Cooler Than You Thought
In part two of this four-part episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Caitlin Durante about the queer, antifascist artists who set out to revolutionize a lot more than just the art world.
Se…
Part One: The Surrealists Were Even Cooler Than You Thought
Margaret talks with Caitlin Durante about the queer, antifascist artists who set out to revolutionize a lot more than just the art world.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Part Two: John Henry Was Real & Also Became Superman
In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Prop about the surprising history of the real man behind the legend of John Henry, a Black convict laborer whose story use…
Part One: John Henry Was Real & Also Became Superman
Margaret talks with Prop about the surprising history of the real man behind the legend of John Henry, a Black convict laborer whose story used to be told as a warning against the evils of bosses.
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Part Four: A Tale of Two Snipers: Simo Häyhä, Lyudmila Pavlichenko & the Eastern Front
In the conclusion of this special 4-part episode, Margaret continues her conversation with firearms historian Karl Kasarda about two WWII snipers on the Eastern Front defending their homeland, a Finn…
Part Three: A Tale of Two Snipers: Simo Häyhä, Lyudmila Pavlichenko & the Eastern Front
In part three of this special 4-part episode, Margaret continues her conversation with firearms historian Karl Kasarda about two WWII snipers on the Eastern Front defending their homeland, a Finnish …
Part Two: A Tale of Two Snipers: Simo Häyhä, Lyudmila Pavlichenko & the Eastern Front
In part two of this special 4-part episode, Margaret continues her conversation with firearms historian Karl Kasarda about two WWII snipers on the Eastern Front defending their homeland, a Finnish ma…
Part One: A Tale of Two Snipers: Simo Häyhä, Lyudmila Pavlichenko & the Eastern Front
Margaret talks with firearms historian Karl Kasarda about two WWII snipers on the Eastern Front defending their homeland, a Finnish man and a Ukrainian woman who couldn't have been more different.
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