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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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CZM Book Club: The Barrow Will Send What it May, Chapter Six

CZM Book Club: The Barrow Will Send What it May, Chapter Six

Margaret reads chapter six of her book, The Barrow Will Send What it May.

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00:20:04  |   Sun 27 Apr 2025
Part Two: Women of War: Partisan Struggle Against Italian Fascism with Suzanne Cope

Part Two: Women of War: Partisan Struggle Against Italian Fascism with Suzanne Cope

Author Suzanne Cope continues teaching Margaret about the history of women partisans in the Italian resistance, from her upcoming book Women of War.

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00:54:41  |   Wed 23 Apr 2025
Part One: Women of War: Partisan Struggle Against Italian Fascism with Suzanne Cope

Part One: Women of War: Partisan Struggle Against Italian Fascism with Suzanne Cope

Author Suzanne Cope teaches Margaret about the history of women partisans in the Italian resistance, from her upcoming book Women of War.

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00:47:45  |   Mon 21 Apr 2025
CZM Book Club: The Barrow Will Send What it May, Chapter Five

CZM Book Club: The Barrow Will Send What it May, Chapter Five

Margaret reads chapter five of her book The Barrow Will Send What it May.

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00:19:55  |   Sun 20 Apr 2025
Part Two: Black Antifascists In the Spanish Civil War

Part Two: Black Antifascists In the Spanish Civil War

Jordan from The Dugout continues teaching Margaret about the long history of Black antifascism that brought people to fight in the Spanish Civil War.

James Yates, Mississippi to Madrid
Salaria Kea, “D…

00:53:02  |   Wed 16 Apr 2025
Part One: Black Antifascists In the Spanish Civil War

Part One: Black Antifascists In the Spanish Civil War

Jordan from The Dugout teaches Margaret about the long history of Black antifascism that brought people to fight in the Spanish Civil War.

James Yates, Mississippi to Madrid
Salaria Kea, “Doing Christ…

01:01:45  |   Mon 14 Apr 2025
CZM Book Club: The Barrow Will Send What it May, Chapter Four

CZM Book Club: The Barrow Will Send What it May, Chapter Four

Margaret reads another chapter from the second book in her Danielle Cain series.

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00:25:50  |   Sun 13 Apr 2025
Part Two: A Madhouse Against the Nazis: the Story of François Tosquelles and Saint-Albans

Part Two: A Madhouse Against the Nazis: the Story of François Tosquelles and Saint-Albans

Margaret continues talking with Allison Raskin about the antifascist asylum in France that armed partisans and reinvented psychiatry.

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01:11:02  |   Wed 09 Apr 2025
Part One: A Madhouse Against the Nazis: the Story of François Tosquelles and Saint-Albans

Part One: A Madhouse Against the Nazis: the Story of François Tosquelles and Saint-Albans

Margaret talks with Allison Raskin about the antifascist asylum in France that armed partisans and reinvented psychiatry.

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01:10:16  |   Mon 07 Apr 2025
CZM Book Club: Escape, part two

CZM Book Club: Escape, part two

Margaret reads the second half of an anonymously authored speculative fiction story about what people could do if large scale roundups began, and discusses it with an anarchist technology enthusiast.

00:54:54  |   Sun 06 Apr 2025
Part Two: Samizdat: How to Self-Publish During a Dictatorship

Part Two: Samizdat: How to Self-Publish During a Dictatorship

Margaret continues talking to Katy Stoll about how the Soviet people evaded censors and kept poetry, literature, and political critique alive.

The Material Existence of Soviet Samizdat, Ann Komaromi
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01:02:03  |   Wed 02 Apr 2025
Part One: Samizdat: How to Self-Publish During a Dictatorship

Part One: Samizdat: How to Self-Publish During a Dictatorship

Margaret talks to Katy Stoll about how the Soviet people evaded censors and kept poetry, literature, and political critique alive.

The Material Existence of Soviet Samizdat, Ann Komaromi
https://www.n…

00:46:51  |   Mon 31 Mar 2025
CZM Book Club: Escape, part one

CZM Book Club: Escape, part one

Margaret reads an anonymously authored speculative fiction story about what people could do if large scale roundups began, and discusses it with an anarchist technology enthusiast.

See omnystudio.com/…

01:01:04  |   Sun 30 Mar 2025
CZM Rewind: Part Two: Gay Resistance to the Nazis

CZM Rewind: Part Two: Gay Resistance to the Nazis

In this second rewind episode, Margaret continues to tell the story of gay artists and street gangs that fought the Nazis.

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00:58:00  |   Wed 26 Mar 2025
CZM Rewind: Gay Resistance to the Nazis

CZM Rewind: Gay Resistance to the Nazis

In this rewind episode, Margaret tells the story of gay artists and street gangs that fought the Nazis.

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01:18:26  |   Mon 24 Mar 2025
CZM Book Club: The Barrow Will Send What it May, Chapter Three

CZM Book Club: The Barrow Will Send What it May, Chapter Three

Margaret reads Robert Evans the second book in her Danielle Cain series.

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00:29:53  |   Sun 23 Mar 2025
Part Two: The Fight Against the Mountain Valley Pipeline

Part Two: The Fight Against the Mountain Valley Pipeline

Margaret continues an epic tale of treesits, blockades, and resistance to fossil fuel infrastructure and environmental destruction.

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00:37:56  |   Wed 19 Mar 2025
Part One: The Fight Against the Mountain Valley Pipeline

Part One: The Fight Against the Mountain Valley Pipeline

Margaret tells you an epic tale of treesits, blockades, and resistance to fossil fuel infrastructure and environmental destruction.

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00:33:39  |   Mon 17 Mar 2025
CZM Book Club: The Barrow Will Send What it May, Chapter Two

CZM Book Club: The Barrow Will Send What it May, Chapter Two

Margaret reads Robert Evans the second book in her Danielle Cain series

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00:35:55  |   Sun 16 Mar 2025
Part Two: The Raid on Harpers Ferry Succeeded, Actually

Part Two: The Raid on Harpers Ferry Succeeded, Actually

Margaret continues talking with Bridget Todd about the five Black men who joined John Brown to spark the civil war.

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00:53:49  |   Wed 12 Mar 2025
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