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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 Rewind: Part Two: The Armed Nonviolent Civil Rights Movement

CZM Rewind: Part Two: The Armed Nonviolent Civil Rights Movement

It's the last Rewind of the recent holiday and Margaret finishes talking with Joelle Monique about how the Deacons for Defense and Justice, the NAACP, and others organized for self-defense during the…

01:00:48  |   Wed 04 Dec 2024
CZM Rewind: Part One: The Armed Nonviolent Civil Rights Movement

CZM Rewind: Part One: The Armed Nonviolent Civil Rights Movement

We JUST got back from Holiday and haven't recorded yet, so in THIS CZM Rewind Margaret talks with Joelle Monique about how the Deacons for Defense and Justice, the NAACP, and others organized for sel…

00:58:54  |   Mon 02 Dec 2024
CZM Rewind: Part Two: The Vampires Are On Our Side: Antifascism in Film

CZM Rewind: Part Two: The Vampires Are On Our Side: Antifascism in Film

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Caitlin Durante about the antifascist filmmaking in Germany and Hollywood that laid much of the foundations for modern cin…

01:04:16  |   Wed 27 Nov 2024
CZM Rewind: Part One: The Vampires Are On Our Side: Antifascism in Film

CZM Rewind: Part One: The Vampires Are On Our Side: Antifascism in Film

Margaret talks with Caitlin Durante about the antifascist filmmaking in Germany and Hollywood that laid much of the foundations for modern cinema.

Original Air Date: 10.17.22

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01:09:23  |   Mon 25 Nov 2024
Part Two: A People's History of Potatoes

Part Two: A People's History of Potatoes

In the second part of this reverse episode, author Wren Awry finishes teaching Margaret the complex and wonderful history of one of the best vegetables in the world.

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00:50:02  |   Wed 20 Nov 2024
Part One: A People's History of Potatoes

Part One: A People's History of Potatoes

In this reverse episode, author Wren Awry teaches Margaret the complex and wonderful history of one of the best vegetables in the world.

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00:57:45  |   Mon 18 Nov 2024
CZM Book Club: The Free Orcs of Cascadia by Margaret Killjoy

CZM Book Club: The Free Orcs of Cascadia by Margaret Killjoy

It's a Book Club Rerun!

Margaret Killjoy reads her short story, The Free Orcs of Cascadia.

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00:42:49  |   Sun 17 Nov 2024
Cool Rerun Part Two: The Jane Collective: Direct Action Abortion Access Works

Cool Rerun Part Two: The Jane Collective: Direct Action Abortion Access Works

It's another Cool People Cool Rerun!

Margaret finishes talking with Samantha McVey about the more than a hundred women who provided safe, affordable abortion in pre- Roe v Wade Chicago.

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01:00:14  |   Wed 13 Nov 2024
Cool Rerun Part One: The Jane Collective: Direct Action Abortion Access Works

Cool Rerun Part One: The Jane Collective: Direct Action Abortion Access Works

It's a Cool People Cool Rerun!

Margaret talks with Samantha McVey about the more than a hundred women who provided safe, affordable abortion in pre- Roe v Wade Chicago.

See omnystudio.com/listener for…

01:16:50  |   Mon 11 Nov 2024
CZM Book Club: Nazis Don't Go To Valhalla

CZM Book Club: Nazis Don't Go To Valhalla

Book Club Rerun from the ol' ICHH archive - now with Book Club wrapping!

Margaret Killjoy joins us to read a special spooky week ghost story about the 2nd American Civil War.

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00:25:34  |   Sun 10 Nov 2024
Part Two: Witches: Witches Were Pretty Cool Even Though They Didn't Really Exist

Part Two: Witches: Witches Were Pretty Cool Even Though They Didn't Really Exist

Margaret finishes telling you about the history of European witchcraft and the witch trials and how it all came down to a contest between Catholics and Protestants to see who could murder the most pe…

00:34:14  |   Wed 06 Nov 2024
Part One: Witches: Witches Were Pretty Cool Even Though They Didn't Really Exist

Part One: Witches: Witches Were Pretty Cool Even Though They Didn't Really Exist

Margaret tells you about the history of European witchcraft and the witch trials and how it all came down to a contest between Catholics and Protestants to see who could murder the most people.

See om…

00:22:38  |   Mon 04 Nov 2024
CZM Book Club: A Bunch of Stories About Russian Witches

CZM Book Club: A Bunch of Stories About Russian Witches

Margaret reads you folklore about witches in Russia, because she likes witches and it's still sort of Halloween.

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00:25:00  |   Sun 03 Nov 2024
Part Two: Halloween Special: Spooky Stories

Part Two: Halloween Special: Spooky Stories

Margaret reads Prop the other horror story she wrote.

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00:41:11  |   Wed 30 Oct 2024
Part One: Halloween Special: Spooky Stories

Part One: Halloween Special: Spooky Stories

Margaret reads Prop two horror stories she wrote.

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00:38:34  |   Mon 28 Oct 2024
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CZM Book Club: "The Vampire Maid" by Hume Nisbet

Margaret reads you a story in which vampires serve as a metaphor for yet another thing, because vampires are cool.

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00:22:01  |   Sun 27 Oct 2024
Part Two: Pura Belpré: The Puerto Rican Librarian Who Brought Bilingual Storytelling to New York

Part Two: Pura Belpré: The Puerto Rican Librarian Who Brought Bilingual Storytelling to New York

Margaret finishes telling Samantha McVey some of the history of public libraries and how the first Puerto Rican librarian in the US changed everything.

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00:46:45  |   Wed 23 Oct 2024
Part One: Pura Belpré: The Puerto Rican Librarian Who Brought Bilingual Storytelling to New York

Part One: Pura Belpré: The Puerto Rican Librarian Who Brought Bilingual Storytelling to New York

Margaret tells Samantha McVey some of the history of public libraries and how the first Puerto Rican librarian in the US changed everything.

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00:46:39  |   Mon 21 Oct 2024
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CZM Book Club: "The Damned Thing" by Ambrose Bierce

Margaret reads you the story she figures probably inspired Predator.

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00:25:30  |   Sun 20 Oct 2024
Part Two: Pirates, Libertalia, and the Betsimisaraka Confederation

Part Two: Pirates, Libertalia, and the Betsimisaraka Confederation

Margaret finishes telling Molly Crabapple a story about the legends and reality of pirate utopia in Madagascar.

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00:55:44  |   Wed 16 Oct 2024
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