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Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

English, History, 2 seasons, 298 episodes, 4 days, 10 hours, 35 minutes
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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.
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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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
10/23/202446 minutes, 45 seconds
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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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
10/21/202446 minutes, 39 seconds
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CZM Book Club: "The Damned Thing" by Ambrose Bierce

Margaret reads you the story she figures probably inspired Predator.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
10/20/202425 minutes, 30 seconds
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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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
10/16/202455 minutes, 44 seconds
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Part One: Pirates, Libertalia, and the Betsimisaraka Confederation

Margaret tells Molly Crabapple a story about the legends and reality of pirate utopia in MadagascarSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
10/14/202454 minutes, 10 seconds
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CZM Book Club: "Luella Miller" by Mary Wilkins Freeman

Margaret reads you a spooky vampire story that's quite a bit different.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
10/13/202436 minutes, 36 seconds
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Part Two: Mutual Aid in North Carolina: How Asheville Has Come Together in the Wake of the Storm

Margaret reports on her trip down to Asheville North Carolina and all of the work she saw people doing down there to keep people safe during crisis.  Part 2/2See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
10/9/202432 minutes, 51 seconds
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Part One: Mutual Aid in North Carolina: How Asheville Has Come Together in the Wake of the Storm

Margaret reports on her trip down to Asheville North Carolina and all of the work she saw people doing down there to keep people safe during crisis.  Part 1/2See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
10/7/202435 minutes, 57 seconds
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CZM Book Club: "Svend and His Brethren" by William Morris, Part Two

Margaret reads you even more William Morris, but this story has swords in it.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
10/6/202427 minutes, 20 seconds
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Part Two: Catastrophe Compassion: How People Come Together in Crisis

Margaret continues talking with Katy Stoll about some amazing acts of mutual aid, both DIY and institutional. Mutual Aid Disaster Relief: https://mutualaiddisasterrelief.org/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
10/2/202446 minutes, 31 seconds
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Part One: Catastrophe Compassion: How People Come Together in Crisis

Margaret talks with Katy Stoll about some amazing acts of mutual aid, both DIY and institutionalSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
9/30/202447 minutes, 13 seconds
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CZM Book Club: "Svend and His Brethren" by William Morris, Part One

Margaret reads you even more William Morris, but this story has swords in itSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
9/29/202432 minutes, 5 seconds
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Part Four: The Korean People's Association of Manchuria: When Two Million People Lived In a Horizontal Society

Margaret concludes talking with Mia Wong about the deep history of Korean anarchism and how it led to one of the great experiments with antiauthoritarian social structure of the 20th century. Part 4/4 Sources: Shin Chae-ho, "Declaration of the Korean Revolution;" Ha Ki-rak, "A History of the Korean Anarchist Movement;" Dongyoun Hwang, Anarchism in Korea; Peter Gelderloos, Anarchy Works; dogej63, "Summary of the Sinmin Prefecture."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
9/25/202446 minutes, 15 seconds
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Part Three: The Korean People's Association of Manchuria: When Two Million People Lived In a Horizontal Society

Margaret continues talking with Mia Wong about the deep history of Korean anarchism and how it led to one of the great experiments with antiauthoritarian social structure of the 20th century. Part 3/4 Sources: Shin Chae-ho, "Declaration of the Korean Revolution;" Ha Ki-rak, "A History of the Korean Anarchist Movement;" Dongyoun Hwang, Anarchism in Korea; Peter Gelderloos, Anarchy Works; dogej63, "Summary of the Sinmin Prefecture."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
9/23/202447 minutes, 23 seconds
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CZM Book Club: "The Story of the Unknown Church" by William Morris

Margaret reads you a story about decoration. Really.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
9/22/202430 minutes, 18 seconds
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Part Two: The Korean People's Association of Manchuria: When Two Million People Lived In a Horizontal Society

Margaret continues talking with Mia Wong about the deep history of Korean anarchism and how it led to one of the great experiments with antiauthoritarian social structure of the 20th century. Part 2/4 Sources: Shin Chae-ho, "Declaration of the Korean Revolution;" Ha Ki-rak, "A History of the Korean Anarchist Movement;" Dongyoun Hwang, Anarchism in Korea; Peter Gelderloos, Anarchy Works; dogej63, "Summary of the Sinmin Prefecture."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
9/18/202454 minutes, 30 seconds
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Part One: The Korean People's Association of Manchuria: When Two Million People Lived In a Horizontal Society

Margaret talks with Mia Wong about the deep history of Korean anarchism and how it led to one of the great experiments with antiauthoritarian social structure of the 20th century. Part 1/4 Sources: Shin Chae-ho, "Declaration of the Korean Revolution;" Ha Ki-rak, "A History of the Korean Anarchist Movement;" Dongyoun Hwang, Anarchism in Korea; Peter Gelderloos, Anarchy Works; dogej63, "Summary of the Sinmin Prefecture."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
9/16/202454 minutes, 43 seconds
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CZM Book Club: "The Sapling Cage" by Margaret Killjoy

Audiobook narrator Jackie Meloche reads Margaret the first chapter of her own upcomin book!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
9/15/202446 minutes, 32 seconds
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Part Two: Mother Jones: Honestly Kind of a Fraud TBH

Margaret finishes talking to Laurie Penny about the goth hellraiser labor organizer whom she thought would be cool but was actually kind of a racist liar who was probably grifting.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
9/11/202456 minutes, 58 seconds
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Part One: Mother Jones: Honestly Kind of a Fraud TBH

Margaret talks to Laurie Penny about the goth hellraiser labor organizer whom she thought would be cool but was actually kind of a racist liar who was probably grifting.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
9/9/202457 minutes, 28 seconds
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CZM Book Club: "2 B R 0 2 B" by Kurt Vonnegut

Margaret reads you a classic sci-fi critique of eugenics by a master of satire.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
9/8/202425 minutes, 47 seconds
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Part Two: The German Abolitionists: How the 48ers Joined the American Abolitionists

Margaret finishes talking to Cody Johnston about how a bunch of German revolutionaries joined the movement against American slavery.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
9/4/20241 hour, 8 seconds
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Part One: The German Abolitionists: How the 48ers Joined the American Abolitionists

Margaret talks to Cody Johnston about how a bunch of German revolutionaries joined the movement against American slavery.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
9/2/202452 minutes, 24 seconds
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CZM Book Club: "Virgin Ground" by Rosel George Brown

Margaret reads you a classic sci-fi tale of a marriage on Mars gone wrong.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
9/1/202426 minutes, 3 seconds
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Part Two: Frances Perkins and the Quest to Rescue Jewish Children From Germany

Margaret finishes talking with Caitlin Durante about the first "Madame Secretary," who burned her political capital to keep the US border open and save Jewish children.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
8/28/202459 minutes, 50 seconds
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Part One: Frances Perkins and the Quest to Rescue Jewish Children From Germany

Margaret talks with Caitlin Durante about the first "Madame Secretary," who burned her political capital to keep the US border open and save Jewish children.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
8/26/202453 minutes, 33 seconds
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CZM Book Club: "Intentionalities" by Aimee Ogden

Margaret reads you a science fiction story about space unions and family ties.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
8/25/202432 minutes, 20 seconds
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Part Two: The Orange Alternative: The Polish Hippie Surrealists Who Tore Down a Communist Government

Margaret finishes talking with Courtney Kocak about how a bunch of self-styled anarchist gnomes helped collapse a government.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
8/21/202456 minutes
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Part One: The Orange Alternative: The Polish Hippie Surrealists Who Tore Down a Communist Government

Margaret talks with Courtney Kocak about how a bunch of self-styled anarchist gnomes helped collapse a government.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
8/19/202450 minutes, 47 seconds
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CZM Book Club: Three Stories From Japanese Folklore

Margaret reads you stories about demons and moon maidens.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
8/18/202427 minutes, 16 seconds
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Part Two: Ben Fletcher, Local 8, and the Fighting, Antiracist Union of Philadelphia

Margaret finishes talking to Miriam about maybe the coolest union local in US history.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
8/14/202456 minutes, 39 seconds
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Part One: Ben Fletcher, Local 8, and the Fighting, Antiracist Union of Philadelphia

Margaret talks to Miriam about maybe the coolest union local in US history.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
8/12/20241 hour, 12 seconds
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CZM Book Club: "John Simnel's First Goshawk" by Tegan Moore

Margaret reads you a story about a boy who could have been king but instead talks to birds.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
8/11/202423 minutes, 17 seconds
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Introducing: Weird Little Guys

Hi Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff Fans! Take a listen to the trailer of our newest show, Weird Little Guys. About the show: Investigative journalist Molly Conger takes you beyond the headlines to examine some of the worst people on the planet, most of whom you’ve never heard of. These are the weird little guys trying to ruin life as we know it. Listen here and subscribe to Weird Little Guys on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
8/9/20243 minutes, 11 seconds
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Part Two: Joan of Arc Was Even Cooler Than I Thought

Margaret finishes talking with Molly Conger about two women who changed the course of history.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
8/7/202459 minutes, 1 second
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Part One: Joan of Arc Was Even Cooler Than I Thought

Margaret talks with Molly Conger about two women who changed the course of history.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
8/5/20241 hour, 2 minutes, 49 seconds
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CZM Book Club: "Spring Woods Spring" by B. Pladek

Margaret reads you a story about where personal grief meets climate grief.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
8/4/202434 minutes, 57 seconds
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Part Two: The Reichstag Fire Was Not An Inside Job

Margaret finishes telling Karl Kasarda the story of Marinus van der Lubbe, the council communist who tried to spark a civil war against the Nazis and failed spectacularly.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
7/31/20241 hour, 2 minutes, 1 second
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Part One: The Reichstag Fire Was Not An Inside Job

Margaret tells Karl Kasarda the story of Marinus van der Lubbe, the council communist who tried to spark a civil war against the Nazis and failed spectacularly.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
7/29/202453 minutes, 28 seconds
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CZM Book Club: Stories About Nightingale the Robber

Margaret reads you Russian folklore about a cool bird robber guy who lives in a nest that some punks like.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
7/28/202428 minutes, 12 seconds
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Part Four: Operation Nemesis and Armenian Resistance to Genocide

Margaret finishes talking with James Stout about how a group of unlikely heroes assassinated the architects of the Armenian genocide.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
7/24/202455 minutes, 6 seconds
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Part Three: Operation Nemesis and Armenian Resistance to Genocide

Margaret continues talking with James Stout about how a group of unlikely heroes assassinated the architects of the Armenian genocide.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
7/22/202449 minutes, 16 seconds
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CZM Book Club: "The Orchard of Tomorrow" by Kelsea Yu

Margaret reads you a story about what enormous love it will take to rebuild the world and take back what's ours from the powerful.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
7/21/202436 minutes, 15 seconds
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Part Two: Operation Nemesis and Armenian Resistance to Genocide

Margaret continues talking with James Stout about how a group of unlikely heroes assassinated the architects of the Armenian genocide.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
7/17/202450 minutes, 7 seconds
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Part One: Operation Nemesis and Armenian Resistance to Genocide

Margaret talks with James Stout about how a group of unlikely heroes assassinated the architects of the Armenian genocide.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
7/15/202449 minutes, 25 seconds
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CZM Book Club: "The Three Trials of the Wind," by Shiv Ramdas, Part 2 of 2

Margaret finishes reading you a reimagining of Hindu mythology by a masterful speculative fiction author.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
7/14/202426 minutes, 45 seconds
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Cool Rerun: Part Two: Aqua Tofana: How to Kill Your Husband

In part two of this week's rerun episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Shereen about how, in the era before divorce, a group of women sold poison to aspiring widows.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
7/10/202459 minutes, 45 seconds
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Cool Rerun: Part One: Aqua Tofana: How to Kill Your Husband

Margaret's taking the week off! Here's a rerun where Margaret talks with Shereen about how, in the era before divorce, a group of women sold poison to aspiring widows.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
7/8/20241 hour, 1 minute, 19 seconds
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CZM Book Club: "The Three Trials of the Wind," by Shiv Ramdas, Part 1 of 2

Margaret reads you a reimagining of Hindu mythology by a masterful speculative fiction author.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
7/7/202430 minutes, 37 seconds
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Part Two: Dungeons & Dragons: The History of Some Great and Terrible Nerdery

Margaret finishes talking with Ed Zitron about the origins of one of her all-time favorite games.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
7/3/20241 hour, 1 minute, 41 seconds
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Part One: Dungeons & Dragons: The History of Some Great and Terrible Nerdery

Margaret talks with Ed Zitron about the origins of one of her all-time favorite games.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
7/1/20241 hour, 7 minutes, 56 seconds
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CZM Book Club: "Party Discipline" by Cory Doctorow, Part Four

Margaret finishes reading Robert Evans a novella about the near future of tech, surveillance, and teenage rebellion.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
6/30/202435 minutes, 39 seconds
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Part Two: George Orwell and the War for Common Decency

Margaret finishes talking with Kaveh Hoda about her problematic fave.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
6/26/20241 hour, 7 minutes, 34 seconds
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Part One: George Orwell and the War for Common Decency

Margaret talks with Kaveh Hoda about her problematic fave.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
6/24/202456 minutes, 53 seconds
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CZM Book Club: "Party Discipline" by Cory Doctorow, Part Two

Margaret continues to read Robert Evans a novella about the near future of tech, surveillance, and teenage rebellion.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
6/23/202430 minutes, 3 seconds
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Part Two: ACT UP: How Angry, Dying Queers Invented Modern Activism

Margaret finishes talking with Francesca Fiorentini about the AIDS activists who changed the world.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
6/19/20241 hour, 9 minutes, 30 seconds
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Part One: ACT UP: How Angry, Dying Queers Invented Modern Activism

Margaret talks with Francesca Fiorentini about the AIDS activists who changed the world.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
6/17/202457 minutes, 24 seconds
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CZM Book Club: "Party Discipline" by Cory Doctorow, Part Two

Margaret continues to read Robert Evans a novella about the near future of tech, surveillance, and teenage rebellion.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
6/16/202428 minutes, 19 seconds
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Part Two: Mutual Aid and Burial Societies: The Origins of Black Cooperativism in the US

In part two, Margaret talks with Joelle Monique about the deep roots of economic cooperation in Black America.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
6/12/20241 hour, 8 minutes, 57 seconds
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Part One: Mutual Aid and Burial Societies: The Origins of Black Cooperativism in the US

Margaret talks with Joelle Monique about the deep roots of economic cooperation in Black America.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
6/10/20241 hour, 15 minutes, 5 seconds
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CZM Book Club: "Party Discipline" by Cory Doctorow, Part One

Margaret reads Robert Evans a novella about the near future of tech, surveillance, and teenage rebellion.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
6/9/202432 minutes, 27 seconds
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Part Two: Fábricas Ocupadas: When Workers In Argentina Took Over Their Factories

In part two, Margaret finishes her talk with Prop about how people all over Argentina resisted neoliberalism and took over their factories to run them without bosses.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
6/5/20241 hour, 2 minutes, 51 seconds
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Part One: Fábricas Ocupadas: When Workers In Argentina Took Over Their Factories

Margaret talks with Prop about how people all over Argentina resisted neoliberalism and took over their factories to run them without bosses.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
6/3/20241 hour, 6 minutes, 10 seconds
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CZM Book Club: "The Happy Prince" by Oscar Wilde

Margaret reads you a children's story written by one of the greatest queer icons of history.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
6/2/202427 minutes, 24 seconds
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Part Two: Community Gardens: How People Take Land From the Rich to Feed Themselves

In part two, Margaret finishes talking with Kat Abu about the history of community gardening in New York City and elsewhere.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
5/29/202454 minutes, 33 seconds
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Part One: Community Gardens: How People Take Land From the Rich to Feed Themselves

Margaret talks with Kat Abu about the history of community gardening in New York City and elsewhere.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
5/27/202456 minutes, 14 seconds
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CZM Book Club: "The Stolen Bacillus" by HG Wells

Margaret reads a classic anti-anarchist story by HG Wells written before Wells learned what was up.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
5/26/202424 minutes, 6 seconds
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Part Four: Death to the Rich: Maria Nikiforova and the anarchist battallions in Civil War Ukraine

In part four, Margaret finishes her talk with Robert Evans about the time that millions of Ukrainians rose a black flag and went to war against landlords, nationalists, and Bolsheviks.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
5/22/202445 minutes, 32 seconds
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Part Three: Death to the Rich: Maria Nikiforova and the anarchist battallions in Civil War Ukraine

In part three, Margaret continues to talk with Robert Evans about the time that millions of Ukrainians rose a black flag and went to war against landlords, nationalists, and Bolsheviks.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
5/20/202446 minutes, 12 seconds
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CZM Book Club: "Yermak, the Conqueror of Siberia" by Leo Tolstoy

Margaret reads a piece of folklore about the colonization of Siberia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
5/19/202425 minutes, 13 seconds
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Part Two: Death to the Rich: Maria Nikiforova and the anarchist battallions in Civil War Ukraine

In part two, Margaret continues to talk with Robert Evans about the time that millions of Ukrainians rose a black flag and went to war against landlords, nationalists, and Bolsheviks.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
5/15/202459 minutes, 2 seconds
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Part One: Death to the Rich: Maria Nikiforova and the anarchist battallions in Civil War Ukraine

Margaret talks with Robert Evans about the time that millions of Ukrainians rose a black flag and went to war against landlords, nationalists, and Bolsheviks.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
5/13/202449 minutes, 50 seconds
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CZM Book Club: Three Ruthenian Folk Tales

Margaret reads three Slavic folk tales about magic women and mean children.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
5/12/202430 minutes, 25 seconds
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Introducing: Sixteenth Minute (of Fame)

Hi Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff Fans! Take a listen to the trailer of our newest show Sixteenth Minute (of Fame) About the show: Sixteenth Minute (of Fame) is a weekly show from Jamie Loftus that takes a closer look at the internet’s main characters – one part reported, one part interviews, and one part Jamie collapsing her permanently internet-damaged brain. Whether it’s an enduring meme or a dreaded Character of the Day distinction, it’s the kind of notoriety that often results in little money, unwarranted attention, and a confusing blurred line of consent. What do you do when you get more attention and judgement than any one person is built to handle? The Sixteenth Minute of Fame is the place where we figure that out, putting people in the context of the moment they've been frozen inside of. Listen here and subscribe to Sixteenth Minute (of Fame) on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
5/8/20243 minutes, 55 seconds
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Part Two: The Great Revolt: Palestinian Resistance to Early Zionism

In part two, Margaret concludes a talk with Matt Lieb about multi-faith Palestinian resistance to early Zionist colonization.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
5/8/20241 hour, 10 minutes, 9 seconds
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Part One: The Great Revolt: Palestinian Resistance to Early Zionism

Margaret talks with Matt Lieb about multi-faith Palestinian resistance to early Zionist colonization.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
5/6/20241 hour, 13 minutes, 52 seconds
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CZM Book Club: "The Fortunate Death of Jonathan Sandelson" by Margaret Killjoy, Part Two

In part two, Margaret reads Danl a story about hackers using drones to disrupt for-profit incarceration.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
5/5/202423 minutes, 19 seconds
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May Day Rerun Part Two: The Haymarket Affair: The Bomb & the Eight-Hour Workday

Margaret's taking a week off post mouth surgery and wants to celebrate May Day! Here's a throwback to the first episode where Margaret sat down with journalist and podcast host Robert Evans to talk about the anarchists who were hanged in Chicago in the 1860s for fighting for the rights of the working class.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
5/1/20241 hour, 6 minutes, 9 seconds
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May Day Rerun Part One: The Haymarket Affair: The Bomb & the Eight-Hour Workday

Margaret's taking a week off post mouth surgery and wants to celebrate May Day! Here's a throwback to the first episode where Margaret sat down with journalist and podcast host Robert Evans to talk about the anarchists who were hanged in Chicago in the 1860s for fighting for the rights of the working class.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
4/29/20241 hour, 9 minutes, 13 seconds
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CZM Book Club: "The Fortunate Death of Jonathan Sandelson" by Margaret Killjoy, Part One

Margaret reads Danl a story about hackers using drones to disrupt for-profit incarceration.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
4/28/202436 minutes, 16 seconds
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Part Six: Kronstadt and the People Who Tried to Save the Russian Revolution

In the SIXTH part of this longest-series-ever, Margaret finally gets to Kronstadt with Mia Wong and talks about at least four Russian revolutions and general strikes, workers councils, and rebellions that tried to keep them on course.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
4/24/20241 hour, 1 minute, 53 seconds
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Part Five: Kronstadt and the People Who Tried to Save the Russian Revolution

In part five (can you believe it?), Margaret continues to talk with Mia Wong about at least four Russian revolutions and general strikes, workers councils, and rebellions that tried to keep them on course.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
4/22/202450 minutes, 22 seconds
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Part Four: Kronstadt and the People Who Tried to Save the Russian Revolution

In part four, Margaret continues to talk with Mia Wong about at least four Russian revolutions and general strikes, workers councils, and rebellions that tried to keep them on course.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
4/17/20241 hour, 4 minutes, 46 seconds
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Part Three: Kronstadt and the People Who Tried to Save the Russian Revolution

In part three, Margaret continues to talk with Mia Wong about at least four Russian revolutions and general strikes, workers councils, and rebellions that tried to keep them on course.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
4/15/202449 minutes, 48 seconds
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CZM Book Club: "The Nine Billion Names of God" by Arthur C. Clarke

Margaret reads Gare a classic sci-fi tale about the divine possibility of computers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
4/14/202435 minutes, 18 seconds
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Part Two: Kronstadt and the People Who Tried to Save the Russian Revolution

In part two, Margaret continues to talk with Mia Wong about at least four Russian revolutions and general strikes, workers councils, and rebellions that tried to keep them on course.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
4/10/20241 hour, 24 seconds
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Part One: Kronstadt and the People Who Tried to Save the Russian Revolution

Margaret talks with Mia Wong about at least four Russian revolutions and general strikes, workers councils, and rebellions that tried to keep them on course.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
4/8/20241 hour, 13 minutes
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CZM Book Club: "Transmutation" by Katherine Sparrow

Margaret reads Sophie a story of love gone wrong between a magician and an alchemist.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
4/7/202436 minutes, 25 seconds
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Part Two: Ada Lovelace and Lord Byron: The First Computer Programmer, Child of the First Vampire

Margaret finishes a conversation with Bridget Todd about the woman who invented software and her rather strange family.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
4/3/20241 hour, 4 minutes, 17 seconds
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Part One: Ada Lovelace and Lord Byron: The First Computer Programmer, Child of the First Vampire

Margaret talks with Bridget Todd about the woman who invented software and her rather strange family.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
4/1/202458 minutes, 47 seconds
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CZM Book Club: "The Last Beat of My Heart" by Edward Morris

Margaret reads Gare a story about everyday magic, teen angst, and mixtapes.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
3/31/202434 minutes, 36 seconds
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Part Two: The Expropriators: Fifteen Years of Political Bank Robbers in Argentina and Uruguay

Margaret concludes with Snow about the folks who tried to fund a revolution the old-fashioned way.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
3/27/202456 minutes, 40 seconds
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Part One: The Expropriators: Fifteen Years of Political Bank Robbers in Argentina and Uruguay

Margaret talks with Snow about the folks who tried to fund a revolution the old-fashioned way.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
3/25/202455 minutes, 5 seconds
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CZM Book Club: Part Two of "The Vampyre" by John Polidori

Margaret finishes the first modern vampire, a parable about the dangers of the libertine royalty,See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
3/24/202427 minutes, 26 seconds
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Part Two: All Hail King Ludd: How the Luddites Almost Saved Us

In part two, Margaret talks with Robert Evans one more time about the English rebels who threw on dresses, declared a fake person their leader, and set about fighting the Industrial Revolution.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
3/20/202449 minutes, 3 seconds
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Part One: All Hail King Ludd: How the Luddites Almost Saved Us

Margaret talks with Robert Evans about the English rebels who threw on dresses, declared a fake person their leader, and set about fighting the Industrial Revolution.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
3/18/202455 minutes, 6 seconds
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CZM Book Club: Part One of "The Vampyre" by John Polidori

Margaret reads you the first modern vampire, a parable about the dangers of the libertine royalty,See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
3/17/202433 minutes, 40 seconds
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Part Two: Oscar Wilde: A Story That Was Way More Important Than I Realized

In part two, Margaret continues to talk with Chelsey Weber-Smith about the gay anarchist Irish dandy who proved to be not shallow at all.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
3/13/20241 hour, 2 minutes, 36 seconds
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Part One: Oscar Wilde: A Story That Was Way More Important Than I Realized

Margaret talks with Chelsey Weber-Smith about the gay anarchist Irish dandy who proved to be not shallow at all.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
3/11/20241 hour, 2 minutes, 27 seconds
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CZM Book Club: "Tongue Mining" by Jack Morton

Margaret reads you a story about AI, translation, and love across languages. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
3/10/202428 minutes, 40 seconds
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Part Two: The City of Gnomes: the Provos and Kabouters in late 60s Amsterdam who rebuilt the city

In part two, Margaret continues her conversation with Molly Conger about the hippies and greasers who reimagined Dutch urban life.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
3/6/20241 hour, 3 minutes, 1 second
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Part One: The City of Gnomes: the Provos and Kabouters in late 60s Amsterdam who rebuilt the city

Margaret talks with Molly Conger about the hippies and greasers who reimagined Dutch urban life.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
3/4/20241 hour, 4 minutes, 43 seconds
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CZM Book Club: An excerpt from "An RVer's Guide to the American West" by Carrot Quinn

Margaret reads Robert a post-apocalyptic story of a woman and her dog surviving in the mountains.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
3/3/202444 minutes, 2 seconds
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Part Two: The Earth Liberation Front: The Burning Rage of a Dying Planet

In part two, Margaret finishes talking with Sarah Marshall about the eco-radicals and arsonists of the late 90s.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2/28/20241 hour, 13 minutes, 28 seconds
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Part One: The Earth Liberation Front: The Burning Rage of a Dying Planet

Margaret talks with Sarah Marshall about the eco-radicals and arsonists of the late 90s.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2/26/20241 hour, 6 minutes, 4 seconds
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CZM Book Club: "Confession to a Dead Man" by Margaret Killjoy

Margaret reads Gare one of her stories, set in the world of Penumbra City.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2/25/202440 minutes, 6 seconds
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Introducing: Better Offline

Hi, Cool People Fans! Take a listen to the trailer from the newest show from Cool Zone Media - Better Offline  About the show: Better Offline is a weekly show exploring the tech industry’s influence and manipulation of society - and interrogating the growth-at-all-costs future that tech’s elite wants to build. Combining narrative-form storytelling, one-on-one interviews and panel-based discussions, Better Offline cuts through the buzzwords and obfuscation of the tech industry, investigating and evaluating the schemes and scams of everyone from cryptocurrency scumbags to the greediest of the venture capital elite. Tech industry veteran Ed Zitron and a dynamic coterie of guests will help listeners understand the who, how and why of how tech’s most powerful players are changing the world - for better or for worse. Listen here and subscribe to Better Offline on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2/22/20241 minute, 57 seconds
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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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2/21/202456 minutes, 14 seconds
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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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2/19/202447 minutes, 6 seconds
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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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2/18/202425 minutes, 42 seconds
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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 independenceSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2/14/202459 minutes, 31 seconds
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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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2/12/202448 minutes, 27 seconds
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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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2/11/202426 minutes, 35 seconds
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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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2/7/202451 minutes, 15 seconds
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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.
2/5/202457 minutes, 43 seconds
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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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2/4/202437 minutes, 17 seconds
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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 CaliforniaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1/31/20241 hour, 7 minutes, 34 seconds
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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 for privacy information.
1/29/202453 minutes, 33 seconds
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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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1/22/20242 hours, 2 minutes, 43 seconds
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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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1/17/20241 hour, 38 minutes, 23 seconds
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Introducing: Hood Politics with Prop S3

Hi, Cool People Fans! Take a listen to the trailer from the new season of Hood Politics with Prop.  About the show: The political landscape can be confusing, but it doesn't have to be. If you've survived junior high, lived in an urban city or understand gang life, you can understand geopolitics. Join rapper and author Propaganda and his friends as they use their hood-knowledge to break down the political scene. This 2024 election year is going to be wild, BUT Prop is going to be right there with you helping you understand all of it. Check out new episodes of Hood Politics every Wednesday wherever you get your podcasts. Listen here and subscribe to Hood Politics with Prop on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1/11/20245 minutes, 20 seconds
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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 you'd imagine.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1/10/202456 minutes, 14 seconds
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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 imagineSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1/8/202459 minutes, 20 seconds
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CZM Book Club: "The Untimely Death of Northgate Mall" by Evan J Peterson

Margaret reads Gare an urban folk horror storySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1/7/202433 minutes, 23 seconds
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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 the desert without food, water or shelter when overnight temperatures drop below freezing. Support the mutual aid groups helping them  tinyurl.com/borderaidgfm or https://www.gofundme.com/jacumba-migrant-campsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1/3/202438 minutes, 30 seconds
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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 broke a lot of laws to fight them.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
12/20/202353 minutes, 2 seconds
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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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
12/18/20231 hour, 2 minutes, 14 seconds
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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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
12/17/202336 minutes, 48 seconds
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Part Two: Israeli & International Solidarity with Palestinian Struggle

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Matt Lieb about the anti-zionist Jews and others who have thrown in their lot with the Palestinian people in their struggle against an apartheid state and genocide.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
12/13/20231 hour, 8 minutes, 59 seconds
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Part One: Israeli & International Solidarity with Palestinian Struggle

Margaret talks with Matt Lieb about the anti-zionist Jews and others who have thrown in their lot with the Palestinian people in their struggle against an apartheid state and genocide.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
12/11/20231 hour, 9 minutes, 25 seconds
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CZM Book Club: Printed Guns & Sold Schematics by SJ Klapecki

Margaret reads you a story about an engineer in a collapsed United States, just trying to make her living selling weapons to rebels.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
12/10/202329 minutes, 22 seconds
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Part Four: Lakota Resistance to the American Empire

In the finale of this four-part episode, Margaret concludes her conversation with Miriam about two centuries of resistance to American imperialism, from Crazy Horse to Leonard Peltier.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
12/6/20231 hour, 2 minutes, 58 seconds
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Introducing: We the Unhoused

Hi, Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff fans! Here's a preview of a new podcast, We the Unhoused — Created by Theo Henderson with the goal of uplifting voiceless citizens. The show provides an intimate look at the unhoused experience that began while Theo was living on the streets of LA for over eight years.  Listen here and subscribe to We the Unhoused on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
12/6/20232 minutes, 56 seconds
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Part Three: Lakota Resistance to the American Empire

In part three of this four-part episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Miriam about two centuries of resistance to American imperialism, from Crazy Horse to Leonard Peltier.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
12/4/202356 minutes, 22 seconds
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CZM Book Club: The Plastic People by Tobias Buckell

In this episode of the Cool Zone Media Book Club, Margaret reads Gare a story about making fun of rich people in space.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
12/3/202343 minutes, 28 seconds
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Part Two: Lakota Resistance to the American Empire

In part two of this four-part episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Miriam about two centuries of resistance to American imperialism, from Crazy Horse to Leonard Peltier.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
11/29/20231 hour, 6 minutes, 13 seconds
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Part One: Lakota Resistance to the American Empire

Margaret talks with Miriam about two centuries of resistance to American imperialism, from Crazy Horse to Leonard Peltier.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
11/27/20231 hour, 1 minute, 12 seconds
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CZM Rewind: Part Two - Food Not Bombs, The Criminal Mutual Aid Conspiracy

Original Air Date: August 17th, 2022 In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Andrew Ti about the long fight for our right to feed one another in public places.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
11/22/20231 hour, 9 minutes, 21 seconds
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CZM Rewind: Part One - Food Not Bombs, The Criminal Mutual Aid Conspiracy

Original Air Date: August 15th, 2022 Margaret talks with Andrew Ti about the long fight for our right to feed one another in public places.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
11/20/20231 hour, 2 minutes, 52 seconds
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CZM Book Club: Handala. The Olive, the Storm, and the Sea by Sonia Suliaman

In this episode of the Cool Zone Media Book Club, Margaret reads James the story of what happens when a Palestinian orphan runs into conflict with three Greek gods.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
11/19/202342 minutes, 4 seconds
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Part Two: Witches & Vampires in Folklore

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues reading old folklore of witches and vampires to Francesca Fiorentini, including vampires who are witches and bears who are vampires.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
11/15/202353 minutes, 42 seconds
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Part One: Witches & Vampires in Folklore

Margaret reads old folklore of witches and vampires to Francesca Fiorentini, including vampires who are witches and bears who are vampires.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
11/13/202354 minutes, 53 seconds
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CZM Book Club: The Lost Roads by Sim Kern

In this episode of the Cool Zone Media Book Club, Margaret reads "The Lost Roads," a utopian story about a world without cars by author Sim Kern, to Shereen.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
11/12/202344 minutes, 27 seconds
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Part Two: Countercuisine: The Counterculture of the Diggers & Food Co-ops

In part two of this week's reverse episode, author Wren Awry continues their conversation with Margaret about the 60s & 70s radicals who changed the way we relate to food in the US. Sources: Appetite for Change by Warren Belasco Hippie Food by Jonathan Kauffman Freedom Farmers: Agricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement by Monica M. White Ingredients for Revolution by Alex Ketchum "The Civil Rights Icon Who Saw Freedom in Farming" by Mayukh Sen for Gastro Obscura “The Coop Wars” documentary from Twin Cities PBS The Food Conspiracy newsletter archives!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
11/8/202356 minutes, 27 seconds
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Part One: Countercuisine: The Counterculture of the Diggers & Food Co-ops

In this reverse episode, author Wren Awry teaches Margaret about the 60s & 70s radicals who changed the way we relate to food in the US. Sources: Appetite for Change by Warren Belasco The Theater is in the Street by Bradford D. Martin “Digger Meets Panther” from Shaping San Francisco  www.diggers.org www.diggersdocs.org "Remaking the Commons’: A History of Eating in Public" by Gaye Chan & Nandita Sharmain and “Notes on Utopian Failure in Commune Kitchens” by Madeline Lane-McKinley, both from the anthology Nourishing Resistance.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
11/6/202358 minutes, 26 seconds
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CZM Book Club: Babang Luksa

In this episode of the Cool Zone Media Book Club, Margaret Killjoy reads “Babang Luksa,” a short story by author Nicasio Andres Reed, to Mia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
11/5/202339 minutes, 5 seconds
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Part Two: The Surprisingly Complicated History of Halloween

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Jamie Loftus about all things spooky season, from Lemuria to Samhain to Allhallowtide.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
11/1/20231 hour, 6 minutes, 7 seconds
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Part One: The Surprisingly Complicated History of Halloween

Margaret talks with Jamie Loftus about all things spooky season, from Lemuria to Samhain to Allhallowtide.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
10/30/20231 hour, 7 minutes, 2 seconds
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CZM Book Club: The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion: Part Four

In this episode of the Cool Zone Media Book Club, Margaret Killjoy reads the final two chapters of her folk horror novella the Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion to Robert.  https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-lamb-will-slaughter-the-lion-margaret-killjoy/7104105See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
10/29/202341 minutes, 8 seconds
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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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
10/25/20231 hour, 14 minutes, 2 seconds
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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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
10/23/202358 minutes, 12 seconds
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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.  https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-lamb-will-slaughter-the-lion-margaret-killjoy/7104105See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
10/22/202341 minutes, 25 seconds
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Part Two: Rebellion in Patagonia: When the Rural Argentinian Labor Movement Took Over Half the Country

Margaret continues her conversation with Mia about the 1920s Argentinian labor revolt that inspired Margaret to start this podcast in the first place.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
10/18/202359 minutes, 44 seconds
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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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
10/16/20231 hour, 3 minutes, 5 seconds
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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.  https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-lamb-will-slaughter-the-lion-margaret-killjoy/7104105See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
10/15/202350 minutes, 2 seconds
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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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
10/11/202354 minutes, 37 seconds
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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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
10/9/20231 hour, 7 minutes, 34 seconds
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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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
10/4/20231 hour, 2 minutes, 21 seconds
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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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
10/2/20231 hour, 30 seconds
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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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
9/25/20232 hours, 3 minutes, 32 seconds
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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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
9/20/202349 minutes, 5 seconds
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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.
9/18/20231 hour, 15 minutes, 26 seconds
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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 used to be told as a warning against the evils of bosses. Stream Prop's new EP: Terraform: The PossibilitySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
9/13/20231 hour, 2 minutes, 56 seconds
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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. Stream Prop's new EP: Terraform: The PossibilitySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
9/11/20231 hour, 59 seconds
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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 Finnish man and a Ukrainian woman who couldn't have been more different.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
9/6/202359 minutes, 47 seconds
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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 man and a Ukrainian woman who couldn't have been more different.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
9/4/20231 hour, 7 minutes, 50 seconds
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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 man and a Ukrainian woman who couldn't have been more different.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
8/30/20231 hour, 7 minutes, 20 seconds
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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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
8/28/202357 minutes, 33 seconds
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Part Two: Sex Work in the American West & the Start of a Labor Movement

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with writer and podcast host Courtney Kocak about how legal sex work shaped American culture in the Old West.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
8/23/202357 minutes, 23 seconds
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Part One: Sex Work in the American West & the Start of a Labor Movement

Margaret talks with writer and podcast host Courtney Kocak about how legal sex work shaped American culture in the Old West.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
8/21/20231 hour, 2 minutes, 49 seconds
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Part Two: The Black Panthers & Breakfast

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Joelle Monique about how a few thousand Black radicals scared the government by feeding kids, building coalitions, and organizing armed community defense.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
8/15/20231 hour, 38 minutes, 21 seconds
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Part One: The Black Panthers & Breakfast

Margaret talks with Joelle Monique about how a few thousand Black radicals scared the government by feeding kids, building coalitions, and organizing armed community defense.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
8/14/202354 minutes, 52 seconds
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Part Two: Escape from the Magdalene Laundries: Surviving & Fighting Theocracy in Ireland

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with writer and podcast host Sarah Marshall about the prisons for "fallen women" around the UK, US & Ireland, and the many people who fought against them, like Sinéad O'Connor.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
8/9/20231 hour, 2 minutes, 19 seconds
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Part One: Escape from the Magdalene Laundries: Surviving & Fighting Theocracy in Ireland

Margaret talks with writer and podcast host Sarah Marshall about the prisons for "fallen women" around the UK, US & Ireland, and the many people who fought against them, like Sinéad O'Connor.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
8/7/20231 hour, 34 seconds
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Part Two: Hunger Strikes: From Ireland to Palestine

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Shereen about the long history of hunger strikes by prisoners and refugees.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
8/2/20231 hour, 19 minutes, 25 seconds
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Part One: Hunger Strikes: From Ireland to Palestine

Margaret talks with Shereen about the long history of hunger strikes by prisoners and refugees.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
7/31/202358 minutes, 55 seconds
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Part Two: Before the Mexican Revolution: Ricardo Flores Magón & the Peasants Who Ended a Dictatorship

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Kat Abu about the Mexican liberals who became anarchists and sparked a revolution.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
7/26/20231 hour, 31 seconds
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Part One: Before the Mexican Revolution: Ricardo Flores Magón & the Peasants Who Ended a Dictatorship

Margaret talks with Kat Abu about the Mexican liberals who became anarchists and sparked a revolution.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
7/24/20231 hour, 14 minutes, 12 seconds
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Part Two: The Molly Maguires: Untamable Irish Rebels Who Had a Really Direct Way of Dealing with Bosses & Landlords

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Jamie Loftus about the wild history of Irish secret societies, the fight against the enclosure of the commons, and class war in the coal fields of the US.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
7/19/20231 hour, 18 minutes, 22 seconds
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Part One: The Molly Maguires: Untamable Irish Rebels Who Had a Really Direct Way of Dealing with Bosses & Landlords

Margaret talks with Jamie Loftus about the wild history of Irish secret societies, the fight against the enclosure of the commons, and class war in the coal fields of the US.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
7/17/20231 hour, 13 minutes, 55 seconds
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Part Two: Gama: An Anti-colonial Icon Who Happened to Be History's Greatest Wrestler

In part two of this week's reverse episode, author Shiv Ramdas continues his conversation with Margaret about Gama, the Indian wrestler who never lost.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
7/12/202357 minutes, 21 seconds
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Part One: Gama: An Anti-colonial Icon Who Happened to Be History's Greatest Wrestler

In this reverse episode, author Shiv Ramdas tells Margaret about Gama, the Indian wrestler who never lost.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
7/10/20231 hour, 10 minutes, 15 seconds
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Part Three: STAR & the Gay Liberation Front: An Army of Lovers Cannot Lose

In the finale of this three-part episode, Margaret concludes her conversation with Danl Goodman about the gay liberation movement of the early 1970s that blew open the gates for LGBT rights.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
7/5/202354 minutes, 43 seconds
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Part Two: STAR & the Gay Liberation Front: An Army of Lovers Cannot Lose

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Danl Goodman about the gay liberation movement of the early 1970s that blew open the gates for LGBT rights. You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzoneSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
6/28/202344 minutes, 55 seconds
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Part One: STAR & the Gay Liberation Front: An Army of Lovers Cannot Lose

Margaret talks with Danl Goodman about the gay liberation movement of the early 1970s that blew open the gates for LGBT rights. You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzoneSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
6/26/202352 minutes, 35 seconds
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Part Two: The Newsies on Strike: Soaking Scabs & Taking Names

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with writer and podcast host Andrew Ti about how an informal union of children shut down the nation’s biggest newspapers and won their rights. You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzoneSee omny.fm/listener for privacy information.
6/21/20231 hour, 8 minutes, 49 seconds
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Part One: The Newsies on Strike: Soaking Scabs & Taking Names

Margaret talks with writer and podcast host Andrew Ti about how an informal union of children shut down the nation’s biggest newspapers and won their rights. You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzoneSee omny.fm/listener for privacy information.
6/19/20231 hour, 7 minutes, 40 seconds
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Introducing: Sad Oligarch

Hi, Cool People Fans! Take a listen to the trailer for Sad Oligarch - an investigative podcast series that looks into the many Russian oligarch deaths of 2022. About the show: Since January 2022, more than a dozen of Russia's wealthiest businessmen have been found dead. One was poisoned with frog venom. One was found hanged on a handrail with his wife and children killed with an axe. Several fell out of high windows. Most of the deaths are suspicious. Russia says most of them were coincidental suicides resulting from depression. We have a theory though that something much darker is afoot.  Sad Oligarch is a modern true crime style investigative podcast series that looks into the many Russian oligarch deaths of 2022, unravelling a dark tale of Kremlin corruption and Russian political influence across the world. Listen here and subscribe to Sad Oligarch on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
6/16/20231 minute, 46 seconds
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Part Two: The Battle of Cable Street: How Jews & Irish Catholics Destroyed Fascism in Britain

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with James Stout about how Britain's Union of Fascists was destroyed in a storm of fists and rotten vegetables in 1936. You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzoneSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
6/14/202356 minutes, 40 seconds
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Part One: The Battle of Cable Street: How Jews & Irish Catholics Destroyed Fascism in Britain

Margaret talks with James Stout about how Britain's Union of Fascists was destroyed in a storm of fists and rotten vegetables in 1936. You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzoneSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
6/12/202350 minutes, 15 seconds
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Part Two: Resistance to Franco: The Anarchist Air Force, the Antifascist Space Program & More

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Gare about how the people of Spain fought back against Franco, crippling his economy, killing his soldiers, and almost blowing him up directly. You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzoneSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
6/7/202349 minutes, 6 seconds
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Part One: Resistance to Franco: The Anarchist Air Force, the Antifascist Space Program & More

Margaret talks with Gare about how the people of Spain fought back against Franco, crippling his economy, killing his soldiers, and almost blowing him up directly. You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzoneSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
6/5/202357 minutes, 4 seconds
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Part Two: Francisco Sabaté: Franco’s Public Enemy #1

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with James Stout about the anarchist spec ops guy who became a guerilla Robin Hood and spent decades terrifying fascists.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
5/31/202354 minutes, 57 seconds
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Part One: Francisco Sabaté: Franco’s Public Enemy #1

Margaret talks with James Stout about the anarchist spec ops guy who became a guerilla Robin Hood and spent decades terrifying fascists.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
5/29/20231 hour, 1 minute, 16 seconds
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Part Two: Riot Dogs Are Very Good Dogs

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with producer Sophie Lichterman about the stray dogs who fight cops and guard protesters around the world.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
5/24/202349 minutes, 12 seconds
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Part One: Riot Dogs Are Very Good Dogs

Margaret talks with producer Sophie Lichterman about the stray dogs who fight cops and guard protesters around the world.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
5/22/202357 minutes, 9 seconds
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Part Two: Josephine Baker: The Actor and Spy Who Mighta Saved the World

Margaret continues her conversation with journalist and writer Laurie Penny about Josephine Baker, the first black woman to star in a film, who also helped fight the Nazis.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
5/10/20231 hour, 14 minutes, 19 seconds
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Part One: Josephine Baker: The Actor and Spy Who Mighta Saved the World

Margaret talks with journalist and writer Laurie Penny about Josephine Baker, the first black woman to star in a film, who also helped fight the Nazis.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
5/8/202353 minutes, 7 seconds
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Part Two: Muhammad Ali Risked It All to Stop a War

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Ian Johnson about Muhammad Ali, one of the greatest and most principled athletes of all time, who used his platform to fight for change outside of the boxing ring at immense personal cost.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
5/3/20231 hour, 2 minutes, 24 seconds
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Part One: Muhammad Ali Risked It All to Stop a War

Margaret talks with Ian Johnson about Muhammad Ali, one of the greatest and most principled athletes of all time, who used his platform to fight for change outside of the boxing ring at immense personal cost.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
5/1/202353 minutes, 7 seconds
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Part Two: Helen Keller Was a Socialist But Also Complicated

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Samantha McVey about the deafblind socialist revolutionary Helen Keller and her complicated legacy as a disability icon.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
4/26/202358 minutes, 58 seconds
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Part One: Helen Keller Was a Socialist But Also Complicated

Margaret talks with Samantha McVey about the deafblind socialist revolutionary Helen Keller and her complicated legacy as a disability icon.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
4/24/202357 minutes, 1 second
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Part Four: The Young Lords: How Some Puerto Rican Socialists Changed Everything

In the finale of this four part episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Alynda Segarra from Hurray for the Riff Raff about how radicals got the trash taken out in New York, literally.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
4/19/20231 hour, 7 minutes, 49 seconds
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Part Three: The Young Lords: How Some Puerto Rican Socialists Changed Everything

In part three of this four part episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Alynda Segarra from Hurray for the Riff Raff about how radicals got the trash taken out in New York, literally.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
4/17/202354 minutes, 31 seconds
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Part Two: The Young Lords: How Some Puerto Rican Socialists Changed Everything

In part two of this four part episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Alynda Segarra from Hurray for the Riff Raff about how radicals got the trash taken out in New York, literally.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
4/12/202355 minutes, 34 seconds
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Part One: The Young Lords: How Some Puerto Rican Socialists Changed Everything

Margaret talks with Alynda Segarra from Hurray for the Riff Raff about how radicals got the trash taken out in New York, literally.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
4/10/202342 minutes, 26 seconds
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Part Two: Burglars vs the FBI: How the Catholic Left & Their Friends Exposed COINTELPRO

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with journalist, activist and comedian Francesca Fiorentini about one of the greatest acts of nonviolent civil disobedience in US history.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
4/5/20231 hour, 19 minutes, 45 seconds
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Part One: Burglars vs the FBI: How the Catholic Left & Their Friends Exposed COINTELPRO

Margaret talks with journalist, activist and comedian Francesca Fiorentini about one of the greatest acts of nonviolent civil disobedience in US history.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
4/3/20231 hour, 6 minutes, 4 seconds
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Part Two: Great Trancestors of History: Lucy Hicks, Wendy Carlos & Alan Hart

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Bridget Todd about some trans people in history who lived long happy lives and accomplished wonderful things.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
3/29/202347 minutes, 12 seconds
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Part One: Great Trancestors of History: Lucy Hicks, Wendy Carlos & Alan Hart

Margaret talks with Bridget Todd about some trans people in history who lived long, happy lives and accomplished wonderful things.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
3/27/20231 hour, 4 minutes, 50 seconds
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Part Four: Stonewall: The Criminal Queers Who Birthed a Movement

In the finale of this special four-part episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Shereen Younes about the early fight for LGBT rights and how it was a literal fight, fought on every front.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
3/22/202351 minutes, 42 seconds
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Part Three: Stonewall: The Criminal Queers Who Birthed a Movement

In part three of this special four-part episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Shereen Younes about the early fight for LGBT rights and how it was a literal fight, fought on every front.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
3/20/202354 minutes, 44 seconds
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Part Two: Stonewall: The Criminal Queers Who Birthed a Movement

In part two of this special four-part episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Shereen Younes about the early fight for LGBT rights and how it was a literal fight, fought on every front.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
3/15/202350 minutes, 23 seconds
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Part One: Stonewall: The Criminal Queers Who Birthed a Movement

Margaret talks with Shereen Younes about the early fight for LGBT rights and how it was a literal fight, fought on every front.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
3/13/202359 minutes, 16 seconds
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Part Two: Judi Bari Didn't Bomb Herself: Earth First! & the Timber Wars

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Gare about the labor organizer who tried to bring loggers and environmentalists together to save the redwoods and had to survive a car bomb to do it.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
3/8/20231 hour, 9 minutes, 53 seconds
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Part One: Judi Bari Didn't Bomb Herself: Earth First! & the Timber Wars

Margaret talks with Gare about the labor organizer who tried to bring loggers and environmentalists together to save the redwoods and had to survive a car bomb to do it.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
3/6/202354 minutes
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Part Two: The Golden Age of Pirates & One Great Polycule of History

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Miriam about what's unique about the golden age of piracy and why we romanticize the wrong things, plus they discuss Mary Read, Anne Bonny and Calico Jack. South Street Seaport Museum's Queer Chanteys, Queer Sailors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRxo-nJn8X8See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
3/1/20231 hour, 22 minutes, 48 seconds
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Part One: The Golden Age of Pirates & One Great Polycule of History

Margaret talks with Miriam about what's unique about the golden age of piracy and why we romanticize the wrong things, plus they discuss Mary Read, Anne Bonny and Calico Jack.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2/27/20231 hour, 8 minutes, 39 seconds
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Part Two: Chico Mendes & the Rubber Tappers Who Fought for the Rainforest

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Prop about the rural union of rubber tappers who fought slash and burn ranching in the Amazon rainforest.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2/22/20231 hour, 5 minutes, 38 seconds
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Part One: Chico Mendes & the Rubber Tappers Who Fought for the Rainforest

Margaret talks with Prop about the rural union of rubber tappers who fought slash and burn ranching in the Amazon rainforest.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2/20/20231 hour, 55 seconds
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Part Two: Ngo Van & Vietnamese Resistance Before the Vietnam War

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Snow about one communist’s life of resistance against colonialism and authoritarianism both.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2/15/20231 hour, 10 minutes, 54 seconds
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Part One: Ngo Van & Vietnamese Resistance Before the Vietnam War

Margaret talks with Snow about one communist’s life of resistance against colonialism and authoritarianism both.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2/13/20231 hour, 35 seconds
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Part Two: The Popular Olympics: Antifascist Athletes Help Stop a Coup

In part two of this week's reverse episode, James Stout continues his conversation with Margaret about the Popular Olympics of 1936 Spain and the competitors who stayed to fight.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2/8/20231 hour, 15 minutes, 38 seconds
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Part One: The Popular Olympics: Antifascist Athletes Help Stop a Coup

In this reverse episode, James Stout talks with Margaret about the Popular Olympics of 1936 Spain and the competitors who stayed to fight.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2/6/202357 minutes, 7 seconds
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Part Two: Isabelle Eberhardt: The Genderbending Vagabond

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Jolie Holland about Isabelle Eberhardt, aka Si Mahmoud Saadi, the Muslim crossdressing adventurer raised by anarchists.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2/1/202353 minutes, 18 seconds
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Part One: Isabelle Eberhardt: The Genderbending Vagabond

Margaret talks with Jolie Holland about Isabelle Eberhardt, aka Si Mahmoud Saadi, the Muslim crossdressing adventurer raised by anarchists.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1/30/20231 hour, 4 minutes, 16 seconds
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Part Two: Grace O'Malley: The Pirate Queen of Ireland

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Hugh Ryan about the complicated legacy of Gráinne Ní Mháille and her piracy and her rebellion against the British.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1/25/20231 hour, 23 minutes, 50 seconds
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Part One: Grace O'Malley: The Pirate Queen of Ireland

Margaret talks with Hugh Ryan about the complicated legacy of Gráinne Ní Mháille and her piracy and her rebellion against the British.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1/23/20231 hour, 8 minutes, 30 seconds
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Part Two: Up Against the Wall: New York City's Armed Love Movement

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Mia Wong about Black Mask and Up Against the Wall, the artists who took on the system and looked good doing it.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1/18/20231 hour, 15 minutes, 22 seconds
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Part One: Up Against the Wall: New York City's Armed Love Movement

Margaret talks with Mia Wong about Black Mask and Up Against the Wall, the artists who took on the system and looked good doing it.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1/16/202354 minutes, 58 seconds
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Here's To You, Dear Listeners: 2023 Q&A

On this special episode of Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff, Margaret and Sophie answer questions from you, the listeners!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1/4/202352 minutes, 20 seconds
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Part Two: Keep the Yuletide Gay: Saturnalia & the Puritan War on Christmas

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Garrison Davis about how the Church tried, and largely failed, to stop the wild revelry of the winter solstice.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
12/21/202245 minutes, 39 seconds
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Part One: Keep the Yuletide Gay: Saturnalia & the Puritan War on Christmas

Margaret talks with Garrison Davis about how the Church tried, and largely failed, to stop the wild revelry of the winter solstice.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
12/19/202247 minutes, 56 seconds
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Part Two: The Tramp Printers: Union Vagabonds

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Caitlin Durante about the hardknock union typographers whose short lives were full of adventure, ink, and booze. Source: The Tramp Printers: Forgotten Trails of the Traveling Typographers by Charles OverbeckSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
12/14/202255 minutes, 13 seconds
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Part One: The Tramp Printers: Union Vagabonds

Margaret talks with Caitlin Durante about the hardknock union typographers whose short lives were full of adventure, ink, and booze. Source: The Tramp Printers: Forgotten Trails of the Traveling Typographers by Charles OverbeckSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
12/12/202258 minutes, 28 seconds
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Part Two: The Armed Nonviolent Civil Rights Movement

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Joelle Monique about how the Deacons for Defense and Justice, the NAACP, and others organized for self-defense during the Civil Rights Era.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
12/7/20221 hour
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Part One: The Armed Nonviolent Civil Rights Movement

Margaret talks with Joelle Monique about how the Deacons for Defense and Justice, the NAACP, and others organized for self-defense during the Civil Rights Era.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
12/5/202258 minutes, 5 seconds
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Part Two: Everyone Hates the Klan

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Shereen about the long history of the Ku Klux Klan and the equally long history of people fighting it tooth and nail.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
11/30/20221 hour, 5 minutes, 38 seconds
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Part One: Everyone Hates the Klan

Margaret talks with Shereen about the long history of the Ku Klux Klan and the equally long history of people fighting it tooth and nail.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
11/28/202259 minutes, 43 seconds
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Thanksgiving Fiction Special: The Thirty-Seven Marble Steps

In this extra-special Thanksgiving fiction special presentation, Margaret recounts the true origins of the Thanksgiving holiday and then reads a story from her new book, We Won't Be Here Tomorrow, to Sophie. Join Robert Evans, Margaret Killjoy and Sophie Lichterman for a special live episode of Behind the Bastards with Q&A. Upon purchasing your ticket, you’ll be redirected to the show screen where there will be a prompt for you to submit a question to the hosts. Questions are picked at random, but be sure to get yours in as it may be featured in the live episode.  The show will be available for replay for 7 days after the event. Tickets: https://www.moment.co/btb (1 Part)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
11/23/202235 minutes, 56 seconds
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Part Two: Anti-Racist Action: Because Nazi Punks Need To Be Dealt With

In part two of this week's episode, author Shannon Clay continues his conversation with Margaret about the history of Anti-Racist Action, the coalition that formed to counter racist and fascist organizing in subcultures in the midwest. We Go Where They Go: The Story of Anti-Racist Action: https://bookshop.org/p/books/we-go-where-they-go-the-story-of-anti-racist-action-kristin-schwartz/17909472?ean=9781629639727See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
11/16/202256 minutes, 18 seconds
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Part One: Anti-Racist Action: Because Nazi Punks Need To Be Dealt With

Author Shannon Clay talks to Margaret about the history of Anti-Racist Action, the coalition that formed to counter racist and fascist organizing in subcultures in the midwest. We Go Where They Go: The Story of Anti-Racist Action: https://bookshop.org/p/books/we-go-where-they-go-the-story-of-anti-racist-action-kristin-schwartz/17909472?ean=9781629639727See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
11/14/202242 minutes, 55 seconds
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Part Two: Baba Yaga: Everyone's Favorite Witch From Folklore

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Jamie Loftus about Baba Yaga, the Slavic legend who eats children and occasionally helps people.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
11/9/20221 hour, 5 minutes, 4 seconds
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Part One: Baba Yaga: Everyone's Favorite Witch From Folklore

Margaret talks with comedian and podcaster Jamie Loftus about Baba Yaga, the Slavic legend who eats children and occasionally helps people.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
11/7/20221 hour, 9 minutes, 12 seconds
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Halloween Fiction Special: It Bleeds, It Burrows, It Breaks the Bone

In this extra-special Halloween fiction special presentation, Margaret reads a ghost story from her new book, We Won't Be Here Tomorrow, to Sophie.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
11/2/202242 minutes, 32 seconds
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Part Three: Sholem Schwarzbard: The Jewish Assassin Who Ruled

In the finale of this special reverse episode, Miriam concludes her conversation with Margaret about Sholem Schwarzbard, the radical Jewish assassin. Special thanks goes to Anna Elena Torres. Her forthcoming book, With Freedom in Our Ears can be found here. Thanks to Eliui Damm, whose work can be found in There's Nothing So Whole as a Broken Heart, available from AK Press, With Freedom in Our Ears and Tohubavohu, a zine available here.Thank you to Ciarán Finlayson.And thank you to Kelly Johnson, whose 2012 dissertation Sholem Schwarzbard: Biography of a Jewish Assassin was indispensable to the research for this episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
10/31/20221 hour, 12 minutes, 21 seconds
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Part Two: Sholem Schwarzbard: The Jewish Assassin Who Ruled

In part two of this special reverse episode, Miriam continues her conversation with Margaret about Sholem Schwarzbard, the radical Jewish assassin. Special thanks goes to Anna Elena Torres. Her forthcoming book, With Freedom in Our Ears can be found here. Thanks to Eliui Damm, whose work can be found in There's Nothing So Whole as a Broken Heart, available from AK Press, With Freedom in Our Ears and Tohubavohu, a zine available here.Thank you to Ciarán Finlayson.And thank you to Kelly Johnson, whose 2012 dissertation Sholem Schwarzbard: Biography of a Jewish Assassin was indispensable to the research for this episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
10/26/202252 minutes, 2 seconds
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Part One: Sholem Schwarzbard: The Jewish Assassin Who Ruled

In this special reverse episode, Miriam talks with Margaret about Sholem Schwarzbard, the radical Jewish assassin. Special thanks goes to Anna Elena Torres. Her forthcoming book, With Freedom in Our Ears can be found here. Thanks to Eliui Damm, whose work can be found in There's Nothing So Whole as a Broken Heart, available from AK Press, With Freedom in Our Ears and Tohubavohu, a zine available here.Thank you to Ciarán Finlayson.And thank you to Kelly Johnson, whose 2012 dissertation Sholem Schwarzbard: Biography of a Jewish Assassin was indispensable to the research for this episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
10/24/202255 minutes, 10 seconds
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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 cinema.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
10/19/20221 hour, 3 minutes, 25 seconds
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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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
10/17/20221 hour, 8 minutes, 32 seconds
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Part Two: Crime Pays: The Sophie Lyons Story

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Prop about how one immigrant woman navigated the 19th century American criminal underworld, robbed the rich, retired rich herself, gave back to her community, and kind of was terrible also.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
10/12/202259 minutes, 40 seconds
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Part One: Crime Pays: The Sophie Lyons Story

Margaret talks to Prop about how one immigrant woman navigated the 19th century American criminal underworld, robbed the rich, retired rich herself, gave back to her community, and kind of was terrible also.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
10/10/202257 minutes, 9 seconds
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Part Two: The Modern School & Francisco Ferrer: School Shouldn't Be Terrible

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with James Stout about the turn of the century educators who fought--and sometimes died--for a reasonable education for the working class.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
10/5/20221 hour, 4 minutes, 18 seconds
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Part One: The Modern School & Francisco Ferrer: School Shouldn't Be Terrible

Margaret talks with James Stout about the turn of the century educators who fought--and sometimes died--for a reasonable education for the working class.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
10/3/20221 hour, 7 minutes, 29 seconds
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Part Two: Aqua Tofana: How to Kill Your Husband

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Shereen about how, in the era before divorce, a group of women sold poison to aspiring widows.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
9/28/202259 minutes, 45 seconds
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Part One: Aqua Tofana: How to Kill Your Husband

Margaret talks with Shereen about how, in the era before divorce, a group of women sold poison to aspiring widows.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
9/26/20221 hour, 9 seconds
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Part Two: The IWW and the Hobos Who Saved Free Speech

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Robert Evans about the Spokane Free Speech Fight and the itinerant workers who invented new forms of civil disobedience.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
9/21/202253 minutes, 18 seconds
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Part One: The IWW and the Hobos Who Saved Free Speech

Margaret talks with Robert Evans about the Spokane Free Speech Fight and the itinerant workers who invented new forms of civil disobedience.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
9/19/20221 hour, 14 minutes, 11 seconds
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Part Two: Dutch Squatters Accidentally Save The Country From Ruin

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Alex Beels, host of Onderstroom, about how a group of people who just wanted somewhere to sleep stopped real estate speculation from gutting the Netherlands.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
9/14/20221 hour, 3 minutes, 33 seconds
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Part One: Dutch Squatters Accidentally Save The Country From Ruin

Margaret talks with Alex Beels, host of Onderstroom, about how a group of people who just wanted somewhere to sleep stopped real estate speculation from gutting the Netherlands.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
9/12/202259 minutes, 9 seconds
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Part Two: Chumbawamba: How to Sell Out, But in a Good Way

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Max Collins of Eve 6 about the squatting, organizing, and robin hood antics of Chumbawamba, the one hit wonders with a thirty year career.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
9/7/202247 minutes, 35 seconds
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Part One: Chumbawamba: How to Sell Out, But in a Good Way

Margaret talks with Max Collins of Eve 6 about the squatting, organizing, and robin hood antics of Chumbawamba, the one hit wonders with a thirty year career.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
9/5/202254 minutes, 25 seconds
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Part Two: Roger Casement: The Gay Irish Anti-Colonial Knight

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with author Wren Awry about Roger Casement, whose reporting helped end the brutal reign of Leopold II of Belgium. Preorder Wren's book Nourishing Resistance: Stories of Food, Protest & Mutual Aid, out Spring 2023: https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1321See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
8/31/20221 hour, 11 minutes, 24 seconds
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Part One: Roger Casement: The Gay Irish Anti-Colonial Knight

Margaret talks with author Wren Awry about Roger Casement, whose reporting helped end the brutal reign of Leopold II of Belgium. Preorder Wren's book Nourishing Resistance: Stories of Food, Protest & Mutual Aid, out Spring 2023: https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1321See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
8/29/20221 hour, 4 minutes, 51 seconds
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Part Two: The Diggers, the Levelers, the Ranters, and John Darnielle

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Mountain Goats singer John Darnielle about the wild-eyed radicals of the English Civil War.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
8/24/20221 hour, 12 minutes, 3 seconds
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Part One: The Diggers, the Levelers, the Ranters, and John Darnielle

Margaret talks with Mountain Goats singer John Darnielle about the wild-eyed radicals of the English Civil War.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
8/22/20221 hour, 28 minutes, 59 seconds
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Part Two: Food Not Bombs, The Criminal Mutual Aid Conspiracy

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with podcast host Andrew Ti about the long fight for our right to feed one another in public places.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
8/17/20221 hour, 9 minutes
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Part One: Food Not Bombs, The Criminal Mutual Aid Conspiracy

Margaret talks with podcast host Andrew Ti about the long fight for our right to feed one another in public places.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
8/15/20221 hour, 2 minutes, 18 seconds
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Part Two: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising & Jewish Resistance to the Holocaust

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Miriam about the desperate last stand of the Jews of Poland and the fight to preserve Jewish culture from extermination.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
8/10/20221 hour, 19 minutes, 1 second
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Part One: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising & Jewish Resistance to the Holocaust

Margaret talks with Miriam about the desperate last stand of the Jews of Poland and the fight to preserve Jewish culture from extermination.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
8/8/20221 hour, 10 minutes, 10 seconds
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Part Two: The Japanese Anarchist Women Who Kept Trying to Kill Emperors

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with comedian and podcast host Brodie Reed about Kaneko Fumiko and Kanno Suga, two Japanese anarchist women who did their best to end the lives of emperors and almost changed history.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
7/27/20221 hour, 1 minute, 18 seconds
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Part One: The Japanese Anarchist Women Who Kept Trying to Kill Emperors

Margaret talks with comedian and podcast host Brodie Reed about Kaneko Fumiko and Kanno Suga, two Japanese anarchist women who did their best to end the lives of emperors and almost changed history.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
7/25/202246 minutes, 43 seconds
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Part Two: Birth Control Pioneers & the Jerk Who Tried to Stop Them

Some people have to fight for the right to use birth control, some people have to fight for the right to bear children. In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Katy Stoll about Emma Goldman, Angela Heywood, Fannie Lou Hamer, and the complex fight for reproductive freedom in the US.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
7/20/20221 hour, 10 minutes, 4 seconds
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Part One: Birth Control Pioneers & the Jerk Who Tried to Stop Them

Some people have to fight for the right to use birth control, some people have to fight for the right to bear children. Margaret talks with Katy Stoll about Emma Goldman, Angela Heywood, Fannie Lou Hamer, and the complex fight for reproductive freedom in the US.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
7/18/202253 minutes, 26 seconds
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Part Two: How To Break Out of Prison: In Minecraft and Elsewhere

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with podcast host Mia Wong about jailbreaks, by helicopter, tank, and tunnel.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
7/13/202253 minutes, 43 seconds
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Part One: How To Break Out of Prison: In Minecraft and Elsewhere

To celebrate Bastille Day, Margaret talks to podcast host Mia Wong about jailbreaks, by helicopter, tank, and tunnel.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
7/11/202251 minutes, 57 seconds
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Part Two: Blair Mountain: When Miners Went to Literal War Against Their Bosses

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with the crew of the Old Gods of Appalachia podcast about the coal wars of West Virginia and the blood that bought miners their rights.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
7/6/20221 hour, 13 minutes, 16 seconds
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Part One: Blair Mountain: When Miners Went to Literal War Against Their Bosses

Margaret talks with the crew of the Old Gods of Appalachia podcast about the coal wars of West Virginia and the blood that bought miners their rights.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
7/4/202259 minutes, 53 seconds
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Part Two: When Women Were Computers: A Tale of Space and Math

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Bridget Todd about the space race, Russian cosmists, gay scientists, and the women who got humanity to the moon.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
6/29/20221 hour, 2 minutes, 53 seconds
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Part One: When Women Were Computers: A Tale of Space and Math

Margaret talks with Bridget Todd about the space race, Russian cosmists, gay scientists, and the women who got humanity to the moon.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
6/27/202259 minutes, 59 seconds
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Part Two: The Public Universal Friend: A Non-binary Icon in Revolutionary-Era America

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with podcast host and journalist Garrison Davis about an 18th-century genderless preacher and their gender-bending followers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
6/22/202251 minutes, 6 seconds
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Part One: The Public Universal Friend: A Non-binary Icon in Revolutionary-Era America

Margaret talks with podcast host and journalist Garrison Davis about an 18th-century genderless preacher and their gender-bending followers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
6/20/202258 minutes, 57 seconds
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Part Two: The Anarchist Revolution in the Spanish Civil War

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with comedian, writer and podcast host Jamie Loftus about the time that millions of anarchists and their allies collectivized in Spain while fighting off a fascist invasion.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
6/15/20221 hour, 33 minutes, 20 seconds
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Part One: The Anarchist Revolution in the Spanish Civil War

Margaret talks with comedian, writer and podcast host Jamie Loftus about the time that millions of anarchists and their allies collectivized in Spain while fighting off a fascist invasion.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
6/13/20221 hour, 15 minutes, 15 seconds
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Part Two: Russian Nihilists: The Gender-bending Subculture that Blew Up the Tsar

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Io about the science hippies of the 1860s who wore sunglasses at night and invented modern terrorism.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
6/8/20221 hour, 14 minutes, 15 seconds
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Part One: Russian Nihilists: The Gender-bending Subculture that Blew Up the Tsar

Margaret talks with Io about the science hippies of the 1860s who wore sunglasses at night and invented modern terrorism.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
6/6/20221 hour, 20 minutes, 46 seconds
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Part Two: Gay Resistance to Nazis

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Shereen Lani Younes about everything from queer youth gangs fighting the Hitler Youth in the street to artists who turned their talents to forgery and sabotage. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
6/1/202257 minutes, 25 seconds
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Part One: Gay Resistance to Nazis

Margaret talks with Shereen Lani Younes about everything from queer youth gangs fighting the Hitler Youth in the street to artists who turned their talents to forgery and sabotage. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
5/30/20221 hour, 17 minutes, 46 seconds
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Part Two: The Paris Commune: How to Steal Back Your Own City

In 1871, the people of Paris, tired of starving, took up arms and declared their city an autonomous commune. For almost two months, they ran their utopian experiment, and though they were eventually crushed, they inspired revolutionaries across the world for generations to come.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
5/25/202258 minutes, 55 seconds
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Part One: The Paris Commune: How to Steal Back Your Own City

In 1871, the people of Paris, tired of starving, took up arms and declared their city an autonomous commune. For almost two months, they ran their utopian experiment, and though they were eventually crushed, they inspired revolutionaries across the world for generations to come.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
5/23/20221 hour, 9 minutes, 34 seconds
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Part Two: The Civil War Within the Civil War: How the South Won the War for the Union

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Prop about how people escaping slavery turned the tide of the civil war and how the South was anything but united.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
5/18/20221 hour, 2 minutes, 51 seconds
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Part One: The Civil War Within the Civil War: How the South Won the War for the Union

Margaret talks with Prop about how people escaping slavery turned the tide of the civil war and how the South was anything but united.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
5/16/20221 hour
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Part Two: The Jane Collective: Direct Action Abortion Access Works

In part two of this week's 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. https://reprolegaldefensefund.org/The Repro Legal Defense Fund covers bail and funds strong defenses for people who are investigated, arrested, or prosecuted for self-managed abortion.https://www.ifwhenhow.org/If/When/How are lawyers fighting for reproductive justicehttps://www.aafront.org/http://operationsaveabortion.com/https://digitaldefensefund.org/ddf-guides/abortion-privacySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
5/11/202259 minutes, 11 seconds
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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. https://reprolegaldefensefund.org/The Repro Legal Defense Fund covers bail and funds strong defenses for people who are investigated, arrested, or prosecuted for self-managed abortion.https://www.ifwhenhow.org/If/When/How are lawyers fighting for reproductive justicehttps://www.aafront.org/http://operationsaveabortion.com/https://digitaldefensefund.org/ddf-guides/abortion-privacySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
5/9/20221 hour, 15 minutes, 53 seconds
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Part Two: The Haymarket Affair: The Bomb & the Eight-Hour Workday

In part two of this episode, Margaret continues her discussion with journalist and podcast host Robert Evans to talk about the anarchists who were hanged in Chicago in the 1860s for fighting for the rights of the working class.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
5/4/20221 hour, 4 minutes, 59 seconds
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Part One: The Haymarket Affair: The Bomb & the Eight-Hour Workday

Margaret sits down with journalist and podcast host Robert Evans to talk about the anarchists who were hanged in Chicago in the 1860s for fighting for the rights of the working class.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
5/2/20221 hour, 8 minutes, 2 seconds
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Introducing: Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

Lots of cool people in history have done really cool stuff. Let Margaret Killjoy tell you about them. In this trailer, learn about the cool anarchist bank robbers who performed a cool jailbreak in Uruguay in 1931.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
4/22/20221 minute, 51 seconds