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Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

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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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Episodes

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 Johns...

Oct 26, 202252 min

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 Shole...

Oct 24, 202255 min

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.

Oct 19, 20221 hr 3 min

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.

Oct 12, 20221 hr

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.

Oct 10, 202257 min

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.

Sep 28, 20221 hr

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.

Sep 21, 202253 min

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.

Sep 19, 20221 hr 14 min

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.

Sep 14, 20221 hr 4 min

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.

Sep 07, 202248 min

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.

Sep 05, 202254 min

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=1321 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Aug 31, 20221 hr 11 min

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=1321 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Aug 29, 20221 hr 5 min

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.

Aug 17, 20221 hr 9 min

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.

Jul 27, 20221 hr 1 min

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.

Jul 20, 20221 hr 10 min

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.

Jul 18, 202253 min
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