Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff - podcast cover

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcastswww.iheart.com

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.

Last refreshed:
Follow this podcast in the Metacast mobile app to refresh it and see new episodes.
Download Metacast podcast app
Podcasts are better in Metacast mobile app
Don't just listen to podcasts. Learn from them with transcripts, summaries, and chapters for every episode. Skim, search, and bookmark insights. Learn more

Episodes

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.

Dec 20, 202353 min

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.

Dec 18, 20231 hr 2 min

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.

Dec 17, 202337 min

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.

Dec 13, 20231 hr 9 min

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.

Dec 06, 20231 hr 3 min

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.

Dec 04, 202356 min

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.

Nov 29, 20231 hr 6 min

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.

Nov 27, 20231 hr 1 min

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.

Nov 15, 202354 min

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.

Nov 13, 202355 min

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.

Nov 12, 202344 min

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...

Nov 08, 202356 min

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 f...

Nov 06, 202358 min

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.

Nov 05, 202339 min

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.

Nov 01, 20231 hr 6 min

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/7104105 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oct 29, 202341 min

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/7104105 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oct 22, 202341 min

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/7104105 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oct 15, 202350 min
Hosted on Omny Studio
For the best experience, listen in Metacast app for iOS or Android