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.
Mar 24, 2024•27 min
Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff
As long as there’s been oppression, there’ve been people fighting it. This weekly podcast dives into history to drag up the wildest rebels, the most beautiful revolts, and all the people who long to be—and fight to be—free. It explores complex stories of resistance that offer lessons and inspiration for us today, focusing on the ensemble casts that make up each act of history. That is to say, this podcast focuses on Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff.
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Episodes
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.
Mar 20, 2024•49 min
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.
Mar 18, 2024•55 min
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.
Mar 17, 2024•34 min
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.
Mar 13, 2024•1 hr 3 min
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.
Mar 11, 2024•1 hr 2 min
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.
Mar 10, 2024•29 min
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.
Mar 06, 2024•1 hr 3 min
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.
Mar 04, 2024•1 hr 5 min
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.
Mar 03, 2024•44 min
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.
Feb 28, 2024•1 hr 13 min
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.
Feb 26, 2024•1 hr 6 min
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.
Feb 25, 2024•40 min
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.
Feb 21, 2024•56 min
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.
Feb 19, 2024•47 min
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.
Feb 18, 2024•26 min
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 independence See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 14, 2024•1 hr
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.
Feb 12, 2024•48 min
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.
Feb 11, 2024•27 min
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.
Feb 07, 2024•51 min
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.
Feb 05, 2024•58 min
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.
Feb 04, 2024•37 min
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 California See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 31, 2024•1 hr 8 min
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.
Jan 29, 2024•54 min
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.
Jan 22, 2024•2 hr 3 min
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.
Jan 17, 2024•1 hr 38 min
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.
Jan 10, 2024•56 min
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 imagine See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 08, 2024•59 min
CZM Book Club: "The Untimely Death of Northgate Mall" by Evan J Peterson
Margaret reads Gare an urban folk horror story. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 07, 2024•33 min
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-camps See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jan 03, 2024•39 min
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