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.
Aug 12, 2024•1 hr
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
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.
Aug 11, 2024•23 min
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.
Aug 07, 2024•59 min
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.
Aug 05, 2024•1 hr 3 min
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.
Aug 04, 2024•35 min
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.
Jul 31, 2024•1 hr 2 min
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.
Jul 29, 2024•53 min
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.
Jul 28, 2024•28 min
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.
Jul 24, 2024•55 min
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.
Jul 22, 2024•49 min
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.
Jul 21, 2024•36 min
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.
Jul 17, 2024•50 min
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.
Jul 15, 2024•49 min
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.
Jul 14, 2024•27 min
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.
Jul 10, 2024•1 hr
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.
Jul 08, 2024•1 hr 1 min
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.
Jul 07, 2024•31 min
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.
Jul 03, 2024•1 hr 2 min
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.
Jul 01, 2024•1 hr 8 min
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.
Jun 30, 2024•36 min
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.
Jun 26, 2024•1 hr 8 min
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.
Jun 24, 2024•57 min
CZM Book Club: "Party Discipline" by Cory Doctorow, Part Three
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.
Jun 23, 2024•30 min
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.
Jun 19, 2024•1 hr 10 min
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.
Jun 17, 2024•57 min
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.
Jun 16, 2024•28 min
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.
Jun 12, 2024•1 hr 9 min
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.
Jun 10, 2024•1 hr 15 min
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.
Jun 09, 2024•32 min
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.
Jun 05, 2024•1 hr 3 min
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