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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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Part Four: The Haitian Revolution: The Most Successful Revolt in the Americas

Margaret finishes talking with Prop about how the people of Haiti destroyed a slave empire. Sources: https://www.newsweek.com/poland-nationalism-new-york-haiti-slave-rebellion-revolution-1382388 A Secret among the Blacks: Slave Resistance before the Haitian Revolution, John D. Garrigus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VofAQYxcHHY https://catholiceducation.org/en/faith-and-character/king-afonso-i-of-kongo12-06-17.html https://ecda.northeastern.edu/makandal-knowledge/ http://piketty.pse.ens.fr/file...

Feb 12, 202555 min

Part Three: The Haitian Revolution: The Most Successful Revolt in the Americas

Margaret talks further with Prop about how the people of Haiti destroyed a slave empire. Sources: https://www.newsweek.com/poland-nationalism-new-york-haiti-slave-rebellion-revolution-1382388 A Secret among the Blacks: Slave Resistance before the Haitian Revolution, John D. Garrigus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VofAQYxcHHY https://catholiceducation.org/en/faith-and-character/king-afonso-i-of-kongo12-06-17.html https://ecda.northeastern.edu/makandal-knowledge/ http://piketty.pse.ens.fr/files/i...

Feb 10, 202551 min

Part Two: The Haitian Revolution: The Most Successful Revolt in the Americas

Margaret continues talking with Prop about how the people of Haiti destroyed a slave empire. Sources: https://www.newsweek.com/poland-nationalism-new-york-haiti-slave-rebellion-revolution-1382388 A Secret among the Blacks: Slave Resistance before the Haitian Revolution, John D. Garrigus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VofAQYxcHHY https://catholiceducation.org/en/faith-and-character/king-afonso-i-of-kongo12-06-17.html https://ecda.northeastern.edu/makandal-knowledge/ http://piketty.pse.ens.fr/fil...

Feb 05, 20251 hr 2 min

Part One: The Haitian Revolution: The Most Successful Revolt in the Americas

Margaret talks with Prop about how the people of Haiti destroyed a slave empire. Sources: https://www.newsweek.com/poland-nationalism-new-york-haiti-slave-rebellion-revolution-1382388 A Secret among the Blacks: Slave Resistance before the Haitian Revolution, John D. Garrigus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VofAQYxcHHY https://catholiceducation.org/en/faith-and-character/king-afonso-i-of-kongo12-06-17.html https://ecda.northeastern.edu/makandal-knowledge/ http://piketty.pse.ens.fr/files/ideology/...

Feb 03, 20251 hr 11 min

Part Two: Bethel House: How Schizophrenic Folks in Japan Created a New Model of Psychiatric Care

Margaret continues talking with Samantha McVey about the decades-long project in Northern Japan full of worker-cooperatives and new ways of living. https://www.dinf.ne.jp/doc/english/resource/bethel/bethel_0805.html Karen Nakamura, A Disability of the Soul https://aeon.co/essays/japans-radical-alternative-to-psychiatric-diagnosis See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jan 22, 202555 min

Part One: Bethel House: How Schizophrenic Folks in Japan Created a New Model of Psychiatric Care

Margaret talks with Samantha McVey about the decades-long project in Northern Japan full of worker-cooperatives and new ways of living. https://www.dinf.ne.jp/doc/english/resource/bethel/bethel_0805.html Karen Nakamura, A Disability of the Soul https://aeon.co/essays/japans-radical-alternative-to-psychiatric-diagnosis See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jan 20, 20251 hr 7 min

Part Two: The Great Dismal Swamp and 200 Years of Revolt in the US South

Margaret continues talking to Sophie about the largest and longest-lasting maroon community in what became the United States. https://daily.jstor.org/constructing-the-white-race/ https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-04-02-0080 https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/events-african-american-history/san-miguel-de-gualdape-slave-rebellion-1526/ https://slate.com/human-interest/2015/05/peter-h-wood-strange-new-land-excerpt.html J Brent Morris, Dismal Freedom Modibo Kadalie,...

Jan 15, 202554 min

Part One: The Great Dismal Swamp and 200 Years of Revolt in the US South

Margaret talks to Sophie about the largest and longest-lasting maroon community in what became the United States. https://daily.jstor.org/constructing-the-white-race/ https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-04-02-0080 https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/events-african-american-history/san-miguel-de-gualdape-slave-rebellion-1526/ https://slate.com/human-interest/2015/05/peter-h-wood-strange-new-land-excerpt.html J Brent Morris, Dismal Freedom Modibo Kadalie, Intimate Di...

Jan 13, 202549 min

CZM Rewind: 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.

Dec 25, 202448 min

Part Two: All the People Who Tried to Kill Mussolini

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Robert Evans about the awful large amount of people who tried to take Mussolini out. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dec 11, 202458 min

CZM Rewind: Part Two: The Armed Nonviolent Civil Rights Movement

It's the last Rewind of the recent holiday and Margaret finishes talking 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.

Dec 04, 20241 hr 1 min
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