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Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

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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60:55

CZM Rewind: Part Two: The Jane Collective: Direct...

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2025/08/20

In part two of this weeks episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Samantha McVey about the more than a hundred women who provided safe, affordable abortion in pre- Roe v Wade Chicago. Original Air Date: 5.11.2022See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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78:52

CZM Rewind: Part One: The Jane Collective: Direct...

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2025/08/18

Margaret talks with Samantha McVey about the more than a hundred women who provided safe, affordable abortion in pre- Roe v Wade Chicago. Original Air Date: 5.9.2022See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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29:55

Part One: Alter-globalization Continues: How the...

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2025/08/11

Margaret talks about how people confronted trade summit after trade summit, fighting tooth, nail, and pom-pom against unelected world governance. Sources: https://crimethinc.com/2021/11/30/epilogue-on-the-movement-against-capitalist-globalization-22-years-after-n30-what-it-can-teach-us-today http://www.ainfos.ca/99/jun/ainfos00181.html https://crimethinc.com/2017/06/18/flashback-to-june-18-1999-the-carnival-against-capital-a-retrospective-video-and-comic

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62:41

Part Two: Indymedia: How Lefty Techies and...

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2025/08/06

Margaret continues talking to Sarah Marshall about the Independent Media Centers that helped protesters build movements and changed how online communication happens. Sources: https://daily.jstor.org/the-invention-of-journalistic-objectivity/ https://daily.jstor.org/to-fix-fake-news-look-to-yellow-journalism/ https://web.archive.org/web/20200304071058/http://www.infoshop.org/about-us/ https://dl.acm.org/doi/fullHtml/10.1145/3485447.3512282#fig3See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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54:18

Part One: Indymedia: How Lefty Techies and...

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2025/08/04

Margaret talks to Sarah Marshall about the Independent Media Centers that helped protesters build movements and changed how online communication happens. Sources: https://daily.jstor.org/the-invention-of-journalistic-objectivity/ https://daily.jstor.org/to-fix-fake-news-look-to-yellow-journalism/ https://web.archive.org/web/20200304071058/http://www.infoshop.org/about-us/ https://dl.acm.org/doi/fullHtml/10.1145/3485447.3512282#fig3 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0163443720926039

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45:55

CZM Rewind: The Japanese Anarchists Part Two

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2025/07/30

We're once again joined by Margaret Killjoy, host of the new podcast Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff, to talk about the history of anarchism in Japan. Original Air Date: 4.29.22 on It Could Happen HereSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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52:28

CZM Rewind: The Japanese Anarchists Part 1

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2025/07/28

We're joined by Margaret Killjoy, host of the new podcast Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff, to talk about the history of anarchism in Japan. Original Air Date: 4.28.22 on It Could Happen HereSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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30:30

CZM Book Club: How to Live Like the World is Ending...

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2025/07/27

Margaret reads you an essay about how to think about living during what feels like apocalyptic times.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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59:19

Part Two: Street Medics: The People Who Wash...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2025/07/23

Margaret talks to Kaveh Hoda about the decentralized medical infrastructure that keeps protesters safe. Sources: non-public training documents provided by a street medic

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56:02

Part One: Street Medics: The People Who Wash...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2025/07/21

Margaret talks to Kaveh Hoda about the decentralized medical infrastructure that keeps protesters safe. Sources: non-public training documents provided by a street medic

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29:07

CZM Book Club: Winnie the Pooh by AA Milne

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2025/07/20

Margaret got talked into doing something fun for book club this week.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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59:28

Part Two: The National Lawyers Guild: The Legal Arm...

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2025/07/16

Margaret continues talking to Joelle Monique about the almost 90 year history of the organization for progressive and radical lawyers. Sources: https://moatlaw.com/2019/07/25/stand-with-the-people-watch-and-oppose-the-police/ https://www.nlg.org/a-history-of-the-nlg-1937-1987/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presidential_elections_by_popular_vote_margin#/media/File:1828-_Margin_of_victory_in_US_presidential_elections_-_popular_vote.svg

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51:08

Part One: The National Lawyers Guild: The Legal Arm...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2025/07/14

Margaret talks to Joelle Monique about the almost 90 year history of the organization for progressive and radical lawyers. Sources: https://moatlaw.com/2019/07/25/stand-with-the-people-watch-and-oppose-the-police/ https://www.nlg.org/a-history-of-the-nlg-1937-1987/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presidential_elections_by_popular_vote_margin#/media/File:1828-_Margin_of_victory_in_US_presidential_elections_-_popular_vote.svg

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39:05

CZM Book Club: Diary of a Lunatic by Leo Tolstoy

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2025/07/13

Margaret reads you a story about mental health, panic disorders, and anticapitalism.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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53:26

CZM Rewind: Part Two: The Battle of Negro Fort:...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2025/07/09

Margaret continues talking 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. Orginial Air Date: 12.20.23See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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63:49

CZM Rewind: Part One: The Battle of Negro Fort:...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2025/07/07

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. Original Air Date: 12.18.23 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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25:55

CZM Book Club Presents: The Evolution of an Agitator,...

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2025/07/06

Margaret reads you a story about the endless quest to find the roots of inequality.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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54:47

Part Two: Bread And Puppet: The Dawn of Giant Protest...

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2025/07/02

Margaret continues talking to Jamie Loftus about some radical hippies who built gigantic puppets and an entire culture.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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52:42

Part One: Bread And Puppet: The Dawn of Giant Protest...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2025/06/30

Margaret talks to Jamie Loftus about some radical hippies who built gigantic puppets and an entire culture.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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36:15

Part Two: The Battle in Seattle: How Scrappy...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2025/06/25

Margaret continues telling you about the Direct Action Network that organized the successful shutdown of the WTO in November, 1999.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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