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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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All Episodes

61:41

Part Two: Dungeons & Dragons: The History of Some...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/07/03

Margaret finishes talking with Ed Zitron about the origins of one of her all-time favorite games.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

67:56

Part One: Dungeons & Dragons: The History of Some...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/07/01

Margaret talks with Ed Zitron about the origins of one of her all-time favorite games.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

35:39

CZM Book Club: "Party Discipline" by Cory Doctorow,...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/06/30

Margaret finishes reading Robert Evans a novella about the near future of tech, surveillance, and teenage rebellion.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

67:34

Part Two: George Orwell and the War for Common Decency

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/06/26

Margaret finishes talking with Kaveh Hoda about her problematic fave.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

56:53

Part One: George Orwell and the War for Common Decency

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/06/24

Margaret talks with Kaveh Hoda about her problematic fave.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

69:30

Part Two: ACT UP: How Angry, Dying Queers Invented...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/06/19

Margaret finishes talking with Francesca Fiorentini about the AIDS activists who changed the world.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

57:24

Part One: ACT UP: How Angry, Dying Queers Invented...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/06/17

Margaret talks with Francesca Fiorentini about the AIDS activists who changed the world.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

68:57

Part Two: Mutual Aid and Burial Societies: The...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/06/12

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.

en-US

75:05

Part One: Mutual Aid and Burial Societies: The...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/06/10

Margaret talks with Joelle Monique about the deep roots of economic cooperation in Black America.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

32:27

CZM Book Club: "Party Discipline" by Cory Doctorow,...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/06/09

Margaret reads Robert Evans a novella about the near future of tech, surveillance, and teenage rebellion.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

62:51

Part Two: Fábricas Ocupadas: When Workers In...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/06/05

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.

en-US

66:10

Part One: Fábricas Ocupadas: When Workers In...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/06/03

Margaret talks 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.

en-US

27:24

CZM Book Club: "The Happy Prince" by Oscar Wilde

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/06/02

Margaret reads you a children's story written by one of the greatest queer icons of history.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

54:33

Part Two: Community Gardens: How People Take Land...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/05/29

In part two, Margaret finishes talking with Kat Abu about the history of community gardening in New York City and elsewhere.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

56:14

Part One: Community Gardens: How People Take Land...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/05/27

Margaret talks with Kat Abu about the history of community gardening in New York City and elsewhere.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

24:06

CZM Book Club: "The Stolen Bacillus" by HG Wells

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/05/26

Margaret reads a classic anti-anarchist story by HG Wells written before Wells learned what was up.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

45:32

Part Four: Death to the Rich: Maria Nikiforova and...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/05/22

In part four, Margaret finishes her talk with Robert Evans about the time that millions of Ukrainians rose a black flag and went to war against landlords, nationalists, and Bolsheviks.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

46:12

Part Three: Death to the Rich: Maria Nikiforova and...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/05/20

In part three, Margaret continues to talk with Robert Evans about the time that millions of Ukrainians rose a black flag and went to war against landlords, nationalists, and Bolsheviks.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

25:13

CZM Book Club: "Yermak, the Conqueror of Siberia" by...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/05/19

Margaret reads a piece of folklore about the colonization of Siberia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

59:02

Part Two: Death to the Rich: Maria Nikiforova and the...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/05/15

In part two, Margaret continues to talk with Robert Evans about the time that millions of Ukrainians rose a black flag and went to war against landlords, nationalists, and Bolsheviks.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

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