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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

49:50

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

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/05/13

Margaret talks 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

30:25

CZM Book Club: Three Ruthenian Folk Tales

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/05/12

Margaret reads three Slavic folk tales about magic women and mean children.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

70:09

Part Two: The Great Revolt: Palestinian Resistance to...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/05/08

In part two, Margaret concludes a talk with Matt Lieb about multi-faith Palestinian resistance to early Zionist colonization.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

73:52

Part One: The Great Revolt: Palestinian Resistance to...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/05/06

Margaret talks with Matt Lieb about multi-faith Palestinian resistance to early Zionist colonization.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

23:19

CZM Book Club: "The Fortunate Death of Jonathan...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/05/05

In part two, Margaret reads Danl a story about hackers using drones to disrupt for-profit incarceration.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

66:09

May Day Rerun Part Two: The Haymarket Affair: The...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/05/01

Margaret's taking a week off post mouth surgery and wants to celebrate May Day! Here's a throwback to the first episode where Margaret sat down with journalist and podcast host Robert Evans to talk about the anarchists who were hanged in Chicago in the 1860s for fighting for the rights of the working class.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

69:13

May Day Rerun Part One: The Haymarket Affair: The...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/04/29

Margaret's taking a week off post mouth surgery and wants to celebrate May Day! Here's a throwback to the first episode where Margaret sat down with journalist and podcast host Robert Evans to talk about the anarchists who were hanged in Chicago in the 1860s for fighting for the rights of the working class.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

36:16

CZM Book Club: "The Fortunate Death of Jonathan...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/04/28

Margaret reads Danl a story about hackers using drones to disrupt for-profit incarceration.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

61:53

Part Six: Kronstadt and the People Who Tried to Save...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/04/24

In the SIXTH part of this longest-series-ever, Margaret finally gets to Kronstadt with Mia Wong and talks about at least four Russian revolutions and general strikes, workers councils, and rebellions that tried to keep them on course.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

50:22

Part Five: Kronstadt and the People Who Tried to Save...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/04/22

In part five (can you believe it?), Margaret continues to talk with Mia Wong about at least four Russian revolutions and general strikes, workers councils, and rebellions that tried to keep them on course.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

64:46

Part Four: Kronstadt and the People Who Tried to Save...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/04/17

In part four, Margaret continues to talk with Mia Wong about at least four Russian revolutions and general strikes, workers councils, and rebellions that tried to keep them on course.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

49:48

Part Three: Kronstadt and the People Who Tried to...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/04/15

In part three, Margaret continues to talk with Mia Wong about at least four Russian revolutions and general strikes, workers councils, and rebellions that tried to keep them on course.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

60:24

Part Two: Kronstadt and the People Who Tried to Save...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/04/10

In part two, Margaret continues to talk with Mia Wong about at least four Russian revolutions and general strikes, workers councils, and rebellions that tried to keep them on course.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

73:00

Part One: Kronstadt and the People Who Tried to Save...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/04/08

Margaret talks with Mia Wong about at least four Russian revolutions and general strikes, workers councils, and rebellions that tried to keep them on course.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

36:25

CZM Book Club: "Transmutation" by Katherine Sparrow

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/04/07

Margaret reads Sophie a story of love gone wrong between a magician and an alchemist.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

64:17

Part Two: Ada Lovelace and Lord Byron: The First...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/04/03

Margaret finishes a conversation with Bridget Todd about the woman who invented software and her rather strange family.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

58:47

Part One: Ada Lovelace and Lord Byron: The First...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/04/01

Margaret talks with Bridget Todd about the woman who invented software and her rather strange family.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

56:40

Part Two: The Expropriators: Fifteen Years of...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/03/27

Margaret concludes with Snow about the folks who tried to fund a revolution the old-fashioned way.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

55:05

Part One: The Expropriators: Fifteen Years of...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/03/25

Margaret talks with Snow about the folks who tried to fund a revolution the old-fashioned way.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

49:03

Part Two: All Hail King Ludd: How the Luddites Almost...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/03/20

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.

en-US

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