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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

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

55:06

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

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/03/18

Margaret talks with Robert Evans 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

62:36

Part Two: Oscar Wilde: A Story That Was Way More...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/03/13

In part two, Margaret continues to talk with Chelsey Weber-Smith about the gay anarchist Irish dandy who proved to be not shallow at all.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

62:27

Part One: Oscar Wilde: A Story That Was Way More...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/03/11

Margaret talks with Chelsey Weber-Smith about the gay anarchist Irish dandy who proved to be not shallow at all.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

63:01

Part Two: The City of Gnomes: the Provos and...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/03/06

In part two, Margaret continues her conversation with Molly Conger about the hippies and greasers who reimagined Dutch urban life.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

64:43

Part One: The City of Gnomes: the Provos and...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/03/04

Margaret talks with Molly Conger about the hippies and greasers who reimagined Dutch urban life.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

44:02

CZM Book Club: An excerpt from "An RVer's Guide to...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/03/03

Margaret reads Robert a post-apocalyptic story of a woman and her dog surviving in the mountains.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

73:28

Part Two: The Earth Liberation Front: The Burning...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/02/28

In part two, Margaret finishes talking with Sarah Marshall about the eco-radicals and arsonists of the late 90s.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

66:04

Part One: The Earth Liberation Front: The Burning...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/02/26

Margaret talks with Sarah Marshall about the eco-radicals and arsonists of the late 90s.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

1:57

Introducing: Better Offline

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/02/22

Hi, Cool People Fans! Take a listen to the trailer from the newest show from Cool Zone Media - Better OfflineAbout the show: Better Offline is a weekly show exploring the tech industry’s influence and manipulation of society - and interrogating the growth-at-all-costs future that tech’s elite wants to build. Combining narrative-form storytelling, one-on-one interviews and panel-based discussions, Better Offline cuts through the buzzwords and obfuscation of the tech industry, investigating and

en-US

56:14

Part Two: The Common Ground Collective: The DIY...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/02/21

In part two, Margaret continues to talk with Andrew Ti about the anarchists and former Black Panthers that came together to set up mutual aid in post-Katrina New Orleans.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

47:06

Part One: The Common Ground Collective: The DIY...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/02/19

Margaret talks with Andrew Ti about the anarchists and former Black Panthers that came together to set up mutual aid in post-Katrina New Orleans.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

59:31

Part Four: The Easter Rising: How a Bunch of Irish...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/02/14

In our final part, Margaret talks with Katy Stoll about the motley collection of rebels who sparked Irish independenceSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

48:27

Part Three: The Easter Rising: How a Bunch of Irish...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/02/12

Margaret, for the third time out of four, talks with Katy Stoll about the motley collection of rebels who sparked Irish independence.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

51:15

Part Two: The Easter Rising: How a Bunch of Irish...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2024/02/07

In part two, Margaret continues to talk with Katy Stoll about the motley collection of rebels who sparked Irish independence.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

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