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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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56:27

Part Two: Countercuisine: The Counterculture of the...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2023/11/08

In part two of this week's reverse episode, author Wren Awry continues their conversation with Margaret about the 60s & 70s radicals who changed the way we relate to food in the US. Sources: Appetite for Change by Warren Belasco Hippie Food by Jonathan Kauffman Freedom Farmers: Agricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement by Monica M. White Ingredients for Revolution by Alex Ketchum "The Civil Rights Icon Who Saw Freedom in Farming" by Mayukh Sen for Gastro Obscura “The Coop Wars”

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58:26

Part One: Countercuisine: The Counterculture of the...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2023/11/06

In this reverse episode, author Wren Awry teaches Margaret about the 60s & 70s radicals who changed the way we relate to food in the US. Sources: Appetite for Change by Warren Belasco The Theater is in the Street by Bradford D. Martin “Digger Meets Panther” from Shaping San Francisco www.diggers.org www.diggersdocs.org "Remaking the Commons’: A History of Eating in Public" by Gaye Chan & Nandita Sharmain and “Notes on Utopian Failure in Commune Kitchens” by Madeline Lane-McKinley, both from

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66:07

Part Two: The Surprisingly Complicated History of...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2023/11/01

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Jamie Loftus about all things spooky season, from Lemuria to Samhain to Allhallowtide.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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67:02

Part One: The Surprisingly Complicated History of...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2023/10/30

Margaret talks with Jamie Loftus about all things spooky season, from Lemuria to Samhain to Allhallowtide.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

74:02

Part Four: Rebellion in Patagonia: When the Rural...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2023/10/25

In the finale of this four-part episode, Margaret concludes her conversation with Mia about the 1920s Argentinian labor revolt that inspired Margaret to start this podcast in the first place.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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58:12

Part Three: Rebellion in Patagonia: When the Rural...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2023/10/23

In part three of this four-part episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Mia about the 1920s Argentinian labor revolt that inspired Margaret to start this podcast in the first place.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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59:44

Part Two: Rebellion in Patagonia: When the Rural...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2023/10/18

In part two of this four-part episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Mia about the 1920s Argentinian labor revolt that inspired Margaret to start this podcast in the first place.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

63:05

Part One: Rebellion in Patagonia: When the Rural...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2023/10/16

Margaret talks with Mia about the 1920s Argentinian labor revolt that inspired Margaret to start this podcast in the first place.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

54:37

Part Two: Hobohemia & the Dil Pickle Club: Chicago is...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2023/10/11

Margaret continues her conversation with Chelsey Weber-Smith about Chicago's queer-friendly, antiracist working class cultural cornerstone of the 1920s, the Dil Pickle Club.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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67:34

Part One: Hobohemia & the Dil Pickle Club: Chicago is...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2023/10/09

Margaret talks with Chelsey Weber-Smith about Chicago's queer-friendly, antiracist working class cultural cornerstone of the 1920s, the Dil Pickle Club.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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62:21

Part Four: The Surrealists Were Even Cooler Than You...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2023/10/04

In the finale of this four-part episode, Margaret concludes her conversation with Caitlin Durante about the queer, antifascist artists who set out to revolutionize a lot more than just the art world.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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60:30

Part Three: The Surrealists Were Even Cooler Than You...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2023/10/02

In part three of this four-part episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Caitlin Durante about the queer, antifascist artists who set out to revolutionize a lot more than just the art world.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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123:32

CZM Rewind: The Civil War Within the Civil War: How...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2023/09/25

Original Air Date: May 16, 2022 Margaret talks with Prop about how people escaping slavery turned the tide of the American Civil War and how the South was anything but united.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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49:05

Part Two: The Surrealists Were Even Cooler Than You...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2023/09/20

In part two of this four-part episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Caitlin Durante about the queer, antifascist artists who set out to revolutionize a lot more than just the art world.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

75:26

Part One: The Surrealists Were Even Cooler Than You...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2023/09/18

Margaret talks with Caitlin Durante about the queer, antifascist artists who set out to revolutionize a lot more than just the art world.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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62:56

Part Two: John Henry Was Real & Also Became Superman

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2023/09/13

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Prop about the surprising history of the real man behind the legend of John Henry, a Black convict laborer whose story used to be told as a warning against the evils of bosses. Stream Prop's new EP: Terraform: The PossibilitySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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60:59

Part One: John Henry Was Real & Also Became Superman

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2023/09/11

Margaret talks with Prop about the surprising history of the real man behind the legend of John Henry, a Black convict laborer whose story used to be told as a warning against the evils of bosses. Stream Prop's new EP: Terraform: The PossibilitySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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59:47

Part Four: A Tale of Two Snipers: Simo Häyhä,...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2023/09/06

In the conclusion of this special 4-part episode, Margaret continues her conversation with firearms historian Karl Kasarda about two WWII snipers on the Eastern Front defending their homeland, a Finnish man and a Ukrainian woman who couldn't have been more different.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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67:50

Part Three: A Tale of Two Snipers: Simo Häyhä,...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2023/09/04

In part three of this special 4-part episode, Margaret continues her conversation with firearms historian Karl Kasarda about two WWII snipers on the Eastern Front defending their homeland, a Finnish man and a Ukrainian woman who couldn't have been more different.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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67:20

Part Two: A Tale of Two Snipers: Simo Häyhä, Lyudmila...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2023/08/30

In part two of this special 4-part episode, Margaret continues her conversation with firearms historian Karl Kasarda about two WWII snipers on the Eastern Front defending their homeland, a Finnish man and a Ukrainian woman who couldn't have been more different.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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