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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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49:07

Part Two: Public Radio: From the Open Source Origins...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2025/09/17

Margaret talks with Bridget Todd about Jagadish Chandra Bose, the inventor of radio, and Kenneth Rexroth, the poet involved in the creation of public radio. Sources https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/kenneth-rexroth https://libcom.org/article/rexroth-kenneth-1905-1982 https://www.montecitojournal.net/2023/05/16/kenneth-rexroth-a-poet-of-montecito/ https://www.britannica.com/technology/telegraph https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/rescue-development-radio/

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40:52

Part One: Public Radio: From the Open Source Origins...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2025/09/15

Margaret talks with Bridget Todd about Jagadish Chandra Bose, the inventor of radio, and Kenneth Rexroth, the poet involved in the creation of public radio. Sources: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/kenneth-rexroth https://libcom.org/article/rexroth-kenneth-1905-1982 https://www.montecitojournal.net/2023/05/16/kenneth-rexroth-a-poet-of-montecito/ https://www.britannica.com/technology/telegraph https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/rescue-development-radio/

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29:50

CZM Book Club: Hermetica, by Alan Lea, Part Seven

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2025/09/14

Margaret brings you the conclusion of the tale of Hermetica.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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54:33

Part Two: Pirate Radio: From International Waters to...

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2025/09/10

Margaret continues her talk with Bursts about the surprising history of pirate radio and the three way fight for control of the airwaves. Sources: https://files.libcom.org/files/radio-is-my-bomb-part-1.pdf https://files.libcom.org/files/radio-is-my-bomb-part-2.pdf https://files.libcom.org/files/Radio%20Alice.pdf https://autonomies.org/2023/02/italy-autonomia-5/ https://autonomies.org/2023/02/italy-autonomia-5/ https://www.thejournal.ie/ronan-orahilly-radio-caroline-death-5079760-Apr2020/

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46:46

Part One: Pirate Radio: From International Waters to...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2025/09/08

Margaret talks with Bursts about the surprising history of pirate radio and the three way fight for control of the airwaves. Sources: https://files.libcom.org/files/radio-is-my-bomb-part-1.pdf https://files.libcom.org/files/radio-is-my-bomb-part-2.pdf https://files.libcom.org/files/Radio%20Alice.pdf https://autonomies.org/2023/02/italy-autonomia-5/ https://autonomies.org/2023/02/italy-autonomia-5/ https://www.thejournal.ie/ronan-orahilly-radio-caroline-death-5079760-Apr2020/

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42:45

Part Two: The Surprising Stories Behind Foosball and...

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2025/09/03

Margaret continues her talk with Mangesh Hattikudur about the antifascist who invented table soccer and the socialist photographer who invented air mail. Sources: https://spainonthisday.com/alejandro-finisterre-the-inventor-of-table-football https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/feb/24/guardianobituaries.spain https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_Finisterre https://historia-hispanica.rah.es/biografias/50737-alejandro-campos-ramirez https://raicesalaire.com/alejandro-finisterre/

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45:48

Part One: The Surprising Stories Behind Foosball and...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2025/09/01

Margaret talks with Mangesh Hattikudur about the antifascist who invented table soccer and the socialist photographer who invented air mail. Sources: https://spainonthisday.com/alejandro-finisterre-the-inventor-of-table-football https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/feb/24/guardianobituaries.spain https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_Finisterre https://historia-hispanica.rah.es/biografias/50737-alejandro-campos-ramirez https://raicesalaire.com/alejandro-finisterre/

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36:49

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

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2025/08/25

Margaret continues talking 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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37:41

CZM Book Club : Hermetica, by Alan Lea, Part Four

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2025/08/24

Margaret brings you further along into the tale of Hermetica, the generation ship. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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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...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

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...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

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

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

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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