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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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58:05

Part Two: Spartacus and the Thurii Commune: How a...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2025/12/17

Margaret continues her talk with Katy Stoll about the leaderless society that almost overthrew Rome. Sources: Radical Antiquity, Christopher B. Zeichmann https://www.worldhistory.org/Ostracism/ https://web.archive.org/web/20170719062739/http://www.livius.org/li-ln/livy/periochae/periochae091.html#95 https://web.archive.org/web/20160326113007/http://www.livius.org/so-st/spartacus/spartacus.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160304220855/http://www.livius.org/so-st/spartacus/spartacus2.html

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50:58

Part One: Spartacus and the Thurii Commune: How a...

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2025/12/15

Margaret talks to Katy Stoll about the leaderless society that almost overthrew Rome. Sources: Radical Antiquity, Christopher B. Zeichmann https://www.worldhistory.org/Ostracism/ https://web.archive.org/web/20170719062739/http://www.livius.org/li-ln/livy/periochae/periochae091.html#95 https://web.archive.org/web/20160326113007/http://www.livius.org/so-st/spartacus/spartacus.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160304220855/http://www.livius.org/so-st/spartacus/spartacus2.html

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54:56

Part Two: Diogenes: The Greek Philosopher Who Pissed...

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2025/12/10

Margaret continues her dicussion with Dana El Kurd about Diogenes, the founder of the Cynics, who was kind of an edgelord and lived in a jarSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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50:07

Part One: Diogenes: The Greek Philosopher Who Pissed...

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2025/12/08

Margaret talks to Dana El Kurd about Diogenes, the founder of the Cynics, who was kind of an edgelord and lived in a jar. Sources: The Dangerous Life and Ideas of Diogenes the Cynic, Jean-Manuel Roubineau How to Say No: An Ancient Guide to the Cynicism, Diogenes (edited by MD Usher) https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-16916263 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Greece https://www.historyskills.com/classroom/ancient-history/ancient-greek-slavery/

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104:11

CZM Book Club: Pathfinder: Dawn of the Frogs, Part Six

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2025/12/07

Who says ecoterrorism is bad? In fantasy games?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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49:20

CZM Rewind: Part Two: All Hail King Ludd: How the...

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2025/12/03

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. Original Air Date: 3.20.2024See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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55:56

CZM Rewind: Part One: All Hail King Ludd: How the...

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2025/12/01

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. Original Air Date: 3.18.24 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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48:53

Part Two: Nonhelema: The Six Foot Six Warrior Woman...

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2025/11/26

Margaret continues her talk with Jamie Loftus about Shawnee resistance to the American colonialism and a woman who led them in battle. Sources: https://colonialquills.blogspot.com/2017/07/revolutionary-mothers-nonhelema-of.html https://kentucky-museum.org/nonhelema-hokolesqua/ https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-345-44554-4 https://sundownohio.substack.com/p/the-gnadenhutten-massacre https://newreligiousmovements.org/b/bohemian-adamites/

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50:09

Part One: Nonhelema: The Six Foot Six Warrior Woman...

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2025/11/24

Margaret talks to Jamie Loftus about Shawnee resistance to the American colonialism and a woman who led them in battle Sources: https://colonialquills.blogspot.com/2017/07/revolutionary-mothers-nonhelema-of.html https://kentucky-museum.org/nonhelema-hokolesqua/ https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-345-44554-4 https://sundownohio.substack.com/p/the-gnadenhutten-massacre https://newreligiousmovements.org/b/bohemian-adamites/ https://www.reformedhistory.com/Content/Confessions/ArticlesOfPrague

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42:08

Part Two: Arminius and the Battle of Teutoburg...

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2025/11/19

Margaret continues her talk with Hazel about how the Romans were stopped from conquering Germania and how a bunch of terrible people are excited about it. Sources: https://www.thecollector.com/teutonic-meaning/ https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/world-population-by-year/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-ambush-that-changed-history-72636736/?c=y&page=3 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-excavation-will-examine-germanys-legendary-founding-battle-180964235/

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46:37

Part One: Arminius and the Battle of Teutoburg...

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2025/11/17

Margaret talks with Hazel about how the Romans were stopped from conquering Germania and how a bunch of terrible people are excited about it. Sources: https://www.thecollector.com/teutonic-meaning/ https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/world-population-by-year/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-ambush-that-changed-history-72636736/?c=y&page=3 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-excavation-will-examine-germanys-legendary-founding-battle-180964235/

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60:54

Part Two: Boudica: The Warrior Queen Who Burned Roman...

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2025/11/12

Margaret continues talking with Io about the Iceni revolt of 61 AD that almost drove Rome out of Britain. Sources: https://www.jstor.org/stable/4434717 https://ul.qucosa.de/api/qucosa%3A31804/attachment/ATT-0/ https://web.archive.org/web/20120612044230/http://www.britarch.ac.uk/ba/ba83/feat3.shtml https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/62*.html#2 https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0078%3Abook%3D14%3Achapter%3D32

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58:21

Part One: Boudica: The Warrior Queen Who Burned Roman...

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2025/11/10

Margaret talks with Io about the Iceni revolt of 61 AD that almost drove Rome out of Britain. Sources: https://www.jstor.org/stable/4434717 https://ul.qucosa.de/api/qucosa%3A31804/attachment/ATT-0/ https://web.archive.org/web/20120612044230/http://www.britarch.ac.uk/ba/ba83/feat3.shtml https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/62*.html#2 https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0078%3Abook%3D14%3Achapter%3D32

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77:26

CZM Book Club: Pathfinder: Dawn of the Frogs, Part Two

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2025/11/09

Can our heroes best the mighty beasts who await them in the swamps? Who will Trant throw a bomb at?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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64:38

The Gallae: Trans Priestess of Ancient Rome, Part Two

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2025/11/05

Margaret continues her talk with to Gabriel Dunn about the gender deviants of the ancient world and how basically nothing ever changes. Sources: https://arkeonews.net/getting-to-know-matar-kubilea/ https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/56909/what-is-the-difference-between-galli-and-metragyrtai http://www.thehypertexts.com/Epigram%20History%20and%20Examples.htm https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/boadicea/ https://s3.amazonaws.com/arena-attachments/539632/d6348aa09f4510eb5704b6da501f9e7d.pdf

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55:03

Part One: The Gallae: Trans Priestess of Ancient Rome

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2025/11/03

Margaret talks to Gabriel Dunn about the gender deviants of the ancient world and how basically nothing ever changes. Sources https://arkeonews.net/getting-to-know-matar-kubilea/ https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/56909/what-is-the-difference-between-galli-and-metragyrtai http://www.thehypertexts.com/Epigram%20History%20and%20Examples.htm https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/boadicea/ https://s3.amazonaws.com/arena-attachments/539632/d6348aa09f4510eb5704b6da501f9e7d.pdf

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49:59

Part Two: Druids: Because the Past is Metal as Hell

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2025/10/29

Margaret continues her talk with Sophie about the philosophers of the celts. Sources: https://irishfolklore.wordpress.com/2017/03/13/blacksmiths-and-the-supernatural/https://folklorethursday.com/folklore-of-archaeology/ferrous-friend-foe-iron-became-enemy-fairy-folk/https://www.thearchaeologist.org/blog/28y8zwazfxaq2tsb933b54wf0slfcj https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/05/02/woodhenge-is-just-as-fascinating-and-mysterious-as-its-famous-neighbor-stonehenge/

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50:39

Part One: Druids: Because the Past is Metal as Hell

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2025/10/27

Margaret talks to Sophie about the philosophers of the celts. Sources: https://irishfolklore.wordpress.com/2017/03/13/blacksmiths-and-the-supernatural/https://folklorethursday.com/folklore-of-archaeology/ferrous-friend-foe-iron-became-enemy-fairy-folk/https://www.thearchaeologist.org/blog/28y8zwazfxaq2tsb933b54wf0slfcj https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/05/02/woodhenge-is-just-as-fascinating-and-mysterious-as-its-famous-neighbor-stonehenge/ https://irishmyths.com/2022/04/29/female-druids/See

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30:44

Crisis Hotlines: Of Course Queers Invented Them, Part...

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2025/10/22

Margaret talks to you about the history of suicide prevention hotlines and the complications of state intervention in emergency mental health care.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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35:13

Crisis Hotlines: Of Course Queers Invented Them, Part...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2025/10/20

Margaret talks to you about the history of suicide prevention hotlines and the complications of state intervention in emergency mental health care. Sources-

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