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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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53:49

Part Two: The Raid on Harpers Ferry Succeeded, Actually

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2025/03/12

Margaret continues talking with Bridget Todd about the five Black men who joined John Brown to spark the civil war.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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59:44

Part One: The Raid on Harpers Ferry Succeeded, Actually

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2025/03/10

Margaret talks with Bridget Todd about the five Black men who joined John Brown to spark the civil war.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

53:44

Part Two: Lesbian Mutual AID During the AIDS Crisis

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2025/03/05

Margaret continues talking with Andrew Ti about the mutual aid and solidarity offered by lesbians in the 1980s. https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/ward-5b-documentary/ https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/14/us/ward-5b-a-model-of-care-for-aids.html https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/06/26/736060834/1st-aids-ward-5b-fought-to-give-patients-compassionate-care-dignified-deaths https://www.reddit.com/r/Actuallylesbian/comments/16uyn8i/are_there_more_nuanced_accounts_of_lesbians/

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48:09

Part One: Lesbian Mutual AID During the AIDS Crisis

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2025/03/03

Margaret talks with Andrew Ti about the mutual aid and solidarity offered by lesbians in the 1980s. https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/ward-5b-documentary/ https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/14/us/ward-5b-a-model-of-care-for-aids.html https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/06/26/736060834/1st-aids-ward-5b-fought-to-give-patients-compassionate-care-dignified-deaths https://www.reddit.com/r/Actuallylesbian/comments/16uyn8i/are_there_more_nuanced_accounts_of_lesbians/

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64:48

Part Four: Crass: How Some Hippies Reinvented Punk...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2025/02/26

Margaret talks even further with Jolie Holland about a multigenerational punk band from the 70s that introduced punk ethics to punk rock. https://expmag.com/2019/01/when-your-real-life-friend-is-your-facebook-troll/ Rebel Clothes, Rebel Songs, Rebel Pose: Anarchists on Punk Rock 1977-2010, anonymous https://www.ubu.com/papers/cage_montague_interview.html John Cage, Anarchy The Story of Crass, George Berger

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57:30

Part Three: Crass: How Some Hippies Reinvented Punk...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2025/02/24

Margaret talks further with Jolie Holland about a multigenerational punk band from the 70s that introduced punk ethics to punk rock. https://expmag.com/2019/01/when-your-real-life-friend-is-your-facebook-troll/ Rebel Clothes, Rebel Songs, Rebel Pose: Anarchists on Punk Rock 1977-2010, anonymous https://www.ubu.com/papers/cage_montague_interview.html John Cage, Anarchy The Story of Crass, George Berger

en-US

23:18

CZM Book Club: Cool Zone 2055: The Last Report from...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2025/02/23

Margaret from the future relays the last message from Mx. Bunny Face Murder.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

54:00

Part Two: Crass: How Some Hippies Reinvented Punk and...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2025/02/19

Margaret continues to talk with Jolie Holland about a multigenerational punk band from the 70s that introduced punk ethics to punk rock. https://expmag.com/2019/01/when-your-real-life-friend-is-your-facebook-troll/ Rebel Clothes, Rebel Songs, Rebel Pose: Anarchists on Punk Rock 1977-2010, anonymous https://www.ubu.com/papers/cage_montague_interview.html John Cage, Anarchy The Story of Crass, George Berger

en-US

48:43

Part One: Crass: How Some Hippies Reinvented Punk and...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2025/02/17

Margaret talks with Jolie Holland about a multigenerational punk band from the 70s that introduced punk ethics to punk rock.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

54:38

Part Four: The Haitain Revolution: The Most...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2025/02/12

Margaret finishes talking with Prop about how the people of Haiti destroyed a slave empire.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

51:14

Part Three: The Haitain Revolution: The Most...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2025/02/10

Margaret talks further with Prop about how the people of Haiti destroyed a slave empire.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

61:42

Part Two: The Haitain Revolution: The Most Successful...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2025/02/05

Margaret continues talking with Prop about how the people of Haiti destroyed a slave empire.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

70:52

Part One: The Haitain Revolution: The Most Successful...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2025/02/03

Margaret talks with Prop about how the people of Haiti destroyed a slave empire.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

26:01

CZM Book Club: Cool Zone 2055: The Dreadnaught Funeral

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2025/02/02

Margaret from the future continues her reporting from the front in Catalonia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

66:26

Part Two: Push the Button: The Brief Life and Quick...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2025/01/29

Margaret continues talking with Miriam about an Italian man with chronic pain who decided to kill someone important.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

63:10

Part One: Push the Button: The Brief Life and Quick...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2025/01/27

Margaret talks with Miriam about an Italian man with chronic pain who decided to kill someone important.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

29:23

CZM Book Club: Cool Zone 2055: The Battle of Ogre Hill

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2025/01/26

Margaret from the future describes the terrifying battle of ogre hill.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

54:50

Part Two: Bethel House: How Schizophrenic Folks in...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2025/01/22

Margaret continues talking with Samantha McVey about the decades-long project in Northern Japan full of worker-cooperatives and new ways of living. https://www.dinf.ne.jp/doc/english/resource/bethel/bethel_0805.htmlKaren Nakamura, A Disability of the Soulhttps://aeon.co/essays/japans-radical-alternative-to-psychiatric-diagnosisSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

67:27

Part One: Bethel House: How Schizophrenic Folks in...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2025/01/20

Margaret talks with Samantha McVey about the decades-long project in Northern Japan full of worker-cooperatives and new ways of living. https://www.dinf.ne.jp/doc/english/resource/bethel/bethel_0805.htmlKaren Nakamura, A Disability of the Soulhttps://aeon.co/essays/japans-radical-alternative-to-psychiatric-diagnosisSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

54:04

Part Two: The Great Dismal Swamp and 200 Years of...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2025/01/15

Margaret continues talking to Sophie about the largest and longest-lasting maroon community in what became the United States. https://daily.jstor.org/constructing-the-white-race/https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-04-02-0080https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/events-african-american-history/san-miguel-de-gualdape-slave-rebellion-1526/https://slate.com/human-interest/2015/05/peter-h-wood-strange-new-land-excerpt.htmlJ Brent Morris, Dismal FreedomModibo Kadalie, Intimate

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