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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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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

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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...

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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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61:48

Part Two: Secret Societies and Leftism: The Odd...

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2025/10/15

Margaret continues her conversation with Sarah Marshall about how everything you've heard about the Illuminati is entirely upside down. Sources: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Eleusinian-Mysterieshttps://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federaci%C3%B3n_Regional_Espa%C3%B1ola_de_la_AITOccult Features of Anarchism, by Erica Lagalissehttps://www.thecollector.com/cult-of-pythagoras/http://gnosis.org/hermes.htmhttps://www.rosicrucian.org/historySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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64:52

Part One: Secret Societies and Leftism: The Odd...

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2025/10/13

Margaret talks to Sarah Marshall about how everything you've heard about the Illuminati is entirely upside down. Sources: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Eleusinian-Mysterieshttps://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federaci%C3%B3n_Regional_Espa%C3%B1ola_de_la_AITOccult Features of Anarchism, by Erica Lagalissehttps://www.thecollector.com/cult-of-pythagoras/http://gnosis.org/hermes.htmhttps://www.rosicrucian.org/historySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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30:46

CZM Book Club: Hollywood Werewolf Conspiracy, by...

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2025/10/12

Margaret reads you a story about werewolves, polyamory, and cycles of trauma.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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2:59

Introducing: SAD OLIGARCH Season 2

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2025/10/09

Hello, Cool People Listeners! We want to share a new show you might enjoy, SAD OLIGARCH Season 2! About the show: Since January 2022, dozens of Russia's wealthiest oligarchs and power brokers have died suddenly. One was poisoned with frog venom. Two killed their whole families. Several fell out of high windows. Most of the deaths are suspicious. Russia says they're coincidental suicides—that the deceased were simply depressed. We don't think so... Sad Oligarch is an investigative podcast

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65:30

CZM Rewind: Baba Yaga: Everyone's Favorite Witch From...

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2025/10/08

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her talk with Jamie Loftus about Baba Yaga, the Slavic legend who eats children and occasionally helps people. Original Air Date: 11.9.2022See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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70:54

CZM Rewind: Baba Yaga: Everyone's Favorite Witch From...

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2025/10/06

Margaret talks with Jamie Loftus about Baba Yaga, the Slavic legend who eats children and occasionally helps people. Original Air Date: 11.7.2022See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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38:25

CZM Book Club: Kushtaka, by Mathilda Zeller

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2025/10/05

Kicking off spooky month with a story about demons that I don't want to spoil by telling you more about but it's so good I promise.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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66:14

Part Two: Mutual Aid and Evolution: Peter Kropotkin...

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2025/10/01

Margaret continues talking to Katie Goldin about the anarchist prince who laid the foundations for understanding cooperation in the wild. Sources: https://thebiologist.rsb.org.uk/biologist-features/who-was-peter-kropothkin https://trise.org/2018/01/04/kropotkin-and-climate-change/ https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/allan-antliff-memorializing-kropotkin https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1883/don/ch07c.htm

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60:10

Part One: Mutual Aid and Evolution: Peter Kropotkin...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2025/09/29

Margaret talks to Katie Goldin about the anarchist prince who laid the foundations for understanding cooperation in the wild. https://thebiologist.rsb.org.uk/biologist-features/who-was-peter-kropothkin https://trise.org/2018/01/04/kropotkin-and-climate-change/ https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/allan-antliff-memorializing-kropotkin https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1883/don/ch07c.htm

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28:25

Make Ready: Safeguarding Our Movements against...

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2025/09/24

Margaret reads a piece from CrimethInc with practical steps for resisting state repression. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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