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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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77:18

Part One: Peter the Painter and the Latvian...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2026/04/06

Margaret talks with Becca Ramos about one of histories most notorious fugitives and his days fighting against the Tsar Sources:

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63:43

Part Two: SHAC and Modern Protest Tactics

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2026/04/01

Margaret continues her talk with Shuli Branson about the international campaign to end a notorious animal testing lab Sources:

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60:12

Part One: SHAC and Modern Protest Tactics

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2026/03/30

Margaret talks with Shuli Branson about the international campaign to end a notorious animal testing lab Sources:

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33:08

CZM Book Club: The Cloud Weaver's Song, by Saul...

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2026/03/29

Margaret reads you a story about climate refugees, ancestors, and giant spider robots that weave webs of glassSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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59:09

Part Two: If Not Us Than Who: The Russian Partisans...

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2026/03/25

Margaret continues her conversation with Charles McBryde about the underground organization of anarcho-communists fighting against their own authoritarian government. Sources:

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63:10

Part One: If Not Us Than Who: The Russian Partisans...

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2026/03/23

Margaret talks with Charles McBryde about the underground organization of anarcho-communists fighting against their own authoritarian government. Sources:

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29:00

CZM Book Club: St. Juju, by Rivers Solomon

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2026/03/22

Margaret reads you a story about mushrooms, trash, and coming to terms with an imperfect utopiaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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56:03

Part Two: Molly Crabapple on the Jewish Labor Bund

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2026/03/18

Margaret continues her talk with Molly Crabapple about her book Here Where We Live is Our Country Preorder from Firestorm Co-op here:https://firestorm.coop/products/24295-here-where-we-live-is-our-country.html?referral=killjoySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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53:18

Part One: Molly Crabapple on the Jewish Labor Bund

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2026/03/16

Margaret talks with Molly Crabapple about her book Here Where We Live is Our Country. Preorder from Firestorm Co-op here:https://firestorm.coop/products/24295-here-where-we-live-is-our-country.html?referral=killjoySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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37:05

CZM Book Club: Girls Who Look Through Glass, by Alex...

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2026/03/15

Margaret reads you a story about the magic embeded into the mundaneSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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58:27

Part Two: The Lusty Lady: The Worker-Owned Peep Show

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2026/03/11

Margaret continues her conversation with Raechel Anne Jolie about labor organizing among sex workers in the United States. Sources:

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49:39

Part One: The Lusty Lady: The Worker-Owned Peep Show

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2026/03/09

Margaret talks with Raechel Anne Jolie about labor organizing among sex workers in the United States Sources:

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31:52

CZM Book Club: A Story from the Decameron by Giovanni...

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2026/03/08

Margaret reads you a medieval comedic tale of trickery and lust.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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54:04

Part Two: Christopher B. Zeichmann on Radical Antiquity

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2026/03/04

Margaret continues her interview of ancient historian Christopher B. Zeichmann about all the wild stuff happening in the ancient world and confirms her guesses about Spartacus and the Third Servile WarSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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49:05

Part One: Christopher B. Zeichmann on Radical Antiquity

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2026/03/02

Margaret interviews ancient historian Christopher B. Zeichmann about all the wild stuff happening in the ancient world and confirms her guesses about Spartacus and the Third Servile WarSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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43:51

CZM Book Club: The Comet, by W.E.B. Du Bois

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2026/03/01

Margaret reads you a 1920 classic fiction story by the seminal theoristSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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43:54

Part Two: The Colored Farmers Alliance and Early...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2026/02/25

Margaret continues her talk with Courtney Kocak about the potentially million-strong alliance of Black farmers who built up a cooperative economics in the post-war American South Sources:

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59:45

Part One: The Colored Farmers Alliance and Early...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2026/02/23

Margaret talks to Courtney Kocak about the potentially million-strong alliance of Black farmers who built up a cooperative economics in the post-war American South Sources

en-US

32:10

The Punk Rock Good Life: A Guide to an Aesthetic Life

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2026/02/18

Margaret reads you an essay about how to live a beautiful lifeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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52:47

Part Two: Saint Maximillian Kolbe: A Conservative Who...

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ·

2026/02/11

Margaret continues her conversation with Molly Conger about a complicated man who spent his early life promoting antisemitic conspiracies before sheltering thousands of Jews and dying in Auschwitz. Sources: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1982/12/05/mass-is-set-for-the-saint-of-auschwitz/18a930db-756e-4f7c-a484-399305713a29/ The Life of St. Maximilian Kolbe, William LaMay

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