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Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff
Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff
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As long as there’s been oppression, there’ve been people fighting it. This weekly podcast dives into history to drag up the wildest... more

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Part Two: Q&A Episode: Margaret and Sophie Answer Your Questions

It's time for the second part of our yearly Q&A, in which we answer questions from you, the audience. Whom... more

08 Jan 2025 · 33 minutes
Part One: Q&A Episode: Margaret and Sophie Answer Your Questions

It's time for our yearly Q&A, in which we answer questions from you, the audience. Whom we often appreciate.See omnystudio.com/listener... more

06 Jan 2025 · 30 minutes
CZM Book Club: Cool Zone 2055: How to Survive (the Dino Wars)

Margaret and Mia discuss the headlines here at the start of the year 2055 during world war 3.5.See omnystudio.com/listener for... more

05 Jan 2025 · 22 minutes
Part Two: Bella Ciao and the Migrant Laboring Women Who Gave Us an Anthem

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with author Gigi Griffis about the most famous partisan... more

01 Jan 2025 · 1 hour,
Part One: Bella Ciao and the Migrant Laboring Women Who Gave Us an Anthem

Margaret talks to author Gigi Griffis about the most famous partisan song of them all and its strange and mysterious... more

30 Dec 2024 · 55 minutes
CZM Rewind: Part Two: Chumbawamba: How to Sell Out, But in a Good Way

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Max Collins of Eve 6 about the squatting,... more

25 Dec 2024 · 48 minutes
CZM Rewind: Part One: Chumbawamba: How to Sell Out, But in a Good Way

Margaret talks with Max Collins of Eve 6 about the squatting, organizing, and robin hood antics of Chumbawamba, the one... more

23 Dec 2024 · 55 minutes
CZM Book Club: Cool Zone 2054: General Lichterman

Margaret interviews the one and only General Lichterman about her decades as a revolutionary icon.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

22 Dec 2024 · 26 minutes
Part Two: Fountain House Is A Cool Place For People Dealing With Mental Health

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Allison Raskin about the Clubhouse Model that has... more

18 Dec 2024 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
Part One: Fountain House Is A Cool Place For People Dealing With Mental Health

Margaret talks to Allison Raskin about the Clubhouse Model that has been helping people find agency and purpose and community... more

16 Dec 2024 · 56 minutes
CZM Book Club: Cool Zone 2054: Live From DinoCon 4 in Helsinki

Margaret and Jamie report back from DinoCon in the year 2054.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

15 Dec 2024 · 30 minutes
Part Two: All the People Who Tried to Kill Mussolini

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Robert Evans about the awful large amount of... more

11 Dec 2024 · 58 minutes
Part One: All the People Who Tried to Kill Mussolini

Margaret tells Robert Evans about the awful large amount of people who tried to take Mussolini out.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy... more

09 Dec 2024 · 59 minutes
CZM Book Club: Cool Zone 2054: Reports From the Dino War: The War in Review

Margaret comes back from the future with a podcast episode from the year 2054.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

08 Dec 2024 · 23 minutes
CZM Rewind: Part Two: The Armed Nonviolent Civil Rights Movement

It's the last Rewind of the recent holiday and Margaret finishes talking with Joelle Monique about how the Deacons for... more

04 Dec 2024 · 1 hour,
CZM Rewind: Part One: The Armed Nonviolent Civil Rights Movement

We JUST got back from Holiday and haven't recorded yet, so in THIS CZM Rewind Margaret talks with Joelle Monique... more

02 Dec 2024 · 58 minutes
CZM Rewind: Part Two: The Vampires Are On Our Side: Antifascism in Film

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Caitlin Durante about the antifascist filmmaking in Germany... more

27 Nov 2024 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
CZM Rewind: Part One: The Vampires Are On Our Side: Antifascism in Film

Margaret talks with Caitlin Durante about the antifascist filmmaking in Germany and Hollywood that laid much of the foundations for... more

25 Nov 2024 · 1 hour, 9 minutes
Part Two: A People's History of Potatoes

In the second part of this reverse episode, author Wren Awry finishes teaching Margaret the complex and wonderful history of... more

20 Nov 2024 · 50 minutes
Part One: A People's History of Potatoes

In this reverse episode, author Wren Awry teaches Margaret the complex and wonderful history of one of the best vegetables... more

18 Nov 2024 · 57 minutes
CZM Book Club: The Free Orcs of Cascadia by Margaret Killjoy

It's a Book Club Rerun! Margaret Killjoy reads her short story, The Free Orcs of Cascadia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

17 Nov 2024 · 42 minutes
Cool Rerun Part Two: The Jane Collective: Direct Action Abortion Access Works

It's another Cool People Cool Rerun! Margaret finishes talking with Samantha McVey about the more than a hundred women who... more

13 Nov 2024 · 1 hour,
Cool Rerun Part One: The Jane Collective: Direct Action Abortion Access Works

It's a Cool People Cool Rerun! Margaret talks with Samantha McVey about the more than a hundred women who provided... more

11 Nov 2024 · 1 hour, 16 minutes
CZM Book Club: Nazis Don't Go To Valhalla

Book Club Rerun from the ol' ICHH archive - now with Book Club wrapping! Margaret Killjoy joins us to read... more

10 Nov 2024 · 25 minutes
Part Two: Witches: Witches Were Pretty Cool Even Though They Didn't Really Exist

Margaret finishes telling you about the history of European witchcraft and the witch trials and how it all came down... more

06 Nov 2024 · 34 minutes
Part One: Witches: Witches Were Pretty Cool Even Though They Didn't Really Exist

Margaret tells you about the history of European witchcraft and the witch trials and how it all came down to... more

04 Nov 2024 · 22 minutes
CZM Book Club: A Bunch of Stories About Russian Witches

Margaret reads you folklore about witches in Russia, because she likes witches and it's still sort of Halloween.See omnystudio.com/listener for... more

03 Nov 2024 · 25 minutes
Part Two: Halloween Special: Spooky Stories

Margaret reads Prop the other horror story she wrote.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

30 Oct 2024 · 41 minutes
Part One: Halloween Special: Spooky Stories

Margaret reads Prop two horror stories she wrote.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

28 Oct 2024 · 38 minutes
CZM Book Club: "The Vampire Maid" by Hume Nisbet

Margaret reads you a story in which vampires serve as a metaphor for yet another thing, because vampires are cool.See... more

27 Oct 2024 · 22 minutes
Part Two: Pura Belpré: The Puerto Rican Librarian Who Brought Bilingual Storytelling to New York

Margaret finishes telling Samantha McVey some of the history of public libraries and how the first Puerto Rican librarian in... more

23 Oct 2024 · 46 minutes
Part One: Pura Belpré: The Puerto Rican Librarian Who Brought Bilingual Storytelling to New York

Margaret tells Samantha McVey some of the history of public libraries and how the first Puerto Rican librarian in the... more

21 Oct 2024 · 46 minutes
CZM Book Club: "The Damned Thing" by Ambrose Bierce

Margaret reads you the story she figures probably inspired Predator.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

20 Oct 2024 · 25 minutes
Part Two: Pirates, Libertalia, and the Betsimisaraka Confederation

Margaret finishes telling Molly Crabapple a story about the legends and reality of pirate utopia in Madagascar.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy... more

16 Oct 2024 · 55 minutes
Part One: Pirates, Libertalia, and the Betsimisaraka Confederation

Margaret tells Molly Crabapple a story about the legends and reality of pirate utopia in MadagascarSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

14 Oct 2024 · 54 minutes
CZM Book Club: "Luella Miller" by Mary Wilkins Freeman

Margaret reads you a spooky vampire story that's quite a bit different.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

13 Oct 2024 · 36 minutes
Part Two: Mutual Aid in North Carolina: How Asheville Has Come Together in the Wake of the Storm

Margaret reports on her trip down to Asheville North Carolina and all of the work she saw people doing down... more

09 Oct 2024 · 32 minutes
Part One: Mutual Aid in North Carolina: How Asheville Has Come Together in the Wake of the Storm

Margaret reports on her trip down to Asheville North Carolina and all of the work she saw people doing down... more

07 Oct 2024 · 35 minutes
CZM Book Club: "Svend and His Brethren" by William Morris, Part Two

Margaret reads you even more William Morris, but this story has swords in it.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

06 Oct 2024 · 27 minutes
Part Two: Catastrophe Compassion: How People Come Together in Crisis

Margaret continues talking with Katy Stoll about some amazing acts of mutual aid, both DIY and institutional. Mutual Aid Disaster... more

02 Oct 2024 · 46 minutes
Part One: Catastrophe Compassion: How People Come Together in Crisis

Margaret talks with Katy Stoll about some amazing acts of mutual aid, both DIY and institutionalSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

30 Sep 2024 · 47 minutes
CZM Book Club: "Svend and His Brethren" by William Morris, Part One

Margaret reads you even more William Morris, but this story has swords in itSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

29 Sep 2024 · 32 minutes
Part Four: The Korean People's Association of Manchuria: When Two Million People Lived In a Horizontal Society

Margaret concludes talking with Mia Wong about the deep history of Korean anarchism and how it led to one of... more

25 Sep 2024 · 46 minutes
Part Three: The Korean People's Association of Manchuria: When Two Million People Lived In a Horizontal Society

Margaret continues talking with Mia Wong about the deep history of Korean anarchism and how it led to one of... more

23 Sep 2024 · 47 minutes
CZM Book Club: "The Story of the Unknown Church" by William Morris

Margaret reads you a story about decoration. Really.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

22 Sep 2024 · 30 minutes
Part Two: The Korean People's Association of Manchuria: When Two Million People Lived In a Horizontal Society

Margaret continues talking with Mia Wong about the deep history of Korean anarchism and how it led to one of... more

18 Sep 2024 · 54 minutes
Part One: The Korean People's Association of Manchuria: When Two Million People Lived In a Horizontal Society

Margaret talks with Mia Wong about the deep history of Korean anarchism and how it led to one of the... more

16 Sep 2024 · 54 minutes
CZM Book Club: "The Sapling Cage" by Margaret Killjoy

Audiobook narrator Jackie Meloche reads Margaret the first chapter of her own upcomin book!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

15 Sep 2024 · 46 minutes
Part Two: Mother Jones: Honestly Kind of a Fraud TBH

Margaret finishes talking to Laurie Penny about the goth hellraiser labor organizer whom she thought would be cool but was... more

11 Sep 2024 · 56 minutes
Part One: Mother Jones: Honestly Kind of a Fraud TBH

Margaret talks to Laurie Penny about the goth hellraiser labor organizer whom she thought would be cool but was actually... more

09 Sep 2024 · 57 minutes
CZM Book Club: "2 B R 0 2 B" by Kurt Vonnegut

Margaret reads you a classic sci-fi critique of eugenics by a master of satire.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

08 Sep 2024 · 25 minutes
Part Two: The German Abolitionists: How the 48ers Joined the American Abolitionists

Margaret finishes talking to Cody Johnston about how a bunch of German revolutionaries joined the movement against American slavery.See omnystudio.com/listener... more

04 Sep 2024 · 1 hour,
Part One: The German Abolitionists: How the 48ers Joined the American Abolitionists

Margaret talks to Cody Johnston about how a bunch of German revolutionaries joined the movement against American slavery.See omnystudio.com/listener for... more

02 Sep 2024 · 52 minutes
CZM Book Club: "Virgin Ground" by Rosel George Brown

Margaret reads you a classic sci-fi tale of a marriage on Mars gone wrong.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

01 Sep 2024 · 26 minutes
Part Two: Frances Perkins and the Quest to Rescue Jewish Children From Germany

Margaret finishes talking with Caitlin Durante about the first "Madame Secretary," who burned her political capital to keep the US... more

28 Aug 2024 · 59 minutes
Part One: Frances Perkins and the Quest to Rescue Jewish Children From Germany

Margaret talks with Caitlin Durante about the first "Madame Secretary," who burned her political capital to keep the US border... more

26 Aug 2024 · 53 minutes
CZM Book Club: "Intentionalities" by Aimee Ogden

Margaret reads you a science fiction story about space unions and family ties.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

25 Aug 2024 · 32 minutes
Part Two: The Orange Alternative: The Polish Hippie Surrealists Who Tore Down a Communist Government

Margaret finishes talking with Courtney Kocak about how a bunch of self-styled anarchist gnomes helped collapse a government.See omnystudio.com/listener for... more

21 Aug 2024 · 56 minutes
Part One: The Orange Alternative: The Polish Hippie Surrealists Who Tore Down a Communist Government

Margaret talks with Courtney Kocak about how a bunch of self-styled anarchist gnomes helped collapse a government.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy... more

19 Aug 2024 · 50 minutes
CZM Book Club: Three Stories From Japanese Folklore

Margaret reads you stories about demons and moon maidens.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

18 Aug 2024 · 27 minutes
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Part One: The Orange Alternative: The Polish Hippie Surrealists Who Tore Down a Communist Government
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Margaret talks with Courtney Kocak about how a bunch of self-styled anarchist gnomes helped collapse a government.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.