Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff
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.
Episodes
In the finale of this four-part episode, Margaret concludes her conversation with Miriam about two centuries of resistance to American imperialism, from Crazy Horse to Leonard Peltier.
Original Air Date: 12.6.2023
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In part three of this four-part episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Miriam about two centuries of resistance to American imperialism, from Crazy Horse to Leonard Peltier.
Original Air Date: 12.4.2023
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Margaret reads you a story about what enormous love it will take to rebuild the world and take back what's ours from the powerful.
Original Airdate: 7.21.2024
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In part two of this four-part episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Miriam about two centuries of resistance to American imperialism, from Crazy Horse to Leonard Peltier.
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Margaret talks with Miriam about two centuries of resistance to American imperialism, from Crazy Horse to Leonard Peltier.
Original Air Date: 11.27.23
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Margaret reads you part two (of two) of her own story.
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Margaret continues her talk with Chelsey Weber-Smith about the saint who built hidden compartments to hide priests during the persecution of Catholics in England.
Sources:
https://ewtn.co.uk/article-st-nicholas-owen-builder-of-secret-hiding-places-for-priests/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/herefordandworcester/content/articles/2005/11/02/hindlip_gunpowder_plot_feature.shtml
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/harvington-hall
https://www.an...
Margaret talks to Chelsey Weber-Smith about the saint who built hidden compartments to hide priests during the persecution of Catholics in England.
Sources:
https://ewtn.co.uk/article-st-nicholas-owen-builder-of-secret-hiding-places-for-priests/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/herefordandworcester/content/articles/2005/11/02/hindlip_gunpowder_plot_feature.shtml
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/harvington-hall
https://www.ancientpages.com/...
Margaret reads you part one (of two) of her own story about post-apocalyptic love and violence
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Part Two: Spartacus and the Thurii Commune: How a Slave Rebellion in Ancient Rome Reimagined Society
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/2016030422...
Part One: Spartacus and the Thurii Commune: How a Slave Rebellion in Ancient Rome Reimagined Society
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...
Margaret tells you the tale of some nightmare queers off to bring about hell on earth.
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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 jar
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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/ancie...
Who says ecoterrorism is bad? In fantasy games?
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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: 3.20.2024
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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
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There's nothing left to do but track these cultists to the source.
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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-...
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:...
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