Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

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

October 15, 2025 61 mins

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-Mysteries

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federaci%C3%B3n_Regional_Espa%C3%B1ola_de_la_AIT

Occult Features of Anarchism, by Erica Lagalisse

https://www.thecollector.com/cult-of-pythagoras/

http://gnosis.org/hermes.htm

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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-Mysteries

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federaci%C3%B3n_Regional_Espa%C3%B1ola_de_la_AIT

Occult Features of Anarchism, by Erica Lagalisse

https://www.thecollector.com/cult-of-pythagoras/

http://gnosis.org/hermes.htm

https://www.rosicr...

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Margaret reads you a story about werewolves, polyamory, and cycles of trauma.

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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: 11.9.2022

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Margaret talks with Jamie Loftus about Baba Yaga, the Slavic legend who eats children and occasionally helps people.

Original Air Date: 11.7.2022

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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.

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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

https://evol...

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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

https://evolution.berkeley.edu/th...

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Margaret reads you a story about yearning and magic and folklore and teenage gays.

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Margaret reads a piece from CrimethInc with practical steps for resisting state repression.

 

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September 22, 2025 31 mins

Margaret talks about the current political landscape and how to prepare ourselves.

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Margaret sits down with author Alan Lea to discuss his novella, Hermetica.

 

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Margaret talks with Bridget Todd about Jagadish Chandra Bose, the inventor of radio, and Kenneth Rexroth, the poet involved in the creation of public radio.

Sources

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/kenneth-rexroth

https://libcom.org/article/rexroth-kenneth-1905-1982

https://www.montecitojournal.net/2023/05/16/kenneth-rexroth-a-poet-of-montecito/

https://www.britannica.com/technology/telegraph

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/american...

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Margaret talks with Bridget Todd about Jagadish Chandra Bose, the inventor of radio, and Kenneth Rexroth, the poet involved in the creation of public radio.

Sources:

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/kenneth-rexroth

https://libcom.org/article/rexroth-kenneth-1905-1982

https://www.montecitojournal.net/2023/05/16/kenneth-rexroth-a-poet-of-montecito/

https://www.britannica.com/technology/telegraph

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/america...

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Margaret brings you the conclusion of the tale of Hermetica.

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Margaret continues her talk with Bursts about the surprising history of pirate radio and the three way fight for control of the airwaves.

Sources:

https://files.libcom.org/files/radio-is-my-bomb-part-1.pdf

https://files.libcom.org/files/radio-is-my-bomb-part-2.pdf

https://files.libcom.org/files/Radio%20Alice.pdf


https://autonomies.org/2023/02/italy-autonomia-5/

https://autonomies.org/2023/02/italy-autonomia-5/

https://www.thejo...

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Margaret talks with Bursts about the surprising history of pirate radio and the three way fight for control of the airwaves. 

Sources:

https://files.libcom.org/files/radio-is-my-bomb-part-1.pdf

https://files.libcom.org/files/radio-is-my-bomb-part-2.pdf

https://files.libcom.org/files/Radio%20Alice.pdf


https://autonomies.org/2023/02/italy-autonomia-5/

https://autonomies.org/2023/02/italy-autonomia-5/

https://www.thejournal.i...

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Margaret continues with tale of Hermetica, the generation ship.

 

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Margaret continues her talk with Mangesh Hattikudur about the antifascist who invented table soccer and the socialist photographer who invented air mail.

Sources:

https://spainonthisday.com/alejandro-finisterre-the-inventor-of-table-football

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/feb/24/guardianobituaries.spain


https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_Finisterre

https://historia-hispanica.rah.es/biografias/50737-alejandro-campos-...

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Margaret talks with Mangesh Hattikudur about the antifascist who invented table soccer and the socialist photographer who invented air mail.

Sources:

https://spainonthisday.com/alejandro-finisterre-the-inventor-of-table-football

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/feb/24/guardianobituaries.spain


https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_Finisterre

https://historia-hispanica.rah.es/biografias/50737-alejandro-campos-ramirez

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