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
For our longer summer read, Margaret reads you a novella about punk houses and identity and growing up written by a master of the medium
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Margaret continues her talk with Prop about the Texan musician who sung his way out of prison
Sources:
Bring Judgment Day: Reclaiming Lead Belly’s Truths from Jim Crow’s Lies, Sheila Curran Bernard
https://www.nytimes.com/1962/05/20/archives/if-youre-woke-you-dig-it-no-mickey-mouse-can-be-expected-to-follow.html
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/2022/12/22/what-is-woke-meaning-naacp-leaders-talk-about-the-word-m...
Margaret talks with Prop about the Texan musician who sung his way out of prison.
Sources:
Bring Judgment Day: Reclaiming Lead Belly’s Truths from Jim Crow’s Lies, Sheila Curran Bernard
Margaret reads you two stories and a poem from an anthology of young, Palestinian authors
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Margaret continues talking with Kaveh Hoda about the complicated history of homosexuality and homoeroticism in one of the most important empires of the medieval era.
Sources:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/41299403
https://www.thecollector.com/osman-i-ottoman-founder/
https://islamichistory.org/osman-gazi/
https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/jmurj/vol9/iss1/4/
https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/homosexuality-ii/
https://ww...
Margaret talks with Kaveh Hoda about the complicated history of homosexuality and homoeroticism in one of the most important empires of the medieval era.
Sources:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/41299403
https://www.thecollector.com/osman-i-ottoman-founder/
https://islamichistory.org/osman-gazi/
https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/jmurj/vol9/iss1/4/
https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/homosexuality-ii/
https://www.webology.o...
Margaret reads you several short stories written by the one of the ideological leaders of the Mexican Revolution
Original Air Date: 6.1.2025
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Margaret continues talking with Andrew Ti about the worldwide movement, backed by science, that is changing how we treat children.
Sources:
https://africapublicity.com/of-ancestors-and-amendments-rethinking-child-discipline-across-african-realms/
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/happiest-countries-in-the-world
https://endcorporalpunishment.org/reports-on-every-state-and-territory/usa/
https://www.right-to...
Margaret talks with Andrew Ti about the worldwide movement, backed by science, that is changing how we treat children.
Sources:
https://africapublicity.com/of-ancestors-and-amendments-rethinking-child-discipline-across-african-realms/
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/happiest-countries-in-the-world
https://endcorporalpunishment.org/reports-on-every-state-and-territory/usa/
https://www.right-to-education.o...
This week, In The Belly is doing a take over to feature the poems of incarcerated writers in their own voices
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Margaret concludes the story of the punks, hippies, and poets in Vancouver, Canada who pioneered the modern harm reduction movement
Sources:
Fighting for Space, Travis Lupick (https://firestorm.coop/products/11537-fighting-for-space.html?referral=killjoy)
https://www.addictionresource.net/heroin/types/china-white/
https://www.vice.com/en/article/poll-taxriot-anniversary-solomon-hughes-382/
https://abcbookworld.com/article/...
Margaret resumes telling you the story of the punks, hippies, and poets in Vancouver, Canada who pioneered the modern harm reduction movement
Sources:
Fighting for Space, Travis Lupick (https://firestorm.coop/products/11537-fighting-for-space.html?referral=killjoy)
https://www.addictionresource.net/heroin/types/china-white/
https://www.vice.com/en/article/poll-taxriot-anniversary-solomon-hughes-382/
https://abcbookworld.co...
This week we are collaborating with In The Belly Magazine to read you a short memoir piece about organizing behind bars.
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Margaret continues her talk with Miriam about the people fighting tooth and nail to save lives right now in Vancouver, Canada
Sources:
Previous episodes of this show
Personal correspondence
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/overdose-deaths-decline-2025-rate-cdc-data/
https://govfacts.org/health-healthcare/mental-health-substance-use/the-federal-agencies-fighting-americas-opioid-crisis/
https://www.cdc.gov/overdose-prevention...
Margaret talks with Miriam about the people fighting tooth and nail to save lives right now in Vancouver, Canada
Sources:
Previous episodes of this show
Personal correspondence
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/overdose-deaths-decline-2025-rate-cdc-data/
https://govfacts.org/health-healthcare/mental-health-substance-use/the-federal-agencies-fighting-americas-opioid-crisis/
https://www.cdc.gov/overdose-prevention/about/unders...
Margaret reads you a story about how to set up mutual aid societies in the wake of social collapse, and how to fight against cannibal nazis from the suburbs
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In part two of this weeks episode, Margaret continues her conversation with producer Sophie Lichterman about the stray dogs who fight cops and guard protestors around the world.
Original Air Date: 5.24.2023
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Margaret talks with producer Sophie Lichterman about the strays dogs who fight cops and guard protestors around the world.
Original Air Date 5.22.2023
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Margaret reads you a story about an enchanted graffiti turf war and a flying bike chase.
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In part four of this series, Margaret tells you more about the story of the punks, hippies, and poets in Vancouver, Canada who pioneered the modern harm reduction movement
Sources:
Fighting for Space, Travis Lupick (https://firestorm.coop/products/11537-fighting-for-space.html?referral=killjoy)
https://www.addictionresource.net/heroin/types/china-white/
https://www.vice.com/en/article/poll-taxriot-anniversary-solomon-hughes-3...
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