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
Margaret finishes talking to you about the history behind Trump's latest boogieman, the Italian hacktavists who helped free the internet.
Sources:
https://chuffed.org/project/alexio-mutual-aid
https://publish.fid-media.de/server/api/core/bitstreams/f8e99026-0049-4da6-bd2e-1b5a9d84b477/content
https://www.inventati.org/campaign/press
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State_list_of_Foreign...
This week, Margaret continues talking to you about the history behind Trump's latest boogieman, the Italian hacktavists who helped free the internet.
Sources:
https://chuffed.org/project/alexio-mutual-aid
https://publish.fid-media.de/server/api/core/bitstreams/f8e99026-0049-4da6-bd2e-1b5a9d84b477/content
https://www.inventati.org/campaign/press
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State_lis...
Margaret kicks off spooky month by sharing a spooky story of her own about a haunted cave and the 90s teens who get lost in it
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Margaret talks to you about the US's long history of intervention in Italian politics.
Sources:
https://chuffed.org/project/alexio-mutual-aid
https://publish.fid-media.de/server/api/core/bitstreams/f8e99026-0049-4da6-bd2e-1b5a9d84b477/content
https://www.inventati.org/campaign/press
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State_list_of_Foreign_Terrorist_Organizations
https://en.wikipe...
In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with writer and podcast host Andrew Ti about how an informal union of children shut down the nation’s biggest newspapers and won their rights.
Original Air Date: 6.21.2023
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Margaret reads you 4 very short, dream like stories from a collection by a Greek author
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Margaret talks with writer and podcast host Andrew Ti about how an informal union of children shut down the nation’s biggest newspapers and won their rights.
Original Air Date: 6.19.2023
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Margaret talks to you about Trump's latest boogieman, the Italian hacktavists who helped free the internet
Sources:
https://publish.fid-media.de/server/api/core/bitstreams/f8e99026-0049-4da6-bd2e-1b5a9d84b477/content
https://www.inventati.org/campaign/press
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State_list_of_Foreign_Terrorist_Organizations
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specially_design...
Margaret reads you a surreal story about the surreal Southwest, written by one of her favorite authors
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Margaret reads you an essay about the lying machines that will soon be ruling the world
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Margaret reads you an essay about how we have to soberly confront the realities of climate change and look for ways we can collectively take action
Source:
https://margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/beyond-climate-optimism-beyond-climate
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/climate/coral-reef-recovery-time.html
https://ourworldindata.org/electricity-mix
https://interestingengineering.com/culture/carbon-footprint-coined-by-big-oil-to-blam...
To close out Black August, Margaret sits down with Bridget Todd and Hazel Acacia to finish talking about one of the most iconic Trek episodes ever made (S6E13: Far Beyond the Stars of Deep Space Nine)- and you're invited
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Margaret finishes telling you the sordid history of Automated License Plate Readers and the people who have stood up against them
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This week, Margaret goes even deeper into the sordid history of Automated License Plate Readers and the people who have stood up against them
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To close out Black August, Margaret sits down with Bridget Todd and Hazel Acacia to talk about one of the most iconic Trek episodes ever made (S6E13: Far Beyond the Stars of Deep Space Nine)- and you're invited
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Margaret continues telling you the sordid history of Automated License Plate Readers and the people who have stood up against them
Sources:
Margaret tells you the sordid history of Automated License Plate Readers and the people who have stood up against them
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This week, Margaret finished the story of the tragic and powerful strike that shook Michigan and copper production, through the lens of the Joan of Arc of Calumet
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Finland
https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/immigration/scandinavian/the-finns/
https://bestneighborhood.org/conservative-vs-liberal-map-michigan/
This week, Margaret continues the story of the tragic and powerful strike that shook Michigan and copper production, through the lens of the Joan of Arc of Calumet
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Finland
https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/immigration/scandinavian/the-finns/
https://bestneighborhood.org/conservative-vs-liberal-map-michigan/
Margaret reads a story about a strange visitor by a civil rights activist and writer
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