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

June 25, 2025 36 mins

Margaret continues telling you about the Direct Action Network that organized the successful shutdown of the WTO in November, 1999. 

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Margaret tells you about the Direct Action Network that organized the successful shutdown of the WTO in November, 1999   

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Margaret reads you two more stories about anticapitalism and religion. 

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Margaret continues talking with Molly Conger about the history of protestors wearing black and masks while fighting neoliberalism and fascism. 

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Margaret talks with Molly Conger about the history of protestors wearing black and masks while fighting neoliberalism and fascism. 

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Margaret reads you a story about what it takes to break from society in disgust. 

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Margaret reads you more short stories written by the one of the ideological leaders of the Mexican Revolution.

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Margaret continues talking with Kat Abu about the Mexican liberals who became anarchists and sparked a revolution. 

Original Air Date: 7.26.23

 

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Margaret talks with Kat Abu about the Mexican liberals who became anarchists and sparked a revolution.

Original Air Date: 7.24.23

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Margaret reads you several short stories written by the one of the ideological leaders of the Mexican Revolution.

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Margaret reads you an Irish fairy tale about gender transformation that she really likes. 

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Margaret continues talking with Kat Abughazaleh about the folk councils that came to define English Common Law. 

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Margaret talks with Kat Abughazaleh about the folk councils that came to define English Common Law. 

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May 18, 2025 27 mins

Margaret reads you a classic norse fairy tale and then makes a thin and likely incorrect argument for why it's a queer parable. 

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Margaret talks with Anney Reese about how a group of people made polio vaccines and ended polio but how one guy took all the credit and ruined our understanding of history.

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Margaret talks with Anney Reese about how a group of people made polio vaccines and ended polio but how one guy took all the credit and ruined our understanding of history. 

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