Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

History Podcasts

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.

Location:

United States

Genres:

History Podcasts

Arts & Culture Podcasts

Description:

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.

Language:

English

Episodes

May Day Rerun Part Two: The Haymarket Affair: The Bomb & the Eight-Hour Workday

5/1/2024

Margaret's taking a week off post mouth surgery and wants to celebrate May Day! Here's a throwback to the first episode where Margaret sat down with journalist and podcast host Robert Evans to talk about the anarchists who were hanged in Chicago in the 1860s for fighting for the rights of the working class. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:01:06:09

May Day Rerun Part One: The Haymarket Affair: The Bomb & the Eight-Hour Workday

4/29/2024

Duration:01:09:13

CZM Book Club: "The Fortunate Death of Jonathan Sandelson" by Margaret Killjoy, Part One

4/28/2024

Margaret reads Danl a story about hackers using drones to disrupt for-profit incarceration. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:36:16

Part Six: Kronstadt and the People Who Tried to Save the Russian Revolution

4/24/2024

In the SIXTH part of this longest-series-ever, Margaret finally gets to Kronstadt with Mia Wong and talks about at least four Russian revolutions and general strikes, workers councils, and rebellions that tried to keep them on course. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:01:01:53

Part Five: Kronstadt and the People Who Tried to Save the Russian Revolution

4/22/2024

In part five (can you believe it?), Margaret continues to talk with Mia Wong about at least four Russian revolutions and general strikes, workers councils, and rebellions that tried to keep them on course. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:50:22

Part Four: Kronstadt and the People Who Tried to Save the Russian Revolution

4/17/2024

In part four, Margaret continues to talk with Mia Wong about at least four Russian revolutions and general strikes, workers councils, and rebellions that tried to keep them on course. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:01:04:46

Part Three: Kronstadt and the People Who Tried to Save the Russian Revolution

4/15/2024

In part three, Margaret continues to talk with Mia Wong about at least four Russian revolutions and general strikes, workers councils, and rebellions that tried to keep them on course. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:49:48

CZM Book Club: "The Nine Billion Names of God" by Arthur C. Clarke

4/14/2024

Margaret reads Gare a classic sci-fi tale about the divine possibility of computers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:35:18

Part Two: Kronstadt and the People Who Tried to Save the Russian Revolution

4/10/2024

In part two, Margaret continues to talk with Mia Wong about at least four Russian revolutions and general strikes, workers councils, and rebellions that tried to keep them on course. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:01:00:24

Part One: Kronstadt and the People Who Tried to Save the Russian Revolution

4/8/2024

Margaret talks with Mia Wong about at least four Russian revolutions and general strikes, workers councils, and rebellions that tried to keep them on course. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:01:13:00

CZM Book Club: "Transmutation" by Katherine Sparrow

4/7/2024

Margaret reads Sophie a story of love gone wrong between a magician and an alchemist. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:36:25

Part Two: Ada Lovelace and Lord Byron: The First Computer Programmer, Child of the First Vampire

4/3/2024

Margaret finishes a conversation with Bridget Todd about the woman who invented software and her rather strange family. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:01:04:17

Part One: Ada Lovelace and Lord Byron: The First Computer Programmer, Child of the First Vampire

4/1/2024

Margaret talks with Bridget Todd about the woman who invented software and her rather strange family. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:58:47

CZM Book Club: "The Last Beat of My Heart" by Edward Morris

3/31/2024

Margaret reads Gare a story about everyday magic, teen angst, and mixtapes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:34:36

Part Two: The Expropriators: Fifteen Years of Political Bank Robbers in Argentina and Uruguay

3/27/2024

Margaret concludes with Snow about the folks who tried to fund a revolution the old-fashioned way. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:56:40

Part One: The Expropriators: Fifteen Years of Political Bank Robbers in Argentina and Uruguay

3/25/2024

Margaret talks with Snow about the folks who tried to fund a revolution the old-fashioned way. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:55:05

CZM Book Club: Part Two of "The Vampyre" by John Polidori

3/24/2024

Margaret finishes the first modern vampire, a parable about the dangers of the libertine royalty, See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:27:26

Part Two: All Hail King Ludd: How the Luddites Almost Saved Us

3/20/2024

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:49:03

Part One: All Hail King Ludd: How the Luddites Almost Saved Us

3/18/2024

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:55:06

CZM Book Club: Part One of "The Vampyre" by John Polidori

3/17/2024

Margaret reads you the first modern vampire, a parable about the dangers of the libertine royalty, See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:33:40