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
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
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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,
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Duration:00:33:40
Part Two: Oscar Wilde: A Story That Was Way More Important Than I Realized
3/13/2024
In part two, Margaret continues to talk with Chelsey Weber-Smith about the gay anarchist Irish dandy who proved to be not shallow at all.
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Duration:01:02:36
Part One: Oscar Wilde: A Story That Was Way More Important Than I Realized
3/11/2024
Margaret talks with Chelsey Weber-Smith about the gay anarchist Irish dandy who proved to be not shallow at all.
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Duration:01:02:27
CZM Book Club: "Tongue Mining" by Jack Morton
3/10/2024
Margaret reads you a story about AI, translation, and love across languages.
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Duration:00:28:40
Part Two: The City of Gnomes: the Provos and Kabouters in late 60s Amsterdam who rebuilt the city
3/6/2024
In part two, Margaret continues her conversation with Molly Conger about the hippies and greasers who reimagined Dutch urban life.
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Duration:01:03:01
Part One: The City of Gnomes: the Provos and Kabouters in late 60s Amsterdam who rebuilt the city
3/4/2024
Margaret talks with Molly Conger about the hippies and greasers who reimagined Dutch urban life.
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Duration:01:04:43