Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

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Jul 30, 2025 • 46min

CZM Rewind: The Japanese Anarchists Part Two

We're once again joined by Margaret Killjoy, host of the new podcast Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff, to talk about the history of anarchism in Japan. Original Air Date: 4.29.22 on It Could Happen HereSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Jul 28, 2025 • 52min

CZM Rewind: The Japanese Anarchists Part 1

We're joined by Margaret Killjoy, host of the new podcast Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff, to talk about the history of anarchism in Japan. Original Air Date: 4.28.22 on It Could Happen HereSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Jul 27, 2025 • 31min

CZM Book Club: How to Live Like the World is Ending by Margaret Killoy

Margaret reads you an essay about how to think about living during what feels like apocalyptic times. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Jul 23, 2025 • 59min

Part Two: Street Medics: The People Who Wash Pepperspray Out of Your Eyes

Margaret talks to Kaveh Hoda about the decentralized medical infrastructure that keeps protesters safe. Sources: non-public training documents provided by a street medic friendhttps://www.bu.edu/bostonia/fall10/street-medic/street-medic.pdfhttp://web.archive.org/web/20250220125506/https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5024403/http://web.archive.org/web/20241028174039/https://massleague.org/CHC/History.phphttps://web.archive.org/web/20250212163349/https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/medical-committee-human-rights/2014-09 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/28/health/h-jack-geiger-dead.html https://medium.com/@Hesperian/care-for-where-there-is-no-justice-the-modern-history-of-street-medics-and-how-they-support-social-a02e940523d4https://www.fifthestate.org/archive/416-spring-2025/the-praxis-of-street-medics/ https://mutualaiddisasterrelief.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/kupdf.net_street-medic-handbook.pdfhttps://tabpres.org/the-flying-black-medics/https://web.archive.org/web/20071220215141/http://bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/other_stories/multipage/documents/02704493.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Jul 21, 2025 • 56min

Part One: Street Medics: The People Who Wash Pepperspray Out of Your Eyes

Margaret talks to Kaveh Hoda about the decentralized medical infrastructure that keeps protesters safe. Sources: https://www.bu.edu/bostonia/fall10/street-medic/street-medic.pdf http://web.archive.org/web/20250220125506/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5024403/ http://web.archive.org/web/20241028174039/ https://massleague.org/CHC/History.php https://web.archive.org/web/20250212163349/ https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/medical-committee-human-rights/2014-09 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/28/health/h-jack-geiger-dead.html https://medium.com/@Hesperian/care-for-where-there-is-no-justice-the-modern-history-of-street-medics-and-how-they-support-social-a02e940523d4 https://www.fifthestate.org/archive/416-spring-2025/the-praxis-of-street-medics/ https://mutualaiddisasterrelief.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/kupdf.net_street-medic-handbook.pdf https://tabpres.org/the-flying-black-medics/ https://web.archive.org/web/20071220215141/ http://bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/other_stories/multipage/documents/02704493.htm https://archive.org/stream/street-medic-guide-paper-revolution-collective-See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Jul 20, 2025 • 29min

CZM Book Club: Winnie the Pooh by AA Milne

Margaret got talked into doing something fun for book club this week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Jul 16, 2025 • 59min

Part Two: The National Lawyers Guild: The Legal Arm of Basically Every Social Movement in the US

Margaret continues talking to Joelle Monique about the almost 90 year history of the organization for progressive and radical lawyers. Sources: https://moatlaw.com/2019/07/25/stand-with-the-people-watch-and-oppose-the-police/ https://www.nlg.org/a-history-of-the-nlg-1937-1987/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presidential_elections_by_popular_vote_margin#/media/File:1828-_Margin_of_victory_in_US_presidential_elections_-_popular_vote.svg https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/william-perkins-black-12522/ https://www.etymonline.com/word/barrister https://www.etymonline.com/word/bar https://www.americanbar.org/about_the_aba/timeline/ https://nationalbar.org/nba-history/ https://www.michbar.org/file/barjournal/article/documents/pdf4article2529.pdf https://www.nlg.org/national-lawyers-guild-convention-will-celebrate-75-years-reunite-activists/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Jul 14, 2025 • 51min

Part One: The National Lawyers Guild: The Legal Arm of Basically Every Social Movement in the US

Margaret talks to Joelle Monique about the almost 90 year history of the organization for progressive and radical lawyers. Sources: https://moatlaw.com/2019/07/25/stand-with-the-people-watch-and-oppose-the-police/ https://www.nlg.org/a-history-of-the-nlg-1937-1987/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presidential_elections_by_popular_vote_margin#/media/File:1828-_Margin_of_victory_in_US_presidential_elections_-_popular_vote.svg https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/william-perkins-black-12522/ https://www.etymonline.com/word/barrister https://www.etymonline.com/word/bar https://www.americanbar.org/about_the_aba/timeline/ https://nationalbar.org/nba-history/ https://www.michbar.org/file/barjournal/article/documents/pdf4article2529.pdf https://www.nlg.org/national-lawyers-guild-convention-will-celebrate-75-years-reunite-activists/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Jul 13, 2025 • 39min

CZM Book Club: Diary of a Lunatic by Leo Tolstoy

Margaret reads you a story about mental health, panic disorders, and anticapitalism. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Jul 9, 2025 • 53min

CZM Rewind: Part Two: The Battle of Negro Fort: Florida's Maroon Community

Margaret continues talking with Jamie Loftus about the Black and Indigenous soldiers who lived free in a fort in Spanish Florida until Andrew Jackson broke a lot of laws to fight them. Orginial Air Date: 12.20.23See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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