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.
Latest episodes
Oct 16, 2023 • 1h 3min
Part One: Rebellion in Patagonia: When the Rural Argentinian Labor Movement Took Over Half the Country
Margaret talks with Mia about the 1920s Argentinian labor revolt that inspired Margaret to start this podcast in the first place.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 15, 2023 • 50min
CZM Book Club: The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion: Part Two
In this episode of the Cool Zone Media Book Club, Margaret Killjoy continues reading the next two chapters of her folk horror novella the Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion to Robert. https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-lamb-will-slaughter-the-lion-margaret-killjoy/7104105See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 11, 2023 • 55min
Part Two: Hobohemia & the Dil Pickle Club: Chicago is Weird & Cool
Margaret continues her conversation with Chelsey Weber-Smith about Chicago's queer-friendly, antiracist working class cultural cornerstone of the 1920s, the Dil Pickle Club.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 9, 2023 • 1h 8min
Part One: Hobohemia & the Dil Pickle Club: Chicago is Weird & Cool
Margaret talks with Chelsey Weber-Smith about Chicago's queer-friendly, antiracist working class cultural cornerstone of the 1920s, the Dil Pickle Club.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 8, 2023 • 40min
CZM Book Club: The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion: Part One
In this first ever episode of the Cool Zone Media Book Club, Margaret Killjoy reads the first two chapters of her folk horror novella the Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion to Robert. https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-lamb-will-slaughter-the-lion-margaret-killjoy/7104105See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 4, 2023 • 1h 2min
Part Four: The Surrealists Were Even Cooler Than You Thought
In the finale of this four-part episode, Margaret concludes her conversation with Caitlin Durante about the queer, antifascist artists who set out to revolutionize a lot more than just the art world.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 2, 2023 • 1h 1min
Part Three: The Surrealists Were Even Cooler Than You Thought
In part three of this four-part episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Caitlin Durante about the queer, antifascist artists who set out to revolutionize a lot more than just the art world.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 25, 2023 • 2h 4min
CZM Rewind: The Civil War Within the Civil War: How the South Won the War for the Union
Original Air Date: May 16, 2022 Margaret talks with Prop about how people escaping slavery turned the tide of the American Civil War and how the South was anything but united.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 20, 2023 • 49min
Part Two: The Surrealists Were Even Cooler Than You Thought
In part two of this four-part episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Caitlin Durante about the queer, antifascist artists who set out to revolutionize a lot more than just the art world.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Sep 18, 2023 • 1h 15min
Part One: The Surrealists Were Even Cooler Than You Thought
Caitlin Durante, queer, antifascist artist, discusses the queer, antifascist artists of the surrealist movement who aimed to overthrow the world order. They explore the shift from communism to anarchism, the persecution faced by lesbian and non-binary artists during the Nazi occupation, and the influence of surrealists on camouflage techniques and fake armies in World War II.
