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Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

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Nov 7, 2022 • 1h 9min

Part One: Baba Yaga: Everyone's Favorite Witch From Folklore

Margaret talks with comedian and podcaster Jamie Loftus about Baba Yaga, the Slavic legend who eats children and occasionally helps people.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Nov 2, 2022 • 43min

Halloween Fiction Special: It Bleeds, It Burrows, It Breaks the Bone

In this extra-special Halloween fiction special presentation, Margaret reads a ghost story from her new book, We Won't Be Here Tomorrow, to Sophie.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Oct 31, 2022 • 1h 12min

Part Three: Sholem Schwarzbard: The Jewish Assassin Who Ruled

In the finale of this special reverse episode, Miriam concludes her conversation with Margaret about Sholem Schwarzbard, the radical Jewish assassin. Special thanks goes to Anna Elena Torres. Her forthcoming book, With Freedom in Our Ears can be found here. Thanks to Eliui Damm, whose work can be found in There's Nothing So Whole as a Broken Heart, available from AK Press, With Freedom in Our Ears and Tohubavohu, a zine available here.Thank you to Ciarán Finlayson.And thank you to Kelly Johnson, whose 2012 dissertation Sholem Schwarzbard: Biography of a Jewish Assassin was indispensable to the research for this episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Oct 26, 2022 • 52min

Part Two: Sholem Schwarzbard: The Jewish Assassin Who Ruled

In part two of this special reverse episode, Miriam continues her conversation with Margaret about Sholem Schwarzbard, the radical Jewish assassin. Special thanks goes to Anna Elena Torres. Her forthcoming book, With Freedom in Our Ears can be found here. Thanks to Eliui Damm, whose work can be found in There's Nothing So Whole as a Broken Heart, available from AK Press, With Freedom in Our Ears and Tohubavohu, a zine available here.Thank you to Ciarán Finlayson.And thank you to Kelly Johnson, whose 2012 dissertation Sholem Schwarzbard: Biography of a Jewish Assassin was indispensable to the research for this episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Oct 24, 2022 • 55min

Part One: Sholem Schwarzbard: The Jewish Assassin Who Ruled

In this special reverse episode, Miriam talks with Margaret about Sholem Schwarzbard, the radical Jewish assassin. Special thanks goes to Anna Elena Torres. Her forthcoming book, With Freedom in Our Ears can be found here. Thanks to Eliui Damm, whose work can be found in There's Nothing So Whole as a Broken Heart, available from AK Press, With Freedom in Our Ears and Tohubavohu, a zine available here.Thank you to Ciarán Finlayson.And thank you to Kelly Johnson, whose 2012 dissertation Sholem Schwarzbard: Biography of a Jewish Assassin was indispensable to the research for this episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Oct 19, 2022 • 1h 3min

Part Two: The Vampires are on Our Side: Antifascism in Film

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Caitlin Durante about the antifascist filmmaking in Germany and Hollywood that laid much of the foundations for modern cinema.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Oct 17, 2022 • 1h 9min

Part One: The Vampires are on Our Side: Antifascism in Film

Margaret talks with Caitlin Durante about the antifascist filmmaking in Germany and Hollywood that laid much of the foundations for modern cinema.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Oct 12, 2022 • 60min

Part Two: Crime Pays: The Sophie Lyons Story

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Prop about how one immigrant woman navigated the 19th century American criminal underworld, robbed the rich, retired rich herself, gave back to her community, and kind of was terrible also.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Oct 10, 2022 • 57min

Part One: Crime Pays: The Sophie Lyons Story

Margaret talks to Prop about how one immigrant woman navigated the 19th century American criminal underworld, robbed the rich, retired rich herself, gave back to her community, and kind of was terrible also.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Oct 5, 2022 • 1h 4min

Part Two: The Modern School & Francisco Ferrer: School Shouldn't Be Terrible

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with James Stout about the turn of the century educators who fought--and sometimes died--for a reasonable education for the working class.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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