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 3, 2022 • 1h 7min
Part One: The Modern School & Francisco Ferrer: School Shouldn't Be Terrible
Margaret talks 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.
Sep 28, 2022 • 60min
Part Two: Aqua Tofana: How to Kill Your Husband
In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Shereen about how, in the era before divorce, a group of women sold poison to aspiring widows.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 26, 2022 • 1h
Part One: Aqua Tofana: How to Kill Your Husband
Margaret talks with Shereen about how, in the era before divorce, a group of women sold poison to aspiring widows.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 21, 2022 • 53min
Part Two: The IWW and the Hobos Who Saved Free Speech
In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Robert Evans about the Spokane Free Speech Fight and the itinerant workers who invented new forms of civil disobedience.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 19, 2022 • 1h 14min
Part One: The IWW and the Hobos Who Saved Free Speech
Margaret talks with Robert Evans about the Spokane Free Speech Fight and the itinerant workers who invented new forms of civil disobedience.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 14, 2022 • 1h 4min
Part Two: Dutch Squatters Accidentally Save The Country From Ruin
In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Alex Beels, host of Onderstroom, about how a group of people who just wanted somewhere to sleep stopped real estate speculation from gutting the Netherlands.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 12, 2022 • 59min
Part One: Dutch Squatters Accidentally Save The Country From Ruin
Margaret talks with Alex Beels, host of Onderstroom, about how a group of people who just wanted somewhere to sleep stopped real estate speculation from gutting the Netherlands.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 7, 2022 • 48min
Part Two: Chumbawamba: How to Sell Out, But in a Good Way
In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Max Collins of Eve 6 about the squatting, organizing, and robin hood antics of Chumbawamba, the one hit wonders with a thirty year career.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 5, 2022 • 54min
Part One: Chumbawamba: How to Sell Out, But in a Good Way
Margaret talks with Max Collins of Eve 6 about the squatting, organizing, and robin hood antics of Chumbawamba, the one hit wonders with a thirty year career.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 31, 2022 • 1h 11min
Part Two: Roger Casement: The Gay Irish Anti-Colonial Knight
In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with author Wren Awry about Roger Casement, whose reporting helped end the brutal reign of Leopold II of Belgium. Preorder Wren's book Nourishing Resistance: Stories of Food, Protest & Mutual Aid, out Spring 2023: https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1321See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
