Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff
Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts
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.
Episodes
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
