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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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.
Aug 29, 2022 • 1h 5min
Part One: Roger Casement: The Gay Irish Anti-Colonial Knight
Margaret talks 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.
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Aug 24, 2022 • 1h 12min
Part Two: The Diggers, the Levelers, the Ranters, and John Darnielle
In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Mountain Goats singer John Darnielle about the wild-eyed radicals of the English Civil War.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Aug 22, 2022 • 1h 29min
Part One: The Diggers, the Levelers, the Ranters, and John Darnielle
Margaret talks with Mountain Goats singer John Darnielle about the wild-eyed radicals of the English Civil War.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 17, 2022 • 1h 9min
Part Two: Food Not Bombs, The Criminal Mutual Aid Conspiracy
In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with podcast host Andrew Ti about the long fight for our right to feed one another in public places.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 15, 2022 • 1h 2min
Part One: Food Not Bombs, The Criminal Mutual Aid Conspiracy
Margaret talks with podcast host Andrew Ti about the long fight for our right to feed one another in public places.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 10, 2022 • 1h 19min
Part Two: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising & Jewish Resistance to the Holocaust
Exploring the conditions in the Warsaw ghetto during the Holocaust, the role of mutual aid and political organizations in maintaining solidarity among the Jewish population, resistance efforts including relief organizations, schools, trade unions, and underground organizations, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, coordinating resistance in the ghetto, debunking myths about Jewish rings and the uprising, the bravery and sacrifice of resistance fighters, the importance of secrecy and organizing, and the significance of mutual aid and community organization.
