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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Jun 27, 2022 • 60min
Part One: When Women Were Computers: A Tale of Space and Math
Margaret talks with Bridget Todd about the space race, Russian cosmists, gay scientists, and the women who got humanity to the moon.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 22, 2022 • 51min
Part Two: The Public Universal Friend: A Non-binary Icon in Revolutionary-Era America
In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with podcast host and journalist Garrison Davis about an 18th-century genderless preacher and their gender-bending followers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 20, 2022 • 59min
Part One: The Public Universal Friend: A Non-binary Icon in Revolutionary-Era America
Margaret talks with podcast host and journalist Garrison Davis about an 18th-century genderless preacher and their gender-bending followers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 15, 2022 • 1h 33min
Part Two: The Anarchist Revolution in the Spanish Civil War
In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with comedian, writer and podcast host Jamie Loftus about the time that millions of anarchists and their allies collectivized in Spain while fighting off a fascist invasion.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 13, 2022 • 1h 15min
Part One: The Anarchist Revolution in the Spanish Civil War
Margaret talks with comedian, writer and podcast host Jamie Loftus about the time that millions of anarchists and their allies collectivized in Spain while fighting off a fascist invasion.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 8, 2022 • 1h 14min
Part Two: Russian Nihilists: The Gender-bending Subculture that Blew Up the Tsar
In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Io about the science hippies of the 1860s who wore sunglasses at night and invented modern terrorism.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 6, 2022 • 1h 21min
Part One: Russian Nihilists: The Gender-bending Subculture that Blew Up the Tsar
Margaret talks with Io about the science hippies of the 1860s who wore sunglasses at night and invented modern terrorism.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 1, 2022 • 57min
Part Two: Gay Resistance to Nazis
In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Shereen Lani Younes about everything from queer youth gangs fighting the Hitler Youth in the street to artists who turned their talents to forgery and sabotage. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 30, 2022 • 1h 18min
Part One: Gay Resistance to Nazis
Margaret talks with Shereen Lani Younes about everything from queer youth gangs fighting the Hitler Youth in the street to artists who turned their talents to forgery and sabotage. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 25, 2022 • 59min
Part Two: The Paris Commune: How to Steal Back Your Own City
In 1871, the people of Paris, tired of starving, took up arms and declared their city an autonomous commune. For almost two months, they ran their utopian experiment, and though they were eventually crushed, they inspired revolutionaries across the world for generations to come.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
