Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

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Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts Visit website › History · EN · 605 episodes · latest 2026-11-11 · explicit

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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.

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Part Two: The Iceland Women's Strike of 1975: How Iceland Became the Most Gender Equal Country on Earth

2026-11-11 · 1 hr 6 min

Margaret continues talking with Allison Raskin about the radicals and feminists and radical feminists who got 90% of a country's women to refuse to do work at the jobsite or at home Sources: https://bluestockings.com/…
Part One: The Iceland Women's Strike of 1975: How Iceland Became the Most Gender Equal Country on Earth

2026-11-09 · 49 min

Margaret talks with Allison Raskin about the radicals and feminists and radical feminists who got 90% of a country's women to refuse to do work at the jobsite or at home Sources: https://bluestockings.com/…
CZM Book Club: "Organizing Social Spaces as if Social Relations Matter," by Cindy Barukh Milstein (Part One of Three)

2026-11-08 · 38 min

Margaret reads you some non-fiction with advice for organizersSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Part Two: The Minnesota 15 and the Repression of Anti-fascism

2026-11-04 · 40 min

Margaret continues talking with defendant Isaac Sant about the resistance to ICE in the Twin Cities and federal repression links referenced: Alexio fundraiser: https://chuffed.org/project/alexio-mutual-aid Wired article…
Part One: The Minnesota 15 and the Repression of Anti-fascism

2026-11-02 · 40 min

Margaret talks with defendant Isaac Sant about the resistance to ICE in the Twin Cities and federal repression links referenced: Alexio fundraiser: https://chuffed.org/project/alexio-mutual-aid Wired article on HSI…
CZM Book Club: "Persephone, Traveling," by Briar Ripley Page

2026-11-01 · 40 min

Margaret reads you a comfy, cozy story about a robot colony on the moon, and one robot's journey to find a new home--and have her tarot cards readSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Part Two: Ben Egerman and the Gay History of Maryland

2026-10-28 · 46 min

Margaret talks with historian Ben Egerman about his work studying less-trodden queer history Find Ben's book at: https://redemmas.org/titles/51654-a-gay-little-history-of-maryland-volume-1/ See omnystudio.com/listener…
Part One: Ben Egerman and the Gay History of Maryland

2026-10-26 · 48 min

Margaret talks with historian Ben Egerman about his work studying less-trodden queer history Find Ben's book at: https://redemmas.org/titles/51654-a-gay-little-history-of-maryland-volume-1/ See omnystudio.com/listener…
CZM Book Club: "The Simulacrum," by Max Turner

2026-10-25 · 35 min

Margaret and Hazel read you a found documents story about a government experiment gone wrongSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Part Two: Jim Henson: A Complicated Guy Who Made Stories I Really Like

2026-10-21 · 56 min

Margaret continues talking to Andrew Ti about the strange hippie who found mainstream success with a message of peace and puppets Sources: https://www.gothamcenter.org/blog/bread-and-puppet-theater-in-gotham…

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Owner: iHeartPodcasts and Cool Zone Media
Oldest episode in feed: 04/2022 · over 4 years
Typical length: 51 min
Format: Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone

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