Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

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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.

  • 1 hour 14 seconds
    Cool Rerun Part Two: The Jane Collective: Direct Action Abortion Access Works

    It's another Cool People Cool Rerun!

    Margaret finishes talking with Samantha McVey about the more than a hundred women who provided safe, affordable abortion in pre- Roe v Wade Chicago.

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    13 November 2024, 5:00 am
  • 1 hour 16 minutes
    Cool Rerun Part One: The Jane Collective: Direct Action Abortion Access Works

    It's a Cool People Cool Rerun!

    Margaret talks with Samantha McVey about the more than a hundred women who provided safe, affordable abortion in pre- Roe v Wade Chicago.

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    11 November 2024, 5:00 am
  • 25 minutes 34 seconds
    CZM Book Club: Nazis Don't Go To Valhalla

    Book Club Rerun from the ol' ICHH archive - now with Book Club wrapping!

    Margaret Killjoy joins us to read a special spooky week ghost story about the 2nd American Civil War.

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    10 November 2024, 5:00 am
  • 34 minutes 14 seconds
    Part Two: Witches: Witches Were Pretty Cool Even Though They Didn't Really Exist

    Margaret finishes telling you about the history of European witchcraft and the witch trials and how it all came down to a contest between Catholics and Protestants to see who could murder the most people.

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    6 November 2024, 5:00 am
  • 22 minutes 38 seconds
    Part One: Witches: Witches Were Pretty Cool Even Though They Didn't Really Exist

    Margaret tells you about the history of European witchcraft and the witch trials and how it all came down to a contest between Catholics and Protestants to see who could murder the most people.

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    4 November 2024, 5:00 am
  • 25 minutes
    CZM Book Club: A Bunch of Stories About Russian Witches

    Margaret reads you folklore about witches in Russia, because she likes witches and it's still sort of Halloween.

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    3 November 2024, 4:05 am
  • 41 minutes 11 seconds
    Part Two: Halloween Special: Spooky Stories

    Margaret reads Prop the other horror story she wrote.

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    30 October 2024, 4:00 am
  • 38 minutes 34 seconds
    Part One: Halloween Special: Spooky Stories

    Margaret reads Prop two horror stories she wrote.

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    28 October 2024, 4:00 am
  • 22 minutes 1 second
    CZM Book Club: "The Vampire Maid" by Hume Nisbet

    Margaret reads you a story in which vampires serve as a metaphor for yet another thing, because vampires are cool.

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    27 October 2024, 4:00 am
  • 46 minutes 45 seconds
    Part Two: Pura Belpré: The Puerto Rican Librarian Who Brought Bilingual Storytelling to New York

    Margaret finishes telling Samantha McVey some of the history of public libraries and how the first Puerto Rican librarian in the US changed everything.

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    23 October 2024, 4:00 am
  • 46 minutes 39 seconds
    Part One: Pura Belpré: The Puerto Rican Librarian Who Brought Bilingual Storytelling to New York

    Margaret tells Samantha McVey some of the history of public libraries and how the first Puerto Rican librarian in the US changed everything.

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    21 October 2024, 4:00 am
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