Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

<p>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.</p>

Part Two: Druids: Because the Past is Metal as Hell

Margaret continues her talk with Sophie about the philosophers of the celts. Sources: https://irishfolklore.wordpress.com/2017/03/13/blacksmiths-and-the-supernatural/https://folklorethursday.com/folklore-of-archaeology/ferrous-friend-foe-iron-became-enemy-fairy-folk/https://www.thearchaeologist.org/blog/28y8zwazfxaq2tsb933b54wf0slfcj https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/05/02/woodhenge-is-just-as-fascinating-and-mysterious-as-its-famous-neighbor-stonehenge/ https://irishmyths.com/2022/04/29/female-druids/ Barry Cunliffe, Druids: A Very Short Introduction Peter Berresford Ellis, The DruidsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

10-29
59:34

Part One: Druids: Because the Past is Metal as Hell

Margaret talks to Sophie about the philosophers of the celts. Sources: https://irishfolklore.wordpress.com/2017/03/13/blacksmiths-and-the-supernatural/https://folklorethursday.com/folklore-of-archaeology/ferrous-friend-foe-iron-became-enemy-fairy-folk/https://www.thearchaeologist.org/blog/28y8zwazfxaq2tsb933b54wf0slfcj https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/05/02/woodhenge-is-just-as-fascinating-and-mysterious-as-its-famous-neighbor-stonehenge/ https://irishmyths.com/2022/04/29/female-druids/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

10-27
01:01:15

CZM Book Club: F*ck This Sh*t Manor, by Laurel Hightower

Margaret reads you a haunted house story about real estate desirability.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

10-26
36:45

Crisis Hotlines: Of Course Queers Invented Them, Part Two

Margaret talks to you about the history of suicide prevention hotlines and the complications of state intervention in emergency mental health care.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

10-22
39:31

Crisis Hotlines: Of Course Queers Invented Them, Part One

Margaret talks to you about the history of suicide prevention hotlines and the complications of state intervention in emergency mental health care. Sources- https://translifeline.org/about/history/https://translifeline.org/response-to-988-cuts/https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/10/27/359434925/bernard-mayes-nprs-first-chairman-founder-of-suicide-hotline-dieshttps://www.sfgate.com/living/article/Bernard-Mayes-to-be-honored-as-lifeline-to-3516576.phphttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11447250/Bernard-Mayes-priest-obituary.htmlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20141026134947/http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/10/24/bernard-mayes-kqed-fms-first-general-manager-dies-at-85https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45106/sonnet-116-let-me-not-to-the-marriage-of-true-mindshttps://www.sfsuicide.org/about/https://translifeline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/The-Problem-With-988-Report-November-2024-Text.pdfhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11733462/https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/facts/data.html https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6978712/ https://www.psychiatry.org/News-room/APA-Blogs/Marking-Two-Years-of-988-The-Suicide-and-Crisis-Lihttps://behavioralhealthlink.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/988-History-Journal-Article_JohnDraper.pdf https://www.inclusivetherapists.com/blog/suicide-mental-health-crisis-resources-not-police https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/her-death-sparked-transgender-day-remembrance-22-years-later-still-n1233809https://www.them.us/story/rita-hester-trans-remembrance-visibility-memorial https://translifeline.org/why-no-non-consensual-intervention/https://www.them.us/story/trans-lifeline-report-988-police-interventions https://madattheinternet.substack.com/p/online-censorships-institutional https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32121226 https://glaad.org/tdor/ https://web.archive.org/web/20250107195548/https://cohost.org/lizthegrey/post/1520523-some-philanthropy-thSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

10-20
44:35

CZM Book Club: Two Tales of Classic Horror, by Saki and Bierce

Margaret reads you "The Open Window" by Saki and "An Inhabitant of Carcosa" by Ambrose BierceSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

10-19
47:07

Part Two: Secret Societies and Leftism: The Odd Origins of Revolution

Margaret continues her conversation with Sarah Marshall about how everything you've heard about the Illuminati is entirely upside down. The Devil You Know with Sarah Marshall: https://link.mgln.ai/rAmTZp Sources: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Eleusinian-Mysterieshttps://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federaci%C3%B3n_Regional_Espa%C3%B1ola_de_la_AITOccult Features of Anarchism, by Erica Lagalissehttps://www.thecollector.com/cult-of-pythagoras/http://gnosis.org/hermes.htmhttps://www.rosicrucian.org/historySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

10-15
01:10:53

Part One: Secret Societies and Leftism: The Odd Origins of Revolution

Margaret talks to Sarah Marshall about how everything you've heard about the Illuminati is entirely upside down. The Devil You Know with Sarah Marshall: https://link.mgln.ai/rAmTZp Sources: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Eleusinian-Mysterieshttps://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federaci%C3%B3n_Regional_Espa%C3%B1ola_de_la_AITOccult Features of Anarchism, by Erica Lagalissehttps://www.thecollector.com/cult-of-pythagoras/http://gnosis.org/hermes.htmhttps://www.rosicrucian.org/historySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

10-13
01:15:28

CZM Book Club: Hollywood Werewolf Conspiracy, by Hailey Piper

Margaret reads you a story about werewolves, polyamory, and cycles of trauma.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

10-12
41:33

CZM Rewind: Baba Yaga: Everyone's Favorite Witch From Folklore, Part Two

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her talk with Jamie Loftus about Baba Yaga, the Slavic legend who eats children and occasionally helps people. Original Air Date: 11.9.2022See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

10-08
01:15:07

CZM Rewind: Baba Yaga: Everyone's Favorite Witch From Folklore, Part One

Margaret talks with Jamie Loftus about Baba Yaga, the Slavic legend who eats children and occasionally helps people. Original Air Date: 11.7.2022See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

10-06
01:21:05

CZM Book Club: Kushtaka, by Mathilda Zeller

Kicking off spooky month with a story about demons that I don't want to spoil by telling you more about but it's so good I promise.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

10-05
48:27

Part Two: Mutual Aid and Evolution: Peter Kropotkin and the Battle for Science

Margaret continues talking to Katie Goldin about the anarchist prince who laid the foundations for understanding cooperation in the wild. Sources: https://thebiologist.rsb.org.uk/biologist-features/who-was-peter-kropothkin https://trise.org/2018/01/04/kropotkin-and-climate-change/ https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/allan-antliff-memorializing-kropotkin https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1883/don/ch07c.htm https://evolution.berkeley.edu/the-history-of-evolutionary-thought/1800s/uniformitarianism-charles-lyell/ https://summitborn.com/discovery-of-the-ice-age/ https://logarithmichistory.wordpress.com/2024/11/18/gradualism-10/ https://strangescience.net/lyell.htm https://medium.com/science-spectrum/how-darwin-discovered-invented-evolution-4d99aadf5656 https://psyche.co/ideas/kropotkin-the-radical-aristocrat-who-put-kindness-on-a-scientific-footing https://www.marxists.org/subject/science/essays/kropotkin.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

10-01
01:15:45

Part One: Mutual Aid and Evolution: Peter Kropotkin and the Battle for Science

Margaret talks to Katie Goldin about the anarchist prince who laid the foundations for understanding cooperation in the wild. https://thebiologist.rsb.org.uk/biologist-features/who-was-peter-kropothkin https://trise.org/2018/01/04/kropotkin-and-climate-change/ https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/allan-antliff-memorializing-kropotkin https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1883/don/ch07c.htm https://evolution.berkeley.edu/the-history-of-evolutionary-thought/1800s/uniformitarianism-charles-lyell/ https://summitborn.com/discovery-of-the-ice-age/ https://logarithmichistory.wordpress.com/2024/11/18/gradualism-10/ https://strangescience.net/lyell.htm https://medium.com/science-spectrum/how-darwin-discovered-invented-evolution-4d99aadf5656 https://psyche.co/ideas/kropotkin-the-radical-aristocrat-who-put-kindness-on-a-scientific-footing https://www.marxists.org/subject/science/essays/kropotkin.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

09-29
01:10:29

CZM Book Club: Selkie Stories Are For Losers, by Sofia Samatar

Margaret reads you a story about yearning and magic and folklore and teenage gays.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

09-28
35:53

Make Ready: Safeguarding Our Movements against Repression

Margaret reads a piece from CrimethInc with practical steps for resisting state repression.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

09-24
37:56

Part One: I Can't Tell You What's Coming

Margaret talks about the current political landscape and how to prepare ourselves.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

09-22
41:05

CZM Book Club: Hermetica, Interview with Alan Lea

Margaret sits down with author Alan Lea to discuss his novella, Hermetica.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

09-21
44:59

Part Two: Public Radio: From the Open Source Origins to the Pacifist Poets

Margaret talks with Bridget Todd about Jagadish Chandra Bose, the inventor of radio, and Kenneth Rexroth, the poet involved in the creation of public radio. Sources https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/kenneth-rexroth https://libcom.org/article/rexroth-kenneth-1905-1982 https://www.montecitojournal.net/2023/05/16/kenneth-rexroth-a-poet-of-montecito/ https://www.britannica.com/technology/telegraph https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/rescue-development-radio/ https://gizmodo.com/a-magician-used-the-first-pirate-radio-station-to-troll-1681527405 https://www.wshu.org/vintage-radio/2015-12-14/so-what-did-marconi-hear https://www.orarc.org/?p=2297 https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v06/n01/george-woodcock/elegy-for-an-anarchist https://discovernikkei.org/en/journal/2022/8/28/kenneth-rexroth/ https://crimethinc.com/2020/12/22/a-poem-by-kenneth-rexroth-painted-across-the-rooftops-of-the-world-on-the-occasion-of-his-birthday https://www.thing.net/~grist/ld/young/revkyoung.htm https://www.bopsecrets.org/rexroth/sf/1961.htm https://www.literatureandarts.com/kenneth-rexroth/project-four-2h97g  https://www.pgurus.com/multi-faceted-single-minded-nationalist/ https://www.theheritagelab.in/jagadish-bose-home-interior-design-architecture/ https://interestingengineering.com/culture/jagadish-chandra-bose-father-modern-wi-fi https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/the-thinking-plants-man/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

09-17
58:41

Part One: Public Radio: From the Open Source Origins to the Pacifist Poets

Margaret talks with Bridget Todd about Jagadish Chandra Bose, the inventor of radio, and Kenneth Rexroth, the poet involved in the creation of public radio. Sources: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/kenneth-rexroth https://libcom.org/article/rexroth-kenneth-1905-1982 https://www.montecitojournal.net/2023/05/16/kenneth-rexroth-a-poet-of-montecito/ https://www.britannica.com/technology/telegraph https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/rescue-development-radio/ https://gizmodo.com/a-magician-used-the-first-pirate-radio-station-to-troll-1681527405 https://www.wshu.org/vintage-radio/2015-12-14/so-what-did-marconi-hear https://www.orarc.org/?p=2297 https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v06/n01/george-woodcock/elegy-for-an-anarchist https://discovernikkei.org/en/journal/2022/8/28/kenneth-rexroth/ https://crimethinc.com/2020/12/22/a-poem-by-kenneth-rexroth-painted-across-the-rooftops-of-the-world-on-the-occasion-of-his-birthday https://www.thing.net/~grist/ld/young/revkyoung.htm https://www.bopsecrets.org/rexroth/sf/1961.htm https://www.literatureandarts.com/kenneth-rexroth/project-four-2h97See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

09-15
49:57

maggie g

you should invite Blindboy Podcast as a guest. You'd have a great conversation!

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Camille Perkins

kill the cop inside your gender

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Camille Perkins

I got an ad for bras - if I throw that at a Nazi they're gonna get the wrong idea

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Jackson Hart

Margaret's PSA sent me. ty for the reminder: don't talk to cops!

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Jackson Hart

This episode is unhinged. I love it.

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