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>

CZM Rewind: Part Four: Lakota Resistance to the American Empire

In the finale of this four-part episode, Margaret concludes her conversation with Miriam about two centuries of resistance to American imperialism, from Crazy Horse to Leonard Peltier. Original Air Date: 12.6.2023See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

01-07
01:11:49

CZM Rewind: Part Three: Lakota Resistance to the American Empire

In part three of this four-part episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Miriam about two centuries of resistance to American imperialism, from Crazy Horse to Leonard Peltier. Original Air Date: 12.4.2023See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

01-05
01:03:59

CZM Rewind: CZM Book Club: "The Orchard of Tomorrow" by Kelsea Yu

Margaret reads you a story about what enormous love it will take to rebuild the world and take back what's ours from the powerful. Original Airdate: 7.21.2024See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

01-04
41:59

CZM Rewind: Part Two, Lakota Resistance to the American Empire

In part two of this four-part episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Miriam about two centuries of resistance to American imperialism, from Crazy Horse to Leonard Peltier.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

12-31
01:16:10

CZM Rewind: Part One, Lakota Resistance to the American Empire

Margaret talks with Miriam about two centuries of resistance to American imperialism, from Crazy Horse to Leonard Peltier. Original Air Date: 11.27.23See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

12-29
01:11:55

CZM Book Club: Everything that Isn't Winter, by Margaret Killjoy, Part Two

Margaret reads you part two (of two) of her own story.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

12-28
37:05

Part Two: Priest Holes: How to Hide People From the Authorities (in Medieval England)

Margaret continues her talk with Chelsey Weber-Smith about the saint who built hidden compartments to hide priests during the persecution of Catholics in England. Sources: https://ewtn.co.uk/article-st-nicholas-owen-builder-of-secret-hiding-places-for-priests/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/herefordandworcester/content/articles/2005/11/02/hindlip_gunpowder_plot_feature.shtml https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/harvington-hall https://www.ancientpages.com/2017/12/05/nicholas-owen-little-john-paid-highest-price-ingenious-camouflaged-places-hide/ https://fellowshipandfairydust.com/2022/02/18/st-nicholas-owen/ https://www.historyskills.com/classroom/year-8/mary-i-reading/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_monasteries https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/why-was-anne-boleyn-executed/ https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/beyond-the-pale.html https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/15/9/1055 https://www.jstor.org/stable/26845784?read-now=1&seq=4#page_scan_tab_contents https://www.advocate.com/history/king-james-bible-queer https://www.worldhistory.org/Gunpowder_Plot/ https://www.catholicpamphlets.net/files/pamphlets/mary%20tudor%20and%20the%20protestants.pdf https://catholic.heritage-history.com/site/hclass/saints_heroes/reformation/php/martyrs.php https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/civil_war_revolution/gunpowder_hutton_01.shtmlSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

12-24
01:00:36

Part One: Priest Holes: How to Hide People From the Authorities (in Medieval England)

Margaret talks to Chelsey Weber-Smith about the saint who built hidden compartments to hide priests during the persecution of Catholics in England. Sources: https://ewtn.co.uk/article-st-nicholas-owen-builder-of-secret-hiding-places-for-priests/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/herefordandworcester/content/articles/2005/11/02/hindlip_gunpowder_plot_feature.shtml https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/harvington-hall https://www.ancientpages.com/2017/12/05/nicholas-owen-little-john-paid-highest-price-ingenious-camouflaged-places-hide/ https://fellowshipandfairydust.com/2022/02/18/st-nicholas-owen/ https://www.historyskills.com/classroom/year-8/mary-i-reading/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_monasteries https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/why-was-anne-boleyn-executed/ https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/beyond-the-pale.html https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/15/9/1055 https://www.jstor.org/stable/26845784?read-now=1&seq=4#page_scan_tab_contents https://www.advocate.com/history/king-james-bible-queer https://www.worldhistory.org/Gunpowder_Plot/ https://www.catholicpamphlets.net/files/pamphlets/mary%20tudor%20and%20the%20protestants.pdf https://catholic.heritage-history.com/site/hclass/saints_heroes/reformation/php/martyrs.php https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/civil_war_revolution/gunpowder_hutton_01.shtmlSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

12-22
01:01:57

CZM Book Club: Everything that Isn't Winter, by Margaret Killjoy, Part One

Margaret reads you part one (of two) of her own story about post-apocalyptic love and violenceSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

12-21
31:09

Part Two: Spartacus and the Thurii Commune: How a Slave Rebellion in Ancient Rome Reimagined Society

Margaret continues her talk with Katy Stoll about the leaderless society that almost overthrew Rome. Sources: Radical Antiquity, Christopher B. Zeichmann https://www.worldhistory.org/Ostracism/ https://web.archive.org/web/20170719062739/http://www.livius.org/li-ln/livy/periochae/periochae091.html#95 https://web.archive.org/web/20160326113007/http://www.livius.org/so-st/spartacus/spartacus.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160304220855/http://www.livius.org/so-st/spartacus/spartacus2.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110805121329/http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-dgra/0581.html https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Appian/Civil_Wars/1*.html#116 https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Crassus*.html#9 http://www.fsmitha.com/h1/ch18.htm https://www.historyextra.com/period/roman/roman-republic-guide-how-senate-plebeians-citizenship-women-democratic-fall-end/ https://www.thecollector.com/first-servile-war-revolt-shook-rome/ https://www.thecollector.com/second-servile-war-slave-rebellion/ https://www.rfmwilliams.com/the-sicilian-slave-revolts-of-ancient-rome/ https://warflute.org/armies/sicilian_slave_revolts_135-132_104-103_bc_polemicus_army_t3.html http://societasviaromana.net/Collegium_Religionis/human_sacrifice.php https://www.history.co.uk/articles/gladiatorial-games-in-ancient-rome https://pressbooks.claremont.edu/clas112pomonavalentine/chapter/why-are-we-so-uncomfortable-the-confusing-taboo-of-menstruation-in-ancient-rome-and-modern-america/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

12-17
01:08:54

Part One: Spartacus and the Thurii Commune: How a Slave Rebellion in Ancient Rome Reimagined Society

Margaret talks to Katy Stoll about the leaderless society that almost overthrew Rome. Sources: Radical Antiquity, Christopher B. Zeichmann https://www.worldhistory.org/Ostracism/ https://web.archive.org/web/20170719062739/http://www.livius.org/li-ln/livy/periochae/periochae091.html#95 https://web.archive.org/web/20160326113007/http://www.livius.org/so-st/spartacus/spartacus.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160304220855/http://www.livius.org/so-st/spartacus/spartacus2.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110805121329/http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-dgra/0581.html https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Appian/Civil_Wars/1*.html#116 https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Crassus*.html#9 http://www.fsmitha.com/h1/ch18.htm https://www.historyextra.com/period/roman/roman-republic-guide-how-senate-plebeians-citizenship-women-democratic-fall-end/ https://www.thecollector.com/first-servile-war-revolt-shook-rome/ https://www.thecollector.com/second-servile-war-slave-rebellion/ https://www.rfmwilliams.com/the-sicilian-slave-revolts-of-ancient-rome/ https://warflute.org/armies/sicilian_slave_revolts_135-132_104-103_bc_polemicus_army_t3.html http://societasviaromana.net/Collegium_Religionis/human_sacrifice.php https://www.history.co.uk/articles/gladiatorial-games-in-ancient-rome https://pressbooks.claremont.edu/clas112pomonavalentine/chapter/why-are-we-so-uncomfortable-the-confusing-taboo-of-menstruation-in-ancient-rome-and-modern-america/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

12-15
01:01:25

CZM Book Club: Macramé Flames, by Eric Raglin

Margaret tells you the tale of some nightmare queers off to bring about hell on earth.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

12-14
36:46

Part Two: Diogenes: The Greek Philosopher Who Pissed on the Rich

Margaret continues her dicussion with Dana El Kurd about Diogenes, the founder of the Cynics, who was kind of an edgelord and lived in a jarSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

12-10
01:04:20

Part One: Diogenes: The Greek Philosopher Who Pissed on the Rich

Margaret talks to Dana El Kurd about Diogenes, the founder of the Cynics, who was kind of an edgelord and lived in a jar. Sources: The Dangerous Life and Ideas of Diogenes the Cynic, Jean-Manuel Roubineau How to Say No: An Ancient Guide to the Cynicism, Diogenes (edited by MD Usher) https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-16916263 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Greece https://www.historyskills.com/classroom/ancient-history/ancient-greek-slavery/ https://www.gutenberg.org/files/57342/57342-h/57342-h.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

12-08
59:06

CZM Book Club: Pathfinder: Dawn of the Frogs, Part Six

Who says ecoterrorism is bad? In fantasy games?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

12-07
01:52:23

CZM Rewind: Part Two: All Hail King Ludd: How the Luddites Almost Saved Us

In part two, Margaret talks with Robert Evans one more time about the English rebels who threw on dresses, declared a fake person their leader, and set about fighting the Industrial Revolution. Original Air Date: 3.20.2024See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

12-03
58:33

CZM Rewind: Part One: All Hail King Ludd: How the Luddites Almost Saved Us

Margaret talks with Robert Evans about the English rebels who threw on dresses, declared a fake person their leader, and set about fighting the Industrial Revolution. Original Air Date: 3.18.24  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

12-01
01:05:11

CZM Book Club: Pathfinder: Dawn of the Frogs, Part Five

There's nothing left to do but track these cultists to the source.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11-30
01:31:31

Part Two: Nonhelema: The Six Foot Six Warrior Woman of the Shawnee Who Fought the Empire

Margaret continues her talk with Jamie Loftus about Shawnee resistance to the American colonialism and a woman who led them in battle. Sources: https://colonialquills.blogspot.com/2017/07/revolutionary-mothers-nonhelema-of.html https://kentucky-museum.org/nonhelema-hokolesqua/ https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-345-44554-4 https://sundownohio.substack.com/p/the-gnadenhutten-massacre https://newreligiousmovements.org/b/bohemian-adamites/ https://www.reformedhistory.com/Content/Confessions/ArticlesOfPrague https://www.theguardian.com/news/2015/mar/22/naked-truth-about-seventies-streaking-craze https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/iph4ag/why_did_the_czech_lands_remain_catholic_rather/ https://web.archive.org/web/20160223035154/http://www.moravian.org.uk/index.php/the-moravian-church/moravian-history https://www.nrafamily.org/content/throwback-thursday-nonhelema-s-tale/ https://www.nationsandcannons.com/blog/nonhelema-chieftess-warrior-and-advocate-for-neutrality-in-the-revolutionary-war https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/metis https://web.archive.org/web/20240624093053/https://lssse.indiana.edu/blog/guest-post-native-american-exclusion-as-a-form-of-paper-genocide/ https://frontierpartisans.com/281/the-shawnee-resistance/ https://www.americanhistorycentral.com/entries/pontiacs-rebellion/ https://bushyrunbattlefield.com/battle-of-bush-run-history/ https://battlefieldtravels.com/battle-of-bushy-run/ https://archive.wvculture.org/hiStory/journal_wvh/wvh56-5.html https://www.midstory.org/over-240-years-later-an-ohio-community-remembers-its-founding-massacre/ https://journals.psu.edu/wph/article/download/60205/60154 Personal correspondenceSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11-26
58:15

Part One: Nonhelema: The Six Foot Six Warrior Woman of the Shawnee Who Fought the Empire

Margaret talks to Jamie Loftus about Shawnee resistance to the American colonialism and a woman who led them in battle Sources: https://colonialquills.blogspot.com/2017/07/revolutionary-mothers-nonhelema-of.html https://kentucky-museum.org/nonhelema-hokolesqua/ https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-345-44554-4 https://sundownohio.substack.com/p/the-gnadenhutten-massacre https://newreligiousmovements.org/b/bohemian-adamites/ https://www.reformedhistory.com/Content/Confessions/ArticlesOfPrague https://www.theguardian.com/news/2015/mar/22/naked-truth-about-seventies-streaking-craze https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/iph4ag/why_did_the_czech_lands_remain_catholic_rather/ https://web.archive.org/web/20160223035154/http://www.moravian.org.uk/index.php/the-moravian-church/moravian-history https://www.nrafamily.org/content/throwback-thursday-nonhelema-s-tale/ https://www.nationsandcannons.com/blog/nonhelema-chieftess-warrior-and-advocate-for-neutrality-in-the-revolutionary-war https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/metis https://web.archive.org/web/20240624093053/https://lssse.indiana.edu/blog/guest-post-native-american-exclusion-as-a-form-of-paper-genocide/ https://frontierpartisans.com/281/the-shawnee-resistance/ https://www.americanhistorycentral.com/entries/pontiacs-rebellion/ https://bushyrunbattlefield.com/battle-of-bush-run-history/ https://battlefieldtravels.com/battle-of-bushy-run/ https://archive.wvculture.org/hiStory/journal_wvh/wvh56-5.html https://www.midstory.org/over-240-years-later-an-ohio-community-remembers-its-founding-massacre/ https://journals.psu.edu/wph/article/download/60205/60154 Personal correspondenceSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11-24
01:00:27

kps3

fyi Margaret is a greek name

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Jessica Nicholson

it is believing in an American Gods kind of way

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Jessica Nicholson

it is like Frollo talking about Esmeralda in the Disney hunchback of Notre dame

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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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