Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff
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.
- Description
- <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>
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2024-11-18 05:41
- last episode published
- 2024-11-18 05:00
- publication frequency
- 3.04 days
- Contributors
- HowStuffWorks
- Owner
- Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts
- Author
- Explicit
- true
- Number of Episodes
- 310
- Rss-Feeds
- Detail page
- Categories
- Society & Culture History
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Episodes
| Date | Title & Description | Contributors |
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| 2024-11-18 | In this reverse episode, author Wren Awry teaches Margaret the complex and wonderful history of one of the best vegetables in the world.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. |
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| 2024-11-17 |
CZM Book Club: The Free Orcs of Cascadia by Margaret Killjoy It's a Book Club Rerun! Margaret Killjoy reads her short story, The Free Orcs of Cascadia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. |
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| 2024-11-13 |
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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. |
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| 2024-11-11 |
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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. |
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| 2024-11-10 | 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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. |
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| 2024-11-06 |
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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informat... |
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| 2024-11-04 |
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. |
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| 2024-11-03 | Margaret reads you folklore about witches in Russia, because she likes witches and it's still sort of Halloween.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. |
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| 2024-10-30 | Margaret reads Prop the other horror story she wrote.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. |
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| 2024-10-28 | Margaret reads Prop two horror stories she wrote.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. |
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