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
- 2025-02-20 20:55
- last episode published
- 2025-02-19 05:00
- publication frequency
- 2.99 days
- Contributors
- HowStuffWorks
- Owner
- Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts
- Author
- Explicit
- true
- Number of Episodes
- 347
- Rss-Feeds
- Detail page
- Categories
- Society & Culture History
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Episodes
| Date | Title & Description | Contributors |
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| 2025-02-19 |
Part Two: Crass: How Some Hippies Reinvented Punk and Changed the World Margaret continues to talk with Jolie Holland about a multigenerational punk band from the 70s that introduced punk ethics to punk rock.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. |
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| 2025-02-17 |
Part One: Crass: How Some Hippies Reinvented Punk and Changed the World Margaret talks with Jolie Holland about a multigenerational punk band from the 70s that introduced punk ethics to punk rock.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. |
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| 2025-02-16 | Margaret from the future tells you about Mx. Bunny Face Murder's childhood.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. |
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| 2025-02-12 |
Part Four: The Haitain Revolution: The Most Successful Revolt in the Americas Margaret finishes talking with Prop about how the people of Haiti destroyed a slave empire.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. |
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| 2025-02-10 |
Part Three: The Haitain Revolution: The Most Successful Revolt in the Americas Margaret talks further with Prop about how the people of Haiti destroyed a slave empire.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. |
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| 2025-02-09 | Margaret from the future relays a fateful battle in the forests of Catalonia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. |
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| 2025-02-05 |
Part Two: The Haitain Revolution: The Most Successful Revolt in the Americas Margaret continues talking with Prop about how the people of Haiti destroyed a slave empire.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. |
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| 2025-02-03 |
Part One: The Haitain Revolution: The Most Successful Revolt in the Americas Margaret talks with Prop about how the people of Haiti destroyed a slave empire.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. |
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| 2025-02-02 | Margaret from the future continues her reporting from the front in Catalonia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. |
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| 2025-01-29 |
Part Two: Push the Button: The Brief Life and Quick Death of Giuseppe Zangara Margaret continues talking with Miriam about an Italian man with chronic pain who decided to kill someone important.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. |
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