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
- 2024-04-26 16:10
- last episode published
- 2024-04-24 04:00
- publication frequency
- 3.36 days
- Contributors
- HowStuffWorks
- Owner
- Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts
- Author
- Explicit
- true
- Number of Episodes
- 219
- Rss-Feeds
- Detail page
- Categories
- Society & Culture History
Recommendations
Episodes
| Date | Title & Description | Contributors |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-24 |
Part Six: Kronstadt and the People Who Tried to Save the Russian Revolution In the SIXTH part of this longest-series-ever, Margaret finally gets to Kronstadt with Mia Wong and talks about at least four Russian revolutions and general strikes, workers councils, and rebellions that tried to keep them on course.See omnystudio.com... |
|
| 2024-04-22 |
Part Five: Kronstadt and the People Who Tried to Save the Russian Revolution In part five (can you believe it?), Margaret continues to talk with Mia Wong about at least four Russian revolutions and general strikes, workers councils, and rebellions that tried to keep them on course.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informa... |
|
| 2024-04-17 |
Part Four: Kronstadt and the People Who Tried to Save the Russian Revolution In part four, Margaret continues to talk with Mia Wong about at least four Russian revolutions and general strikes, workers councils, and rebellions that tried to keep them on course.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. |
|
| 2024-04-15 |
Part Three: Kronstadt and the People Who Tried to Save the Russian Revolution In part three, Margaret continues to talk with Mia Wong about at least four Russian revolutions and general strikes, workers councils, and rebellions that tried to keep them on course.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. |
|
| 2024-04-14 |
CZM Book Club: "The Nine Billion Names of God" by Arthur C. Clarke Margaret reads Gare a classic sci-fi tale about the divine possibility of computers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. |
|
| 2024-04-10 |
Part Two: Kronstadt and the People Who Tried to Save the Russian Revolution In part two, Margaret continues to talk with Mia Wong about at least four Russian revolutions and general strikes, workers councils, and rebellions that tried to keep them on course.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. |
|
| 2024-04-08 |
Part One: Kronstadt and the People Who Tried to Save the Russian Revolution Margaret talks with Mia Wong about at least four Russian revolutions and general strikes, workers councils, and rebellions that tried to keep them on course.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. |
|
| 2024-04-07 | Margaret reads Sophie a story of love gone wrong between a magician and an alchemist.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. |
|
| 2024-04-03 |
Part Two: Ada Lovelace and Lord Byron: The First Computer Programmer, Child of the First Vampire Margaret finishes a conversation with Bridget Todd about the woman who invented software and her rather strange family.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. |
|
| 2024-04-01 |
Part One: Ada Lovelace and Lord Byron: The First Computer Programmer, Child of the First Vampire Margaret talks with Bridget Todd about the woman who invented software and her rather strange family.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. |
|