219 episodes

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.

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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.

Listen on Apple Podcasts
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    Part One: The Great Revolt: Palestinian Resistance to Early Zionism

    Part One: The Great Revolt: Palestinian Resistance to Early Zionism

    Margaret talks with Matt Lieb about multi-faith Palestinian resistance to early Zionist colonization.
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    • 1 hr 13 min
    CZM Book Club: "The Fortunate Death of Jonathan Sandelson" by Margaret Killjoy, Part Two

    CZM Book Club: "The Fortunate Death of Jonathan Sandelson" by Margaret Killjoy, Part Two

    In part two, Margaret reads Danl a story about hackers using drones to disrupt for-profit incarceration.
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    • 23 min
    May Day Rerun Part Two: The Haymarket Affair: The Bomb & the Eight-Hour Workday

    May Day Rerun Part Two: The Haymarket Affair: The Bomb & the Eight-Hour Workday

    Margaret's taking a week off post mouth surgery and wants to celebrate May Day! Here's a throwback to the first episode where Margaret sat down with journalist and podcast host Robert Evans to talk about the anarchists who were hanged in Chicago in the 1860s for fighting for the rights of the working class.
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    • 1 hr 6 min
    May Day Rerun Part One: The Haymarket Affair: The Bomb & the Eight-Hour Workday

    May Day Rerun Part One: The Haymarket Affair: The Bomb & the Eight-Hour Workday

    Margaret's taking a week off post mouth surgery and wants to celebrate May Day! Here's a throwback to the first episode where Margaret sat down with journalist and podcast host Robert Evans to talk about the anarchists who were hanged in Chicago in the 1860s for fighting for the rights of the working class.
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    • 1 hr 9 min
    CZM Book Club: "The Fortunate Death of Jonathan Sandelson" by Margaret Killjoy, Part One

    CZM Book Club: "The Fortunate Death of Jonathan Sandelson" by Margaret Killjoy, Part One

    Margaret reads Danl a story about hackers using drones to disrupt for-profit incarceration.
    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    • 36 min
    Part Six: Kronstadt and the People Who Tried to Save the Russian Revolution

    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.
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    • 1 hr 1 min

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