228 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.

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    Part One: Community Gardens: How People Take Land From the Rich to Feed Themselves

    Part One: Community Gardens: How People Take Land From the Rich to Feed Themselves

    Margaret talks with Kat Abu about the history of community gardening in New York City and elsewhere.
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    • 56 min
    CZM Book Club: "The Stolen Bacillus" by HG Wells

    CZM Book Club: "The Stolen Bacillus" by HG Wells

    Margaret reads a classic anti-anarchist story by HG Wells written before Wells learned what was up.
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    • 24 min
    Part Four: Death to the Rich: Maria Nikiforova and the anarchist battallions in Civil War Ukraine

    Part Four: Death to the Rich: Maria Nikiforova and the anarchist battallions in Civil War Ukraine

    In part four, Margaret finishes her talk with Robert Evans about the time that millions of Ukrainians rose a black flag and went to war against landlords, nationalists, and Bolsheviks.
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    • 45 min
    Part Three: Death to the Rich: Maria Nikiforova and the anarchist battallions in Civil War Ukraine

    Part Three: Death to the Rich: Maria Nikiforova and the anarchist battallions in Civil War Ukraine

    In part three, Margaret continues to talk with Robert Evans about the time that millions of Ukrainians rose a black flag and went to war against landlords, nationalists, and Bolsheviks.
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    • 46 min
    CZM Book Club: "Yermak, the Conqueror of Siberia" by Leo Tolstoy

    CZM Book Club: "Yermak, the Conqueror of Siberia" by Leo Tolstoy

    Margaret reads a piece of folklore about the colonization of Siberia.
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    • 25 min
    Part Two: Death to the Rich: Maria Nikiforova and the anarchist battallions in Civil War Ukraine

    Part Two: Death to the Rich: Maria Nikiforova and the anarchist battallions in Civil War Ukraine

    In part two, Margaret continues to talk with Robert Evans about the time that millions of Ukrainians rose a black flag and went to war against landlords, nationalists, and Bolsheviks.
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    • 59 min

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