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: Black Antifascists In the Spanish Civil War

    Part One: Black Antifascists In the Spanish Civil War
    Apr 14 2025

    Jordan from The Dugout teaches Margaret about the long history of Black antifascism that brought people to fight in the Spanish Civil War.

    James Yates, Mississippi to Madrid
    Salaria Kea, “Doing Christ’s Duty”
    Canute Frankson’s letter from Spain (1937)
    “The Good Fight” (Documentary)
    Peter N. Carroll, The Odyssey of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade
    ALBA-Valb.org archives
    Trussel.com, “The Peekskill Riots”
    National Archives & Harlem Oral History Project
    Kuykendall, Ronald A. "African Blood Brotherhood: Independent Marxism During the Harlem Renaissance." Western Journal of Black Studies 26 (Spring 2002):
    African Blood Brotherhood. The Principles of the African Blood Brotherhood. New York: African Blood Brotherhood,
    David Motadel, Islam and the European Empires (2014)

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • CZM Book Club: The Barrow Will Send What it May, Chapter Four

    CZM Book Club: The Barrow Will Send What it May, Chapter Four
    Apr 13 2025

    Margaret reads another chapter from the second book in her Danielle Cain series.

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    26 mins
  • Part Two: A Madhouse Against the Nazis: the Story of François Tosquelles and Saint-Albans

    Part Two: A Madhouse Against the Nazis: the Story of François Tosquelles and Saint-Albans
    Apr 9 2025

    Margaret continues talking with Allison Raskin about the antifascist asylum in France that armed partisans and reinvented psychiatry.

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    1 hr and 11 mins
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Always fun and entertaining

The loveable host presents topics with a wonderful blend of humor and information. Great podcast to make a workday melt away.

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Are you curious about what anarchism actually means? Then this well-researched niche podcast is for you.

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