Episodes

  • CZM Rewind: The Japanese Anarchists Part 1
    Jul 28 2025

    We're joined by Margaret Killjoy, host of the new podcast Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff, to talk about the history of anarchism in Japan.

    Original Air Date: 4.28.22 on It Could Happen Here

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    52 mins
  • CZM Book Club: How to Live Like the World is Ending by Margaret Killoy
    Jul 27 2025

    Margaret reads you an essay about how to think about living during what feels like apocalyptic times.

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    31 mins
  • Part Two: Street Medics: The People Who Wash Pepperspray Out of Your Eyes
    Jul 23 2025

    Margaret talks to Kaveh Hoda about the decentralized medical infrastructure that keeps protesters safe.

    Sources:

    non-public training documents provided by a street medic friend
    https://www.bu.edu/bostonia/fall10/street-medic/street-medic.pdf
    http://web.archive.org/web/20250220125506/https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5024403/
    http://web.archive.org/web/20241028174039/https://massleague.org/CHC/History.php
    https://web.archive.org/web/20250212163349/https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/medical-committee-human-rights/2014-09

    https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/28/health/h-jack-geiger-dead.html

    https://medium.com/@Hesperian/care-for-where-there-is-no-justice-the-modern-history-of-street-medics-and-how-they-support-social-a02e940523d4
    https://www.fifthestate.org/archive/416-spring-2025/the-praxis-of-street-medics/

    https://mutualaiddisasterrelief.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/kupdf.net_street-medic-handbook.pdf
    https://tabpres.org/the-flying-black-medics/
    https://web.archive.org/web/20071220215141/http://bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/other_stories/multipage/documents/02704493.htm

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    59 mins
  • Part One: Street Medics: The People Who Wash Pepperspray Out of Your Eyes
    Jul 21 2025

    Margaret talks to Kaveh Hoda about the decentralized medical infrastructure that keeps protesters safe.

    Sources:

    non-public training documents provided by a street medic friend
    https://www.bu.edu/bostonia/fall10/street-medic/street-medic.pdf
    http://web.archive.org/web/20250220125506/https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5024403/
    http://web.archive.org/web/20241028174039/https://massleague.org/CHC/History.php
    https://web.archive.org/web/20250212163349/https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/medical-committee-human-rights/2014-09

    https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/28/health/h-jack-geiger-dead.html

    https://medium.com/@Hesperian/care-for-where-there-is-no-justice-the-modern-history-of-street-medics-and-how-they-support-social-a02e940523d4
    https://www.fifthestate.org/archive/416-spring-2025/the-praxis-of-street-medics/

    https://mutualaiddisasterrelief.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/kupdf.net_street-medic-handbook.pdf
    https://tabpres.org/the-flying-black-medics/
    https://web.archive.org/web/20071220215141/http://bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/other_stories/multipage/documents/02704493.htm

    https://archive.org/stream/street-medic-guide-paper-revolution-collective-

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    56 mins
  • CZM Book Club: Winnie the Pooh by AA Milne
    Jul 20 2025

    Margaret got talked into doing something fun for book club this week.

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    29 mins
  • Part Two: The National Lawyers Guild: The Legal Arm of Basically Every Social Movement in the US
    Jul 16 2025

    Margaret continues talking to Joelle Monique about the almost 90 year history of the organization for progressive and radical lawyers.

    Sources:

    https://moatlaw.com/2019/07/25/stand-with-the-people-watch-and-oppose-the-police/

    https://www.nlg.org/a-history-of-the-nlg-1937-1987/

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presidential_elections_by_popular_vote_margin#/media/File:1828-_Margin_of_victory_in_US_presidential_elections_-_popular_vote.svg

    https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/william-perkins-black-12522/

    https://www.etymonline.com/word/barrister

    https://www.etymonline.com/word/bar

    https://www.americanbar.org/about_the_aba/timeline/

    https://nationalbar.org/nba-history/

    https://www.michbar.org/file/barjournal/article/documents/pdf4article2529.pdf

    https://www.nlg.org/national-lawyers-guild-convention-will-celebrate-75-years-reunite-activists/

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    59 mins
  • Part One: The National Lawyers Guild: The Legal Arm of Basically Every Social Movement in the US
    Jul 14 2025

    Margaret talks to Joelle Monique about the almost 90 year history of the organization for progressive and radical lawyers.

    Sources:

    https://moatlaw.com/2019/07/25/stand-with-the-people-watch-and-oppose-the-police/

    https://www.nlg.org/a-history-of-the-nlg-1937-1987/

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presidential_elections_by_popular_vote_margin#/media/File:1828-_Margin_of_victory_in_US_presidential_elections_-_popular_vote.svg

    https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/william-perkins-black-12522/

    https://www.etymonline.com/word/barrister

    https://www.etymonline.com/word/bar

    https://www.americanbar.org/about_the_aba/timeline/

    https://nationalbar.org/nba-history/

    https://www.michbar.org/file/barjournal/article/documents/pdf4article2529.pdf

    https://www.nlg.org/national-lawyers-guild-convention-will-celebrate-75-years-reunite-activists/

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    51 mins
  • CZM Book Club: Diary of a Lunatic by Leo Tolstoy
    Jul 13 2025

    Margaret reads you a story about mental health, panic disorders, and anticapitalism.

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    39 mins