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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Episodes
  • CZM Book Club: Escape, part two

    CZM Book Club: Escape, part two
    Apr 6 2025

    Margaret reads the second half of an anonymously authored speculative fiction story about what people could do if large scale roundups began, and discusses it with an anarchist technology enthusiast.

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    55 mins
  • Part Two: Samizdat: How to Self-Publish During a Dictatorship

    Part Two: Samizdat: How to Self-Publish During a Dictatorship
    Apr 2 2025

    Margaret continues talking to Katy Stoll about how the Soviet people evaded censors and kept poetry, literature, and political critique alive.

    The Material Existence of Soviet Samizdat, Ann Komaromi
    https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/04/books/04solzhenitsyn.html

    HG Skilling, Samizdat and an Indepedent Society in Central and Eastern Europe

    https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/nikolai-gumilev

    https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/anna-akhmatova

    https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/osip-mandelstam

    https://libcom.org/article/1962-novocherkassk-tragedy

    https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-349-09284-0_1

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Part One: Samizdat: How to Self-Publish During a Dictatorship

    Part One: Samizdat: How to Self-Publish During a Dictatorship
    Mar 31 2025

    Margaret talks to Katy Stoll about how the Soviet people evaded censors and kept poetry, literature, and political critique alive.

    The Material Existence of Soviet Samizdat, Ann Komaromi
    https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/04/books/04solzhenitsyn.html

    HG Skilling, Samizdat and an Indepedent Society in Central and Eastern Europe

    https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/nikolai-gumilev

    https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/anna-akhmatova

    https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/osip-mandelstam

    https://libcom.org/article/1962-novocherkassk-tragedy

    https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-349-09284-0_1

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    47 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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Killjoy is an american treasure

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

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