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 (1091)

CZM Book Club: Soria Moria Castle

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Part Two: How We Beat Polio But Not the Mythmaking Around Jonas Salk

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Part One: How We Beat Polio But Not the Mythmaking Around Jonas Salk

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CZM Book Club: The Barrow Will Send What it May, Chapters Eight and Nine

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Part Two: International Antifascists in Ukraine: the Story of Anarchists at War...

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Part One: International Antifascists in Ukraine: the Story of Anarchists at War...

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CZM Book Club: The Barrow May Send What it May, Chapter Seven

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Part Two: A War Against Tankies and Tanks: the Hungarian Revolution of 1956

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Part One: A War Against Tankies and Tanks: the Hungarian Revolution of 1956

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CZM Book Club: The Barrow Will Send What it May, Chapter Six

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Part Two: Women of War: Partisan Struggle Against Italian Fascism with Suzanne C...

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Part One: Women of War: Partisan Struggle Against Italian Fascism with Suzanne C...

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CZM Book Club: The Barrow Will Send What it May, Chapter Five

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Part Two: Black Antifascists In the Spanish Civil War

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Part One: Black Antifascists In the Spanish Civil War

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

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Part Two: A Madhouse Against the Nazis: the Story of François Tosquelles and Sai...

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Part One: A Madhouse Against the Nazis: the Story of François Tosquelles and Sai...

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CZM Book Club: Escape, part two

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

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

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CZM Book Club: Escape, part one

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CZM Rewind: Part Two: Gay Resistance to the Nazis

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CZM Rewind: Gay Resistance to the Nazis

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CZM Book Club: The Barrow Will Send What it May, Chapter Three

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Part Two: The Fight Against the Mountain Valley Pipeline

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Part One: The Fight Against the Mountain Valley Pipeline

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CZM Book Club: The Barrow Will Send What it May, Chapter Two

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Part Two: The Raid on Harpers Ferry Succeeded, Actually

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Part One: The Raid on Harpers Ferry Succeeded, Actually

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CZM Book Club: The Barrow Will Send What it May: Chapter One

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Part Two: Lesbian Mutual AID During the AIDS Crisis

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Part One: Lesbian Mutual AID During the AIDS Crisis

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CZM Book Club: Cool Zone 2055: The Peace Department

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Part Four: Crass: How Some Hippies Reinvented Punk and Changed the World

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Part Three: Crass: How Some Hippies Reinvented Punk and Changed the World

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CZM Book Club: Cool Zone 2055: The Last Report from Mx. Murder

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Part Two: Crass: How Some Hippies Reinvented Punk and Changed the World

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Part One: Crass: How Some Hippies Reinvented Punk and Changed the World

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CZM Book Club: Cool Zone 2055: After the Battle

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Part Four: The Haitian Revolution: The Most Successful Revolt in the Americas

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Part Three: The Haitian Revolution: The Most Successful Revolt in the Americas

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CZM Book Club: Cool Zone 2055: Massacred by Demon Ents

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Part Two: The Haitian Revolution: The Most Successful Revolt in the Americas

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Part One: The Haitian Revolution: The Most Successful Revolt in the Americas

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CZM Book Club: Cool Zone 2055: The Dreadnaught Funeral

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Part Two: Push the Button: The Brief Life and Quick Death of Giuseppe Zangara

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Part One: Push the Button: The Brief Life and Quick Death of Giuseppe Zangara

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CZM Book Club: Cool Zone 2055: The Battle of Ogre Hill

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Part Two: Bethel House: How Schizophrenic Folks in Japan Created a New Model of...

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