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)

Cool ReRun: The Young Lords: How Some Puerto Rican Socialists Changed Everything...

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Cool ReRun: The Young Lords: How Some Puerto Rican Socialists Changed Everything...

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Part Two: Freedom House: The World’s First Paramedics Were Black Men from Pittsb...

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Part One: Freedom House: The World’s First Paramedics Were Black Men from Pittsb...

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CZM Book Club: "The Untimely Death of Northgate Mall" by Evan J Peterson

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Here's To You, Dear Listeners: 2024 Q&A

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Part Two: The Battle of Negro Fort: Florida's Maroon Community

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Dec 20, 202353:02pending

Part One: The Battle of Negro Fort: Florida's Maroon Community

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CZM Book Club: The Flair by Nick Mamatas

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Part Two: Israeli & International Solidarity with Palestinian Struggle

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Part One: Israeli & International Solidarity with Palestinian Struggle

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Dec 11, 20231:09:25pending

CZM Book Club: Printed Guns & Sold Schematics by SJ Klapecki

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Part Four: Lakota Resistance to the American Empire

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Part Three: Lakota Resistance to the American Empire

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CZM Book Club: The Plastic People by Tobias Buckell

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Part Two: Lakota Resistance to the American Empire

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Part One: Lakota Resistance to the American Empire

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CZM Rewind: Part Two - Food Not Bombs, The Criminal Mutual Aid Conspiracy

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CZM Rewind: Part One - Food Not Bombs, The Criminal Mutual Aid Conspiracy

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CZM Book Club: Handala. The Olive, the Storm, and the Sea by Sonia Suliaman

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Part Two: Witches & Vampires in Folklore

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Part One: Witches & Vampires in Folklore

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CZM Book Club: The Lost Roads by Sim Kern

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Part Two: Countercuisine: The Counterculture of the Diggers & Food Co-ops

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Part One: Countercuisine: The Counterculture of the Diggers & Food Co-ops

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CZM Book Club: Babang Luksa

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Part Two: The Surprisingly Complicated History of Halloween

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Part One: The Surprisingly Complicated History of Halloween

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CZM Book Club: The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion: Part Four

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Oct 29, 202341:08pending

Part Four: Rebellion in Patagonia: When the Rural Argentinian Labor Movement Too...

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Oct 25, 20231:14:02pending

Part Three: Rebellion in Patagonia: When the Rural Argentinian Labor Movement To...

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CZM Book Club: The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion: Part Three

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Part Two: Rebellion in Patagonia: When the Rural Argentinian Labor Movement Took...

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Part One: Rebellion in Patagonia: When the Rural Argentinian Labor Movement Took...

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CZM Book Club: The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion: Part Two

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Part Two: Hobohemia & the Dil Pickle Club: Chicago is Weird & Cool

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Part One: Hobohemia & the Dil Pickle Club: Chicago is Weird & Cool

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CZM Book Club: The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion: Part One

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Part Four: The Surrealists Were Even Cooler Than You Thought

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Part Three: The Surrealists Were Even Cooler Than You Thought

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CZM Rewind: The Civil War Within the Civil War: How the South Won the War for th...

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Part Two: The Surrealists Were Even Cooler Than You Thought

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Part One: The Surrealists Were Even Cooler Than You Thought

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Part Two: John Henry Was Real & Also Became Superman

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Part One: John Henry Was Real & Also Became Superman

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Part Four: A Tale of Two Snipers: Simo Häyhä, Lyudmila Pavlichenko & the Eastern...

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Part Three: A Tale of Two Snipers: Simo Häyhä, Lyudmila Pavlichenko & the Easter...

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Part Two: A Tale of Two Snipers: Simo Häyhä, Lyudmila Pavlichenko & the Eastern...

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Part One: A Tale of Two Snipers: Simo Häyhä, Lyudmila Pavlichenko & the Eastern...

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Part Two: Sex Work in the American West & the Start of a Labor Movement

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