Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

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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Latest episode

Jul 8, 2026

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Episodes

Part Two: The Japanese Anarchist Women Who Kept Trying to Kill Emperors 27.07.2022

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with comedian and podcast host Brodie Reed about Kaneko Fumiko and Kanno Suga, two Japanese anarchist women who did their best to end the lives of emperors and almost changed history. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: The Japanese Anarchist Women Who Kept Trying to Kill Emperors 25.07.2022

Margaret talks with comedian and podcast host Brodie Reed about Kaneko Fumiko and Kanno Suga, two Japanese anarchist women who did their best to end the lives of emperors and almost changed history. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Two: Birth Control Pioneers & the Jerk Who Tried to Stop Them 20.07.2022

Some people have to fight for the right to use birth control, some people have to fight for the right to bear children. In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Katy Stoll about Emma Goldman, Angela Heywood, Fannie Lou Hamer, and the complex fight for reproductive freedom in the US. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: Birth Control Pioneers & the Jerk Who Tried to Stop Them 18.07.2022

Some people have to fight for the right to use birth control, some people have to fight for the right to bear children. Margaret talks with Katy Stoll about Emma Goldman, Angela Heywood, Fannie Lou Hamer, and the complex fight for reproductive freedom in the US. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Two: How To Break Out of Prison: In Minecraft and Elsewhere 13.07.2022

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with podcast host Mia Wong about jailbreaks, by helicopter, tank, and tunnel. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: How To Break Out of Prison: In Minecraft and Elsewhere 11.07.2022

To celebrate Bastille Day, Margaret talks to podcast host Mia Wong about jailbreaks, by helicopter, tank, and tunnel. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Two: Blair Mountain: When Miners Went to Literal War Against Their Bosses 06.07.2022

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with the crew of the Old Gods of Appalachia podcast about the coal wars of West Virginia and the blood that bought miners their rights. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: Blair Mountain: When Miners Went to Literal War Against Their Bosses 04.07.2022

Margaret talks with the crew of the Old Gods of Appalachia podcast about the coal wars of West Virginia and the blood that bought miners their rights. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Two: When Women Were Computers: A Tale of Space and Math 29.06.2022

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Bridget Todd about the space race, Russian cosmists, gay scientists, and the women who got humanity to the moon. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: When Women Were Computers: A Tale of Space and Math 27.06.2022

Margaret talks with Bridget Todd about the space race, Russian cosmists, gay scientists, and the women who got humanity to the moon. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Two: The Public Universal Friend: A Non-binary Icon in Revolutionary-Era America 22.06.2022

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with podcast host and journalist Garrison Davis about an 18th-century genderless preacher and their gender-bending followers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: The Public Universal Friend: A Non-binary Icon in Revolutionary-Era America 20.06.2022

Margaret talks with podcast host and journalist Garrison Davis about an 18th-century genderless preacher and their gender-bending followers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Two: The Anarchist Revolution in the Spanish Civil War 15.06.2022

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with comedian, writer and podcast host Jamie Loftus about the time that millions of anarchists and their allies collectivized in Spain while fighting off a fascist invasion. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: The Anarchist Revolution in the Spanish Civil War 13.06.2022

Margaret talks with comedian, writer and podcast host Jamie Loftus about the time that millions of anarchists and their allies collectivized in Spain while fighting off a fascist invasion. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Two: Russian Nihilists: The Gender-bending Subculture that Blew Up the Tsar 08.06.2022

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Io about the science hippies of the 1860s who wore sunglasses at night and invented modern terrorism. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: Russian Nihilists: The Gender-bending Subculture that Blew Up the Tsar 06.06.2022

Margaret talks with Io about the science hippies of the 1860s who wore sunglasses at night and invented modern terrorism. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Two: Gay Resistance to Nazis 01.06.2022

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Shereen Lani Younes about everything from queer youth gangs fighting the Hitler Youth in the street to artists who turned their talents to forgery and sabotage.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: Gay Resistance to Nazis 30.05.2022

Margaret talks with Shereen Lani Younes about everything from queer youth gangs fighting the Hitler Youth in the street to artists who turned their talents to forgery and sabotage.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Two: The Paris Commune: How to Steal Back Your Own City 25.05.2022

In 1871, the people of Paris, tired of starving, took up arms and declared their city an autonomous commune. For almost two months, they ran their utopian experiment, and though they were eventually crushed, they inspired revolutionaries across the world for generations to come. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: The Paris Commune: How to Steal Back Your Own City 23.05.2022

In 1871, the people of Paris, tired of starving, took up arms and declared their city an autonomous commune. For almost two months, they ran their utopian experiment, and though they were eventually crushed, they inspired revolutionaries across the world for generations to come. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Two: The Civil War Within the Civil War: How the South Won the War for the Union 18.05.2022

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Prop about how people escaping slavery turned the tide of the American Civil War and how the South was anything but united. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: The Civil War Within the Civil War: How the South Won the War for the Union 16.05.2022

Margaret talks with Prop about how people escaping slavery turned the tide of the American Civil War and how the South was anything but united. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Two: The Jane Collective: Direct Action Abortion Access Works 11.05.2022

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Samantha McVey about the more than a hundred women who provided safe, affordable abortion in pre- Roe v Wade Chicago. https://reprolegaldefensefund.org/ The Repro Legal Defense Fund covers bail and funds strong defenses for people who are investigated, arrested, or prosecuted for self-managed abortion. https://www.ifwhenh...

Part One: The Jane Collective: Direct Action Abortion Access Works 09.05.2022

Margaret talks with Samantha McVey about the more than a hundred women who provided safe, affordable abortion in pre- Roe v Wade Chicago. https://reprolegaldefensefund.org/ The Repro Legal Defense Fund covers bail and funds strong defenses for people who are investigated, arrested, or prosecuted for self-managed abortion. https://www.ifwhenhow.org/ If/When/How are lawyers fighting for reproductive...

Part Two: The Haymarket Affair: The Bomb & the Eight-Hour Workday 04.05.2022

In part two of this episode, Margaret continues her discussion with journalist and podcast host Robert Evans to talk about the anarchists who were hanged in Chicago in the 1860s for fighting for the rights of the working class. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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