Part Two: Charlotta Bass: The Black Journalist Who Refused the Red Scare
Margaret finishes her talk with Cristen Conger about an organizer who was the first Black American woman to own a newspaper and once scared...
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20 of 561 episodesPart One: Charlotta Bass: The Black Journalist Who Refused the Red Scare
Margaret talks to Cristen Conger about an organizer who was the first Black American woman to own a newspaper and once scared off the Klan....
CZM Book Club: Locust House, by Adam Gnade (Part Four of Four)
Margaret finishes up reading you a story about punks, growing up, and refusing to lose your edge
Part Two: Robin Hood and the Legacy of Outlaws in Medieval England
Margaret continuing talking to Joe Kassabian about how Robin Hood might not have been real, but bandits who supported the peasantry was. Sou...
Part One: Robin Hood and the Legacy of Outlaws in Medieval England
Margaret talks to Joe Kassabian about how Robin Hood might not have been real, but bandits who supported the peasantry was Sources: https://...
CZM Book Club: Locust House, by Adam Gnade (Part Three of Four)
Margaret continues the story of the last punk show played at Locust House
Part Two: The First Labor Strike: How the Tomb Builders of Deir El-Medina Started It All
Margaret finished telling you about labor and class struggle in Ancient Egypt Sources: https://historyrise.com/article/slavery-and-forced-la...
Part One: The First Labor Strike: How the Tomb Builders of Deir El-Medina Started It All
Margaret talks to you about labor and class struggle in Ancient Egypt. Sources: https://historyrise.com/article/slavery-and-forced-labor-and...
CZM Book Club: Locust House, by Adam Gnade (Part Two of Four)
Margaret continues reading to you from a novella about a punk house in 2002 San Diego
Part Two: Alan Lomax: How to Record Everything and Mostly Make the World Better in the Process
Margaret continues her talk with Bridget Todd about the origins of folk music and the man who dedicated his life to preserving traditional a...
Part One: Alan Lomax: How to Record Everything and Mostly Make the World Better in the Process
Margaret talks with Bridget Todd about the origins of folk music and the man who dedicated his life to preserving traditional art Sources: h...
CZM Book Club: Locust House, by Adam Gnade (Part One of Four)
For our longer summer read, Margaret reads you a novella about punk houses and identity and growing up written by a master of the medium
Part Two: Lead Belly: How a Man Named Huddie Ledbetter Beat Everyone Who Tried to Keep Him Down
Margaret continues her talk with Prop about the Texan musician who sung his way out of prison Sources: Bring Judgment Day: Reclaiming Lead B...
Part One: Lead Belly: How a Man Named Huddie Ledbetter Beat Everyone Who Tried to Keep Him Down
Margaret talks with Prop about the Texan musician who sung his way out of prison. Sources: Bring Judgment Day: Reclaiming Lead Belly's Truth...
CZM Book Club: Two Stories from Gaza Writes Back, edited by Refaat Alareer
Margaret reads you two stories and a poem from an anthology of young, Palestinian authors
Part Two: The Gay Ottomans: Homosexuality in the Medieval Ottoman Empire
Margaret continues talking with Kaveh Hoda about the complicated history of homosexuality and homoeroticism in one of the most important emp...
Part One: The Gay Ottomans: Homosexuality in the Medieval Ottoman Empire
Margaret talks with Kaveh Hoda about the complicated history of homosexuality and homoeroticism in one of the most important empires of the...
CZM Rewind: CZM Book Club: CZM Book Club Presents: The Revolutionary Fables of Ricardo Flores Magón
Margaret reads you several short stories written by the one of the ideological leaders of the Mexican Revolution Original Air Date: 6.1.2025
Part Two: The Movement Against the Corporal Punishment of Children
Margaret continues talking with Andrew Ti about the worldwide movement, backed by science, that is changing how we treat children. Sources:...
Part One: The Movement Against the Corporal Punishment of Children
Margaret talks with Andrew Ti about the worldwide movement, backed by science, that is changing how we treat children. Sources: https://afri...