Part Two: Big Annie Clemenc and the Copper Strike of 1913
Margaret tells you the story of the tragic and powerful strike that shook Michigan and copper production, through the lens of the Joan of Ar...
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20 of 570 episodesPart One: Big Annie Clemenc and the Copper Strike of 1913
Margaret tells you the story of the tragic and powerful strike that shook Michigan and copper production, through the lens of the Joan of Ar...
CZM Book Club: The Storming of the Bastille, by Alexandre Dumas
Margaret reads you a story about the French Revolution and the destruction of a prison
Part Two: Cory Doctorow on Speculative Fiction for Social Change
Margaret continues her interview with author and activist Cory Doctorow about the role of fiction in making a better world
Part One: Cory Doctorow on Speculative Fiction for Social Change
Margaret interviews the author and activist Cory Doctorow about the role of fiction in making a better world
CZM Book Club: What We Want, What We Believe, by Alex Smith, Part Two
Prince Shakur returns to finish reading Margaret a story about revolution, repression, and survival for Black August
CZM Rewind: Part Two: Crisis Hotlines: Of Course Queers Invented Them
Margaret continues talking to you about the history of suicide prevention hotlines and the complications of state intervention in emergency...
CZM Rewind: Part One: Crisis Hotlines: Of Course Queers Invented Them
Margaret talks to you about the history of suicide prevention hotlines and the complications of state intervention in emergency mental healt...
CZM Book Club: What We Want, What We Believe by Alex Smith, Part One
Prince Shakur reads Margaret a story about revolution, repression, and survival for Black August
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...
Part 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...