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...
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20 of 552 episodesPart 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...
CZM Book Club: Poems by Incarcerated Authors -- with In The Belly Magazine
This week, In The Belly is doing a take over to feature the poems of incarcerated writers in their own voices
Part Six: Harm Reduction: The Direct Action Movement that Changed How We Understand Addiction
Margaret concludes the story of the punks, hippies, and poets in Vancouver, Canada who pioneered the modern harm reduction movement Sources:...
Part Five: Harm Reduction: The Direct Action Movement that Changed How We Understand Addiction
Margaret resumes telling you the story of the punks, hippies, and poets in Vancouver, Canada who pioneered the modern harm reduction movemen...
CZM Book Club: Phone Resistance, by Safear Ness -- with In The Belly Magazine
This week we are collaborating with In The Belly Magazine to read you a short memoir piece about organizing behind bars.
Part Two: DULF: the Drug User Liberation Front and the Fight For a Safe Supply
Margaret continues her talk with Miriam about the people fighting tooth and nail to save lives right now in Vancouver, Canada Sources: Previ...
Part One: DULF: the Drug User Liberation Front and the Fight For a Safe Supply
Margaret talks with Miriam about the people fighting tooth and nail to save lives right now in Vancouver, Canada Sources: Previous episodes...
CZM Book Club: The End, Like Sand, by Margaret Killjoy
Margaret reads you a story about how to set up mutual aid societies in the wake of social collapse, and how to fight against cannibal nazis...
CZM Rewind: Part Two: Riot Dogs Are Very Good Dogs
In part two of this weeks episode, Margaret continues her conversation with producer Sophie Lichterman about the stray dogs who fight cops a...
CZM Rewind: Part One: Riot Dogs Are Very Good Dogs
Margaret talks with producer Sophie Lichterman about the strays dogs who fight cops and guard protestors around the world. Original Air Date...