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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...

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Part Two: Jim Henson: A Complicated Guy Who Made Stories I Really Like

Margaret continues talking to Andrew Ti about the strange hippie who found mainstream success with a message of peace and puppets Sources: h...

56:23Oct 21, 2026

Part One: Jim Henson: A Complicated Guy Who Made Stories I Really Like

Margaret talks to Andrew Ti about the strange hippie who found mainstream success with a message of peace and puppets Sources: https://www.g...

55:36Oct 19, 2026

CZM Book Club: "Ark of Bones," by Henry Dumas with Dr. Treasure Shields Redmond (Part 2)

We continue our conversation with Dr. Treasure about Herny Dumas and touch on all sorts of topics from Hoodoo to Fannie Lou Hamer to being m...

42:55Oct 18, 2026

Introducing: Knowledge Fight Country

Knowledge Fight Country is a platform where Dan Friesen and his guests can chew over the biggest and best ideas being disseminated in right...

3:27Oct 15, 2026

Part Two: The Warner Creek Free State: The Camp That Lasted a Year and Won

Margaret continues talking with Hazel Robin about the 30th anniversary of the successful fight to save Warner Creek in Oregon

59:10Oct 14, 2026

Part One: The Warner Creek Free State: The Camp That Lasted a Year and Won

Margaret talks with Hazel Robin about the 30th anniversary of the successful fight to save Warner Creek in Oregon

54:04Oct 12, 2026

CZM Book Club: "Ark of Bones," by Henry Dumas with Dr. Treasure Shields Redmond (Part 1)

Dr. Treasure Shields Redmond reads Margaret and Hazel a ghost story about transcendance, legacy and an unearthly river boat, by exalted ance...

42:35Oct 11, 2026

Part Four: Autistici/Inventati and the Fight for the Autonomous Internet

Margaret finishes talking to you about the history behind Trump's latest boogieman, the Italian hacktavists who helped free the internet. So...

40:05Oct 7, 2026

Part Three: Autistici/Inventati and the Fight for the Autonomous Internet

This week, Margaret continues talking to you about the history behind Trump's latest boogieman, the Italian hacktavists who helped free the...

40:22Oct 5, 2026

CZM Book Club: "The Devil Lives Here," by Margaret Killjoy

Margaret kicks off spooky month by sharing a spooky story of her own about a haunted cave and the 90s teens who get lost in it

41:41Oct 4, 2026

Part Two: Autistici/Inventati and the Fight for the Autonomous Internet

Margaret talks to you about the US's long history of intervention in Italian politics. Sources: https://chuffed.org/project/alexio-mutual-ai...

38:54Sep 30, 2026

CZM Rewind: Part Two: The Newsies on Strike: Soaking Scabs and Taking Names

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with writer and podcast host Andrew Ti about how an informal union o...

69:19Sep 28, 2026

CZM Book Club Presents: Stories from "Black Box," by Mata Kastrisiou and translated by Kostas Kaltsas

Margaret reads you 4 very short, dream like stories from a collection by a Greek author

40:09Sep 27, 2026

CZM Rewind: Part One: The Newsies on Strike: Soaking Scabs and Taking Names

Margaret talks with writer and podcast host Andrew Ti about how an informal union of children shut down the nation's biggest newspapers and...

68:35Sep 23, 2026

Part One: Autistici/Inventati and the Fight for the Autonomous Internet

Margaret talks to you about Trump's latest boogieman, the Italian hacktavists who helped free the internet Sources: https://publish.fid-medi...

38:23Sep 21, 2026

CZM Book Club: Ocotillo, by Madeline ffitch

Margaret reads you a surreal story about the surreal Southwest, written by one of her favorite authors

42:55Sep 20, 2026

AI Doesn't Work and We All Know It Doesn't Work

Margaret reads you an essay about the lying machines that will soon be ruling the world

25:54Sep 16, 2026

Beyond Climate Optimism, Beyond Climate Pessimism

Margaret reads you an essay about how we have to soberly confront the realities of climate change and look for ways we can collectively take...

32:57Sep 14, 2026

CZM Book Club: Reverse Book Club: Talking "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" with Bridget, Hazel and All of You

To close out Black August, Margaret sits down with Bridget Todd and Hazel Acacia to finish talking about one of the most iconic Trek episode...

30:21Sep 13, 2026

Part Four: The Valiant War on Flock: How People Are Fighting Mass Surveillance

Margaret finishes telling you the sordid history of Automated License Plate Readers and the people who have stood up against them Sources: h...

31:02Sep 9, 2026