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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Episodes (1091)

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

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CZM Reverse Book Club: Talking "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" with Bridget, Hazel,...

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

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

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Part Four: Big Annie Clemenc and the Copper Strike of 1913

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Part Three: Big Annie Clemenc and the Copper Strike of 1913

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CZM Book Club: Jesus Christ in Texas, by W.E.B. DuBois

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Part Two: Big Annie Clemenc and the Copper Strike of 1913

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Part One: Big Annie Clemenc and the Copper Strike of 1913

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CZM Book Club: The Storming of the Bastille, by Alexandre Dumas

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Part Two: Cory Doctorow on Speculative Fiction for Social Change

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Part One: Cory Doctorow on Speculative Fiction for Social Change

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CZM Book Club: What We Want, What We Believe, by Alex Smith, Part Two

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CZM Rewind: Part Two: Crisis Hotlines: Of Course Queers Invented Them

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CZM Rewind: Part One: Crisis Hotlines: Of Course Queers Invented Them

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CZM Book Club: What We Want, What We Believe by Alex Smith, Part One

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Part Two: Charlotta Bass: The Black Journalist Who Refused the Red Scare

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Part One: Charlotta Bass: The Black Journalist Who Refused the Red Scare

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CZM Book Club: Locust House, by Adam Gnade (Part Four of Four)

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Part Two: Robin Hood and the Legacy of Outlaws in Medieval England

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Part One: Robin Hood and the Legacy of Outlaws in Medieval England

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CZM Book Club: Locust House, by Adam Gnade (Part Three of Four)

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Part Two: The First Labor Strike: How the Tomb Builders of Deir El-Medina Starte...

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Part One: The First Labor Strike: How the Tomb Builders of Deir El-Medina Starte...

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CZM Book Club: Locust House, by Adam Gnade (Part Two of Four)

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Part Two: Alan Lomax: How to Record Everything and Mostly Make the World Better...

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CZM Book Club: Locust House, by Adam Gnade (Part One of Four)

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Part Two: Lead Belly: How a Man Named Huddie Ledbetter Beat Everyone Who Tried t...

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Part One: Lead Belly: How a Man Named Huddie Ledbetter Beat Everyone Who Tried t...

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CZM Book Club: Two Stories from Gaza Writes Back, edited by Refaat Alareer

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Part Two: The Gay Ottomans: Homosexuality in the Medieval Ottoman Empire

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Part One: The Gay Ottomans: Homosexuality in the Medieval Ottoman Empire

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CZM Rewind: CZM Book Club: CZM Book Club Presents: The Revolutionary Fables of R...

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Part Two: The Movement Against the Corporal Punishment of Children

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Part One: The Movement Against the Corporal Punishment of Children

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CZM Book Club: Poems by Incarcerated Authors -- with In The Belly Magazine

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Part Six: Harm Reduction: The Direct Action Movement that Changed How We Underst...

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Part Five: Harm Reduction: The Direct Action Movement that Changed How We Unders...

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CZM Book Club: Phone Resistance, by Safear Ness -- with In The Belly Magazine

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Part Two: DULF: the Drug User Liberation Front and the Fight For a Safe Supply

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Part One: DULF: the Drug User Liberation Front and the Fight For a Safe Supply

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CZM Book Club: The End, Like Sand, by Margaret Killjoy

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CZM Rewind: Part Two: Riot Dogs Are Very Good Dogs

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CZM Rewind: Part One: Riot Dogs Are Very Good Dogs

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CZM Book Club: Clashing/Complementary, by Rafi Kleiman

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Part Four: Harm Reduction: The Direct Action Movement that Changed How We Unders...

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Part Three: Harm Reduction: The Direct Action Movement that Changed How We Under...

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CZM Book Club: Moonkids, by Abbey Mei Otis, Part 2

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