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

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CZM Book Club: Moonkids, by Abbey Mei Otis, Part 1

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Part Four: The Dutch Resistance: The Teens Who Seduced and Killed Nazis

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Part Three: The Dutch Resistance: The Teens Who Seduced and Killed Nazis

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CZM Book Club: Discussing Two Stories by Ursula K. Le Guin

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Part Two: The Dutch Resistance: The Ice Cream Parlor and Jewish Boxers

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Part One: The Dutch Resistance: The Ice Cream Parlor and Jewish Boxers

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CZM Book Club: Where the Phph Pebbles Go, by Miriam Allen DeFord

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Part Two: Hugh Ryan on Queer History

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Part One: Hugh Ryan on Queer History

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CZM Book Club: Against the State by James Stout

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Part Four: Peter the Painter and the Latvian Revolution of 1905

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Part Three: Peter the Painter and the Latvian Revolution of 1905

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CZM Book Club: Selected Poems of Voltairine de Cleyre

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Part Two: Peter the Painter and the Latvian Revolution of 1905

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CZM Book Club: All Cats Are Grey, by Andre Alice Norton

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Part Two: SHAC and Modern Protest Tactics

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CZM Book Club: The Cloud Weaver's Song, by Saul Tanpepper

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Part Two: If Not Us Than Who: The Russian Partisans at War Against Putin

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CZM Book Club: St. Juju, by Rivers Solomon

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Part Two: Molly Crabapple on the Jewish Labor Bund

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CZM Book Club: Girls Who Look Through Glass, by Alex Smith

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Part Two: The Lusty Lady: The Worker-Owned Peep Show

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CZM Book Club: A Story from the Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio

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Part Two: Christopher B. Zeichmann on Radical Antiquity

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CZM Book Club: The Comet, by W.E.B. Du Bois

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Part Two: The Colored Farmers Alliance and Early Black Cooperativism in the US

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CZM Book Club: The Clover Still Grows Wild in Wawanosh, by Kelly Rose Pflug-Back

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The Punk Rock Good Life: A Guide to an Aesthetic Life

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CZM Book Club: Black Hole, by November Rush

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Part Two: Saint Maximillian Kolbe: A Conservative Who Died Protecting People Fro...

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CZM Book Club: Mutual Aid by Dean Spade, Part Two

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Part Two: Ben Passmore on Black History

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CZM Book Club: Mutual Aid by Dean Spade, Part One

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Everyone vs ICE: On the Ground In Minnesota, Pt. 2

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Everyone vs ICE: On the Ground In Minnesota

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CZM Book Club: Because Change Was the Ocean and We Lived by Her Mercy, by Charli...

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Part Two: The Banner Wars: How Dutch Squatters Fought Far-Right Immigration Poli...

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Part One: The Banner Wars: How Dutch Squatters Fought Far-Right Immigration Poli...

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CZM Book Club: Because Change Was the Ocean and We Lived by Her Mercy, by Charli...

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Part Two: Q&A 2026: Margaret and Sophie Answer Your Questions

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