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    Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

    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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    Part Two: If Not Us Than Who: The Russian Partisans at War Against Putin Mar 25, 2026
    Show notes

    Margaret continues her conversation with Charles McBryde about the underground organization of anarcho-communists fighting against their own authoritarian government.

    Sources:

    https://www.anarchistnews.org/content/anarchist-ruslan-siddiqui-sentenced-29-years-maximum-security-penal-colony
    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-20120888
    https://avtonom.org/en/news/anarchist-alexey-rozhkov-sentenced-16-years-setting-fire-military-enlistment-office
    https://crimethinc.com/2022/02/15/war-and-anarchists-anti-authoritarian-perspectives-in-ukraine
    https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/12/05/7379273/
    https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/12/05/7379409/
    https://theins.ru/en/society/280988
    https://avtonom.org/en/news/you-could-call-me-partisan-ruslan-siddiqi-recounts-his-anti-war-actions
    https://theins.ru/en/politics/252885
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmJZVKLQylA
    https://abc-belarus.org/en/prisoners/
    https://ukrainetoday.org/ex-russian-officer-defects-to-ukraine-to-fight-enemies-of-my-homeland/
    https://greydynamics.com/siberian-battalion-russian-volunteers-fighting-for-ukraine/
    https://greydynamics.com/inside-russias-underground-resistance-the-rise-of-boak/
    https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anonymous-anarchists-on-the-front-line-against-russia-s-war
    https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2025/05/29/i-couldnt-watch-people-die-in-silence-en
    https://freedomnews.org.uk/2024/04/27/russia-prison-sentences-for-terrorist-graffiti/

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    Part One: If Not Us Than Who: The Russian Partisans at War Against Putin Mar 23, 2026
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    Margaret talks with Charles McBryde about the underground organization of anarcho-communists fighting against their own authoritarian government.

    Sources:

    https://www.anarchistnews.org/content/anarchist-ruslan-siddiqui-sentenced-29-years-maximum-security-penal-colony
    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-20120888
    https://avtonom.org/en/news/anarchist-alexey-rozhkov-sentenced-16-years-setting-fire-military-enlistment-office
    https://crimethinc.com/2022/02/15/war-and-anarchists-anti-authoritarian-perspectives-in-ukraine
    https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/12/05/7379273/
    https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/12/05/7379409/
    https://theins.ru/en/society/280988
    https://avtonom.org/en/news/you-could-call-me-partisan-ruslan-siddiqi-recounts-his-anti-war-actions
    https://theins.ru/en/politics/252885
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmJZVKLQylA
    https://abc-belarus.org/en/prisoners/
    https://ukrainetoday.org/ex-russian-officer-defects-to-ukraine-to-fight-enemies-of-my-homeland/
    https://greydynamics.com/siberian-battalion-russian-volunteers-fighting-for-ukraine/
    https://greydynamics.com/inside-russias-underground-resistance-the-rise-of-boak/
    https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anonymous-anarchists-on-the-front-line-against-russia-s-war
    https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2025/05/29/i-couldnt-watch-people-die-in-silence-en
    https://freedomnews.org.uk/2024/04/27/russia-prison-sentences-for-terrorist-graffiti/

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    CZM Book Club: St. Juju, by Rivers Solomon Mar 22, 2026
    Show notes

    Margaret reads you a story about mushrooms, trash, and coming to terms with an imperfect utopia

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    Part Two: Molly Crabapple on the Jewish Labor Bund Mar 18, 2026
    Show notes

    Margaret continues her talk with Molly Crabapple about her book Here Where We Live is Our Country

    Preorder from Firestorm Co-op here: https://firestorm.coop/products/24295-here-where-we-live-is-our-country.html?referral=killjoy

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    Part One: Molly Crabapple on the Jewish Labor Bund Mar 16, 2026
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    Margaret talks with Molly Crabapple about her book Here Where We Live is Our Country.

    Preorder from Firestorm Co-op here: https://firestorm.coop/products/24295-here-where-we-live-is-our-country.html?referral=killjoy

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    CZM Book Club: Girls Who Look Through Glass, by Alex Smith Mar 15, 2026
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    Margaret reads you a story about the magic embeded into the mundane

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    Part Two: The Lusty Lady: The Worker-Owned Peep Show Mar 11, 2026
    Show notes

    Margaret continues her conversation with Raechel Anne Jolie about labor organizing among sex workers in the United States.

    Sources:

    https://www.scirp.org/pdf/WJA20120300010_83173531.pdf
    https://www.nswp.org/sites/default/files/guide_to_legal_models_english_prf04.pdf
    https://www.nswp.org/sites/default/files/Swedish%20Model%20Advocacy%20Toolkit%20Community%20Guide%2C%20NSWP%20-%20November%202015.pdf
    https://decriminalizesex.work/Nevada-prostitution-laws/
    https://torontosun.com/news/world/nevada-brothel-sex-workers-unionize-fight
    https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/sex-workers-at-pahrump-brothel-are-unionizing-alleging-unfair-contracts-and-conditions
    https://visualfoodie.com/exploring-the-complete-history-of-sheris-ranch/
    https://archive.org/details/lightsshadesinsa00lloy/page/n3/mode/2up
    https://californiacrossings.com/barbary-coast-trail/
    https://historycooperative.org/who-invented-porn/
    https://www.cracked.com/article_43541_the-5-oldest-porn-films-on-planet-earth.html
    https://web.archive.org/web/20090916051409/http://www.lustyladysf.com/history.html
    https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=152594
    https://web.archive.org/web/20061005154719/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/02/BAGOPLGGTB1.DTL
    https://archive.iww.org/node/2897/
    https://www.foundsf.org/Lusty_Lady_and_Sex_Worker_Power
    https://avn.com/news/video/unionized-dancer-owned-peep-show-shutters-on-labor-day-133704
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2409590/The-Lusty-Lady-San-Francisco-closes-End-road-Americas-unionized-worker-run-strip-club.html
    https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/the-lusty-lady-led-the-charge-will-todays-sex-workers-follow/article_c6b28854-50a1-11ed-a50b-6729f88abb39.html
    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/17/star-garden-us-only-unionized-strippers
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12599325/Americas-unionized-strip-club-two-decades-Star-Garden-North-Hollywood-REOPENS-nine-months-firing-dozen-dancers-refused-work-without-better-pay-filing-bankruptcy-shutting-down.html
    https://www.thefreelibrary.com/America%27s+Forgotten+Slaves%3a+The+Chinese+Tragedy.-a0842208018

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    Part One: The Lusty Lady: The Worker-Owned Peep Show Mar 09, 2026
    Show notes

    Margaret talks with Raechel Anne Jolie about labor organizing among sex workers in the United States

    Sources:

    https://www.scirp.org/pdf/WJA20120300010_83173531.pdf
    https://www.nswp.org/sites/default/files/guide_to_legal_models_english_prf04.pdf
    https://www.nswp.org/sites/default/files/Swedish%20Model%20Advocacy%20Toolkit%20Community%20Guide%2C%20NSWP%20-%20November%202015.pdf
    https://decriminalizesex.work/Nevada-prostitution-laws/
    https://torontosun.com/news/world/nevada-brothel-sex-workers-unionize-fight
    https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/sex-workers-at-pahrump-brothel-are-unionizing-alleging-unfair-contracts-and-conditions
    https://visualfoodie.com/exploring-the-complete-history-of-sheris-ranch/
    https://archive.org/details/lightsshadesinsa00lloy/page/n3/mode/2up
    https://californiacrossings.com/barbary-coast-trail/
    https://historycooperative.org/who-invented-porn/
    https://www.cracked.com/article_43541_the-5-oldest-porn-films-on-planet-earth.html
    https://web.archive.org/web/20090916051409/http://www.lustyladysf.com/history.html
    https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=152594
    https://web.archive.org/web/20061005154719/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/02/BAGOPLGGTB1.DTL
    https://archive.iww.org/node/2897/
    https://www.foundsf.org/Lusty_Lady_and_Sex_Worker_Power
    https://avn.com/news/video/unionized-dancer-owned-peep-show-shutters-on-labor-day-133704
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2409590/The-Lusty-Lady-San-Francisco-closes-End-road-Americas-unionized-worker-run-strip-club.html
    https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/the-lusty-lady-led-the-charge-will-todays-sex-workers-follow/article_c6b28854-50a1-11ed-a50b-6729f88abb39.html
    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/17/star-garden-us-only-unionized-strippers
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12599325/Americas-unionized-strip-club-two-decades-Star-Garden-North-Hollywood-REOPENS-nine-months-firing-dozen-dancers-refused-work-without-better-pay-filing-bankruptcy-shutting-down.html
    https://www.thefreelibrary.com/America%27s+Forgotten+Slaves%3a+The+Chinese+Tragedy.-a0842208018

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    CZM Book Club: A Story from the Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio Mar 08, 2026
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    Margaret reads you a medieval comedic tale of trickery and lust.

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    Part Two: Christopher B. Zeichmann on Radical Antiquity Mar 04, 2026
    Show notes

    Margaret continues her interview of ancient historian Christopher B. Zeichmann about all the wild stuff happening in the ancient world and confirms her guesses about Spartacus and the Third Servile War

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