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Part One: The Gallae: Trans Priestess of Ancient Rome Nov 03, 2025

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Margaret talks to Gabriel Dunn about the gender deviants of the ancient world and how basically nothing ever changes.

Sources

https://arkeonews.net/getting-to-know-matar-kubilea/

https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/56909/what-is-the-difference-between-galli-and-metragyrtai

http://www.thehypertexts.com/Epigram%20History%20and%20Examples.htm

https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/boadicea/

https://s3.amazonaws.com/arena-attachments/539632/d6348aa09f4510eb5704b6da501f9e7d.pdf

https://www.oldest.org/culture/civilizations/

https://www.academuseducation.co.uk/post/ancient-mesopotamian-transgender-and-non-binary-identities

https://www.apsu.edu/philomathes/MattinglyPhilomathesONLINE2023.pdf

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Part Two: Druids: Because the Past is Metal as Hell Oct 29, 2025

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Margaret continues her talk with Sophie about the philosophers of the celts.

Sources:

https://irishfolklore.wordpress.com/2017/03/13/blacksmiths-and-the-supernatural/
https://folklorethursday.com/folklore-of-archaeology/ferrous-friend-foe-iron-became-enemy-fairy-folk/
https://www.thearchaeologist.org/blog/28y8zwazfxaq2tsb933b54wf0slfcj

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/05/02/woodhenge-is-just-as-fascinating-and-mysterious-as-its-famous-neighbor-stonehenge/

https://irishmyths.com/2022/04/29/female-druids/

Barry Cunliffe, Druids: A Very Short Introduction

Peter Berresford Ellis, The Druids

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Part One: Druids: Because the Past is Metal as Hell Oct 27, 2025

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Margaret talks to Sophie about the philosophers of the celts.

Sources:

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/05/02/woodhenge-is-just-as-fascinating-and-mysterious-as-its-famous-neighbor-stonehenge/

https://irishmyths.com/2022/04/29/female-druids/

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CZM Book Club: F*ck This Sh*t Manor, by Laurel Hightower Oct 26, 2025

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Margaret reads you a haunted house story about real estate desirability.

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Crisis Hotlines: Of Course Queers Invented Them, Part Two Oct 22, 2025

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Margaret talks to you about the history of suicide prevention hotlines and the complications of state intervention in emergency mental health care.

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Crisis Hotlines: Of Course Queers Invented Them, Part One Oct 20, 2025

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Margaret talks to you about the history of suicide prevention hotlines and the complications of state intervention in emergency mental health care.

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https://translifeline.org/about/history/
https://translifeline.org/response-to-988-cuts/
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/10/27/359434925/bernard-mayes-nprs-first-chairman-founder-of-suicide-hotline-dies
https://www.sfgate.com/living/article/Bernard-Mayes-to-be-honored-as-lifeline-to-3516576.php
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11447250/Bernard-Mayes-priest-obituary.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20141026134947/http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/10/24/bernard-mayes-kqed-fms-first-general-manager-dies-at-85
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45106/sonnet-116-let-me-not-to-the-marriage-of-true-minds
https://www.sfsuicide.org/about/
https://translifeline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/The-Problem-With-988-Report-November-2024-Text.pdf
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11733462/
https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/facts/data.html

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6978712/

https://www.psychiatry.org/News-room/APA-Blogs/Marking-Two-Years-of-988-The-Suicide-and-Crisis-Li
https://behavioralhealthlink.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/988-History-Journal-Article_JohnDraper.pdf

https://www.inclusivetherapists.com/blog/suicide-mental-health-crisis-resources-not-police

https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/her-death-sparked-transgender-day-remembrance-22-years-later-still-n1233809
https://www.them.us/story/rita-hester-trans-remembrance-visibility-memorial

https://translifeline.org/why-no-non-consensual-intervention/
https://www.them.us/story/trans-lifeline-report-988-police-interventions

https://madattheinternet.substack.com/p/online-censorships-institutional

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32121226

https://glaad.org/tdor/

https://web.archive.org/web/20250107195548/https://cohost.org/lizthegrey/post/1520523-some-philanthropy-th

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CZM Book Club: Two Tales of Classic Horror, by Saki and Bierce Oct 19, 2025

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Margaret reads you "The Open Window" by Saki and "An Inhabitant of Carcosa" by Ambrose Bierce

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Part Two: Secret Societies and Leftism: The Odd Origins of Revolution Oct 15, 2025

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Margaret continues her conversation with Sarah Marshall about how everything you've heard about the Illuminati is entirely upside down.

The Devil You Know with Sarah Marshall: https://link.mgln.ai/rAmTZp

Sources:

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Eleusinian-Mysteries
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federaci%C3%B3n_Regional_Espa%C3%B1ola_de_la_AIT
Occult Features of Anarchism, by Erica Lagalisse
https://www.thecollector.com/cult-of-pythagoras/
http://gnosis.org/hermes.htm
https://www.rosicrucian.org/history

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Part One: Secret Societies and Leftism: The Odd Origins of Revolution Oct 13, 2025

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Margaret talks to Sarah Marshall about how everything you've heard about the Illuminati is entirely upside down.

The Devil You Know with Sarah Marshall: https://link.mgln.ai/rAmTZp

Sources:

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CZM Book Club: Hollywood Werewolf Conspiracy, by Hailey Piper Oct 12, 2025

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Margaret reads you a story about werewolves, polyamory, and cycles of trauma.

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