Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

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ben
 May 25, 2022
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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.


Episode Date
Part Two: Francisco Sabaté: Franco’s Public Enemy #1
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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with James Stout about the anarchist spec ops guy who became a guerilla Robin Hood and spent decades terrifying fascists.

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May 31, 2023
Part One: Francisco Sabaté: Franco’s Public Enemy #1
3676

Margaret talks with James Stout about the anarchist spec ops guy who became a guerilla Robin Hood and spent decades terrifying fascists.

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May 29, 2023
Part Two: Riot Dogs Are Very Good Dogs
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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with producer Sophie Lichterman about the stray dogs who fight cops and guard protesters around the world.

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May 24, 2023
Part One: Riot Dogs Are Very Good Dogs
3429

Margaret talks with producer Sophie Lichterman about the stray dogs who fight cops and guard protesters around the world.

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May 22, 2023
Part Two: Josephine Baker: The Actor and Spy Who Mighta Saved the World
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Margaret continues her conversation with journalist and writer Laurie Penny about Josephine Baker, the first black woman to star in a film, who also helped fight the Nazis.

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May 10, 2023
Part One: Josephine Baker: The Actor and Spy Who Mighta Saved the World
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Margaret talks with journalist and writer Laurie Penny about Josephine Baker, the first black woman to star in a film, who also helped fight the Nazis.

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May 08, 2023
Part Two: Muhammad Ali Risked It All to Stop a War
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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Ian Johnson about Muhammad Ali, one of the greatest and most principled athletes of all time, who used his platform to fight for change outside of the boxing ring at immense personal cost.

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May 03, 2023
Part One: Muhammad Ali Risked It All to Stop a War
3187

Margaret talks with Ian Johnson about Muhammad Ali, one of the greatest and most principled athletes of all time, who used his platform to fight for change outside of the boxing ring at immense personal cost.

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May 01, 2023
Part Two: Helen Keller Was a Socialist But Also Complicated
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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Samantha McVey about the deafblind socialist revolutionary Helen Keller and her complicated legacy as a disability icon.

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Apr 26, 2023
Part One: Helen Keller Was a Socialist But Also Complicated
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Margaret talks with Samantha McVey about the deafblind socialist revolutionary Helen Keller and her complicated legacy as a disability icon.

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Apr 24, 2023
Part Four: The Young Lords: How Some Puerto Rican Socialists Changed Everything
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In the finale of this four part episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Alynda Segarra from Hurray for the Riff Raff about how radicals got the trash taken out in New York, literally.

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Apr 19, 2023
Part Three: The Young Lords: How Some Puerto Rican Socialists Changed Everything
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In part three of this four part episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Alynda Segarra from Hurray for the Riff Raff about how radicals got the trash taken out in New York, literally.

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Apr 17, 2023
Part Two: The Young Lords: How Some Puerto Rican Socialists Changed Everything
3334

In part two of this four part episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Alynda Segarra from Hurray for the Riff Raff about how radicals got the trash taken out in New York, literally.

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Apr 12, 2023
Part One: The Young Lords: How Some Puerto Rican Socialists Changed Everything
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Margaret talks with Alynda Segarra from Hurray for the Riff Raff about how radicals got the trash taken out in New York, literally.

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Apr 10, 2023
Part Two: Burglars vs the FBI: How the Catholic Left & Their Friends Exposed COINTELPRO
4785

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with journalist, activist and comedian Francesca Fiorentini about one of the greatest acts of nonviolent civil disobedience in US history.

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Apr 05, 2023
Part One: Burglars vs the FBI: How the Catholic Left & Their Friends Exposed COINTELPRO
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Margaret talks with journalist, activist and comedian Francesca Fiorentini about one of the greatest acts of nonviolent civil disobedience in US history.

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Apr 03, 2023
Part Two: Great Trancestors of History: Lucy Hicks, Wendy Carlos & Alan Hart
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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Bridget Todd about some trans people in history who lived long happy lives and accomplished wonderful things.

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Mar 29, 2023
Part One: Great Trancestors of History: Lucy Hicks, Wendy Carlos & Alan Hart
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Margaret talks with Bridget Todd about some trans people in history who lived long, happy lives and accomplished wonderful things.

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Mar 27, 2023
Part Four: Stonewall: The Criminal Queers Who Birthed a Movement
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In the finale of this special four-part episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Shereen Younes about the early fight for LGBT rights and how it was a literal fight, fought on every front.

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Mar 22, 2023
Part Three: Stonewall: The Criminal Queers Who Birthed a Movement
3284

In part three of this special four-part episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Shereen Younes about the early fight for LGBT rights and how it was a literal fight, fought on every front.

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Mar 20, 2023
Part Two: Stonewall: The Criminal Queers Who Birthed a Movement
3023

In part two of this special four-part episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Shereen Younes about the early fight for LGBT rights and how it was a literal fight, fought on every front.

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Mar 15, 2023
Part One: Stonewall: The Criminal Queers Who Birthed a Movement
3556

Margaret talks with Shereen Younes about the early fight for LGBT rights and how it was a literal fight, fought on every front.

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Mar 13, 2023
Part Two: Judi Bari Didn't Bomb Herself: Earth First! & the Timber Wars
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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Gare about the labor organizer who tried to bring loggers and environmentalists together to save the redwoods and had to survive a car bomb to do it.

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Mar 08, 2023
Part One: Judi Bari Didn't Bomb Herself: Earth First! & the Timber Wars
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Margaret talks with Gare about the labor organizer who tried to bring loggers and environmentalists together to save the redwoods and had to survive a car bomb to do it.

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Mar 06, 2023
Part Two: The Golden Age of Pirates & One Great Polycule of History
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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Miriam about what's unique about the golden age of piracy and why we romanticize the wrong things, plus they discuss Mary Read, Anne Bonny and Calico Jack.

South Street Seaport Museum's Queer Chanteys, Queer Sailors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRxo-nJn8X8

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Mar 01, 2023
Part One: The Golden Age of Pirates & One Great Polycule of History
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Margaret talks with Miriam about what's unique about the golden age of piracy and why we romanticize the wrong things, plus they discuss Mary Read, Anne Bonny and Calico Jack.

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Feb 27, 2023
Part Two: Chico Mendes & the Rubber Tappers Who Fought for the Rainforest
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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Prop about the rural union of rubber tappers who fought slash and burn ranching in the Amazon rainforest.

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Feb 22, 2023
Part One: Chico Mendes & the Rubber Tappers Who Fought for the Rainforest
3655

Margaret talks with Prop about the rural union of rubber tappers who fought slash and burn ranching in the Amazon rainforest.

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Feb 20, 2023
Part Two: Ngo Van & Vietnamese Resistance Before the Vietnam War
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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Snow about one communist’s life of resistance against colonialism and authoritarianism both.

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Feb 15, 2023
Part One: Ngo Van & Vietnamese Resistance Before the Vietnam War
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Margaret talks with Snow about one communist’s life of resistance against colonialism and authoritarianism both.

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Feb 13, 2023
Part Two: The Popular Olympics: Antifascist Athletes Help Stop a Coup
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In part two of this week's reverse episode, James Stout continues his conversation with Margaret about the Popular Olympics of 1936 Spain and the competitors who stayed to fight.

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Feb 08, 2023
Part One: The Popular Olympics: Antifascist Athletes Help Stop a Coup
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In this reverse episode, James Stout talks with Margaret about the Popular Olympics of 1936 Spain and the competitors who stayed to fight.

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Feb 06, 2023
Part Two: Isabelle Eberhardt: The Genderbending Vagabond
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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Jolie Holland about Isabelle Eberhardt, aka Si Mahmoud Saadi, the Muslim crossdressing adventurer raised by anarchists.

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Feb 01, 2023
Part One: Isabelle Eberhardt: The Genderbending Vagabond
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Margaret talks with Jolie Holland about Isabelle Eberhardt, aka Si Mahmoud Saadi, the Muslim crossdressing adventurer raised by anarchists.

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Jan 30, 2023
Part Two: Grace O'Malley: The Pirate Queen of Ireland
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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Hugh Ryan about the complicated legacy of Gráinne Ní Mháille and her piracy and her rebellion against the British.

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Jan 25, 2023
Part One: Grace O'Malley: The Pirate Queen of Ireland
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Margaret talks with Hugh Ryan about the complicated legacy of Gráinne Ní Mháille and her piracy and her rebellion against the British.

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Jan 23, 2023
Part Two: Up Against the Wall: New York City's Armed Love Movement
4522

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Mia Wong about Black Mask and Up Against the Wall, the artists who took on the system and looked good doing it.

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Jan 18, 2023
Part One: Up Against the Wall: New York City's Armed Love Movement
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Margaret talks with Mia Wong about Black Mask and Up Against the Wall, the artists who took on the system and looked good doing it.

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Jan 16, 2023
Here's To You, Dear Listeners: 2023 Q&A
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On this special episode of Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff, Margaret and Sophie answer questions from you, the listeners!

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Jan 04, 2023
Part Two: Keep the Yuletide Gay: Saturnalia & the Puritan War on Christmas
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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Garrison Davis about how the Church tried, and largely failed, to stop the wild revelry of the winter solstice.

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Dec 21, 2022
Part One: Keep the Yuletide Gay: Saturnalia & the Puritan War on Christmas
2876

Margaret talks with Garrison Davis about how the Church tried, and largely failed, to stop the wild revelry of the winter solstice.

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Dec 19, 2022
Part Two: The Tramp Printers: Union Vagabonds
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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Caitlin Durante about the hardknock union typographers whose short lives were full of adventure, ink, and booze.

Source: The Tramp Printers: Forgotten Trails of the Traveling Typographers by Charles Overbeck

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Dec 14, 2022
Part One: The Tramp Printers: Union Vagabonds
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Margaret talks with Caitlin Durante about the hardknock union typographers whose short lives were full of adventure, ink, and booze.

Source: The Tramp Printers: Forgotten Trails of the Traveling Typographers by Charles Overbeck

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Dec 12, 2022
Part Two: The Armed Nonviolent Civil Rights Movement
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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Joelle Monique about how the Deacons for Defense and Justice, the NAACP, and others organized for self-defense during the Civil Rights Era.

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Dec 07, 2022
Part One: The Armed Nonviolent Civil Rights Movement
3485

Margaret talks with Joelle Monique about how the Deacons for Defense and Justice, the NAACP, and others organized for self-defense during the Civil Rights Era.

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Dec 05, 2022
Part Two: Everyone Hates the Klan
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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Shereen about the long history of the Ku Klux Klan and the equally long history of people fighting it tooth and nail.

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Nov 30, 2022
Part One: Everyone Hates the Klan
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Margaret talks with Shereen about the long history of the Ku Klux Klan and the equally long history of people fighting it tooth and nail.

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Nov 28, 2022
Thanksgiving Fiction Special: The Thirty-Seven Marble Steps
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In this extra-special Thanksgiving fiction special presentation, Margaret recounts the true origins of the Thanksgiving holiday and then reads a story from her new book, We Won't Be Here Tomorrow, to Sophie.

Join Robert Evans, Margaret Killjoy and Sophie Lichterman for a special live episode of Behind the Bastards with Q&A. Upon purchasing your ticket, you’ll be redirected to the show screen where there will be a prompt for you to submit a question to the hosts. Questions are picked at random, but be sure to get yours in as it may be featured in the live episode.  The show will be available for replay for 7 days after the event.

Tickets: https://www.moment.co/btb

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Nov 23, 2022
Part Two: Anti-Racist Action: Because Nazi Punks Need To Be Dealt With
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In part two of this week's episode, author Shannon Clay continues his conversation with Margaret about the history of Anti-Racist Action, the coalition that formed to counter racist and fascist organizing in subcultures in the midwest.

We Go Where They Go: The Story of Anti-Racist Action: https://bookshop.org/p/books/we-go-where-they-go-the-story-of-anti-racist-action-kristin-schwartz/17909472?ean=9781629639727

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Nov 16, 2022
Part One: Anti-Racist Action: Because Nazi Punks Need To Be Dealt With
2575

Author Shannon Clay talks to Margaret about the history of Anti-Racist Action, the coalition that formed to counter racist and fascist organizing in subcultures in the midwest.

We Go Where They Go: The Story of Anti-Racist Action: https://bookshop.org/p/books/we-go-where-they-go-the-story-of-anti-racist-action-kristin-schwartz/17909472?ean=9781629639727

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Nov 14, 2022
Part Two: Baba Yaga: Everyone's Favorite Witch From Folklore
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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Jamie Loftus about Baba Yaga, the Slavic legend who eats children and occasionally helps people.

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Nov 09, 2022
Part One: Baba Yaga: Everyone's Favorite Witch From Folklore
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Margaret talks with comedian and podcaster Jamie Loftus about Baba Yaga, the Slavic legend who eats children and occasionally helps people.

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Nov 07, 2022
Halloween Fiction Special: It Bleeds, It Burrows, It Breaks the Bone
2552

In this extra-special Halloween fiction special presentation, Margaret reads a ghost story from her new book, We Won't Be Here Tomorrow, to Sophie.

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Nov 02, 2022
Part Three: Sholem Schwarzbard: The Jewish Assassin Who Ruled
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In the finale of this special reverse episode, Miriam concludes her conversation with Margaret about Sholem Schwarzbard, the radical Jewish assassin.

Special thanks goes to Anna Elena Torres. Her forthcoming book, With Freedom in Our Ears can be found here.

Thanks to Eliui Damm, whose work can be found in There's Nothing So Whole as a Broken Heart, available from AK Press, With Freedom in Our Ears and Tohubavohu, a zine available here.

Thank you to Ciarán Finlayson.

And thank you to Kelly Johnson, whose 2012 dissertation Sholem Schwarzbard: Biography of a Jewish Assassin was indispensable to the research for this episode.

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Oct 31, 2022
Part Two: Sholem Schwarzbard: The Jewish Assassin Who Ruled
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In part two of this special reverse episode, Miriam continues her conversation with Margaret about Sholem Schwarzbard, the radical Jewish assassin.

Special thanks goes to Anna Elena Torres. Her forthcoming book, With Freedom in Our Ears can be found here.

Thanks to Eliui Damm, whose work can be found in There's Nothing So Whole as a Broken Heart, available from AK Press, With Freedom in Our Ears and Tohubavohu, a zine available here.

Thank you to Ciarán Finlayson.

And thank you to Kelly Johnson, whose 2012 dissertation Sholem Schwarzbard: Biography of a Jewish Assassin was indispensable to the research for this episode.

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Oct 26, 2022
Part One: Sholem Schwarzbard: The Jewish Assassin Who Ruled
3310

In this special reverse episode, Miriam talks with Margaret about Sholem Schwarzbard, the radical Jewish assassin.

Special thanks goes to Anna Elena Torres. Her forthcoming book, With Freedom in Our Ears can be found here.

Thanks to Eliui Damm, whose work can be found in There's Nothing So Whole as a Broken Heart, available from AK Press, With Freedom in Our Ears and Tohubavohu, a zine available here.

Thank you to Ciarán Finlayson.

And thank you to Kelly Johnson, whose 2012 dissertation Sholem Schwarzbard: Biography of a Jewish Assassin was indispensable to the research for this episode.

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Oct 24, 2022
Part Two: The Vampires are on Our Side: Antifascism in Film
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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Caitlin Durante about the antifascist filmmaking in Germany and Hollywood that laid much of the foundations for modern cinema.

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Oct 19, 2022
Part One: The Vampires are on Our Side: Antifascism in Film
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Margaret talks with Caitlin Durante about the antifascist filmmaking in Germany and Hollywood that laid much of the foundations for modern cinema.

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Oct 17, 2022
Part Two: Crime Pays: The Sophie Lyons Story
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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Prop about how one immigrant woman navigated the 19th century American criminal underworld, robbed the rich, retired rich herself, gave back to her community, and kind of was terrible also.

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Oct 12, 2022
Part One: Crime Pays: The Sophie Lyons Story
3429

Margaret talks to Prop about how one immigrant woman navigated the 19th century American criminal underworld, robbed the rich, retired rich herself, gave back to her community, and kind of was terrible also.

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Oct 10, 2022
Part Two: The Modern School & Francisco Ferrer: School Shouldn't Be Terrible
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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with James Stout about the turn of the century educators who fought--and sometimes died--for a reasonable education for the working class.

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Oct 05, 2022
Part One: The Modern School & Francisco Ferrer: School Shouldn't Be Terrible
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Margaret talks with James Stout about the turn of the century educators who fought--and sometimes died--for a reasonable education for the working class.

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Oct 03, 2022
Part Two: Aqua Tofana: How to Kill Your Husband
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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Shereen about how, in the era before divorce, a group of women sold poison to aspiring widows.

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Sep 28, 2022
Part One: Aqua Tofana: How to Kill Your Husband
3609

Margaret talks with Shereen about how, in the era before divorce, a group of women sold poison to aspiring widows.

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Sep 26, 2022
Part Two: The IWW and the Hobos Who Saved Free Speech
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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Robert Evans about the Spokane Free Speech Fight and the itinerant workers who invented new forms of civil disobedience.

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Sep 21, 2022
Part One: The IWW and the Hobos Who Saved Free Speech
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Margaret talks with Robert Evans about the Spokane Free Speech Fight and the itinerant workers who invented new forms of civil disobedience.

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Sep 19, 2022
Part Two: Dutch Squatters Accidentally Save The Country From Ruin
3813

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Alex Beels, host of Onderstroom, about how a group of people who just wanted somewhere to sleep stopped real estate speculation from gutting the Netherlands.

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Sep 14, 2022
Part One: Dutch Squatters Accidentally Save The Country From Ruin
3549

Margaret talks with Alex Beels, host of Onderstroom, about how a group of people who just wanted somewhere to sleep stopped real estate speculation from gutting the Netherlands.

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Sep 12, 2022
Part Two: Chumbawamba: How to Sell Out, But in a Good Way
2855

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Max Collins of Eve 6 about the squatting, organizing, and robin hood antics of Chumbawamba, the one hit wonders with a thirty year career.

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Sep 07, 2022
Part One: Chumbawamba: How to Sell Out, But in a Good Way
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Margaret talks with Max Collins of Eve 6 about the squatting, organizing, and robin hood antics of Chumbawamba, the one hit wonders with a thirty year career.

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Sep 05, 2022
Part Two: Roger Casement: The Gay Irish Anti-Colonial Knight
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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with author Wren Awry about Roger Casement, whose reporting helped end the brutal reign of Leopold II of Belgium.

Preorder Wren's book Nourishing Resistance: Stories of Food, Protest & Mutual Aid, out Spring 2023: https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1321

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Aug 31, 2022
Part One: Roger Casement: The Gay Irish Anti-Colonial Knight
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Margaret talks with author Wren Awry about Roger Casement, whose reporting helped end the brutal reign of Leopold II of Belgium.

Preorder Wren's book Nourishing Resistance: Stories of Food, Protest & Mutual Aid, out Spring 2023: https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1321

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Aug 29, 2022
Part Two: The Diggers, the Levelers, the Ranters, and John Darnielle
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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Mountain Goats singer John Darnielle about the wild-eyed radicals of the English Civil War.

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Aug 24, 2022
Part One: The Diggers, the Levelers, the Ranters, and John Darnielle
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Margaret talks with Mountain Goats singer John Darnielle about the wild-eyed radicals of the English Civil War.

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Aug 22, 2022
Part Two: Food Not Bombs, The Criminal Mutual Aid Conspiracy
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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with podcast host Andrew Ti about the long fight for our right to feed one another in public places.

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Aug 17, 2022
Part One: Food Not Bombs, The Criminal Mutual Aid Conspiracy
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Margaret talks with podcast host Andrew Ti about the long fight for our right to feed one another in public places.

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Aug 15, 2022
Part Two: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising & Jewish Resistance to the Holocaust
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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Miriam about the desperate last stand of the Jews of Poland and the fight to preserve Jewish culture from extermination.

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Aug 10, 2022
Part One: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising & Jewish Resistance to the Holocaust
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Margaret talks with Miriam about the desperate last stand of the Jews of Poland and the fight to preserve Jewish culture from extermination.

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Aug 08, 2022
Part Two: The Japanese Anarchist Women Who Kept Trying to Kill Emperors
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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with comedian and podcast host Brodie Reed about Kaneko Fumiko and Kanno Suga, two Japanese anarchist women who did their best to end the lives of emperors and almost changed history.

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Jul 27, 2022
Part One: The Japanese Anarchist Women Who Kept Trying to Kill Emperors
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Margaret talks with comedian and podcast host Brodie Reed about Kaneko Fumiko and Kanno Suga, two Japanese anarchist women who did their best to end the lives of emperors and almost changed history.

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Jul 25, 2022
Part Two: Birth Control Pioneers & the Jerk Who Tried to Stop Them
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Some people have to fight for the right to use birth control, some people have to fight for the right to bear children. In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Katy Stoll about Emma Goldman, Angela Heywood, Fannie Lou Hamer, and the complex fight for reproductive freedom in the US.

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Jul 20, 2022
Part One: Birth Control Pioneers & the Jerk Who Tried to Stop Them
3206

Some people have to fight for the right to use birth control, some people have to fight for the right to bear children. Margaret talks with Katy Stoll about Emma Goldman, Angela Heywood, Fannie Lou Hamer, and the complex fight for reproductive freedom in the US.

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Jul 18, 2022
Part Two: How To Break Out of Prison: In Minecraft and Elsewhere
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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with podcast host Mia Wong about jailbreaks, by helicopter, tank, and tunnel.

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Jul 13, 2022
Part One: How To Break Out of Prison: In Minecraft and Elsewhere
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To celebrate Bastille Day, Margaret talks to podcast host Mia Wong about jailbreaks, by helicopter, tank, and tunnel.

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Jul 11, 2022
Part Two: Blair Mountain: When Miners Went to Literal War Against Their Bosses
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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with the crew of the Old Gods of Appalachia podcast about the coal wars of West Virginia and the blood that bought miners their rights.

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Jul 06, 2022
Part One: Blair Mountain: When Miners Went to Literal War Against Their Bosses
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Margaret talks with the crew of the Old Gods of Appalachia podcast about the coal wars of West Virginia and the blood that bought miners their rights.

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Jul 04, 2022
Part Two: When Women Were Computers: A Tale of Space and Math
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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Bridget Todd about the space race, Russian cosmists, gay scientists, and the women who got humanity to the moon.

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Jun 29, 2022
Part One: When Women Were Computers: A Tale of Space and Math
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Margaret talks with Bridget Todd about the space race, Russian cosmists, gay scientists, and the women who got humanity to the moon.

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Jun 27, 2022
Part Two: The Public Universal Friend: A Non-binary Icon in Revolutionary-Era America
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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with podcast host and journalist Garrison Davis about an 18th-century genderless preacher and their gender-bending followers.

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Jun 22, 2022
Part One: The Public Universal Friend: A Non-binary Icon in Revolutionary-Era America
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Margaret talks with podcast host and journalist Garrison Davis about an 18th-century genderless preacher and their gender-bending followers.

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Jun 20, 2022
Part Two: The Anarchist Revolution in the Spanish Civil War
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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with comedian, writer and podcast host Jamie Loftus about the time that millions of anarchists and their allies collectivized in Spain while fighting off a fascist invasion.

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Jun 15, 2022
Part One: The Anarchist Revolution in the Spanish Civil War
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Margaret talks with comedian, writer and podcast host Jamie Loftus about the time that millions of anarchists and their allies collectivized in Spain while fighting off a fascist invasion.

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Jun 13, 2022
Part Two: Russian Nihilists: The Gender-bending Subculture that Blew Up the Tsar
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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Io about the science hippies of the 1860s who wore sunglasses at night and invented modern terrorism.

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Jun 08, 2022
Part One: Russian Nihilists: The Gender-bending Subculture that Blew Up the Tsar
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Margaret talks with Io about the science hippies of the 1860s who wore sunglasses at night and invented modern terrorism.

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Jun 06, 2022
Part Two: Gay Resistance to Nazis
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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Shereen Lani Younes about everything from queer youth gangs fighting the Hitler Youth in the street to artists who turned their talents to forgery and sabotage. 

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Jun 01, 2022
Part One: Gay Resistance to Nazis
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Margaret talks with Shereen Lani Younes about everything from queer youth gangs fighting the Hitler Youth in the street to artists who turned their talents to forgery and sabotage. 

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May 30, 2022
Part Two: The Paris Commune: How to Steal Back Your Own City
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In 1871, the people of Paris, tired of starving, took up arms and declared their city an autonomous commune. For almost two months, they ran their utopian experiment, and though they were eventually crushed, they inspired revolutionaries across the world for generations to come.

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May 25, 2022
Part One: The Paris Commune: How to Steal Back Your Own City
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In 1871, the people of Paris, tired of starving, took up arms and declared their city an autonomous commune. For almost two months, they ran their utopian experiment, and though they were eventually crushed, they inspired revolutionaries across the world for generations to come.

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May 23, 2022
Part Two: The Civil War Within the Civil War: How the South Won the War for the Union
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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Prop about how people escaping slavery turned the tide of the civil war and how the South was anything but united.

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May 18, 2022
Part One: The Civil War Within the Civil War: How the South Won the War for the Union
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Margaret talks with Prop about how people escaping slavery turned the tide of the civil war and how the South was anything but united.

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May 16, 2022
Part Two: The Jane Collective: Direct Action Abortion Access Works
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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Samantha McVey about the more than a hundred women who provided safe, affordable abortion in pre- Roe v Wade Chicago.

https://reprolegaldefensefund.org/
The Repro Legal Defense Fund covers bail and funds strong defenses for people who are investigated, arrested, or prosecuted for self-managed abortion.

https://www.ifwhenhow.org/
If/When/How are lawyers fighting for reproductive justice

https://www.aafront.org/

http://operationsaveabortion.com/

https://digitaldefensefund.org/ddf-guides/abortion-privacy

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May 11, 2022
Part One: The Jane Collective: Direct Action Abortion Access Works
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Margaret talks with Samantha McVey about the more than a hundred women who provided safe, affordable abortion in pre- Roe v Wade Chicago.

https://reprolegaldefensefund.org/
The Repro Legal Defense Fund covers bail and funds strong defenses for people who are investigated, arrested, or prosecuted for self-managed abortion.

https://www.ifwhenhow.org/
If/When/How are lawyers fighting for reproductive justice

https://www.aafront.org/

http://operationsaveabortion.com/

https://digitaldefensefund.org/ddf-guides/abortion-privacy

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May 09, 2022
Part Two: The Haymarket Affair: The Bomb & the Eight-Hour Workday
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In part two of this episode, Margaret continues her discussion with journalist and podcast host Robert Evans to talk about the anarchists who were hanged in Chicago in the 1860s for fighting for the rights of the working class.

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May 04, 2022
Part One: The Haymarket Affair: The Bomb & the Eight-Hour Workday
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Margaret sits down with journalist and podcast host Robert Evans to talk about the anarchists who were hanged in Chicago in the 1860s for fighting for the rights of the working class.

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May 02, 2022
Introducing: Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff
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Lots of cool people in history have done really cool stuff. Let Margaret Killjoy tell you about them. In this trailer, learn about the cool anarchist bank robbers who performed a cool jailbreak in Uruguay in 1931.

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Apr 22, 2022