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—fr...
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- Caitlin Durante4 eps
- Bridget Todd3 eps
- Hugh Ryan2 eps
Also: Becca Ramos, Hazel Acacia, Miriam, Sophie Lichterman, Prop, James Stout, Steven Monacelli, Margaret Killjoy, Joe Kassabian
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- 🇺🇸United States · HistoryHOME#10814K to 74K
- 🇨🇦Canada · History#118522 to 2.8K
- 🇦🇺Australia · History#172164 to 869
- 🇫🇮FI · History#9199 to 522
- 🇳🇴NO · History#11870 to 368
- Per-Episode Audience
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15K to 79K🎙 Daily cadence·575 episodes·Last published 3d ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
50K to 265K🇺🇸93%🇨🇦3%🇦🇺1%+1 more - Active Followers
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28K to 146K
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 10/19/26 | Part One: Jim Henson: A Complicated Guy Who Made Stories I Really Like | Margaret talks to Andrew Ti about the strange hippie who found mainstream success with a message of peace and puppets Sources: https://www.gothamcenter.org/blog/bread-and-puppet-theater-in-gothamhttps://nypost.com/2021/04/23/the-civil-rights-rebels-that-created-sesame-street/https://www.henson.com/jimsredbook/page/36/https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Jim_Henson%27s_Memorialhttps://www.newsbreak.com/herbie-j-pilato-1590342/4941153104564-the-shocking-racist-history-of-early-sesame-street-lore-a-tragic-look-back-6-decades-laterhttps://worldmetrics.org/relationship-cheating-statistics/https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/bert-ernie-are-gay-couple-sesame-street-writer-claims-n910701Jim Henson, Idea ManJim Henson, Brian Jay JonesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 55m 36s | ||||||
| 10/18/26 |  CZM Book Club: "Ark of Bones," by Henry Dumas with Dr. Treasure Shields Redmond (Part 2) | We continue our conversation with Dr. Treasure about Herny Dumas and touch on all sorts of topics from Hoodoo to Fannie Lou Hamer to being mentored by one's father.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 42m 55s | ||||||
| 10/15/26 |  Introducing: Knowledge Fight Country | Knowledge Fight Country is a platform where Dan Friesen and his guests can chew over the biggest and best ideas being disseminated in right wing media. Through a focus on Alex Jones and figures similar to him, this show will provide a humorous and fun layer on top of discussing the context on why liars lie and how they do it. Listen here and subscribe to Knowledge Fight Country on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 3m 27s | ||||||
| 10/14/26 | Part Two: The Warner Creek Free State: The Camp That Lasted a Year and Won | Margaret continues talking with Hazel Robin about the 30th anniversary of the successful fight to save Warner Creek in OregonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 59m 10s | ||||||
| 10/12/26 | Part One: The Warner Creek Free State: The Camp That Lasted a Year and Won | Margaret talks with Hazel Robin about the 30th anniversary of the successful fight to save Warner Creek in OregonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 54m 04s | ||||||
| 10/11/26 | CZM Book Club: "Ark of Bones," by Henry Dumas with Dr. Treasure Shields Redmond (Part 1) | Dr. Treasure Shields Redmond reads Margaret and Hazel a ghost story about transcendance, legacy and an unearthly river boat, by exalted ancestor Henry Dumas who was murdered by a white cop in 1968.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 42m 35s | ||||||
| 10/7/26 | Part Four: Autistici/Inventati and the Fight for the Autonomous Internet | Margaret finishes talking to you about the history behind Trump's latest boogieman, the Italian hacktavists who helped free the internet. Sources: https://chuffed.org/project/alexio-mutual-aid https://publish.fid-media.de/server/api/core/bitstreams/f8e99026-0049-4da6-bd2e-1b5a9d84b477/content https://www.inventati.org/campaign/press https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State_list_of_Foreign_Terrorist_Organizations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specially_designated_global_terrorist https://www.icnl.org/resources/research/ijnl/solving-the-necessity-conundrum-what-the-drug-war-can-teach-us-about-due-process-for-u-s-charities-in-the-fight-against-international-terrorist-financing https://web.archive.org/web/20160126020743/http://www.jta.org/2009/05/28/news-opinion/united-states/holy-land-founders-get-life-sentences https://scalawagmagazine.org/2025/08/palestinian-political-prisoner-shukri-abu-bakers-poetry-book-debuts-in-houston/ https://anarchistnews.org/content/go-forth-and-multiply-may-10-100-1000-servers-spark http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/12/newsid_3953000/3953999.stm https://libcom.org/article/1969-strategy-tension-italy https://libcom.org/article/giuseppe-pinelli-death-anarchist https://files.libcom.org/files/Secrets-and-Bombs.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/16/world/evolution-in-europe-italy-discloses-its-web-of-cold-war-guerrillas.html https://theconversation.com/looking-back-at-1992-italys-horrible-year-66739 https://theconversation.com/looking-back-at-1992-italys-horrible-year-66739 https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2001/07/22/carlo-una-vita-contro.html https://blog.pmpress.org/2026/07/20/a-letter-to-carlo-giuliani/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 40m 05s | ||||||
| 10/5/26 | Part Three: Autistici/Inventati and the Fight for the Autonomous Internet | This week, Margaret continues talking to you about the history behind Trump's latest boogieman, the Italian hacktavists who helped free the internet. Sources: https://chuffed.org/project/alexio-mutual-aid https://publish.fid-media.de/server/api/core/bitstreams/f8e99026-0049-4da6-bd2e-1b5a9d84b477/content https://www.inventati.org/campaign/press https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State_list_of_Foreign_Terrorist_Organizations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specially_designated_global_terrorist https://www.icnl.org/resources/research/ijnl/solving-the-necessity-conundrum-what-the-drug-war-can-teach-us-about-due-process-for-u-s-charities-in-the-fight-against-international-terrorist-financing https://web.archive.org/web/20160126020743/http://www.jta.org/2009/05/28/news-opinion/united-states/holy-land-founders-get-life-sentences https://scalawagmagazine.org/2025/08/palestinian-political-prisoner-shukri-abu-bakers-poetry-book-debuts-in-houston/ https://anarchistnews.org/content/go-forth-and-multiply-may-10-100-1000-servers-spark http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/12/newsid_3953000/3953999.stm https://libcom.org/article/1969-strategy-tension-italy https://libcom.org/article/giuseppe-pinelli-death-anarchist https://files.libcom.org/files/Secrets-and-Bombs.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/16/world/evolution-in-europe-italy-discloses-its-web-of-cold-war-guerrillas.htmlSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 40m 22s | ||||||
| 10/4/26 | CZM Book Club: "The Devil Lives Here," by Margaret Killjoy | Margaret kicks off spooky month by sharing a spooky story of her own about a haunted cave and the 90s teens who get lost in itSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 41m 41s | ||||||
| 9/30/26 | Part Two: Autistici/Inventati and the Fight for the Autonomous Internet | Margaret talks to you about the US's long history of intervention in Italian politics. Sources: https://chuffed.org/project/alexio-mutual-aid https://publish.fid-media.de/server/api/core/bitstreams/f8e99026-0049-4da6-bd2e-1b5a9d84b477/content https://www.inventati.org/campaign/press https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State_list_of_Foreign_Terrorist_Organizations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specially_designated_global_terrorist https://www.icnl.org/resources/research/ijnl/solving-the-necessity-conundrum-what-the-drug-war-can-teach-us-about-due-process-for-u-s-charities-in-the-fight-against-international-terrorist-financing https://web.archive.org/web/20160126020743/http://www.jta.org/2009/05/28/news-opinion/united-states/holy-land-founders-get-life-sentences https://scalawagmagazine.org/2025/08/palestinian-political-prisoner-shukri-abu-bakers-poetry-book-debuts-in-houston/ https://anarchistnews.org/content/go-forth-and-multiply-may-10-100-1000-servers-spark http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/12/newsid_3953000/3953999.stm https://libcom.org/article/1969-strategy-tension-italy https://libcom.org/article/giuseppe-pinelli-death-anarchist https://files.libcom.org/files/Secrets-and-Bombs.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/16/world/evolution-in-europe-italy-discloses-its-web-of-cold-war-guerrillas.html See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 38m 54s | ||||||
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| 9/28/26 | CZM Rewind: Part Two: The Newsies on Strike: Soaking Scabs and Taking Names | In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with writer and podcast host Andrew Ti about how an informal union of children shut down the nation’s biggest newspapers and won their rights. Original Air Date: 6.21.2023See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 1h 09m 19s | ||||||
| 9/27/26 | CZM Book Club Presents: Stories from "Black Box," by Mata Kastrisiou and translated by Kostas Kaltsas | Margaret reads you 4 very short, dream like stories from a collection by a Greek authorSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 40m 09s | ||||||
| 9/23/26 | CZM Rewind: Part One: The Newsies on Strike: Soaking Scabs and Taking Names | Margaret talks with writer and podcast host Andrew Ti about how an informal union of children shut down the nation’s biggest newspapers and won their rights. Original Air Date: 6.19.2023 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 1h 08m 35s | ||||||
| 9/21/26 | Part One: Autistici/Inventati and the Fight for the Autonomous Internet | Margaret talks to you about Trump's latest boogieman, the Italian hacktavists who helped free the internet Sources: https://publish.fid-media.de/server/api/core/bitstreams/f8e99026-0049-4da6-bd2e-1b5a9d84b477/content https://www.inventati.org/campaign/press https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State_list_of_Foreign_Terrorist_Organizations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specially_designated_global_terrorist https://www.icnl.org/resources/research/ijnl/solving-the-necessity-conundrum-what-the-drug-war-can-teach-us-about-due-process-for-u-s-charities-in-the-fight-against-international-terrorist-financing https://web.archive.org/web/20160126020743/http://www.jta.org/2009/05/28/news-opinion/united-states/holy-land-founders-get-life-sentences https://scalawagmagazine.org/2025/08/palestinian-political-prisoner-shukri-abu-bakers-poetry-book-debuts-in-houston/ https://anarchistnews.org/content/go-forth-and-multiply-may-10-100-1000-servers-spark See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 38m 23s | ||||||
| 9/20/26 | CZM Book Club: Ocotillo, by Madeline ffitch | Margaret reads you a surreal story about the surreal Southwest, written by one of her favorite authorsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 43m 47s | ||||||
| 9/16/26 | AI Doesn't Work and We All Know It Doesn't Work | Margaret reads you an essay about the lying machines that will soon be ruling the worldSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 25m 54s | ||||||
| 9/14/26 | Beyond Climate Optimism, Beyond Climate Pessimism | Margaret reads you an essay about how we have to soberly confront the realities of climate change and look for ways we can collectively take action Source: https://margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/beyond-climate-optimism-beyond-climate https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/climate/coral-reef-recovery-time.html https://ourworldindata.org/electricity-mix https://interestingengineering.com/culture/carbon-footprint-coined-by-big-oil-to-blame-you-for-climate-change https://climate.mit.edu/ask-mit/why-have-i-heard-eating-meat-bad-climate https://solarunitedneighbors.org/resources/what-to-know-about-plug-in-solar/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 32m 57s | ||||||
| 9/13/26 | CZM Book Club: Reverse Book Club: Talking "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" with Bridget, Hazel and All of You | To close out Black August, Margaret sits down with Bridget Todd and Hazel Acacia to finish talking about one of the most iconic Trek episodes ever made (S6E13: Far Beyond the Stars of Deep Space Nine)- and you're invitedSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 30m 21s | ||||||
| 9/9/26 | mass surveillancecivil rights+3 | — | Automated License Plate ReadersCool Zone Media+1 | ArizonaWinona+2 | Automated License Plate Readersmass surveillance+3 | — | 31m 02s | ||
| 9/7/26 | mass surveillanceautomated license plate readers+4 | — | FlockAutomated License Plate Readers | ArizonaWinona | mass surveillancelicense plate readers+5 | — | 36m 43s | ||
| 9/6/26 | Star TrekDeep Space Nine+4 | Bridget ToddHazel Acacia | Star Trek: Deep Space NineFar Beyond the Stars | — | Star TrekDeep Space Nine+6 | — | 33m 24s | ||
| 9/2/26 | mass surveillanceautomated license plate readers+3 | — | FlockAutomated License Plate Readers+2 | ArizonaWinona, MN+1 | mass surveillancelicense plate readers+3 | — | 40m 25s | ||
| 8/31/26 | mass surveillanceautomated license plate readers+4 | — | Automated License Plate ReadersKechi Police+7 | — | mass surveillancelicense plate readers+5 | — | 43m 33s | ||
| 8/26/26 | labor historywomen in labor+4 | — | — | MichiganCalumet | Annie ClemencCopper Strike+5 | — | 31m 02s | ||
| 8/24/26 | labor historywomen in labor+4 | — | — | MichiganCalumet | Annie ClemencCopper Strike+5 | — | 34m 10s | ||
| 8/23/26 | civil rightsliterature+3 | — | Jesus Christ in Texas | — | Jesus Christ in TexasW.E.B. DuBois+3 | — | 33m 51s | ||
| 8/19/26 | labor historywomen in labor+4 | — | — | MichiganCalumet | Annie ClemencCopper Strike+5 | — | 36m 16s | ||
| 8/17/26 | labor historywomen in labor+4 | — | — | MichiganCalumet | Annie ClemencCopper Strike+4 | — | 28m 46s | ||
| 7/20/26 | Robin Hoodoutlaws+4 | Joe Kassabian | Robin Hood | Medieval England | Robin Hoodoutlaws+5 | — | 1h 03m 39s | ||
| 7/19/26 | punk musicLocust House+3 | — | Locust House | — | Locust HouseAdam Gnade+3 | — | 28m 22s | ||
| 7/15/26 | labor strikeclass struggle+3 | — | Cool Zone MediaiHeartPodcasts | Ancient EgyptDeir El-Medina | labor strikeAncient Egypt+3 | — | 36m 54s | ||
| 7/13/26 | labor struggleclass struggle+3 | — | — | Ancient EgyptDeir El-Medina | labor striketomb builders+3 | — | 34m 28s | ||
| 7/12/26 | punk culturenovella+4 | — | Locust House | San Diego | CZM Book ClubLocust House+5 | — | 30m 57s | ||
| 7/8/26 | folk musictraditional art+3 | Bridget Todd | Cool Zone MediaiHeartPodcasts+2 | — | Alan Lomaxfolk music+3 | — | 1h 08m 15s | ||
| 7/6/26 | folk musiccultural preservation+3 | Bridget Todd | Cool Zone MediaiHeartPodcasts+2 | — | Alan Lomaxfolk music+3 | — | 48m 59s | ||
| 7/5/26 | punk housesidentity+3 | — | Locust House | — | Locust HouseAdam Gnade+4 | — | 29m 27s | ||
| 7/1/26 | music historyprison reform+4 | Prop | Sheila Curran BernardNew York Times+6 | — | Lead BellyHuddie Ledbetter+6 | — | 1h 19m 30s | ||
| 6/29/26 | musichistory+3 | Prop | Cool Zone MediaiHeartPodcasts+7 | — | Lead BellyHuddie Ledbetter+5 | — | 58m 32s | ||
| 6/10/26 | harm reductionaddiction+3 | — | Cool Zone MediaiHeartPodcasts+1 | Vancouver, Canada | harm reductionaddiction+5 | — | 40m 09s | ||
| 6/8/26 | harm reductionaddiction+4 | — | Cool Zone MediaiHeartPodcasts+1 | Vancouver, Canada | harm reductionaddiction+6 | — | 37m 31s | ||
| 6/7/26 | memoirorganizing+3 | — | In The Belly MagazinePhone Resistance | — | memoirorganizing+3 | — | 26m 29s | ||
| 6/3/26 | drug policyharm reduction+4 | Miriam | Drug User Liberation Front | Vancouver, Canada | DULFsafe supply+5 | — | 53m 49s | ||
| 6/1/26 | drug policyharm reduction+3 | Miriam | Drug User Liberation Front | Vancouver, Canada | DULFsafe supply+5 | — | 55m 47s | ||
| 5/31/26 | mutual aidsocial collapse+3 | Margaret Killjoy | — | — | mutual aidsocial collapse+3 | — | 35m 23s | ||
| 5/27/26 | stray dogsprotests+3 | Sophie Lichterman | — | — | riot dogsprotest+3 | — | 49m 55s | ||
| 5/25/26 | protestdogs+3 | Sophie Lichterman | — | — | riot dogsprotest dogs+5 | — | 58m 00s | ||
| 5/24/26 | graffititurf war+3 | — | Clashing/Complementary | — | graffititurf war+5 | — | 36m 14s | ||
| 5/20/26 | harm reductionaddiction+4 | — | Cool Zone MediaiHeartPodcasts+1 | Vancouver, Canada | harm reductionaddiction+5 | — | 42m 35s | ||
| 5/18/26 | harm reductionaddiction+5 | — | Cool Zone MediaiHeartPodcasts+6 | Vancouver, Canada | harm reductionaddiction+6 | — | 30m 19s | ||
| 5/17/26 | rejectionre-acclimation+3 | — | Moonkids | — | MoonkidsAbbey Mei Otis+3 | — | 27m 48s | ||
| 5/13/26 | harm reductionaddiction+4 | — | Cool Zone MediaiHeartPodcasts+4 | Vancouver, Canada | harm reductionaddiction+5 | — | 35m 01s | ||
| 5/11/26 | harm reductionaddiction+4 | — | Cool Zone MediaiHeartPodcasts+1 | Vancouver, Canada | harm reductionaddiction+4 | — | 39m 22s | ||
| 5/6/26 | Dutch ResistanceWorld War II+3 | Caitlin Durante | Cool Zone MediaiHeartPodcasts | — | Dutch ResistanceNazis+7 | — | 1h 02m 41s | ||
| 5/4/26 | Dutch ResistanceWorld War II+4 | Caitlin Durante | Cool Zone MediaiHeartPodcasts | — | Dutch ResistanceNazis+7 | — | 57m 01s | ||
| 5/3/26 | Ursula K. Le Guinliterature discussion+3 | Hazel AcaciaSteven Monacelli | Cool Zone MediaiHeartPodcasts+2 | — | Ursula K. Le GuinOmelas+3 | — | 57m 30s | ||
| 4/29/26 | Dutch ResistanceJewish Resistance+5 | Caitlin Durante | Dutch LeftNazis+4 | — | Dutch ResistanceJewish Boxers+5 | — | 50m 52s | ||
| 4/27/26 | Dutch ResistanceJewish Resistance+4 | Caitlin Durante | Dutch LeftNazis+1 | Amsterdam | Dutch ResistanceJewish Boxers+3 | — | 1h 12m 09s | ||
| 4/26/26 | science fictionclass stratification+2 | — | Where the Phph Pebbles Go | — | science fictionclass stratification+3 | — | 39m 08s | ||
| 4/22/26 | queer historymemoir+3 | Hugh Ryan | My Bad | — | queer historyHugh Ryan+3 | — | 1h 02m 46s | ||
| 4/20/26 | queer historymemoir+3 | Hugh Ryan | My Bad | — | queer historyHugh Ryan+3 | — | 43m 36s | ||
| 4/19/26 | book clubliterature+3 | James Stout | — | — | Against the StateJames Stout+3 | — | 47m 49s | ||
| 4/15/26 | historyrevolution+3 | — | City of London PoliceReddit+4 | Latvia | Peter the PainterLatvian Revolution+3 | — | 36m 26s | ||
| 4/13/26 | historyrevolution+4 | — | City of London PoliceReddit+4 | Latvia | Peter the PainterLatvian Revolution+4 | — | 27m 43s | ||
| 4/12/26 | poetryanarchism+3 | — | Selected Poems of Voltairine de Cleyre | — | poetryVoltairine de Cleyre+3 | — | 25m 07s | ||
| 4/8/26 | Latvian Revolutionhistory+3 | Becca Ramos | Tsar | — | Peter the PainterLatvian Revolution+3 | — | 1h 00m 46s | ||
| 4/6/26 | Latvian Revolutionhistory+3 | Becca Ramos | Tsar | Latvia | Peter the PainterLatvian Revolution+3 | — | 1h 17m 18s | ||
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Chart history for Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff
Peaked at #91 in Finland, currently #91 in Finland.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | — | #91 | #91 | — |
| United States | — | #108 | #108 | — |
| Canada | — | #118 | #118 | — |
| Norway | — | #118 | #118 | — |
| IS | — | #153 | #153 | — |
| VN | — | #162 | #162 | — |
| Australia | — | #172 | #172 | — |
| AR | — | #182 | #182 | — |
| PH | — | #190 | #190 | — |
| CO | — | #193 | #193 | — |
Chart Positions
10 placements across 10 markets.
Chart Positions
10 placements across 10 markets.