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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The Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff podcast is a delightful gem that brings positivity and fascinating historical figures to the forefront with humor, great research, and insightful guests. Hosted by Margaret and Sophie, this podcast has quickly become a favorite for many listeners. One of the best aspects of the show is the incredible research that goes into each episode. Margaret's thoroughness shines through as she presents well-rounded stories about history's neglected individuals. The guests that are featured on the show bring their own expertise and add depth to the discussions. The storytelling and banter between Margaret and her guests create an engaging listening experience. Additionally, Margaret's infectious laughter adds a touch of joy to every episode.
As with any podcast, there may be some minor drawbacks to The Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff. Some listeners may find the casual tone of the show too informal or lacking in academic rigor. However, it is important to note that this podcast aims to make history accessible to all audiences, which can be both a strength and weakness depending on personal preferences. Another aspect that could be improved upon is the frequency of episodes. While every episode is eagerly anticipated by fans, it would be wonderful to have more content from this podcast.
In conclusion, The Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff podcast is a must-listen for anyone interested in learning about neglected figures in history who have made significant contributions but have been overlooked by mainstream narratives. Margaret's talent as a storyteller combined with her passion for these radical histories creates an uplifting and inspiring atmosphere throughout each episode. With great research, fantastic guests, and an overall positive tone, this podcast offers a unique perspective on historical events while keeping listeners entertained and informed.

Margaret talks with Andrew Ti about the worldwide movement, backed by science, that is changing how we treat children. Sources: https://africapublicity.com/of-ancestors-and-amendments-rethinking-child-discipline-across-african-realms/https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/happiest-countries-in-the-worldhttps://endcorporalpunishment.org/reports-on-every-state-and-territory/usa/https://www.right-to-education.org/sites/right-to-education.org/files/resource-attachments/CRC_1989.pdfhttps://www.ursulakleguin.com/blog?offset=1437445500607https://www.puyallupwa.gov/535/Domestic-Violence-Statisticshttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7390231/https://issop.org/2018/11/19/e-bulletin-35-2-3-changing-the-law-on-corporal-punishment-in-scotland/https://news.utexas.edu/2021/06/29/evidence-against-physically-punishing-kids-is-clear-researchers-say/http://www.jillianvanturnhout.ie/jvt1111/https://www.jstor.org/stable/26938757?seq=6https://ijcrt.org/papers/IJCRT2506708.pdfhttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/383296874_Corporal_Punishment_From_Ancient_History_to_Global_Progresshttps://medium.com/@rabittashahbaz/heres-how-ancient-indian-parenting-values-and-approaches-changed-over-time-4d861b489388https://www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/180595/20090210ATT48998EN.pdfhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty-first_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Irelandhttps://brilliantmaps.com/corporal-punishment/https://endcorporalpunishment.org/reports-on-every-state-and-territory/usa/https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29261462https://agefinder.org/world-age-culture/marriage-age-under-18-countries/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._ratification_of_the_Convention_on_the_Rights_of_the_Childhttps://www.africanexponent.com/how-colonialism-deceived-africans-to-believe-hitting-children-is-african-tradition-it-is-not/https://www.unh.edu/ccrc/sites/default/files/media/2022-02/corporal-punishment-current-rates-from-a-national-survey.pdf https://www.brookings.edu/articles/corporal-punishment-schools-and-race-an-update/ https://www.morgan.edu/Documents/ACADEMIA/SCHOOLS/SSW/MSW%20publications/s12111-024-09646-9%20%281%29.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20160127213730/http://www.phoenixchildrens.org/sites/default/files/PDFs/principles_and_practices-of_effective_discipline.pdf https://endcorporalpunishment.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/India.pdf https://endcorporalpunishment.org/irelands-journey-why-didnt-we-do-this-years-ago/ https://link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/978-3-319-89999-2_13 https://ijcrt.org/papers/IJCRT2506708.pdf https://habevio.com/corporal-punishment-in-ancient-greece/ https://psycnet.apa.org/manuscript/2025-10635-001.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20110314161338/http://www.zona-pellucida.com/wilson02.htmlSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, In The Belly is doing a take over to feature the poems of incarcerated writers in their own voicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret concludes the story of the punks, hippies, and poets in Vancouver, Canada who pioneered the modern harm reduction movement Sources: Fighting for Space, Travis Lupick (https://firestorm.coop/products/11537-fighting-for-space.html?referral=killjoy)https://www.addictionresource.net/heroin/types/china-white/https://www.vice.com/en/article/poll-taxriot-anniversary-solomon-hughes-382/https://abcbookworld.com/article/article-15099/https://globalnews.ca/news/370804/income-by-postal-code/https://immigrationnewscanada.ca/most-dangerous-cities-in-canada-mid-2025/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/expo-86-evictions-remembered-1.3566844https://riseupfeministarchive.ca/poster/la-quena-presents-inti-illimani-and-holly-nearpersonal correspondencehttps://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/christopher-b-r-smith-harm-reduction-as-anarchist-practicehttps://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/zoe-dodd-alexander-mcclelland-taking-risks-is-a-path-to-survivalhttps://inpud.net/who-we-are/https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/zoe-dodd-alexander-mcclelland-the-revolution-will-not-be-soberhttps://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/when-labour-organizing-and-harm-reduction-meethttps://www.drugpolicy.ca/insite-vigil-poem-by-the-late-bud-osborn/https://www.toronto.com/news/harm-reduction-worker-remembered-at-leslieville-memorial/article_2e6eeeac-47de-57bd-88bc-aa9922ba1e5d.htmlhttps://uppingtheanti.org/journal/article/20-you-get-exactly-what-you-fight-for-and-nothingmorehttps://www.vice.com/en/article/meet-the-harm-reduction-worker-who-called-out-trudeau-on-the-opioid-crisis/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/outintheopen/out-in-the-open-on-july-9-2016-addiction-1.3663909/harm-reduction-worker-by-day-fentanyl-user-at-night-one-man-s-story-of-recreational-opioid-use-1.3663917https://www.straight.com/news/959286/vancouver-area-network-drug-users-looks-back-20-years-fighting-human-rights#https://www.thesocialjusticecentre.org/blog/2018/1/14/fighting-for-space-travis-lupick-and-ann-livingston-on-drug-users-struggles-in-vancouverhttps://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/07/13/619546120/watchful-eyes-at-peer-run-injection-sites-drug-users-help-each-other-stay-safehttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/dulf-compassion-club-guilty-drug-trafficking-9.6972135https://www.stalbertgazette.com/health/stopping-overdoses-like-bailing-a-boat-with-a-thimble-bc-court-hears-11535161 https://filtermag.org/dulf-safe-supply-compassion-club-exemption/https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/04/15/For-One-Day-BC-Activists-Handed-Out-Clean-Heroin-Cocaine/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret resumes telling you the story of the punks, hippies, and poets in Vancouver, Canada who pioneered the modern harm reduction movement Sources: Fighting for Space, Travis Lupick (https://firestorm.coop/products/11537-fighting-for-space.html?referral=killjoy)https://www.addictionresource.net/heroin/types/china-white/https://www.vice.com/en/article/poll-taxriot-anniversary-solomon-hughes-382/https://abcbookworld.com/article/article-15099/https://globalnews.ca/news/370804/income-by-postal-code/https://immigrationnewscanada.ca/most-dangerous-cities-in-canada-mid-2025/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/expo-86-evictions-remembered-1.3566844https://riseupfeministarchive.ca/poster/la-quena-presents-inti-illimani-and-holly-nearpersonal correspondencehttps://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/christopher-b-r-smith-harm-reduction-as-anarchist-practicehttps://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/zoe-dodd-alexander-mcclelland-taking-risks-is-a-path-to-survivalhttps://inpud.net/who-we-are/https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/zoe-dodd-alexander-mcclelland-the-revolution-will-not-be-soberhttps://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/when-labour-organizing-and-harm-reduction-meethttps://www.drugpolicy.ca/insite-vigil-poem-by-the-late-bud-osborn/https://www.toronto.com/news/harm-reduction-worker-remembered-at-leslieville-memorial/article_2e6eeeac-47de-57bd-88bc-aa9922ba1e5d.htmlhttps://uppingtheanti.org/journal/article/20-you-get-exactly-what-you-fight-for-and-nothingmorehttps://www.vice.com/en/article/meet-the-harm-reduction-worker-who-called-out-trudeau-on-the-opioid-crisis/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/outintheopen/out-in-the-open-on-july-9-2016-addiction-1.3663909/harm-reduction-worker-by-day-fentanyl-user-at-night-one-man-s-story-of-recreational-opioid-use-1.3663917https://www.straight.com/news/959286/vancouver-area-network-drug-users-looks-back-20-years-fighting-human-rights#https://www.thesocialjusticecentre.org/blog/2018/1/14/fighting-for-space-travis-lupick-and-ann-livingston-on-drug-users-struggles-in-vancouverhttps://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/07/13/619546120/watchful-eyes-at-peer-run-injection-sites-drug-users-help-each-other-stay-safehttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/dulf-compassion-club-guilty-drug-trafficking-9.6972135https://www.stalbertgazette.com/health/stopping-overdoses-like-bailing-a-boat-with-a-thimble-bc-court-hears-11535161 https://filtermag.org/dulf-safe-supply-compassion-club-exemption/https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/04/15/For-One-Day-BC-Activists-Handed-Out-Clean-Heroin-Cocaine/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we are collaborating with In The Belly Magazine to read you a short memoir piece about organizing behind bars.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret continues her talk with Miriam about the people fighting tooth and nail to save lives right now in Vancouver, Canada Sources: Previous episodes of this showPersonal correspondencehttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/overdose-deaths-decline-2025-rate-cdc-data/https://govfacts.org/health-healthcare/mental-health-substance-use/the-federal-agencies-fighting-americas-opioid-crisis/https://www.cdc.gov/overdose-prevention/about/understanding-the-opioid-overdose-epidemic.htmlhttps://www.drugpolicyfacts.org/chapter/overdose_crisishttps://www.goodmorningamerica.com/wellness/story/fentanyl-deadly-drug-dealers-lace-illicit-drugs-96827602https://harmreduction.org/issues/fentanyl/https://govfacts.org/health-healthcare/mental-health-substance-use/substance-use-disorder-treatment/safe-injection-sites-and-needle-programs-do-they-save-lives-or-enable-drug-use/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-premier-involuntary-care-prince-george-surrey-1.7645702https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-human-rights-commissioner-drug-stigma-9.6978690https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_ratehttps://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htmhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S095539592400015Xhttps://vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/11/26/b-c-drug-club-co-founder-felt-invincible-arrested/https://filtermag.org/dulf-conviction-challenge-compassion-club/https://filtermag.org/dulf-constitutional-challenge-health-canada-official/https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/vancouver-compassion-club-founders-guilty-of-drug-charges-but-sentencing-on-holdhttps://www.capilanocourier.com/2026/01/01/dulf-and-the-case-for-radical-harm-reduction/https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/fatal-drug-overdoses-have-doubled-mexico-15-years-2024a1000f6b?form=fpfSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret talks with Miriam about the people fighting tooth and nail to save lives right now in Vancouver, Canada Sources: Previous episodes of this showPersonal correspondencehttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/overdose-deaths-decline-2025-rate-cdc-data/https://govfacts.org/health-healthcare/mental-health-substance-use/the-federal-agencies-fighting-americas-opioid-crisis/https://www.cdc.gov/overdose-prevention/about/understanding-the-opioid-overdose-epidemic.htmlhttps://www.drugpolicyfacts.org/chapter/overdose_crisishttps://www.goodmorningamerica.com/wellness/story/fentanyl-deadly-drug-dealers-lace-illicit-drugs-96827602https://harmreduction.org/issues/fentanyl/https://govfacts.org/health-healthcare/mental-health-substance-use/substance-use-disorder-treatment/safe-injection-sites-and-needle-programs-do-they-save-lives-or-enable-drug-use/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-premier-involuntary-care-prince-george-surrey-1.7645702https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-human-rights-commissioner-drug-stigma-9.6978690https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_ratehttps://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htmhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S095539592400015Xhttps://vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/11/26/b-c-drug-club-co-founder-felt-invincible-arrested/https://filtermag.org/dulf-conviction-challenge-compassion-club/https://filtermag.org/dulf-constitutional-challenge-health-canada-official/https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/vancouver-compassion-club-founders-guilty-of-drug-charges-but-sentencing-on-holdhttps://www.capilanocourier.com/2026/01/01/dulf-and-the-case-for-radical-harm-reduction/https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/fatal-drug-overdoses-have-doubled-mexico-15-years-2024a1000f6b?form=fpfSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret reads you a story about how to set up mutual aid societies in the wake of social collapse, and how to fight against cannibal nazis from the suburbsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In part two of this weeks episode, Margaret continues her conversation with producer Sophie Lichterman about the stray dogs who fight cops and guard protestors around the world. Original Air Date: 5.24.2023See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret talks with producer Sophie Lichterman about the strays dogs who fight cops and guard protestors around the world. Original Air Date 5.22.2023See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret reads you a story about an enchanted graffiti turf war and a flying bike chase.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In part four of this series, Margaret tells you more about the story of the punks, hippies, and poets in Vancouver, Canada who pioneered the modern harm reduction movement Sources: Fighting for Space, Travis Lupick (https://firestorm.coop/products/11537-fighting-for-space.html?referral=killjoy)https://www.addictionresource.net/heroin/types/china-white/https://www.vice.com/en/article/poll-taxriot-anniversary-solomon-hughes-382/https://abcbookworld.com/article/article-15099/https://globalnews.ca/news/370804/income-by-postal-code/https://immigrationnewscanada.ca/most-dangerous-cities-in-canada-mid-2025/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/expo-86-evictions-remembered-1.3566844https://riseupfeministarchive.ca/poster/la-quena-presents-inti-illimani-and-holly-nearpersonal correspondencehttps://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/christopher-b-r-smith-harm-reduction-as-anarchist-practicehttps://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/zoe-dodd-alexander-mcclelland-taking-risks-is-a-path-to-survivalhttps://inpud.net/who-we-are/https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/zoe-dodd-alexander-mcclelland-the-revolution-will-not-be-soberhttps://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/when-labour-organizing-and-harm-reduction-meethttps://www.drugpolicy.ca/insite-vigil-poem-by-the-late-bud-osborn/https://www.toronto.com/news/harm-reduction-worker-remembered-at-leslieville-memorial/article_2e6eeeac-47de-57bd-88bc-aa9922ba1e5d.htmlhttps://uppingtheanti.org/journal/article/20-you-get-exactly-what-you-fight-for-and-nothingmorehttps://www.vice.com/en/article/meet-the-harm-reduction-worker-who-called-out-trudeau-on-the-opioid-crisis/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/outintheopen/out-in-the-open-on-july-9-2016-addiction-1.3663909/harm-reduction-worker-by-day-fentanyl-user-at-night-one-man-s-story-of-recreational-opioid-use-1.3663917https://www.straight.com/news/959286/vancouver-area-network-drug-users-looks-back-20-years-fighting-human-rights#https://www.thesocialjusticecentre.org/blog/2018/1/14/fighting-for-space-travis-lupick-and-ann-livingston-on-drug-users-struggles-in-vancouverhttps://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/07/13/619546120/watchful-eyes-at-peer-run-injection-sites-drug-users-help-each-other-stay-safehttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/dulf-compassion-club-guilty-drug-trafficking-9.6972135https://www.stalbertgazette.com/health/stopping-overdoses-like-bailing-a-boat-with-a-thimble-bc-court-hears-11535161 https://filtermag.org/dulf-safe-supply-compassion-club-exemption/https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/04/15/For-One-Day-BC-Activists-Handed-Out-Clean-Heroin-Cocaine/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret goes deeper into the story of the punks, hippies, and poets in Vancouver, Canada who pioneered the modern harm reduction movement Sources: Fighting for Space, Travis Lupick (https://firestorm.coop/products/11537-fighting-for-space.html?referral=killjoy)https://www.addictionresource.net/heroin/types/china-white/https://www.vice.com/en/article/poll-taxriot-anniversary-solomon-hughes-382/https://abcbookworld.com/article/article-15099/https://globalnews.ca/news/370804/income-by-postal-code/https://immigrationnewscanada.ca/most-dangerous-cities-in-canada-mid-2025/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/expo-86-evictions-remembered-1.3566844See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret continues with the final part of a gutting story about rejection and re-accimlationSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret continues telling you the story of the punks, hippies, and poets in Vancouver, Canada who pioneered the modern harm reduction movement Sources: Fighting for Space, Travis Lupick (https://firestorm.coop/products/11537-fighting-for-space.html?referral=killjoy)https://www.addictionresource.net/heroin/types/china-white/https://www.vice.com/en/article/poll-taxriot-anniversary-solomon-hughes-382/https://abcbookworld.com/article/article-15099/https://globalnews.ca/news/370804/income-by-postal-code/https://immigrationnewscanada.ca/most-dangerous-cities-in-canada-mid-2025/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/expo-86-evictions-remembered-1.3566844See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret tells you the story of the punks, hippies, and poets in Vancouver, Canada who pioneered the modern harm reduction movement Sources: Fighting for Space, Travis Lupick (https://firestorm.coop/products/11537-fighting-for-space.html?referral=killjoy)https://www.addictionresource.net/heroin/types/china-white/https://www.vice.com/en/article/poll-taxriot-anniversary-solomon-hughes-382/https://abcbookworld.com/article/article-15099/https://globalnews.ca/news/370804/income-by-postal-code/https://immigrationnewscanada.ca/most-dangerous-cities-in-canada-mid-2025/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/expo-86-evictions-remembered-1.3566844See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret reads you the first part of a story about kids who grew up on the moonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret continues her talk with Caitlin Durante about Truus and Freddie Oversteegan and Hannie Schaft and their rebellion that left Nazi bodies around the Netherlands Sources: Three Ordinary Girls, Tim Bradyhttps://firestorm.coop/products/24908-three-ordinary-girls.html?referral=killjoy https://socialisme-nu.translate.goog/truus-menger-oversteegen-1923-2016-een-strijdster-die-doorging/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp https://www.annefrank.org/en/timeline/222/mandatory-registration-for-forced-labour/ https://dirkdeklein.net/2025/03/29/the-arbeidsinzet-forced-labour/ https://dirkdeklein.net/2017/05/24/ernst-cahn-the-koco-affair/ https://www.flashscore.com/news/80-years-of-freedom-the-amsterdam-boxing-school-which-formed-the-first-jewish-resistance/ncIglSYp/ https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=229629 https://libcom.org/article/history-dutch-fascism-and-militant-anti-fascist-response-job-polak https://dirkdeklein.net/2018/01/21/the-dutch-jews-who-fought-back/ https://socialisme-nu.translate.goog/75-jaar-februaristaking-wat-herdenken-we/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp https://www-dedokwerker-nl.translate.goog/boksschool_olympia.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp https://sportgeschiedenis-nl.translate.goog/overige-sport/vechtsporten/het-joodse-verzet-van-1941-bestond-grotendeels-uit-amsterdamse-boksers-en-worstelaars/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp https://www.canonvannederland.nl/nl/page/206267/de-geuzen https://elib.be/m/articles/view/FROM-THE-HISTORY-OF-THE-RESISTANCE-MOVEMENT-IN-THE-NETHERLANDS-1940-1945 https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/liberation-of-holland https://www.historyanswers.co.uk/history-of-war/armies-cant-march-in-clogs/ https://www.verzetsmuseum.org/nl/kennisbank/nederlandse-unie https://www.npr.org/2025/01/07/nx-s1-5249956/nazi-collaborators-netherlands-archive https://apnews.com/article/netherlands-collaboration-nazis-holocaust-remembrance-archives-d7d3b0c6e2e99146c484171e03046758 https://web.archive.org/web/20230307064313/http://home.iae.nl/users/arcengel/NedIndie/introengels.htm https://tomgoyens.substack.com/p/how-a-dutch-anarchist-defied-the https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/from-nazi-criminal-to-postwar-spy-german-intelligence-hired-klaus-barbie-as-agent-a-740393.html https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/13507486.2019.1699505 https://royaldutchshellplc.com/2025/10/14/shells-dark-fuel-the-nazi-past-the-oil-giant-couldnt-bury/ https://www.hannahbyron.com/blog/the-first-resistance-the-geuzenSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret talks with Caitlin Durante about Truus and Freddie Oversteegan and Hannie Schaft and their rebellion that left Nazi bodies around the Netherlands Sources: Three Ordinary Girls, Tim Bradyhttps://firestorm.coop/products/24908-three-ordinary-girls.html?referral=killjoy https://socialisme-nu.translate.goog/truus-menger-oversteegen-1923-2016-een-strijdster-die-doorging/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp https://www.annefrank.org/en/timeline/222/mandatory-registration-for-forced-labour/ https://dirkdeklein.net/2025/03/29/the-arbeidsinzet-forced-labour/ https://dirkdeklein.net/2017/05/24/ernst-cahn-the-koco-affair/ https://www.flashscore.com/news/80-years-of-freedom-the-amsterdam-boxing-school-which-formed-the-first-jewish-resistance/ncIglSYp/ https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=229629 https://libcom.org/article/history-dutch-fascism-and-militant-anti-fascist-response-job-polak https://dirkdeklein.net/2018/01/21/the-dutch-jews-who-fought-back/ https://socialisme-nu.translate.goog/75-jaar-februaristaking-wat-herdenken-we/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp https://www-dedokwerker-nl.translate.goog/boksschool_olympia.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp https://sportgeschiedenis-nl.translate.goog/overige-sport/vechtsporten/het-joodse-verzet-van-1941-bestond-grotendeels-uit-amsterdamse-boksers-en-worstelaars/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp https://www.canonvannederland.nl/nl/page/206267/de-geuzen https://elib.be/m/articles/view/FROM-THE-HISTORY-OF-THE-RESISTANCE-MOVEMENT-IN-THE-NETHERLANDS-1940-1945 https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/liberation-of-holland https://www.historyanswers.co.uk/history-of-war/armies-cant-march-in-clogs/ https://www.verzetsmuseum.org/nl/kennisbank/nederlandse-unie https://www.npr.org/2025/01/07/nx-s1-5249956/nazi-collaborators-netherlands-archive https://apnews.com/article/netherlands-collaboration-nazis-holocaust-remembrance-archives-d7d3b0c6e2e99146c484171e03046758 https://web.archive.org/web/20230307064313/http://home.iae.nl/users/arcengel/NedIndie/introengels.htm https://tomgoyens.substack.com/p/how-a-dutch-anarchist-defied-the https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/from-nazi-criminal-to-postwar-spy-german-intelligence-hired-klaus-barbie-as-agent-a-740393.html https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/13507486.2019.1699505 https://royaldutchshellplc.com/2025/10/14/shells-dark-fuel-the-nazi-past-the-oil-giant-couldnt-bury/ https://www.hannahbyron.com/blog/the-first-resistance-the-geuzenSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret discusses your reactions to Le Guin's "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" and "The Day Before the Revolution" with Hazel Acacia and Steven MonacelliSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret continues her coversation with Caitlin Durante about the rise of the Dutch Left and the early Jewish resistance to Nazis. Sources: Three Ordinary Girls, Tim Bradyhttps://firestorm.coop/products/24908-three-ordinary-girls.html?referral=killjoy https://socialisme-nu.translate.goog/truus-menger-oversteegen-1923-2016-een-strijdster-die-doorging/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp https://www.annefrank.org/en/timeline/222/mandatory-registration-for-forced-labour/ https://dirkdeklein.net/2025/03/29/the-arbeidsinzet-forced-labour/ https://dirkdeklein.net/2017/05/24/ernst-cahn-the-koco-affair/ https://www.flashscore.com/news/80-years-of-freedom-the-amsterdam-boxing-school-which-formed-the-first-jewish-resistance/ncIglSYp/ https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=229629 https://libcom.org/article/history-dutch-fascism-and-militant-anti-fascist-response-job-polak https://dirkdeklein.net/2018/01/21/the-dutch-jews-who-fought-back/ https://socialisme-nu.translate.goog/75-jaar-februaristaking-wat-herdenken-we/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp https://www-dedokwerker-nl.translate.goog/boksschool_olympia.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp https://sportgeschiedenis-nl.translate.goog/overige-sport/vechtsporten/het-joodse-verzet-van-1941-bestond-grotendeels-uit-amsterdamse-boksers-en-worstelaars/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp https://www.canonvannederland.nl/nl/page/206267/de-geuzen https://elib.be/m/articles/view/FROM-THE-HISTORY-OF-THE-RESISTANCE-MOVEMENT-IN-THE-NETHERLANDS-1940-1945 https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/liberation-of-holland https://www.historyanswers.co.uk/history-of-war/armies-cant-march-in-clogs/ https://www.verzetsmuseum.org/nl/kennisbank/nederlandse-unie https://www.npr.org/2025/01/07/nx-s1-5249956/nazi-collaborators-netherlands-archive https://apnews.com/article/netherlands-collaboration-nazis-holocaust-remembrance-archives-d7d3b0c6e2e99146c484171e03046758 https://web.archive.org/web/20230307064313/http://home.iae.nl/users/arcengel/NedIndie/introengels.htm https://tomgoyens.substack.com/p/how-a-dutch-anarchist-defied-the https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/from-nazi-criminal-to-postwar-spy-german-intelligence-hired-klaus-barbie-as-agent-a-740393.html https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/13507486.2019.1699505 https://royaldutchshellplc.com/2025/10/14/shells-dark-fuel-the-nazi-past-the-oil-giant-couldnt-bury/ https://www.hannahbyron.com/blog/the-first-resistance-the-geuzenSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret talks with Caitlin Durante about the rise of the Dutch Left and the early Jewish resistance to Nazis Sources: Three Ordinary Girls, Tim Bradyhttps://firestorm.coop/products/24908-three-ordinary-girls.html?referral=killjoy https://socialisme-nu.translate.goog/truus-menger-oversteegen-1923-2016-een-strijdster-die-doorging/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp https://www.annefrank.org/en/timeline/222/mandatory-registration-for-forced-labour/ https://dirkdeklein.net/2025/03/29/the-arbeidsinzet-forced-labour/ https://dirkdeklein.net/2017/05/24/ernst-cahn-the-koco-affair/ https://www.flashscore.com/news/80-years-of-freedom-the-amsterdam-boxing-school-which-formed-the-first-jewish-resistance/ncIglSYp/ https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=229629 https://libcom.org/article/history-dutch-fascism-and-militant-anti-fascist-response-job-polak https://dirkdeklein.net/2018/01/21/the-dutch-jews-who-fought-back/ https://socialisme-nu.translate.goog/75-jaar-februaristaking-wat-herdenken-we/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp https://www-dedokwerker-nl.translate.goog/boksschool_olympia.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp https://sportgeschiedenis-nl.translate.goog/overige-sport/vechtsporten/het-joodse-verzet-van-1941-bestond-grotendeels-uit-amsterdamse-boksers-en-worstelaars/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp https://www.canonvannederland.nl/nl/page/206267/de-geuzen https://elib.be/m/articles/view/FROM-THE-HISTORY-OF-THE-RESISTANCE-MOVEMENT-IN-THE-NETHERLANDS-1940-1945 https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/liberation-of-holland https://www.historyanswers.co.uk/history-of-war/armies-cant-march-in-clogs/ https://www.verzetsmuseum.org/nl/kennisbank/nederlandse-unie https://www.npr.org/2025/01/07/nx-s1-5249956/nazi-collaborators-netherlands-archive https://apnews.com/article/netherlands-collaboration-nazis-holocaust-remembrance-archives-d7d3b0c6e2e99146c484171e03046758 https://web.archive.org/web/20230307064313/http://home.iae.nl/users/arcengel/NedIndie/introengels.htm https://tomgoyens.substack.com/p/how-a-dutch-anarchist-defied-the https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/from-nazi-criminal-to-postwar-spy-german-intelligence-hired-klaus-barbie-as-agent-a-740393.html https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/13507486.2019.1699505 https://royaldutchshellplc.com/2025/10/14/shells-dark-fuel-the-nazi-past-the-oil-giant-couldnt-bury/ https://www.hannahbyron.com/blog/the-first-resistance-the-geuzenSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret reads you a 1963 science fiction story of class stratification, sports, and first contact.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret continues her interview with the queer historian Hugh Ryan about his upcoming memoir My BadSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret interviews the queer historian Hugh Ryan about his upcoming memoir My Bad See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James reads Margaret the first chapter of his new bookSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret finishes telling you about the histories most notorious fugitives and his days fighting against the Tsar. Sources: https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/police-forces/city-of-london-police/areas/city-of-london/about-us/about-us/houndsditch-murders/https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/gyl24y/were_the_policies_of_the_british_government_under/https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/The-Siege-of-Sidney-Street/https://web.archive.org/web/20070514215717/http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/O/origination/immigration.htmlhttps://www.onlatvia.com/tag/christianizationhttps://web.archive.org/web/20250125015207/https://www.onlatvia.com/dievturiba-latvian-neo-paganism-187https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%81rlis_Ulmanishttps://kulturaskanons.lv/en/archive/jani/A Towering Flame, by Phillip RuffSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret continues telling you about one of histories most notorious fugitives and his days fighting against the Tsar. Sources: https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/police-forces/city-of-london-police/areas/city-of-london/about-us/about-us/houndsditch-murders/https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/gyl24y/were_the_policies_of_the_british_government_under/https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/The-Siege-of-Sidney-Street/https://web.archive.org/web/20070514215717/http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/O/origination/immigration.htmlhttps://www.onlatvia.com/tag/christianizationhttps://web.archive.org/web/20250125015207/https://www.onlatvia.com/dievturiba-latvian-neo-paganism-187https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%81rlis_Ulmanishttps://kulturaskanons.lv/en/archive/jani/A Towering Flame, by Phillip RuffSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Happy National Poetry Month! Margaret reads some poems from a "Classic Age" anarchist poet and agitatorSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret continues her conversation with Becca Ramos about one of histories most notorious fugitives and his days fighting against the Tsar Source: https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/police-forces/city-of-london-police/areas/city-of-london/about-us/about-us/houndsditch-murders/https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/gyl24y/were_the_policies_of_the_british_government_under/https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/The-Siege-of-Sidney-Street/https://web.archive.org/web/20070514215717/http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/O/origination/immigration.htmlhttps://www.onlatvia.com/tag/christianizationhttps://web.archive.org/web/20250125015207/https://www.onlatvia.com/dievturiba-latvian-neo-paganism-187https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%81rlis_Ulmanishttps://kulturaskanons.lv/en/archive/jani/A Towering Flame, by Phillip RuffSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret talks with Becca Ramos about one of histories most notorious fugitives and his days fighting against the Tsar Sources: https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/police-forces/city-of-london-police/areas/city-of-london/about-us/about-us/houndsditch-murders/https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/gyl24y/were_the_policies_of_the_british_government_under/https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/The-Siege-of-Sidney-Street/https://web.archive.org/web/20070514215717/http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/O/origination/immigration.htmlhttps://www.onlatvia.com/tag/christianizationhttps://web.archive.org/web/20250125015207/https://www.onlatvia.com/dievturiba-latvian-neo-paganism-187https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%81rlis_Ulmanishttps://kulturaskanons.lv/en/archive/jani/A Towering Flame, by Phillip RuffSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret reads you some golden-age pulp sci-fi about a hypercompetant space captain and her trusty catSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret continues her talk with Shuli Branson about the international campaign to end a notorious animal testing lab Sources: https://activistfacts.com/organizations/408-shac//https://newspaper.animalpeopleforum.org/2002/10/01/crackdown-on-shac-hits-activist-for-child-porn-brings-boston-busts/https://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/hearings?Id=DAED00C5-802A-23AD-4106-0178D28039D9&Statement_id=CB16330B-2C94-4C18-B3A1-EF426A27966Chttps://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/british-arrest-animal-rights-activists/https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/animal-rights-activists-get-prison-web-threat-case/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/staffordshire/4762481.stmhttps://www.thefreelibrary.com/I+dug+up+a+grave+20+years+ago+but+this+is+appalling%3b+YOXALL...-a0123564625https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/the-research-they-tried-to-stophttps://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/may/12/animalwelfare.topstories3https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DONT2Aucgshttps://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/aug/24/animalwelfare.nelsonmandelahttps://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/aug/24/animalwelfare.businessofresearchhttps://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/this-britain/animal-rights-activists-condemned-as-guinea-pig-farm-gives-up-fight-307872.htmlhttps://aldf.org/article/federal-laws-and-agencies-involved-with-animal-testing/https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/1fkyqaf/cmv_testing_on_animals_is_not_logically_unethical/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36762462/https://awionline.org/awi-quarterly/summer-2025/animal-experimentation-under-trump-administration-good-bad-uglyhttps://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/administrator-zeldin-gets-epa-back-track-eliminate-animal-testing-after-biden-adminhttps://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/consumer-health/federal-food-drug-and-cosmetic-act-1938https://bfp.org/the-u-s-is-finally-beginning-to-move-beyond-animal-testing/https://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-experimentation/animals-used-experimentation-factsheets/animal-experiments-overview/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10408444.2023.2221987#abstracthttps://www.humaneworld.org/en/blog/epa-end-animal-testinghttps://web.archive.org/web/20080227041442/http://www.nuffieldbioethics.org/fileLibrary/pdf/RIA_Report_FINAL-opt.pdfhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK32655/https://humanedecisions.com/charles-darwin-the-lower-animals-like-man-feel-pleasure-and-pain-happiness-and-misery/https://web.archive.org/web/20130121030113/http://postcog.ucd.ie/files/fulltext.pdfhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/aug/14/davidpallisterhttps://www.stagemilk.com/aaron-monologue-act-5-scene-1/https://awionline.org/press-releases/envigo-settlement-first-step-addressing-companys-abysmal-animal-welfare-recordhttps://www.devdiscourse.com/article/headlines/2960204-envigos-22-million-guilty-plea-animal-welfare-scandal-unveiledPuppy Killer, Leave Town, Jon Hochschartnerhttps://we.riseup.net/imc-uk/barry-horneSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret talks with Shuli Branson about the international campaign to end a notorious animal testing lab Sources: https://activistfacts.com/organizations/408-shac//https://newspaper.animalpeopleforum.org/2002/10/01/crackdown-on-shac-hits-activist-for-child-porn-brings-boston-busts/https://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/hearings?Id=DAED00C5-802A-23AD-4106-0178D28039D9&Statement_id=CB16330B-2C94-4C18-B3A1-EF426A27966Chttps://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/british-arrest-animal-rights-activists/https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/animal-rights-activists-get-prison-web-threat-case/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/staffordshire/4762481.stmhttps://www.thefreelibrary.com/I+dug+up+a+grave+20+years+ago+but+this+is+appalling%3b+YOXALL...-a0123564625https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/the-research-they-tried-to-stophttps://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/may/12/animalwelfare.topstories3https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DONT2Aucgshttps://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/aug/24/animalwelfare.nelsonmandelahttps://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/aug/24/animalwelfare.businessofresearchhttps://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/this-britain/animal-rights-activists-condemned-as-guinea-pig-farm-gives-up-fight-307872.htmlhttps://aldf.org/article/federal-laws-and-agencies-involved-with-animal-testing/https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/1fkyqaf/cmv_testing_on_animals_is_not_logically_unethical/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36762462/https://awionline.org/awi-quarterly/summer-2025/animal-experimentation-under-trump-administration-good-bad-uglyhttps://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/administrator-zeldin-gets-epa-back-track-eliminate-animal-testing-after-biden-adminhttps://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/consumer-health/federal-food-drug-and-cosmetic-act-1938https://bfp.org/the-u-s-is-finally-beginning-to-move-beyond-animal-testing/https://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-experimentation/animals-used-experimentation-factsheets/animal-experiments-overview/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10408444.2023.2221987#abstracthttps://www.humaneworld.org/en/blog/epa-end-animal-testinghttps://web.archive.org/web/20080227041442/http://www.nuffieldbioethics.org/fileLibrary/pdf/RIA_Report_FINAL-opt.pdfhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK32655/https://humanedecisions.com/charles-darwin-the-lower-animals-like-man-feel-pleasure-and-pain-happiness-and-misery/https://web.archive.org/web/20130121030113/http://postcog.ucd.ie/files/fulltext.pdfhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/aug/14/davidpallisterhttps://www.stagemilk.com/aaron-monologue-act-5-scene-1/https://awionline.org/press-releases/envigo-settlement-first-step-addressing-companys-abysmal-animal-welfare-recordhttps://www.devdiscourse.com/article/headlines/2960204-envigos-22-million-guilty-plea-animal-welfare-scandal-unveiledPuppy Killer, Leave Town, Jon Hochschartnerhttps://we.riseup.net/imc-uk/barry-horneSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret reads you a story about climate refugees, ancestors, and giant spider robots that weave webs of glassSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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-colonyhttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-20120888 https://avtonom.org/en/news/anarchist-alexey-rozhkov-sentenced-16-years-setting-fire-military-enlistment-officehttps://crimethinc.com/2022/02/15/war-and-anarchists-anti-authoritarian-perspectives-in-ukrainehttps://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/280988https://avtonom.org/en/news/you-could-call-me-partisan-ruslan-siddiqi-recounts-his-anti-war-actionshttps://theins.ru/en/politics/252885https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmJZVKLQylAhttps://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-warhttps://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2025/05/29/i-couldnt-watch-people-die-in-silence-enhttps://freedomnews.org.uk/2024/04/27/russia-prison-sentences-for-terrorist-graffiti/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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-colonyhttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-20120888 https://avtonom.org/en/news/anarchist-alexey-rozhkov-sentenced-16-years-setting-fire-military-enlistment-officehttps://crimethinc.com/2022/02/15/war-and-anarchists-anti-authoritarian-perspectives-in-ukrainehttps://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/280988https://avtonom.org/en/news/you-could-call-me-partisan-ruslan-siddiqi-recounts-his-anti-war-actionshttps://theins.ru/en/politics/252885https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmJZVKLQylAhttps://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-warhttps://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2025/05/29/i-couldnt-watch-people-die-in-silence-enhttps://freedomnews.org.uk/2024/04/27/russia-prison-sentences-for-terrorist-graffiti/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret reads you a story about mushrooms, trash, and coming to terms with an imperfect utopiaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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=killjoySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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=killjoySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret reads you a story about the magic embeded into the mundaneSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.pdfhttps://www.nswp.org/sites/default/files/guide_to_legal_models_english_prf04.pdfhttps://www.nswp.org/sites/default/files/Swedish%20Model%20Advocacy%20Toolkit%20Community%20Guide%2C%20NSWP%20-%20November%202015.pdfhttps://decriminalizesex.work/Nevada-prostitution-laws/https://torontosun.com/news/world/nevada-brothel-sex-workers-unionize-fighthttps://thenevadaindependent.com/article/sex-workers-at-pahrump-brothel-are-unionizing-alleging-unfair-contracts-and-conditionshttps://visualfoodie.com/exploring-the-complete-history-of-sheris-ranch/https://archive.org/details/lightsshadesinsa00lloy/page/n3/mode/2uphttps://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.htmlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20090916051409/http://www.lustyladysf.com/history.htmlhttps://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=152594https://web.archive.org/web/20061005154719/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/02/BAGOPLGGTB1.DTLhttps://archive.iww.org/node/2897/https://www.foundsf.org/Lusty_Lady_and_Sex_Worker_Powerhttps://avn.com/news/video/unionized-dancer-owned-peep-show-shutters-on-labor-day-133704https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2409590/The-Lusty-Lady-San-Francisco-closes-End-road-Americas-unionized-worker-run-strip-club.htmlhttps://www.sfexaminer.com/news/the-lusty-lady-led-the-charge-will-todays-sex-workers-follow/article_c6b28854-50a1-11ed-a50b-6729f88abb39.htmlhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/17/star-garden-us-only-unionized-strippershttps://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.htmlhttps://www.thefreelibrary.com/America%27s+Forgotten+Slaves%3a+The+Chinese+Tragedy.-a0842208018See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret talks with Raechel Anne Jolie about labor organizing among sex workers in the United States Sources: https://www.scirp.org/pdf/WJA20120300010_83173531.pdfhttps://www.nswp.org/sites/default/files/guide_to_legal_models_english_prf04.pdfhttps://www.nswp.org/sites/default/files/Swedish%20Model%20Advocacy%20Toolkit%20Community%20Guide%2C%20NSWP%20-%20November%202015.pdfhttps://decriminalizesex.work/Nevada-prostitution-laws/https://torontosun.com/news/world/nevada-brothel-sex-workers-unionize-fighthttps://thenevadaindependent.com/article/sex-workers-at-pahrump-brothel-are-unionizing-alleging-unfair-contracts-and-conditionshttps://visualfoodie.com/exploring-the-complete-history-of-sheris-ranch/https://archive.org/details/lightsshadesinsa00lloy/page/n3/mode/2uphttps://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.htmlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20090916051409/http://www.lustyladysf.com/history.htmlhttps://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=152594https://web.archive.org/web/20061005154719/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/02/BAGOPLGGTB1.DTLhttps://archive.iww.org/node/2897/https://www.foundsf.org/Lusty_Lady_and_Sex_Worker_Powerhttps://avn.com/news/video/unionized-dancer-owned-peep-show-shutters-on-labor-day-133704https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2409590/The-Lusty-Lady-San-Francisco-closes-End-road-Americas-unionized-worker-run-strip-club.htmlhttps://www.sfexaminer.com/news/the-lusty-lady-led-the-charge-will-todays-sex-workers-follow/article_c6b28854-50a1-11ed-a50b-6729f88abb39.htmlhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/17/star-garden-us-only-unionized-strippershttps://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.htmlhttps://www.thefreelibrary.com/America%27s+Forgotten+Slaves%3a+The+Chinese+Tragedy.-a0842208018See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret reads you a medieval comedic tale of trickery and lust.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 WarSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret interviews 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 WarSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret reads you a 1920 classic fiction story by the seminal theoristSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret continues her talk with Courtney Kocak about the potentially million-strong alliance of Black farmers who built up a cooperative economics in the post-war American South Sources: https://greekcitytimes.com/2025/02/07/the-helots-a-labour-force/https://www.lucyparsonsproject.com/writings/negro.htmlhttps://www.rd.usda.gov/files/RR194.pdfhttps://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry?entry=TE009https://worldblackhistory.blogspot.com/2022/11/blog-post_11.htmlhttps://lawyersgunsmon.wpengine.com/2012/12/this-day-in-labor-history-december-11-1886https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2017/09/day-labor-history-september-25-1891https://temple.manifoldapp.org/read/the-black-worker-during-the-era-of-the-knights-of-labor-volume-iii/section/cf118f82-0d04-4251-9934-c474e4daef2ehttps://www.jstor.org/stable/40030730?read-now=1&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contentshttps://wp.nyu.edu/compliance_enforcement/2025/08/07/doj-secures-first-criminal-conviction-in-wage-fixing-case/https://ncbaclusa.coop/content/uploads/2023/02/Fall-2022_Winter-2023-Cooperative-Business-Journal_FINAL-v2.pdfhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/40030730https://www.givinggrove.org/blog-reference/black-farmers-in-americahttps://snccdigital.org/events/fannie-lou-hamer-founds-freedom-farm-cooperative/https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/November-15/the-march-to-the-sea-beginshttps://explorethearchive.com/shermans-march-to-the-seahttps://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/teachers/lessonplans/Document6(SpecialOrder).pdfhttps://www.grunge.com/601373/what-you-should-know-about-the-granger-movement-of-the-1860s/https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/shermans-field-order-no-15/https://www.jstor.org/stable/40030586?read-now=1&seq=7#page_scan_tab_contentsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret talks to Courtney Kocak about the potentially million-strong alliance of Black farmers who built up a cooperative economics in the post-war American South Sources https://greekcitytimes.com/2025/02/07/the-helots-a-labour-force/https://www.lucyparsonsproject.com/writings/negro.htmlhttps://www.rd.usda.gov/files/RR194.pdfhttps://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry?entry=TE009https://worldblackhistory.blogspot.com/2022/11/blog-post_11.htmlhttps://lawyersgunsmon.wpengine.com/2012/12/this-day-in-labor-history-december-11-1886https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2017/09/day-labor-history-september-25-1891https://temple.manifoldapp.org/read/the-black-worker-during-the-era-of-the-knights-of-labor-volume-iii/section/cf118f82-0d04-4251-9934-c474e4daef2ehttps://www.jstor.org/stable/40030730?read-now=1&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contentshttps://wp.nyu.edu/compliance_enforcement/2025/08/07/doj-secures-first-criminal-conviction-in-wage-fixing-case/https://ncbaclusa.coop/content/uploads/2023/02/Fall-2022_Winter-2023-Cooperative-Business-Journal_FINAL-v2.pdfhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/40030730https://www.givinggrove.org/blog-reference/black-farmers-in-americahttps://snccdigital.org/events/fannie-lou-hamer-founds-freedom-farm-cooperative/https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/November-15/the-march-to-the-sea-beginshttps://explorethearchive.com/shermans-march-to-the-seahttps://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/teachers/lessonplans/Document6(SpecialOrder).pdfhttps://www.grunge.com/601373/what-you-should-know-about-the-granger-movement-of-the-1860s/https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/shermans-field-order-no-15/https://www.jstor.org/stable/40030586?read-now=1&seq=7#page_scan_tab_contentsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret reads you a lush post-apocalyptic slice of life story by an amazing poetSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret reads you an essay about how to live a beautiful lifeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.