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Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

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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.

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  • Part Four: Peter the Painter and the Latvian Revolution of 1905

    Part Four: Peter the Painter and the Latvian Revolution of 1905
    Apr 15 2026

    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.html
    https://www.onlatvia.com/tag/christianization
    https://web.archive.org/web/20250125015207/https://www.onlatvia.com/dievturiba-latvian-neo-paganism-187
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%81rlis_Ulmanis
    https://kulturaskanons.lv/en/archive/jani/
    A Towering Flame, by Phillip Ruff

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    36 mins
  • Part Three: Peter the Painter and the Latvian Revolution of 1905

    Part Three: Peter the Painter and the Latvian Revolution of 1905
    Apr 13 2026

    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.html
    https://www.onlatvia.com/tag/christianization
    https://web.archive.org/web/20250125015207/https://www.onlatvia.com/dievturiba-latvian-neo-paganism-187
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%81rlis_Ulmanis
    https://kulturaskanons.lv/en/archive/jani/
    A Towering Flame, by Phillip Ruff

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    28 mins
  • CZM Book Club: Selected Poems of Voltairine de Cleyre

    CZM Book Club: Selected Poems of Voltairine de Cleyre
    Apr 12 2026

    Happy National Poetry Month! Margaret reads some poems from a "Classic Age" anarchist poet and agitator

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    25 mins
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