Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

Margaret talks with James Stout about how a group of unlikely heroes assassinated the architects of the Armenian genocide.

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Margaret finishes reading you a reimagining of Hindu mythology by a masterful speculative fiction author.

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In part two of this week's rerun 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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Margaret's taking the week off! Here's a rerun where Margaret talks with Shereen about how, in the era before divorce, a group of women sold poison to aspiring widows.

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Margaret reads you a reimagining of Hindu mythology by a masterful speculative fiction author.

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Margaret finishes talking with Ed Zitron about the origins of one of her all-time favorite games.

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Margaret talks with Ed Zitron about the origins of one of her all-time favorite games.

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Margaret finishes reading Robert Evans a novella about the near future of tech, surveillance, and teenage rebellion.

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Margaret finishes talking with Kaveh Hoda about her problematic fave.

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Margaret talks with Kaveh Hoda about her problematic fave.

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Margaret continues to read Robert Evans a novella about the near future of tech, surveillance, and teenage rebellion.

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Margaret finishes talking with Francesca Fiorentini about the AIDS activists who changed the world.

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Margaret talks with Francesca Fiorentini about the AIDS activists who changed the world.

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Margaret continues to read Robert Evans a novella about the near future of tech, surveillance, and teenage rebellion.

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In part two, Margaret talks with Joelle Monique about the deep roots of economic cooperation in Black America.

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Margaret talks with Joelle Monique about the deep roots of economic cooperation in Black America.

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Margaret reads Robert Evans a novella about the near future of tech, surveillance, and teenage rebellion.

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In part two, Margaret finishes her talk with Prop about how people all over Argentina resisted neoliberalism and took over their factories to run them without bosses.

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Margaret talks with Prop about how people all over Argentina resisted neoliberalism and took over their factories to run them without bosses.

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Margaret reads you a children's story written by one of the greatest queer icons of history.

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In part two, Margaret finishes talking with Kat Abu about the history of community gardening in New York City and elsewhere.

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Margaret talks with Kat Abu about the history of community gardening in New York City and elsewhere.

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Margaret reads a classic anti-anarchist story by HG Wells written before Wells learned what was up.

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In part four, Margaret finishes her talk with Robert Evans about the time that millions of Ukrainians rose a black flag and went to war against landlords, nationalists, and Bolsheviks.

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In part three, Margaret continues to talk with Robert Evans about the time that millions of Ukrainians rose a black flag and went to war against landlords, nationalists, and Bolsheviks.

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Margaret reads a piece of folklore about the colonization of Siberia.

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In part two, Margaret continues to talk with Robert Evans about the time that millions of Ukrainians rose a black flag and went to war against landlords, nationalists, and Bolsheviks.

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Margaret talks with Robert Evans about the time that millions of Ukrainians rose a black flag and went to war against landlords, nationalists, and Bolsheviks.

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Margaret reads three Slavic folk tales about magic women and mean children.

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In part two, Margaret concludes a talk with Matt Lieb about multi-faith Palestinian resistance to early Zionist colonization.

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Margaret talks with Matt Lieb about multi-faith Palestinian resistance to early Zionist colonization.

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In part two, Margaret reads Danl a story about hackers using drones to disrupt for-profit incarceration.

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Margaret's taking a week off post mouth surgery and wants to celebrate May Day! Here's a throwback to the first episode where Margaret sat 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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Margaret's taking a week off post mouth surgery and wants to celebrate May Day! Here's a throwback to the first episode where Margaret sat 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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Margaret reads Danl a story about hackers using drones to disrupt for-profit incarceration.

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In the SIXTH part of this longest-series-ever, Margaret finally gets to Kronstadt with Mia Wong and talks about at least four Russian revolutions and general strikes, workers councils, and rebellions that tried to keep them on course.

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In part five (can you believe it?), Margaret continues to talk with Mia Wong about at least four Russian revolutions and general strikes, workers councils, and rebellions that tried to keep them on course.

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In part four, Margaret continues to talk with Mia Wong about at least four Russian revolutions and general strikes, workers councils, and rebellions that tried to keep them on course.

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In part three, Margaret continues to talk with Mia Wong about at least four Russian revolutions and general strikes, workers councils, and rebellions that tried to keep them on course.

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Margaret reads Gare a classic sci-fi tale about the divine possibility of computers.

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In part two, Margaret continues to talk with Mia Wong about at least four Russian revolutions and general strikes, workers councils, and rebellions that tried to keep them on course.

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Margaret talks with Mia Wong about at least four Russian revolutions and general strikes, workers councils, and rebellions that tried to keep them on course.

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Margaret reads Sophie a story of love gone wrong between a magician and an alchemist.

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Margaret finishes a conversation with Bridget Todd about the woman who invented software and her rather strange family.

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Margaret talks with Bridget Todd about the woman who invented software and her rather strange family.

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Margaret reads Gare a story about everyday magic, teen angst, and mixtapes.

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Margaret concludes with Snow about the folks who tried to fund a revolution the old-fashioned way.

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Margaret talks with Snow about the folks who tried to fund a revolution the old-fashioned way.

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Margaret finishes the first modern vampire, a parable about the dangers of the libertine royalty,

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In part two, Margaret talks with Robert Evans one more time about the English rebels who threw on dresses, declared a fake person their leader, and set about fighting the Industrial Revolution.

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