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Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts 539 episodes Latest Jun 8, 2026

This weekly podcast dives into history to highlight rebels, revolts, and people fighting oppression. It explores complex stories of resistance that offer lessons and inspiration for today, focusing on the ensemble casts that make up each act of history.

Episodes

Part Six: Harm Reduction: The Direct Action Movement that Changed How We Understand Addiction Jun 10, 2026 2409 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://ab
Part Five: Harm Reduction: The Direct Action Movement that Changed How We Understand Addiction Jun 8, 2026 2251 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/
CZM Book Club: Phone Resistance, by Safear Ness -- with In The Belly Magazine Jun 7, 2026 1589 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.
Part Two: DULF: the Drug User Liberation Front and the Fight For a Safe Supply Jun 3, 2026 3229 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/
Part One: DULF: the Drug User Liberation Front and the Fight For a Safe Supply Jun 1, 2026 3347 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-prev
CZM Book Club: The End, Like Sand, by Margaret Killjoy May 31, 2026 2123 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.
CZM Rewind: Part Two: Riot Dogs Are Very Good Dogs May 27, 2026 2995 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.
CZM Rewind: Part One: Riot Dogs Are Very Good Dogs May 25, 2026 3480 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.
CZM Book Club: Clashing/Complementary, by Rafi Kleiman May 24, 2026 2174 Margaret reads you a story about an enchanted graffiti turf war and a flying bike chase.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Part Four: Harm Reduction: The Direct Action Movement that Changed How We Understand Addiction May 20, 2026 2555 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-a
Part Three: Harm Reduction: The Direct Action Movement that Changed How We Understand Addiction May 18, 2026 1819 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-3
CZM Book Club: Moonkids, by Abbey Mei Otis, Part 2 May 17, 2026 1668 Margaret continues with the final part of a gutting story about rejection and re-accimlationSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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