Margaret talks with Garrison Davis about how the Church tried, and largely failed, to stop the wild revelry of the winter solstice.

Margaret talks with Garrison Davis about how the Church tried, and largely failed, to stop the wild revelry of the winter solstice.

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.

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.

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

There’s a reason the History Channel has produced hundreds of documentaries about Hitler but only a few about Dwight D. Eisenhower. Bad guys (and gals) are eternally fascinating. Behind the Bastards dives in past the Cliffs Notes of the worst humans in history and exposes the bizarre realities of their lives. Listeners will learn about the young adult novels that helped Hitler form his monstrous ideology, the founder of Blackwater’s insane quest to build his own Air Force, the bizarre lives of the sons and daughters of dictators and Saddam Hussein’s side career as a trashy romance novelist.

Everything you don't know about History's greatest monsters

Behind the Bastards

As long as there&rsquo;s been oppression, there&rsquo;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&mdash;and fight to be&mdash;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.

Part One: Keep the Yuletide Gay: Saturnalia & the Puritan War on Christmas

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Margaret talks with Charles McBryde about the underground organization of anarcho-communists fighting against their own authoritarian government.

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https://www.anarchistnews.org/content/anarchist-ruslan-siddiqui-sentenced-29-years-maximum-security-penal-colony
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-20120888
 https://avtonom.org/en/news/anarchist-alexey-rozhkov-sentenced-16-years-setting-fire-military-enlistment-office
https://crimethinc.com/2022/02/15/war-and-anarchists-anti-authoritarian-perspectives-in-ukraine
https://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/280988
https://avtonom.org/en/news/you-could-call-me-partisan-ruslan-siddiqi-recounts-his-anti-war-actions
https://theins.ru/en/politics/252885
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmJZVKLQylA
https://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-war
https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2025/05/29/i-couldnt-watch-people-die-in-silence-en
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2024/04/27/russia-prison-sentences-for-terrorist-graffiti/

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-colony https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-20120888 &nbsp;https://avtonom.org/en/news/anarchist-alexey-rozhkov-sentenced-16-years-setting-fire-military-enlistment-office https://crimethinc.com/2022/02/15/war-and-anarchists-anti-authoritarian-perspectives-in-ukraine https://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/280988 https://avtonom.org/en/news/you-could-call-me-partisan-ruslan-siddiqi-recounts-his-anti-war-actions https://theins.ru/en/politics/252885 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmJZVKLQylA https://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-war https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2025/05/29/i-couldnt-watch-people-die-in-silence-en https://freedomnews.org.uk/2024/04/27/russia-prison-sentences-for-terrorist-graffiti/

Part One: If Not Us Than Who: The Russian Partisans at War Against Putin

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Margaret continues her talk with Molly Crabapple about her book Here Where We Live is Our Country

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Margaret continues her talk with Molly Crabapple about her book Here Where We Live is Our Country
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Part Two: Molly Crabapple on the Jewish Labor Bund

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Margaret talks with Molly Crabapple about her book Here Where We Live is Our Country.

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Margaret talks with Molly Crabapple about her book Here Where We Live is Our Country.
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Part One: Molly Crabapple on the Jewish Labor Bund

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/6651f9f1-08b3-45b1-85d5-b40f00153d7f/transcript

Part One: Keep the Yuletide Gay: Saturnalia & the Puritan War on Christmas

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