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

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

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

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: Dungeons & Dragons: The History of Some Great and Terrible Nerdery

Margaret continues talking with Hazel Robin about the 30th anniversary of the successful fight to save Warner Creek in Oregon

Margaret continues talking with Hazel Robin about the 30th anniversary of the successful fight to save Warner Creek in Oregon

Part Two: The Warner Creek Free State: The Camp That Lasted a Year and Won

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/bc580d65-d9cf-4a5b-bdd5-b4e30023e73c/transcript

Margaret talks with Hazel Robin about the 30th anniversary of the successful fight to save Warner Creek in Oregon

Margaret talks with Hazel Robin about the 30th anniversary of the successful fight to save Warner Creek in Oregon

Part One: The Warner Creek Free State: The Camp That Lasted a Year and Won

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/e1fd37fd-aa0e-4809-a671-b4e10037470f/transcript

Margaret finishes talking to you about the history behind Trump's latest boogieman, the Italian hacktavists who helped free the internet.

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https://chuffed.org/project/alexio-mutual-aid 

https://publish.fid-media.de/server/api/core/bitstreams/f8e99026-0049-4da6-bd2e-1b5a9d84b477/content 
https://www.inventati.org/campaign/press 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State_list_of_Foreign_Terrorist_Organizations 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specially_designated_global_terrorist 

https://www.icnl.org/resources/research/ijnl/solving-the-necessity-conundrum-what-the-drug-war-can-teach-us-about-due-process-for-u-s-charities-in-the-fight-against-international-terrorist-financing 
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https://theconversation.com/looking-back-at-1992-italys-horrible-year-66739 
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Margaret finishes talking to you about the history behind Trump's latest boogieman, the Italian hacktavists who helped free the internet.
Sources:
<a href="https://chuffed.org/project/alexio-mutual-aid">https://chuffed.org/project/alexio-mutual-aid</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://publish.fid-media.de/server/api/core/bitstreams/f8e99026-0049-4da6-bd2e-1b5a9d84b477/content">https://publish.fid-media.de/server/api/core/bitstreams/f8e99026-0049-4da6-bd2e-1b5a9d84b477/content</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.inventati.org/campaign/press">https://www.inventati.org/campaign/press</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State_list_of_Foreign_Terrorist_Organizations">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State_list_of_Foreign_Terrorist_Organizations</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specially_designated_global_terrorist">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specially_designated_global_terrorist</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.icnl.org/resources/research/ijnl/solving-the-necessity-conundrum-what-the-drug-war-can-teach-us-about-due-process-for-u-s-charities-in-the-fight-against-international-terrorist-financing">https://www.icnl.org/resources/research/ijnl/solving-the-necessity-conundrum-what-the-drug-war-can-teach-us-about-due-process-for-u-s-charities-in-the-fight-against-international-terrorist-financing</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160126020743/http://www.jta.org/2009/05/28/news-opinion/united-states/holy-land-founders-get-life-sentences">https://web.archive.org/web/20160126020743/http://www.jta.org/2009/05/28/news-opinion/united-states/holy-land-founders-get-life-sentences</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://scalawagmagazine.org/2025/08/palestinian-political-prisoner-shukri-abu-bakers-poetry-book-debuts-in-houston/">https://scalawagmagazine.org/2025/08/palestinian-political-prisoner-shukri-abu-bakers-poetry-book-debuts-in-houston/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://anarchistnews.org/content/go-forth-and-multiply-may-10-100-1000-servers-spark">https://anarchistnews.org/content/go-forth-and-multiply-may-10-100-1000-servers-spark</a>&nbsp; <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/12/newsid_3953000/3953999.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/12/newsid_3953000/3953999.stm</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://libcom.org/article/1969-strategy-tension-italy">https://libcom.org/article/1969-strategy-tension-italy</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://libcom.org/article/giuseppe-pinelli-death-anarchist">https://libcom.org/article/giuseppe-pinelli-death-anarchist</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://files.libcom.org/files/Secrets-and-Bombs.pdf">https://files.libcom.org/files/Secrets-and-Bombs.pdf</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/16/world/evolution-in-europe-italy-discloses-its-web-of-cold-war-guerrillas.html">https://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/16/world/evolution-in-europe-italy-discloses-its-web-of-cold-war-guerrillas.html</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://theconversation.com/looking-back-at-1992-italys-horrible-year-66739">https://theconversation.com/looking-back-at-1992-italys-horrible-year-66739</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://theconversation.com/looking-back-at-1992-italys-horrible-year-66739">https://theconversation.com/looking-back-at-1992-italys-horrible-year-66739</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2001/07/22/carlo-una-vita-contro.html">https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2001/07/22/carlo-una-vita-contro.html</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://blog.pmpress.org/2026/07/20/a-letter-to-carlo-giuliani/">https://blog.pmpress.org/2026/07/20/a-letter-to-carlo-giuliani/</a>&nbsp;

Part Four: Autistici/Inventati and the Fight for the Autonomous Internet

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/f1c44119-91f2-479a-bdb3-b4dc00157555/transcript

Part One: Dungeons & Dragons: The History of Some Great and Terrible Nerdery

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