In 1871, the people of Paris, tired of starving, took up arms and declared their city an autonomous commune. For almost two months, they ran their utopian experiment, and though they were eventually crushed, they inspired revolutionaries across the world for generations to come.

In 1871, the people of Paris, tired of starving, took up arms and declared their city an autonomous commune. For almost two months, they ran their utopian experiment, and though they were eventually crushed, they inspired revolutionaries across the world for generations to come.

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: The Paris Commune: How to Steal Back Your Own City

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/d50e0293-51a9-4603-abbc-ae9b0132ea43/transcript

Margaret talks with Andrew Ti about the worldwide movement, backed by science, that is changing how we treat children.

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https://web.archive.org/web/20110314161338/http://www.zona-pellucida.com/wilson02.html

Margaret talks with Andrew Ti about the worldwide movement, backed by science, that is changing how we treat children.
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https://www.brookings.edu/articles/corporal-punishment-schools-and-race-an-update/
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https://endcorporalpunishment.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/India.pdf
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https://psycnet.apa.org/manuscript/2025-10635-001.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20110314161338/http://www.zona-pellucida.com/wilson02.html

Part One: The Movement Against the Corporal Punishment of Children

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/f61d528e-28fc-47fe-842e-b46a002f1957/transcript

Margaret concludes the story of the punks, hippies, and poets in Vancouver, Canada who pioneered the modern harm reduction movement

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Fighting for Space, Travis Lupick (https://firestorm.coop/products/11537-fighting-for-space.html?referral=killjoy)
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https://www.vice.com/en/article/poll-taxriot-anniversary-solomon-hughes-382/
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https://riseupfeministarchive.ca/poster/la-quena-presents-inti-illimani-and-holly-near
personal correspondence
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https://www.drugpolicy.ca/insite-vigil-poem-by-the-late-bud-osborn/
https://www.toronto.com/news/harm-reduction-worker-remembered-at-leslieville-memorial/article_2e6eeeac-47de-57bd-88bc-aa9922ba1e5d.html
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https://www.straight.com/news/959286/vancouver-area-network-drug-users-looks-back-20-years-fighting-human-rights#
https://www.thesocialjusticecentre.org/blog/2018/1/14/fighting-for-space-travis-lupick-and-ann-livingston-on-drug-users-struggles-in-vancouver
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/07/13/619546120/watchful-eyes-at-peer-run-injection-sites-drug-users-help-each-other-stay-safe
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/dulf-compassion-club-guilty-drug-trafficking-9.6972135
https://www.stalbertgazette.com/health/stopping-overdoses-like-bailing-a-boat-with-a-thimble-bc-court-hears-11535161

https://filtermag.org/dulf-safe-supply-compassion-club-exemption/
https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/04/15/For-One-Day-BC-Activists-Handed-Out-Clean-Heroin-Cocaine/

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://abcbookworld.com/article/article-15099/ https://globalnews.ca/news/370804/income-by-postal-code/ https://immigrationnewscanada.ca/most-dangerous-cities-in-canada-mid-2025/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/expo-86-evictions-remembered-1.3566844 https://riseupfeministarchive.ca/poster/la-quena-presents-inti-illimani-and-holly-near personal correspondence https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/christopher-b-r-smith-harm-reduction-as-anarchist-practice https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/zoe-dodd-alexander-mcclelland-taking-risks-is-a-path-to-survival https://inpud.net/who-we-are/ https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/zoe-dodd-alexander-mcclelland-the-revolution-will-not-be-sober https://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/when-labour-organizing-and-harm-reduction-meet https://www.drugpolicy.ca/insite-vigil-poem-by-the-late-bud-osborn/ https://www.toronto.com/news/harm-reduction-worker-remembered-at-leslieville-memorial/article_2e6eeeac-47de-57bd-88bc-aa9922ba1e5d.html https://uppingtheanti.org/journal/article/20-you-get-exactly-what-you-fight-for-and-nothingmore https://www.vice.com/en/article/meet-the-harm-reduction-worker-who-called-out-trudeau-on-the-opioid-crisis/ https://www.cbc.ca/radio/outintheopen/out-in-the-open-on-july-9-2016-addiction-1.3663909/harm-reduction-worker-by-day-fentanyl-user-at-night-one-man-s-story-of-recreational-opioid-use-1.3663917 https://www.straight.com/news/959286/vancouver-area-network-drug-users-looks-back-20-years-fighting-human-rights# https://www.thesocialjusticecentre.org/blog/2018/1/14/fighting-for-space-travis-lupick-and-ann-livingston-on-drug-users-struggles-in-vancouver https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/07/13/619546120/watchful-eyes-at-peer-run-injection-sites-drug-users-help-each-other-stay-safe https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/dulf-compassion-club-guilty-drug-trafficking-9.6972135 https://www.stalbertgazette.com/health/stopping-overdoses-like-bailing-a-boat-with-a-thimble-bc-court-hears-11535161
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Part Six: Harm Reduction: The Direct Action Movement that Changed How We Understand Addiction

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/a6657de9-bd69-478d-80f4-b465000a3501/transcript

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)
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https://www.vice.com/en/article/poll-taxriot-anniversary-solomon-hughes-382/
https://abcbookworld.com/article/article-15099/
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https://inpud.net/who-we-are/
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https://www.toronto.com/news/harm-reduction-worker-remembered-at-leslieville-memorial/article_2e6eeeac-47de-57bd-88bc-aa9922ba1e5d.html
https://uppingtheanti.org/journal/article/20-you-get-exactly-what-you-fight-for-and-nothingmore
https://www.vice.com/en/article/meet-the-harm-reduction-worker-who-called-out-trudeau-on-the-opioid-crisis/
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/outintheopen/out-in-the-open-on-july-9-2016-addiction-1.3663909/harm-reduction-worker-by-day-fentanyl-user-at-night-one-man-s-story-of-recreational-opioid-use-1.3663917
https://www.straight.com/news/959286/vancouver-area-network-drug-users-looks-back-20-years-fighting-human-rights#
https://www.thesocialjusticecentre.org/blog/2018/1/14/fighting-for-space-travis-lupick-and-ann-livingston-on-drug-users-struggles-in-vancouver
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/dulf-compassion-club-guilty-drug-trafficking-9.6972135
https://www.stalbertgazette.com/health/stopping-overdoses-like-bailing-a-boat-with-a-thimble-bc-court-hears-11535161

https://filtermag.org/dulf-safe-supply-compassion-club-exemption/
https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/04/15/For-One-Day-BC-Activists-Handed-Out-Clean-Heroin-Cocaine/

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/ https://abcbookworld.com/article/article-15099/ https://globalnews.ca/news/370804/income-by-postal-code/ https://immigrationnewscanada.ca/most-dangerous-cities-in-canada-mid-2025/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/expo-86-evictions-remembered-1.3566844 https://riseupfeministarchive.ca/poster/la-quena-presents-inti-illimani-and-holly-near personal correspondence https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/christopher-b-r-smith-harm-reduction-as-anarchist-practice https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/zoe-dodd-alexander-mcclelland-taking-risks-is-a-path-to-survival https://inpud.net/who-we-are/ https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/zoe-dodd-alexander-mcclelland-the-revolution-will-not-be-sober https://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/when-labour-organizing-and-harm-reduction-meet https://www.drugpolicy.ca/insite-vigil-poem-by-the-late-bud-osborn/ https://www.toronto.com/news/harm-reduction-worker-remembered-at-leslieville-memorial/article_2e6eeeac-47de-57bd-88bc-aa9922ba1e5d.html https://uppingtheanti.org/journal/article/20-you-get-exactly-what-you-fight-for-and-nothingmore https://www.vice.com/en/article/meet-the-harm-reduction-worker-who-called-out-trudeau-on-the-opioid-crisis/ https://www.cbc.ca/radio/outintheopen/out-in-the-open-on-july-9-2016-addiction-1.3663909/harm-reduction-worker-by-day-fentanyl-user-at-night-one-man-s-story-of-recreational-opioid-use-1.3663917 https://www.straight.com/news/959286/vancouver-area-network-drug-users-looks-back-20-years-fighting-human-rights# https://www.thesocialjusticecentre.org/blog/2018/1/14/fighting-for-space-travis-lupick-and-ann-livingston-on-drug-users-struggles-in-vancouver https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/07/13/619546120/watchful-eyes-at-peer-run-injection-sites-drug-users-help-each-other-stay-safe https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/dulf-compassion-club-guilty-drug-trafficking-9.6972135 https://www.stalbertgazette.com/health/stopping-overdoses-like-bailing-a-boat-with-a-thimble-bc-court-hears-11535161
https://filtermag.org/dulf-safe-supply-compassion-club-exemption/ https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/04/15/For-One-Day-BC-Activists-Handed-Out-Clean-Heroin-Cocaine/

Part Five: Harm Reduction: The Direct Action Movement that Changed How We Understand Addiction

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/39919c4d-9bf9-4628-9f6e-b46300182fa9/transcript

Part One: The Paris Commune: How to Steal Back Your Own City

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