Margaret talks with Katy Stoll about the motley collection of rebels who sparked Irish independence.

Margaret talks with Katy Stoll about the motley collection of rebels who sparked Irish independence.

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 Easter Rising: How a Bunch of Irish Poets and Union Organizers Took On the British Empire, Died, and Then Won

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/43f58e00-7ad8-43fa-aeb8-b10b015151be/transcript

Margaret continues her talk with Prop about the Texan musician who sung his way out of prison

Sources:

Bring Judgment Day: Reclaiming Lead Belly’s Truths from Jim Crow’s Lies, Sheila Curran Bernard

https://www.nytimes.com/1962/05/20/archives/if-youre-woke-you-dig-it-no-mickey-mouse-can-be-expected-to-follow.html

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/2022/12/22/what-is-woke-meaning-naacp-leaders-talk-about-the-word-martin-st-lucie-indian-river-treasure-coast/8091099001/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/03/09/what-is-woke-meaning/11425775002/

https://www.vox.com/culture/21437879/stay-woke-wokeness-history-origin-evolution-controversy

https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/scottsboro-boys

https://www.history.com/articles/scottsboro-boys

https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/ledbetter-huddie-leadbelly

Margaret continues her talk with Prop about the Texan musician who sung his way out of prison
Sources:
Bring Judgment Day: Reclaiming Lead Belly&rsquo;s Truths from Jim Crow&rsquo;s Lies, Sheila Curran Bernard
https://www.nytimes.com/1962/05/20/archives/if-youre-woke-you-dig-it-no-mickey-mouse-can-be-expected-to-follow.html
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/2022/12/22/what-is-woke-meaning-naacp-leaders-talk-about-the-word-martin-st-lucie-indian-river-treasure-coast/8091099001/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/03/09/what-is-woke-meaning/11425775002/
https://www.vox.com/culture/21437879/stay-woke-wokeness-history-origin-evolution-controversy
https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/scottsboro-boys
https://www.history.com/articles/scottsboro-boys
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/ledbetter-huddie-leadbelly

Part Two: Lead Belly: How a Man Named Huddie Ledbetter Beat Everyone Who Tried to Keep Him Down

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/f12d3895-5775-4580-b9fe-b47a0021841e/transcript

Margaret talks with Prop about the Texan musician who sung his way out of prison.

Sources:

Bring Judgment Day: Reclaiming Lead Belly’s Truths from Jim Crow’s Lies, Sheila Curran Bernard

https://www.nytimes.com/1962/05/20/archives/if-youre-woke-you-dig-it-no-mickey-mouse-can-be-expected-to-follow.html 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/2022/12/22/what-is-woke-meaning-naacp-leaders-talk-about-the-word-martin-st-lucie-indian-river-treasure-coast/8091099001/ 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/03/09/what-is-woke-meaning/11425775002/ 

https://www.vox.com/culture/21437879/stay-woke-wokeness-history-origin-evolution-controversy 

https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/scottsboro-boys 

https://www.history.com/articles/scottsboro-boys 

https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/ledbetter-huddie-leadbelly 

Margaret talks with Prop about the Texan musician who sung his way out of prison.
Sources:
Bring Judgment Day: Reclaiming Lead Belly&rsquo;s Truths from Jim Crow&rsquo;s Lies, Sheila Curran Bernard
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1962/05/20/archives/if-youre-woke-you-dig-it-no-mickey-mouse-can-be-expected-to-follow.html">https://www.nytimes.com/1962/05/20/archives/if-youre-woke-you-dig-it-no-mickey-mouse-can-be-expected-to-follow.html</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/2022/12/22/what-is-woke-meaning-naacp-leaders-talk-about-the-word-martin-st-lucie-indian-river-treasure-coast/8091099001/">https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/2022/12/22/what-is-woke-meaning-naacp-leaders-talk-about-the-word-martin-st-lucie-indian-river-treasure-coast/8091099001/</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/03/09/what-is-woke-meaning/11425775002/">https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/03/09/what-is-woke-meaning/11425775002/</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.vox.com/culture/21437879/stay-woke-wokeness-history-origin-evolution-controversy">https://www.vox.com/culture/21437879/stay-woke-wokeness-history-origin-evolution-controversy</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/scottsboro-boys">https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/scottsboro-boys</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.history.com/articles/scottsboro-boys">https://www.history.com/articles/scottsboro-boys</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/ledbetter-huddie-leadbelly">https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/ledbetter-huddie-leadbelly</a>&nbsp;

Part One: Lead Belly: How a Man Named Huddie Ledbetter Beat Everyone Who Tried to Keep Him Down

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/13d2d638-44dc-4f0a-8684-b476001b3e38/transcript

Margaret continues talking with Kaveh Hoda about the complicated history of homosexuality and homoeroticism in one of the most important empires of the medieval era.

Sources:

https://www.jstor.org/stable/41299403
https://www.thecollector.com/osman-i-ottoman-founder/
https://islamichistory.org/osman-gazi/
https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/jmurj/vol9/iss1/4/
https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/homosexuality-ii/
https://www.webology.org/data-cms/articles/20220528061731pmwebology%2019%20(2)%20-%20670%20pdf.pdf
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6074556/
https://yoksis.bilkent.edu.tr/pdf/files/10.1177-0363199013519126.pdf
https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/164086
https://www.juancole.com/2025/12/literature-societies-homoerotic.html

Margaret continues talking with Kaveh Hoda about the complicated history of homosexuality and homoeroticism in one of the most important empires of the medieval era.
Sources:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/41299403 https://www.thecollector.com/osman-i-ottoman-founder/ https://islamichistory.org/osman-gazi/ https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/jmurj/vol9/iss1/4/ https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/homosexuality-ii/ https://www.webology.org/data-cms/articles/20220528061731pmwebology%2019%20(2)%20-%20670%20pdf.pdf https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6074556/ https://yoksis.bilkent.edu.tr/pdf/files/10.1177-0363199013519126.pdf https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/164086 https://www.juancole.com/2025/12/literature-societies-homoerotic.html

Part Two: The Gay Ottomans: Homosexuality in the Medieval Ottoman Empire

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/dc1429b6-561d-48c1-9006-b4730020d206/transcript

Part One: The Easter Rising: How a Bunch of Irish Poets and Union Organizers Took On the British Empire, Died, and Then Won

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