Margaret continues talking with Samantha McVey about the decades-long project in Northern Japan full of worker-cooperatives and new ways of living.

https://www.dinf.ne.jp/doc/english/resource/bethel/bethel_0805.html
Karen Nakamura, A Disability of the Soul
https://aeon.co/essays/japans-radical-alternative-to-psychiatric-diagnosis

Margaret continues talking with Samantha McVey about the decades-long project in Northern Japan full of worker-cooperatives and new ways of living.
https://www.dinf.ne.jp/doc/english/resource/bethel/bethel_0805.html Karen Nakamura, A Disability of the Soul https://aeon.co/essays/japans-radical-alternative-to-psychiatric-diagnosis

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 Two: Bethel House: How Schizophrenic Folks in Japan Created a New Model of Psychiatric Care

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/35a1fda7-fcd6-482a-89be-b26d003534b9/transcript

Margaret continuing talking to Joe Kassabian about how Robin Hood might not have been real, but bandits who supported the peasantry was.

Sources:

https://mercian-as.co.uk/chester.html
https://entertablementabroad.com/2026/06/sheriffs-and-shires-the-geography-of-governance/
https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/culture-leisure/country-parks/history-of-sherwood-forest-robin-hood-and-major-oak
https://mercian-as.co.uk/about_sherwood.html
https://www.etymonline.com/word/tithe
https://www.etymonline.com/word/tour
https://www.jstor.org/stable/3678889
https://mercian-as.co.uk/outlaws.html
https://sites.nd.edu/manuscript-studies/tag/sloth/
https://www.medievalists.net/2021/05/piers-plowman-great-uprising-1381/
https://robinhoodlegend.com/the-legend/
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https://traditionalbritain.org/blog/walter-scott-as-a-conservative-thinker/
https://web.archive.org/web/20201115204031/https://d.lib.rochester.edu/robin-hood/text/chandler-robin-hood-development-of-a-popular-hero
https://www.academia.edu/6274298/Robin_Hood_and_the_Social_Context_of_Late_Medieval_Archery
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Robin_Hood

Margaret continuing talking to Joe Kassabian about how Robin Hood might not have been real, but bandits who supported the peasantry was.
Sources:
https://mercian-as.co.uk/chester.html https://entertablementabroad.com/2026/06/sheriffs-and-shires-the-geography-of-governance/ https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/culture-leisure/country-parks/history-of-sherwood-forest-robin-hood-and-major-oak https://mercian-as.co.uk/about_sherwood.html https://www.etymonline.com/word/tithe https://www.etymonline.com/word/tour https://www.jstor.org/stable/3678889 https://mercian-as.co.uk/outlaws.html https://sites.nd.edu/manuscript-studies/tag/sloth/ https://www.medievalists.net/2021/05/piers-plowman-great-uprising-1381/ https://robinhoodlegend.com/the-legend/ https://web.archive.org/web/20201116124922/https://d.lib.rochester.edu/teams/text/gest-of-robyn-hode https://traditionalbritain.org/blog/walter-scott-as-a-conservative-thinker/ https://web.archive.org/web/20201115204031/https://d.lib.rochester.edu/robin-hood/text/chandler-robin-hood-development-of-a-popular-hero https://www.academia.edu/6274298/Robin_Hood_and_the_Social_Context_of_Late_Medieval_Archery https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Robin_Hood

Part Two: Robin Hood and the Legacy of Outlaws in Medieval England

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/dce2342a-90f0-4db6-b4ac-b48f002cc8a4/transcript

Margaret talks to Joe Kassabian about how Robin Hood might not have been real, but bandits who supported the peasantry was

Sources:

https://mercian-as.co.uk/chester.html
https://entertablementabroad.com/2026/06/sheriffs-and-shires-the-geography-of-governance/
https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/culture-leisure/country-parks/history-of-sherwood-forest-robin-hood-and-major-oak
https://mercian-as.co.uk/about_sherwood.html
https://www.etymonline.com/word/tithe
https://www.etymonline.com/word/tour
https://www.jstor.org/stable/3678889
https://mercian-as.co.uk/outlaws.html
https://sites.nd.edu/manuscript-studies/tag/sloth/
https://www.medievalists.net/2021/05/piers-plowman-great-uprising-1381/
https://robinhoodlegend.com/the-legend/
https://web.archive.org/web/20201116124922/https://d.lib.rochester.edu/teams/text/gest-of-robyn-hode
https://traditionalbritain.org/blog/walter-scott-as-a-conservative-thinker/
https://web.archive.org/web/20201115204031/https://d.lib.rochester.edu/robin-hood/text/chandler-robin-hood-development-of-a-popular-hero
https://www.academia.edu/6274298/Robin_Hood_and_the_Social_Context_of_Late_Medieval_Archery
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Robin_Hood

Margaret talks to Joe Kassabian about how Robin Hood might not have been real, but bandits who supported the peasantry was
Sources:
https://mercian-as.co.uk/chester.html https://entertablementabroad.com/2026/06/sheriffs-and-shires-the-geography-of-governance/ https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/culture-leisure/country-parks/history-of-sherwood-forest-robin-hood-and-major-oak https://mercian-as.co.uk/about_sherwood.html https://www.etymonline.com/word/tithe https://www.etymonline.com/word/tour https://www.jstor.org/stable/3678889 https://mercian-as.co.uk/outlaws.html https://sites.nd.edu/manuscript-studies/tag/sloth/ https://www.medievalists.net/2021/05/piers-plowman-great-uprising-1381/ https://robinhoodlegend.com/the-legend/ https://web.archive.org/web/20201116124922/https://d.lib.rochester.edu/teams/text/gest-of-robyn-hode https://traditionalbritain.org/blog/walter-scott-as-a-conservative-thinker/ https://web.archive.org/web/20201115204031/https://d.lib.rochester.edu/robin-hood/text/chandler-robin-hood-development-of-a-popular-hero https://www.academia.edu/6274298/Robin_Hood_and_the_Social_Context_of_Late_Medieval_Archery https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Robin_Hood

Part One: Robin Hood and the Legacy of Outlaws in Medieval England

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/a936774d-d192-4799-97c6-b48c01699a3c/transcript

Margaret finished telling you about labor and class struggle in Ancient Egypt

Sources:

https://historyrise.com/article/slavery-and-forced-labor-and-comparative-history-across-egypt/

https://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/slaves.htm

https://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/medina.htm

https://www.ancient-egypt-online.com/ancient-egypt-kingdoms.html

https://vintage.tn/why-is-there-a-city-named-thebes-in-greece-and-a/

https://spokenpast.com/articles/egyptian-dream-book/

https://ancientegypt.fandom.com/wiki/Papyrus_Chester_Beatty_3

https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends/egyptian-dream-book-001621

https://www.touregypt.net/kingtomb.htm

https://blogs.nature.com/houseofwisdom/2013/01/voluntary-slavery-ancient-egyptians-paid-a-monthly-fee-to-become-temple-slaves.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jan/11/great-pyramid-tombs-slaves-egypt

https://www.thecollector.com/hatshepsut-egyptian-queen-king/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitocris

https://historicaleve.com/how-many-cleopatras-were-there-in-egypt/

https://www.thecollector.com/interview-queen-cleopatra-with-prof-paul-cartledge-oxford/

https://www.workingnowandthen.com/blog/wage-theft-the-50-billion-crime-against-workers/

https://www.thecollector.com/how-ancient-egyptians-lived-and-worked-in-the-valley-of-kings/

https://www.google.be/books/edition/Brotherhood_of_Kings/JTvRCwAAQBAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=chiefs+of+punt&pg=PA143&printsec=frontcover

https://www.wonderfulmuseums.com/museum/why-does-the-british-museum-not-return-artifacts/

https://www.history.com/articles/what-is-the-rosetta-stone

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https://www.history.com/articles/mummy-unwrapping-parties-egyptomania

https://editions.covecollective.org/content/egypt-and-orientalism

https://everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2023/08/11/orientalism-through-time-and-place-a-virtual-exhibit/

https://ninercommons.charlotte.edu/record/2825?v=pdf

https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1089/the-first-labor-strike-in-history/

Margaret finished telling you about labor and class struggle in Ancient Egypt
Sources:
https://historyrise.com/article/slavery-and-forced-labor-and-comparative-history-across-egypt/
https://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/slaves.htm
https://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/medina.htm
https://www.ancient-egypt-online.com/ancient-egypt-kingdoms.html
https://vintage.tn/why-is-there-a-city-named-thebes-in-greece-and-a/
https://spokenpast.com/articles/egyptian-dream-book/
https://ancientegypt.fandom.com/wiki/Papyrus_Chester_Beatty_3
https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends/egyptian-dream-book-001621
https://www.touregypt.net/kingtomb.htm
https://blogs.nature.com/houseofwisdom/2013/01/voluntary-slavery-ancient-egyptians-paid-a-monthly-fee-to-become-temple-slaves.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jan/11/great-pyramid-tombs-slaves-egypt
https://www.thecollector.com/hatshepsut-egyptian-queen-king/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitocris
https://historicaleve.com/how-many-cleopatras-were-there-in-egypt/
https://www.thecollector.com/interview-queen-cleopatra-with-prof-paul-cartledge-oxford/
https://www.workingnowandthen.com/blog/wage-theft-the-50-billion-crime-against-workers/
https://www.thecollector.com/how-ancient-egyptians-lived-and-worked-in-the-valley-of-kings/
https://www.google.be/books/edition/Brotherhood_of_Kings/JTvRCwAAQBAJ?hl=fr&amp;gbpv=1&amp;dq=chiefs+of+punt&amp;pg=PA143&amp;printsec=frontcover
https://www.wonderfulmuseums.com/museum/why-does-the-british-museum-not-return-artifacts/
https://www.history.com/articles/what-is-the-rosetta-stone
Oral correspondence
https://www.history.com/articles/mummy-unwrapping-parties-egyptomania
https://editions.covecollective.org/content/egypt-and-orientalism
https://everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2023/08/11/orientalism-through-time-and-place-a-virtual-exhibit/
https://ninercommons.charlotte.edu/record/2825?v=pdf
https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1089/the-first-labor-strike-in-history/

Part Two: The First Labor Strike: How the Tomb Builders of Deir El-Medina Started It All

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/4f7db9c0-d80c-4c52-803d-b48800204c80/transcript

Part Two: Bethel House: How Schizophrenic Folks in Japan Created a New Model of Psychiatric Care

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