Margaret continues her interview with author and activist Cory Doctorow about the role of fiction in making a better world

Margaret continues her interview with author and activist Cory Doctorow about the role of fiction in making a better world

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

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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: Cory Doctorow on Speculative Fiction for Social Change

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/c1e9b619-d0a3-449d-b1af-b4a40019c1b0/transcript

Margaret talks to you about Trump's latest boogieman, the Italian hacktavists who helped free the internet

Sources:

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 
https://web.archive.org/web/20160126020743/http://www.jta.org/2009/05/28/news-opinion/united-states/holy-land-founders-get-life-sentences 
https://scalawagmagazine.org/2025/08/palestinian-political-prisoner-shukri-abu-bakers-poetry-book-debuts-in-houston/ 
https://anarchistnews.org/content/go-forth-and-multiply-may-10-100-1000-servers-spark 

Margaret talks to you about Trump's latest boogieman, the Italian hacktavists who helped free the internet
Sources:
<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;

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

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/5d012abd-95f7-47cc-b5b1-b4cb015ae4f3/transcript

Margaret reads you an essay about the lying machines that will soon be ruling the world

Margaret reads you an essay about the lying machines that will soon be ruling the world

AI Doesn't Work and We All Know It Doesn't Work

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/a51dccd5-68b0-46bd-bc55-b4c6013f6903/transcript

Margaret reads you an essay about how we have to soberly confront the realities of climate change and look for ways we can collectively take action

Source:

https://margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/beyond-climate-optimism-beyond-climate

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/climate/coral-reef-recovery-time.html

https://ourworldindata.org/electricity-mix

https://interestingengineering.com/culture/carbon-footprint-coined-by-big-oil-to-blame-you-for-climate-change

https://climate.mit.edu/ask-mit/why-have-i-heard-eating-meat-bad-climate

https://solarunitedneighbors.org/resources/what-to-know-about-plug-in-solar/

Margaret reads you an essay about how we have to soberly confront the realities of climate change and look for ways we can collectively take action
Source:
https://margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/beyond-climate-optimism-beyond-climate
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/climate/coral-reef-recovery-time.html
https://ourworldindata.org/electricity-mix
https://interestingengineering.com/culture/carbon-footprint-coined-by-big-oil-to-blame-you-for-climate-change
https://climate.mit.edu/ask-mit/why-have-i-heard-eating-meat-bad-climate
https://solarunitedneighbors.org/resources/what-to-know-about-plug-in-solar/

Beyond Climate Optimism, Beyond Climate Pessimism

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/aa64e21e-db06-415c-9ee0-b4c5001f1cce/transcript

Part Two: Cory Doctorow on Speculative Fiction for Social Change

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