Margaret continues talking to Andrew Ti about the strange hippie who found mainstream success with a message of peace and puppets

Sources:

https://www.gothamcenter.org/blog/bread-and-puppet-theater-in-gotham 
https://nypost.com/2021/04/23/the-civil-rights-rebels-that-created-sesame-street/ 
https://www.henson.com/jimsredbook/page/36/ 
https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Jim_Henson%27s_Memorial 
https://www.newsbreak.com/herbie-j-pilato-1590342/4941153104564-the-shocking-racist-history-of-early-sesame-street-lore-a-tragic-look-back-6-decades-later 
https://worldmetrics.org/relationship-cheating-statistics/ 
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/bert-ernie-are-gay-couple-sesame-street-writer-claims-n910701 
Jim Henson, Idea Man
Jim Henson, Brian Jay Jones

Margaret continues talking to Andrew Ti about the strange hippie who found mainstream success with a message of peace and puppets
Sources:
<a href="https://www.gothamcenter.org/blog/bread-and-puppet-theater-in-gotham">https://www.gothamcenter.org/blog/bread-and-puppet-theater-in-gotham</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/04/23/the-civil-rights-rebels-that-created-sesame-street/">https://nypost.com/2021/04/23/the-civil-rights-rebels-that-created-sesame-street/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.henson.com/jimsredbook/page/36/">https://www.henson.com/jimsredbook/page/36/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Jim_Henson%27s_Memorial">https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Jim_Henson%27s_Memorial</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.newsbreak.com/herbie-j-pilato-1590342/4941153104564-the-shocking-racist-history-of-early-sesame-street-lore-a-tragic-look-back-6-decades-later">https://www.newsbreak.com/herbie-j-pilato-1590342/4941153104564-the-shocking-racist-history-of-early-sesame-street-lore-a-tragic-look-back-6-decades-later</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://worldmetrics.org/relationship-cheating-statistics/">https://worldmetrics.org/relationship-cheating-statistics/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/bert-ernie-are-gay-couple-sesame-street-writer-claims-n910701">https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/bert-ernie-are-gay-couple-sesame-street-writer-claims-n910701</a>&nbsp; Jim Henson, Idea Man Jim Henson, Brian Jay Jones

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.

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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: Jim Henson: A Complicated Guy Who Made Stories I Really Like

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/e6152dac-4852-40bc-b90a-b4ea002b73b9/transcript

Margaret continues talking with Allison Raskin about the radicals and feminists and radical feminists who got 90% of a country's women to refuse to do work at the jobsite or at home

Sources:

https://bluestockings.com/ 
https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/icelandic-women-strike-economic-and-social-equality-1975 
https://kvennasogusafn-is.translate.goog/kvennafri/1975-2/raeda-adalheidar/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp 
https://normlex.ilo.org/dyn/nrmlx_en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:11310:0::NO:11310:P11310_INSTRUMENT_ID:312245:NO 
https://kvennasogusafn-is.translate.goog/kvennafri/1975-2/avorp-raudsokka/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp 
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/08/europe/global-womens-strike-international-womens-day-intl/index.html 
https://pages.uoregon.edu/eherman/teaching/texts/Redstockings%20Manifesto.pdf 
https://feministwiki.org/wiki/Redstockings 
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/gender-equality-by-country 
https://villagepreservation.org/2022/05/09/redstockings/ 
https://daily.jstor.org/the-bluestockings/ 
https://www.icelandreview.com/news/iceland-pay-gap-grows-despite-equality-efforts/ 
https://www.forbes.com/advisor/credit-cards/when-could-women-get-credit-cards/ 
https://www.france24.com/en/20200731-vigdis-finnbogadottir-the-world-s-first-elected-female-president 
https://www.inspiredbyiceland.com/stories/womens-right-to-vote 
https://english.hi.is/news/womens-strike-2025 
https://www.routesnorth.com/language-and-culture/icelandic-last-names-a-simple-guide/ 
https://lens.monash.edu/gender-equality-behind-icelands-paradise-for-women-image-lies-a-hidden-care-gap/ 
https://jacobin.com/2019/10/iceland-redstockings-womens-strike-feminism 

Margaret continues talking with Allison Raskin about the radicals and feminists and radical feminists who got 90% of a country's women to refuse to do work at the jobsite or at home
Sources:
<a href="https://bluestockings.com/">https://bluestockings.com/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/icelandic-women-strike-economic-and-social-equality-1975">https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/icelandic-women-strike-economic-and-social-equality-1975</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://kvennasogusafn-is.translate.goog/kvennafri/1975-2/raeda-adalheidar/?_x_tr_sl=auto&amp;_x_tr_tl=en&amp;_x_tr_hl=en&amp;_x_tr_pto=wapp">https://kvennasogusafn-is.translate.goog/kvennafri/1975-2/raeda-adalheidar/?_x_tr_sl=auto&amp;_x_tr_tl=en&amp;_x_tr_hl=en&amp;_x_tr_pto=wapp</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://normlex.ilo.org/dyn/nrmlx_en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:11310:0::NO:11310:P11310_INSTRUMENT_ID:312245:NO">https://normlex.ilo.org/dyn/nrmlx_en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:11310:0::NO:11310:P11310_INSTRUMENT_ID:312245:NO</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://kvennasogusafn-is.translate.goog/kvennafri/1975-2/avorp-raudsokka/?_x_tr_sl=auto&amp;_x_tr_tl=en&amp;_x_tr_hl=en&amp;_x_tr_pto=wapp">https://kvennasogusafn-is.translate.goog/kvennafri/1975-2/avorp-raudsokka/?_x_tr_sl=auto&amp;_x_tr_tl=en&amp;_x_tr_hl=en&amp;_x_tr_pto=wapp</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/08/europe/global-womens-strike-international-womens-day-intl/index.html">https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/08/europe/global-womens-strike-international-womens-day-intl/index.html</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://pages.uoregon.edu/eherman/teaching/texts/Redstockings%20Manifesto.pdf">https://pages.uoregon.edu/eherman/teaching/texts/Redstockings%20Manifesto.pdf</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://feministwiki.org/wiki/Redstockings">https://feministwiki.org/wiki/Redstockings</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/gender-equality-by-country">https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/gender-equality-by-country</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://villagepreservation.org/2022/05/09/redstockings/">https://villagepreservation.org/2022/05/09/redstockings/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://daily.jstor.org/the-bluestockings/">https://daily.jstor.org/the-bluestockings/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.icelandreview.com/news/iceland-pay-gap-grows-despite-equality-efforts/">https://www.icelandreview.com/news/iceland-pay-gap-grows-despite-equality-efforts/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.forbes.com/advisor/credit-cards/when-could-women-get-credit-cards/">https://www.forbes.com/advisor/credit-cards/when-could-women-get-credit-cards/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/20200731-vigdis-finnbogadottir-the-world-s-first-elected-female-president">https://www.france24.com/en/20200731-vigdis-finnbogadottir-the-world-s-first-elected-female-president</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.inspiredbyiceland.com/stories/womens-right-to-vote">https://www.inspiredbyiceland.com/stories/womens-right-to-vote</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://english.hi.is/news/womens-strike-2025">https://english.hi.is/news/womens-strike-2025</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.routesnorth.com/language-and-culture/icelandic-last-names-a-simple-guide/">https://www.routesnorth.com/language-and-culture/icelandic-last-names-a-simple-guide/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://lens.monash.edu/gender-equality-behind-icelands-paradise-for-women-image-lies-a-hidden-care-gap/">https://lens.monash.edu/gender-equality-behind-icelands-paradise-for-women-image-lies-a-hidden-care-gap/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://jacobin.com/2019/10/iceland-redstockings-womens-strike-feminism">https://jacobin.com/2019/10/iceland-redstockings-womens-strike-feminism</a>&nbsp;

Part Two: The Iceland Women's Strike of 1975: How Iceland Became the Most Gender Equal Country on Earth

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/5cc8f4be-90d9-41d5-b449-b4ff003dc0bf/transcript

Margaret talks with Allison Raskin about the radicals and feminists and radical feminists who got 90% of a country's women to refuse to do work at the jobsite or at home

Sources:

https://bluestockings.com/ 
https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/icelandic-women-strike-economic-and-social-equality-1975 
https://kvennasogusafn-is.translate.goog/kvennafri/1975-2/raeda-adalheidar/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp 
https://normlex.ilo.org/dyn/nrmlx_en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:11310:0::NO:11310:P11310_INSTRUMENT_ID:312245:NO 
https://kvennasogusafn-is.translate.goog/kvennafri/1975-2/avorp-raudsokka/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp 
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/08/europe/global-womens-strike-international-womens-day-intl/index.html 
https://pages.uoregon.edu/eherman/teaching/texts/Redstockings%20Manifesto.pdf 
https://feministwiki.org/wiki/Redstockings 
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/gender-equality-by-country 
https://villagepreservation.org/2022/05/09/redstockings/ 
https://daily.jstor.org/the-bluestockings/ 
https://www.icelandreview.com/news/iceland-pay-gap-grows-despite-equality-efforts/ 
https://www.forbes.com/advisor/credit-cards/when-could-women-get-credit-cards/ 
https://www.france24.com/en/20200731-vigdis-finnbogadottir-the-world-s-first-elected-female-president 
https://www.inspiredbyiceland.com/stories/womens-right-to-vote 
https://english.hi.is/news/womens-strike-2025 
https://www.routesnorth.com/language-and-culture/icelandic-last-names-a-simple-guide/ 
https://lens.monash.edu/gender-equality-behind-icelands-paradise-for-women-image-lies-a-hidden-care-gap/ 
https://jacobin.com/2019/10/iceland-redstockings-womens-strike-feminism 

Margaret talks with Allison Raskin about the radicals and feminists and radical feminists who got 90% of a country's women to refuse to do work at the jobsite or at home
Sources:
<a href="https://bluestockings.com/">https://bluestockings.com/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/icelandic-women-strike-economic-and-social-equality-1975">https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/icelandic-women-strike-economic-and-social-equality-1975</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://kvennasogusafn-is.translate.goog/kvennafri/1975-2/raeda-adalheidar/?_x_tr_sl=auto&amp;_x_tr_tl=en&amp;_x_tr_hl=en&amp;_x_tr_pto=wapp">https://kvennasogusafn-is.translate.goog/kvennafri/1975-2/raeda-adalheidar/?_x_tr_sl=auto&amp;_x_tr_tl=en&amp;_x_tr_hl=en&amp;_x_tr_pto=wapp</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://normlex.ilo.org/dyn/nrmlx_en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:11310:0::NO:11310:P11310_INSTRUMENT_ID:312245:NO">https://normlex.ilo.org/dyn/nrmlx_en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:11310:0::NO:11310:P11310_INSTRUMENT_ID:312245:NO</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://kvennasogusafn-is.translate.goog/kvennafri/1975-2/avorp-raudsokka/?_x_tr_sl=auto&amp;_x_tr_tl=en&amp;_x_tr_hl=en&amp;_x_tr_pto=wapp">https://kvennasogusafn-is.translate.goog/kvennafri/1975-2/avorp-raudsokka/?_x_tr_sl=auto&amp;_x_tr_tl=en&amp;_x_tr_hl=en&amp;_x_tr_pto=wapp</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/08/europe/global-womens-strike-international-womens-day-intl/index.html">https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/08/europe/global-womens-strike-international-womens-day-intl/index.html</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://pages.uoregon.edu/eherman/teaching/texts/Redstockings%20Manifesto.pdf">https://pages.uoregon.edu/eherman/teaching/texts/Redstockings%20Manifesto.pdf</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://feministwiki.org/wiki/Redstockings">https://feministwiki.org/wiki/Redstockings</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/gender-equality-by-country">https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/gender-equality-by-country</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://villagepreservation.org/2022/05/09/redstockings/">https://villagepreservation.org/2022/05/09/redstockings/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://daily.jstor.org/the-bluestockings/">https://daily.jstor.org/the-bluestockings/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.icelandreview.com/news/iceland-pay-gap-grows-despite-equality-efforts/">https://www.icelandreview.com/news/iceland-pay-gap-grows-despite-equality-efforts/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.forbes.com/advisor/credit-cards/when-could-women-get-credit-cards/">https://www.forbes.com/advisor/credit-cards/when-could-women-get-credit-cards/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/20200731-vigdis-finnbogadottir-the-world-s-first-elected-female-president">https://www.france24.com/en/20200731-vigdis-finnbogadottir-the-world-s-first-elected-female-president</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.inspiredbyiceland.com/stories/womens-right-to-vote">https://www.inspiredbyiceland.com/stories/womens-right-to-vote</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://english.hi.is/news/womens-strike-2025">https://english.hi.is/news/womens-strike-2025</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.routesnorth.com/language-and-culture/icelandic-last-names-a-simple-guide/">https://www.routesnorth.com/language-and-culture/icelandic-last-names-a-simple-guide/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://lens.monash.edu/gender-equality-behind-icelands-paradise-for-women-image-lies-a-hidden-care-gap/">https://lens.monash.edu/gender-equality-behind-icelands-paradise-for-women-image-lies-a-hidden-care-gap/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://jacobin.com/2019/10/iceland-redstockings-womens-strike-feminism">https://jacobin.com/2019/10/iceland-redstockings-womens-strike-feminism</a>&nbsp;

Part One: The Iceland Women's Strike of 1975: How Iceland Became the Most Gender Equal Country on Earth

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/1d486967-1637-43e9-bba2-b4fd0035eb08/transcript

Margaret continues talking with defendant Isaac Sant about the resistance to ICE in the Twin Cities and federal repression

links referenced:

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

Wired article on HSI spying: https://www.wired.com/story/ice-is-running-one-of-the-largest-anti-left-surveillance-operations-in-us-history/ 

NYtimes article on Operation Puppet Master: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/us/politics/dhs-inquiry-immigration-protests-minnesota.html 

Minnesota 15 legal defense fund: https://chuffed.org/project/186570-minnesota-15-legal-defense-fund 

The first article to note the correlation between the Northside events and the drop in abductions: https://crimethinc.com/2026/02/23/their-escalation-and-ours-how-the-fight-against-ice-in-the-twin-cities-gained-momentum 

Guardian article on nspm-7 defendants union:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/06/trump-protesters-antifa-defendants-union 

https://nspm7union.com/ 

https://minnesota15.org 

https://prairielanddefendants.com/ 

https://www.defendmichigan8.org/ 

https://pjals.org/spokane3/ 

 

Margaret continues talking with defendant Isaac Sant about the resistance to ICE in the Twin Cities and federal repression
links referenced:
Alexio fundraiser: <a href="https://chuffed.org/project/alexio-mutual-aid">https://chuffed.org/project/alexio-mutual-aid</a>&nbsp;
Wired article on HSI spying: <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/ice-is-running-one-of-the-largest-anti-left-surveillance-operations-in-us-history/">https://www.wired.com/story/ice-is-running-one-of-the-largest-anti-left-surveillance-operations-in-us-history/</a>&nbsp;
NYtimes article on Operation Puppet Master: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/us/politics/dhs-inquiry-immigration-protests-minnesota.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/us/politics/dhs-inquiry-immigration-protests-minnesota.html</a>&nbsp;
Minnesota 15 legal defense fund: <a href="https://chuffed.org/project/186570-minnesota-15-legal-defense-fund">https://chuffed.org/project/186570-minnesota-15-legal-defense-fund</a>&nbsp;
The first article to note the correlation between the Northside events and the drop in abductions: <a href="https://crimethinc.com/2026/02/23/their-escalation-and-ours-how-the-fight-against-ice-in-the-twin-cities-gained-momentum">https://crimethinc.com/2026/02/23/their-escalation-and-ours-how-the-fight-against-ice-in-the-twin-cities-gained-momentum</a>&nbsp;
Guardian article on nspm-7 defendants union: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/06/trump-protesters-antifa-defendants-union">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/06/trump-protesters-antifa-defendants-union</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://nspm7union.com/">https://nspm7union.com/</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://minnesota15.org">https://minnesota15.org</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://prairielanddefendants.com/">https://prairielanddefendants.com/</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.defendmichigan8.org/">https://www.defendmichigan8.org/</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://pjals.org/spokane3/">https://pjals.org/spokane3/</a>&nbsp;
&nbsp;

Part Two: The Minnesota 15 and the Repression of Anti-fascism

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/9c1a5280-bba1-4997-bfca-b4f800434e34/transcript

Part Two: Jim Henson: A Complicated Guy Who Made Stories I Really Like

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