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Margaret reads you a story about yearning and magic and folklore and teenage gays.

Your storytime podcast for a troubled world and for those who dream of better tomorrows, Cool Zone Media Book Club brings you fiction that is one part provocative and one part cozy. Read to you by host Margaret Killjoy, this is the only book club where you don’t have to do the reading, because we do it for you.

Your storytime podcast for a troubled world and for those who dream of better tomorrows, Cool Zone Media Book Club brings you fiction that is one part provocative and one part cozy. Read to you by host Margaret Killjoy, this is the only book club where you don&rsquo;t have to do the reading, because we do it for you.

Cool Zone Media Book Club

It Could Happen Here started as an exploration of the possibility of a new civil war. Now a daily show, it's evolved into a chronicle of collapse as it happens, and an exploration of how we might build a better future. Every day Robert Evans, Garrison Davis, Mia Wong, and James Stout take you on a jaunty walk through the burning ruins of the old world and towards a better one that lays just on the horizon.

It Could Happen Here started as an exploration of the possibility of a new civil war. Now a daily show, it's evolved into a chronicle of collapse as it happens, and an exploration of how we might build a better future. Every day Robert Evans, Garrison Davis, Mia Wong, and James Stout take you on a jaunty walk through the burning ruins of the old world and towards a better one that lays just on the horizon.

It Could Happen Here

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

Listen to this collection of top episodes from iHeartRadio and iHeartPodcasts. 

Listen to this collection of top episodes from iHeartRadio and iHeartPodcasts.&nbsp;

Podcasts from iHeartRadio

CZM Book Club: Selkie Stories Are For Losers, by Sofia Samatar

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/ee72833e-5cd8-4d09-88e1-b3660013de63/transcript

Garrison reports from Albany at a  rally to raise taxes on millionaires while a budget crisis looms in New York City.

Sources:
https://taxtherichny.com/action/

https://ourtime.nyc/  

https://www.capitolconfidential.com/p/new-york-gained-thousands-of-new 

https://www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/19/mamdani-budget-parks-libraries/


https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/01/mayor-mamdani---governor-hochul-to-launch-free-child-care-for-tw 

https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/01/executive-order-12

Garrison reports from Albany at a &nbsp;rally to raise taxes on millionaires while a budget crisis looms in New York City.
Sources: <a href="https://taxtherichny.com/action/">https://taxtherichny.com/action/</a> 
<a href="https://ourtime.nyc/">https://ourtime.nyc/</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.capitolconfidential.com/p/new-york-gained-thousands-of-new">https://www.capitolconfidential.com/p/new-york-gained-thousands-of-new</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/19/mamdani-budget-parks-libraries/">https://www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/19/mamdani-budget-parks-libraries/</a> 
<a href="https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/01/mayor-mamdani---governor-hochul-to-launch-free-child-care-for-tw">https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/01/mayor-mamdani---governor-hochul-to-launch-free-child-care-for-tw</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/01/executive-order-12">https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/01/executive-order-12</a>

Tax the Rich Takes the New York Capitol 

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/98e26248-7e9d-4093-b5c0-b4010175a158/transcript

Dana El Kurd speaks to Danielle Cantor, Israeli leftist activist and co-founder of Culture of Solidarity – a mutual aid organization in Israel/Palestine. They talk about the role of mutual aid in mobilization, the impact of occupation on the Israeli system, and where the Israeli left has gone since the October 7th attacks. 

Sources:

Gisha - https://gisha.org/en/ 

Breaking the Silence - https://www.breakingthesilence.org.il/ 

Zochrot - https://www.zochrot.org/welcome/index/en 

Culture for Solidarity - https://www.instagram.com/culture_of_solidarity/ 

Dignity for Palestinians - https://dignity4palestine.org/ 

Physicians for Human Rights Israel - https://www.phr.org.il/en/ 

Rabbis for Human Rights - https://www.rhr.org.il/en/ 

Remembering Awda Hathaleen - https://jewishcurrents.org/remembering-awdah-hathaleen 

Beith El-Meem - https://www.beitelmeem.org.il/aboutus-eng 

“No Other Land” documentary - https://releasing.dogwoof.com/no-other-land 

“Coexistance my ass!” documentary - https://www.coexistencemyass.com/ 

Dahlia Scheindlin's book "The Crooked Timber" on Israeli democracy and the occupation - https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110796582/html?lang=en&srsltid=AfmBOoqr8ur0KCgqZAYrxz5fZYX7QZpUlt6vN0b7zWTl-lJzNZDV-mgs 

Dana El Kurd speaks to Danielle Cantor, Israeli leftist activist and co-founder of Culture of Solidarity &ndash; a mutual aid organization in Israel/Palestine. They talk about the role of mutual aid in mobilization, the impact of occupation on the Israeli system, and where the Israeli left has gone since the October 7th attacks.&nbsp;
Sources:
Gisha - <a href="https://gisha.org/en/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="d91cf5f4-b708-4ad2-8e01-f58e0d2a27a6">https://gisha.org/en/</a>&nbsp;
Breaking the Silence - <a href="https://www.breakingthesilence.org.il/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="d44865ba-e1c4-4305-a6a0-870a899c1541">https://www.breakingthesilence.org.il/</a>&nbsp;
Zochrot - <a href="https://www.zochrot.org/welcome/index/en" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="7cc80ee0-5046-45d8-8d11-8b1f4868a35d">https://www.zochrot.org/welcome/index/en</a>&nbsp;
Culture for Solidarity - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/culture_of_solidarity/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="45341e57-d1ce-48c1-9d81-9062a0a75d5e">https://www.instagram.com/culture_of_solidarity/</a>&nbsp;
Dignity for Palestinians - <a href="https://dignity4palestine.org/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="47ecf8f5-b725-4b59-a982-00b42c6f788e">https://dignity4palestine.org/</a>&nbsp;
Physicians for Human Rights Israel - <a href="https://www.phr.org.il/en/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="1ae29a8c-9a7e-44a7-a1c9-669639af5f9b">https://www.phr.org.il/en/</a>&nbsp;
Rabbis for Human Rights - <a href="https://www.rhr.org.il/en/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="a6b5540c-26fe-4d7a-bfbe-6bf65d5ad4ef">https://www.rhr.org.il/en/</a>&nbsp;
Remembering Awda Hathaleen - <a href="https://jewishcurrents.org/remembering-awdah-hathaleen" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="33f6251b-dce0-4f78-bfae-7b922b5f1d3c">https://jewishcurrents.org/remembering-awdah-hathaleen</a>&nbsp;
Beith El-Meem - <a href="https://www.beitelmeem.org.il/aboutus-eng" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="0aa125e7-c5eb-4e28-b51f-78908f5578ee">https://www.beitelmeem.org.il/aboutus-eng</a>&nbsp;
&ldquo;No Other Land&rdquo; documentary - <a href="https://releasing.dogwoof.com/no-other-land" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="82884da2-7857-4f1f-98be-208550ccd446">https://releasing.dogwoof.com/no-other-land</a>&nbsp;
&ldquo;Coexistance my ass!&rdquo; documentary - <a href="https://www.coexistencemyass.com/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="a969fb1a-f88a-4c44-9fdd-bb025290d0ca">https://www.coexistencemyass.com/</a>&nbsp;
Dahlia Scheindlin's book "The Crooked Timber" on Israeli democracy and the occupation -&nbsp;<a href="https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110796582/html?lang=en&amp;srsltid=AfmBOoqr8ur0KCgqZAYrxz5fZYX7QZpUlt6vN0b7zWTl-lJzNZDV-mgs" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="a460fecf-aae7-4e2c-8346-6244c741df4a">https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110796582/html?lang=en&amp;srsltid=AfmBOoqr8ur0KCgqZAYrxz5fZYX7QZpUlt6vN0b7zWTl-lJzNZDV-mgs</a>&nbsp;

What’s Happened to the Israeli Left

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/0eea868d-f650-4299-b5b5-b3ff003d5d2e/transcript

Margaret reads you a 1920 classic fiction story by the seminal theorist

Margaret reads you a 1920 classic fiction story by the seminal theorist

CZM Book Club: The Comet, by W.E.B. Du Bois

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/b48c99f9-8a6a-4141-810c-b400003bbc5a/transcript

CZM Book Club: Selkie Stories Are For Losers, by Sofia Samatar

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