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

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

In part three of his series on the Darién Gap, James talks about what drives Venezuelan and African migrants to make the journey through the Darién Gap.

Original Air Date: 10.30.24

Sources:

https://www.notiparole.com

https://www.instagram.com/p/DAaDkSwh1Jk/?igsh=bmgyanBteW10czd5

https://www.nytimes.com/1964/09/20/archives/a-new-canaldug-by-atom-bombs-nuclear-energy-is-the-key-to-replacing.html

https://www.themanual.com/outdoors/darien-gap-feature/

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/apr/18/panama-darien-gap-jose-raul-mulino

https://americasquarterly.org/article/the-darien-gaps-fearsome-reputation-has-been-centuries-in-the-making/

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/10/27/the-darien-gap-a-deadly-extension-of-the-us-border

https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/supporting_resources/jmhs.pdf

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/06/20/snakes-swamps-whisky-british-explorers-went-ultimate-boys-adventure/

https://www.strausscenter.org/publications/asylum-processing-at-the-u-s-mexico-border-august-2024/

https://www.gob.mx/inm/prensa/el-gobierno-mexicano-y-el-inm-articulan-corredor-emergente-de-movilidad-segura-para-el-traslado-de-personas-extranjeras-con-cita-cbp-one

https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-03-23/kidnapping-and-escape-of-95-ecuadorian-migrants-in-chiapas-if-you-continue-informing-we-will-return-them-in-bags.html

https://humanrightsfirst.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Asylum-Policies-Harm-Black-Asylum-Seekers-FACTSHEET-formatted.pdf

https://respondcrisistranslation.org/en/newsb/cbp-ones-obscene-language-errors-create-more-barriers-for-asylum-seekers

https://www.msf.org/lack-action-sees-sharp-rise-sexual-violence-people-transiting-darien-gap-panama

In part three of his series on the Dari&eacute;n Gap, James talks about what drives Venezuelan and African migrants to make the journey through the Dari&eacute;n Gap.
Original Air Date: 10.30.24
Sources:
<a href="https://www.notiparole.com" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="05469464-63d5-41d3-b7f4-dbc97aa01b8e">https://www.notiparole.com</a>
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DAaDkSwh1Jk/?igsh=bmgyanBteW10czd5" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="36ca1c0e-3a99-469b-b302-cf7e7226e606">https://www.instagram.com/p/DAaDkSwh1Jk/?igsh=bmgyanBteW10czd5</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1964/09/20/archives/a-new-canaldug-by-atom-bombs-nuclear-energy-is-the-key-to-replacing.html" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="46d83a64-76ae-4acf-b813-c8001428d0a1">https://www.nytimes.com/1964/09/20/archives/a-new-canaldug-by-atom-bombs-nuclear-energy-is-the-key-to-replacing.html</a>
<a href="https://www.themanual.com/outdoors/darien-gap-feature/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="8106c760-0d4a-426f-99ed-fd7b6f367395">https://www.themanual.com/outdoors/darien-gap-feature/</a>
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/apr/18/panama-darien-gap-jose-raul-mulino" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="131c8d68-36f2-4555-8f3e-18f6a297fefd">https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/apr/18/panama-darien-gap-jose-raul-mulino</a>
<a href="https://americasquarterly.org/article/the-darien-gaps-fearsome-reputation-has-been-centuries-in-the-making/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="fe22b786-20d1-47f4-938c-832dacc2b0b8">https://americasquarterly.org/article/the-darien-gaps-fearsome-reputation-has-been-centuries-in-the-making/</a>
<a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/10/27/the-darien-gap-a-deadly-extension-of-the-us-border" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="cc434d8e-7cf8-4770-92df-d4848d7a9529">https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/10/27/the-darien-gap-a-deadly-extension-of-the-us-border</a>
<a href="https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/supporting_resources/jmhs.pdf" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="b97b5ee6-8eb8-48da-be5d-645bdf1682c0">https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/supporting_resources/jmhs.pdf</a>
<a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/06/20/snakes-swamps-whisky-british-explorers-went-ultimate-boys-adventure/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="8e126441-ff4c-4e7c-ad01-b52a0f782e5e">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/06/20/snakes-swamps-whisky-british-explorers-went-ultimate-boys-adventure/</a>
<a href="https://www.strausscenter.org/publications/asylum-processing-at-the-u-s-mexico-border-august-2024/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="52b414ed-875c-40f2-b135-38a032107ddd">https://www.strausscenter.org/publications/asylum-processing-at-the-u-s-mexico-border-august-2024/</a>
<a href="https://www.gob.mx/inm/prensa/el-gobierno-mexicano-y-el-inm-articulan-corredor-emergente-de-movilidad-segura-para-el-traslado-de-personas-extranjeras-con-cita-cbp-one" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="d0aa546a-6c5a-4a72-af9d-f836d745c825">https://www.gob.mx/inm/prensa/el-gobierno-mexicano-y-el-inm-articulan-corredor-emergente-de-movilidad-segura-para-el-traslado-de-personas-extranjeras-con-cita-cbp-one</a>
<a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-03-23/kidnapping-and-escape-of-95-ecuadorian-migrants-in-chiapas-if-you-continue-informing-we-will-return-them-in-bags.html" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="cfe86fe6-9617-4ddb-8d1b-af710563ce7f">https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-03-23/kidnapping-and-escape-of-95-ecuadorian-migrants-in-chiapas-if-you-continue-informing-we-will-return-them-in-bags.html</a>
<a href="https://humanrightsfirst.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Asylum-Policies-Harm-Black-Asylum-Seekers-FACTSHEET-formatted.pdf" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="662b6583-14e8-4846-a5df-9c3f373c68a0">https://humanrightsfirst.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Asylum-Policies-Harm-Black-Asylum-Seekers-FACTSHEET-formatted.pdf</a>
<a href="https://respondcrisistranslation.org/en/newsb/cbp-ones-obscene-language-errors-create-more-barriers-for-asylum-seekers" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="ec56a1a2-4eb1-4264-8877-3d796c49650f">https://respondcrisistranslation.org/en/newsb/cbp-ones-obscene-language-errors-create-more-barriers-for-asylum-seekers</a>
<a href="https://www.msf.org/lack-action-sees-sharp-rise-sexual-violence-people-transiting-darien-gap-panama" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="a369a72b-9208-409e-ac89-b7698b605d0f">https://www.msf.org/lack-action-sees-sharp-rise-sexual-violence-people-transiting-darien-gap-panama</a>

CZM Rewind: They Don’t Care About Us: What Migrants Leave Behind

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/fffb9067-2ec4-4da7-9e41-b3b6016c66fe/transcript

In the second part of his series on the Darién Gap, James looks at the impacts of migration on the indigenous Panamanian Emberá community.

Original Air Date: 10.29.24

Sources:

https://www.notiparole.com

https://www.instagram.com/p/DAaDkSwh1Jk/?igsh=bmgyanBteW10czd5

https://www.nytimes.com/1964/09/20/archives/a-new-canaldug-by-atom-bombs-nuclear-energy-is-the-key-to-replacing.html

https://www.themanual.com/outdoors/darien-gap-feature/

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/apr/18/panama-darien-gap-jose-raul-mulino

https://americasquarterly.org/article/the-darien-gaps-fearsome-reputation-has-been-centuries-in-the-making/

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/10/27/the-darien-gap-a-deadly-extension-of-the-us-border

https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/supporting_resources/jmhs.pdf

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/06/20/snakes-swamps-whisky-british-explorers-went-ultimate-boys-adventure/

https://www.strausscenter.org/publications/asylum-processing-at-the-u-s-mexico-border-august-2024/

https://www.gob.mx/inm/prensa/el-gobierno-mexicano-y-el-inm-articulan-corredor-emergente-de-movilidad-segura-para-el-traslado-de-personas-extranjeras-con-cita-cbp-one

https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-03-23/kidnapping-and-escape-of-95-ecuadorian-migrants-in-chiapas-if-you-continue-informing-we-will-return-them-in-bags.html

https://humanrightsfirst.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Asylum-Policies-Harm-Black-Asylum-Seekers-FACTSHEET-formatted.pdf

https://respondcrisistranslation.org/en/newsb/cbp-ones-obscene-language-errors-create-more-barriers-for-asylum-seekers

https://www.msf.org/lack-action-sees-sharp-rise-sexual-violence-people-transiting-darien-gap-panama

In the second part of his series on the Dari&eacute;n Gap, James looks at the impacts of migration on the indigenous Panamanian Ember&aacute; community.
Original Air Date: 10.29.24
Sources:
<a href="https://www.notiparole.com" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="05469464-63d5-41d3-b7f4-dbc97aa01b8e">https://www.notiparole.com</a>
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DAaDkSwh1Jk/?igsh=bmgyanBteW10czd5" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="36ca1c0e-3a99-469b-b302-cf7e7226e606">https://www.instagram.com/p/DAaDkSwh1Jk/?igsh=bmgyanBteW10czd5</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1964/09/20/archives/a-new-canaldug-by-atom-bombs-nuclear-energy-is-the-key-to-replacing.html" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="46d83a64-76ae-4acf-b813-c8001428d0a1">https://www.nytimes.com/1964/09/20/archives/a-new-canaldug-by-atom-bombs-nuclear-energy-is-the-key-to-replacing.html</a>
<a href="https://www.themanual.com/outdoors/darien-gap-feature/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="8106c760-0d4a-426f-99ed-fd7b6f367395">https://www.themanual.com/outdoors/darien-gap-feature/</a>
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/apr/18/panama-darien-gap-jose-raul-mulino" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="131c8d68-36f2-4555-8f3e-18f6a297fefd">https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/apr/18/panama-darien-gap-jose-raul-mulino</a>
<a href="https://americasquarterly.org/article/the-darien-gaps-fearsome-reputation-has-been-centuries-in-the-making/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="fe22b786-20d1-47f4-938c-832dacc2b0b8">https://americasquarterly.org/article/the-darien-gaps-fearsome-reputation-has-been-centuries-in-the-making/</a>
<a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/10/27/the-darien-gap-a-deadly-extension-of-the-us-border" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="cc434d8e-7cf8-4770-92df-d4848d7a9529">https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/10/27/the-darien-gap-a-deadly-extension-of-the-us-border</a>
<a href="https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/supporting_resources/jmhs.pdf" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="b97b5ee6-8eb8-48da-be5d-645bdf1682c0">https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/supporting_resources/jmhs.pdf</a>
<a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/06/20/snakes-swamps-whisky-british-explorers-went-ultimate-boys-adventure/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="8e126441-ff4c-4e7c-ad01-b52a0f782e5e">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/06/20/snakes-swamps-whisky-british-explorers-went-ultimate-boys-adventure/</a>
<a href="https://www.strausscenter.org/publications/asylum-processing-at-the-u-s-mexico-border-august-2024/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="52b414ed-875c-40f2-b135-38a032107ddd">https://www.strausscenter.org/publications/asylum-processing-at-the-u-s-mexico-border-august-2024/</a>
<a href="https://www.gob.mx/inm/prensa/el-gobierno-mexicano-y-el-inm-articulan-corredor-emergente-de-movilidad-segura-para-el-traslado-de-personas-extranjeras-con-cita-cbp-one" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="d0aa546a-6c5a-4a72-af9d-f836d745c825">https://www.gob.mx/inm/prensa/el-gobierno-mexicano-y-el-inm-articulan-corredor-emergente-de-movilidad-segura-para-el-traslado-de-personas-extranjeras-con-cita-cbp-one</a>
<a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-03-23/kidnapping-and-escape-of-95-ecuadorian-migrants-in-chiapas-if-you-continue-informing-we-will-return-them-in-bags.html" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="cfe86fe6-9617-4ddb-8d1b-af710563ce7f">https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-03-23/kidnapping-and-escape-of-95-ecuadorian-migrants-in-chiapas-if-you-continue-informing-we-will-return-them-in-bags.html</a>
<a href="https://humanrightsfirst.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Asylum-Policies-Harm-Black-Asylum-Seekers-FACTSHEET-formatted.pdf" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="662b6583-14e8-4846-a5df-9c3f373c68a0">https://humanrightsfirst.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Asylum-Policies-Harm-Black-Asylum-Seekers-FACTSHEET-formatted.pdf</a>
<a href="https://respondcrisistranslation.org/en/newsb/cbp-ones-obscene-language-errors-create-more-barriers-for-asylum-seekers" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="ec56a1a2-4eb1-4264-8877-3d796c49650f">https://respondcrisistranslation.org/en/newsb/cbp-ones-obscene-language-errors-create-more-barriers-for-asylum-seekers</a>
<a href="https://www.msf.org/lack-action-sees-sharp-rise-sexual-violence-people-transiting-darien-gap-panama" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="a369a72b-9208-409e-ac89-b7698b605d0f">https://www.msf.org/lack-action-sees-sharp-rise-sexual-violence-people-transiting-darien-gap-panama</a>

CZM Rewind: We Are All Brothers: How the Emberá Community of Bajo Chiquito Welcomes Migrants in the Darién Gap

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/8dbd8f45-efb2-43ab-b088-b3b6016b29e1/transcript

Margaret reads you part two (of two) of her own story.

Margaret reads you part two (of two) of her own story.

CZM Book Club: Everything that Isn't Winter, by Margaret Killjoy, Part Two

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/e6660bca-a295-4808-9c53-b3c1001195e3/transcript

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

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