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Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

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Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff
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    Part One: Saint Maximillian Kolbe: A Conservative Who Died Protecting People From Fascists

    2026/2/09 | 1h 5 mins.
    Margaret talks to Molly Conger about a complicated man who spent his early life promoting antisemitic conspiracies before sheltering thousands of Jews and dying in Auschwitz
    Sources:
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1982/12/05/mass-is-set-for-the-saint-of-auschwitz/18a930db-756e-4f7c-a484-399305713a29/
    The Life of St. Maximilian Kolbe, William LaMay
    https://pisma-niepokalanow-pl.translate.goog/967-czy-prawda-sie-zmienia?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
    https://www.nytimes.com/1982/11/19/world/saint-charged-with-bigotry-clerics-say-no.html
    https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/was-st-maximilian-kolbe-an-antisemite-1068
    https://web.archive.org/web/20140102091901/http://www.consecration.com/default.aspx?id=41
    https://www.reddit.com/r/freemasonry/comments/rva0iu/the_giordano_brunisti/
    https://studiaelblaskie.pl/assets/Numery/SE-tom212020.pdf#page=199
    https://www.scross.co.za/2023/08/st-maximilian-kolbe-the-remarkable-martyr-to-nazis/
    https://www.laprogressive.com/progressive-issues/saint-maximillian-kolbe
    Less Than Nothing: Hegel and the Shadow of Dialectical Materialism, Slavoj Zizek
    https://eastwestreport.org/?view=article&id=343:persecution-of-christians-in-tsarist-russia-and-the-soviet-and-post-soviet-union&catid=43:e-20-2
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    CZM Book Club: Mutual Aid by Dean Spade, Part Two

    2026/2/08 | 42 mins.
    Margaret continues to read you excerpts from a book explaining the ins and outs of mutual aid
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    Part Two: Ben Passmore on Black History

    2026/2/04 | 36 mins.
    Margaret continues her interview with Black history comic author Ben Passmore about his new book Black Arms to Hold You Up
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    Part One: Ben Passmore on Black History

    2026/2/02 | 35 mins.
    Margaret interview Black history comic author Ben Passmore about his new book Black Arms to Hold You Up.


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  • Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

    CZM Book Club: Mutual Aid by Dean Spade, Part One

    2026/2/01 | 36 mins.
    Margaret reads you excerpts from a book explaining the ins and outs of mutual aid.
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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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