Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff
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Show overview
Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff has been publishing since 2022, and across the 4 years since has built a catalogue of 528 episodes, alongside 1 trailer or bonus episode. That works out to roughly 460 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a several-times-a-week cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 39 min and 1h 2m — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language History show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed yesterday, with 56 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 154 episodes published. Published by iHeartPodcasts and Cool Zone Media.
From the publisher
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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Part Two: SHAC and Modern Protest Tactics
Margaret continues her talk with Shuli Branson about the international campaign to end a notorious animal testing lab Sources: https://activistfacts.com/organizations/408-shac//https://newspaper.animalpeopleforum.org/2002/10/01/crackdown-on-shac-hits-activist-for-child-porn-brings-boston-busts/https://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/hearings?Id=DAED00C5-802A-23AD-4106-0178D28039D9&Statement_id=CB16330B-2C94-4C18-B3A1-EF426A27966Chttps://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/british-arrest-animal-rights-activists/https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/animal-rights-activists-get-prison-web-threat-case/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/staffordshire/4762481.stmhttps://www.thefreelibrary.com/I+dug+up+a+grave+20+years+ago+but+this+is+appalling%3b+YOXALL...-a0123564625https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/the-research-they-tried-to-stophttps://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/may/12/animalwelfare.topstories3https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DONT2Aucgshttps://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/aug/24/animalwelfare.nelsonmandelahttps://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/aug/24/animalwelfare.businessofresearchhttps://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/this-britain/animal-rights-activists-condemned-as-guinea-pig-farm-gives-up-fight-307872.htmlhttps://aldf.org/article/federal-laws-and-agencies-involved-with-animal-testing/https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/1fkyqaf/cmv_testing_on_animals_is_not_logically_unethical/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36762462/https://awionline.org/awi-quarterly/summer-2025/animal-experimentation-under-trump-administration-good-bad-uglyhttps://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/administrator-zeldin-gets-epa-back-track-eliminate-animal-testing-after-biden-adminhttps://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/consumer-health/federal-food-drug-and-cosmetic-act-1938https://bfp.org/the-u-s-is-finally-beginning-to-move-beyond-animal-testing/https://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-experimentation/animals-used-experimentation-factsheets/animal-experiments-overview/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10408444.2023.2221987#abstracthttps://www.humaneworld.org/en/blog/epa-end-animal-testinghttps://web.archive.org/web/20080227041442/http://www.nuffieldbioethics.org/fileLibrary/pdf/RIA_Report_FINAL-opt.pdfhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK32655/https://humanedecisions.com/charles-darwin-the-lower-animals-like-man-feel-pleasure-and-pain-happiness-and-misery/https://web.archive.org/web/20130121030113/http://postcog.ucd.ie/files/fulltext.pdfhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/aug/14/davidpallisterhttps://www.stagemilk.com/aaron-monologue-act-5-scene-1/https://awionline.org/press-releases/envigo-settlement-first-step-addressing-companys-abysmal-animal-welfare-recordhttps://www.devdiscourse.com/article/headlines/2960204-envigos-22-million-guilty-plea-animal-welfare-scandal-unveiledPuppy Killer, Leave Town, Jon Hochschartnerhttps://we.riseup.net/imc-uk/barry-horneSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Part One: SHAC and Modern Protest Tactics
Margaret talks with Shuli Branson about the international campaign to end a notorious animal testing lab Sources: https://activistfacts.com/organizations/408-shac//https://newspaper.animalpeopleforum.org/2002/10/01/crackdown-on-shac-hits-activist-for-child-porn-brings-boston-busts/https://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/hearings?Id=DAED00C5-802A-23AD-4106-0178D28039D9&Statement_id=CB16330B-2C94-4C18-B3A1-EF426A27966Chttps://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/british-arrest-animal-rights-activists/https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/animal-rights-activists-get-prison-web-threat-case/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/staffordshire/4762481.stmhttps://www.thefreelibrary.com/I+dug+up+a+grave+20+years+ago+but+this+is+appalling%3b+YOXALL...-a0123564625https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/the-research-they-tried-to-stophttps://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/may/12/animalwelfare.topstories3https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DONT2Aucgshttps://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/aug/24/animalwelfare.nelsonmandelahttps://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/aug/24/animalwelfare.businessofresearchhttps://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/this-britain/animal-rights-activists-condemned-as-guinea-pig-farm-gives-up-fight-307872.htmlhttps://aldf.org/article/federal-laws-and-agencies-involved-with-animal-testing/https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/1fkyqaf/cmv_testing_on_animals_is_not_logically_unethical/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36762462/https://awionline.org/awi-quarterly/summer-2025/animal-experimentation-under-trump-administration-good-bad-uglyhttps://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/administrator-zeldin-gets-epa-back-track-eliminate-animal-testing-after-biden-adminhttps://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/consumer-health/federal-food-drug-and-cosmetic-act-1938https://bfp.org/the-u-s-is-finally-beginning-to-move-beyond-animal-testing/https://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-experimentation/animals-used-experimentation-factsheets/animal-experiments-overview/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10408444.2023.2221987#abstracthttps://www.humaneworld.org/en/blog/epa-end-animal-testinghttps://web.archive.org/web/20080227041442/http://www.nuffieldbioethics.org/fileLibrary/pdf/RIA_Report_FINAL-opt.pdfhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK32655/https://humanedecisions.com/charles-darwin-the-lower-animals-like-man-feel-pleasure-and-pain-happiness-and-misery/https://web.archive.org/web/20130121030113/http://postcog.ucd.ie/files/fulltext.pdfhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/aug/14/davidpallisterhttps://www.stagemilk.com/aaron-monologue-act-5-scene-1/https://awionline.org/press-releases/envigo-settlement-first-step-addressing-companys-abysmal-animal-welfare-recordhttps://www.devdiscourse.com/article/headlines/2960204-envigos-22-million-guilty-plea-animal-welfare-scandal-unveiledPuppy Killer, Leave Town, Jon Hochschartnerhttps://we.riseup.net/imc-uk/barry-horneSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.