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Part Two: The Colored Farmers Alliance and Early Black Cooperativism in the US
Margaret continues her talk with Courtney Kocak about the potentially million-strong alliance of Black farmers who built up a cooperative economics in the post-war American South Sources: https://greekcitytimes.com/2025/02/07/the-helots-a-labour-force/https://www.lucyparsonsproject.com/writings/negro.htmlhttps://www.rd.usda.gov/files/RR194.pdfhttps://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry?entry=TE009https://worldblackhistory.blogspot.com/2022/11/blog-post_11.htmlhttps://lawyersgunsmon.wpengine.com/2012/12/this-day-in-labor-history-december-11-1886https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2017/09/day-labor-history-september-25-1891https://temple.manifoldapp.org/read/the-black-worker-during-the-era-of-the-knights-of-labor-volume-iii/section/cf118f82-0d04-4251-9934-c474e4daef2ehttps://www.jstor.org/stable/40030730?read-now=1&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contentshttps://wp.nyu.edu/compliance_enforcement/2025/08/07/doj-secures-first-criminal-conviction-in-wage-fixing-case/https://ncbaclusa.coop/content/uploads/2023/02/Fall-2022_Winter-2023-Cooperative-Business-Journal_FINAL-v2.pdfhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/40030730https://www.givinggrove.org/blog-reference/black-farmers-in-americahttps://snccdigital.org/events/fannie-lou-hamer-founds-freedom-farm-cooperative/https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/November-15/the-march-to-the-sea-beginshttps://explorethearchive.com/shermans-march-to-the-seahttps://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/teachers/lessonplans/Document6(SpecialOrder).pdfhttps://www.grunge.com/601373/what-you-should-know-about-the-granger-movement-of-the-1860s/https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/shermans-field-order-no-15/https://www.jstor.org/stable/40030586?read-now=1&seq=7#page_scan_tab_contentsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: The Colored Farmers Alliance and Early Black Cooperativism in the US
Margaret talks to Courtney Kocak about the potentially million-strong alliance of Black farmers who built up a cooperative economics in the post-war American South Sources https://greekcitytimes.com/2025/02/07/the-helots-a-labour-force/https://www.lucyparsonsproject.com/writings/negro.htmlhttps://www.rd.usda.gov/files/RR194.pdfhttps://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry?entry=TE009https://worldblackhistory.blogspot.com/2022/11/blog-post_11.htmlhttps://lawyersgunsmon.wpengine.com/2012/12/this-day-in-labor-history-december-11-1886https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2017/09/day-labor-history-september-25-1891https://temple.manifoldapp.org/read/the-black-worker-during-the-era-of-the-knights-of-labor-volume-iii/section/cf118f82-0d04-4251-9934-c474e4daef2ehttps://www.jstor.org/stable/40030730?read-now=1&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contentshttps://wp.nyu.edu/compliance_enforcement/2025/08/07/doj-secures-first-criminal-conviction-in-wage-fixing-case/https://ncbaclusa.coop/content/uploads/2023/02/Fall-2022_Winter-2023-Cooperative-Business-Journal_FINAL-v2.pdfhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/40030730https://www.givinggrove.org/blog-reference/black-farmers-in-americahttps://snccdigital.org/events/fannie-lou-hamer-founds-freedom-farm-cooperative/https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/November-15/the-march-to-the-sea-beginshttps://explorethearchive.com/shermans-march-to-the-seahttps://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/teachers/lessonplans/Document6(SpecialOrder).pdfhttps://www.grunge.com/601373/what-you-should-know-about-the-granger-movement-of-the-1860s/https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/shermans-field-order-no-15/https://www.jstor.org/stable/40030586?read-now=1&seq=7#page_scan_tab_contentsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CZM Book Club: The Clover Still Grows Wild in Wawanosh, by Kelly Rose Pflug-Back
Margaret reads you a lush post-apocalyptic slice of life story by an amazing poetSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Punk Rock Good Life: A Guide to an Aesthetic Life
Margaret reads you an essay about how to live a beautiful lifeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CZM Book Club: Black Hole, by November Rush
Happy Valentine's Day! Margaret reads you a story about codependent lesbian mushroom parasites.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Two: Saint Maximillian Kolbe: A Conservative Who Died Protecting People From Fascists
Margaret continues her conversation with 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-20-2See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: Saint Maximillian Kolbe: A Conservative Who Died Protecting People From Fascists
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-20-2See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CZM Book Club: Mutual Aid by Dean Spade, Part Two
Margaret continues to read you excerpts from a book explaining the ins and outs of mutual aidSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Two: Ben Passmore on Black History
Margaret continues her interview with Black history comic author Ben Passmore about his new book Black Arms to Hold You UpSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: Ben Passmore on Black History
Margaret interview Black history comic author Ben Passmore about his new book Black Arms to Hold You Up. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CZM Book Club: Mutual Aid by Dean Spade, Part One
Margaret reads you excerpts from a book explaining the ins and outs of mutual aid.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Everyone vs ICE: On the Ground In Minnesota, Pt. 2
In the second part of a two part series, Margaret and James reflect on their time in Minnesota, the incredible community response to the immigration raids, and what other communities can learn from the Twin Cities. Links: Rent Support for neighbors in Phillips https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-phillips-families-in-urgent-need Rent Support for neighbors in Central https://www.gofundme.com/f/critical-rent-assistance-for-central-neighborhood-families Rent Support for neighbors in Powderhorn https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-powderhorn-families-in-crisis Supplies for Political Art Making https://givebutter.com/spno Protective Gear for Legal Observers https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-equip-twin-cities-legal-observers-with-ppe Diapers and Menstrual Supplies https://secure.everyaction.com/jLLKnfwWk0qdptMbYLoyPQ2 Abolish Ice Shirts https://www.eaglescreenprint.com/printshop/p/defend-612-abolish-ic3-wnj6e Northstar Front Line Street Medics https://www.paypal.com/biz/profile/northstarhealth Twin Cities Swoletariat Bail Fund Venmo: @TCSwoletariat Cashapp: $TCSwoletariatSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Everyone vs ICE: On the Ground In Minnesota
Margaret and James reflect on their time in Minnesota, the incredible community response to the immigration raids, and what other communities can learn from the Twin Cities. Links: Rent Support for neighbors in Phillips https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-phillips-families-in-urgent-need Rent Support for neighbors in Central https://www.gofundme.com/f/critical-rent-assistance-for-central-neighborhood-families Rent Support for neighbors in Powderhorn https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-powderhorn-families-in-crisis Supplies for Political Art Making https://givebutter.com/spno Protective Gear for Legal Observers https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-equip-twin-cities-legal-observers-with-ppe Diapers and Menstrual Supplies https://secure.everyaction.com/jLLKnfwWk0qdptMbYLoyPQ2 Abolish Ice Shirts https://www.eaglescreenprint.com/printshop/p/defend-612-abolish-ic3-wnj6e Northstar Front Line Street Medics https://www.paypal.com/biz/profile/northstarhealth Twin Cities Swoletariat Bail Fund Venmo: @TCSwoletariat Cashapp: $TCSwoletariatSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CZM Book Club: Because Change Was the Ocean and We Lived by Her Mercy, by Charlie Jane Anders, Part Two
Margaret concludes reading you a story about subculture and love and how things changeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Two: The Banner Wars: How Dutch Squatters Fought Far-Right Immigration Policy
Margaret continues her conversation with Samantha McVey about the motley and international assortment of activists who refused to let a fascist off the hook. Sources: The Banner Wars, Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness, 2005 https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/27/international/europe/11-die-in-fire-at-dutch-airport-detention-center.html https://web.archive.org/web/20051210182413/http://www.time.com/time/europe/hero2005/cohen.html https://noborder.org/archive_item.php%3Fid=353.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/blast-damages-muslim-school-in-southern-netherlands-532504.html https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/14/world/europe/arson-suspected-at-dutch-mosque.html https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/average-height-by-country https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2005/10/amst-o28.html https://www.onderzoeksraad.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/report_fire_schiphol_oost.pdf https://www.politico.eu/article/netherlands-right-wing-government-dick-schoof-mark-rutte-party-for-freedom/ https://apnews.com/article/migration-netherlands-wilders-asylum-38a5149bf59fad91d2368350405ba9dd https://www.visaverge.com/news/dutch-parliament-enacts-strictest-asylum-policy-in-history/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: The Banner Wars: How Dutch Squatters Fought Far-Right Immigration Policy
Margaret talks to Samantha McVey about the motley and international assortment of activists who refused to let a fascist off the hook. Sources: The Banner Wars, Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness, 2005 https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/27/international/europe/11-die-in-fire-at-dutch-airport-detention-center.html https://web.archive.org/web/20051210182413/http://www.time.com/time/europe/hero2005/cohen.html https://noborder.org/archive_item.php%3Fid=353.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/blast-damages-muslim-school-in-southern-netherlands-532504.html https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/14/world/europe/arson-suspected-at-dutch-mosque.html https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/average-height-by-country https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2005/10/amst-o28.html https://www.onderzoeksraad.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/report_fire_schiphol_oost.pdf https://www.politico.eu/article/netherlands-right-wing-government-dick-schoof-mark-rutte-party-for-freedom/ https://apnews.com/article/migration-netherlands-wilders-asylum-38a5149bf59fad91d2368350405ba9dd https://www.visaverge.com/news/dutch-parliament-enacts-strictest-asylum-policy-in-history/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CZM Book Club: Because Change Was the Ocean and We Lived by Her Mercy, by Charlie Jane Anders, Part One
Margaret reads you a story about the far-post-apocalypse and the joy we find in one another.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Two: Q&A 2026: Margaret and Sophie Answer Your Questions
Even more of what you wanted to know about our dogs and our show and our thoughts about the future.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: Q&A 2026: Margaret and Sophie Answer Your Questions
Everything you wanted to know about our dogs and our show and our thoughts about the future.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CZM Book Club: A Cup of Tea, by Katherine Mansfield
Margaret reads you a story about class and patriarchy but don't worry it's not as pedantic as that makes it sound.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CZM Rewind: Part Four: Lakota Resistance to the American Empire
In the finale of this four-part episode, Margaret concludes her conversation with Miriam about two centuries of resistance to American imperialism, from Crazy Horse to Leonard Peltier. Original Air Date: 12.6.2023See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CZM Rewind: Part Three: Lakota Resistance to the American Empire
In part three of this four-part episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Miriam about two centuries of resistance to American imperialism, from Crazy Horse to Leonard Peltier. Original Air Date: 12.4.2023See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CZM Rewind: CZM Book Club: "The Orchard of Tomorrow" by Kelsea Yu
Margaret reads you a story about what enormous love it will take to rebuild the world and take back what's ours from the powerful. Original Airdate: 7.21.2024See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CZM Rewind: Part Two, Lakota Resistance to the American Empire
In part two of this four-part episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Miriam about two centuries of resistance to American imperialism, from Crazy Horse to Leonard Peltier.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CZM Rewind: Part One, Lakota Resistance to the American Empire
Margaret talks with Miriam about two centuries of resistance to American imperialism, from Crazy Horse to Leonard Peltier. Original Air Date: 11.27.23See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CZM Book Club: Everything that Isn't Winter, by Margaret Killjoy, Part Two
Margaret reads you part two (of two) of her own story.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Two: Priest Holes: How to Hide People From the Authorities (in Medieval England)
Margaret continues her talk with Chelsey Weber-Smith about the saint who built hidden compartments to hide priests during the persecution of Catholics in England. Sources: https://ewtn.co.uk/article-st-nicholas-owen-builder-of-secret-hiding-places-for-priests/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/herefordandworcester/content/articles/2005/11/02/hindlip_gunpowder_plot_feature.shtml https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/harvington-hall https://www.ancientpages.com/2017/12/05/nicholas-owen-little-john-paid-highest-price-ingenious-camouflaged-places-hide/ https://fellowshipandfairydust.com/2022/02/18/st-nicholas-owen/ https://www.historyskills.com/classroom/year-8/mary-i-reading/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_monasteries https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/why-was-anne-boleyn-executed/ https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/beyond-the-pale.html https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/15/9/1055 https://www.jstor.org/stable/26845784?read-now=1&seq=4#page_scan_tab_contents https://www.advocate.com/history/king-james-bible-queer https://www.worldhistory.org/Gunpowder_Plot/ https://www.catholicpamphlets.net/files/pamphlets/mary%20tudor%20and%20the%20protestants.pdf https://catholic.heritage-history.com/site/hclass/saints_heroes/reformation/php/martyrs.php https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/civil_war_revolution/gunpowder_hutton_01.shtmlSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: Priest Holes: How to Hide People From the Authorities (in Medieval England)
Margaret talks to Chelsey Weber-Smith about the saint who built hidden compartments to hide priests during the persecution of Catholics in England. Sources: https://ewtn.co.uk/article-st-nicholas-owen-builder-of-secret-hiding-places-for-priests/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/herefordandworcester/content/articles/2005/11/02/hindlip_gunpowder_plot_feature.shtml https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/harvington-hall https://www.ancientpages.com/2017/12/05/nicholas-owen-little-john-paid-highest-price-ingenious-camouflaged-places-hide/ https://fellowshipandfairydust.com/2022/02/18/st-nicholas-owen/ https://www.historyskills.com/classroom/year-8/mary-i-reading/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_monasteries https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/why-was-anne-boleyn-executed/ https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/beyond-the-pale.html https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/15/9/1055 https://www.jstor.org/stable/26845784?read-now=1&seq=4#page_scan_tab_contents https://www.advocate.com/history/king-james-bible-queer https://www.worldhistory.org/Gunpowder_Plot/ https://www.catholicpamphlets.net/files/pamphlets/mary%20tudor%20and%20the%20protestants.pdf https://catholic.heritage-history.com/site/hclass/saints_heroes/reformation/php/martyrs.php https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/civil_war_revolution/gunpowder_hutton_01.shtmlSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CZM Book Club: Everything that Isn't Winter, by Margaret Killjoy, Part One
Margaret reads you part one (of two) of her own story about post-apocalyptic love and violenceSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Two: Spartacus and the Thurii Commune: How a Slave Rebellion in Ancient Rome Reimagined Society
Margaret continues her talk with Katy Stoll about the leaderless society that almost overthrew Rome. Sources: Radical Antiquity, Christopher B. Zeichmann https://www.worldhistory.org/Ostracism/ https://web.archive.org/web/20170719062739/http://www.livius.org/li-ln/livy/periochae/periochae091.html#95 https://web.archive.org/web/20160326113007/http://www.livius.org/so-st/spartacus/spartacus.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160304220855/http://www.livius.org/so-st/spartacus/spartacus2.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110805121329/http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-dgra/0581.html https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Appian/Civil_Wars/1*.html#116 https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Crassus*.html#9 http://www.fsmitha.com/h1/ch18.htm https://www.historyextra.com/period/roman/roman-republic-guide-how-senate-plebeians-citizenship-women-democratic-fall-end/ https://www.thecollector.com/first-servile-war-revolt-shook-rome/ https://www.thecollector.com/second-servile-war-slave-rebellion/ https://www.rfmwilliams.com/the-sicilian-slave-revolts-of-ancient-rome/ https://warflute.org/armies/sicilian_slave_revolts_135-132_104-103_bc_polemicus_army_t3.html http://societasviaromana.net/Collegium_Religionis/human_sacrifice.php https://www.history.co.uk/articles/gladiatorial-games-in-ancient-rome https://pressbooks.claremont.edu/clas112pomonavalentine/chapter/why-are-we-so-uncomfortable-the-confusing-taboo-of-menstruation-in-ancient-rome-and-modern-america/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: Spartacus and the Thurii Commune: How a Slave Rebellion in Ancient Rome Reimagined Society
Margaret talks to Katy Stoll about the leaderless society that almost overthrew Rome. Sources: Radical Antiquity, Christopher B. Zeichmann https://www.worldhistory.org/Ostracism/ https://web.archive.org/web/20170719062739/http://www.livius.org/li-ln/livy/periochae/periochae091.html#95 https://web.archive.org/web/20160326113007/http://www.livius.org/so-st/spartacus/spartacus.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160304220855/http://www.livius.org/so-st/spartacus/spartacus2.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110805121329/http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-dgra/0581.html https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Appian/Civil_Wars/1*.html#116 https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Crassus*.html#9 http://www.fsmitha.com/h1/ch18.htm https://www.historyextra.com/period/roman/roman-republic-guide-how-senate-plebeians-citizenship-women-democratic-fall-end/ https://www.thecollector.com/first-servile-war-revolt-shook-rome/ https://www.thecollector.com/second-servile-war-slave-rebellion/ https://www.rfmwilliams.com/the-sicilian-slave-revolts-of-ancient-rome/ https://warflute.org/armies/sicilian_slave_revolts_135-132_104-103_bc_polemicus_army_t3.html http://societasviaromana.net/Collegium_Religionis/human_sacrifice.php https://www.history.co.uk/articles/gladiatorial-games-in-ancient-rome https://pressbooks.claremont.edu/clas112pomonavalentine/chapter/why-are-we-so-uncomfortable-the-confusing-taboo-of-menstruation-in-ancient-rome-and-modern-america/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CZM Book Club: Macramé Flames, by Eric Raglin
Margaret tells you the tale of some nightmare queers off to bring about hell on earth.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Two: Diogenes: The Greek Philosopher Who Pissed on the Rich
Margaret continues her dicussion with Dana El Kurd about Diogenes, the founder of the Cynics, who was kind of an edgelord and lived in a jarSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: Diogenes: The Greek Philosopher Who Pissed on the Rich
Margaret talks to Dana El Kurd about Diogenes, the founder of the Cynics, who was kind of an edgelord and lived in a jar. Sources: The Dangerous Life and Ideas of Diogenes the Cynic, Jean-Manuel Roubineau How to Say No: An Ancient Guide to the Cynicism, Diogenes (edited by MD Usher) https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-16916263 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Greece https://www.historyskills.com/classroom/ancient-history/ancient-greek-slavery/ https://www.gutenberg.org/files/57342/57342-h/57342-h.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CZM Book Club: Pathfinder: Dawn of the Frogs, Part Six
Who says ecoterrorism is bad? In fantasy games?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CZM Rewind: Part Two: All Hail King Ludd: How the Luddites Almost Saved Us
In part two, Margaret talks with Robert Evans one more time about the English rebels who threw on dresses, declared a fake person their leader, and set about fighting the Industrial Revolution. Original Air Date: 3.20.2024See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CZM Rewind: Part One: All Hail King Ludd: How the Luddites Almost Saved Us
Margaret talks with Robert Evans about the English rebels who threw on dresses, declared a fake person their leader, and set about fighting the Industrial Revolution. Original Air Date: 3.18.24 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CZM Book Club: Pathfinder: Dawn of the Frogs, Part Five
There's nothing left to do but track these cultists to the source.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Two: Nonhelema: The Six Foot Six Warrior Woman of the Shawnee Who Fought the Empire
Margaret continues her talk with Jamie Loftus about Shawnee resistance to the American colonialism and a woman who led them in battle. Sources: https://colonialquills.blogspot.com/2017/07/revolutionary-mothers-nonhelema-of.html https://kentucky-museum.org/nonhelema-hokolesqua/ https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-345-44554-4 https://sundownohio.substack.com/p/the-gnadenhutten-massacre https://newreligiousmovements.org/b/bohemian-adamites/ https://www.reformedhistory.com/Content/Confessions/ArticlesOfPrague https://www.theguardian.com/news/2015/mar/22/naked-truth-about-seventies-streaking-craze https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/iph4ag/why_did_the_czech_lands_remain_catholic_rather/ https://web.archive.org/web/20160223035154/http://www.moravian.org.uk/index.php/the-moravian-church/moravian-history https://www.nrafamily.org/content/throwback-thursday-nonhelema-s-tale/ https://www.nationsandcannons.com/blog/nonhelema-chieftess-warrior-and-advocate-for-neutrality-in-the-revolutionary-war https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/metis https://web.archive.org/web/20240624093053/https://lssse.indiana.edu/blog/guest-post-native-american-exclusion-as-a-form-of-paper-genocide/ https://frontierpartisans.com/281/the-shawnee-resistance/ https://www.americanhistorycentral.com/entries/pontiacs-rebellion/ https://bushyrunbattlefield.com/battle-of-bush-run-history/ https://battlefieldtravels.com/battle-of-bushy-run/ https://archive.wvculture.org/hiStory/journal_wvh/wvh56-5.html https://www.midstory.org/over-240-years-later-an-ohio-community-remembers-its-founding-massacre/ https://journals.psu.edu/wph/article/download/60205/60154 Personal correspondenceSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: Nonhelema: The Six Foot Six Warrior Woman of the Shawnee Who Fought the Empire
Margaret talks to Jamie Loftus about Shawnee resistance to the American colonialism and a woman who led them in battle Sources: https://colonialquills.blogspot.com/2017/07/revolutionary-mothers-nonhelema-of.html https://kentucky-museum.org/nonhelema-hokolesqua/ https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-345-44554-4 https://sundownohio.substack.com/p/the-gnadenhutten-massacre https://newreligiousmovements.org/b/bohemian-adamites/ https://www.reformedhistory.com/Content/Confessions/ArticlesOfPrague https://www.theguardian.com/news/2015/mar/22/naked-truth-about-seventies-streaking-craze https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/iph4ag/why_did_the_czech_lands_remain_catholic_rather/ https://web.archive.org/web/20160223035154/http://www.moravian.org.uk/index.php/the-moravian-church/moravian-history https://www.nrafamily.org/content/throwback-thursday-nonhelema-s-tale/ https://www.nationsandcannons.com/blog/nonhelema-chieftess-warrior-and-advocate-for-neutrality-in-the-revolutionary-war https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/metis https://web.archive.org/web/20240624093053/https://lssse.indiana.edu/blog/guest-post-native-american-exclusion-as-a-form-of-paper-genocide/ https://frontierpartisans.com/281/the-shawnee-resistance/ https://www.americanhistorycentral.com/entries/pontiacs-rebellion/ https://bushyrunbattlefield.com/battle-of-bush-run-history/ https://battlefieldtravels.com/battle-of-bushy-run/ https://archive.wvculture.org/hiStory/journal_wvh/wvh56-5.html https://www.midstory.org/over-240-years-later-an-ohio-community-remembers-its-founding-massacre/ https://journals.psu.edu/wph/article/download/60205/60154 Personal correspondenceSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CZM Book Club: Pathfinder: Dawn of the Frogs, Part Four
More mighty beasts assail our brave antiheroes!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Two: Arminius and the Battle of Teutoburg Forest: How the Barbarians Broke the Roman Legions
Margaret continues her talk with Hazel about how the Romans were stopped from conquering Germania and how a bunch of terrible people are excited about it. Sources: https://www.thecollector.com/teutonic-meaning/ https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/world-population-by-year/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-ambush-that-changed-history-72636736/?c=y&page=3 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-excavation-will-examine-germanys-legendary-founding-battle-180964235/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/sculpted-horse-head-complicates-legendary-roman-conquest-german-barbarians-180970077/ https://archaeology.org/issues/online/collection/germany-roman-town-waldgirmes/ https://web.archive.org/web/20110714211343/http://www.nujournal.com/page/content.detail/id/509454.html https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/havoc-in-the-teutoburger-forest/ https://web.archive.org/web/20140428164647/http://www.livius.org/q/quinctilius/varus.htmlhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/3567880 https://the-past.com/feature/arminius-hitlers-barbarian-hero/ https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Annals_(Tacitus)/Book_2#88See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: Arminius and the Battle of Teutoburg Forest: How the Barbarians Broke the Roman Legions
Margaret talks with Hazel about how the Romans were stopped from conquering Germania and how a bunch of terrible people are excited about it. Sources: https://www.thecollector.com/teutonic-meaning/ https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/world-population-by-year/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-ambush-that-changed-history-72636736/?c=y&page=3 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-excavation-will-examine-germanys-legendary-founding-battle-180964235/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/sculpted-horse-head-complicates-legendary-roman-conquest-german-barbarians-180970077/ https://archaeology.org/issues/online/collection/germany-roman-town-waldgirmes/ https://web.archive.org/web/20110714211343/http://www.nujournal.com/page/content.detail/id/509454.html https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/havoc-in-the-teutoburger-forest/ https://web.archive.org/web/20140428164647/http://www.livius.org/q/quinctilius/varus.html https://www.jstor.org/stable/3567880 https://the-past.com/feature/arminius-hitlers-barbarian-hero/ https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Annals_(Tacitus)/Book_2#88See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CZM Book Club: Pathfinder: Dawn of the Frogs, Part Three
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Part Two: Boudica: The Warrior Queen Who Burned Roman London to the Ground
Margaret continues talking with Io about the Iceni revolt of 61 AD that almost drove Rome out of Britain. Sources: https://www.jstor.org/stable/4434717 https://ul.qucosa.de/api/qucosa%3A31804/attachment/ATT-0/ https://web.archive.org/web/20120612044230/http://www.britarch.ac.uk/ba/ba83/feat3.shtml https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/62*.html#2 https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0078%3Abook%3D14%3Achapter%3D32 https://historyandarchaeologyonline.com/the-evidence-for-the-historical-boudica%ef%bf%bc%ef%bf%bc/ https://vridar.org/2018/05/07/doing-history-how-do-we-know-queen-boadicea-boudicca-existed/ https://www.jstor.org/stable/25471937 http://simoneparrish.com/2016/07/how-i-woad-using-woad-for-body-painting/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: Boudica: The Warrior Queen Who Burned Roman London to the Ground
Margaret talks with Io about the Iceni revolt of 61 AD that almost drove Rome out of Britain. Sources: https://www.jstor.org/stable/4434717 https://ul.qucosa.de/api/qucosa%3A31804/attachment/ATT-0/ https://web.archive.org/web/20120612044230/http://www.britarch.ac.uk/ba/ba83/feat3.shtml https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/62*.html#2 https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0078%3Abook%3D14%3Achapter%3D32 https://historyandarchaeologyonline.com/the-evidence-for-the-historical-boudica%ef%bf%bc%ef%bf%bc/ https://vridar.org/2018/05/07/doing-history-how-do-we-know-queen-boadicea-boudicca-existed/ https://www.jstor.org/stable/25471937 http://simoneparrish.com/2016/07/how-i-woad-using-woad-for-body-painting/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CZM Book Club: Pathfinder: Dawn of the Frogs, Part Two
Can our heroes best the mighty beasts who await them in the swamps? Who will Trant throw a bomb at?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Two: The Gallae: Trans Priestess of Ancient Rome
Margaret continues her talk with to Gabriel Dunn about the gender deviants of the ancient world and how basically nothing ever changes. Sources: https://arkeonews.net/getting-to-know-matar-kubilea/ https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/56909/what-is-the-difference-between-galli-and-metragyrtai http://www.thehypertexts.com/Epigram%20History%20and%20Examples.htm https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/boadicea/ https://s3.amazonaws.com/arena-attachments/539632/d6348aa09f4510eb5704b6da501f9e7d.pdf https://www.oldest.org/culture/civilizations/ https://www.academuseducation.co.uk/post/ancient-mesopotamian-transgender-and-non-binary-identities https://www.apsu.edu/philomathes/MattinglyPhilomathesONLINE2023.pdfSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: The Gallae: Trans Priestess of Ancient Rome
Margaret talks to Gabriel Dunn about the gender deviants of the ancient world and how basically nothing ever changes. Sources https://arkeonews.net/getting-to-know-matar-kubilea/ https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/56909/what-is-the-difference-between-galli-and-metragyrtai http://www.thehypertexts.com/Epigram%20History%20and%20Examples.htm https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/boadicea/ https://s3.amazonaws.com/arena-attachments/539632/d6348aa09f4510eb5704b6da501f9e7d.pdf https://www.oldest.org/culture/civilizations/ https://www.academuseducation.co.uk/post/ancient-mesopotamian-transgender-and-non-binary-identities https://www.apsu.edu/philomathes/MattinglyPhilomathesONLINE2023.pdfSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Two: Druids: Because the Past is Metal as Hell
Margaret continues her talk with Sophie about the philosophers of the celts. Sources: https://irishfolklore.wordpress.com/2017/03/13/blacksmiths-and-the-supernatural/https://folklorethursday.com/folklore-of-archaeology/ferrous-friend-foe-iron-became-enemy-fairy-folk/https://www.thearchaeologist.org/blog/28y8zwazfxaq2tsb933b54wf0slfcj https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/05/02/woodhenge-is-just-as-fascinating-and-mysterious-as-its-famous-neighbor-stonehenge/ https://irishmyths.com/2022/04/29/female-druids/ Barry Cunliffe, Druids: A Very Short Introduction Peter Berresford Ellis, The DruidsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.