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CZM Book Club: "The Three Trials of the Wind," by Shiv Ramdas, Part 1 of 2

Margaret reads you a reimagining of Hindu mythology by a masterful speculative fiction author.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jul 7, 202430 min

Part Two: Dungeons & Dragons: The History of Some Great and Terrible Nerdery

Margaret finishes talking with Ed Zitron about the origins of one of her all-time favorite games.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jul 3, 20241h 1m

Part One: Dungeons & Dragons: The History of Some Great and Terrible Nerdery

Margaret talks with Ed Zitron about the origins of one of her all-time favorite games.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jul 1, 20241h 7m

CZM Book Club: "Party Discipline" by Cory Doctorow, Part Four

Margaret finishes reading Robert Evans a novella about the near future of tech, surveillance, and teenage rebellion.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 30, 202435 min

Part Two: George Orwell and the War for Common Decency

Margaret finishes talking with Kaveh Hoda about her problematic fave.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 26, 20241h 7m

Part One: George Orwell and the War for Common Decency

Margaret talks with Kaveh Hoda about her problematic fave.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 24, 202456 min

CZM Book Club: "Party Discipline" by Cory Doctorow, Part Three

Margaret continues to read Robert Evans a novella about the near future of tech, surveillance, and teenage rebellion.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 23, 202430 min

Part Two: ACT UP: How Angry, Dying Queers Invented Modern Activism

Margaret finishes talking with Francesca Fiorentini about the AIDS activists who changed the world.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 19, 20241h 9m

Part One: ACT UP: How Angry, Dying Queers Invented Modern Activism

Margaret talks with Francesca Fiorentini about the AIDS activists who changed the world.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 17, 202457 min

CZM Book Club: "Party Discipline" by Cory Doctorow, Part Two

Margaret continues to read Robert Evans a novella about the near future of tech, surveillance, and teenage rebellion.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 16, 202428 min

Part Two: Mutual Aid and Burial Societies: The Origins of Black Cooperativism in the US

In part two, Margaret talks with Joelle Monique about the deep roots of economic cooperation in Black America.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 12, 20241h 8m

Part One: Mutual Aid and Burial Societies: The Origins of Black Cooperativism in the US

Margaret talks with Joelle Monique about the deep roots of economic cooperation in Black America.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 10, 20241h 15m

CZM Book Club: "Party Discipline" by Cory Doctorow, Part One

Margaret reads Robert Evans a novella about the near future of tech, surveillance, and teenage rebellion.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 9, 202432 min

Part Two: Fábricas Ocupadas: When Workers In Argentina Took Over Their Factories

In part two, Margaret finishes her talk with Prop about how people all over Argentina resisted neoliberalism and took over their factories to run them without bosses.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 5, 20241h 2m

Part One: Fábricas Ocupadas: When Workers In Argentina Took Over Their Factories

Margaret talks with Prop about how people all over Argentina resisted neoliberalism and took over their factories to run them without bosses.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 3, 20241h 6m

CZM Book Club: "The Happy Prince" by Oscar Wilde

Margaret reads you a children's story written by one of the greatest queer icons of history.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 2, 202427 min

Part Two: Community Gardens: How People Take Land From the Rich to Feed Themselves

In part two, Margaret finishes talking with Kat Abu about the history of community gardening in New York City and elsewhere.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 29, 202454 min

Part One: Community Gardens: How People Take Land From the Rich to Feed Themselves

Margaret talks with Kat Abu about the history of community gardening in New York City and elsewhere.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 27, 202456 min

CZM Book Club: "The Stolen Bacillus" by HG Wells

Margaret reads a classic anti-anarchist story by HG Wells written before Wells learned what was up.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 26, 202424 min

Part Four: Death to the Rich: Maria Nikiforova and the anarchist battallions in Civil War Ukraine

In part four, Margaret finishes her talk with Robert Evans about the time that millions of Ukrainians rose a black flag and went to war against landlords, nationalists, and Bolsheviks.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 22, 202445 min

Part Three: Death to the Rich: Maria Nikiforova and the anarchist battallions in Civil War Ukraine

In part three, Margaret continues to talk with Robert Evans about the time that millions of Ukrainians rose a black flag and went to war against landlords, nationalists, and Bolsheviks.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 20, 202446 min

CZM Book Club: "Yermak, the Conqueror of Siberia" by Leo Tolstoy

Margaret reads a piece of folklore about the colonization of Siberia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 19, 202425 min

Part Two: Death to the Rich: Maria Nikiforova and the anarchist battallions in Civil War Ukraine

In part two, Margaret continues to talk with Robert Evans about the time that millions of Ukrainians rose a black flag and went to war against landlords, nationalists, and Bolsheviks.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 15, 202459 min

Part One: Death to the Rich: Maria Nikiforova and the anarchist battallions in Civil War Ukraine

Margaret talks with Robert Evans about the time that millions of Ukrainians rose a black flag and went to war against landlords, nationalists, and Bolsheviks.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 13, 202449 min

CZM Book Club: Three Ruthenian Folk Tales

Margaret reads three Slavic folk tales about magic women and mean children.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 12, 202430 min

Part Two: The Great Revolt: Palestinian Resistance to Early Zionism

In part two, Margaret concludes a talk with Matt Lieb about multi-faith Palestinian resistance to early Zionist colonization.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 8, 20241h 10m

Part One: The Great Revolt: Palestinian Resistance to Early Zionism

Margaret talks with Matt Lieb about multi-faith Palestinian resistance to early Zionist colonization.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 6, 20241h 13m

CZM Book Club: "The Fortunate Death of Jonathan Sandelson" by Margaret Killjoy, Part Two

In part two, Margaret reads Danl a story about hackers using drones to disrupt for-profit incarceration.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 5, 202423 min

May Day Rerun Part Two: The Haymarket Affair: The Bomb & the Eight-Hour Workday

Margaret's taking a week off post mouth surgery and wants to celebrate May Day! Here's a throwback to the first episode where Margaret sat down with journalist and podcast host Robert Evans to talk about the anarchists who were hanged in Chicago in the 1860s for fighting for the rights of the working class.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 1, 20241h 6m

May Day Rerun Part One: The Haymarket Affair: The Bomb & the Eight-Hour Workday

Margaret's taking a week off post mouth surgery and wants to celebrate May Day! Here's a throwback to the first episode where Margaret sat down with journalist and podcast host Robert Evans to talk about the anarchists who were hanged in Chicago in the 1860s for fighting for the rights of the working class.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 29, 20241h 9m

CZM Book Club: "The Fortunate Death of Jonathan Sandelson" by Margaret Killjoy, Part One

Margaret reads Danl a story about hackers using drones to disrupt for-profit incarceration.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 28, 202436 min

Part Six: Kronstadt and the People Who Tried to Save the Russian Revolution

In the SIXTH part of this longest-series-ever, Margaret finally gets to Kronstadt with Mia Wong and talks about at least four Russian revolutions and general strikes, workers councils, and rebellions that tried to keep them on course.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 24, 20241h 1m

Part Five: Kronstadt and the People Who Tried to Save the Russian Revolution

In part five (can you believe it?), Margaret continues to talk with Mia Wong about at least four Russian revolutions and general strikes, workers councils, and rebellions that tried to keep them on course.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 22, 202450 min

Part Four: Kronstadt and the People Who Tried to Save the Russian Revolution

In part four, Margaret continues to talk with Mia Wong about at least four Russian revolutions and general strikes, workers councils, and rebellions that tried to keep them on course.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 17, 20241h 4m

Part Three: Kronstadt and the People Who Tried to Save the Russian Revolution

In part three, Margaret continues to talk with Mia Wong about at least four Russian revolutions and general strikes, workers councils, and rebellions that tried to keep them on course.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 15, 202449 min

CZM Book Club: "The Nine Billion Names of God" by Arthur C. Clarke

Margaret reads Gare a classic sci-fi tale about the divine possibility of computers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 14, 202435 min

Part Two: Kronstadt and the People Who Tried to Save the Russian Revolution

In part two, Margaret continues to talk with Mia Wong about at least four Russian revolutions and general strikes, workers councils, and rebellions that tried to keep them on course.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 10, 20241h 0m

Part One: Kronstadt and the People Who Tried to Save the Russian Revolution

Margaret talks with Mia Wong about at least four Russian revolutions and general strikes, workers councils, and rebellions that tried to keep them on course.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 8, 20241h 13m

CZM Book Club: "Transmutation" by Katherine Sparrow

Margaret reads Sophie a story of love gone wrong between a magician and an alchemist.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 7, 202436 min

Part Two: Ada Lovelace and Lord Byron: The First Computer Programmer, Child of the First Vampire

Margaret finishes a conversation with Bridget Todd about the woman who invented software and her rather strange family.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 3, 20241h 4m

Part One: Ada Lovelace and Lord Byron: The First Computer Programmer, Child of the First Vampire

Margaret talks with Bridget Todd about the woman who invented software and her rather strange family.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 1, 202458 min

CZM Book Club: "The Last Beat of My Heart" by Edward Morris

Margaret reads Gare a story about everyday magic, teen angst, and mixtapes.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 31, 202434 min

Part Two: The Expropriators: Fifteen Years of Political Bank Robbers in Argentina and Uruguay

Margaret concludes with Snow about the folks who tried to fund a revolution the old-fashioned way.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 27, 202456 min

Part One: The Expropriators: Fifteen Years of Political Bank Robbers in Argentina and Uruguay

Margaret talks with Snow about the folks who tried to fund a revolution the old-fashioned way.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 25, 202455 min

CZM Book Club: Part Two of "The Vampyre" by John Polidori

Margaret finishes the first modern vampire, a parable about the dangers of the libertine royalty,See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 24, 202427 min

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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 20, 202449 min

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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 18, 202455 min

CZM Book Club: Part One of "The Vampyre" by John Polidori

Margaret reads you the first modern vampire, a parable about the dangers of the libertine royalty,See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 17, 202433 min

Part Two: Oscar Wilde: A Story That Was Way More Important Than I Realized

In part two, Margaret continues to talk with Chelsey Weber-Smith about the gay anarchist Irish dandy who proved to be not shallow at all.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 13, 20241h 2m

Part One: Oscar Wilde: A Story That Was Way More Important Than I Realized

Margaret talks with Chelsey Weber-Smith about the gay anarchist Irish dandy who proved to be not shallow at all.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 11, 20241h 2m