Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff
Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

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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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Part One: The Movement Against the Corporal Punishment of Children
JUN 15, 2026
Part One: The Movement Against the Corporal Punishment of Children
Margaret talks with Andrew Ti about the worldwide movement, backed by science, that is changing how we treat children. Sources: https://africapublicity.com/of-ancestors-and-amendments-rethinking-child-discipline-across-african-realms/https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/happiest-countries-in-the-worldhttps://endcorporalpunishment.org/reports-on-every-state-and-territory/usa/https://www.right-to-education.org/sites/right-to-education.org/files/resource-attachments/CRC_1989.pdfhttps://www.ursulakleguin.com/blog?offset=1437445500607https://www.puyallupwa.gov/535/Domestic-Violence-Statisticshttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7390231/https://issop.org/2018/11/19/e-bulletin-35-2-3-changing-the-law-on-corporal-punishment-in-scotland/https://news.utexas.edu/2021/06/29/evidence-against-physically-punishing-kids-is-clear-researchers-say/http://www.jillianvanturnhout.ie/jvt1111/https://www.jstor.org/stable/26938757?seq=6https://ijcrt.org/papers/IJCRT2506708.pdfhttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/383296874_Corporal_Punishment_From_Ancient_History_to_Global_Progresshttps://medium.com/@rabittashahbaz/heres-how-ancient-indian-parenting-values-and-approaches-changed-over-time-4d861b489388https://www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/180595/20090210ATT48998EN.pdfhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty-first_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Irelandhttps://brilliantmaps.com/corporal-punishment/https://endcorporalpunishment.org/reports-on-every-state-and-territory/usa/https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29261462https://agefinder.org/world-age-culture/marriage-age-under-18-countries/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._ratification_of_the_Convention_on_the_Rights_of_the_Childhttps://www.africanexponent.com/how-colonialism-deceived-africans-to-believe-hitting-children-is-african-tradition-it-is-not/https://www.unh.edu/ccrc/sites/default/files/media/2022-02/corporal-punishment-current-rates-from-a-national-survey.pdf https://www.brookings.edu/articles/corporal-punishment-schools-and-race-an-update/ https://www.morgan.edu/Documents/ACADEMIA/SCHOOLS/SSW/MSW%20publications/s12111-024-09646-9%20%281%29.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20160127213730/http://www.phoenixchildrens.org/sites/default/files/PDFs/principles_and_practices-of_effective_discipline.pdf https://endcorporalpunishment.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/India.pdf https://endcorporalpunishment.org/irelands-journey-why-didnt-we-do-this-years-ago/ https://link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/978-3-319-89999-2_13 https://ijcrt.org/papers/IJCRT2506708.pdf https://habevio.com/corporal-punishment-in-ancient-greece/ https://psycnet.apa.org/manuscript/2025-10635-001.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20110314161338/http://www.zona-pellucida.com/wilson02.htmlSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Part Six: Harm Reduction: The Direct Action Movement that Changed How We Understand Addiction
JUN 10, 2026
Part Six: Harm Reduction: The Direct Action Movement that Changed How We Understand Addiction
Margaret concludes the story of the punks, hippies, and poets in Vancouver, Canada who pioneered the modern harm reduction movement Sources: Fighting for Space, Travis Lupick (https://firestorm.coop/products/11537-fighting-for-space.html?referral=killjoy)https://www.addictionresource.net/heroin/types/china-white/https://www.vice.com/en/article/poll-taxriot-anniversary-solomon-hughes-382/https://abcbookworld.com/article/article-15099/https://globalnews.ca/news/370804/income-by-postal-code/https://immigrationnewscanada.ca/most-dangerous-cities-in-canada-mid-2025/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/expo-86-evictions-remembered-1.3566844https://riseupfeministarchive.ca/poster/la-quena-presents-inti-illimani-and-holly-nearpersonal correspondencehttps://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/christopher-b-r-smith-harm-reduction-as-anarchist-practicehttps://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/zoe-dodd-alexander-mcclelland-taking-risks-is-a-path-to-survivalhttps://inpud.net/who-we-are/https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/zoe-dodd-alexander-mcclelland-the-revolution-will-not-be-soberhttps://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/when-labour-organizing-and-harm-reduction-meethttps://www.drugpolicy.ca/insite-vigil-poem-by-the-late-bud-osborn/https://www.toronto.com/news/harm-reduction-worker-remembered-at-leslieville-memorial/article_2e6eeeac-47de-57bd-88bc-aa9922ba1e5d.htmlhttps://uppingtheanti.org/journal/article/20-you-get-exactly-what-you-fight-for-and-nothingmorehttps://www.vice.com/en/article/meet-the-harm-reduction-worker-who-called-out-trudeau-on-the-opioid-crisis/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/outintheopen/out-in-the-open-on-july-9-2016-addiction-1.3663909/harm-reduction-worker-by-day-fentanyl-user-at-night-one-man-s-story-of-recreational-opioid-use-1.3663917https://www.straight.com/news/959286/vancouver-area-network-drug-users-looks-back-20-years-fighting-human-rights#https://www.thesocialjusticecentre.org/blog/2018/1/14/fighting-for-space-travis-lupick-and-ann-livingston-on-drug-users-struggles-in-vancouverhttps://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/07/13/619546120/watchful-eyes-at-peer-run-injection-sites-drug-users-help-each-other-stay-safehttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/dulf-compassion-club-guilty-drug-trafficking-9.6972135https://www.stalbertgazette.com/health/stopping-overdoses-like-bailing-a-boat-with-a-thimble-bc-court-hears-11535161 https://filtermag.org/dulf-safe-supply-compassion-club-exemption/https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/04/15/For-One-Day-BC-Activists-Handed-Out-Clean-Heroin-Cocaine/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Part Five: Harm Reduction: The Direct Action Movement that Changed How We Understand Addiction
JUN 8, 2026
Part Five: Harm Reduction: The Direct Action Movement that Changed How We Understand Addiction
Margaret resumes telling you the story of the punks, hippies, and poets in Vancouver, Canada who pioneered the modern harm reduction movement Sources: Fighting for Space, Travis Lupick (https://firestorm.coop/products/11537-fighting-for-space.html?referral=killjoy)https://www.addictionresource.net/heroin/types/china-white/https://www.vice.com/en/article/poll-taxriot-anniversary-solomon-hughes-382/https://abcbookworld.com/article/article-15099/https://globalnews.ca/news/370804/income-by-postal-code/https://immigrationnewscanada.ca/most-dangerous-cities-in-canada-mid-2025/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/expo-86-evictions-remembered-1.3566844https://riseupfeministarchive.ca/poster/la-quena-presents-inti-illimani-and-holly-nearpersonal correspondencehttps://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/christopher-b-r-smith-harm-reduction-as-anarchist-practicehttps://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/zoe-dodd-alexander-mcclelland-taking-risks-is-a-path-to-survivalhttps://inpud.net/who-we-are/https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/zoe-dodd-alexander-mcclelland-the-revolution-will-not-be-soberhttps://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/when-labour-organizing-and-harm-reduction-meethttps://www.drugpolicy.ca/insite-vigil-poem-by-the-late-bud-osborn/https://www.toronto.com/news/harm-reduction-worker-remembered-at-leslieville-memorial/article_2e6eeeac-47de-57bd-88bc-aa9922ba1e5d.htmlhttps://uppingtheanti.org/journal/article/20-you-get-exactly-what-you-fight-for-and-nothingmorehttps://www.vice.com/en/article/meet-the-harm-reduction-worker-who-called-out-trudeau-on-the-opioid-crisis/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/outintheopen/out-in-the-open-on-july-9-2016-addiction-1.3663909/harm-reduction-worker-by-day-fentanyl-user-at-night-one-man-s-story-of-recreational-opioid-use-1.3663917https://www.straight.com/news/959286/vancouver-area-network-drug-users-looks-back-20-years-fighting-human-rights#https://www.thesocialjusticecentre.org/blog/2018/1/14/fighting-for-space-travis-lupick-and-ann-livingston-on-drug-users-struggles-in-vancouverhttps://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/07/13/619546120/watchful-eyes-at-peer-run-injection-sites-drug-users-help-each-other-stay-safehttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/dulf-compassion-club-guilty-drug-trafficking-9.6972135https://www.stalbertgazette.com/health/stopping-overdoses-like-bailing-a-boat-with-a-thimble-bc-court-hears-11535161 https://filtermag.org/dulf-safe-supply-compassion-club-exemption/https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/04/15/For-One-Day-BC-Activists-Handed-Out-Clean-Heroin-Cocaine/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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37 MIN