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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: The Dutch Resistance: The Ice Cream Parlor and Jewish Boxers

    27/04/2026 | 1h 12 mins.
    Margaret talks with Caitlin Durante about the rise of the Dutch Left and the early Jewish resistance to Nazis
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    Three Ordinary Girls, Tim Brady
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    https://www.annefrank.org/en/timeline/222/mandatory-registration-for-forced-labour/
    https://dirkdeklein.net/2025/03/29/the-arbeidsinzet-forced-labour/
    https://dirkdeklein.net/2017/05/24/ernst-cahn-the-koco-affair/
    https://www.flashscore.com/news/80-years-of-freedom-the-amsterdam-boxing-school-which-formed-the-first-jewish-resistance/ncIglSYp/

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    https://dirkdeklein.net/2018/01/21/the-dutch-jews-who-fought-back/
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    https://www.hannahbyron.com/blog/the-first-resistance-the-geuzen
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    CZM Book Club: Where the Phph Pebbles Go, by Miriam Allen DeFord

    26/04/2026 | 39 mins.
    Margaret reads you a 1963 science fiction story of class stratification, sports, and first contact.
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    Part Two: Hugh Ryan on Queer History

    22/04/2026 | 1h 2 mins.
    Margaret continues her interview with the queer historian Hugh Ryan about his upcoming memoir My Bad
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    Part One: Hugh Ryan on Queer History

    20/04/2026 | 43 mins.
    Margaret interviews the queer historian Hugh Ryan about his upcoming memoir My Bad

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    CZM Book Club: Against the State by James Stout

    19/04/2026 | 47 mins.
    James reads Margaret the first chapter of his new book
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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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