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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 Gay Ottomans: Homosexuality in the Medieval Ottoman Empire
    Jun 22 2026

    Margaret talks with Kaveh Hoda about the complicated history of homosexuality and homoeroticism in one of the most important empires of the medieval era.

    Sources:

    https://www.jstor.org/stable/41299403
    https://www.thecollector.com/osman-i-ottoman-founder/
    https://islamichistory.org/osman-gazi/
    https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/jmurj/vol9/iss1/4/
    https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/homosexuality-ii/
    https://www.webology.org/data-cms/articles/20220528061731pmwebology%2019%20(2)%20-%20670%20pdf.pdf
    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6074556/
    https://yoksis.bilkent.edu.tr/pdf/files/10.1177-0363199013519126.pdf
    https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/164086
    https://www.juancole.com/2025/12/literature-societies-homoerotic.html

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    1 hr
  • CZM Rewind: CZM Book Club: CZM Book Club Presents: The Revolutionary Fables of Ricardo Flores Magón
    Jun 21 2026

    Margaret reads you several short stories written by the one of the ideological leaders of the Mexican Revolution

    Original Air Date: 6.1.2025

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    28 mins
  • Part Two: The Movement Against the Corporal Punishment of Children
    Jun 17 2026

    Margaret continues talking 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-world
    https://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.pdf
    https://www.ursulakleguin.com/blog?offset=1437445500607
    https://www.puyallupwa.gov/535/Domestic-Violence-Statistics
    https://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=6
    https://ijcrt.org/papers/IJCRT2506708.pdf
    https://www.researchgate.net/publication/383296874_Corporal_Punishment_From_Ancient_History_to_Global_Progress
    https://medium.com/@rabittashahbaz/heres-how-ancient-indian-parenting-values-and-approaches-changed-over-time-4d861b489388
    https://www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/180595/20090210ATT48998EN.pdf
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty-first_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland
    https://brilliantmaps.com/corporal-punishment/
    https://endcorporalpunishment.org/reports-on-every-state-and-territory/usa/
    https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29261462
    https://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_Child
    https://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.html

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    57 mins
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