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    CZM Rewind: Part One: The Newsies on Strike: Soaking Scabs and Taking Names

    2026-09-23 | 1h 8 mins.
    Margaret talks with writer and podcast host Andrew Ti about how an informal union of children shut down the nation’s biggest newspapers and won their rights.
    Original Air Date: 6.19.2023

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    Part One: Autistici/Inventati and the Fight for the Autonomous Internet

    2026-09-21 | 38 mins.
    Margaret talks to you about Trump's latest boogieman, the Italian hacktavists who helped free the internet
    Sources:
    https://publish.fid-media.de/server/api/core/bitstreams/f8e99026-0049-4da6-bd2e-1b5a9d84b477/content
    https://www.inventati.org/campaign/press
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State_list_of_Foreign_Terrorist_Organizations
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specially_designated_global_terrorist
    https://www.icnl.org/resources/research/ijnl/solving-the-necessity-conundrum-what-the-drug-war-can-teach-us-about-due-process-for-u-s-charities-in-the-fight-against-international-terrorist-financing
    https://web.archive.org/web/20160126020743/http://www.jta.org/2009/05/28/news-opinion/united-states/holy-land-founders-get-life-sentences
    https://scalawagmagazine.org/2025/08/palestinian-political-prisoner-shukri-abu-bakers-poetry-book-debuts-in-houston/
    https://anarchistnews.org/content/go-forth-and-multiply-may-10-100-1000-servers-spark
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    CZM Book Club: Ocotillo, by Madeline ffitch

    2026-09-20 | 42 mins.
    Margaret reads you a surreal story about the surreal Southwest, written by one of her favorite authors
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    AI Doesn't Work and We All Know It Doesn't Work

    2026-09-16 | 25 mins.
    Margaret reads you an essay about the lying machines that will soon be ruling the world
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    Beyond Climate Optimism, Beyond Climate Pessimism

    2026-09-14 | 32 mins.
    Margaret reads you an essay about how we have to soberly confront the realities of climate change and look for ways we can collectively take action
    Source:
    https://margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/beyond-climate-optimism-beyond-climate
    https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/climate/coral-reef-recovery-time.html
    https://ourworldindata.org/electricity-mix
    https://interestingengineering.com/culture/carbon-footprint-coined-by-big-oil-to-blame-you-for-climate-change
    https://climate.mit.edu/ask-mit/why-have-i-heard-eating-meat-bad-climate
    https://solarunitedneighbors.org/resources/what-to-know-about-plug-in-solar/
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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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