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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.
2d ago
Margaret continues her talk with Katy Stoll about the leaderless society that almost overthrew Rome. Sources: Radical Antiquity, Christopher B. Zeichmann https://www.worldhistory.org/Ostracism/ https://web.archive.org/web/20170719062739/http://www.livius.org/li-ln/livy/periochae/periochae091.html#95 https://web.archive.org/web/20160326113007/http://www.livius.org/so-st/spartacus/spartacus.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160304220855/http://www.livius.org/so-st/spartacus/spartacus2.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110805121329/http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-dgra/0581.html https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Appian/Civil_Wars/1*.html#116 https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Crassus*.html#9 http://www.fsmitha.com/h1/ch18.htm https://www.historyextra.com/period/roman/roman-republic-guide-how-senate-plebeians-citizenship-women-democratic-fall-end/ https://www.thecollector.com/first-servile-war-revolt-shook-rome/ https://www.thecollector.com/second-servile-war-slave-rebellion/ https://www.rfmwilliams.com/the-sicilian-slave-revolts-of-ancient-rome/ https://warflute.org/armies/sicilian_slave_revolts_135-132_104-103_bc_polemicus_army_t3.html http://societasviaromana.net/Collegium_Religionis/human_sacrifice.php https://www.history.co.uk/articles/gladiatorial-games-in-ancient-rome https://pressbooks.claremont.edu/clas112pomonavalentine/chapter/why-are-we-so-uncomfortable-the-confusing-taboo-of-menstruation-in-ancient-rome-and-modern-america/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
4d ago
Margaret talks to Katy Stoll about the leaderless society that almost overthrew Rome. Sources: Radical Antiquity, Christopher B. Zeichmann https://www.worldhistory.org/Ostracism/ https://web.archive.org/web/20170719062739/http://www.livius.org/li-ln/livy/periochae/periochae091.html#95 https://web.archive.org/web/20160326113007/http://www.livius.org/so-st/spartacus/spartacus.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160304220855/http://www.livius.org/so-st/spartacus/spartacus2.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110805121329/http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-dgra/0581.html https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Appian/Civil_Wars/1*.html#116 https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Crassus*.html#9 http://www.fsmitha.com/h1/ch18.htm https://www.historyextra.com/period/roman/roman-republic-guide-how-senate-plebeians-citizenship-women-democratic-fall-end/ https://www.thecollector.com/first-servile-war-revolt-shook-rome/ https://www.thecollector.com/second-servile-war-slave-rebellion/ https://www.rfmwilliams.com/the-sicilian-slave-revolts-of-ancient-rome/ https://warflute.org/armies/sicilian_slave_revolts_135-132_104-103_bc_polemicus_army_t3.html http://societasviaromana.net/Collegium_Religionis/human_sacrifice.php https://www.history.co.uk/articles/gladiatorial-games-in-ancient-rome https://pressbooks.claremont.edu/clas112pomonavalentine/chapter/why-are-we-so-uncomfortable-the-confusing-taboo-of-menstruation-in-ancient-rome-and-modern-america/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
5d ago
Margaret tells you the tale of some nightmare queers off to bring about hell on earth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 10
Margaret continues her dicussion with Dana El Kurd about Diogenes, the founder of the Cynics, who was kind of an edgelord and lived in a jar See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 8
Margaret talks to Dana El Kurd about Diogenes, the founder of the Cynics, who was kind of an edgelord and lived in a jar. Sources: The Dangerous Life and Ideas of Diogenes the Cynic, Jean-Manuel Roubineau How to Say No: An Ancient Guide to the Cynicism, Diogenes (edited by MD Usher) https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-16916263 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Greece https://www.historyskills.com/classroom/ancient-history/ancient-greek-slavery/ https://www.gutenberg.org/files/57342/57342-h/57342-h.htm See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 7
Who says ecoterrorism is bad? In fantasy games? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 3
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. Original Air Date: 3.20.2024 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 1
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. Original Air Date: 3.18.24 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.