Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

Margaret continues talking with defendant Isaac Sant about the resistance to ICE in the Twin Cities and federal repression

links referenced:

Alexio fundraiser: https://chuffed.org/project/alexio-mutual-aid 

Wired article on HSI spying: https://www.wired.com/story/ice-is-running-one-of-the-largest-anti-left-surveillance-operations-in-us-history/ 

NYtimes article on Operation Puppet Master: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/us/politics/dhs-inquiry-immigration-protests-minnesota.html 

Minnesota 15 legal defense fund: https://chuffed.org/project/186570-minnesota-15-legal-defense-fund 

The first article to note the correlation between the Northside events and the drop in abductions: https://crimethinc.com/2026/02/23/their-escalation-and-ours-how-the-fight-against-ice-in-the-twin-cities-gained-momentum 

Guardian article on ns...

Margaret talks with defendant Isaac Sant about the resistance to ICE in the Twin Cities and federal repression

links referenced:

Alexio fundraiser: https://chuffed.org/project/alexio-mutual-aid 

Wired article on HSI spying: https://www.wired.com/story/ice-is-running-one-of-the-largest-anti-left-surveillance-operations-in-us-history/ 

NYtimes article on Operation Puppet Master: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/us/politics/dhs-inquiry-immigration-protests-minnesota.html 

Minnesota 15 legal defense fund: https://chuffed.org/project/186570-minnesota-15-legal-defense-fund 

The first article to note the correlation between the Northside events and the drop in abductions: https://crimethinc.com/2026/02/23/their-escalation-and-ours-how-the-fight-against-ice-in-the-twin-cities-gained-momentum 

Guardian article on nspm...

Margaret reads you a comfy, cozy story about a robot colony on the moon, and one robot's journey to find a new home--and have her tarot cards read

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret talks with historian Ben Egerman about his work studying less-trodden queer history

Find Ben's book at: https://redemmas.org/titles/51654-a-gay-little-history-of-maryland-volume-1/ 

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret talks with historian Ben Egerman about his work studying less-trodden queer history

Find Ben's book at: https://redemmas.org/titles/51654-a-gay-little-history-of-maryland-volume-1/ 

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret and Hazel read you a found documents story about a government experiment gone wrong

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret continues talking to Andrew Ti about the strange hippie who found mainstream success with a message of peace and puppets

Sources:

https://www.gothamcenter.org/blog/bread-and-puppet-theater-in-gotham 
https://nypost.com/2021/04/23/the-civil-rights-rebels-that-created-sesame-street/ 
https://www.henson.com/jimsredbook/page/36/ 
https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Jim_Henson%27s_Memorial 
https://www.newsbreak.com/herbie-j-pilato-1590342/4941153104564-the-shocking-racist-history-of-early-sesame-street-lore-a-tragic-look-back-6-decades-later 
https://worldmetrics.org/relationship-cheating-statistics/ 
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/bert-ernie-are-gay-couple-sesame-street-writer-claims-n910701 
Jim Henson, Idea Man
Jim Henson, Brian Jay Jones

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret talks to Andrew Ti about the strange hippie who found mainstream success with a message of peace and puppets

Sources:

https://www.gothamcenter.org/blog/bread-and-puppet-theater-in-gotham
https://nypost.com/2021/04/23/the-civil-rights-rebels-that-created-sesame-street/
https://www.henson.com/jimsredbook/page/36/
https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Jim_Henson%27s_Memorial
https://www.newsbreak.com/herbie-j-pilato-1590342/4941153104564-the-shocking-racist-history-of-early-sesame-street-lore-a-tragic-look-back-6-decades-later
https://worldmetrics.org/relationship-cheating-statistics/
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/bert-ernie-are-gay-couple-sesame-street-writer-claims-n910701
Jim Henson, Idea Man
Jim Henson, Brian Jay Jones

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We continue our conversation with Dr. Treasure about Herny Dumas and touch on all sorts of topics from Hoodoo to Fannie Lou Hamer to being mentored by one's father.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Knowledge Fight Country is a platform where Dan Friesen and his guests can chew over the biggest and best ideas being disseminated in right wing media. Through a focus on Alex Jones and figures similar to him, this show will provide a humorous and fun layer on top of discussing the context on why liars lie and how they do it.

Listen here and subscribe to Knowledge Fight Country on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts!

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret continues talking with Hazel Robin about the 30th anniversary of the successful fight to save Warner Creek in Oregon

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret talks with Hazel Robin about the 30th anniversary of the successful fight to save Warner Creek in Oregon

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Treasure Shields Redmond reads Margaret and Hazel a ghost story about transcendance, legacy and an unearthly river boat, by exalted ancestor Henry Dumas who was murdered by a white cop in 1968.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret finishes talking to you about the history behind Trump's latest boogieman, the Italian hacktavists who helped free the internet.

Sources:

https://chuffed.org/project/alexio-mutual-aid 

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.archiv...

This week, Margaret continues talking to you about the history behind Trump's latest boogieman, the Italian hacktavists who helped free the internet.

Sources:

https://chuffed.org/project/alexio-mutual-aid 

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...

Margaret kicks off spooky month by sharing a spooky story of her own about a haunted cave and the 90s teens who get lost in it

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret talks to you about the US's long history of intervention in Italian politics.

Sources:

https://chuffed.org/project/alexio-mutual-aid 

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/20...

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation 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: 6.21.2023

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret reads you 4 very short, dream like stories from a collection by a Greek author

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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/20...

Margaret reads you a surreal story about the surreal Southwest, written by one of her favorite authors

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret reads you an essay about the lying machines that will soon be ruling the world

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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/

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

To close out Black August, Margaret sits down with Bridget Todd and Hazel Acacia to finish talking about one of the most iconic Trek episodes ever made (S6E13: Far Beyond the Stars of Deep Space Nine)- and you're invited

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret finishes telling you the sordid history of Automated License Plate Readers and the people who have stood up against them

Sources:

https://www.kwch.com/2022/11/04/kechi-police-lieutenants-arrest-puts-flock-technology-under-scrutiny/
https://azmirror.com/2019/07/08/arizona-police-agencies-gather-share-license-plate-data-but-few-ensure-rules-are-being-followed/
https://www.denver7.com/news/local-news/aurora-police-detain-black-family-after-mistaking-their-vehicle-as-stolen
https://sls.eff.org/technologies/automated-license-plate-readers-alprs
https://www.winonapost.com/news/crime/all-of-wpd-s-flock-cameras-stolen/article_9c61aa25-411b-4f2f-a5cd-ca02942f5f9f.html
https://krocnews.com/stolen-flock-cameras-winona-mn/
https://www.winonapost.com/news/wpd-wont-replace-stolen-flock-cameras-citing-public-trust/article_06a67859-2d97-414b-aa8f-d8751ad214bb.html
https://www.military.com/air-force-engineer-accused-of-cutting-down-13...

This week, Margaret goes even deeper into the sordid history of Automated License Plate Readers and the people who have stood up against them

Sources:

https://www.kwch.com/2022/11/04/kechi-police-lieutenants-arrest-puts-flock-technology-under-scrutiny/
https://azmirror.com/2019/07/08/arizona-police-agencies-gather-share-license-plate-data-but-few-ensure-rules-are-being-followed/
https://www.denver7.com/news/local-news/aurora-police-detain-black-family-after-mistaking-their-vehicle-as-stolen
https://sls.eff.org/technologies/automated-license-plate-readers-alprs
https://www.winonapost.com/news/crime/all-of-wpd-s-flock-cameras-stolen/article_9c61aa25-411b-4f2f-a5cd-ca02942f5f9f.html
https://krocnews.com/stolen-flock-cameras-winona-mn/
https://www.winonapost.com/news/wpd-wont-replace-stolen-flock-cameras-citing-public-trust/article_06a67859-2d97-414b-aa8f-d8751ad214bb.html
https://www...

To close out Black August, Margaret sits down with Bridget Todd and Hazel Acacia to talk about one of the most iconic Trek episodes ever made (S6E13: Far Beyond the Stars of Deep Space Nine)- and you're invited

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret continues telling you the sordid history of Automated License Plate Readers and the people who have stood up against them

Sources:

https://www.kwch.com/2022/11/04/kechi-police-lieutenants-arrest-puts-flock-technology-under-scrutiny/
https://azmirror.com/2019/07/08/arizona-police-agencies-gather-share-license-plate-data-but-few-ensure-rules-are-being-followed/
https://www.denver7.com/news/local-news/aurora-police-detain-black-family-after-mistaking-their-vehicle-as-stolen
https://sls.eff.org/technologies/automated-license-plate-readers-alprs
https://www.winonapost.com/news/crime/all-of-wpd-s-flock-cameras-stolen/article_9c61aa25-411b-4f2f-a5cd-ca02942f5f9f.html
https://krocnews.com/stolen-flock-cameras-winona-mn/
https://www.winonapost.com/news/wpd-wont-replace-stolen-flock-cameras-citing-public-trust/article_06a67859-2d97-414b-aa8f-d8751ad214bb.html
https://www.military.com/air-force-engineer-accused-of-cutting-down-13...

Margaret tells you the sordid history of Automated License Plate Readers and the people who have stood up against them

Sources:

https://www.kwch.com/2022/11/04/kechi-police-lieutenants-arrest-puts-flock-technology-under-scrutiny/
https://azmirror.com/2019/07/08/arizona-police-agencies-gather-share-license-plate-data-but-few-ensure-rules-are-being-followed/
https://www.denver7.com/news/local-news/aurora-police-detain-black-family-after-mistaking-their-vehicle-as-stolen
https://sls.eff.org/technologies/automated-license-plate-readers-alprs
https://www.winonapost.com/news/crime/all-of-wpd-s-flock-cameras-stolen/article_9c61aa25-411b-4f2f-a5cd-ca02942f5f9f.html
https://krocnews.com/stolen-flock-cameras-winona-mn/
https://www.winonapost.com/news/wpd-wont-replace-stolen-flock-cameras-citing-public-trust/article_06a67859-2d97-414b-aa8f-d8751ad214bb.html
https://www.military.com/air-force-engineer-accused-of-cutting-down-13-police-cameras-says-they-are-unconstitutional<...

Natural Causes is a podcast about the politics and practicalities of going outside in a world on fire, hosted by Dr. James Stout. It approaches the outdoors, conservation, agriculture, food sovereignty, and Indigenous land rights as interconnected issues. We want to combine unflinching journalism with unabashed advocacy for the land we all share, and welcome everyone into the outdoors and the fight for our public lands. Our shared wild spaces are under threat like never before, from climate change, the Trump administration, and extractive capitalism. Now, more than ever, we need serious journalism and serious solidarity that engages people...

This week, Margaret finished the story of the tragic and powerful strike that shook Michigan and copper production, through the lens of the Joan of Arc of Calumet

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Finland

https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/immigration/scandinavian/the-finns/

https://bestneighborhood.org/conservative-vs-liberal-map-michigan/ 

https://trailsendup.com/en/weather-in-the-upper-peninsula

https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2014/spring/women-citizenship-repatration

https://ss.sites.mtu.edu/cca/tamarack-co-operative-store/ 

Beyond Brothers & Bars: Disovering Women’s Roles in One Mining Community, Jean F. Ellis

This week, Margaret continues the story of the tragic and powerful strike that shook Michigan and copper production, through the lens of the Joan of Arc of Calumet

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Finland

https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/immigration/scandinavian/the-finns/

https://bestneighborhood.org/conservative-vs-liberal-map-michigan/ 

https://trailsendup.com/en/weather-in-the-upper-peninsula

https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2014/spring/women-citizenship-repatration

https://ss.sites.mtu.edu/cca/tamarack-co-operative-store/ 

Beyond Brothers & Bars: Disovering Women’s Roles in One Mining Community, Jean F. Ellis

Margaret reads a story about a strange visitor by a civil rights activist and writer

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret tells you the story of the tragic and powerful strike that shook Michigan and copper production, through the lens of the Joan of Arc of Calumet

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Finland

https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/immigration/scandinavian/the-finns/

https://bestneighborhood.org/conservative-vs-liberal-map-michigan/ 

https://trailsendup.com/en/weather-in-the-upper-peninsula

https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2014/spring/women-citizenship-repatration

https://ss.sites.mtu.edu/cca/tamarack-co-operative-store/ 

Beyond Brothers & Bars: Disovering Women’s Roles in One Mining Community, Jean F. Ellis

An...

Margaret tells you the story of the tragic and powerful strike that shook Michigan and copper production, through the lens of the Joan of Arc of Calumet

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Finland

https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/immigration/scandinavian/the-finns/

https://bestneighborhood.org/conservative-vs-liberal-map-michigan/ 

https://trailsendup.com/en/weather-in-the-upper-peninsula

https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2014/spring/women-citizenship-repatration

https://ss.sites.mtu.edu/cca/tamarack-co-operative-store/ 

Beyond Brothers & Bars: Disovering Women’s Roles in One Mining Community, Jean F. Ellis

An...

Margaret reads you a story about the French Revolution and the destruction of a prison

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret continues her interview with author and activist Cory Doctorow about the role of fiction in making a better world

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret interviews the author and activist Cory Doctorow about the role of fiction in making a better world

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Prince Shakur returns to finish reading Margaret a story about revolution, repression, and survival for Black August

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.