Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

Margaret interviews Alynda Segarra from Hurray for the Riff Raff. They discuss the impact of Puerto Rican radicals on the speaker's life and music. The podcast explores the formation of the Young Lords street gang and their fight against English as the official language. Alynda talks about the Young Lords' involvement in community activism, gang unity, and their occupation of religious institutions for urban renewal. They also address sanitation issues and promote other works.

In part two of this week's series, Margaret continues her conversation with Kaveh Hoda about the down-and-out Black men who created the world's first modern paramedic service, way more recently than you'd imagine.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kaveh Hoda discusses the world's first modern paramedic service created by down-and-out black men from Pittsburgh. The podcast explores the history of emergency medical care, paramedics, and ambulance services. It touches on the impact of war and racial bias in healthcare. It also covers the remarkable life of Peter Saffir, the doctor who developed CPR and protected a hospital from the Nazis during World War II.

Margaret reads Gare an urban folk horror story.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this special episode of Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff, Margaret and Sophie answer questions from you, the listeners! CBP is detaining thousands of migrants, including children and the elderly, in the desert without food, water or shelter when overnight temperatures drop below freezing. Support the mutual aid groups helping them  tinyurl.com/borderaidgfm or https://www.gofundme.com/jacumba-migrant-campsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Jamie Loftus about the Black and Indigenous soldiers who lived free in a fort in Spanish Florida until Andrew Jackson broke a lot of laws to fight them.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Loftus joins Margaret to discuss the Battle of Negro Fort in Spanish Florida. They explore the history of the fort and its diverse community of Black and Indigenous soldiers. They also touch on Florida's history during the Revolutionary War, slavery and abolition in the US, and the formation of a multiracial army led by Edward Nichols.

Margaret reads Mia a sci-fi story about what people will do for free power and war. And about hacker clowns.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The podcast explores the solidarity of anti-zionist Jews and others supporting the Palestinian struggle. Topics include reminiscing about shoplifting, protesting the security fences in Israel, collective action and solidarity, recognition and anarchist support, bike ride protest against occupation, taking responsibility for protests, solidarity and hope, and movie discussions and sponsors.

Matt Lieb, an anti-zionist Jew and advocate for Palestinian rights, talks about solidarity with the Palestinian struggle, reflections on activism and arrests, anti-Zionist movements in the Jewish community, the first intifada, the one-state and two-state solutions, legislation and implications, human shielding, and a murder case. They also discuss social media, writing, and promote other podcasts.