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Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff
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    Part One: Robin Hood and the Legacy of Outlaws in Medieval England

    20/07/2026 | 1h 3 mins.
    Margaret talks to Joe Kassabian about how Robin Hood might not have been real, but bandits who supported the peasantry was
    Sources:
    https://mercian-as.co.uk/chester.html
    https://entertablementabroad.com/2026/06/sheriffs-and-shires-the-geography-of-governance/
    https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/culture-leisure/country-parks/history-of-sherwood-forest-robin-hood-and-major-oak
    https://mercian-as.co.uk/about_sherwood.html
    https://www.etymonline.com/word/tithe
    https://www.etymonline.com/word/tour
    https://www.jstor.org/stable/3678889
    https://mercian-as.co.uk/outlaws.html
    https://sites.nd.edu/manuscript-studies/tag/sloth/
    https://www.medievalists.net/2021/05/piers-plowman-great-uprising-1381/
    https://robinhoodlegend.com/the-legend/
    https://web.archive.org/web/20201116124922/https://d.lib.rochester.edu/teams/text/gest-of-robyn-hode
    https://traditionalbritain.org/blog/walter-scott-as-a-conservative-thinker/
    https://web.archive.org/web/20201115204031/https://d.lib.rochester.edu/robin-hood/text/chandler-robin-hood-development-of-a-popular-hero
    https://www.academia.edu/6274298/Robin_Hood_and_the_Social_Context_of_Late_Medieval_Archery
    https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Robin_Hood
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    CZM Book Club: Locust House, by Adam Gnade (Part Three of Four)

    19/07/2026 | 28 mins.
    Margaret continues the story of the last punk show played at Locust House
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    Part Two: The First Labor Strike: How the Tomb Builders of Deir El-Medina Started It All

    15/07/2026 | 36 mins.
    Margaret finished telling you about labor and class struggle in Ancient Egypt
    Sources:
    https://historyrise.com/article/slavery-and-forced-labor-and-comparative-history-across-egypt/
    https://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/slaves.htm
    https://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/medina.htm
    https://www.ancient-egypt-online.com/ancient-egypt-kingdoms.html
    https://vintage.tn/why-is-there-a-city-named-thebes-in-greece-and-a/
    https://spokenpast.com/articles/egyptian-dream-book/
    https://ancientegypt.fandom.com/wiki/Papyrus_Chester_Beatty_3
    https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends/egyptian-dream-book-001621
    https://www.touregypt.net/kingtomb.htm
    https://blogs.nature.com/houseofwisdom/2013/01/voluntary-slavery-ancient-egyptians-paid-a-monthly-fee-to-become-temple-slaves.html
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jan/11/great-pyramid-tombs-slaves-egypt
    https://www.thecollector.com/hatshepsut-egyptian-queen-king/
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitocris
    https://historicaleve.com/how-many-cleopatras-were-there-in-egypt/
    https://www.thecollector.com/interview-queen-cleopatra-with-prof-paul-cartledge-oxford/
    https://www.workingnowandthen.com/blog/wage-theft-the-50-billion-crime-against-workers/
    https://www.thecollector.com/how-ancient-egyptians-lived-and-worked-in-the-valley-of-kings/
    https://www.google.be/books/edition/Brotherhood_of_Kings/JTvRCwAAQBAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=chiefs+of+punt&pg=PA143&printsec=frontcover
    https://www.wonderfulmuseums.com/museum/why-does-the-british-museum-not-return-artifacts/
    https://www.history.com/articles/what-is-the-rosetta-stone
    Oral correspondence
    https://www.history.com/articles/mummy-unwrapping-parties-egyptomania
    https://editions.covecollective.org/content/egypt-and-orientalism
    https://everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2023/08/11/orientalism-through-time-and-place-a-virtual-exhibit/
    https://ninercommons.charlotte.edu/record/2825?v=pdf
    https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1089/the-first-labor-strike-in-history/
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    Part One: The First Labor Strike: How the Tomb Builders of Deir El-Medina Started It All

    13/07/2026 | 34 mins.
    Margaret talks to you about labor and class struggle in Ancient Egypt.
    Sources:
    https://historyrise.com/article/slavery-and-forced-labor-and-comparative-history-across-egypt/
    https://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/slaves.htm
    https://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/medina.htm
    https://www.ancient-egypt-online.com/ancient-egypt-kingdoms.html
    https://vintage.tn/why-is-there-a-city-named-thebes-in-greece-and-a/
    https://spokenpast.com/articles/egyptian-dream-book/
    https://ancientegypt.fandom.com/wiki/Papyrus_Chester_Beatty_3
    https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends/egyptian-dream-book-001621
    https://www.touregypt.net/kingtomb.htm
    https://blogs.nature.com/houseofwisdom/2013/01/voluntary-slavery-ancient-egyptians-paid-a-monthly-fee-to-become-temple-slaves.html
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jan/11/great-pyramid-tombs-slaves-egypt
    https://www.thecollector.com/hatshepsut-egyptian-queen-king/
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitocris
    https://historicaleve.com/how-many-cleopatras-were-there-in-egypt/
    https://www.thecollector.com/interview-queen-cleopatra-with-prof-paul-cartledge-oxford/
    https://www.workingnowandthen.com/blog/wage-theft-the-50-billion-crime-against-workers/
    https://www.thecollector.com/how-ancient-egyptians-lived-and-worked-in-the-valley-of-kings/
    https://www.google.be/books/edition/Brotherhood_of_Kings/JTvRCwAAQBAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=chiefs+of+punt&pg=PA143&printsec=frontcover
    https://www.wonderfulmuseums.com/museum/why-does-the-british-museum-not-return-artifacts/
    https://www.history.com/articles/what-is-the-rosetta-stone
    Oral correspondence
    https://www.history.com/articles/mummy-unwrapping-parties-egyptomania
    https://editions.covecollective.org/content/egypt-and-orientalism
    https://everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2023/08/11/orientalism-through-time-and-place-a-virtual-exhibit/
    https://ninercommons.charlotte.edu/record/2825?v=pdf
    https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1089/the-first-labor-strike-in-history/
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    CZM Book Club: Locust House, by Adam Gnade (Part Two of Four)

    12/07/2026 | 30 mins.
    Margaret continues reading to you from a novella about a punk house in 2002 San Diego
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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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