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Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

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Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff
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    Part One: Peter the Painter and the Latvian Revolution of 1905

    06/04/2026 | 1h 17 mins.
    Margaret talks with Becca Ramos about one of histories most notorious fugitives and his days fighting against the Tsar
    Sources:
    https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/police-forces/city-of-london-police/areas/city-of-london/about-us/about-us/houndsditch-murders/
    https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/gyl24y/were_the_policies_of_the_british_government_under/
    https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/The-Siege-of-Sidney-Street/
    https://web.archive.org/web/20070514215717/http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/O/origination/immigration.html
    https://www.onlatvia.com/tag/christianization
    https://web.archive.org/web/20250125015207/https://www.onlatvia.com/dievturiba-latvian-neo-paganism-187
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%81rlis_Ulmanis
    https://kulturaskanons.lv/en/archive/jani/
    A Towering Flame, by Phillip Ruff
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    CZM Book Club: All Cats Are Grey, by Andre Alice Norton

    05/04/2026 | 31 mins.
    Margaret reads you some golden-age pulp sci-fi about a hypercompetant space captain and her trusty cat
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    Part Two: SHAC and Modern Protest Tactics

    01/04/2026 | 1h 3 mins.
    Margaret continues her talk with Shuli Branson about the international campaign to end a notorious animal testing lab
    Sources:
    https://activistfacts.com/organizations/408-shac//
    https://newspaper.animalpeopleforum.org/2002/10/01/crackdown-on-shac-hits-activist-for-child-porn-brings-boston-busts/
    https://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/hearings?Id=DAED00C5-802A-23AD-4106-0178D28039D9&Statement_id=CB16330B-2C94-4C18-B3A1-EF426A27966C
    https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/british-arrest-animal-rights-activists/
    https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/animal-rights-activists-get-prison-web-threat-case/
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/staffordshire/4762481.stm
    https://www.thefreelibrary.com/I+dug+up+a+grave+20+years+ago+but+this+is+appalling%3b+YOXALL...-a0123564625
    https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/the-research-they-tried-to-stop
    https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/may/12/animalwelfare.topstories3
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DONT2Aucgs
    https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/aug/24/animalwelfare.nelsonmandela
    https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/aug/24/animalwelfare.businessofresearch
    https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/this-britain/animal-rights-activists-condemned-as-guinea-pig-farm-gives-up-fight-307872.html
    https://aldf.org/article/federal-laws-and-agencies-involved-with-animal-testing/
    https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/1fkyqaf/cmv_testing_on_animals_is_not_logically_unethical/
    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36762462/
    https://awionline.org/awi-quarterly/summer-2025/animal-experimentation-under-trump-administration-good-bad-ugly
    https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/administrator-zeldin-gets-epa-back-track-eliminate-animal-testing-after-biden-admin
    https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/consumer-health/federal-food-drug-and-cosmetic-act-1938
    https://bfp.org/the-u-s-is-finally-beginning-to-move-beyond-animal-testing/
    https://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-experimentation/animals-used-experimentation-factsheets/animal-experiments-overview/
    https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10408444.2023.2221987#abstract
    https://www.humaneworld.org/en/blog/epa-end-animal-testing
    https://web.archive.org/web/20080227041442/http://www.nuffieldbioethics.org/fileLibrary/pdf/RIA_Report_FINAL-opt.pdf
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK32655/
    https://humanedecisions.com/charles-darwin-the-lower-animals-like-man-feel-pleasure-and-pain-happiness-and-misery/
    https://web.archive.org/web/20130121030113/http://postcog.ucd.ie/files/fulltext.pdf
    https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/aug/14/davidpallister
    https://www.stagemilk.com/aaron-monologue-act-5-scene-1/
    https://awionline.org/press-releases/envigo-settlement-first-step-addressing-companys-abysmal-animal-welfare-record
    https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/headlines/2960204-envigos-22-million-guilty-plea-animal-welfare-scandal-unveiled
    Puppy Killer, Leave Town, Jon Hochschartner
    https://we.riseup.net/imc-uk/barry-horne
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    Part One: SHAC and Modern Protest Tactics

    30/03/2026 | 1h
    Margaret talks with Shuli Branson about the international campaign to end a notorious animal testing lab
    Sources:
    https://activistfacts.com/organizations/408-shac//
    https://newspaper.animalpeopleforum.org/2002/10/01/crackdown-on-shac-hits-activist-for-child-porn-brings-boston-busts/
    https://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/hearings?Id=DAED00C5-802A-23AD-4106-0178D28039D9&Statement_id=CB16330B-2C94-4C18-B3A1-EF426A27966C
    https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/british-arrest-animal-rights-activists/
    https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/animal-rights-activists-get-prison-web-threat-case/
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/staffordshire/4762481.stm
    https://www.thefreelibrary.com/I+dug+up+a+grave+20+years+ago+but+this+is+appalling%3b+YOXALL...-a0123564625
    https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/the-research-they-tried-to-stop
    https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/may/12/animalwelfare.topstories3
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DONT2Aucgs
    https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/aug/24/animalwelfare.nelsonmandela
    https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/aug/24/animalwelfare.businessofresearch
    https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/this-britain/animal-rights-activists-condemned-as-guinea-pig-farm-gives-up-fight-307872.html
    https://aldf.org/article/federal-laws-and-agencies-involved-with-animal-testing/
    https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/1fkyqaf/cmv_testing_on_animals_is_not_logically_unethical/
    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36762462/
    https://awionline.org/awi-quarterly/summer-2025/animal-experimentation-under-trump-administration-good-bad-ugly
    https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/administrator-zeldin-gets-epa-back-track-eliminate-animal-testing-after-biden-admin
    https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/consumer-health/federal-food-drug-and-cosmetic-act-1938
    https://bfp.org/the-u-s-is-finally-beginning-to-move-beyond-animal-testing/
    https://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-experimentation/animals-used-experimentation-factsheets/animal-experiments-overview/
    https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10408444.2023.2221987#abstract
    https://www.humaneworld.org/en/blog/epa-end-animal-testing
    https://web.archive.org/web/20080227041442/http://www.nuffieldbioethics.org/fileLibrary/pdf/RIA_Report_FINAL-opt.pdf
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK32655/
    https://humanedecisions.com/charles-darwin-the-lower-animals-like-man-feel-pleasure-and-pain-happiness-and-misery/
    https://web.archive.org/web/20130121030113/http://postcog.ucd.ie/files/fulltext.pdf
    https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/aug/14/davidpallister
    https://www.stagemilk.com/aaron-monologue-act-5-scene-1/
    https://awionline.org/press-releases/envigo-settlement-first-step-addressing-companys-abysmal-animal-welfare-record
    https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/headlines/2960204-envigos-22-million-guilty-plea-animal-welfare-scandal-unveiled
    Puppy Killer, Leave Town, Jon Hochschartner
    https://we.riseup.net/imc-uk/barry-horne
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    CZM Book Club: The Cloud Weaver's Song, by Saul Tanpepper

    29/03/2026 | 33 mins.
    Margaret reads you a story about climate refugees, ancestors, and giant spider robots that weave webs of glass
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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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