Part Four: Autistici/Inventati and the Fight for the Autonomous Internet

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 wrongSee 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 ManJim Henson, Brian Jay JonesSee 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-gothamhttps://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_Memorialhttps://www.newsbreak.com/herbie-j-pilato-1590342/4941153104564-the-shocking-racist-history-of-early-sesame-street-lore-a-tragic-look-back-6-decades-laterhttps://worldmetrics.org/relationship-cheating-statistics/https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/bert-ernie-are-gay-couple-sesame-street-writer-claims-n910701Jim Henson, Idea ManJim Henson, Brian Jay JonesSee 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.

Margaret continues talking with Hazel Robin about the 30th anniversary of the successful fight to save Warner Creek in OregonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret talks with Hazel Robin about the 30th anniversary of the successful fight to save Warner Creek in OregonSee 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.archive.org/web/20160126020743/http://www.jta.org/2009/05/28/news-opinion/united-states/holy-land-founders-get-life-sentences https://scalawagmagazine.org/2025/08/palestinian-political-prisoner-shukri-abu-bakers-poetry-book-debuts-in-houston/ https://anarchistnews.org/content/go-forth-and-multiply-may-10-100-1000-servers-spark http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/12/newsid_3953000/3953999.stm https://libcom.org/article/1969-strategy-tension-italy https://libcom.org/article/giuseppe-pinelli-death-anarchist https://files.libcom.org/files/Secrets-and-Bombs.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/16/world/evolution-in-europe-italy-discloses-its-web-of-cold-war-guerrillas.html https://theconversation.com/looking-back-at-1992-italys-horrible-year-66739 https://theconversation.com/looking-back-at-1992-italys-horrible-year-66739 https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2001/07/22/carlo-una-vita-contro.html https://blog.pmpress.org/2026/07/20/a-letter-to-carlo-giuliani/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.