Part One: Pirate Radio: From International Waters to Squatted Apartment Buildings

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

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Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 8 September 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Margaret talks with Bursts about the surprising history of pirate radio and the three way fight for control of the airwaves.

Sources:

https://files.libcom.org/files/radio-is-my-bomb-part-1.pdf

https://files.libcom.org/files/radio-is-my-bomb-part-2.pdf

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https://www.thejournal.ie/ronan-orahilly-radio-caroline-death-5079760-Apr2020/

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0:00.0	This is an IHeart podcast.
0:04.2	I just normally do straight stand-up, but this is a bit different.
0:08.0	What do you get when a true crime producer walks into a comedy club?
0:12.2	Answer, a new podcast called Wisecrack, where a comedian finds himself at the center of a chilling true crime story.
0:18.8	Does anyone know what show they've come to see? It's a story.
0:23.3	It's about the scariest night of my life. This is Wisecrack, available now. Listen to Wisecrack on
0:30.3	the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:36.3	CallZo Media. Hello and welcome to cool people who did cool stuff, your weekly reminder that whenever
0:43.9	bad things happen, people try to do good things and or just illegal things, depending on
0:48.9	what's legal at the time. I am your host, Margaret Kiljoy, and I have a guest today.
0:53.6	You will be shocked to know this. I have a guest today. You will be shocked to know this.
0:55.1	I have a guest today, and his name is Bursts.
0:57.7	How are you?
0:58.7	I'm doing pretty good.
1:00.1	Yeah, how about you, Margaret?
1:01.6	I'm good.
1:02.4	I wrote twice as much this week as I already do in a normal week.
1:06.4	Everything's fine.
1:07.8	I can turn on voice of radio whenever I want. But you, I often have guests
1:14.4	who are podcast hosts. And this week is no different because you are the host of the Final
1:19.4	Straw Radio, which is a podcast. And yet, you would guess by the name is also a radio show.
1:26.0	Is that an accurate statement? Yeah. That's an absolutely accurate
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