Part Two: 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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🗓️ 10 September 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Margaret continues her talk 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

https://files.libcom.org/files/Radio%20Alice.pdf

https://autonomies.org/2023/02/italy-autonomia-5/

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

https://web.archive.org/web/20100524063428/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article7053070.ece

https://web.archive.org/web/20071018203739/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2007/09/27/bvradio127.xml&page=1

https://web.archive.org/web/20110719070410/http://www.offshoreradio.de/fleet/shivering.htm

https://www.bobleroi.co.uk/ScrapBook/SutchCityPics1/SutchCityPics1.html

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0:00.0	This is an IHeart podcast.
0:06.3	CoolZone Media.
0:08.5	Hello, and welcome to cool people did cool stuff.
0:10.9	Your weekly reminder that I always introduce this show by calling it weekly, even though it's twice a week.
0:16.2	Because I don't know whether bi-weekly means twice a week or every two weeks.
0:19.4	I think it means every two weeks.
0:20.3	I am your host, Margaret Kiljoy, and my guest today is Bursts, one of the hosts of the Final Straw Radio, which is both a radio show and a podcast. How are you?
0:30.7	I'm doing pretty well. I missed you.
0:33.4	I know in this five-minute break where we sat around and talked about cats.
0:54.2	Yeah. We have a producer. Her name's Sophie. We have a producer. Hi, Sophie. Hi. That's always how I introduce you. Vaguely awkwardly, as if you weren't the person who makes everything happen. I love it. It's amazing. No notes. Our audio engineer is Eva. Hi, Eva.
0:55.2	Hi, Eva.
0:57.9	Hi, Eva. Our theme music was written first by Unwoman.
1:01.0	Hi, Unwomen. I love your music.
1:04.8	Hi, Unwomen. I don't know if you listen, but thanks for making theme music.
1:09.3	We picked this theme music because I was like, I want something that seems incongruous with talking about like all kinds of wild
1:11.9	revolutionary shit. I think it gives it a nice vibe. I still really like it. I know that you've
1:16.8	performed with Unwomen before. Do you have a favorite Unwomen track? I do. My favorite Unwomen track
1:24.6	is called Written in Red. Yes. And it is the poem written by Voltrain DeClair, who I am really shocked has not really come up on this show.
1:32.1	Vultry and DeClair was a ye oldy, anarchisty lady.
1:36.7	Contemporary of Emma Goldman.
1:38.2	Yeah, that's my favorite one of Unwomen's tracks as well.
1:40.7	It's beautiful.
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