Behind the Bastards
There’s a reason the History Channel has produced hundreds of documentaries about Hitler but only a few about Dwight D. Eisenhower. Bad guys (and gals) are eternally fascinating. Behind the Bastards dives in past the Cliffs Notes of the worst humans in history and exposes the bizarre realities of their lives. Listeners will learn about the young adult novels that helped Hitler form his monstrous ideology, the founder of Blackwater’s insane quest to build his own Air Force, the bizarre lives of the sons and daughters of dictators and Saddam Hussein’s side career as a trashy romance novelist.
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Robert sits down with Jamie Loftus to discuss a bastard who really did it all: started his own country and became dictator, carried out a genocide, and matured to quack energy healer using magic to improve men's sperm count.
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- Sanctions, Terror, and the Internet
- Should AOC talk to MAHA?
- Debating the American Role in the Middle East
- A History Built of Uprising
- Executive Disorder: Oil Crisis, New Mail-In-Voting Rules Blocked, Macklemore Based??
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We conclude the story of Francis Galton and explore all the hideous ways his ideas helped inspire eugenic laws around the world, and ultimately the Holocaust.
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https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/special-collections/kantsaywhere
https://unseenhistories.substack.com/p/the-disturbing-visions-of-francis-galton-gavin-evans
...Robert explains how Francis Galton helped invent modern forensic science while looking for ways to be more racist, as well as continuing his weird fetish of 'measuring' attractive women.
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https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/special-collections/kantsaywhere
https://unseenhistories.substack.com/p/the-disturbing-visions-of-fra...
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- Counterrevolution in Egypt
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What Happened with Milo Yiannopoulos?
- The Death of American Hegemony
- Executive Disorder: Escalation in Iran, Trade War with Canada, Arcade.gov
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In part 2, we follow Galton during his youthful rampage through the middle east and then Africa, and how his 'gap years' created the racism we all live with today.
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This week Robert begins our exploration of Francis Galton, a groundbreaking explorer and statistician who also invented modern racism as we know it by creating Eugenics.
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- Disarming Hamas
- Anarchists and the Great War with Andrew
- The Hunt for Jason Arday
- Civilization with Andrew
- Executive Disorder: US Strikes Wedding in Iran, Mail-In Voting Whistleblower, Tupac Killer Convicted
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Robert sketches out the international network of websites where sex criminals ply their trade and advertise, and concludes the story of Dominique Pelicot.
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There exists online a community of websites and users who encourage, pay and teach each other in how to drug and sexually abuse women. Robert explores the case of one particular website, Coco, in France, along with in one specific offender, Dominique Pelicot.
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How to Rob a City: NBA Billionaire Edition
- How the United States Built its Colonial Empire, Pt. 2
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Sophie Cunningham's Transphobic WNBA Panic
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DHS Surveillance and Infiltration of ICE Protests in Minnesota
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Executive Disorder: Mail-In Voting Restrictions, Canadian Trade War, Record High ICE Detentions&nb...
Robert concludes the tale of Percy Fawcett by discussing how he came to believe a hidden jungle portal would turn his son into a god (spoiler: they died horribly).
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There are a few candidates for the title "the real Indiana Jones" but Percy Fawcett is the man whose reputation most inspired our favorite fictional archaeologist. Unfortunately, he was a racist, a murderer and a weirdo occultist who led his own son to a horrific death for reasons of Magic.
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How the United States Built its Colonial Empire, Pt. 1
- The Dangers of Silica ft. Kim Kelly
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How AI Companies are Monetizing Intimacy, Ft. Bridget Todd
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Fighting for Incarcerated Workers
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Executive Disorder: Iran Ceasefire Expires, Corrupt Military Contractors, Florida Election
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Robert continues telling James Stout about the story of the worst military leader in human history: Francisco Solano Lopez. Also known as 'El supremo', he nearly annihilated his own country through sheer incompetence.
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https://www.jstor.org/stable/26494384?googleloggedin=true&seq=22
This week Robert sits down with James Stout to weave the story of the worst military leader in human history: Francisco Solano Lopez. Also known as 'El supremo', he nearly annihilated his own country through sheer incompetence.
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https://www.jstor.org/stable/26494384?googleloggedin=true&seq=22
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- The Gen Z Protests that Shook India's Fascist Government
- GlobeCon: The New Liberals Take on DSA
- GlobeCon: Can Technocratic Neoliberalism Save Us? Um no wtf?
- How Ken Paxton Became the Most Corrupt Man in Texas Politics
- Executive Disorder: Flock Sabotage, Tariff Refunds for Corporations, Wisconsin Election
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With Palantir now off the ground, Alex Karp turns himself into the spokesman and salesman for Palantir, a company that threatens to destroy everything he pretends to believe in.
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Robert begins his exploration of the early life of Alex Karp, current CEO of Palantir and best friend to Peter Thiel. He traces Alex's journey from left-wing academic to overlord of an "Anti-Woke" defense contractor.
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- A Second Electrolysis Union Appears
- Morocco's US-Backed Occupation of Western Sahara
- The Rise of Organized Retail Crime Propaganda
- How Congress Could Bring ICE to a Store Near You
- Executive Disorder: Spokane Wildfires, Abdul Wins Michigan Primary, Munition Shortage
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