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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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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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Published 2023-07-25

Part One: Julius Streicher: The Other Hitler

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Robert sits down with Jake Hanrahan to talk about trailblazing Nazi propagandist Julius Streicher, the man who might have been Fuhrer if a few things had broken differently.

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Published 2023-07-22

It Could Happen Here Weekly 92

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Published 2023-07-20

Part Two: Why Kidnapping Conspiracy Theories Are Everywhere

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Sarah Marshall and Robert continue their deep dive into the wide world of kidnapping conspiracy theories and the horrible consequences thereof.

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Published 2023-07-18

Part One: Why Kidnapping Conspiracy Theories Are Everywhere

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Robert and Sarah Marshall sit down to talk about the wave of kidnapping conspiracy theories that recently led a random woman to murder an Uber driver in El Paso.

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Published 2023-07-15

It Could Happen Here Weekly 91

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Published 2023-07-11

Part One: How The Dilbert Guy Lost His Mind

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Published 2023-06-22

Part Two: AI Is Coming for Your Children

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We continue our investigation of weird AI children's book grifters.

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Published 2023-06-20

Part One: AI Is Coming for Your Children

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Robert sits down with Ben Bowlin to talk about the flood of AI-generated children's books con-artists are putting on Kindle. Not only are they off-putting and bad, they might represent a serious threat to literacy itself.

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Published 2023-06-13

Part One: The War On Vagrants

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Robert sits down with Margaret Killjoy to talk about slavery and the origins of our present-day war on homelessness.

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Published 2023-06-06

Part One: Elon Musk is Being Sued, LMAO

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Robert is joined by Katy and Cody to discuss the wild lawsuit against Elon Musk. 

 

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Robert is joined by Katy and Cody to discuss the wild lawsuit against Elon Musk. 

 

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Published 2023-06-01

Part Six: Vince McMahon, History's Greatest Monster

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We bring the Vince McMahon saga to a bloody conclusion. For now.

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Published 2023-05-30

Part Five: Vince McMahon, History's Greatest Monster

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Sean, Tom and Robert discuss the WWF steroid abuse scandal, the end of kayfabe, and Saddam Hussein.

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Published 2023-05-25

Part Four: Vince McMahon, History's Greatest Monster

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Robert walks Seanbaby and Tom through Vince McMahon's betrayal of Andre the Giant, rape allegations, and the murder he may have helped cover up. As a bonus, Jesse Ventura tries to unionize the WWF.

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Robert walks Seanbaby and Tom through Vince McMahon's betrayal of Andre the Giant, rape allegations, and the murder he may have helped cover up. As a bonus, Jesse Ventura tries to unionize the WWF.

Behind the Bastards is once again funding the Portland Diaper Bank! You can donate here to make sure families suffering financial hardship have one less thing to worry about: https://www.gofundme.com/f/ah24n-btb-fundraiser-for-pdx-diaper-bank?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer 

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Published 2023-05-23

Part Three: Vince McMahon, History's Greatest Monster

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Robert, Seanbaby and Tom discuss the time Vince McMahon tried to maim Muhammed Ali with a razor blade, and how he killed old school wrestling in order to remake it in his own fetid image.

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Robert, Seanbaby and Tom discuss the time Vince McMahon tried to maim Muhammed Ali with a razor blade, and how he killed old school wrestling in order to remake it in his own fetid image.

Behind the Bastards is once again funding the Portland Diaper Bank! You can donate here to make sure families suffering financial hardship have one less thing to worry about:  https://www.gofundme.com/f/ah24n-btb-fundraiser-for-pdx-diaper-bank?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer 

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Published 2023-05-18

Part Two: Vince McMahon, History's Greatest Monster

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Robert is joined again by Sean and Tom to continue to discuss Vince McMahon.

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Robert is joined again by Sean and Tom to continue to discuss Vince McMahon.

Behind the Bastards is once again funding the Portland Diaper Bank! You can donate here to make sure families suffering financial hardship have one less thing to worry about: https://www.gofundme.com/f/ah24n-btb-fundraiser-for-pdx-diaper-bank?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer 

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Published 2023-05-16

Part One: Vince McMahon, History's Greatest Monster

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We begin our 6 part series on the Chairman & CEO of WWE, Vince McMahon.

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We begin our 6 part series on the Chairman & CEO of WWE, Vince McMahon.

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Published 2023-05-11

Part Two: Jack Welch Is Why You Got Laid Off

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Robert is joined again by Michael Swaim and Abe Epperson to continue to discuss Jack Welch.

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Robert is joined again by Michael Swaim and Abe Epperson to continue to discuss Jack Welch.

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Published 2023-05-09

Part One: Jack Welch Is Why You Got Laid Off

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Robert is joined by Michael Swaim and Abe Epperson to discuss Hell's CEO, Jack Welch.

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Robert is joined by Michael Swaim and Abe Epperson to discuss Hell's CEO, Jack Welch.

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Published 2023-04-25

Part One: The First American Yoga Cult Leader

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Published 2023-04-18

Part Three: Josef Mengele & The Nazi Doctors

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Matt and Robert finally get to the worst part of the Mengele story: his time at Auschwitz, and his nightmarish medical experiments.

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Published 2023-04-13

Part Two: Josef Mengele & The Nazi Doctors

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Matt and Robert continue their discussion of Joey Mengs, and the collapse of the German Medical Establishment into Nazi terror.

FOOTNOTES:

  1. https://revistapesquisa.fapesp.br/en/the-sentimental-memoirs-of-the-angel-of-death/
  2. https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/a-biography-of-josef-mengele-the-angel-of-death/
  3. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-31/verschuer-fisher-letters-on-tobacco-and-nazi-medicine/101376720
  4. https://www.ushmm.org/exhibition/deadly-medicine/profiles/
  5. https://archive.org/details/racialhygienemed0000proc/page/210/mode/2up?q=mengele
  6. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01968-z
  7. https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/science-race
  8. https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/200707/did-josef-mengele-produce-any-useful-medical-research-data-gathered/
  9. https://www.urologichistory.museum/collections/the-scope-of-urology-newsletter/issue-1-spring-2020/mengeles-experiments#:~:text=His%20experiments%20also%20distinguished%20between%20genetic%20traits%20and,evidence%20for%20the%20ideas%20of%20the%20Nazi%20party.
  10. https://www.thoughtco.com/mengeles-children-twins-of-auschwitz-1779486
  11. https://archive.is/h7GWf#selection-633.0-633.955
  12. https://www.amazon.com/People-Auschwitz-Published-Association-Holocaust/dp/0807828165
  13. https://www.amazon.com/Mengele-Complete-Gerald-L-Posner/dp/0815410069/ref=sr_1_3?crid=XRGA8K0JK2PM&keywords=mengele+posner&qid=1681353028&s=books&sprefix=mengele+posne%2Cstripbooks%2C180&sr=1-3
  14. https://www.amazon.com/Auschwitz-Doctors-Eyewitness-Miklos-Nyiszli/dp/161145011X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=281P91NN3S4WM&keywords=auschwitz+a+doctors&qid=1681353057&s=books&sprefix=auschwitz+a+doctors%2Cstripbooks%2C133&sr=1-1
  15. https://www.amazon.com/Mengele-Unmasking-David-G-Marwell-ebook/dp/B07TK2ZM56/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1681353075&sr=1-1

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Matt and Robert continue their discussion of Joey Mengs, and the collapse of the German Medical Establishment into Nazi terror.

FOOTNOTES:

  1. https://revistapesquisa.fapesp.br/en/the-sentimental-memoirs-of-the-angel-of-death/
  2. https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/a-biography-of-josef-mengele-the-angel-of-death/
  3. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-31/verschuer-fisher-letters-on-tobacco-and-nazi-medicine/101376720
  4. https://www.ushmm.org/exhibition/deadly-medicine/profiles/
  5. https://archive.org/details/racialhygienemed0000proc/page/210/mode/2up?q=mengele
  6. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01968-z
  7. https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/science-race
  8. https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/200707/did-josef-mengele-produce-any-useful-medical-research-data-gathered/
  9. https://www.urologichistory.museum/collections/the-scope-of-urology-newsletter/issue-1-spring-2020/mengeles-experiments#:~:text=His%20experiments%20also%20distinguished%20between%20genetic%20traits%20and,evidence%20for%20the%20ideas%20of%20the%20Nazi%20party.
  10. https://www.thoughtco.com/mengeles-children-twins-of-auschwitz-1779486
  11. https://archive.is/h7GWf#selection-633.0-633.955
  12. https://www.amazon.com/People-Auschwitz-Published-Association-Holocaust/dp/0807828165
  13. https://www.amazon.com/Mengele-Complete-Gerald-L-Posner/dp/0815410069/ref=sr_1_3?crid=XRGA8K0JK2PM&keywords=mengele+posner&qid=1681353028&s=books&sprefix=mengele+posne%2Cstripbooks%2C180&sr=1-3
  14. https://www.amazon.com/Auschwitz-Doctors-Eyewitness-Miklos-Nyiszli/dp/161145011X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=281P91NN3S4WM&keywords=auschwitz+a+doctors&qid=1681353057&s=books&sprefix=auschwitz+a+doctors%2Cstripbooks%2C133&sr=1-1
  15. https://www.amazon.com/Mengele-Unmasking-David-G-Marwell-ebook/dp/B07TK2ZM56/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1681353075&sr=1-1

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The Liver King (A Live Show)

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Robert and Dr. Kaveh Hoda perform live at SF Sketchfest. Everything you've ever wanted to know about the Liver King and a significant number of things you did not want to know.

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