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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 2021-04-20

Part One: Dr. Oz: Why 'America's Doctor' Is A Bastard

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Robert is joined by Matt Lieb to discuss Dr. Oz.

FOOTNOTES:

  1. https://www.oprah.com/pressroom/oprah-bids-farewell-to-dr-oz-as-he-launches-his-own-show-september-14#ixzz6ryQsKlGx 
  2.  https://www.healthnewsreview.org/2018/02/pulling-back-the-curtain-on-the-doctors-and-the-dr-oz-show-what-our-analysis-reveals/ 
  3. https://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/the-dr-oz-health-quiz/all#ixzz6ryqeqPD3 
  4. https://www.nature.com/articles/nn0412-497 
  5. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6167233/ 
  6. https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/how-dr-oz-effect-has-hooked-american-consumers-n134801 
  7. https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/18/magazine/18Oz-t.html 
  8. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/04/reiki-cant-possibly-work-so-why-does-it/606808/  
  9. https://quackwatch.org/nccam/research/energy/  
  10. https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/case-dr-oz-ethics-evidence-and-does-professional-self-regulation-work/2017-02 
  11. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/dr-oz-slammed-for-suggesting-it-may-only-cost-us-2-to-3-of-american-lives-to-reopen-schools-2020-04-16 
  12. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/17/business/media/dr-oz-apology-coronavirus.html 
  13. https://www.businessinsider.com/dr-oz-false-misleading-baseless-medical-claims-coronavirus-2020-4#a-strawberry-and-baking-soda-mixture-can-whiten-teeth-oz-said-8 
  14. https://www.vox.com/2015/4/16/8412427/dr-oz-health-claims 
  15. http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2013/01/can_you_trust_dr_oz_his_medical_advice_often_conflicts_with_the_best_science.single.html 

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Published 2021-04-13

Part One: The Conspiracy to Begin All Conspiracies

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Robert is joined by Langston Kerman to discuss the Protocols of the Elders of Zion.

Footnotes: 

  1. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/08/conspiracy-theory-rule-them-all/615550/  
  2. https://www.dhi-moskau.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Ankuendigung_Hagemeister_2.pdf 
  3. https://sci-hub.do/https://www.jstor.org/stable/27669221?seq=1 
  4. https://watermark.silverchair.com/dcv024.pdf?token=AQECAHi208BE49Ooan9kkhW_Ercy7Dm3ZL_9Cf3qfKAc485ysgAAApcwggKTBgkqhkiG9w0BBwagggKEMIICgAIBADCCAnkGCSqGSIb3DQEHATAeBglghkgBZQMEAS4wEQQMeGlbz4t7R6zib7QGAgEQgIICSlmk1ELwcC_GK6SCGjyjDA1lvDMPK1UHe8JFWVLRdcvvNwJhPVzpwMVSM4ikXjNOwTDwsiw_AX4joVsyKEfX240c6BRfrTuoMLUBI5lnjvFttMc6bn5XWfwM1bREsx8wzXlcjjKILJ421b4OlaWNpZy8t5j9zazKMJMIJ1P4jXv6Z2qa2WUY2sd9eZIhhSOYbV-6cHQUjZVX-2M10YDZ8qQzlAw2pWZkynuRiSyfDHaNl_cPtOoKCTwPwDzf83LMe22xJ6ExIo75peEUa10SdU1qLxzrRM-vdXVbxGIcpDQ4cJzoNyVt7P1lgUH8cOrBfrVVfhn6aCuaxCZTqMjrt4USNmn4EnWREdt3Qyoy_GiNMRH_p0nLsahXGr1PfmrDkHrRS28GMAgcDXmS-g7OnC43pU5yCofGaWDwbgXu_25b4dpvIkVIXF8J7SLyO0NNADEWdJqrwBsbnu2S8FcB2DaiUY-ZmruiHqTD5Ummf7Nl4r9hKGntpKXoDPdv1oaAnJCU9ZqkMi58XDx7PLQD_ZFGa2m3gLRV3zo_vpjaoR-kjI7-cU_fAz55uQqZ4VX65tvJNx0LSsLqEouLGlsaqjWQk2oHhBT2Ht3TFMTtQzuQ8NfrPDV59mYMGjbApWCaSnlV_Cfz0PYBp-mDNxWoglIBbQdLAu4DB4gtwp1mYjFWLIpxl3y4TwqREGiEznrynxhkwyLEeXF2k_q_fvex7QBfwSVU4nvGbAWMOxIy3ZcLMumzCdqH3NUHQH0eHeKwjnXQKtPXS5yu4dI 
  5. https://www.amazon.com/Lie-Libel-History-Protocols-Elders/dp/0803292457 
  6. https://theconversation.com/antisemitism-how-the-origins-of-historys-oldest-hatred-still-hold-sway-today-87878 
  7. https://www.philosophersmag.com/opinion/30-karl-marx-s-radical-antisemitism 
  8. Esther Webman. The Global Impact of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion: A Century-Old Myth (Routledge Jewish Studies Series) (p. 59). Taylor and Francis. Kindle Edition. 


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Published 2021-03-30

Part One: The King of Con Artists, Victor Lustig

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Robert is joined by Shereen Lani Younes to discuss Victor Lustig.

FOOTNOTES:

  1. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/man-who-sold-eiffel-tower-twice-180958370/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CCount%E2%80%9D%20Victor%20Lustig%2C%2046,%E2%80%94not%20once%2C%20but%20twice
  2. http://www.progetto.cz/victor-lustig-la-primula-rossa-boema/?lang=en
  3. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-smoothest-con-man-that-ever-lived-29861908/ 
  4. Maysh, Jeff. Handsome Devil (Kindle Single) (p. 16). Kindle Edition.
  5. https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/cops-nab-conman-inspired-by-natwarlal-from-noida/story-y6kZIciV9avMgiLx2xBbNM.html 
  6. https://www.bhaskar.com/news/NAT-NAN-7-interesting-facts-about-biggest-fraudster-of-india-natwarlal-5174373-PHO.html 
  7. https://www.inuth.com/india/the-legend-of-natwarlal-the-iconic-conman-who-sold-taj-mahal-not-once-but-thrice/ 
  8. https://www.abhijitbhaduri.com/blog/2016/02/06/the-confidence-game 
  9. https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-man-who-sold-the-taj-mahal-thrice-247513.html 
  10. https://books.google.com/books?id=VA9TaE2V0eMC&q=natwarlal+shrivastav&pg=PA22#v=snippet&q=natwarlal%20shrivastav&f=false
  11. https://web.archive.org/web/20161116072947/http://www.timescrest.com/opinion/nuts-about-natwarlal-5243 
  12. https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/natwarlal-leaves-em-guessing-even-in-death/story-mYkqbv8grOOw0oFEsIryrJ.html 
  13. http://www.scrolldroll.com/natwar-lal/ 
  14. https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/crime/story/19800815-natwarlal-a-con-man-par-excellence-a-master-forger-a-escape-artist-to-rival-houdini-821356-2014-01-27 
  15. https://www.scoopwhoop.com/Natwarlal-Indias-Greatest-Conman-Who-Sold-Taj-Mahal/#:~:text=Born%20as%20Mithilesh%20Kumar%20Srivastava,50%20aliases%20to%20dupe%20people. 

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Published 2021-03-16

Part One: RAM: Nazi Fight Club

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Garrison Davis is joined by Robert Evans to discuss Rise Above Movement.

FOOTNOTES:

  1. https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounders/rise-above-movement-ram
  2. https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/rise-above-movement
  3. https://www.propublica.org/article/white-hate-group-campaign-of-menace-rise-above-movement
  4. https://nocara.blackblogs.org/2017/07/06/diy-division/
  5. https://www.ocweekly.com/charges-dropped-against-pepper-spraying-antifa-who-saved-oc-weekly-reporter-at-trump-rally-8161814/
  6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fpt3ImXIImY&has_verified=1
  7. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/documenting-hate-charlottesville/
  8. https://www.ocweekly.com/a-rising-star-in-pro-trump-circles-isnt-who-he-says-he-is-or-is-he-8066499/
  9. https://www.counterextremism.com/supremacy/hammerskin-nation-aka-hammerskins
  10. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/02/the-terrifying-rise-of-alt-right-fight-clubs/
  11. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/05/nathan-damigo-punching-woman-berkeley-white-nationalism/
  12. https://nocara.blackblogs.org/2018/10/17/rise-above-movement-arrests-state-repression-autonomous-anti-fascism/
  13. https://www.propublica.org/article/four-men-arrested-over-unrest-during-2017-unite-the-right-rally
  14. https://www.propublica.org/article/all-four-white-supremacists-charged-in-charlottesville-violence-plead-guilty
  15. https://apnews.com/article/race-and-ethnicity-virginia-california-charlottesville-prisons-ff272864758dff4c10b3656d06d3a539
  16. https://www.ocweekly.com/fbi-does-what-ocda-or-state-park-police-didnt-arrests-neo-nazis-who-assaulted-weekly-reporters/
  17. https://www.ocweekly.com/judge-dismisses-case-against-neo-nazi-rise-above-movement-members/?sfw=pass1607637708
  18. https://www.courthousenews.com/judge-tosses-all-charges-in-white-nationalist-rioting-plot/
  19. https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdva/pr/three-members-california-based-white-supremacist-group-sentenced-riots-charges-related

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Published 2021-03-09

Part One: The Rush Limbaugh Episodes with Paul F. Tompkins

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Robert is joined by Paul F. Tompkins to discuss Rush Limbaugh.

FOOTNOTES:

  1. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-29-na-limbaugh29-story.html 
  2. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/oct/11/usa.julianborger1
  3. https://longreads.com/2019/03/15/how-the-shock-jock-became-the-outrage-jock/ 
  4. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2009/05/rush-limbaugh200905
  5. https://newrepublic.com/article/161405/rush-limbaugh-racist-sexist-conservative-media-worse
  6. https://www.metroweekly.com/2021/02/rush-limbaugh-mocked-gay-people-dying-from-aids-on-his-radio-show/
  7. https://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/16/magazine/the-rush-hours.html
  8. https://www.businessinsider.com/presidential-medal-awardee-rush-limbaughs-racist-and-sexist-comments-2020-2
  9. https://www.politico.com/story/2012/03/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-rush-073661
  10. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/20/opinion/politics/rush-limbaugh-conservative-media.html 
  11. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rush-limbaugh-draft/ 
  12. https://people.com/politics/rush-limbaugh-most-controversial-moments/
  13. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/rush-limbaugh-dead-trump-ruined-america-1129222/ 
  14. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2007/05/wolcott200705
  15. https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2003-10-15-0310150127-story.html
  16. https://twitter.com/AmITooRemoved/status/1362201339472740355
  17. https://qz.com/1973960/rush-limbaughs-short-lived-tv-show-helped-usher-in-fox-news/
  18. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rush-limbaugh-racist-quotes/
  19. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPgO9NLy-7A
  20. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc-aDkrKgSk

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Published 2021-02-23

Part One: The Birth of the Manosphere

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Robert is joined by Jamie Loftus to discuss the sigma male.

FOOTNOTES:

1.    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/30/elliot-rodger-puahate-forever-alone-reddit-forums 

2.    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/04/mass-shooting-1989-montreal-14-women-killed 

3.    https://newrepublic.com/article/145097/hugh-hefners-incomplete-sexual-revolution

4.    https://schoolshooters.info/sites/default/files/lepine_note_1.1.pdf 

5.    https://medium.com/@yaraticineo/what-is-sigma-male-b22bc154b3b9

6.    https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/what-is-a-sigma-male-the-so-called-rarest-man

7.    https://twitter.com/saladinahmed/status/786016778048643073/photo/1 

8.    http://davemech.org/wolf-research/ 

9.    https://www.themarysue.com/alpha-sigma-abo/ 

10. https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/sigma-males-explained/

11. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/sigma-males

12. http://voxday.blogspot.com/2010/05/explaining-sigma-again.html 

13. https://io9.gizmodo.com/why-everything-you-know-about-wolf-packs-is-wrong-502754629 

14. https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Theodore_Beale 

15. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/nov/05/pickup-artists-teaching-men-approach-women-industry-street-harassment

16. https://deepai.org/publication/from-pick-up-artists-to-incels-a-data-driven-sketch-of-the-manosphere 

17. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/13216

18. https://www.amazon.com/Came-Something-Awful-Accidentally-Donald/dp/1250189748

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In this episode we cover the struggle to save the Red House, and where things in Portland stand today.

Host: Robert Evans

Executive Producer: Sophie Lichterman

Writers: Bea Lake, Donovan Smith, Elaine Kinchen, Garrison Davis, Robert Evans

Narration: Bea Lake, Donovan Smith, Elaine Kinchen, Garrison Davis, Robert Evans

Editor: Chris Szczech

Music: Crooked Ways by Propaganda

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Inspired by past resistance movements, Portland has at different points adopted a variety of tactics used to achieve protest objectives. Broken windows, graffiti, and nearly nightly dumpster fires has lead the perception that Portland is in ruin. But if you dig deeper than the snappy headlines you’ll find the real destruction that’s facing the city and local ecosystem is due to the unprecedented amount of poison gas munitions used in an American city. 

Host: Robert Evans

Executive Producer: Sophie Lichterman

Writers: Bea Lake, Donovan Smith, Elaine Kinchen, Garrison Davis, Robert Evans

Narration: Bea Lake, Donovan Smith, Elaine Kinchen, Garrison Davis, Robert Evans

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For decades, Portland has been one of the USA's most violent battlegrounds between the white supremacist right and the anti racist left. In 2020, after months of anti police demonstrations, American fascists again took to the streets of Portland for what would be one of the bloodiest brawls in its history.

Host: Robert Evans

Executive Producer: Sophie Lichterman

Writers: Bea Lake, Donovan Smith, Elaine Kinchen, Garrison Davis, Robert Evans

Narration: Bea Lake, Donovan Smith, Elaine Kinchen, Garrison Davis, Robert Evans

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Thousands of Portlanders decided their city had failed them. So they decided to take care of each other.

Host: Robert Evans

Executive Producer: Sophie Lichterman

Writers: Bea Lake, Donovan Smith, Elaine Kinchen, Garrison Davis, Robert Evans

Narration: Bea Lake, Donovan Smith, Elaine Kinchen, Garrison Davis, Robert Evans

Editor: Chris Szczech

Music: Crooked Ways by Propaganda

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Published 2021-01-14

Behind the Insurrections Trailer

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Introducing: Behind the Insurrections, a new Behind the Bastards miniseries. The insurrection on January 6th, 2021, was just the latest in a long line of fascist attempts to take power. Many of these were successful. And by learning their history, and the historic successes and failures of the antifascists who opposed them, we can better prepare ourselves for the future.

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Published 2021-01-05

Part One: The Worst Birth Control Device Ever Invented

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Robert is joined by Samantha McVey to discuss the Dalkon Shield.

FOOTNOTES:

1.    https://www.silentmother.com/2016/05/04/the-dalkon-shield-a-story-of-corporate-greed-a-lack-of-medical-testing-and-an-ongoing-fear-of-the-iud/


2.    http://advocatesaz.org/2016/03/28/instrument-of-torture-the-dalkon-shield-disaster/


3.    https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/06/magazine/the-sad-legacy-of-the-dalkon-shield.html


4.    https://www.guttmacher.org/journals/psrh/2002/03/checkered-history-and-bright-future-intrauterine-contraception-united-states


5.    https://www.motherjones.com/politics/1979/11/charge-gynocide/ 


6.    http://imjournal.com/depo/IMCJ_12_1_p27_34Spevack.pdf


7.    https://climateandcapitalism.com/2009/11/23/the-dark-past-of-population-confrom/ 


8.    https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4125211 


9.    https://www.sierraclub.org/washington/blog/2020/01/overpopulation-myth-and-its-dangerous-connotations


10. https://www.pop.org/population-control-and-the-new-global-racism/


11. https://www.globaljustice.org.uk/blog/2019/mar/9/how-racist-myths-built-population-growth-bogey-man  


12. https://www.macleans.ca/opinion/overpopulation-alarmism-only-marginalizes-the-worlds-most-vulnerable-people/


13. https://www.drugwatch.com/news/2013/06/28/mirena-litigation-dalkon-shield-injuries/


14. https://www.litigationandtrial.com/mirena-lawsuit-brain-injury/



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Throughout the second half of July, Portlanders continued showing up en masse to confront federal agents downtown. As the struggle neared its conclusion, national media attention brought a strange, carnival air to the proceedings. 

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In this episode we discuss how Portland's confrontation with the feds mushroomed from the Battle of July 4th into a massive, nationwide spectacle.

Host: Robert Evans

Executive Producer: Sophie Lichterman

Writers: Bea Lake, Donovan Smith, Elaine Kinchen, Garrison Davis, Robert Evans

Narration: Bea Lake, Donovan Smith, Elaine Kinchen, Garrison Davis, Robert Evans

Editor: Chris Szczech

Music: Crooked Ways by Propaganda

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