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Behind the Bastards

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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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Mark Zuckerberg Is A Much, Much Worse Person Than You’d Guess. In Episode 43, Robert is joined by Maggie Mae Fish and Jamie Loftus to discuss Zuckerberg's rise in the tech world and what makes him a huge bastard. 

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Published 2018-12-13

Part Two: The Accidental Genocide of the Andaman Islands

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In the last episode, we discussed talked mostly about the history of the Andaman islands in general, and not North Sentinel Island specifically. In Part Two, Robert is joined again by Andrew Ti (Yo Is This Racist) to discuss the Sentinel Island in detail.  

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Published 2018-12-06

Part Two: Phrenology: The Bastard Science of Racism

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When we last left the science of Phrenology, it had spread like wildfire throughout the United States and, later, Europe. Robert is joined again by podcast pioneer Josh Clark (Stuff You Should Know, The End of the World) to continue discussing scientific racism.

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Published 2018-12-04

Part One: Phrenology: The Bastard Science of Racism

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For some people, racism isn’t enough. They aren’t satisfied with just hating someone because of their appearance. They need a scientific justification for their bigotry. In episode 36, Robert is joined by podcast pioneer Josh Clark (Stuff You Should Know, The End of the World) to discuss the long, long chain of scientific racism.

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Published 2018-11-06

Part One: The Birth of American Fascism

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In episode 30, Robert is joined again by Katy Stoll and Cody Johnston to discuss how fascism started in America. It is a well-established fact that fascism can rise to dominate a democratic nation from relatively humble beginnings. Keep that in mind as we talk about the birth of the American Fascist movement in the United States. Because, more than anything, this is a story about how close the USA came to going down Germany’s path. 

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In Part Three of our Series on L. Ron Hubbard, Robert is joined again by Caitlin Durante (The Bechdel Cast) to discuss how L. Ron Hubbard spent 99% of his waking hours making up insane lies and died worth $600 million.

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Published 2018-10-24

Part Two: L. Ron Hubbard: The Greatest Con-Man In History

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In Part Two of our Three Part Series on L. Ron Hubbard, Robert is joined again by Caitlin Durante (The Bechdel Cast) to discuss how L. Ron Hubbard lived the life of Indiana Jones, mixed with Steve Zizou, as well as mixed with the Prophet Mohammed. 

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Published 2018-10-23

Part One: How L. Ron Hubbard Lied His Way to Godhood

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Lafayette Ron Hubbard was a living monument to how much a tall white guy can achieve by lying, without pause, for seventy straight years. In Episode 27, Robert is joined by Caitlin Durante (The Bechdel Cast) and they discuss the wild life of the found of Scientology. 

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In Part Two: Part Two: Ronald and Nancy Reagan: The Bastards Behind the AIDS Crisis, Robert is joined again by Andy Beckerman (Couples Therapy Podcast) and they continuing discussing The AIDS epidemic and how the Reagans were involved. 

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In Episode 25, Robert is joined by comedian Andy Beckerman (Couples Therapy Podcast) to discuss Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan and the AIDS crisis. When Robert started researching for this episode, he expected it would be a fairly straightforward episode about how homophobia and religious fundamentalism in the halls of American power led to an executive branch that fiddled while thousands of gay people died. The story he uncovered was very different, and somehow even more offensive, than the one he'd set out to research.

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Published 2018-10-02

Part One: Duterte: The Mass Murdering Mayor

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Duterte’s drug war in the Philippines is now the greatest mass slaughter of civilians in Asia since the rise of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. In episode 24, Robert is joined by comedian Blake Wexler to discuss what’s happening in the Philippines and how it is entirely intentional and directed by a single man, Rodrigo Duterte.

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Published 2018-09-18

Part One: Alex Jones: The Godfather of Fake News

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Alex Jones has been banned from Facebook, Twitter, the App Store and pretty much every other mainstream app that is capable of somehow spreading information. In Episode 22, Robert is joined by Noel Brown and Benjamin Bowlin (Ridiculous History and Stuff They Don't Want You To Know) and they discuss how Alex Jones became an architect of modern conservative media.

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Published 2018-09-11

Part One: How Hollywood Helped The Nazis

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Hitler was very aware of the impact movies had on him and everyone else and he believed the spoken word was the only way to push large scale societal changes. He noted that, just as people were more convinced by his speeches, movies were more convincing. In Episode 21, Robert is joined by comedian Daniel Van Kirk and they examine the influence Hitler and The Nazis had on Hollywood. 

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