Synopsis
Theres 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 Blackwaters insane quest to build his own Air Force, the bizarre lives of the sons and daughters of dictators and Saddam Husseins side career as a trashy romance novelist.
Episodes
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Behind the Police Trailer
15/06/2020 Duration: 54sHow did American police get so violent? The answer to that question goes back centuries, to the earliest days of this nation. On this special podcast miniseries hosts journalist, Robert Evans and rap artist, Propaganda (Jason Petty) draw a straight line from the darkest days of slavery, to the murder of George Floyd and the mass violence American police meted out to their citizens this summer. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Part Two: The Dumbest Coup In World History
11/06/2020 Duration: 01h13minRobert is joined again by Bridget Todd to continue to discuss the Wonga Coup. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Part One: The Dumbest Coup In World History
09/06/2020 Duration: 01h02minRobert is joined by Bridget Todd to discuss the Wonga Coup.Footnotes: Saving Sierra Leone, At a Price Safety at a price: Military expertise for sale or rent ‘Mad Mike’ Hoare, mercenary in Congo who later led a failed coup, dies at 100 An African adventure: Inside story of the wonga coup Ely Calil, backer of a farcical coup plot, died on May 28th A mercenary's tale Understanding the Wonga Coup The Wonga Coup Simon Mann, freed dog of war, is demanding justice The strange and evil world of Equatorial Guinea The Wonga Coup: Guns, Thugs, and a Ruthless Determination to Create Mayhem in an Oil-Rich Corner of Africa Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Part Two: I Do Not Like Elon Musk Very Much
04/06/2020 Duration: 01h31minRobert is joined again by Sofiya Alexandra to continue discussing Elon Musk. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Part One: I Do Not Like Elon Musk Very Much
03/06/2020 Duration: 01h09minRobert is joined by Sofiya Alexandra to discuss Elon Musk.FOOTNOTES: Tesla Labor Practices and Musk Tweet Broke the Law, Judge Rules The Trump administration reportedly spent months trying to make sure unauthorized immigrants couldn't go to school Elon Musk, His Rocket, and the Grand Scheme that Tore Apart Boca Chica Elon Musk’s growing empire is fueled by $4.9 billion in government subsidies "I Was a Starter Wife": Inside America's Messiest Divorce A teenage Elon Musk once casually sold his father's emeralds to Tiffany & Co. while his dad was sleeping Elon Musk's family owns an emerald mine in Zambia — here's the fascinating story of how they came to own it A Brief History of How Your Privacy Was Stolen The Evolution of Elon Musk: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly Tesla workers speak out: 'Anything pro-union is shut down really fast' Unpacking Elon Musk’s daylong Twitter rant on unions and US history Genuine question: Did Elon Musk's family profit from South African apartheid? Elon Musk: The Architect of T
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The Man Who Teaches Our Cops To Kill
01/06/2020 Duration: 01h19minRobert is joined by Jack O'Brien to discuss David Grossman, director of the Killology Research Group. More than a hundred police departments, and thousands of police officers, have taken Grossman’s courses over more than twenty years. FOOTNOTES: THE TRIGGER AND THE CHOICE: PART 1 Non-Verbal Cues Are Easy to Misinterpret The Bulletproof Warrior “Are You Prepared to Kill Somebody?” A Day With One of America’s Most Popular Police Trainers Grossman Interview A day with ‘killology’ police trainer Dave Grossman Inside the School Teaching Cops When It’s OK to Kill Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, the “Killologist” Training America’s Cops One week playing violent video games alters brain activity The Evidence that Video Games Lead to Violence Is Weak Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Part Two: Jim Bowie: The Worst Texan
28/05/2020 Duration: 54minRobert is joined again by Billy Wayne Davis to continue discussing Jim Bowie. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Part One: Jim Bowie: The Worst Texan
26/05/2020 Duration: 01h06minRobert is joined by Billy Wayne Davis to discuss Jim Bowie, the biggest piece of crap in the Old West.FOOTNOTES: What became of Jim Bowie's famous knife? Hero Tales of the American Soldier Three Roads to the Alamo The Mysterious Illness of Jim Bowie: How Did He Contribute to His Own Decline? James Bowie, Big Dealer Selling the Sandbar: Marketing the Bowie Knife No Wounds In His Back Jim Bowie Before the “Gaudy Legend” Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Part Two: Jack Idema: The War On Terror's Dumbest Grifter
21/05/2020 Duration: 53minRobert is joined again by Danl Goodman to continue to discuss Jack Idema. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Part One: Jack Idema: The War On Terror's Dumbest Grifter
19/05/2020 Duration: 55minRobert is joined by Danl Goodman to discuss Jack Idema, the greatest conman of The Afghan War.Footnotes: Operation Desert Fraud Bad company: 'Jack' Idema and the bounty hunters of Kabul Vigilante Torturer Dies in Mexico Osama-Hunter Only the Latest Terror-Fightin' Wannabe Man Who Hunted Bin Laden With a Sword Now Jailed on a Gun Charge The Man Who Believed Himself The Shadow Warrior: Jack Idema Freelance Terrorist Hunter Tin Soldier Convicted Torturer, Vigilante in Mexican Stand-Off Jack Idema Jack Idema, jailed for torturing Afghans, reportedly dies in Mexico Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The Ballad of Doctor Orgasm
14/05/2020 Duration: 01h34minRobert is joined by Shereen Lani Younes to discuss the Doctor Charles Runels, the inventor of the “O Shot."FOOTNOTES: Plasma Donations from Recovered COVID-19 Patients Sexual Medicine Society on Unproven Regenerative Therapies for Erectile Dysfunction I Got a Shot In My Dick For Stronger Erections, and I Have Zero Regrets The O-Shot "I had the controversial O Shot injection in my vagina" Kim Kardashian Is Suing the Vampire Facials Inventor Not All Orgasm Doctors are the Same Dr. Runels Helps Vampire Procedure Providers Protect Women by Blocking Infringers The Secret Legal Story Behind the Most Famous Celebrity "Vampire" Selfie Spend Two Days with the Inventor of the O-Shot Donut Pussy Westport doc uses ‘O-Shot’ to restore sexual satisfaction for women Dr Orgasm will see you now: is the O-Shot what women need for better sex? The troubling backstory behind the “O shot®” Does the “O Shot®” give insanely good orgasms or is it a “no shot” Platelet‐rich therapies for musculoskeletal soft tissue injuries Orgasmic Di
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We Continued Reading Ben Shapiro's Terrible Racist Novel
12/05/2020 Duration: 01h08minRobert is joined again by Katy Stoll and Cody Johnston to continue reading Ben Shapiro's book. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Part Two: The Rise And Fall (And Rise) of Arch-Grifter Jim Bakker
07/05/2020 Duration: 47minRobert is joined again by Vic Berger to continue discussing Televangelist, Jim Bakker. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Part One: The Rise And Fall (And Rise) of Arch-Grifter Jim Bakker
05/05/2020 Duration: 01h10minRobert is joined by Vic Berger to discuss Televangelist, Jim Bakker.FOOTNOTES: PTL: The Rise and Fall of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker's Evangelical Empire Touching Empathy The “Real” Reason Televangelist Jim Bakker Went to Jail What happened to Tammy Faye Bakker after the PTL scandal? Jim Bakker is Still Here The Second Coming Of Televangelist Jim Bakker Where Are They Now?: Jim Bakker Jim Bakker's Christian amusement park is now a post-apocalyptic ghost town Jim Bakker Freed From Jail To Stay in a Halfway House 1987: Jim Bakker resigns from PTL; Jerry Falwell assumes leadership Interview with Jessica Hahn About Pastor Jim The scandals that brought down the Bakkers, once among US's most famous televangelists Televangelist Jim Bakker’s Road to Redemption Apocalypse Chow: We Tried Televangelist Jim Bakker's 'Survival Food' Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The Bleach Church is Spreading
30/04/2020 Duration: 01h28minRobert is joined by Billy Wayne Davis to discuss how the bleach church continues to spread.FOOTNOTES: “Church” claims bleach is coronavirus-curing “sacrament,” faces wrath of FDA How many letters does the president receive daily? Coronavirus: Leader of group that believes bleach is miracle cure for Covid-19 wrote to Trump A fringe movement that claims bleach is a miracle cure is jubilant after Trump floated injecting disinfectant as a treatment for COVID-19 The Genesis II Church of Health & Healing Alan Keyes Is Helping Sell a Toxic Bleach ‘Cure’ to the Vulnerable and Desperate Fake Coronavirus Cures, Part 1: MMS is Industrial Bleach Advocates of a toxic bleach fake 'miracle cure' are telling desperate people it can cure the coronavirus in thriving groups on Telegram Revealed: leader of group peddling bleach as coronavirus 'cure' wrote to Trump this week Bleach Salesman Who Wrote Trump About "Miracle Cure" Investigated by Feds in Miami 20/20 Investigation into a Church accused of selling snake oil has Ta
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The People Who Turned Burning Your Face Off Into A Healthcare Fad
28/04/2020 Duration: 01h14minRobert is joined by Billy Wayne Davis to discuss Black Salve.FOOTNOTES: Science or Snake Oil: what is black salve? Black salve in a nutshell Victorian Pharmacology V: Jesse Weldon Fell, M.D., Zinc Chloride & Furtive Medicine Warning Letter to Two Feathers Using Two Feathers Healing Formula Black Salve Is A Dangerous Fake Cancer Cure, But It Continues To Flourish In Facebook Groups Cancer 'healer' turned fake lawyer banned from Victorian courts She was a nurse. So why did Helen shun conventional cancer treatment? 'Spiritual healer' told dying cancer patient to stop medical treatment, authorities say 'Black salve' cancer conman banned from treating patients Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Part Two: The Second American Civil War You Never Learned About
23/04/2020 Duration: 59minRobert is joined by Spencer Crittenden to continue to discuss The Battle of Blair Mountain. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Part One: The Second American Civil War You Never Learned About
21/04/2020 Duration: 01h03minRobert is joined by Spencer Crittenden to discuss The Battle of Blair Mountain.FOOTNOTES: The Battle of Blair Mountain: The Story of America's Largest Labor Uprising ‘Rape Rooms’: How West Virginia Women Paid Off Coal Company Debts New Evidence for the Gutman-Hill Debate What was the Esau scrip? “Store Pay Is Our Ruin”: The Tyranny of the Company Store Mountaineer Mine Wars The Coal Mining Massacre America Forgot The Devil Is Here in These Hills Underground Coal Mine Disasters 1900 - 2010 Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Part Two: Henry Morton Stanley: The Explorer Who Shot His Way Through Africa
16/04/2020 Duration: 01h02minRobert is joined again by Soren Bowie to continue discussing explorer, Henry Morton Stanley. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Part One: Henry Morton Stanley: The Explorer Who Shot His Way Through Africa
14/04/2020 Duration: 01h07minRobert is joined by Soren Bowie to discuss Henry Morton Stanley.FOOTNOTES: Stanley: Africa's Greatest Explorer The Imperial History Wars: Debating the British Empire Henry Morton Stanley’s Unbreakable Will Stanley: the impossible life of Africa's greatest explorer Henry Morton Stanley: Reborn in New Orleans Henry Morton Stanley and His Critics: Geography, Exploration and Empire Example of Stanley's Congo Treaties King Leopold's Ghost Henry Stanley, The Man Who Stole The Congo An Apology for a Pathological Brute King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.