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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Part One: Kaiser Wilhelm: The Saddest Warlord In History
19/11/2019 Duration: 01h21minIn Episode 97, Robert is joined by Jamie Loftus to discuss Kaiser Wilhelm.FOOTNOTES: Kaiser Wilhelm HOW KAISER WILHELM II CHANGED EUROPE FOREVER The Kaiser and the First World War What Happens When a Bad-Tempered, Distractible Doofus Runs an Empire? Kaiser Wilhelm Ii: A Concise Life Kaiser Wilhelm II: Germany's Last Emperor The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The Man Trying to Resurrect 8chan (Starring 8chan's Founder)
14/11/2019 Duration: 01h35min8chan, the website at the center of an epidemic of mass shootings, is on the cusp of resurrection thanks to one man: Jim Watkins. Robert talks with with the site's reformed founder, Fredrick, about a modern bastard.FOOTNOTES: FAQ - 8chan Full transcript: Ars interviews 8chan founder Fredrick Brennan THE MANILA TIMES | FEBRUARY 18, 2019 Absolutely everything you need to know to understand 4chan, the Internet’s own bogeyman Statement from Jim Watkins, owner of 8chan, on the atrocity in New Zealand. The Weird, Dark History of 8chan Committee on Homeland Security 8chan Inquiry Meet the man keeping 8chan, the world's most vile website, alive Sorry for the inconvenience, common sense will prevail Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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An Update on our Old Pal Jeffrey Epstein
12/11/2019 Duration: 55minIn Episode 95, Robert is joined by Dan O'Brien for an update on the Jeffrey Epstein saga. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Part Two: The Bastard Who Invented The Lobotomy
07/11/2019 Duration: 49minIn part two, Robert is joined again by Daniel Van Kirk to continue discussing Walter Freeman. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Part One: The Bastard Who Invented The Lobotomy
05/11/2019 Duration: 58minIn Episode 94, Robert is joined by Daniel Van Kirk to discuss Walter Freeman, the father of lobotomies.FOOTNOTES: The Lobotomist Walter Freeman: The Father of the Lobotomy Rosemary Kennedy: the sad life of President Kennedy's younger sister Rosemary Kennedy: Telling the story of a forgotten daughter Inside Rosemary Kennedy's Disastrous Lobotomy – And How Her Father Chose Her Doctor Walter Freeman: The Father of the Lobotomy He was bad, so they put an ice pick in his brain... Joe Kennedy, Sr sought secret deal with De Valera on Irish ports during the War Mental Illness Is On the Rise in the U.S. for a Frustrating Reason The Lobotomist: A Maverick Medical Genius and His Tragic Quest to Rid the World of Mental Illness My Lobotomy Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Ma' Barker: A Doting Mother And Gangster Overlord
31/10/2019 Duration: 01h08minIn Episode 93, Robert is joined by Emily Yoshida (Night Call Podcast) to discuss Ma Barker, the notorious leader of the Barker Gang.FOOTNOTES: Barker/Karpis Gang The day 'Ma' Barker was slain in Florida TOWN WHERE MA BARKER DIED SURE THAT ALLIGATOR DID HER IN O'Connor Layover Agreement Crooks’ haven: The gangster era in St. Paul ‘Pretty Boy’ Falls Pretty Boy Floyd's Life, Crimes Retold Ma Barker: America's Most Wanted Mother The Terrible Rise (and Subsequent Spectacular Fall) of the Barker/Karpis Gang Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Voices of Revolution
30/10/2019 Duration: 01h07minSpecial Bonus Minisode: The collected unedited audio of the interviews from 'The World is Burning.' Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The World is Burning: Your Guide to the Current Uprisings
29/10/2019 Duration: 55minIn Episode 92, Robert gives listeners a guide to the uprisings all over the world right now.FOOTNOTES: Catalonia's bid for independence from Spain explained Hong Kong is exporting its protest techniques around the world Wildfires blaze through Lebanon while emergency aircraft remain grounded Why are Lebanon's firefighting helicopters grounded? Lebanon protests: Huge crowds on streets as government acts Lebanon’s government proposes reforms as huge protests hit their fifth day A world on fire: Here are all the major protests happening around the globe right now Egyptian authorities threaten to 'decisively confront' protesters Curfew Tweet ‘This Is Ethnic Cleansing’: A Dispatch from Kurdish Syria China offers support to Spanish government amid Catalonia crisis Pro-independence protest in front of Chinese consulate in solidarity with Hong Kong Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam takes to Facebook to reach out to public, while strongly defending police force and questioning ‘puzzling’ calls for its disbandment What’s hap
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Part Two: The Bastard Who Invented Homeopathy
24/10/2019 Duration: 01h07minIn Part Two, Robert is joined again by Billy Wayne Davis to continue discussing Samuel Hahnemann and homeopathy. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Part One: The Bastard Who Invented Homeopathy
22/10/2019 Duration: 01h18minIn Episode 91, Robert is joined by Billy Wayne Davis, to discuss the baby-killing horror of homeopathy.FOOTNOTES: Hundreds of Babies Harmed by Homeopathic Remedies, Families Say Penelope Dingle's letters to Francine Scrayen Cancer victim Penelope Dingle 'in awe of homeopath' - husband Belief in Homeopathy Results in the Death of a 7-Year-Old Italian Child Antibiotic overprescribing: Still a major concern. Anticholinergic Toxicity Secondary to Overuse of Topricin Cream, a Homeopathic Medication Homeopathic Pain Medicine Contains Poison FDA confirms elevated levels of belladonna in certain homeopathic teething products Hyland's FDA warns against the use of homeopathic teething tablets and gels On the ethics of clinical trials of homeopathy in Third World countries Evaluation of healing wound and genotoxicity potentials from extracts hydroalcoholic of Plantago major and Siparuna guianensis. Homeopathy THE BASIS OF HOMEOPATHY Inventing the randomized double-blind trial: the Nuremberg salt test of 1835 Homeopathy
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The Story Behind All Those Nazi / Clown Memes
17/10/2019 Duration: 46minIn Episode 90, Robert is joined by Katy Stoll and Cody Johnston to discuss the war on clowns. FOOTNOTES: Apu Apustaja Clown faces fine for protesting neo-Nazi march Virginia Man Using Accordion-Playing Clowns To Get Revenge On White Supremacist Swedish neo-Nazis met by clown activists Clowns Attack KKK Rally in Charlotte, NC with Humor Clowns Kicked KKK Asses Producers, The (1967) -- (Movie Clip) Springtime For Hitler The best way to fight neo-Nazis is to … laugh? Why Nazis Are So Afraid of These Clowns Patriot Prayer’s Joey Gibson has a sad day in Albany Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Bjorn Lomborg: Patient Zero of Climate Denial
15/10/2019 Duration: 01h28minIn Episode 89, Robert is joined by Eric Lampaert to discuss Bjorn Lomborg. FOOTNOTES:1. Bjorn Lomborg’s lukewarmer misinformation about climate change and poverty2. BJORN LOMBORG: PERFORMANCE ARTIST EXTRAORDINAIRE3, Bjorn Lomborg Bibliography4. Hot, It’s Not5. On Bjorn Lomborg and extinction6. The Skeptical Environmentalist: A Case Study In The Manufacture Of News7. Bjørn Lomborg: the dissenting climate change voice who changed his tune8. Bjørn Lomborg WSJ Op Ed Is Stunningly Wrong9. Who’s Behind Trump’s Claim the Green New Deal Will Cost $100 Trillion?10. Exclusive: Bjorn Lomborg Think Tank Funder Revealed As Billionaire Republican 'Vulture Capitalist' Paul Singer11. Common Core’s Global Warming Agenda12. James Harff13. Copenhagen Consensus III14. Bjørn Lomborg centre got $640,000 for report saying limiting warming rise to 2C not worth it15. Atmospheric engineering may help reverse global warming16. SCIENTIST AT WORK/Bjorn Lomborg; From an Unlikely Quarter, Eco-Optimism17. About Bjorn Lomborg18. UCS Examines
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Part Two: Ragnar Redbeard: The Patron Saint of Toxic Masculinity
10/10/2019 Duration: 58minIn Part Two, Robert is joined again by Jamie Loftus to continue discussing Ragnar Redbeard. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Part One: Ragnar Redbeard: The Patron Saint of Toxic Masculinity
08/10/2019 Duration: 01h05minIn episode 88, Robert is joined by Jamie Loftus to discuss Ragnar Redbeard, the socialist turned Proto-Nazi who inspired a mass shooting.FOOTNOTES:1. Festival shooter Santino Legan wore tactical gear, sunglasses and a ballcap. He 'seemed confident in his use of the gun.'2. Desmond, Arthur (1859–1926)3. Ragnar Redbeard’s Might Is Right or the Survival of the Fittest4. Babylon the Great5. Anton Lavey's Satanic Philosophy6. "Trouble Makers" - Anarchism and Syndicalism.The early years of the Libertarian Movement in Aotearoa / New Zealand7. Radical: the story of Arthur Desmond8. Story: Desmond, Arthur9. Arthur Desmond - Ragnar Redbeard and "Might Is Right"10. 'Labor Song' or 'Hear Tigers Snarl'11. Might is Right or the Survival of the Fittest Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Qanon Grifter Bill Mitchell (A Crossover Episode)
03/10/2019 Duration: 01h21minRobert is joined by Qanon Anonymous for a crossover episode!FOOTNOTES:1. Why this Charlottean is getting retweeted by Donald Trump2. How Bill Mitchell Owned The Liberal Media3. Trump Pundit Bill Mitchell Burns His Life Down With Pepe Tweet4. FiveThirtyHate: Meet The Trump Movement's Post-Truth, Post-Math Anti-Nate Silver5. Why liberals love Bill Mitchell, Twitter’s most absurd Trump supporter6. Michael Flynn and George Papadopoulos Are Scheduled to Speak at a Conference Organized by a QAnon Supporter7. Bill Mitchell Can Attest That ‘Racism Is Not a Huge Problem in America’8. Trump Superfan Bill Mitchell Raised Money to Move to D.C. He Moved to Miami Instead9. Bill Mitchell: Trust Q Because It’s Creating Confidence in Trump10. Bill Mitchell: Democrats ‘Really Have Become the Party of Satan’11. Bill Mitchell: The happiest guy at CPAC12. Who’s Influencing Election 2016? Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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All Fertility Doctors Are Bastards
01/10/2019 Duration: 01h19minIn Episode 87, Robert is joined by Billy Wayne Davis to discuss fertility doctors. FOOTNOTES:1. Lack of oversight and regulations may lead to IVF mishaps2. Fertility clinic got woman pregnant with someone else's babies, lawsuit claims3. British man 'fathered 600 children' at own fertility clinic4. 'Fertility fraud': At-home DNA tests are revealing physicians who replaced donor sperm with their own5. Their mothers chose donor sperm. The doctors used their own6. Cecil Jacobson The Baby Maker7. A Fertility Doctor Used His Sperm on Unwitting Women. Their Children Want Answers.8. States Not Eager to Regulate Fertility Industry9. Canada's Fertility Industry Now Open for (Unregulated) Business10. Sperm donor mix-up: Where do these two girls come from?11. ‘It made me feel contaminated’: Biological daughter of Ottawa fertility doctor who used his own sperm speaks of impact'12. Fertility doctor accused of impregnating at least 11 women with his own sperm13. Wrong-sperm doctor Barwin took shortcuts in career and races,
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Part Two: Rudolf Steiner: The Racist Who Invented Organic Farming and Waldorf Schools
26/09/2019 Duration: 01h20minIn Part Two, Robert is joined again by Chris Crofton to continue discussing Rudolf Steiner. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Part One: Rudolf Steiner: The Racist Who Invented Organic Farming and Waldorf Schools
24/09/2019 Duration: 01h27minIn Episode 86, Robert is joined by Chris Crofton to discuss Rudolf Steiner.Footnotes:1. A Reflection on the Anthroposophical Path of Schooling2. 'Isms & 'Ologies: All the movements, ideologies and doctrines that have shaped our world 3. Biodynamic farming is on the rise – but how effective is this alternative agricultural practice?4. Twitter Thread5. Head Archivist, Archives at the Goeheanum Dornach, Switzerland. Author of "Anthroposophy in the Time of Nazi Germany", Verlag R. Oldenberg, Munich, 1999. 6. Rudolf Steiner and the Jewish Question7. Winston Churchill: Accusations of anti-Semitism, economic inexperience and the blunt refusal that led to the deaths of millions8. STEINER REJECTED ANTISEMITISM AND RACISM ALL THROUGH HIS LIFE9. Waldorf Graduate awarded Nobel Prize in Medicine10. ‘Psychic’ Ex‐Student's Influence Shakes Waldorf School11. Why are Steiner schools so controversial?12. Anthroposophy and Ecofascism13. WHO WAS RUDOLF STEINER?14. Rudolf Steiner's Quackery15. Anthroposophic Medicine: An Inte
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Keith Raniere: The End of A Cult Leader
12/09/2019 Duration: 55minRobert is joined by Anna Salinas for an update on Keith Raniere and NXIVM.FOOTNOTES:1. Leader of Alleged Sex Cult NXIVM Hit With Child Porn Charges2. NXIVM Leader Keith Raniere Arrested Just Before Group Sex: Former ‘Slave’3. Keith Raniere's Nxivm sex cult trial: What we learned4. NXIVM Leader Held Woman Inside Bedroom for 2 Years, Ex-Lieutenant Testifies5. Allison Mack Kept Sex Slave Photos for Blackmail, Ex-NXIVM Member Testifies6. NXIVM ‘Sex Cult’ Leader Forced 3 Sisters to Get Abortions, Ex-Follower Testifies7. NXIVM Trial Opens: Feds Say Founder Keith Raniere Was ‘Crime Boss,’ Not Guru8. 6 weeks of testimony in Nxivm case reveal lurid details of alleged sex cult, including branding women and holding them captive9. Nxivm’s Keith Raniere Convicted in Trial Exposing Sex Cult’s Inner Workings Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Tommy Robinson: The Fascist Grifter With An Addiction to Being Arrested
10/09/2019 Duration: 01h29minIn Episode 83, Robert is joined by Jake Hanrahan to discuss Tommy Robinson. Footnotes:1. Tommy Robinson boasts about scoring drugs and proclaims himself 'king of whole Islam race', in newly emerged video2. Tommy Robinson encouraged vigilante action, judges say3. Finsbury Park attacker turned violent by far-right posts from Tommy Robinson and Britain First, police say4. Tommy Robinson: The rancour, rhetoric and riches of brand Tommy5. We’re told 84% of grooming gangs are Asian. But where’s the evidence?6. Rotherham abuse: report finds 1,400 children were victims 7. Number of child sexual abuse victims in Rotherham raised to 1,5108. Book Review: Enemy of the State by Tommy Robinson9. Pegida UK supporters stage anti-Islam silent march in Birmingham10. Arrests after Yorkshire anti-racism gig stormed11. Attacks on Muslims: numbers in detail12. EDL leader Stephen Lennon convicted of assault13. EDL Leader Stephen Lennon, AKA Tommy Robinson, Jailed For 10 Months For False Passport14. EDL founder Stephen Lennon guilty