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Behind the Bastards

Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcastswww.iheart.com
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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Episodes

Part One: Henry Morton Stanley: The Explorer Who Shot His Way Through Africa

Robert 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 P...

Apr 14, 20201 hr 8 min

Bonus: A Conversation About Tiger King and Rural America

Robert is joined by Billy Wayne Davis for a bonus episode inspired by the Netflix series, Tiger King. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 13, 20201 hr 25 min

What We Learned From Ben Shapiro's Racist Novel

Robert is joined by Katy Stoll and Cody Johnston for a reading of Ben Shapiro's book. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 09, 202054 min

The Priests of Plague

Robert is joined by Miles Gray to discuss the history of priests and plagues. Footnotes: Popular televangelist: 'We don't have a flu season' Evangelical Trump adviser tells people to skip flu shots in favor of prayer Liturgical Processions in the Black Death THE BLACK DEATH AND ITS IMPACT ON THE CHURCH AND POPULAR RELIGION The Black Death of Cats Priests and the Black Death When a Third of the World Died Negative Shocks and Mass Persecutions How a South Korean church helped fuel the spread of th...

Apr 07, 20201 hr 14 min

Part One: Narendra Modi, And India's Weird Nazi Obsession

Robert is joined by Sofiya Alexandra to discuss Narendra Modi. Footnotes: The Delhi pogrom 2020 is Amit Shah’s answer to an election defeat What Happened in Delhi Was a Pogrom Hitler Film Reveals India's Nazi Fascination World's Biggest Toilet-building Program in India Gets Mixed Results Hitler’s Hindus: The Rise and Rise of India’s Nazi-loving Nationalists Humble Beginnings: The Early Years In pictures: Narendra Modi's early life Blood and Soil in Narendra Modi’s India PM Modi turns 69: As a ch...

Mar 31, 20201 hr 1 min

The Survivor: A Magazine For Nerdy Terrorists

Robert is joined by Katy Stoll and Cody Johnston for a reading of Kurt Saxon's Survivor Magazine. Footnotes: The Survivor PDF Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 26, 20201 hr 6 min

The Worst Grifters of the Coronavirus Pandemic

Robert is joined by Jamie Loftus to discuss pandemic grifters. FOOTNOTES: Gwyneth Paltrow blasted for hawking fancy outfit amid coronavirus pandemic Makeup Mogul Michelle Phan’s Coronavirus Strategy Is Educate and HODL Bitcoin Dr. Pimple Popper shut down beauty guru Michelle Phan's claim that burning 'antiviral' essential oils can kill off viruses before they enter your system As Coronavirus Spreads, Hastily Produced Books Capitalize on Fear Alex Jones’ Infowars is attempting to profit from the ...

Mar 24, 20201 hr 16 min

Soldier of Fortune: The Deadliest Magazine Ever (with Billy Wayne Davis)

Robert is joined LIVE from Dynasty Typewriter in Los Angeles by Billy Wayne Davis to discuss Soldier of Fortune Magazine. Support Dynasty Typewriter and their employees during this pandemic: Get a ticket (as many as you wish!) to support Dynasty. This ticket will gain you first ACCESS to updates on live streams, podcasts, and the other creative projects they’ll undertake as they navigate this shift. Your ticket purchase will help them survive this time and keep them ready for a quick rebound! Yo...

Mar 19, 20201 hr 22 min

How The Internet Spawned A Baby-Killing Cult

Robert is joined by Caitlin Durante to discuss free birthers. FOOTNOTES: About Yolande Rise of the 'free birthers': These women are choosing to give birth without medical help — and at least one baby has died Home birth advocate’s baby dies during free birth, prompts questions An Infant’s Death Has Sparked A Heated Debate Around The "Free Birth" Movement She Wanted a ‘Freebirth’ at Home. When the Baby Died, the Attacks Began Why American infant mortality rates are so high Home births 'as safe as...

Mar 17, 20201 hr 20 min

How L. Ron Hubbard Made An Antichrist Using Sex Magic

Robert is joined by DJ Danl Goodman to discuss Jack Parsons and Black Magic Scientology. FOOTNOTES: The Mysterious Mr. Parsons — Life at the Crossroads of Crowley and Hubbard Occultist father of rocketry 'written out' of Nasa's history Black Magic and Betty SCIENTOLOGY: Revealed for the first time. . . ALEISTER CROWLEY A Correction of the Falsehoods in Lawrence Wright's Book on Scientology Hymn to Pan Jack Parsons and the Occult Roots of JPL Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheart...

Mar 12, 20201 hr 1 min

How Exxon, Chevron and their buddies killed the world

Robert is joined by Molly Lambert to discuss the Bastards Who Covered Up Climate Change. FOOTNOTES: Exxon accused of misleading investors on climate change An investor enquiry: how much big oil spends on climate lobbying Column: A new study shows how Exxon Mobil downplayed climate change when it knew the problem was real Exxon’s Climate Concealment Shell Knew Fossil Fuels Created Climate Change Risks Back in 1980s, Internal Documents Show Shell and Exxon's secret 1980s climate change warnings On...

Mar 10, 20201 hr 19 min

Part Two: The Founding Father of Fake Cancer Cures

Robert is joined again by Billy Wayne Davis to continue discussing Harry Hoxsey. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 05, 202054 min

Part One: The Founding Father of Fake Cancer Cures

Robert is joined by Billy Wayne Davis to discuss Harry Hoxsey, the fake Cancer-Curing Alex Jones of the 1950s! FOOTNOTES: Cancer War: The FDA Vs. Harry Hoxsey HOXSEY, HARRY M. The Medical Messiahs: Chapter 17 The Medical Messiahs: A Social History of Health Quackery Nature Doctors The History of The Hoxsey Formula in Cancer Support Hoxsey Herbal Therapy Carrying their last hopes, ill Americans cross border Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.co...

Mar 03, 20201 hr 14 min

Part Two: The Dumbest Colonizer in History

Robert is joined again by Miles Gray to continue discussing William Walker. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 27, 20201 hr 12 min

Part One: The Dumbest Colonizer in History

Robert is joined by Miles Gray to discuss William Walker, the American who tried to conquer Central America. FOOTNOTES: Mercenary Hero William Walker Filibusters and Financiers: The Story of William Walker and His Associates [1916] William Walker's Wars: How One Man's Private American Army Tried to Conquer Mexico, Nicaragua, and Honduras The Texas Press William Walker in Nicaragua William Walker’s Dark Destiny Costa Rica in 1856: Defeating William Walker While Creating a National Identity. Agent...

Feb 25, 20201 hr 12 min

Part One: Basil Zaharoff: The Man Who Sold World War One

Robert is joined by Teresa Lee to discuss Basil Zaharoff, The First Great Arms Dealer. FOOTNOTES: Man of Arms: The Life and Legend of Sir Basil Zaharoff Men Of Wealth: The Story Of Twelve Significant Fortunes From The Renaissance To The Present Day Arms Race prior to 1914, Armament Policy A scandal of international proportions comes out of the vaults The Mysterious Mr. Zedzed: The Wickedest Man in the World The Soviets and Tsarist Debt ZACHARIA BASILIUS ZACHAROFF Learn more about your ad-choices...

Feb 18, 20201 hr 1 min

Part One: Savitri Devi: The Woman Who Turned Nazism into a Religion

Robert is joined by Jamie Loftus to discuss Hitler's Priestess, Savitri Devi. FOOTNOTES: Hitler's Priestess Twitter Photo Savitri Devi: The strange story of how a Hindu Hitler worshipper became an alt-right icon Why white supremacists and Hindu nationalists are so alike The Man Who Brought the Swastika to Germany, and How the Nazis Stole It Ritualistic Cat Torture Was Once a Form of Town Fun The Great Cat Massacre: French History Revealed by the Americans Savitri Devi: The mystical fascist being...

Feb 11, 20201 hr 22 min

The Childhood of Joseph Stalin

Robert is joined by Cody Johnston to discuss the childhood of Stalin. FOOTNOTES: Stalin as a Theological Student The Finnish City Where Lenin Met Stalin Still Lives in Russia's Shadow On the Origin and Significance of the Name "Stalin" Stalin, from Child to Bolshevik Leader HOW STALIN BECAME STALINIST Stalin: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928 Young Stalin Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Feb 06, 20201 hr 2 min

How Hobby Lobby Funded Terrorism And Tried To Destroy Democracy

Robert is joined by Cody Johnston to discuss Hobby Lobby. FOOTNOTES: Meet David Green: Hobby Lobby's Biblical Billionaire Some thoughts on the Hobby Lobby antiquities case Hobby Lobby’s Legal Expert Speaks: “I can’t rule out…they used my advice to evade the law.” The Green collection and the Museum of the Bible: 443,000 square meters of mess Dispelling the Myths Around the Hobby Lobby Antiquities Case DID HOBBY LOBBY’S C.E.O. UNKNOWINGLY SPONSOR TERRORISM? How much money has ISIS made selling an...

Feb 04, 202058 min

Part Two: The Bastards Who Killed the Black Panthers

Robert is joined again by political activist, poet, and podcaster, Propaganda to continue to discuss the monsters who murdered the Black Panthers. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jan 30, 20201 hr 11 min

Part One: The Bastards Who Killed the Black Panthers

Robert is joined by political activist, poet, and podcaster, Propaganda to discuss the monsters who murdered the Black Panthers. FOOTNOTES: New Documents Reveal FBI Secretly Monitored Protests, Feared ‘Black Supremacist’ Attack Black Panther leader Fred Hampton, assassinated on this day in 1969, explains how the ruling class uses racism to exploit working people. The most radical thing the Black Panthers did was give kids free breakfast How the FBI Conspired to Destroy the Black Panther Party Th...

Jan 28, 20201 hr 11 min

Part Two: The Man Who Invented Fascism

Robert is joined again by Shereen Lani Younes to continue discussing the creator of Fascism, Gabriele D’Annunzio. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jan 23, 202050 min

Part One: The Man Who Invented Fascism

Robert is joined by Shereen Lani Younes to discuss the creator of Fascism, Gabriele D’Annunzio. FOOTNOTES: The Writer, Seducer, Aviator, Proto-Fascist, Megalomaniac Prince Who Shaped Modern Italy Gabriele d'Annunzio: Poet, Seducer, and Preacher of War A MAN OF MANY PARTS: GABRIELE D’ANNUNZIO The Randy Dandy Inventor of Fascism An Irishman’s Diary on Gabriele D’Annunzio – the ‘John the Baptist of Fascism’ and would-be IRA quartermaster Trump Before Trump The Pike: Gabriele D'Annunzio – Poet, Sedu...

Jan 21, 20201 hr 26 min

Part Two: John Ronald Brown: The Worst Surgeon Ever

In Part Two, Robert is joined again by Sofiya Alexandra to continue discussing John Ronald Brown. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jan 16, 202045 min

Part One: John Ronald Brown: The Worst Surgeon Ever

Robert is joined by Sofiya Alexandra to discuss John Ronald Brown, the world's worst surgeon. FOOTNOTES: Mediscams “Tabletop” John Brown Gets His (1999) John Ronald Brown | World’s Worst Sex Change Surgeon A Gender Variance Who's Who Out on a limb WHY DID HE CUT OFF THAT MAN'S LEG? digital transgender archive The Tijuana Experience (1992) Crossing Sexual Boundaries Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Jan 14, 20201 hr 1 min

Qassem Soleimani and the Bastardful History of U.S. / Iran Relations

Robert is joined by Anna Hossnieh to discuss Qassem Soleimani, as well as the history of Iran and America's relationship. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jan 08, 20201 hr 40 min
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