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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Steven Seagal Wrote a Book (We Read It)

Robert is joined by Shereen Lani Younes to discuss Steven Seagal's book, The Way of the Shadow Wolves. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jul 23, 2021•1 hr 22 min

The Company that Poisoned 300,000 Babies

Mia Wong is joined by Robert Evans to discuss the 2008 Tainted Milk Scandal. FOOTNOTES: https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/04/world/asia/04milk.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0%20NYT http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2009-01-15/103417050517.shtml https://hzdaily.hangzhou.com.cn/dskb/html/2008-09/13/content_504378.htm Supply Chains and the Human Condition - Anna Tsing https://cominsitu.wordpress.com/2020/03/25/supply-chains-and-the-human-condition/ https://web.archive.org/web/20070930182442/http://ww2.aegis.com...

Jul 20, 2021•1 hr 10 min

After the Revolution: Chapters Eighteen, Nineteen, and Twenty

This week's chapters from Robert's fiction podcast, "After the Revolution." Podcast Feed: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-after-the-revolution-82966686/ Book Website: https://atrbook.com/ Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Jul 17, 2021•1 hr 26 min

Part Two: Pappa Doc and Baby Doc: Dictators of Haiti

Robert is joined again by Propaganda to continue to discuss Pappa Doc and Baby Doc. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jul 15, 2021•46 min

Part One: Pappa Doc and Baby Doc: Dictators of Haiti

Robert is joined by Propaganda to discuss Pappa Doc and Baby Doc. FOOTNOTES: https://www.nytimes.com/1971/04/23/archives/papa-doc-a-ruthless-dictator-kept-the-haitians-in-illiteracy-and.html http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,870257,00.html https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/duvalier-francois-papa-doc-1907-1971/ https://archive.org/details/dominicanrepubli00metz/page/462/mode/2up?view=theater https://books.google.com/books?id=wFrAOqfhuGYC&pg=PA391#v=onepage...

Jul 13, 2021•1 hr 20 min

After the Revolution: Chapters Fifteen, Sixteen, and Seventeen

Jul 10, 2021•1 hr 45 min

Part Two: The Young, Evil God of Death: Reinhard Heydrich

Robert is joined by Matt Lieb to continue to discuss Reinhard Heydrich. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jul 08, 2021•1 hr 54 min

Part One: The Young, Evil God of Death: Reinhard Heydrich

Robert is joined by Matt Lieb to discuss Reinhard Heydrich, the worst Nazi. FOOTNOTES: https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/reinhard-heydrich-in-depth https://www.dw.com/en/did-reinhard-heydrich-aspire-to-replace-hitler/a-39108720 https://www.historynet.com/the-heydrich-equation.htm https://bleeckerstreetmedia.com/editorial/reinhard-heydrich-anatomy-of-a-monster https://www.nytimes.com/1979/02/07/archives/widow-of-heydrich-says-holocaust-ignores-facts-horrors-of-the-camps.html https...

Jul 06, 2021•1 hr 23 min

After the Revolution: Chapters Twelve, Thirteen & Fourteen

Jul 03, 2021•1 hr 51 min

Part Two: How The Catholic Church Murdered Ireland's Babies

Robert is joined again by Sofiya Alexandra to continue to discuss one the darkest chapters in all of Irish history. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jul 01, 2021•53 min

Part One: How The Catholic Church Murdered Ireland's Babies

Robert is joined by Sofiya Alexandra to discuss one the darkest chapters in all of Irish history. FOOTNOTES: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/03/mass-grave-of-babies-and-children-found-at-tuam-orphanage-in-ireland https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/04/claim-of-800-childrens-bodies-buried-at-irish-home-for-unwed-mothers https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/report-reveals-grim-infant-death-toll-cruelty-church-run-homes-ireland-2021-01-12/ https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-4...

Jun 29, 2021•1 hr

After the Revolution: Chapters Nine, Ten, & Eleven

Jun 26, 2021•1 hr 31 min

Part Two: Synanon: The Drug Rehab Program That Built Its Own Army

Robert is joined again by Paul F. Tompkins to continue to discuss Synanon. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 24, 2021•1 hr 21 min

Part One: Synanon: The Drug Rehab Program That Built Its Own Army

Robert is joined by Paul F. Tompkins to discuss Synanon. FOOTNOTES: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2007/08/cult-spawned-tough-love-teen-industry/ https://www.thefix.com/content/evan-ebel-murder-colorado-police-chief-paradise-cove8162?page=all https://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/synanon-cult/ http://www.paulmorantz.com/cult/the-history-of-synanon-and-charles-dederich/ https://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/48/pendle.php https://www.thefix.com/content/aa-cults-synanon-legacy0009?page=all htt...

Jun 22, 2021•1 hr 15 min

Chapters Six, Seven, & Eight

Jun 19, 2021•1 hr 21 min

Part Two: The Ballad of Bill Gates

Robert is joined again by Andrew Ti to continue to discuss Bill Gates. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 17, 2021•1 hr 14 min

Part One: The Ballad of Bill Gates

Robert is joined by Andrew Ti to discuss Bill Gates. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 15, 2021•1 hr 9 min

Chapters Three, Four, & Five

Jun 12, 2021•1 hr 9 min

Part Two: The Well Hung Warlord Who Tried to Conquer China

Mia Wong is joined again by Robert Evans to continue to discuss Zhang Zongchang. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 10, 2021•1 hr 10 min

Part One: The Well Hung Warlord Who Tried to Conquer China

Mia Wong is joined by Robert Evans to discuss Zhang Zongchang. FOOTNOTES: China in Disintegration: The Republican Era in Chinese History, 1912—1949 by James E. Sheridan https://1lib.us/book/6061335/d193d2 Shanghai on Strike: The Politics of Chinese Labor by Elizabeth Perry https://libcom.org/blog/perry-shanghai-on-strike From War to Nationalism: China’s Turning Point, 1925-125 by Arthur Waldron https://1lib.us/book/3499805/d42a27 War and Geopolitics in Interwar Manchuria: Zhang Zuolin and the Fe...

Jun 08, 2021•1 hr 12 min

After the Revolution: Chapters One & Two

Jun 05, 2021•49 min

Ben Shapiro's Godawful Book: The Final Episode

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

Jun 03, 2021•1 hr 8 min

The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

Robert is joined by Propaganda to discuss the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Footnotes: https://www.osha.gov/aboutosha/40-years/trianglefactoryfireaccount https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/uncovering-the-history-of-the-triangle-shirtwaist-fire-124701842/ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/how-the-triangle-shirtwaist-factory-fire-transformed-labor-laws-and-protected-workers-health https://www.famous-trials.com/trianglefire/971-trianglecodes http://projects.leadr.msu.edu/makingmodernus/exhibits/sh...

Jun 01, 2021•1 hr 47 min

Part Two: What the Netanyahu Family Did To Palestine

Robert is joined by Dana El Kurd to continue to discuss the Netanyahu Family. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 27, 2021•1 hr 25 min

Part One: What the Netanyahu Family Did To Palestine

Robert is joined by Dana El Kurd to discuss the Netanyahu Family, Zionism and Palestine. FOOTNOTES: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-18008697net https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/benjamin-quot-bibi-quot-netanyahu https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/04/opinion/incitement-movie.html https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/31/assassination-yitzhak-rabin-never-knew-his-people-shot-him-in-back https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-06-22-mn-431-story.html https://www.ampalestine.org...

May 25, 2021•1 hr 12 min

Part Three: How The Dulles Brothers Created The CIA And Destroyed Everything Else

Part Three of our episodes on the Dulles Brothers with guest, Jason Pargin. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 20, 2021•1 hr 32 min

Part Two: How The Dulles Brothers Created The CIA And Destroyed Everything Else

Part Two of Three of our episodes on the Dulles Brothers with guest, Jason Pargin. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 19, 2021•1 hr 9 min

Part One: How The Dulles Brothers Created The CIA And Destroyed Everything Else

Robert is joined by Jason Pargin to discuss the Dulles Brothers. FOOTNOTES: https://medium.com/dan-sanchez/the-dulles-brothers-and-their-legacy-of-perpetual-war-94191c41a653 https://www.thedailybeast.com/did-cia-director-allen-dulles-order-the-hit-on-jfk https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/04/opinion/04schlesinger.html https://tnsr.org/2019/11/the-collapse-narrative-the-united-states-mohammed-mossadegh-and-the-coup-decision-of-1953/ https://www.history.com/mkultra-operation-midnight-climax-cia-lsd-e...

May 18, 2021•1 hr 14 min

Part Two: Dr. Phil Is Even Worse Than You Think And You Probably Think He Sucks

Robert is joined again by Jamie Loftus to continue to discuss Dr, Phil. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 13, 2021•58 min

Part One: Dr. Phil Is Even Worse Than You Think And You Probably Think He Sucks

Robert is joined by Jamie Loftus to discuss Dr, Phil. FOOTNOTES: https://www.statnews.com/2017/12/28/dr-phil-guests-say-show-risks-health-of-some-addicts/ https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/scaachikoul/dr-phil-mcgraw-mental-health-danielle-bregoli https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/analyze-this-6395801 https://www.drphil.com/about-dr-phil/ https://www.recordnet.com/article/20021017/a_life/310179982 https://grantland.com/features/dr-phil-wild-houston-tulsa-college-football-game/ https://www.bu...

May 11, 2021•1 hr 7 min

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