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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.

Episodes

Part Three: The Terrible Secret of Steve Jobs

Robert and Ed reach a crucial crux in the Steve Jobs story: his years of failed product launches and near destruction of Apple. Also, Bono appears. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 12, 20241 hr 15 min

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Mar 09, 20243 hr 49 min

Part Two: The Terrible Secret of Steve Jobs

Robert Evans explains the rise of Apple, and how Steve Jobs tried to cheat the California Welfare system. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 07, 20241 hr 6 min

Part One: The Terrible Secret of Steve Jobs

Robert sits down with Ed Zitron to discuss the early life of Steve Jobs, who started out setting off bombs in school and wound up founding See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 05, 20241 hr 6 min

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Mar 02, 20244 hr 34 min

How The Winklevoss Twins Lost A Billion Dollars

Though the Winklevoss brothers are best known for their role in the early days of Facebook, you'll be surprised to learn that they recently lost customers at their cryptocurrency exchange over a billion dollars through a shady loan scheme. In this episode, Ed Zitron walks you through how the two identical riverboat giants went from being conned by Mark Zuckerberg to conning over a hundred thousand people into putting their cryptocurrency in the hands of the world's worst investor. Better Offline...

Mar 01, 202447 min

Part One: TB Joshua: The Evangelical Pastor Who Built His Own Hell

Robert sits down with Miles Gray to talk about TB Joshua, a Nigerian pastor whose cult trapped people from all over the world in a literal physical hell of his own design. (2 Part Series) Sources: https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/africa/even-in-death-televangelist-tb-joshua-remains-controversial-3431478 https://www.ru.ac.za/perspective/2014archive/tbjoshuaafalseprophetmustcomeclean.html https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-56771246 https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/youtube-closes-...

Feb 27, 20241 hr 6 min

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Feb 24, 20243 hr 35 min

Part Four: Was Robert. E. Lee a Good General?

Robert and Prop answer the final two great questions about Robert E. Lee: did he fuck that horse, and was he any good as a general? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 22, 20241 hr 27 min

Part Three: Why Did Robert E. Lee Turn Traitor?

Robert and Prop continue the story of Bobby Lee to the climax of his life: his decision to turn traitor and fight for the Confederacy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 20, 20241 hr 8 min

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Feb 18, 20243 hr 19 min

Part Two: Robert E. Lee: A Lifetime of Failure

Robert and Prop discuss Robert E. Lee's career in the army, and his horrific violence towards the enslaved workers on his father-in-laws plantation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 15, 20241 hr 19 min

Part One: Robert E. Lee: A Lifetime of Failure

Robert sits down with Jason Petty aka Prop to begin the epic story of Robert E. Lee, prominent furry, slave owner and Confederate General. (4 Part Series) Sources: https://archive.org/stream/memoirsrobertel01wriggoog/memoirsrobertel01wriggoog_djvu.txt https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-arlington-national-cemetery-came-to-be-145147007/ https://www.history.com/news/how-the-cult-of-robert-e-lee-was-born https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2017/08/18/robert-e-lee-is-the-uniter-amer...

Feb 13, 20241 hr 2 min

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Feb 10, 20244 hr 55 min

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Feb 07, 20244 hr 52 min

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Feb 03, 20243 hr 28 min

Part Two: Tech Bros Have Built A Cult Around AI

Robert tells Ify about the time tech weirdo's recreated Hell using AI and Robert pisses off a VP at Google. Plus: More cult shit! (Adapted from his article in Rolling Stone: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ai-companies-advocates-cult-1234954528/ ) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 01, 202449 min

Part One: Tech Bros Have Built A Cult Around AI

Robert sits down with Ify Nwadiwe to talk about the weird cult that's formed around AI, and some of the most powerful people in Silicon Valley. (Adapted from his article in Rolling Stone: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ai-companies-advocates-cult-1234954528/ ) (2 Part Series) Sources: What Makes a Cult a Cult? | The New Yorker The Wide Angle: Understanding TESCREAL — Silicon Valley’s Rightward Turn | Washington Spectator We need to examine the beliefs of today’s tech lumin...

Jan 30, 20241 hr 4 min

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Jan 27, 20244 hr 47 min

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Jan 20, 20243 hr 9 min

Part One: The Finders: CIA Child Trafficking Cult or Just Normal Cult?

Robert sits down with Jamie Loftus to tell the tale of Marion Petty, the man whose cult was accused of trafficking children and may have been part of a CIA op. Or not! It's very unclear! (4 Part Series) Sources: https://apnews.com/article/4c5cd8141e930159ea3e4f0492a41ade https://www.vice.com/en/article/7x53vg/the-finders-cult-from-the-80s-was-patient-zero-for-epsteinand-pizzagate-conspiracies https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/287890/finders-keeper/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/po...

Jan 16, 20241 hr 11 min

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Jan 13, 20244 hr 45 min

Part Two: John Schmitz: The First Trump

Our tale of Orange County bastardry reaches it's apex in John Schmitz, the conspiracy maniac who ran against Nixon from the Right and blazed the trail that led us to Donald Trump See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jan 11, 20241 hr 10 min

Part One: How Orange County Incubated American Fascism

Robert sits down with Francesca Fiorentini to talk about how Orange County, California gave birth to the modern Republican Party, thanks to some arms dealers and a howling fascist named John Schmitz. (2 Part Series) Sources: https://cafe.com/article/were-revolutionaries-john-schmitzs-controversial-1972-third-partypresidential-campaign/ https://www.nytimes.com/1972/11/05/archives/john-schmitz-is-no-george-wallace-.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-16-me-1902-story.html https://...

Jan 09, 20241 hr 16 min

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Jan 06, 20242 hr 26 min