Part Two: How Conservatism Won
Robert and Dave conclude our episode about think tanks. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 04, 2024•1 hr 31 min
Behind the Bastards
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 One: How Conservatism Won
Robert sits down with David Bell to discuss how a consortium of rich failsons got together to fund a network of right wing think tanks and shift American culture in a fun new direction. (note: it was not actually fun at all) (2 Part Series) Sources: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2023/05/09/launch-long-game https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardvedder/2020/01/06/the-collegiate-conservative-counter-revolution/?sh=efd1a87111c0 https://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/politics/polibig/east...
Apr 02, 2024•1 hr 25 min
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Mar 30, 2024•3 hr 4 min
Part Two: The Real Bastard Was Health Insurance Companies All Along
Robert and Kaveh continue with another wacky fake doctor story that snowballs into a vast conspiracy by health insurance companies to make everyone else's life much worse. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 28, 2024•1 hr 7 min
Part One: The Fake Doctors Who Gave Everyone Alzheimer's
Robert sits down with Dr. Kaveh Hoda to tell several hilarious fake doctor stories that wind up exposing the dark heart of the health insurance industry. (2 Part Series) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 26, 2024•1 hr 12 min
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Mar 23, 2024•2 hr 43 min
Part Two: The Dennis the Menace Creator was a Shockingly Bad Man
Robert and Randy discuss Hank's unorthodox parenting methods, how he tried to get laid at Disneyland, and some very uncomfortable racism. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 21, 2024•1 hr 2 min
Part One: The Dennis the Menace Creator was a Shockingly Bad Man
Robert sits down with Randy Milholland to discuss Hank Ketcham, the creator of Dennis the Menace. Despite his cartoon's kid-safe nature, Hank mined his own wife and child for content while systematically destroying both of their lives. (2 Part Series) Sources: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1990/05/05/denniss - dear - old - dad/3034ac5a - 25fc 4f92 - ad9b - f3092c69ca67/ https://www.snopes.com/fact - check/dennis - the - menace/ https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Dennis - crea...
Mar 19, 2024•1 hr 4 min
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Mar 16, 2024•2 hr 59 min
Part Four: The Terrible Secret of Steve Jobs
Ed and Robert conclude the epic story of Steve Jobs with a look at how his peculiarities determined the shape and horrible abusive nature of much of the modern consumer electronics industry. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 14, 2024•1 hr 22 min
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, 2024•1 hr 15 min
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Mar 09, 2024•2 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, 2024•1 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, 2024•1 hr 6 min
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Mar 02, 2024•3 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, 2024•47 min
Part Two: TB Joshua: The Evangelical Pastor Who Built His Own Hell
Robert and Miles get to the nightmare heart of the TB Joshua story: a sprawling empire of sexual violence and gaslighting on an epic scale. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 29, 2024•1 hr 7 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, 2024•1 hr 6 min
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Feb 24, 2024•2 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, 2024•1 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, 2024•1 hr 8 min
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Feb 18, 2024•3 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, 2024•1 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, 2024•1 hr 2 min
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Feb 10, 2024•3 hr 55 min
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Feb 07, 2024•3 hr 52 min
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Feb 03, 2024•3 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, 2024•49 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, 2024•1 hr 4 min
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Jan 27, 2024•3 hr 47 min
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