Behind the Bastards

Behind the Bastards

Society EN ↓ 1000 episodes

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.

Author

Behind the Bastards

Category

Society

Podcast website

www.spreaker.com

Latest episode

Jan 31, 2026

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Episodes

It Could Happen Here Weekly 178 19.04.2025

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  When Care Workers Organize Behind Myanmar's Devastating Earthquake Trump's Concentration Camps in El Salvador How Strikes Build Democratic Workplaces  Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #12 You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclu...

CZM Rewind: The Andrew Tate Story (Part 3 & 4) 17.04.2025

Robert and Sophie are joined by Cool Zone Media supervising producer, Ian Johnson to continue to discuss Andrew Tate.  Update series dropping next week! Includes Part 3 & 4 with less ad breaks. Better Offline & Weird Little Guys are nominated for this year’s Webby Awards! Get your votes in by April 17th! 🗳️🗳️🗳️ https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2025/podcasts/individual-episode/bus...

CZM Rewind: The Andrew Tate Story (Part 1 & 2) 15.04.2025

Robert and Sophie are joined by Cool Zone Media supervising producer, Ian Johnson to discuss Andrew Tate, and the Mythopoetic Men's Movement. Includes Part 1 & 2 with less ad breaks. Update series dropping next week! Better Offline & Weird Little Guys are nominated for this year’s Webby Awards! Get your votes in by April 17th! 🗳️🗳️🗳️ https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2025/podcasts...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 177 12.04.2025

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  Behind the Scenes of That Teen Vogue Article on Vivian Wilson, Elon Musk's Daughter Why Watching Actors Get Maimed By Big Cats Gives Me Hope For The Future How ICE Kidnapped A Farmworker Union Organizer Esperanto with Andrew Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #11 You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows...

Part Two: Alfred Hugenberg: The Elon Musk of Weimar Germany 10.04.2025

World War 1 has begun, and Robert walks Amanda through how Alfred Hugenberg bought up the German media to make the case the the war should go on for ever, and then how he backed the Nazi party and ushered Hitler into power when that didn't go well for some reason. Sources: The Pan German League by Barry Jackisch https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/hitler-oligarchs-hugenberg-nazi/6815...

Part One: Alfred Hugenberg: The Elon Musk of Weimar Germany 08.04.2025

Robert sits down with Amanda Montell to talk about Alfred Hugenberg, a German industrialist who made Hitler's rise to power possible for some very familiar reasons. Sources: The Pan German League by Barry Jackisch https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/hitler-oligarchs-hugenberg-nazi/681584/ The Fateful Alliance by Hermann Beck https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/modern-world-history-...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 176 05.04.2025

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - The Library Funding Cliff - Anarchism In Uruguay feat. Andrew, Pt. 2 - RFK Jr. Breaks the Medical System - How ICE Is Targeting Students for Deportation - Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #10 You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available...

How ICE Is Targeting Students for Deportation 04.04.2025

Garrison and James discuss how a doxing campaign is targeting student visa and green card holders for alleged ties to pro-Palestine protests. Sources:  https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-mahmoud-khalil-ice-15014bcbb921f21a9f704d5acdcae7a8   https://archive.ph/20250316111414/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/nyregion/mahmoud-khalil-columbia-university.html   https://www.nytimes.com/202...

Part Two: The Grifters Behind The Fake Autism 'Cure' Industry 03.04.2025

Robert concludes the story of the Fake Autism Cure Industrial Complex and tells Mangesh about a doctor who tried to get rich selling spoiled blood to deranged parents. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: The Grifters Behind The Fake Autism 'Cure' Industry 01.04.2025

Robert and Mangesh Hattikudur explore the birth of the "unorthodox biomedical movement", which is a fancy way of saying "fake doctors who poison children to cure Autism". https://tinyurl.com/Help-Myanmar freeburmarangers.org  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It Could Happen Here Weekly 175 29.03.2025

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  Rendition to El Salvador: How the Trump Administration Is Sending Asylum Seekers to Labor Camps Miniature Ethnic Cleansing: Encampment Sweeps in Oakland Should You Flee the United States? Elon Musk Has Lost the Gamers Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #9 You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% a...

Part Two: How Tainted Human Blood Became A Major U.S. Export 27.03.2025

Robert, who is looking better than ever these days wow what great hair, finishes telling Ben Bowlin the harrowing story of how the U.S. murdered thousands of our nation's closest friends and poisoned incarcerated people for a modest payout. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: How Tainted Human Blood Became A Major U.S. Export 25.03.2025

Robert and Ben Bowlin sit-down to talk about controversial blood plasma donation program in the Arkansas Prison system under Governor Clinton that killed more than 2 9/11s worth of Canadians. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It Could Happen Here Weekly 174 22.03.2025

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  Understanding Rojava’s Tishrin Dam Resistance Anarchism In Uruguay feat. Andrew, Pt. 1 Chuck Schumer and the Collaborators Behind the Tesla Attacks Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #8 You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusive...

Part Four: The Zizian Murder Spree (or Exactly How Harry Potter Fanfic Killed A Border Patrol Agent) 20.03.2025

Robert concludes the story of the Zizians with a spree of horrific violent crimes and deaths, culminating in a shoot out with the Border Patrol in Vermont of all places. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Three: How The Zizians Went Full On Death Cult 18.03.2025

Robert tells David about Ziz's glorious plan to take to the sea and sever the right and left brains of her followers in order to make them psychopaths god that sentence was weird to write trust us the episode is weirder. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It Could Happen Here Weekly 173 15.03.2025

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  How the State Created Elon Musk Candace Owens' Hollywood Tabloid Pivot feat. Bridget Todd Mahmoud Khalil's Arrest and What Comes Next Nate Silver: The Smoothest Brain On The Internet Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #7 You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Medi...

Part Two: The Zizians: Birth of a Cult Leader 13.03.2025

Robert tells David Gborie about the early life of Ziz LaSota, a bright young girl from Alaska who came to the Bay Area with dreams of saving the cosmos or destroying it, all based on her obsession with Rationalist blogs and fanfic. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: The Zizians: How Harry Potter Fanfic Inspired a Death Cult 11.03.2025

Earlier this year a Border Patrol officer was killed in a shoot-out with people who have been described as members of a trans vegan AI death cult. But who are the Zizians, really? Robert sits down with David Gborie to trace their development, from part of the Bay Area Rationalist subculture to killers. (4 Part series) Sources:  https://medium.com/@sefashapiro/a-community-warning-about-ziz-76c10018...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 172 08.03.2025

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  The Future of Peacekeeping In Africa The Last Trial of the Fight Against Mountain Valley Pipeline The USA's Impending Telemedicine Cliff King Trump Yells at Congress Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #6 You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, a...

Part Two: In Honor Of Our New Monarchy, Let's Talk About Versailles 06.03.2025

Robert tells Ed about the Sun King's very sad death from butt rot and how his great grandson grew up raised by the insane party house of death that now controlled all of French politics. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: In Honor Of Our New Monarchy, Let's Talk About Versailles 04.03.2025

In honor of the American oligarchs trying to form their own aristocracy, Robert and Ed Zitron look back at the court of Versailles, how it was formed as a sort of frat house pentagon that broke the brains of every subsequent generation of French nobles. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It Could Happen Here Weekly 171 01.03.2025

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  The President of Argentina's Meme Coin Scandal How Trump is Changing Trans Healthcare Textbooks and Holy Books feat. Steven Moncelli & Dr. Michael Phillips Democratic Insiders Are Sharing A Warning About Curtis Yarvin, Elon Musk & Neoreactionaries Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #5 You can now liste...

Part Two: Bruno Bettelheim and The Quest To Make a "Good" Concentration Camp 27.02.2025

Bruno Bettelheim has now made it to the United States, where he executes his elaborate plan to fix "emotionally disturbed" children by making a nice concentration camp. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: Bruno Bettelheim: The Worst Psycho-therapist 25.02.2025

Robert tells Allison Raskin about Bruno Bettelheim, a concentration camp survivor who revolutionized child mental health care by trying to create a GOOD concentration camp for small children. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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