Behind the Bastards

Ever wonder how Policing started in the U.S.? In this episode, Robert and Prop trace the bloody birth of American policing, from Ancient Greece, to the slave-holding South, to the streets of Ferguson, Missouri today.  FOOTNOTES: Myths and Realities of Crime and Justice A Brief History of Slavery and the Origins of American Policing Slave Patrols: An Early Form of American Policing How the U.S. Got...

How did American police get so violent? The answer to that question goes back centuries, to the earliest days of this nation. On this special podcast miniseries hosts journalist, Robert Evans and rap artist, Propaganda (Jason Petty) draw a straight line from the darkest days of slavery, to the murder of George Floyd and the mass violence American police meted out to their citizens this summer.  Le...

Robert is joined again by Bridget Todd to continue to discuss the Wonga Coup. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert is joined by Bridget Todd to discuss the Wonga Coup. Footnotes: Saving Sierra Leone, At a Price Safety at a price: Military expertise for sale or rent ‘Mad Mike’ Hoare, mercenary in Congo who later led a failed coup, dies at 100 An African adventure: Inside story of the wonga coup Ely Calil, backer of a farcical coup plot, died on May 28th A mercenary's tale Understanding the Wonga Coup The...

Robert is joined again by Sofiya Alexandra to continue discussing Elon Musk. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert is joined by Sofiya Alexandra to discuss Elon Musk. FOOTNOTES: Tesla Labor Practices and Musk Tweet Broke the Law, Judge Rules The Trump administration reportedly spent months trying to make sure unauthorized immigrants couldn't go to school Elon Musk, His Rocket, and the Grand Scheme that Tore Apart Boca Chica Elon Musk’s growing empire is fueled by $4.9 billion in government subsidies "I...

Robert is joined by Jack O'Brien to discuss David Grossman, director of the Killology Research Group. More than a hundred police departments, and thousands of police officers, have taken Grossman’s courses over more than twenty years.  FOOTNOTES: THE TRIGGER AND THE CHOICE: PART 1 Non-Verbal Cues Are Easy to Misinterpret The Bulletproof Warrior “Are You Prepared to Kill Somebody?” A Day With One o...

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

Robert is joined by Billy Wayne Davis to discuss Jim Bowie, the biggest piece of crap in the Old West. FOOTNOTES: What became of Jim Bowie's famous knife? Hero Tales of the American Soldier Three Roads to the Alamo The Mysterious Illness of Jim Bowie: How Did He Contribute to His Own Decline? James Bowie, Big Dealer Selling the Sandbar: Marketing the Bowie Knife No Wounds In His Back Jim Bowie Bef...

Robert is joined again by Danl Goodman to continue to discuss Jack Idema. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert is joined by Danl Goodman to discuss Jack Idema, the greatest conman of The Afghan War. Footnotes: Operation Desert Fraud Bad company: 'Jack' Idema and the bounty hunters of Kabul Vigilante Torturer Dies in Mexico Osama-Hunter Only the Latest Terror-Fightin' Wannabe Man Who Hunted Bin Laden With a Sword Now Jailed on a Gun Charge The Man Who Believed Himself The Shadow Warrior: Jack Idema F...

Robert is joined by Shereen Lani Younes to discuss the Doctor Charles Runels, the inventor of the “O Shot." FOOTNOTES: Plasma Donations from Recovered COVID-19 Patients Sexual Medicine Society on Unproven Regenerative Therapies for Erectile Dysfunction I Got a Shot In My Dick For Stronger Erections, and I Have Zero Regrets The O-Shot "I had the controversial O Shot injection in my vagina" Kim Kard...

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

Robert is joined again by Vic Berger to continue discussing Televangelist, Jim Bakker. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert is joined by Vic Berger to discuss Televangelist, Jim Bakker. FOOTNOTES: PTL: The Rise and Fall of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker's Evangelical Empire Touching Empathy The “Real” Reason Televangelist Jim Bakker Went to Jail What happened to Tammy Faye Bakker after the PTL scandal? Jim Bakker is Still Here The Second Coming Of Televangelist Jim Bakker Where Are They Now?: Jim Bakker Jim Bakker's...

Robert is joined by Billy Wayne Davis to discuss how the bleach church continues to spread. FOOTNOTES: “Church” claims bleach is coronavirus-curing “sacrament,” faces wrath of FDA How many letters does the president receive daily?  Coronavirus: Leader of group that believes bleach is miracle cure for Covid-19 wrote to Trump A fringe movement that claims bleach is a miracle cure is jubilant after T...

Robert is joined by Billy Wayne Davis to discuss Black Salve. FOOTNOTES: Science or Snake Oil: what is black salve? Black salve in a nutshell Victorian Pharmacology V: Jesse Weldon Fell, M.D., Zinc Chloride & Furtive Medicine Warning Letter to Two Feathers Using Two Feathers Healing Formula Black Salve Is A Dangerous Fake Cancer Cure, But It Continues To Flourish In Facebook Groups Cancer 'hea...

Robert is joined by Spencer Crittenden to continue to discuss The Battle of Blair Mountain. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert is joined by Spencer Crittenden to discuss The Battle of Blair Mountain. FOOTNOTES: The Battle of Blair Mountain: The Story of America's Largest Labor Uprising ‘Rape Rooms’: How West Virginia Women Paid Off Coal Company Debts New Evidence for the Gutman-Hill Debate What was the Esau scrip? “Store Pay Is Our Ruin”: The Tyranny of the Company Store Mountaineer Mine Wars The Coal Mining Massac...

Robert is joined again by Soren Bowie to continue discussing explorer, Henry Morton Stanley. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 Stanle...

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.

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.

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 Wor...

Robert is joined again by Sofiya Alexandra to continue discussing Narendra Modi. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.