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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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    • 4.5 • 988 Ratings

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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.

Listen on Apple Podcasts
Requires subscription and macOS 11.4 or higher

    It Could Happen Here Weekly 132

    It Could Happen Here Weekly 132

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    • 2 hrs 53 min
    CZM Rewind: Morton Downey Junior: The Ur-Media Grifter

    CZM Rewind: Morton Downey Junior: The Ur-Media Grifter

    Robert is again joined by Tom Reimann to discuss Morton Downey Junior.

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    • 57 min
    CZM Rewind: The Ballad of Wally George

    CZM Rewind: The Ballad of Wally George

    Robert is joined by Tom Reimann to discuss Wally George.

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    • 46 min
    CZM Rewind: Joe Pyne: The Man Who Invented Right Wing Talk Radio

    CZM Rewind: Joe Pyne: The Man Who Invented Right Wing Talk Radio

    Robert is joined by Tom Reimann to discuss Joe Pyne.

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    FOOTNOTES:


    https://timeline.com/hot-seat-wally-george-edccf13491cf
    https://www.ocweekly.com/remembering-the-time-ocs-wacky-conservative-talk-show-host-wally-george-stood-up-to-white-supremacists/
    https://joeleisenberg.medium.com/exposed-donald-trump-is-wally-george-bcb2f2040c0f
    https://web.archive.org/web/20200226051215/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-07-11-ca-1344-story.html
    https://variety.com/2003/scene/people-news/wally-george-1117893638/
    https://www.ocweekly.com/here-lies-wally-george-6428079/
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/08/21/why-were-all-just-living-in-morton-downey-jr-s-talk-show-slime/?request-id=76a6a7b6-5e2f-4120-8982-74c4046cbff4&pml=1
    https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-morton-downey-jr-documentary-20150817-story.html
    https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=108365&page=1
    https://www.cnn.com/2015/08/12/opinions/smerconish-morton-downey-era/index.html
    https://archive.is/mKfyB#selection-343.0-351.321
    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/joe-pyne-first-shock-jock-180963237/
    https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.saturdayeveningpost.com/uploads/reprints/Hate_Hour/index.html?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAI3QGKNAHC7QBOIAA%2F20210921%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20210921T071203Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-Signature=871e048df2cb9da18c7eaae72514a8270428fd10ce5f4d0846d270d1ad1a7ffd
    https://www.thebdr.net/joe-pyne-talk-radio-pioneer/
    https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-media-controversy-ignites-over-the-case-of-tawana-brawley
    https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/08/05/209194252/15-years-later-tawana-brawley-has-paid-1-percent-of-penalty
    https://www.kanw.com/post/racial-backdrop-tawana-brawley-case

     
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    • 1 hr 4 min
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    • 3 hrs 33 min
    Part Two: The Darkest Episode We Will Ever Do

    Part Two: The Darkest Episode We Will Ever Do

    Robert and Margaret conclude the story of Helmut Kentler's pedophile foster program, and discuss how the German left was infiltrated and co-opted by pedophile activists to disastrous ends.
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    • 1 hr 8 min

Customer Reviews

4.5 out of 5
988 Ratings

988 Ratings

Chicken100 ,

Needs better cohost

Honestly, the only thing that lets this podcast down is the cohosts that will occasionally just talk absolute nonsense for no reason other than to be heard. The reason why shows like the dollop works so well is because they have a much tighter cohost host dynamic. Please be a little more careful with the cohosts, and keep Sophie from interrupting

Thepurplebean ,

I used to enjoy this show

I’m sick of the bagging of Jordan Peterson and the inane interjections of Sophie

Niofaps ,

Fascinating, horrifying and very entertaining.

Listening to the Steve Jobs episode and loving learning about the man behind the propaganda. So glad for podcasts that tell us the truth about the psychopaths who ruin the world for the rest of us.

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