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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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    • Society & Culture
    • 4.7 • 14 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

    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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    It Could Happen Here Weekly 131

    It Could Happen Here Weekly 131

    All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.

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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
    Part One: The Darkest Episode We Will Ever Do

    Part One: The Darkest Episode We Will Ever Do

    Robert weaves a hideous story for Margaret, about how post-war Germans started out trying to make Nazism impossible and wound up harming generations of poor children.
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    • 1 hr 6 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
14 Ratings

14 Ratings

zebuleex ,

Most interesting podcast I’ve come across

Well researched, great guests, balanced discourse. Robert is an awesome host and explores very interesting topics which are missed out by mainstream media. The guests bring a level of humour and help represent the rest of the audience.

Brant-J ,

The producer adds no value

Why does Sophie the producer talk over the host and guests? She's the absolute worst part of this otherwise good and entertaining show. I just saw that the first line of the show's Reddit sub is something like "criticism of Sophie is not permitted". That pretty much says it all, doesn't it?

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