Behind the Bastards


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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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Been listening to it all day at work for like 4 weeks.
May 2
Well researched, Robert sounds like a gadfly though and he gets grating. I do listen to it at 1.3x speed, so it could be my fault I find him so annoying, I will never admit fault though. Love Sophie on and off the mic. Seems like the reviewers that don’t like her are greasy piggy little men. Typical. Do an episode on Dov Charney.
Love the Concept
5d ago
Love the concept of this; The execution isn’t great. Listening to this podcast is like sitting by the overly enthusiastic group of philosophy majors at a community college cafeteria.
Lots of weird nitpicky reviews
5d ago
I don’t often review podcasts but as a longtime btb fan I was surprised by some of the negativity in the reviews. BTB is not an overly academic history podcast, it is a twice weekly entertaining show giving quick overviews of complex often overlooked topics from history and it never claims to be more than that. They do good work, if you find a topic they don’t cover as thoroughly as you would have liked go learn more about it, that’s the point. Also to the bootlickers on here, hate to break it to you but reality and critical thinking has a left slant, got out of your echo chamber and trust your own eyes and ears.
Great Show
May 6
Informative, entertaining, and just plain good.
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- CreatorCool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts
- Years Active2018 - 2025
- Episodes999
- RatingExplicit
- Copyright2025 iHeartMedia, Inc. © Any use of this intellectual property for text and data mining or computational analysis including as training material for artificial intelligence systems is strictly prohibited without express written consent from iHeartMedia
- Show Website
- ProvideriHeartMedia + Entertainment, Inc
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