Behind the Bastards

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.

  1. SEP 24

    Part One: The Inventor of Those 'Troubled Teen' Wilderness Camps Where They Kill Kids

    Robert sits down with Mara Wilson to discuss the man behind those camps that kidnap teenagers and torture them in the desert. (2 Part Series) Sources: The rise and fall of Steve Cartisano - High Country News (hcn.org) Steve Cartisano - Bryan County Patriot Hell Camp: The sinister true story behind Netflix documentary - Dexerto MOTHER OF GIRL WHO COLLAPSED IN DESERT PRAISES CHALLENGER – Deseret News ‘Hell Camp’: Paris Hilton and the Troubled Teen Industry’s Abuse Epidemic (rollingstone.com) How Utah became the birthplace of the once-lucrative wilderness therapy industry for ‘troubled teens’ (msn.com) BYU alumnus sparks off lucrative, controversial wilderness-therapy industry - The Salt Lake Tribune (sltrib.com) Salt Lake Tribune | 2002-04-28 | Page 2 | | Utah Digital Newspapers Loving Them to Death -- The... (utah.edu) Boot Camps Proponent Becomes Focus of Critics - The New York Times (nytimes.com) Wilderness therapy programs for troubled teams began in Utah (sltrib.com) Troubled US teens left traumatised by tough love camps (bbc.com) EXPLAINER: The history behind 'parents' rights' in schools | AP News How Utah became the leading place to send the nation's troubled teens | APM Reports https://www.sltrib.com/news/2024/05/07/how-utah-became-birthplace-once/ https://www.deseret.com/1991/7/24/18932325/father-sues-challenger-over-daughter-s-death/ https://apnews.com/article/religion-education-gender-identity-0e2ca2cf0ef7d7bc6ef5b125f1ee0969 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG0vANHmMmM https://www.researchgate.net/publication/238102695_Examining_the_Effectiveness_of_Boot_Camps_A_Randomized_Experiment_with_a_Long-Term_Follow_Up https://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/09/us/boot-camps-proponent-becomes-focus-of-critics.html https://archive.sltrib.com/story.php?ref=/test/ci_10438570https://www.farmerfuneralchapel.com/obituaries/larry-olsen See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    1h 19m
  2. SEP 17

    Part One: Curtis Yarvin: The Philosopher Behind J.D. Vance

    Robert sits down with the great Ed Helms to discuss Curtis Yarvin, the American philosopher of dictatorship whose ideas inspired J.D. Vance. (2 Part Series) Sources: Curtis Yarvin, Political Theorist - Tablet Magazine Who is Curtis Yarvin, the monarchist, anti-democracy blogger? | Vox Mouthbreathing Machiavellis Dream of a Silicon Reich (thebaffler.com) A Founder's Farewell • Blog • urbit.org Interview with Curtis Yarvin — Max Raskin https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/trumps-vow-to-fire-thousands-of-crooked-federal-workers-prompts-alarm/ https://thebaffler.com/latest/mouthbreathing-machiavellis https://techcrunch.com/2013/11/22/geeks-for-monarchy/ https://thebaffler.com/latest/the-moldbug-variations-pein https://glasgowmuseumsslavery.co.uk/2020/11/18/thomas-carlyle-historian-writer-racist/ https://www.unqualified-reservations.org/2008/05/ol5-shortest-way-to-world-peace/ https://newtotse.com/oldtotse/en/ego/cult_of_the_dead_cow/cdc252.html http://www.textfiles.com/groups/CDC/cDc-0234.txt https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/elon-musk-trump-harris-high-status-males-4chan-b2606617.html https://www.unqualified-reservations.org/2008/11/patchwork-2-profit-strategies-for-our/ https://academic.oup.com/book/25370 https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/curtis-yarvin-thiel-carlyle-monarchism-reactionary https://www.amazon.com/Key-Thinkers-Radical-Right-Democracy-ebook/dp/B07LFKWCV2 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    1h 18m

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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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