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. 2 DAYS AGO

    Part One: How Peter Thiel Became the Gravedigger of Democracy

    Robert sits down with Noah Shachtman to discuss the life and times of Peter Thiel, the demon investor of Silicon Valley and would-be assassin of democracy. (4 Part Series) Sources: https://www.newser.com/story/235229/peter-thiel-wanted-innovation-he-got-networking-instead.html https://www.edsurge.com/nhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/mattdrange/2017/01/03/what-happened-to-the-original-class-of-peter-thiels-college-skipping-fellows-nowelcome1/ ews/2023-12-12-how-a-billionaire-s-fellowship-spread-skepticism-about-college-s-value https://theintercept.com/2019/05/02/peter-thiels-palantir-was-used-to-bust-hundreds-of-relatives-of-migrant-children-new-documents-show/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/08/22/war-inside-palantir-data-mining-firms-ties-ice-under-attack-by-employees/ https://responsiblestatecraft.org/peter-thiel-israel-palantir/ https://www.evernote.com/shard/s542/client/snv?isnewsnv=true¬eGuid=46c636b6-b404-45df-ab0a-1f84c6fdc8c2¬eKey=7c94233539b8258d72b395a063f3c589&sn=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.evernote.com%2Fshard%2Fs542%2Fsh%2F46c636b6-b404-45df-ab0a-1f84c6fdc8c2%2F7c94233539b8258d72b395a063f3c589&title=That%2BEssay https://archive.is/ZmTHu https://www.businessinsider.com/peter-thiel-childhood-11-surprising-details-the-contrarian-max-chafkin-2021-9 https://archive.is/ZmTHu https://www.quora.com/How-was-Peter-Thiel-in-high-school https://archive.is/ncwwe#selection-887.0-891.775 https://medium.com/indian-thoughts/my-conversation-with-peter-thiel-about-apartheid-and-its-aftermath-3fdf4249b08d#.xz4kamaam https://newcriterion.com/article/the-diversity-myth/ https://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-peter-thiel-20161026-story.html https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/peter-thiel-silicon-valley-contrarian-max-chafkin.html https://archive.is/0CtR2#selection-487.0-509.305 https://archive.is/QPFbm#selection-1173.0-1189.97 https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/19/jp-morgan-reportedly-had-to-oust-a-security-chief-backed-by-palantir.html https://archive.is/WCWeQ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/peter-thiel-republican-megadonor-wont-fund-candidates-2024-sources-2023-04-26/ https://archive.is/ncwwe#selection-1933.0-1933.1393 https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/04/inside-the-new-right-where-peter-thiel-is-placing-his-biggest-bets https://archive.is/ncwwe#selection-2085.0-2085.515 https://archive.is/ncwwe https://archive.is/ncwwe#selection-1913.0-1913.1159 https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2021-09-17/contrarian-review Chafkin, Max. The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power (p. 11). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  2. OCT 24

    Part Two: The History of American Masculinity Grifters

    Robert and Miles talk about the mid-century crisis in American masculinity and then catch up to the modern era, and Gamergate.   https://www.sandboxx.us/news/alpha-male-boot-camps-are-a-joke/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/what-are-man-warrior-camps/ https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/01/fashion/01Fitness.html?pagewanted=2&_r=0 https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2024/01/22/modern-day-knight-project-videos-men-man-camps/72290454007/ https://nypost.com/2018/11/15/masculinity-guru-wants-guys-to-stop-being-so-nice-to-women/ https://www.vox.com/first-person/2017/1/23/14238530/self-help-advice-bogus https://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2023/09/manosphere-poisoning-conservatism https://www.motherjones.com/politics 2023/08/boy-problems-andrew-tate-masculinity-crisis-manosphere/ https://medium.com/sexstories/the-right-faces-its-cuckholding-sex-fantasies-1351ed88a8ae https://classic.esquire.com/article/1958/11/1/the-crisis-of-american-masculinity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGy1SaXKxqA https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0276146719897107 https://www.tesble.com/10.1177/0276146719897107 https://www.mybootcampchallenge.com/ https://classic.esquire.com/article/1958/11/1/the-crisis-of-american-masculinity https://www.tesble.com/10.1177/0276146719897107 https://www.themdkproject.com/flip-the-switch https://digitalcommons.nyls.edu/fac_other_pubs/118/ https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/09/new-chat-logs-show-how-4chan-users-pushed-gamergate-into-the-national-spotlight/ https://www.wired.com/story/gamergates-aggrieved-men-still-haunt-the-internet/ https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/history-did-you-know/moral-and-medical-panic-over-bicycles https://abcnews.go.com/Health/cosmetic-leg-lengthening-surgeries-luring-patients-courting-controversy/story?id=106826824   https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/why-us-men-voluntarily-undergo-limb-lengthening-procedure/LNLGCLEFKY27BA2NTYGNIO5OKA/?ref=readmore See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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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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