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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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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

    Part Four: Beria: Stalin's Pedophile Cop & the Soviet Oppenheimer

    Part Four: Beria: Stalin's Pedophile Cop & the Soviet Oppenheimer

    Beria? I hardly know'ya. Anyway, this is the last episode of the series. Goodbye.
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    Part Three: Beria: Stalin's Pedophile Cop & the Soviet Oppenheimer

    Part Three: Beria: Stalin's Pedophile Cop & the Soviet Oppenheimer

    Robert and Joe get into the meat of the Beria story: the invasion of Poland and start of World War 2.
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    • 57 min
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    Part Two: Beria: Stalin's Pedophile Cop & the Soviet Oppenheimer

    Part Two: Beria: Stalin's Pedophile Cop & the Soviet Oppenheimer

    In part two, Robert continues with Joe Kassabian to tell the sordid tale of Lavrentiy Beria, the head of Stalin's secret police, prolific sex criminal and ethnic cleanser, and nuclear weapon entrepreneur.

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    • 1 hr 18 min
    Part One: Beria: Stalin's Pedophile Cop & the Soviet Oppenheimer

    Part One: Beria: Stalin's Pedophile Cop & the Soviet Oppenheimer

    Robert sits down with Joe Kassabian to tell the sordid tale of Lavrentiy Beria, the head of Stalin's secret police, prolific sex criminal and ethnic cleanser, and nuclear weapon entrepreneur.

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    https://www.amazon.com/dp/1541600061?psc=1&language=en_US
    https://www.amazon.com/Stalins-Team-Living-Dangerously-Politics/dp/0691175772/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&sr=1-1
    https://www.amazon.com/Beria-Stalins-Lieutenant-Amy-Knight/dp/0691032572/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&sr=1-1 
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    https://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/letter-lavrentiy-beria-georgii-malenkov-reflecting-events-spring-1953-excerpt
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    • 1 hr 13 min
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    • 2 hr 32 min

Customer Reviews

4.4 out of 5
13.7K Ratings

13.7K Ratings

Dj sleepingAwake ,

I docked you a star…

…because Robert’s Boston accent was so bad. I’ve never wanted to punch a person through my phone before but here we are. Btw your Andrew Taint episodes were fantastic.

Zuzuzuzhdv ,

Gross

Certainly a few interesting topics addressed. The problem is there being addressed like two 16-year-old girls talking about the pretty rich girl at school who they’re mad at. Everything is slanted. Everything is immature. Silly

Chatsubobar ,

Bad people, good podcast

To be clear, the people RUNNING the podcast are fine people, but the people COVERED on the podcast are bad people

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