Behind the Bastards

Behind the Bastards

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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March 28, 2026 233 mins

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- Prairieland and Antifa Terrorism

- The Scariest Court in America feat. Steven Monacelli & Dr. Michael Phillips

- Israel’s Attack on Lebanon

- Shadow Banking: The Once and Future Economic Apocalypse

- Executive Disorder: ICE at Airports, New DHS Secretary, Iran Negotiations

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Robert discusses what Reza did with power once he ascended to the Peacock throne, and how he ultimately lost everything.

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March 24, 2026 72 mins

Robert sits down with Dr. Kaveh Hoda to discuss the first Shah of Iran.

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March 21, 2026 197 mins

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

- Shipping Security in the Strait of Hormuz

- Palestinians Debate Armed Tactics

- Venture Capital: The Monster Fueling Tech Fascism

- The Network State: A Tech Fascist Empire

- Executive Disorder: Bovino Calls It Quits, Prairieland Trial, War on Iran Continues

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Robert concludes the story of fake psychic investigator Sylvia Browne with a surprise story about the World Trade Center bombing.

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Robert and Kal Penn discuss the life and times of Sylvia Browne, the first famous psychic detective who spent most of her life committing crimes rather than stopping them.

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March 14, 2026 238 mins

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

- UFOs, Spies, and Pizzagate: The Clinton Epstein Deposition 

- Is the Economy About to Explode?

- Outlaw: Criminalization of ICE Watch in Minneapolis

- The Fake Crisis Behind Trump's Tariffs

- Executive Disorder: War on Iran, Kristi Noem, Sea Mines in the Strait of Hormuz, Proton Mail

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Robert explains how incel terminology met the social internet, particularly reddit, and became tied inexorably with Gen Z slang.

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Robert explains how we went from incels complaining about women online to the influencer Clavicular with special guest Kat Abughazaleh.

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March 7, 2026 199 mins

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

- What’s Happened to the Israeli Left

- Tax the Rich Takes the New York Capitol 

- What's Next for Iran? 

- Paramount, Warner Bros. and How Monopolies Ruin Everything

- Executive Disorder: Iran, US Munitions Shortage, Texas Primary Election

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Robert concludes the story of Dr. Bailey by describing how he lost his mind and eventually his practice

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Robert sits down with Gabe Dunne to discuss Australia's "Dr. sleep" a man who spent twenty years prescribing two and three weeks comas to his patients for no real reason at all.

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February 28, 2026 198 mins

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

- Minneapolis' Anti-ICE Rent Strike

- Concealed Carry and ICE: The Edge of the Second Amendment

- Florida’s Groyper Candidate for Governor

- The Cool Zone Response to Trump’s State of the Union

- Executive Disorder: Supreme Court Rules Against Trump Tariffs, IVF, Cuts to ICE Training Now

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In our thrilling conclusion, Robert explores how the Ferguson protests and the right-wing fear-mongering around them radicalized Jeffrey Epstein and his rich friends into fascism.

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February 21, 2026 188 mins

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

- Canada's Latest School Shooting: What We Know

- War Tourism in the Siege of Sarajevo

- The History of the General Strike: Shanghai 1925, A Chinese Minneapolis

- Executive Disorder: Do Americans Hate ICE & Trump Now? DHS Shutdown, Shooting in Rhode Island

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Robert explores how Jeffrey Epstein used his friendship with Brock Pierce and his influence with Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick to push for micro transactions in video games to "indoctrinate" children.

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Robert begins to explore the new Epstein files with Andrew Ti and unveils a conspiracy that crosses cryptocurrency, right-wing political power and, believe it or not, video game micro transactions.

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February 14, 2026 201 mins

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

- Why Fascists Have Adopted A Suicidal Penguin as a Mascot

- Normalcy feat. Andrew

- Fighting ICE’s Warehouse Prisons

- The Art of Petty with Prop & Amanda Nelson

- Executive Disorder: Turning Point Halftime Show, Pam Bondi’s Epstein Hearing & ICE Detention of Liam Conejo Ramos

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February 12, 2026 79 mins

Finally, an episode about the life and times and possibly crimes of Border Patrol sin eater Greg Bovino.

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