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.
Episodes
In this series, James describes his journey into the Darién Gap, one of the most remote and dangerous migration routes on earth. We hear from migrants from around the world about the dangers of the journey, their fears that forced them to take it, and their dreams for America.
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Sources can be found in the descriptions of each individual episode.
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The Green Hell: Migration Through the Darién Gap
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We discuss Peter Thiel's rise to PayPal CEO, his betrayal of Elon Musk, and the birth of the technology that became Palantir.
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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)
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https://www.newser.com/story/235229/peter-thiel-wanted-innovation-he-got-networking-instead.html
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An Alex Jones Update feat. Knowledge Fight
- Infiltrating Local Nazi Groups
- How Trump Rigged an FBI Investigation for Brett Kavanaugh
- Economists Win Worst Nobel Prize Yet, Asked to Please Stop
- Charlie Kirk vs College Students
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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
Robert sits down with Miles Gray to give a history of American Masculinity Grifters, and the media-created fears of a 'crisis' in masculinity.
(2 Part Series)
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Hurricane Conspiracy Theories
- The 2028 General Strike and Climate Change
- Israel's History with UN Peacekeepers in Lebanon
- Anarchism In Argentina, Pt. 1 feat. Andrew
- Anarchism In Argentina, Pt. 2 feat. Andrew
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Garrison is joined by Robert to conclude the story of Eugene Talmadge and how his campaign for a White Supremacist Georgia lead to his death.
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Garrison and Robert return to discuss Eugene Talmadge’s takeover of state finances and his fight against the new deal.
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Bad Mayor Monday: The Eric Adams Indictment Special
- The Things That Helped People In Western North Carolina
- DHS' Child Border Agents & Civilian Paramilitaries
- A Future Without Coffee feat. Prop
- Israel Invades Lebanon & Other Horrors
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Garrison and Robert continue the tale of Gene Talmadge with his first military style coup of Georgia and his battle against FDR.
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Garrison Davis is joined by Robert Evans to discuss Eugene Talmadge, the racist southern country lawyer who became a dictator.
(4 Part Series)
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The Wild Man From Sugar Creek by William Anderson
Race and Racism in the United States by Charles A. Gallagher, Cameron D. Lippard
Labor in the South by F. Ray Marshall
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What’s the Matter With Boeing, Pt. 1: Shareholders Don't Build Airplanes
- What’s the Matter With Boeing, Pt. 2: The Plane That’s Trying to Murders You
- Disaster Relief, Survival & Hurricane Helene
- Vance & Walz Become Friends During Debate
- James' Trip To The Darién Gap ...
Robert and Prop conclude the story of the Filipino Jeffrey Epstein with his exciting near-Waco arrest.
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Robert sits down with Prop to discuss Apollo Quiboloy, the Pentacostal cult leader known as 'the Jeffery Epstein of the Philippines'.
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How Bread Bloc Feeds Unhoused People In San Diego
- Anarchism In Brazil, Pt. 1 feat. Andrew
- Anarchism In Brazil, Pt. 2 feat. Andrew
- Gig Economy Terror: What Israel's Pager Bomb Attack Means for You
- Wild Faith: A Conversation with Talia Lavin
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Robert and Mara conclude the story of Steve Cartisano with a truly shocking number of illegal open air child torture camps.
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Robert sits down with Mara Wilson to discuss the man behind those camps that kidnap teenagers and torture them in the desert.
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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. Sources can be found in the descriptions of each individual episode.
- The UAW Staff Purge
- Why Conservatives Hate Ukraine feat. Rudy Giuliani
- The Heritage Foundation's Anti-Trans Booklets
- An Update On The Revolution in Myanmar
- The Current State of Meme Politics
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Robert concludes the story of Curtis Yarvin, and explains to Ed Helms how he went from pseudonymous weirdo with a blog to part of the right-wing power structure.
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