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.

Episodes

September 20, 2025 242 mins

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

- Charlie Kirk's Assassination: Sorting Fact from Fiction

- DC Police Takeover Update feat. Bridget Todd

- Thi'sl, The Nipsey Hussle of St. Louis, On What It Really Takes to Make Our Hoods Better feat. Prop

- Years of Lead Paint

- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #34

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Ever wondered how the SS celebrated Christmas? This, and Heinrich Himmler's war on Christmas in our conclusion to Heinrich Himmler's life from birth up to the start of WW2.

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As the Nazis take total power, Heinrich Himmler must build the SS into a power that can defeat his new enemy: other Nazis.

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September 13, 2025 193 mins

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

- It Was Never About Crime feat. Prop

- Abundance, Or How To Sell Tech Fascism To Liberals

- ICE Partners with Israeli Phone Hacking Spyware

- Recognizing Palestine as a State: Meaningful Farce feat. Dana El Kurd

- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #33

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Robert and Prop continue the improbable journey of Heinrich Himmler from nerdy new age mystic kid to leader of the deadliest organization in history

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In this episode we discuss Himmler's growing belief in the German occult movement, even as he rises to command the SS.

LIVE SHOW ALERT:

We are doing a new Behind the Bastards Live show! In the Alberta Rose Theatre, Portland, September 25th at 8pm! All performer proceeds go to support the Portland Defense Fund.

In person tickets sold out!

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September 6, 2025 173 mins

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

- BlueAnon: Assassination False Flag and Liberal Election Denial

- BlueAnon: Alt National Park Service

- Chicago Prepares for Occupation

- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #32

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Robert takes us up to Heinrich Himmler's adolescence and frustrating wait through the war years, which leads him into the world of far-right politics and eventually the welcoming arms of the Nazi party itself.

LIVE SHOW ALERT:

We are doing a new Behind the Bastards Live show! In the Alberta Rose Theatre, Portland, September 25th at 8pm! All performer proceeds go to support the Portland Defense Fund.

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Robert sits down with Prop to discuss the early life of Heinrich Himmler, the man who built the SS into Hitler's engine of genocide.

(6 part series)

LIVE SHOW ALERT:

We are doing a new Behind the Bastards Live show! In the Alberta Rose Theatre, Portland, September 25th at 8pm! All performer proceeds go to support the Portland Defense Fund.

Tickets: https://albertarosetheatre.com/event/behind-the-bastards-live/alberta-rose-theatre/p...

August 30, 2025 155 mins

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

- Newsom’s Posting Through It

- Palestine and the American University feat. Dana El Kurd

- How Democrats Passed North Carolina's New Anti-trans Laws, Part One

- How Democrats Passed North Carolina's New Anti-trans Laws, Part Two

- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #31

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Robert concludes the story of Lee Atwater by discussing his greatest success and then his sickness and fall from power and influence. We also talk about the Grammy nominated album he made with Isaac Hayes.

Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io9KMSSEZ0Y

https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/biography/lee-atwater

https://archive.is/STJGq

https://www.newberryobserver.com/news/10323/notable-newberry-alumnus

https://andrewjazpro...

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Lee Atwater graduates high school after a brief stint in an insane fraternity then becomes a college Republican leader and starts his career as a dirty tricks expert for political campaigns.

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Robert sits down with Garrison Davis to discuss the life and times of Lee Atwater, the arch inventor of Republican dirty tricks politics.

(3 Part Series, releasing all this week)

Sources:

https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/biography/lee-atwater

https://archive.is/STJGq

https://www.newberryobserver.com/news/10323/notable-newberry-alumnus

https://andrewjazprosehill.substack.com/p/the-death-bed-confession-of-a-boogie

https://www....

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August 23, 2025 175 mins

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

- The Federalization of DC Police feat. Bridget Todd

- Elon Musk and the Rebirth of Company Towns feat. Steven Monacelli & Dr. Michael Phillips

- Alienation and AI feat. Andrew

- Objectivity in Journalism

- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #30

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Robert explains how Alexandre Villaplane ruined his football career committing crimes, badly, and then started a new career as a mass murderer for the SS.

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Robert sits down with Dana Schwartz to tell the dark tale of Alexandre Villaplane, the French Football star and gangster who became a member of the SS.

(2 part series)

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August 16, 2025 165 mins

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

- Infrastructure as Control feat. Andrew

- Why Trump is Obsessed with the Autopen

- How Tucson Beat Amazon’s Data Center

- Tariffs and the Corruption State

- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #29

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In Part 2 Frank Fay finds love and creates the most toxic Hollywood romance of all time. Then he breaks Nazi and holds a fascist rally in New York City less than a year after the end of WW2.

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Robert sits down with Andrew Ti to discuss the ground breaking performer who created modern stand up comedy and also palled around with the KKK.

 

(2 Part Series)

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August 9, 2025 204 mins

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

- Anti-War Movements feat. Andrew

- Aid as a Tool of War in Gaza feat. Dana El Kurd

- Mapping Border Deaths

- Dogwhistle Politics and Nazi Code Hunting

- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #28

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