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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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://www.newberryobserver.com/news/10323/notable-newberry-alumnus
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://www.newberryobserver.com/news/10323/notable-newberry-alumnus
https://andrewjazprosehill.substack.com/p/the-death-bed-confession-of-a-boogie
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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- 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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- 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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Robert and Jamie learn how Pete Hegseth thinks Islam works, and discuss his plan to purge the U.S. of undesirables.
Sources:
Pete Hegseth: Police report lays out details, timeline of sexual assault allegation : NPR
Pete Hegseth paid $50,000 to a woman alleging 2017 sexual assault | CNN Politics
Pete Hegseth’s Secret History | The New Yorker
Scholars Say White Supremacists Chanting 'Deus Vult' Got History Wrong : NPR
Robert sits down with Jamie Loftus to talk about Pete Hegseth's life, times and horrible 2020 book.
Sources:
Pete Hegseth: Police report lays out details, timeline of sexual assault allegation : NPR
Pete Hegseth paid $50,000 to a woman alleging 2017 sexual assault | CNN Politics
Pete Hegseth’s Secret History | The New Yorker
Scholars Say White Supremacists Chanting 'Deus Vult' Got History Wrong : NPR
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- The Fight for Trans Youth Healthcare at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
- Post Woke Cinema
- AI Minstrel Shows feat. Bridget Todd
- Community Preparedness Basics with Live Like the World is Dying
- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #27
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We conclude the story and life of "Dr. Death", which culminates in, predictably, a lot of dead people.
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Robert sits down with Steven Monacelli to tell the grisly tale of a Texas psychiatrist who invented an industry based on convincing juries to kill people.
(2 Part series)
sources:
TRAVELS WITH Dr. DEATH | Vanity Fair | May 1990
James Grigson Testimony Linked to Miscarriages of Justice
Effect of "Dr. Death" and his testimony lingers
Flawed Trials Lead to Death Chamber | Death Penalty Information Center
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- How We Saved Trans Medicaid Healthcare Coverage
- Tracking ICE Removal Flights
- How LA Resisted ICE
- Why Is Trump So Afraid of Epstein?
- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #26
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Robert and Miles discuss the second phase of Laetrile's history, where it becomes a culture war issue for the right wing John Birch Society.
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Robert sits down with Miles Gray to talk about Laetrile, a fraudulent cancer "cure" embraced by the John Birch society as a way to tie right wing politics to alternative medicine.
(2 Part Series)
Sources:
The Controversy Surrounding Chad Green
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- Humanity, the Good feat. Andrew
- Humanity, the Bad feat. Andrew
- What Bombing Means for Freedom In Iran
- What Does the PKK's Disarmament Mean
- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #25
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Antonio Salazar spends his post-war years helping the CIA learn how to torture people and starting a disastrous war with a large portion of Africa. Then he dies! Hooray!
Sources:
Antonio Salazar de Oliveira of Portugal and his Estado Novo
Antonio Salazar: A Quiet Autocrat Who Held Power in Portugal for 40 Years - The New York Times
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