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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October 30, 2025 60 mins

David E. Taylor's cult truly had it all: enslaved workers using plagiarism machines to generate AI ads to rob cancer patients, welfare fraud, and heinous sex crimes! In Part 2, we conclude his horrific story.

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Robert sits down with Jake Hanrahan to discuss the recently busted cult / call center of Bishop David Taylor's, Jesus Christ's Best Friend.

 

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October 25, 2025 176 mins

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

- Squatting with Andrew

- Domination Is Peace: Trump’s 20 Point Peace Plan for Palestine feat. Dana El Kurd

- The Economics of the Tariff Regime

- New Wall Construction and Borderlands Resistance

- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #38

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Robert concludes the story of Daryl Gates with his founding of SWAT and insane reaction to the LA Riots.

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Robert sits down with Bridget Todd to discuss influential LA police chief Daryl Gates, the Godfather of militarized policing.

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October 18, 2025 233 mins

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

- CZM Rewind: Indigenous Peoples Day

- CZM Rewind: Title 42: How a Public Health Law Kills Refugees

- CZM Rewind: Title 42, Pt 2: Migrant Stories

- CZM Rewind: Title 42, Pt 3: The Mutual Aid Response

- CZM Rewind: Title 42, Pt 4: The Border Patrol

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We conclude the heinous tale of Volkswagen's slave plantation in Brazil.

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Robert sits down with Maggie Mae Fish to discuss how Volkswagen went from Hitler's favorite auto-company to the owner of a slave plantation in the Amazon during the Reagan Era.

 

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October 11, 2025 184 mins

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

- ICE’s Ethnic Cleansing in Chicago

- The Riyadh Comedy Festival

- The Weaponization of Mass Shootings

- Trump’s Hepatitis Vaccine Lies

- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #37

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Robert and Cody Johnston sit down to read Ben Shapiro's latest non-fiction book, which seems to be based entirely on him not understanding how lions work.

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Robert discusses the mysterious 2001 anthrax attacks and how the FBI, without any real evidence, decided to destroy a man's life over it.

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October 4, 2025 251 mins

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

- SEIU 1000 Union Rep of the IE Reports Live from the Frontline

- Everyone Hates Them: Trump, the Media and Jimmy Kimmel

- Does Tylenol Give Your Baby Autism?

- What Does the Antifa Executive Order Mean for Free Speech?

- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #36

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Robert goes through the colorful life and backstory of future Trump administration official Steven Hatfill, who went from Rhodesian military volunteer to biological weapons expert to (innocent) suspect of a major terrorist attack.

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September 30, 2025 75 mins

Robert begins our series of episodes about two of the most infamous fuck ups in US law enforcement history, starting with the Atlanta Olympic Park Bombing.

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September 27, 2025 190 mins

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

- An Inside Look at the Asylum Process

- What is Tren de Aragua and Why is Trump Obsessed With Them?

- Autism and RFK Jr.’s War on Pregnant People

- How the US attacks on Venezuela Impact Trinidad and Tobago with Andrew 

- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #35

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Robert discussed Buford Pusser's war on crime and the crime he committed when he murdered his wife and blamed the mafia. We also talk about how he died, which is fun.

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Robert tells the story of legendary lawman Buford Pusser, whose lies about his real life inspired the movie 'Walking Tall' and helped create Hollywood's conception of the ideal lawman.

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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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