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.
936 episodes transcribedRobert and Kaveh conclude the thrilling sort of how Merck killed 55,000 Americans with Vioxx and then convinced the media they were the good guys some...
Robert sits down with Dr. Kaveh Hoda to talk about Vioxx, a pain medication released by pharmaceutical giant Merck even though they knew it caused fat...
Here are a couple of our favorite episodes of Ed Zitron's Better Offline podcast series. Man Who Killed Google Search Sam Altman Is Dangerous to Soci...
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. Occupied America and the Primal Father How the Mapuche Fought...
Robert sits down and explains former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich's alt-history novel to Molly Conger. If you've ever wondered what would happen...
Sophie reads Marjorie Taylor Green's book to Jamie and Robert.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
It's still a CZM Rewind week! Enjoy the second part of this unfortunately prescient episode where Robert is joined by Matt Lieb to discuss Dr. Oz.See...
It's a CZM Rewind week! Enjoy this old, but prescient, episode where Robert is joined by Matt Lieb to discuss Dr. Oz. FOOTNOTES: https://www.oprah.co...
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. Trump’s Cabinet of Curiosities Anatomy of the Great Replaceme...
Robert concludes the story of T.E. Lawrence by getting into the real bastardry of his life, including a pretty heinous war crime!See omnystudio.com/li...
Robert tells Margaret how to scientifically shatter a bridge the T.E. Lawrence way, and how Lawrence crippled the transportation infrastructure of a m...
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. Life for Trans People Under Trump What Happens to Gaza Under T...
Robert is joined again by Margaret Killjoy to continue our series on Lawrence of Arabia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Robert tells Margaret Killjoy the whole story of Lawrence of Arabia, a British imperialist, hopeless romantic and asexual icon who invented the concep...
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. Trump's Constitutional Sheriffs Remember, Remember, the (Other...
Robert and Noah conclude the story of Peter Thiel, who just might get the corporate god king he's dreamed about. See omnystudio.com/listener for priv...
Robert tells Noah how Peter Thiel went to war against Gawker and also completely whiffed on profiting from the 2008 financial crash. Bonus: how Palant...
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...
We discuss Peter Thiel's rise to PayPal CEO, his betrayal of Elon Musk, and the birth of the technology that became Palantir.See omnystudio.com/listen...
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 democ...
