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Behind the Bastards

Behind the Bastards

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 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.2025 iHeartMedia, Inc. © Any use of this intellectual property for text and data mining or computational analysis including as training material for artificial intelligence systems is strictly prohibited without express written consent from iHeartMedia Politics & Government Social Sciences World
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  • It Could Happen Here Weekly 203

    It Could Happen Here Weekly 203
    Oct 11 2025
    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 You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone Sources: ICE’s Ethnic Cleansing in Chicago https://thetriibe.com/2025/09/feds-detain-dozens-of-immigrants-in-massive-south-shore-apartment-building-raid-in-chicago/ https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/01/massive-immigration-raid-on-chicago-apartment-building-leaves-residents-reeling-i-feel-defeated The Riyadh Comedy Festival https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-37598413 https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/09/02/yemen-coalition-bus-bombing-apparent-war-crime https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-37598413 The Weaponization of Mass Shootings https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2025/09/michigan-church-shooter-told-burton-council-candidate-that-mormons-are-the-anti-christ.html https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2025/09/29/thomas-jacob-sanford-michigan-shooting-suspect-anti-lds-tirade/86415139007/ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/us/michigan-church-attack.html https://dailycaller.com/2025/09/29/eric-swalwell-post-photoshopped-pic-x-michigan-church-attack-suspect-maga/ https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1972323666705973589?s=61 https://bsky.app/profile/aric.bsky.social/post/3lxmr4jq3qs2d https://x.com/jamesstout/status/1972669516384539066 https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-ice-shooters-motive https://www.keranews.org/news/2025-10-06/dallas-ice-shooting-politics-and-ideology-or-notoriety-and-fame-joshua-jahns-immigration https://x.com/KenPaxtonTX/status/1975581768876237115 https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/north-carolina-bar-shooting/ https://time.com/7323442/south-carolina-judge-diane-goodstein-house-fire-trump-political-violence/ Trump’s Hepatitis Vaccine Lies https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-remarks-health-autism-white-house-september-22-2025/ Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #37 https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ord.189270/gov.uscourts.ord.189270.56.0_1.pdf https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1974086514796896515 https://x.com/nicksortor/status/1974200050206322960 https://x.com/nicksortor/status/1974112113326239852 https://katu.com/news/local/court-docs-woman-charged-in-ice-protest-chased-nick-sortor-while-wearing-bird-outfit https://www.opb.org/article/2025/10/03/trump-portland-oregon-ice-immigration-police-protest/ https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1974861544812105853 https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/05/california-secures-court-victory-trump-cannot-deploy-california-national-guard-into-oregon/ https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-press-briefing-stephen-miller-the-white-house-october-6-2025/ https://x.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1975643776161841649 https://gov-pritzker-newsroom.prezly.com/gov-pritzker-statement-on-the-texas-national-guard-being-deployed-to-illinois https://illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/news/story/attorney-general-raoul-files-lawsuit-against-trump-administration-to-stop-unlawful-deployment-of-national-guard See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    3 hrs and 5 mins
  • Robert and Cody Read Ben Shapiro's New Book

    Robert and Cody Read Ben Shapiro's New Book
    Oct 9 2025

    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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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Introducing: SAD OLIGARCH Season 2

    Introducing: SAD OLIGARCH Season 2
    Oct 8 2025

    Hello, Behind the Bastards Listeners! We want to share a new show you might enjoy, SAD OLIGARCH Season 2!

    About the show: Since January 2022, dozens of Russia's wealthiest oligarchs and power brokers have died suddenly. One was poisoned with frog venom. Two killed their whole families. Several fell out of high windows. Most of the deaths are suspicious. Russia says they're coincidental suicides—that the deceased were simply depressed. We don't think so...

    Sad Oligarch is an investigative podcast series that looks into the strange deaths of the Russian elite, unravelling a dark tale of Kremlin corruption and Putin's political dictatorship across the world. This is season two—Russian oligarchs are still dying and things have gotten even weirder...

    Listen here and subscribe to SAD OLIGARCH Season 2 on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts!

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    3 mins
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