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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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  • Part One: Lee Atwater: The Political Dirty Tricks Artist Who Gave us President(s) George Bush

    Part One: Lee Atwater: The Political Dirty Tricks Artist Who Gave us President(s) George Bush
    Aug 26 2025

    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.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-secret-papers-of-lee-atwater-who-invented-the-scurrilous-tactics-that-trump-normalized?_sp=a8ee96fb-f790-4047-ae41-50c5940d1092.1729971751539

    https://www.csmonitor.com/1989/0626/elee.html

    https://archive.is/yZ0Hf#selection-553.0-553.173

    https://time.com/archive/6702136/saying-no-to-lee-atwater/

    https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/brady-bad.html

    https://nul.org/news/ghost-lee-atwater-haunts-2022-midterm-elections

    https://www.npr.org/transcripts/94931206

    https://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2021/08/13/the-spirit-of-lee-atwater-lingers-among-us-how-critical-race-theory-became-the-gops-new-southern-strategy/

    https://www.themarshallproject.org/2015/05/13/willie-horton-revisited

    https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/exclusive-lee-atwaters-infamous-1981-interview-southern-strategy/

    https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/atwater/etc/synopsis.html

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1991/04/19/weighing-lee-atwaters-regrets/c78da503-8dc9-4c58-a8d6-d5524ffdfa8e/

    https://archive.is/7CjqQ

    https://brooklynrail.org/2012/02/express/letter-from-the-trail-atwaters-ghost/

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    56 mins
  • It Could Happen Here Weekly 196

    It Could Happen Here Weekly 196
    Aug 23 2025
    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 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/Links: Elon Musk and the Rebirth of Company Towns feat. Steven Monacelli & Dr. Michael Phillips Margaret Crawford, Building the Workingman's Paradise: The Design of American Company Towns Alan Dawley, Struggles for Justice: Social Responsibility and the Liberal State Hardy Green, The Company Town: The Industrial Edens and Satanic Mills That Shaped the American Economy Chad Pearson, Capitalism’s Terrorists: Klansmen, Lawmen, and Employers in the Long Nineteenth Century Objectivity in Journalism https://www.poynter.org/ethics-trust/2021/a-widely-shared-video-shows-a-deputy-overdosing-on-fentanyl-experts-say-its-impossible/ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/23/opinion/objectivity-black-journalists-coronavirus.html Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #30 https://www.972mag.com/israel-gaza-journalists-hamas-hasbara/ https://x.com/IDF/status/1954652255199887516 https://www.idf.il/en/mini-sites/idf-press-releases-israel-at-war/august-24-pr/eliminated-ismail-al-ghoul-a-hamas-military-wing-operative-and-nukhba-terrorist/ https://cpj.org/2025/07/cpj-calls-for-anas-al-sharifs-protection-in-face-of-israeli-smears/ https://www.facebook.com/share/r/16tQckcrui/ https://www.icrc.org/en/article/international-humanitarian-law-protect-journalists-armed-conflict https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/policy-manual-updates/20250819-DiscretionaryFactors.pdf https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1424&num=0&edition=prelim https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/policy-alerts/08.15.2025-Restoring_a_Good_Moral_Character_Evaluation_Standard_for_Aliens_Applying_for_Naturalization-Policy_Memorandum_FINAL.pdf https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26054451-20-1/#document/p17/a2667744 https://www.wmtw.com/article/old-orchard-beach-maine-officer-voluntary-departure/65807962?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot https://edsource.org/updates/immigration-agents-alleged-to-have-boasted-of-1500-for-l-a-student-arrest https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/us/politics/ice-bonuses-immigrants-deportations.htmlSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    2 hrs and 56 mins
  • Part Two: The Evilest Football Player of All Time

    Part Two: The Evilest Football Player of All Time
    Aug 21 2025

    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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    53 mins
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