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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.

On your way to work

Relaxing in a bubble bath

While gardening

Part One: The History of American Masculinity Grifters
Part Two: America's First Fascist Governor
Part One: America's First Fascist Governor
Part Two: Apollo Quiboloy: The Jeffrey Epstein of the Philippines
Part One: Apollo Quiboloy: The Jeffrey Epstein of the Philippines
CZM Rewind: Part Two: The Last Days of L. Ron Hubbard
CZM Rewind: Part One: The Last Days of L. Ron Hubbard
Part Two: Thomas Kinkade: the Evil-est Painter
Part One: Thomas Kinkade: the Evil-est Painter
Part One: Blue Dawn: A Right Wing Fantasy of Leftist Revolution
Part One: Beau Brummell: The First Celebrity and Inventor of the Suit and Tie
Part One: How the British Empire and U.S. Department of Defense Murdered an Island Paradise
Part Four: Thomas Jefferson: King of Hypocrites
CZM Rewind: Joe Pyne: The Man Who Invented Right Wing Talk Radio
Part Two: The Darkest Episode We Will Ever Do
Part One: The Bastards of Forensic Science
Part One: Beria: Stalin's Pedophile Cop & the Soviet Oppenheimer
Part Two: The Real Bastard Was Health Insurance Companies All Along
Part One: The Fake Doctors Who Gave Everyone Alzheimer's
Part One: The Dennis the Menace Creator was a Shockingly Bad Man
Part Three: The Terrible Secret of Steve Jobs
Part Two: The Terrible Secret of Steve Jobs
Part One: The Terrible Secret of Steve Jobs
Part Two: TB Joshua: The Evangelical Pastor Who Built His Own Hell
Part One: TB Joshua: The Evangelical Pastor Who Built His Own Hell
Part Three: Why Did Robert E. Lee Turn Traitor?
Part One: Robert E. Lee: A Lifetime of Failure
Part One: Tech Bros Have Built A Cult Around AI
Part Three: The Finders: CIA Child Trafficking Cult or Just Normal Cult?
Part Two: The Finders: CIA Child Trafficking Cult or Just Normal Cult?
Part One: The Finders: CIA Child Trafficking Cult or Just Normal Cult?
Part Two: John Schmitz: The First Trump
CZM Rewind: Part Two: Kaiser Wilhelm: The Saddest Warlord In History
Part One: Christmas Hero Episode: Aaron Swartz
Part Two: William Bailey: The Gwyneth Paltrow of Radiation
Part One: William Bailey: The Gwyneth Paltrow of Radiation
Part Two: The Holy Rollers Sex Cult
Part One: The Holy Rollers Sex Cult
Part One: King Leopold II: The First Modern Bastard
CZM Rewind: Part One: King Leopold II: The First Modern Bastard
Part Two: Lord Aspinall: The Gambling King of London
Part Two: The Surprising Evil of 1950s Men's Adventure Magazines
Part One: The Surprising Evil of 1950s Men's Adventure Magazines
Part Five: G. Gordon Liddy: The Fascist Behind Watergate
Part Two: G. Gordon Liddy: The Fascist Behind Watergate
Part Two: God's Debris, by Scott Adams (with Matt Lieb)
Part Two: Wim Hof's Surprisingly Deadly Story
Part One: Wim Hof's Surprisingly Deadly Story
Part One: The 12 Tribes: The Worst Cult You've Never Heard Of
Part Two: Behind the Swastika

During a road trip across the country

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Part Two: The Inventor of Those 'Troubled Teen' Wilderness Camps Where They Kill Kids
Part One: The Inventor of Those 'Troubled Teen' Wilderness Camps Where They Kill Kids
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Part Two: Curtis Yarvin: The Philosopher Behind J.D. Vance
Part One: Curtis Yarvin: The Philosopher Behind J.D. Vance
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Part Two: That Time eBay's Private Spies Went To War With Some Bloggers
Part One: That Time eBay's Private Spies Went To War With Some Bloggers
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Part One: The RFK Jr. Episodes
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Part Two: Beau Brummell: The First Celebrity and Inventor of the Suit and Tie
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Part Two: The Dr. Laura Episodes
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Part Three: Thomas Jefferson: King of Hypocrites
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Part Two: The Parenting Gurus of Nazi Germany
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CZM Rewind: Part One: Savitri Devi The Woman Who Turned Nazism into a Religion
Part Two: The Bastards of Forensic Science
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Part Four: Beria: Stalin's Pedophile Cop & the Soviet Oppenheimer
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Part Two: Beria: Stalin's Pedophile Cop & the Soviet Oppenheimer
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Part Two: How Conservatism Won
Part One: How Conservatism Won
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Part Four: The Terrible Secret of Steve Jobs
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Part Four: Was Robert. E. Lee a Good General?
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Part Two: Robert E. Lee: A Lifetime of Failure
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Part One: How Orange County Incubated American Fascism
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CZM Rewind: Part One: Kaiser Wilhelm: The Saddest Warlord In History
CZM Rewind: Kissinger Parts 4-6
CZM Rewind: Kissinger Parts 1-3
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Part Two: The Last Sam Bankman-Fried Episodes (secretly about Michael Lewis)
Part One: The Last Sam Bankman-Fried Episodes (secretly about Michael Lewis)
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Part One: Lord Aspinall: The Gambling King of London
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CZM Rewind: The British Super-Soldier Who Killed A Nation
The True Story of Dracula
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Part Two:The Deadliest Workplace Disaster in U.S. History
Part One:The Deadliest Workplace Disaster in U.S. History
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Part Six: G. Gordon Liddy: The Fascist Behind Watergate
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Part One: G. Gordon Liddy: The Fascist Behind Watergate
CZM Rewind: Hitler's Sex Life: The Whole Sad Story
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Part One: The Religion War, by Scott Adams (with Matt Lieb)
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Part Two: The 12 Tribes: The Worst Cult You've Never Heard Of
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Part One: Behind the Swastika