Behind the Bastards
Episodes
Part One: Alfred Hitchcock: The Director Who Randomly Tortured People
01 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Was it worth it? In Episode 41, Robert is joined by Abed Geith to discuss Alfred Hitchcock the brilliant director who also tortured his friends and ...
Special X-Mas Non-Bastard: Raoul Wallenberg, History's Greatest Hero
25 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 40, Robert is joined by Anna Hossnieh to discuss one of his heroes, Raoul Wallenberg. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.ihea...
The Bastards That Kill Diabetics for a Profit
20 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 39, Robert is joined by Katie Goldin (Creature Feature) to discuss the bastardful tale of Insulin. Learn more about your ad-choices at htt...
Jacob Wohl And The Krassensteins: A Tale of Several Grifters
18 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Grifters and conmen thrive in times of unrest and chaos. In Episode 38, Robert is joined by Shereen Lani Younes to discuss the tales of several grifte...
Part Two: The Accidental Genocide of the Andaman Islands
13 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the last episode, we discussed talked mostly about the history of the Andaman islands in general, and not North Sentinel Island specifically. In Pa...
Part One: The Accidental Genocide of the Andaman Islands
11 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 37, Robert is joined by Andrew Ti (Yo Is This Racist) to discuss the history of the Andaman Islands. Learn more about your ad-choices at h...
Part Two: Phrenology: The Bastard Science of Racism
06 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
When we last left the science of Phrenology, it had spread like wildfire throughout the United States and, later, Europe. Robert is joined again by po...
Part One: Phrenology: The Bastard Science of Racism
04 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
For some people, racism isn’t enough. They aren’t satisfied with just hating someone because of their appearance. They need a scientific justifica...
Part Two: Patriot Prayer: The Street Gang That's Tearing Portland Apart
29 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Evans sits down with two members of Rose City Antifa to talk about the most dangerous street gang you've never heard of. Learn more about your...
Part One: Oregon is a Bastard: The History of a White Supremacist State
28 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 35, Portland activist Marielle Eaton sits down with Robert Evans to talk about Oregon's exceedingly Bastardful history as a white nationali...
Paul Manafort Update: He's Still Somehow Even Worse Than You Know
27 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
An update on Paul Manafort with comedian Jamie Loftus (The Bechdel Cast). Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comS...
Jair Bolsonaro: The President Who Promised to Kill 30,000 People
20 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 32, Robert is joined by actor and activist Behzad Dabu to discuss Jair Bolsonaro, a murderous nutjob who was elected the President of Brazi...
What's Alex Jones Up To Now?
15 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this bonus episode, Robert is joined by Dan and Jordan from Knowledge Fight to discuss Alex Jones: An Epilogue. Learn more about your ad-choices...
Part Two: The Russian Scientist Who Helped Kill 30 Million People
14 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In Part Two, Robert is joined again by comedian Max Silvestri to continue discussing Trofim Lysenko, the Russian scientist responsible for starvin...
Part One: The Russian Scientist Who Helped Kill 30 Million People
13 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 31, Robert is joined by comedian Max Silvestri to talk about a Russian scientist named Trofim Lysenko. He set out to feed the world, but in...
Part Two: The Birth of American Fascism
08 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Robert is joined again by Katy Stoll and Cody Johnston to continue discussing how fascism started in America. Learn more about your ad-choices at h...
Part One: The Birth of American Fascism
06 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 30, Robert is joined again by Katy Stoll and Cody Johnston to discuss how fascism started in America. It is a well-established fact that fa...
The Bastards of the 2018 Midterm Election
01 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 29, Robert is joined again by Katy Stoll and Cody Johnston to discuss the Bastards of the 2018 Midterm Election! Learn more about your ad-...
Why Ted Cruz S*cks: A Comprehensive Biography
30 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Robert is joined by Cody Johnston and Katy Stoll to discuss the Bastards of the 2018 Mid-Term Elections. And to start, let’s talk about a...
Part Three: L. Ron Hubbard's High Sea Adventures With His Private Cult Navy
25 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In Part Three of our Series on L. Ron Hubbard, Robert is joined again by Caitlin Durante (The Bechdel Cast) to discuss how L. Ron Hubbard spent 99% of...
Part Two: L. Ron Hubbard: The Greatest Con-Man In History
24 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In Part Two of our Three Part Series on L. Ron Hubbard, Robert is joined again by Caitlin Durante (The Bechdel Cast) to discuss how L. Ron Hubbard liv...
Part One: How L. Ron Hubbard Lied His Way to Godhood
23 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Lafayette Ron Hubbard was a living monument to how much a tall white guy can achieve by lying, without pause, for seventy straight years. In Episode 2...
Part Two: Steven Seagal Is So Much Worse Than You'd Ever Imagine
18 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In Part Two of our series on Steven Seagal, Robert is joined again by the Internet's Seanbaby and they continue to discuss Steven Seagal who is an act...
Part One: Steven Seagal Is So Much Worse Than You'd Ever Imagine
16 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Trust us, Steven Seagal is a world class monster. On episode 26, Robert is joined by the Internet's Seanbaby about Seagal's aikido, alleged human traf...
Part Two: Ronald and Nancy Reagan: The Bastards Behind the AIDS Crisis
11 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In Part Two: Part Two: Ronald and Nancy Reagan: The Bastards Behind the AIDS Crisis, Robert is joined again by Andy Beckerman (Couples Therapy Podcast...
Part One: Ronald and Nancy Reagan: The Bastards Behind the AIDS Crisis
09 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 25, Robert is joined by comedian Andy Beckerman (Couples Therapy Podcast) to discuss Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan and the AIDS crisis. When ...
Part Two: Rodrigo Duterte: The Hitler of the Philippines
04 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In Part Two about Rodrigo Duterte, Robert is joined again by comedian Blake Wexler and they discuss Duterte's presidency and spoiler alert how Faceboo...
Part One: Duterte: The Mass Murdering Mayor
02 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Duterte’s drug war in the Philippines is now the greatest mass slaughter of civilians in Asia since the rise of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. In epis...
Part Two: Blackwater's Erik Prince Wrote A Book About How Much He Sucks
27 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In Part Two about Erik Prince, Robert is joined again by Miles Gray (The Daily Zeitgeist) to discuss all the insane information from Erik's autobiogra...
Part One: Erik Prince: The Rich Kid Who Bought An Army
25 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever heard of a guy named Erik Prince? In episode 23, Robert is joined by Miles Gray (The Daily Zeitgeist) and they discuss the life of Erik ...
Part Three: The Fall of Alex Jones
20 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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Part Two: How Alex Jones Got Rich at the Low, Low Price of Other People's Lives
19 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This is Part Two of our trilogy on Alex Jones, Robert dives back into the madness with Noel Brown and Benjamin Bowlin (Ridiculous History and Stuff Th...
Part One: Alex Jones: The Godfather of Fake News
18 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Jones has been banned from Facebook, Twitter, the App Store and pretty much every other mainstream app that is capable of somehow spreading infor...
Part Two: How Hollywood Helped The Nazis
13 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In Part Two: How Hollywood Helped The Nazis, Robert is joined again by Daniel Van Kirk and they continue to discuss the influence Nazism had on Hollyw...
Part One: How Hollywood Helped The Nazis
11 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hitler was very aware of the impact movies had on him and everyone else and he believed the spoken word was the only way to push large scale societal ...
Part Two: The Most Evil Company In History
06 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Robert is joined again by Michael Swaim to continue discussing the 'era of heroic commerce.' Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpo...
Part One: The Most Evil Company In History
04 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
No matter who you are, or what personal stance you happen to have on capitalism, there is probably a corporation you regard as “evil”. In Episode ...
Children of Dictators
28 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when you are raised by an evil tyrant? In Episode 19 Robert is joined by Jack O'Brien (The Daily Zeitgeist) to examine what it is like be...
Does Punching Nazis Work? A Conversation From Unite The Right 2.0
23 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This Bonus Episode is Robert's discussion after protesting at Unite The Right 2.0. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwo...
The Silly Bastards Behind the Modern Fascist Movement
22 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Robert is joined by Bridget Todd, Hannah Ettinger, and Nicholas Wood for a special bonus episode that looks into the modern American nazi movement and...
The Congo After Leopold
21 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What happened to the Congo after King Leopold? Unfortunately, Belgium the Nation was not much better to the Congolese people than their King had been....
Part Two: Charles Koch: The Luke Skywalker of Rich People
16 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Robert is joined again by comedian Ever Mainard and they continue to discuss Charles Koch, the notorious face behind the Koch Brothers empire. Learn ...
Part One: Charles Koch: The Luke Skywalker of Rich People
14 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 17, Robert is joined by the hilarious Ever Mainard and they discuss Charles Koch, who despite being born into impossible fortune came to be...
Descendant of the Original Boogeyman: Albert Fish
07 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Albert Fish was a cannibalistic child-murderer who loved lighting his own butt on fire. In Episode 16 Robert is joined by comedian Maggie Mae Fish who...
Part Two: No Matter How Much You Hate Paul Manafort, You Should Hate Him More (And Here’s Why)
02 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Robert is joined again by Dave Ross (Suicide Buddies Podcast) to continue talking about Paul Manafort. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://ww...
No Matter How Much You Hate Paul Manafort, You Should Hate Him More (And Here’s Why)
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Manafort invented some of the very worst parts of our modern world. In a real way, he is one of the architects of our current national nightmare....
The Astrologer Who Managed The Reagan Presidency
26 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Was Ronald Reagan's Astrologer a Bastard? In Episode 14, Robert is joined by Molly Lambert and Tess Lynch (Night Call Podcast) and they dive into Joan...
The Non-Nazi Bastards Who Helped Hitler Rise To Power
24 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week we did something a little bit different. In Episode 13, Robert is joined by Naomi Ekperigin (Couples Therapy Podcast) and we will be getting...
The British Super-Soldier Who Killed A Nation
17 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
He was a highly skilled soldier who murdered an estimated 300,000 or more of his own people. In Episode 12, Robert is joined by comedian Brodie Reed a...
Part Two: Qaddafi: His Bizarre Sci-Fi Stories, Childhood Hate Crimes and Amazonian Bodyguard Fetish
12 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Robert is joined again by David Bell and they continue discuss the insane life of the controversial former leader of Libya, Muammar Qaddafi. Learn ...
Part One: Qaddafi: His Bizarre Sci-Fi Stories, Childhood Hate Crimes and Amazonian Bodyguard Fetish
10 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Muammar Qaddafi was probably the craziest bastard to ever steer a nation. In Episode 11, Robert is joined by David Bell (www.patreon.com/GamefullyUnem...
Part Two: The Film Directing Playboy King Who Handed His Country to Pol Pot
05 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In Part Two of Episode 10, Robert is joined again by comedian Caitlin Gill and they continue to discuss the life of the crazy King of Cambodia who mad...
Part One: The Film Directing Playboy King Who Handed His Country to Pol Pot
03 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Pol Pot is an evil bastard who had half his country killed, but he isn’t an interesting bastard, that title belongs to the man who enabled him, King...
Concentration Camps Are Back, So Let's Talk About Their History
26 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It’s possible the general idea of ‘building camps to hold people who’ve done nothing wrong’ goes back many thousands of years. In Episode 9, R...
Part Two: The Child Molester Whose Sex Cult Taught Women Friendship
21 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In Part Two of Episode 8, Robert is joined again by writer/comedian Anna Salinas (badcomixbyanna, John Baxte) and they continue to discuss Keith Ranie...
Part One: The Child Molester Whose Sex Cult Taught Women Friendship
19 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever heard of a guy named Keith Raniere? You may have heard of his cult, 'NXIVM' which has been in the news a lot lately. In Episode 8, Rober...
Part Two: King Leopold II: The First Modern Bastard
14 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This is Part Two of, 'King Leopold II: The First Modern Bastard.' Robert is joined again by Andrew Ti (Yo, Is This Racist?) and they continue discuss ...
Part One: King Leopold II: The First Modern Bastard
12 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever heard of King Leopold II? In Episode 7, Robert is joined by Andrew Ti (Yo, Is This Racist?) and they discuss the King of Belgium, who wa...
The Cocaine Queen of Miami
05 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Griselda Blanco once called herself, “the baddest bitch to ever take a breath of life," and this episode confirms that to be very accurate. In Episo...
Part Two: It Takes a Village of Bastards to Make a Weinstein
31 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This is Part Two of, 'It Takes a Village of Bastards to Make a Weinstein.' Robert is joined again by Anna Hossnieh (Ethnically Ambiguous Podcast) and ...
Part One: It Takes A Village of Bastards to Make a Weinstein
29 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Harvey Weinstein is a dull, gross, boring little puddle of a man who sexually assaulted at least 85 women, but it took dozens, perhaps even hundreds o...
Hitler: Y.A. Fiction Fan Girl
22 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Who was Karl May? And why was Hitler so obsessed with him? In Episode 4, Robert is joined by Laci Mosley (@DivaLaci on IG) and they discuss Karl May...
Secrets of Osama Bin Laden's Hard Drive
15 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What was actually found on Osama Bin Laden's recovered Hard Drive? In Episode 3, Robert is joined by Ify Nwadiwe (Nerdificent) and they discuss the un...
Saddam Hussein: Erotic Novelist
01 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
How well do you know Saddam Hussein? In Episode 1, Robert is joined by Jamie Loftus (The Bechdel Cast) and they discuss Saddam Hussein's childhood, hi...
Stalin: After Dark
01 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Let’s talk about Stalin, baaaaaaby! In this Bonus Episode, Robert is joined by Brandie Posey (comedian, writer & producer) and they discuss Jose...
Episode 0: Farting Hipster Hitler
24 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Let's be real, Hitler’s probably the most famous person…ever. In episode 0 Robert is joined by Jack O'Brien (The Daily Zeitgeist) and they discuss...
Behind The Bastards: Trailer
18 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
From Hitler’s love of young adult fiction to Saddam Hussein's shameful romance novels, this podcast sheds new, weird light on history's monsters. ...