Behind the Bastards

Part Two: Robert Maxwell: How Ghislaine Maxwell's Dad Ruined Science

08 May 2025

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Robert Maxwell makes a full heel turn in this episode, going from badass killer of the SS to not so badass corporate ghoul who murdered science and al...

Part One: Robert Maxwell: How Ghislaine Maxwell's Dad Ruined Science

06 May 2025

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You know his daughter as Jeffrey Epstein's right hand woman. Robert tells guest Adam Conover about Ghislaine Maxwell's dad, Robert Maxwell. He started...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 180

03 May 2025

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  The Old Economy Is Dead Cosmopolitanism feat. Andrew T...

Part Three: The Pol Pot Episodes: How A Nice, Quiet Kid Murdered His Country

01 May 2025

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Pol Pot and his friends are now in charge of Cambodia and in a remarkably short period of time they manage to kill two million people. Including a lef...

Part Two: The Pol Pot Episodes: How A Nice, Quiet Kid Murdered His Country

30 Apr 2025

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Robert continues the story with young Pol Pot's years in France where he and his friends radicalize themselves in what has to have been the deadliest ...

Part One: The Pol Pot Episodes: How A Nice, Quiet Kid Murdered His Country

29 Apr 2025

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Robert sits down with Andrew Ti for three episodes in one week about the bizarre life of Pol Pot, a man who spent too much time reading books and bull...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 179

26 Apr 2025

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  Elon Musk and The Martian Revolution feat. Mike Duncan T...

Part Two: What's New With Andrew Tate?

24 Apr 2025

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Robert explains the weird cult Andrew Tate created with a wizard and former pick up artist to rob young men and abuse women at scale.See omnystudio.co...

Part One: What's New With Andrew Tate?

22 Apr 2025

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Why Was Andrew Tate allowed back in the U.S.? What's happening with all his court cases? Robert sits back down with Ian Johnson and Sophie Lichterman ...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 178

19 Apr 2025

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  When Care Workers Organize Behind Myanmar's Devastating ...

CZM Rewind: The Andrew Tate Story (Part 3 & 4)

17 Apr 2025

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Robert and Sophie are joined by Cool Zone Media supervising producer, Ian Johnson to continue to discuss Andrew Tate.  Update series dropping nex...

CZM Rewind: The Andrew Tate Story (Part 1 & 2)

15 Apr 2025

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Robert and Sophie are joined by Cool Zone Media supervising producer, Ian Johnson to discuss Andrew Tate, and the Mythopoetic Men's Movement. Includes...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 177

12 Apr 2025

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  Behind the Scenes of That Teen Vogue Article on Vivian Wil...

Part Two: Alfred Hugenberg: The Elon Musk of Weimar Germany

10 Apr 2025

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World War 1 has begun, and Robert walks Amanda through how Alfred Hugenberg bought up the German media to make the case the the war should go on for e...

Part One: Alfred Hugenberg: The Elon Musk of Weimar Germany

08 Apr 2025

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Robert sits down with Amanda Montell to talk about Alfred Hugenberg, a German industrialist who made Hitler's rise to power possible for some very fam...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 176

05 Apr 2025

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  The Library Funding Cliff Anarchism In Uruguay feat. And...

How ICE Is Targeting Students for Deportation

04 Apr 2025

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Garrison and James discuss how a doxing campaign is targeting student visa and green card holders for alleged ties to pro-Palestine protests. Sources:...

Part Two: The Grifters Behind The Fake Autism 'Cure' Industry

03 Apr 2025

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Robert concludes the story of the Fake Autism Cure Industrial Complex and tells Mangesh about a doctor who tried to get rich selling spoiled blood to ...

Part One: The Grifters Behind The Fake Autism 'Cure' Industry

01 Apr 2025

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Robert and Mangesh Hattikudur explore the birth of the "unorthodox biomedical movement", which is a fancy way of saying "fake doctors who poison child...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 175

29 Mar 2025

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  Rendition to El Salvador: How the Trump Administration Is ...

Part Two: How Tainted Human Blood Became A Major U.S. Export

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robert, who is looking better than ever these days wow what great hair, finishes telling Ben Bowlin the harrowing story of how the U.S. murdered thous...

Part One: How Tainted Human Blood Became A Major U.S. Export

25 Mar 2025

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Robert and Ben Bowlin sit-down to talk about controversial blood plasma donation program in the Arkansas Prison system under Governor Clinton that kil...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 174

22 Mar 2025

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  Understanding Rojava’s Tishrin Dam Resistance Anar...

Part Four: The Zizian Murder Spree (or Exactly How Harry Potter Fanfic Killed A Border Patrol Agent)

20 Mar 2025

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Robert concludes the story of the Zizians with a spree of horrific violent crimes and deaths, culminating in a shoot out with the Border Patrol in Ver...

Part Three: How The Zizians Went Full On Death Cult

18 Mar 2025

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Robert tells David about Ziz's glorious plan to take to the sea and sever the right and left brains of her followers in order to make them psychopaths...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 173

15 Mar 2025

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  How the State Created Elon Musk Candace Owens' Hollywood...

Part Two: The Zizians: Birth of a Cult Leader

13 Mar 2025

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Robert tells David Gborie about the early life of Ziz LaSota, a bright young girl from Alaska who came to the Bay Area with dreams of saving the cosmo...

Part One: The Zizians: How Harry Potter Fanfic Inspired a Death Cult

11 Mar 2025

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Earlier this year a Border Patrol officer was killed in a shoot-out with people who have been described as members of a trans vegan AI death cult. But...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 172

08 Mar 2025

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  The Future of Peacekeeping In Africa The Last Trial of t...

Part Two: In Honor Of Our New Monarchy, Let's Talk About Versailles

06 Mar 2025

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Robert tells Ed about the Sun King's very sad death from butt rot and how his great grandson grew up raised by the insane party house of death that no...

Part One: In Honor Of Our New Monarchy, Let's Talk About Versailles

04 Mar 2025

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In honor of the American oligarchs trying to form their own aristocracy, Robert and Ed Zitron look back at the court of Versailles, how it was formed ...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 171

01 Mar 2025

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  The President of Argentina's Meme Coin Scandal How Trump...

Part Two: Bruno Bettelheim and The Quest To Make a "Good" Concentration Camp

27 Feb 2025

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Bruno Bettelheim has now made it to the United States, where he executes his elaborate plan to fix "emotionally disturbed" children by making a nice c...

Part One: Bruno Bettelheim: The Worst Psycho-therapist

25 Feb 2025

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Robert tells Allison Raskin about Bruno Bettelheim, a concentration camp survivor who revolutionized child mental health care by trying to create a GO...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 170

22 Feb 2025

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  Coffee Unions Spread to Peet's Defining Anarchism feat. ...

Part Two: Tony Alamo: The Worst Preacher

20 Feb 2025

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Robert explains how Tony Alamo became a jacket maker to the stars, providing Michael Jackson, Dolly Parton and others with fashion via child labor. Al...

Part One: Tony Alamo: The Worst Preacher

18 Feb 2025

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Robert sits down with Samantha McVey to talk about Tony Alamo, the evangelical cult leader who enslaved children to make denim vests for the stars.See...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 169

15 Feb 2025

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  Why Trump Wants to Conquer Canada How the Federal Govern...

Part Two: How The U.S. Government Used Aliens To Destroy a Man's Mind

13 Feb 2025

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Robert tells Brandie how Richard Doty crafted an elaborate alien ruse to destroy Paul Bennewitz's mind, all with the goal of hiding the U.S. governmen...

Part One: How The U.S. Government Used Aliens To Destroy a Man's Mind

11 Feb 2025

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This week we tell the harrowing story of Paul Bennewitz, a simple nerdy engineer who spotted evidence of covert Air Force weapons programs and was gas...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 168

08 Feb 2025

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  The Internationalists Fighting Fascism in Burma (Maybe D...

Part Two: Space Magic from Venus: A Literary Odyssey

06 Feb 2025

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Robert and Molly continue their exploration of Venusian health science which apparently involves eating nothing but raw fruit.See omnystudio.com/liste...

Part One: Space Magic from Venus: A Literary Odyssey

04 Feb 2025

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Robert sits down with Molly Conger to explore a book at the foundation of American conspiracy culture that may have helped kill Steve Jobs.See omnystu...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 167

01 Feb 2025

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  The Decline and Fall of the American Post Office Nut Cou...

Bonus: The Bastards of Oprah

31 Jan 2025

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This is a bonus episode of our Dr. Oz, Dr. Phil, and John of God episodes aka the bastards of Oprah episodes stitched together with limited ad breaksS...

Part Six: Is Oprah Winfrey a Bastard?

30 Jan 2025

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Oh god, we are finally done. Unfortunately Oprah's greatest harms, like her role in birthing the anti vaccine movement, live on. Series Sources: http...

Part Five: Is Oprah Winfrey a Bastard?

28 Jan 2025

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Today we talk about Oprah's involvement in a self help guru who killed three people in a sweat lodge, and how it goes into a shift in American culture...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 166

25 Jan 2025

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  The Lost Post Office Union Episode The Age of Cowards an...

Part Four: Is Oprah Winfrey a Bastard?

23 Jan 2025

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Robert chronicles Oprah's war with the beef industry and her pivot to new age anti-science nonsense. Also: rainbow parties!See omnystudio.com/listener...

Part Three: Is Oprah Winfrey a Bastard?

21 Jan 2025

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Oprah's career is on the move now, and Robert tells the gang about her coke filled early years in local TV, her rise to stardom and how she helped spa...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 165

18 Jan 2025

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  Mutual Aid & the LA Fires CES 2025: AI Toys Are Comi...

Part Two: Is Oprah Winfrey a Bastard?

16 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Oprah continues to have the most sympathetic backstory of any BTB subject, and Robert walks Bridget and Andrew through how she turned it all around.Se...

Part One: Is Oprah Winfrey a Bastard?

14 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Oprah Winfrey has been responsible for introducing several of the most toxic monsters of our era to society. But is she a bastard? Robert sits down wi...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 164

11 Jan 2025

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  Q&A 2025 2025 Predictions CES 2025: Listen to AI E...

CZM Rewind: Part Two: The Rush Limbaugh Episodes with Paul F. Tompkins

09 Jan 2025

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Robert is joined again by Paul F. Tompkins to continue to discuss Rush Limbaugh.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CZM Rewind: Part One: The Rush Limbaugh Episodes with Paul F. Tompkins

07 Jan 2025

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Robert is joined by Paul F. Tompkins to discuss Rush Limbaugh. FOOTNOTES: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-29-na-limbaugh29-story.htm...

Behind the Bastards Presents: Hood Politics with Prop

05 Jan 2025

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Here are a couple of our favorite episodes of Hood Politics with Prop podcast series. The DOJ Curbed Google So Hard No, the Other Zionism Apple Podc...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 163

04 Jan 2025

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  Government Small Enough to Fit in Your Bedroom feat. Steve...

Part Two: Behind the Bastards Q&A: Year's End Edition

02 Jan 2025

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Robert and Sophie answer even more of your thrilling questions.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: Behind the Bastards Q&A: Year's End Edition

31 Dec 2024

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Robert and Sophie sit down to answer your most burning questions and also maybe light some of you on fire depending on the questions you asked. (2 par...

Behind the Bastards Presents: Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

29 Dec 2024

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Here are a couple of our favorite episodes of Margaret Killjoy's Cool Poeple Who Did Cool Stuff podcast series. All the People Who Tried to Kill Musso...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 162

28 Dec 2024

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  What It's Like to Be a Peacekeeper CZM Rewind: The Marsh...

Part Two: How Woody Guthrie Turned Folk Music into a Weapon

26 Dec 2024

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Robert is joined again by Margaret Killjoy for part two of our holiday non bastard episode about Woody Guthrie.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...

Part One: How Woody Guthrie Turned Folk Music into a Weapon

24 Dec 2024

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Robert and Margaret sit down for their annual anti-bastard episode about one of America's greatest heroes, folk musician Woody Guthrie. (2 Part Series...

Behind the Bastards Presents: Sixteenth Minute (of Fame)

22 Dec 2024

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Here are a couple of our favorite episodes of Jamie Loftus' Sixteenth Minute (of Fame) podcast series. why are there so many mormon influencers? pt. 1...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 161

21 Dec 2024

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  Anarchism in Paraguay feat. Andrew What’s Happenin...

Part Three: P. Diddy: A Life in Crimes

19 Dec 2024

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Robert is joined again by Wil Anspach to conclude our 3 part series on Diddy. Sean 'Diddy' Combs: What's a 'freak off', and what are the charges again...

Part Two: P. Diddy: A Life in Crimes

18 Dec 2024

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Robert and Wil discuss the east coast / west coast rap war that Diddy helped orchestrate, as well as just, an awful lot of sex crimes. Sean 'Diddy' Co...

Part One: P. Diddy: A Life in Crimes

17 Dec 2024

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Robert sits down with his friend, Grammy-award winning audio engineer Greazy Wil, to talk about Sean "P Diddy" Combs, a sex criminal who killed way mo...

Behind the Bastards Presents: Weird Little Guys

15 Dec 2024

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Here are a couple of our favorite episodes of Molly Conger's Weird Little Guys podcast series. Soldier of Misfortune: Frank Sweeney, Parts 1 & 2 A...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 160

14 Dec 2024

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  Kash Patel: Trump's FBI Pick What Next for Syria? Luig...

Part Two: The Vioxx Scandal: How Big Pharma Killed More Americans Than Vietnam

12 Dec 2024

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Robert 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...

Part One: The Vioxx Scandal: How Big Pharma Killed More Americans Than Vietnam

10 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Behind the Bastards Presents: Better Offline

08 Dec 2024

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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...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 159

07 Dec 2024

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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 Fough...

We Read Newt Gingrich's World War 2 Alternate History

05 Dec 2024

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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...

We Read Marjorie Taylor Green's Book

03 Dec 2024

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Sophie reads Marjorie Taylor Green's book to Jamie and Robert.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It Could Happen Here Weekly 158

30 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  CZM Rewind: An Update on Border Patrol Outdoor Detention CZM...

CZM Rewind: Part Two: Dr. Oz: Why 'America's Doctor' Is A Bastard

28 Nov 2024

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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 ...

CZM Rewind: Part One: Dr. Oz: Why 'America's Doctor' Is A Bastard

26 Nov 2024

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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...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 157

24 Nov 2024

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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 Replac...

Part Four: How Lawrence of Arabia Invented Modern War

21 Nov 2024

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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...

Part Three: How Lawrence of Arabia Invented Modern War

19 Nov 2024

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Robert tells Margaret how to scientifically shatter a bridge the T.E. Lawrence way, and how Lawrence crippled the transportation infrastructure of a m...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 156

16 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Part Two: How Lawrence of Arabia Invented Modern War

14 Nov 2024

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Robert is joined again by Margaret Killjoy to continue our series on Lawrence of Arabia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: How Lawrence of Arabia Invented Modern War

12 Nov 2024

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Robert tells Margaret Killjoy the whole story of Lawrence of Arabia, a British imperialist, hopeless romantic and asexual icon who invented the concep...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 155

09 Nov 2024

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  Trump's Constitutional Sheriffs Remember, Remember, the (Othe...

Part Four: How Peter Thiel Became the Gravedigger of Democracy

07 Nov 2024

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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 pri...

Part Three: How Peter Thiel Became the Gravedigger of Democracy

05 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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...

The Darién Gap: Where Dreams Die

02 Nov 2024

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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 migrant...

Part Two: How Peter Thiel Became the Gravedigger of Democracy

31 Oct 2024

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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...

Part One: How Peter Thiel Became the Gravedigger of Democracy

29 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 demo...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 153

26 Oct 2024

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. Sources can be found in the descriptions of each individual episod...

Part Two: The History of American Masculinity Grifters

24 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Robert and Miles talk about the mid-century crisis in American masculinity and then catch up to the modern era, and Gamergate.   https://www.sandboxx...

Part One: The History of American Masculinity Grifters

22 Oct 2024

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Robert sits down with Miles Gray to give a history of American Masculinity Grifters, and the media-created fears of a 'crisis' in masculinity. (2 Part...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 152

19 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. Sources can be found in the descriptions of each individual episod...

Part Four: America's First Fascist Governor

17 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Garrison is joined by Robert to conclude the story of Eugene Talmadge and how his campaign for a White Supremacist Georgia lead to his death.See omnys...

Part Three: America's First Fascist Governor

15 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Garrison and Robert return to discuss Eugene Talmadge’s takeover of state finances and his fight against the new deal.See omnystudio.com/listener fo...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 151

12 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. Sources can be found in the descriptions of each individual episod...

Part Two: America's First Fascist Governor

10 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Garrison and Robert continue the tale of Gene Talmadge with his first military style coup of Georgia and his battle against FDR.See omnystudio.com/lis...