Behind the Bastards

Robert sits down with David Bell to discuss how a consortium of rich failsons got together to fund a network of right wing think tanks and shift American culture in a fun new direction. (note: it was not actually fun at all)

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Robert and Kaveh continue with another wacky fake doctor story that snowballs into a vast conspiracy by health insurance companies to make everyone else's life much worse.

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Robert sits down with Dr. Kaveh Hoda to tell several hilarious fake doctor stories that wind up exposing the dark heart of the health insurance industry.

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Robert and Randy discuss Hank's unorthodox parenting methods, how he tried to get laid at Disneyland, and some very uncomfortable racism.

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Robert sits down with Randy Milholland to discuss Hank Ketcham, the creator of Dennis the Menace. Despite his cartoon's kid-safe nature, Hank mined his own wife and child for content while systematically destroying both of their lives.

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Ed and Robert conclude the epic story of Steve Jobs with a look at how his peculiarities determined the shape and horrible abusive nature of much of the modern consumer electronics industry.

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Robert and Ed reach a crucial crux in the Steve Jobs story: his years of failed product launches and near destruction of Apple. Also, Bono appears.

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Robert Evans explains the rise of Apple, and how Steve Jobs tried to cheat the California Welfare system.

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Robert sits down with Ed Zitron to discuss the early life of Steve Jobs, who started out setting off bombs in school and wound up founding

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Though the Winklevoss brothers are best known for their role in the early days of Facebook, you'll be surprised to learn that they recently lost customers at their cryptocurrency exchange over a billion dollars through a shady loan scheme. In this episode, Ed Zitron walks you through how the two identical riverboat giants went from being conned by Mark Zuckerberg to conning over a hundred thousand people into putting their cryptocurrency in the hands of the world's worst investor. 

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Robert and Miles get to the nightmare heart of the TB Joshua story: a sprawling empire of sexual violence and gaslighting on an epic scale.

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Robert sits down with Miles Gray to talk about TB Joshua, a Nigerian pastor whose cult trapped people from all over the world in a literal physical hell of his own design.

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Sources:

https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/africa/even-in-death-televangelist-tb-joshua-remains-controversial-3431478

https://www.ru.ac.za/perspective/2014archive/tbjoshuaafalseprophetmustcomeclean.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-56771246

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/youtube-closes-african-channel-promoting-televangelists-violent-conversion-therapy/

https://www.africanews.com/2024/01/08/tb-joshua-exposed-20-years-of-scandal-and-fake-miracles-in-lagos-sparks-mixed-reactions/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-59295624

https://punchng.com/trump-you-need-spiritual-understanding-to-interpret-my-prophesy-tb-joshua/

https://www.modernghana.com/news/685268/police-urges-calm-over-terror-prophecy-.html

https://www.timeslive.co.za/tshisa-live/tshisa-live/2016-09-19-cassper-slams-report-claiming-tb-joshua-predicted-the-death-of-12-000-people-at-concert/

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/malaysia-airlines-flight-mh370-clip-nigerian-preacher-predicting-disappearance-goes-viral-1440107

https://archive.is/iYg1s#selection-1643.0-1649.1

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-2608411/Nigeria-preacher-Healer-controversial-leader.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-67891394

https://apnews.com/general-news-ed3b0ce9145f47d78bc84f36cf4db097

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-67861976

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-67749215

https://saharareporters.com/2021/06/13/bring-prophet-t-b-joshuas-body-home-burial-ondo-youths-tell-family-late-cleric

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29234245

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/constance-marten-tb-joshua-mark-gordon-b2279954.html

https://www.cfr.org/blog/tb-joshua-preacher-who-held-outsized-influence-nigeria-and-africa

https://dailynigerian.com/joshua-life-times-legacy/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-57388592

https://guardian.ng/news/end-of-road-for-woman-used-by-pastors-to-perform-fake-miracles/

https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2006/10/05/historical-overview-of-pentecostalism-in-nigeria/

https://www.religionnewsblog.com/6772/mixed-reactions-over-nigerias-televised-miracles-ban

https://www.nairaland.com/40/nbc-ban-unverified-tv-miracles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZZVQxjXWCg

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Robert and Prop answer the final two great questions about Robert E. Lee: did he fuck that horse, and was he any good as a general?

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Robert and Prop continue the story of Bobby Lee to the climax of his life: his decision to turn traitor and fight for the Confederacy.

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Robert and Prop discuss Robert E. Lee's career in the army, and his horrific violence towards the enslaved workers on his father-in-laws plantation.

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Robert sits down with Jason Petty aka Prop to begin the epic story of Robert E. Lee, prominent furry, slave owner and Confederate General.

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Robert tells Ify about the time tech weirdo's recreated Hell using AI and Robert pisses off a VP at Google. Plus: More cult shit!

(Adapted from his article in Rolling Stone: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ai-companies-advocates-cult-1234954528/)

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Robert sits down with Ify Nwadiwe to talk about the weird cult that's formed around AI, and some of the most powerful people in Silicon Valley. (Adapted from his article in Rolling Stone: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ai-companies-advocates-cult-1234954528/)

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Now bereft of their children, the Finders slide into old age and irrelevance with one last attempt to freak out the normies.

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Were The Finders a CIA operation? The short answer is "maybe"! The long answer is... this episode.

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After almost twenty years of quiet growth the Finders explode into public awareness when they are accused of sex trafficking children, possibly for the CIA.

(Or the Devil.)

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Robert sits down with Jamie Loftus to tell the tale of Marion Petty, the man whose cult was accused of trafficking children and may have been part of a CIA op. Or not! It's very unclear!

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Our tale of Orange County bastardry reaches it's apex in John Schmitz, the conspiracy maniac who ran against Nixon from the Right and blazed the trail that led us to Donald Trump

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Robert sits down with Francesca Fiorentini to talk about how Orange County, California gave birth to the modern Republican Party, thanks to some arms dealers and a howling fascist named John Schmitz. 

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In Part Two, Robert is joined again by Jamie Loftus to continue discussing Kaiser Wilhelm.

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Robert sits down with Jamie Loftus to talk about Kaiser Wilhelm, the devastatingly cringy Mama's boy who came to rule an empire despite lacking even a single relevant skill.

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Henry Kissinger is dead! If you're wondering why people are so happy about this, listen to our six hour series on the life and crimes of one of the 20th century's greatest war criminals. (Ft. Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds from The Dollop)

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Henry Kissinger is dead! If you're wondering why people are so happy about this, listen to our six hour series on the life and crimes of one of the 20th century's greatest war criminals. (Ft. Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds from The Dollop)

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Margaret and Robert conclude our Christmas episode and yet another year of this fucking podcast.

CBP is detaining thousands of migrants, including children and the elderly, in the desert without food, water or shelter when overnight temperatures drop below freezing. Support the mutual aid groups helping them:

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Robert sits down with Margaret Killjoy to talk about Aaron Swartz, a tragic hero who helped build the open internet.

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Sources:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/03/11/requiem-for-a-dream

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/the-brilliant-life-and-tragic-death-of-aaronswartz-177191/

https://newrepublic.com/article/112485/aaron-swartz-profile-internet-will-never-save-you

https://newrepublic.com/article/112418/aaron-swartz-suicide-why-he-broke-jstor-andmit

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/03/aaron-swartz-prosecutor-withheldevidence/317410/

https://archive.is/bGVpb

https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/prosecutor-in-aaron-swartzhacking-case-comes-under-fire/

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/jul/31/aaron-swartz-mit-report-family-critical 

https://archive.is/9IIBX

https://archive.is/vmHXz

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Robert and Sofiya finish the story of William Bailey, after a brief interlude to talk about the radium girls.

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Robert sits down with Sofiya Alexandra to talk about Will Bailey, the fake doctor who made himself into the king of radioactive fake medicine and killed an unknown number of people in the doing.

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Robert and Jamie conclude the thrilling tale of Sam Bankman-Fried and his biographer, Michael Lewis.

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