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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 t...

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Notable Guests

Richard MarcinkoRichard Marcinko3×MMolly Conger2×Ian SmithIan Smith2×James StoutJames Stout2×UUnknown Guests2×Alex KarpAlex Karp2×Percy FawcettPercy Fawcett2×DDominique Pelicot2×Tim DraperTim Draper1×Paul McCartneyPaul McCartney1×

Episodes (1179)

The History of American Police and the Ku Klux Klan

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How The First Police Went From Gangsters, To An Army For The Rich

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Slavery, Mass Murder and the Birth of American Policing

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Jun 16, 20201:31:09pending

Behind the Police Trailer

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Jun 15, 20200:54pending

Part Two: The Dumbest Coup In World History

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Jun 11, 20201:13:38pending

Part One: The Dumbest Coup In World History

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Jun 9, 20201:02:00pending

Part Two: I Do Not Like Elon Musk Very Much

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Jun 4, 20201:31:44pending

Part One: I Do Not Like Elon Musk Very Much

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Jun 3, 20201:09:11pending

The Man Who Teaches Our Cops To Kill

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Jun 1, 20201:19:19pending

Part Two: Jim Bowie: The Worst Texan

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May 28, 202054:41pending

Part One: Jim Bowie: The Worst Texan

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May 26, 20201:06:43pending

Part Two: Jack Idema: The War On Terror's Dumbest Grifter

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May 21, 202053:28pending

Part One: Jack Idema: The War On Terror's Dumbest Grifter

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May 19, 202055:33pending

The Ballad of Doctor Orgasm

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May 14, 20201:34:01pending

We Continued Reading Ben Shapiro's Terrible Racist Novel

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May 12, 20201:08:45pending

Part Two: The Rise And Fall (And Rise) of Arch-Grifter Jim Bakker

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May 7, 202047:20pending

Part One: The Rise And Fall (And Rise) of Arch-Grifter Jim Bakker

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May 5, 20201:10:47pending

The Bleach Church is Spreading

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Apr 30, 20201:28:01pending

The People Who Turned Burning Your Face Off Into A Healthcare Fad

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Apr 28, 20201:14:12pending

Part Two: The Second American Civil War You Never Learned About

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Apr 23, 202059:51pending

Part One: The Second American Civil War You Never Learned About

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Apr 21, 20201:03:51pending

Part Two: Henry Morton Stanley: The Explorer Who Shot His Way Through Africa

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Apr 16, 20201:02:20pending

Part One: Henry Morton Stanley: The Explorer Who Shot His Way Through Africa

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Apr 14, 20201:07:39pending

Bonus: A Conversation About Tiger King and Rural America

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Apr 13, 20201:24:32pending

What We Learned From Ben Shapiro's Racist Novel

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Apr 9, 202053:33pending

The Priests of Plague

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Apr 7, 20201:14:08pending

Part Two: Narendra Modi, And India's Weird Nazi Obsession

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Apr 2, 202042:52pending

Part One: Narendra Modi, And India's Weird Nazi Obsession

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Mar 31, 20201:00:45pending

The Survivor: A Magazine For Nerdy Terrorists

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Mar 26, 20201:05:35pending

The Worst Grifters of the Coronavirus Pandemic

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Mar 24, 20201:16:06pending

Soldier of Fortune: The Deadliest Magazine Ever (with David X. Cohen)

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Mar 20, 20201:12:16pending

Soldier of Fortune: The Deadliest Magazine Ever (with Billy Wayne Davis)

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Mar 19, 20201:21:52pending

How The Internet Spawned A Baby-Killing Cult

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Mar 17, 20201:20:01pending

How L. Ron Hubbard Made An Antichrist Using Sex Magic

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Mar 12, 20201:00:48pending

How Exxon, Chevron and their buddies killed the world

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Mar 10, 20201:19:10pending

Part Two: The Founding Father of Fake Cancer Cures

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Mar 5, 202054:00pending

Part One: The Founding Father of Fake Cancer Cures

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Mar 3, 20201:13:46pending

Part Two: The Dumbest Colonizer in History

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Feb 27, 20201:12:01pending

Part One: The Dumbest Colonizer in History

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Feb 25, 20201:11:51pending

Part Two: Basil Zaharoff: The Man Who Sold World War One

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Feb 20, 202047:43pending

Part One: Basil Zaharoff: The Man Who Sold World War One

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Feb 18, 20201:00:39pending

Part Two: Savitri Devi: The Woman Who Turned Nazism into a Religion

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Feb 13, 202057:50pending

Part One: Savitri Devi: The Woman Who Turned Nazism into a Religion

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Feb 11, 20201:22:08pending

The Childhood of Joseph Stalin

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Feb 6, 20201:01:51pending

How Hobby Lobby Funded Terrorism And Tried To Destroy Democracy

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Feb 4, 202057:56pending

Part Two: The Bastards Who Killed the Black Panthers

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Jan 30, 20201:11:25pending

Part One: The Bastards Who Killed the Black Panthers

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Jan 28, 20201:10:36pending

Part Two: The Man Who Invented Fascism

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Jan 23, 202049:50pending

Part One: The Man Who Invented Fascism

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Jan 21, 20201:25:36pending

Part Two: John Ronald Brown: The Worst Surgeon Ever

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