Behind the Bastards

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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 the sons and daughters of dictators and Saddam Hussein’s side career as a trashy romance novelist.
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  • Part One: How Peter Thiel Became the Gravedigger of Democracy

    Part One: How Peter Thiel Became the Gravedigger of Democracy
    Oct 29 2024
    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 democracy. (4 Part Series) Sources: https://www.newser.com/story/235229/peter-thiel-wanted-innovation-he-got-networking-instead.html https://www.edsurge.com/nhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/mattdrange/2017/01/03/what-happened-to-the-original-class-of-peter-thiels-college-skipping-fellows-nowelcome1/ ews/2023-12-12-how-a-billionaire-s-fellowship-spread-skepticism-about-college-s-value https://theintercept.com/2019/05/02/peter-thiels-palantir-was-used-to-bust-hundreds-of-relatives-of-migrant-children-new-documents-show/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/08/22/war-inside-palantir-data-mining-firms-ties-ice-under-attack-by-employees/ https://responsiblestatecraft.org/peter-thiel-israel-palantir/ https://www.evernote.com/shard/s542/client/snv?isnewsnv=true¬eGuid=46c636b6-b404-45df-ab0a-1f84c6fdc8c2¬eKey=7c94233539b8258d72b395a063f3c589&sn=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.evernote.com%2Fshard%2Fs542%2Fsh%2F46c636b6-b404-45df-ab0a-1f84c6fdc8c2%2F7c94233539b8258d72b395a063f3c589&title=That%2BEssay https://archive.is/ZmTHu https://www.businessinsider.com/peter-thiel-childhood-11-surprising-details-the-contrarian-max-chafkin-2021-9 https://archive.is/ZmTHu https://www.quora.com/How-was-Peter-Thiel-in-high-school https://archive.is/ncwwe#selection-887.0-891.775 https://medium.com/indian-thoughts/my-conversation-with-peter-thiel-about-apartheid-and-its-aftermath-3fdf4249b08d#.xz4kamaam https://newcriterion.com/article/the-diversity-myth/ https://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-peter-thiel-20161026-story.html https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/peter-thiel-silicon-valley-contrarian-max-chafkin.html https://archive.is/0CtR2#selection-487.0-509.305 https://archive.is/QPFbm#selection-1173.0-1189.97 https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/19/jp-morgan-reportedly-had-to-oust-a-security-chief-backed-by-palantir.html https://archive.is/WCWeQ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/peter-thiel-republican-megadonor-wont-fund-candidates-2024-sources-2023-04-26/ https://archive.is/ncwwe#selection-1933.0-1933.1393 https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/04/inside-the-new-right-where-peter-thiel-is-placing-his-biggest-bets https://archive.is/ncwwe#selection-2085.0-2085.515 https://archive.is/ncwwe https://archive.is/ncwwe#selection-1913.0-1913.1159 https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2021-09-17/contrarian-review Chafkin, Max. The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power (p. 11). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • It Could Happen Here Weekly 153

    It Could Happen Here Weekly 153
    Oct 26 2024

    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 episode.

    1. An Alex Jones Update feat. Knowledge Fight

    2. Infiltrating Local Nazi Groups
    3. How Trump Rigged an FBI Investigation for Brett Kavanaugh
    4. Economists Win Worst Nobel Prize Yet, Asked to Please Stop
    5. Charlie Kirk vs College Students

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    2 hrs and 58 mins
  • Part Two: The History of American Masculinity Grifters

    Part Two: The History of American Masculinity Grifters
    Oct 24 2024

    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.us/news/alpha-male-boot-camps-are-a-joke/

    https://www.vice.com/en/article/what-are-man-warrior-camps/

    https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/01/fashion/01Fitness.html?pagewanted=2&_r=0

    https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2024/01/22/modern-day-knight-project-videos-men-man-camps/72290454007/

    https://nypost.com/2018/11/15/masculinity-guru-wants-guys-to-stop-being-so-nice-to-women/

    https://www.vox.com/first-person/2017/1/23/14238530/self-help-advice-bogus

    https://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2023/09/manosphere-poisoning-conservatism

    https://www.motherjones.com/politics

    2023/08/boy-problems-andrew-tate-masculinity-crisis-manosphere/

    https://medium.com/sexstories/the-right-faces-its-cuckholding-sex-fantasies-1351ed88a8ae

    https://classic.esquire.com/article/1958/11/1/the-crisis-of-american-masculinity

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGy1SaXKxqA

    https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0276146719897107

    https://www.tesble.com/10.1177/0276146719897107

    https://www.mybootcampchallenge.com/

    https://classic.esquire.com/article/1958/11/1/the-crisis-of-american-masculinity

    https://www.tesble.com/10.1177/0276146719897107

    https://www.themdkproject.com/flip-the-switch

    https://digitalcommons.nyls.edu/fac_other_pubs/118/

    https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/09/new-chat-logs-show-how-4chan-users-pushed-gamergate-into-the-national-spotlight/

    https://www.wired.com/story/gamergates-aggrieved-men-still-haunt-the-internet/

    https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/history-did-you-know/moral-and-medical-panic-over-bicycles

    https://abcnews.go.com/Health/cosmetic-leg-lengthening-surgeries-luring-patients-courting-controversy/story?id=106826824

    https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/why-us-men-voluntarily-undergo-limb-lengthening-procedure/LNLGCLEFKY27BA2NTYGNIO5OKA/?ref=readmore

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