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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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Latest Episodes:

Part Three: The Men Who Might Have Killed Us All Dec 09, 2025

Show notes

Robert continues the harrowing story of the men who decided we should be ready to rain nuclear hellfire on everyone at a moments notice forever.

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It Could Happen Here Weekly 211 Dec 06, 2025

Show notes

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.

- Darién Gap: One Year Later | Part One: After The Jungle

- Darién Gap: One Year Later | Part Two: To Be Called By No Name

- Darién Gap: One Year Later | Part Three: The American Nightmare

- Darién Gap: One Year Later | Part Four: When Someone Needs Help

- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #44

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Sources/Links:

Darién Gap: One Year Later

Primrose’s Legal Aid Fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/immigration-lawyer-for-primrose

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/world/americas/trump-us-mexico-border.html

https://www.fresnobee.com/news/article299272524.html

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/woody-guthrie-deportee-song-immigrants-rare-recording-1235383582/

https://southkernsol.org/2024/09/30/marker-unveiled-at-1948-plane-crash-site-that-killed-28-mexican-passengers/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-orders/

http://www.toddmillerwriter.com/border-patrol-nation/

https://timzhernandez.com/all-they-will-call-you/

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Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #44

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/business/economy/trump-north-american-trade-deal.html

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/trump-tariffs-live-updates-us-may-exit-usmca-next-year-trump-meets-nvidias-huang-to-talk-ai-chip-curbs-231853198.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/business/supreme-court-tariff-ruling-refunds.html

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https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/topic-pages/violent-crime

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https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2025/11/28/us-suspends-visas-in-depth-look-global-afghanistan-refugee-crisis

https://www.hrw.org/report/2019/10/31/theyve-shot-many/abusive-night-raids-cia-backed-afghan-strike-forces

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https://www.cato.org/blog/fbis-crosshairs-socialist-rifle-association

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/10/2025-10669/restricting-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-united-states-from-foreign-terrorists-and

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115625429081411360

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-orders-enhanced-vetting-applicants-h-1b-visa-2025-12-04/

https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/temporary-protected-status/temporary-protected-status-designated-country-somalia

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https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/search?conditions%5Bsearch_type_id%5D=3&conditions%5Bterm%5D=TPS+somali&order=newest

https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/department-interior-announces-modernized-more-affordable-national-park-access

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edtx/pr/north-texas-men-indicted-eastern-district-texas-international-murderkidnapping-scheme

https://taskandpurpose.com/news/airman-texas-haiti-coup-plot/

https://nypost.com/2025/12/04/us-news/fbi-makes-arrest-in-jan-6-pipe-bomb-investigation-after-nearly-5-years/

https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/afghan-national-charged-murder-national-guard-soldier-sarah-beckstrom

https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/lakanwal-national-guard-shooting-mpd-detectice-affidavit.pdf

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/us/rahmanullah-lakanwal-national-guard-shooting-dc.html

https://www.nyc.gov/assets/immigrants/downloads/pdf/nyc-detainer-laws.pdf

https://time.com/7337578/ice-raid-new-york-mamdani/

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Dvs1d2mlFUostowEZzfr0CoCrbUQw99a/view

https://www.nyc.gov/assets/doi/reports/pdf/2025/38DOC.Release.Rpt.09.25.2025.pdf

https://www.instagram.com/p/DRj_NZHjeRK/?hl=en&img_index=

https://x.com/UofOklahoma/status/1995186884704690262?s=20

https://news.kalshi.com/p/kalshi-cnn-prediction-market-partnership

https://www.businessinsider.com/kalshi-cnbc-deal-cnn-data-integration-partnership-2025-12

https://x.com/ForecasterEnten/status/1978469463415755117

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Part Two: The Men Who Might Have Killed Us All Dec 04, 2025

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Robert Evans: Robert and Margaret discuss the birth of the first atom bomb and how delusions about the use of air power made it a savior for a certain kind of U.S Army Air Corps officer.
Sophie Lichterman: She's sick more often than anyone I know

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Part One: The Men Who Might Have Killed Us All Dec 02, 2025

Show notes

Robert sits down with Margaret Killjoy to talk about how mankind went from building one atomic bomb to building tens of thousands of them, permanently 15 minutes or less away from ending all life on earth.

(5 Part Series)

Sources:

https://warontherocks.com/2018/09/a-horrifying-and-believable-path-to-nuclear-war-with-north-korea/

https://mwi.westpoint.edu/inside-frighteningly-plausible-nuclear-attack-scenario/

https://sci-hub.ru/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10736700.2018.1513920

https://www.si.edu/media/NASM/NASM-DoomsdayDelayed.pdf

https://doomsdaymachines.net/p/i-have-sought-to-slaughter-as-few

https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1996/november/strategic-bombing-always-myth

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/does-strategic-bombing-work-world-war-ii-test-case-proved-it-or-not-173621

https://www.junobeach.org/canada-in-wwii/articles/rcaf-bomber-squadrons-overseas/strategic-bombing/

https://www.npr.org/2021/08/06/1025059199/fallout-tells-the-story-of-the-journalist-who-exposed-the-hiroshima-cover-up

https://secretaryrofdefenserock.substack.com/p/bombing-because-you-can-operation

https://www.amazon.com/Bombing-Win-Coercion-Cornell-Security/dp/0801483115

https://www.amazon.com/15-Minutes-General-Countdown-Annihilation/dp/1250002087

https://www.amazon.com/Command-Control-Damascus-Accident-Illusion/dp/0143125788

https://www.amazon.com/Nuclear-War-Scenario-Annie-Jacobsen/dp/0593476093

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It Could Happen Here Weekly 210 Nov 29, 2025

Show notes

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.

- Requiem for Stop Cop City

- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #43

- CZM Rewind: My RNC Grindr Adventure

- CZM Rewind: Elon Musk Has Lost the Gamers

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Sources:

Requiem for Stop Cop City

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3dqH_lfh6g

https://www.policemag.com/articles/understanding-the-ooda-loop

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/29/atlanta-police-cop-city-surveillance

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

https://newrepublic.com/article/190850/coming-war-dissent

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/26/text

https://atlpresscollective.com/2025/11/13/atlanta-police-flock-immigration-searches/

https://www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-searched-license-plate-cameras-nationwide-for-a-woman-who-got-an-abortion/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/strengthening-and-unleashing-americas-law-enforcement-to-pursue-criminals-and-protect-innocent-citizens/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/08/additional-measures-to-address-the-crime-emergency-in-the-district-of-columbia/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/29/pentagon-memo-quick-reaction-forces

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/countering-domestic-terrorism-and-organized-political-violence/

https://newuniversity.org/2025/05/10/ice-raids-home-in-irvine-rep-dave-min-issues-statement/

https://theintercept.com/2023/05/02/cop-city-activists-arrest-flyers/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yok1fhPICAY

https://www.mainlineatl.com/georgia-drops-charges-against-atlanta-solidarity-fund-rico-cop-city/

https://www.mainlineatl.com/cop-city-rico-judge-to-toss-charges/

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #43

https://archive.is/LRnmy

https://www.axios.com/2025/11/19/ukraine-peace-plan-trump-russia-witkoff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqZO0VRlp7E

https://x.com/SenMcConnell/status/1992719172292214824?s=20

https://x.com/BarakRavid/status/1990948698508185760

https://apnews.com/article/immigration-chicago-arrests-police-federal-5c21bcb2cd890fcb086480469c1a3a96

https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/border-patrol-monitoring-us-drivers-detaining-suspicious-travel-127699704

https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-sues-el-cajon-illegally-sharing-license-plate-data-out

https://www.dhs.gov/publication/dhscbppia-049-cbp-license-plate-reader-technology

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/doge-doesnt-exist-with-eight-months-left-its-charter-2025-11-23/

https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-announces-six-new-agency-partnerships-break-federal-bureaucracy

https://www.ed.gov/media/document/fact-sheet-department-of-education-and-department-of-state-international-education-and-foreign-language-studies-partnership-112461.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDanzN1EUeE

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/nyregion/mamdani-osse-dsa-endorsement.html

CZM Rewind: Elon Musk Has Lost the Gamers

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2024/09/15/deshaun-watson-trade-details-texans-browns/75189022007/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1ykCc588Zw

https://thecourier.com/news/549130/browns-need-to-start-asking-questions-about-depodesta/

https://www.georgiaentertainment.com/2024/04/georgias-got-game-why-the-gaming-industry-is-larger-than-film-television-and-music-combined/#:~:text=The%20dominant%20entertainment%20industry%20is,than%203%20billion%20active%20gamers

https://app2top.com/news/the-gaming-industry-in-2024-by-the-numbers-a-review-by-gamesindustry-276003.html

https://www.ign.com/articles/asmongolds-twitch-channel-banned-following-racist-rant-about-palestinians

https://g-mnews.com/en/global-games-market-will-generate-usd-187-7-billion-in-2024/

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CZM Rewind: The Last Sam Bankman-Fried Episodes (Secretly About Michael Lewis) Nov 27, 2025

Show notes

Robert Evans is a Living God and can never lie.....Also we talk with Jamie Loftus about Sam Bankman-Fried and beloved biographer to con man Michael Lewis, author of The Big Short.

Original Air Dates: 12.5.23 & 12.7.23

Sources:

https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/michael-lewiss-big-contrarian-bet

https://archive.is/GnVkX#selection-2015.0-2029.125

https://archive.is/cZZcN#selection-455.0-523.30

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/oct/03/michael-lewis-sam-bankman-fried-crypto-going-infinite

https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2023/10/02/is-michael-lewis-throwing-out-his-reputation-to-defend-sam-bankman-fried/

https://archive.is/yrvL9#selection-1231.0-1271.105

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/nov/02/sam-bankman-fried-trial-key-takeaways

https://newsletter.mollywhite.net/p/the-fraud-was-in-the-code

https://www.investopedia.com/why-ftx-plan-to-refund-90-percent-of-recovered-assets-doesnt-add-up-to-90-percent-of-what-customers-lost-8362556

https://jacobin.com/2023/11/sam-bankman-fried-convicted-crypto-fraud-michael-lewis

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2023-08-15/the-blind-side-michael-lewis-michael-oher-sean-leigh-anne-tuohy-original-review-archive

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CZM Rewind: How Sam Bankman-Fried Conned the Crypto World & The Sam Bankman-Fried Update Nov 25, 2025

Show notes

Part One: Robert sits down with Jamie Loftus to talk about the collapse of one of the great financial criminals of our time.

Original Air Date: 11.22.22

Part Two: Everyone's favorite crypto conman is back behind bars! Robert sits down with Jamie Loftus to talk about his plans to buy an island and make he and his friends living gods.

Original Air Date: 8.15.23

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It Could Happen Here Weekly 209 Nov 22, 2025

Show notes

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.

- The Challenges Facing the Mamdani Administration

- Nick Fuentes Explains Pornography to Tucker Carlson

- The Conde Nast Union Busting Purge

- Producing Knowledge on Palestine feat. Dana El Kurd

- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #42

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Sources/Links:

The Challenges Facing the Mamdani Administration

https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2025/11/08/hochul-a--no--on-mamdani-s-free-bus-plan---yes--on-statewide-universal-childcare

https://thebaffler.com/latest/paying-for-it-backer

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/13/zohran-mamdani-free-bus-plan-governor-hochul/87258107007/

https://www.businessinsider.com/aoc-attacks-nypd-for-threatening-bill-de-blasios-daughter-after-arrest-2020-6

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-free-buses-kathy-hochul/

Nick Fuentes Explains Pornography to Tucker Carlson

https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2025/11/08/hochul-a--no--on-mamdani-s-free-bus-plan---yes--on-statewide-universal-childcare

https://thebaffler.com/latest/paying-for-it-backer

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/13/zohran-mamdani-free-bus-plan-governor-hochul/87258107007/

https://www.businessinsider.com/aoc-attacks-nypd-for-threatening-bill-de-blasios-daughter-after-arrest-2020-6

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-free-buses-kathy-hochul/

The Conde Nast Union Busting Purge

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/tell-conde-bosses-to-reinstate-the-fired-four-reverse-the-suspensions-and-end-the-union-busting

@goodbyealma

@picnic_mag

Producing Knowledge on Palestine feat. Dana El Kurd

Journal of Palestine Studies – https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/journals/jps/about

Donate to the Journal of Palestine Studies – https://palestine-studies.networkforgood.com/projects/18346-donate-to-support-palestinian-knowledge-production

Mahmoud Darwish interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrvzKOYeQZY&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Feliaayoub.com%2F&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE

AAUP & MESA report on Title 6 investigations - https://www.aaup.org/news/new-aaup-report-analyzes-weaponization-title-vi-doe-investigations

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #42

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https://www.state.gov/releases/2025/11/designations-of-antifa-ost-and-three-other-violent-antifa-groups/

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https://apnews.com/article/poland-sabotage-explosion-rail-track-warsaw-97dae3045d4e1ff329780526c6279c0f

https://apnews.com/article/latvia-belarus-border-migrants-hybrid-warfare-c75de2cd135dd24d4865ec40a3dea698

https://apnews.com/article/finland-russia-border-frontex-guards-2fc202b3a900d6887e0152b235a0a00d

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https://www.riversidesheriff.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=6777

https://lataco.com/ice-gun-aimed-santa-ana

https://apnews.com/article/charlotte-north-carolina-immigration-arrests-trump-989b5f9428a65b9cd669244f79723edf

https://www.wfae.org/race-equity/2025-03-27/sheriff-mcfadden-ice-at-odds-over-immigration-enforcement

https://cis.org/Map-Sanctuary-Cities-Counties-and-States

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https://www.cair.com/press_releases/cair-sends-formal-response-letter-to-texas-governor-abbott-condemning-defamatory-and-lawless-proclamation/

https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/pdf/SB00017F.pdf#navpanes=0

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Part Two: Behind the Bastards Live Show: The Ballad of Bo Gritz Nov 20, 2025

Show notes

Robert concludes the story of Bo Gritz with his unhinged attempts to rescue POWs from Vietnam, his political ambitions, and disgraceful downfall.

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Part One: Behind the Bastards Live Show: The Ballad of Bo Gritz Nov 18, 2025

Show notes

Robert and Prop did a live show to raise money for the Portland Bail Fund. They discussed the life and times of Bo Gritz, a foundational right wing militia maniac.

Sources:

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/03/29/James-Bo-Gritz-the-Vietnam-War-veteran-who-slipped/7427417762000/

https://www.spike-team.com/home/origins/

https://time.com/archive/6857330/colonel-gritzs-dubious-mission/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1983/03/24/bo-gritz-story-is-fascinating-but-does-he-really-believe-itmissing/9aef313b-233d-401c-b4d6-cfb9c4368e95/

https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/patriot-leader-bo-gritz-shoots-himself-under-troubling-circumstances/

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/mar/02/erase-and-forget-review-andrea-luka-zimmerman-bo-gritz

https://theoutline.com/post/7984/rambo-last-blood-vietnam-bo-gritz-sylvester-stallone

https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/military/war-hero-bo-gritz-reflects-on-ruby-ridge-siege-28-years-later-2124428/

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https://archive.is/OLBBk#selection-475.0-475.238

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