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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 Two: What's New With Andrew Tate? Apr 24, 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.

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Part One: What's New With Andrew Tate? Apr 22, 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 and explains what's happening with Tate's numerous charges, his latest criminal allegations, and his God awful taste in machetes.

(2 Part Series....for now.)

Sources:

Gadget on X: "This one is VERY dramatic. https://t.co/4wByW3yQVx" / X

Andrew Tate Is Trying to Use His Dying Grandma to Escape Romania

Andrew Tate now under federal investigation in the United States

Andrew Tate’s ex-girlfriend accuses him of sexual assault and battery in new lawsuit

Andrew Tate lands in Dubai, calls UK case 'politically motivated'

Andrew and Tristan Tate return to Romania as human trafficking case heats up

What to Know About the Accusations Against Andrew Tate - The New York Times

Andrew Tate says he and his brother are 'largely misunderstood' after arriving in US - live updates - BBC News

Romanian court finds irregularities in prosecutors' case against Andrew Tate | AP News

Andrew Tate: Chats in 'War Room' suggest dozens of women groomed

Kat Kanada on X: "The conservative hero who just wants to help men scammed men out of their houses, life savings, loans etc. When asked if he felt bad about it he said “f*ck no!” Role model! https://t.co/Txnqsv8CDI" / X

Leaving The Real World: How I Escaped Andrew Tate’s Get Rich Quick ‘Cult’

The Untold Story Of Notorious Influencer Andrew Tate

Andrew Tate said he broke a woman’s jaw ahead of Romanian arrest

https://www.forbes.com/sites/larsdaniel/2024/12/04/controversial-andrew-tate-war-room-videos-leaked-by-hackers/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2023/08/31/what-we-know-about-andrew-tates-war-room-as-report-alleges-global-network-to-exploit-women/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=yCDTltg6Jk8&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailydot.com%2F&embeds_referring_origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailydot.com

https://www.dailydot.com/debug/andrew-tate-hack-leaked-war-room-videos/

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/andrew-tate-bbc-documentary-war-room-1234815321/

https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2023/08/10/revealing-andrew-tates-secretive-war-room-brothers/

https://crabcrawler.substack.com/p/additional-tate-war-room-chat-logs

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It Could Happen Here Weekly 178 Apr 19, 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 Earthquake
Trump's Concentration Camps in El Salvador
How Strikes Build Democratic Workplaces
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #12

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Sources/Links:

When Care Workers Organize

https://www.instagram.com/friendspdxunionnetwork/

https://friendspdx.org/donate

Behind Myanmar's Devastating Earthquake

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/up-to-700-myanmar-muslims-killed-in-quake-hit-mosques-weakened-by-neglect.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/world/asia/myanmar-earthquake-aftershocks-airstrikes.html

https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/myanmar-juntas-aerial-attacks-continue-despite-post-quake-ceasefire/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/myanmar-junta-shoots-chinese-earthquake-aid-convoy-rcna199233

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/world/asia/myanmar-earthquake-aid.html

https://www.reuters.com/article/economy/myanmar-lashes-out-at-quotchocolate-barquot-foreign-aid-idUSSP172535/

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/lives-updates-quake-death-toll-rises-to-3600-junta-suspends-tourist-visa-after-quake-private-us-field-hospital-in-naypyitaw-and-more.html

https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-column/global-response-to-myanmar-earthquake-shines-light-on-strategic-rivalries.html

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/live-updates-death-toll-exceeds-3500-hundreds-in-urgent-need-of-quake-aid-juntas-airstrikes-still-rage-on-and-more.html

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/world/live-updates-death-toll-rises-to-3471-quake-relief-teams-must-obey-junta-us-pledges-additional-7-million-in-quake-relief-and-more.html

https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/resistance-forces-capture-indaw-town-after-months-of-fighting/?sfnsn=scwspmo

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-against-the-junta/myanmar-junta-airstrikes-kill-over-30.html

Trump's Concentration Camps in El Salvador

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogLw7I2BWO0

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/14/el-salvador-president-return-wrongly-deported-trump-00289234

https://documentedny.com/2025/04/14/ice-bukele-cecot-tren-de-aragua-el-salvador-new-york-deported/

How Strikes Build Democratic Workplaces

https://gofund.me/9ce38160

https://www.instagram.com/urban_ore_workers/

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #12

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/14/investing/us-stock-market/index.html

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/trump-tariffs-live-updates-china-signals-readiness-for-talks-if-us-shows-respect-amid-numbers-game-191201017.html

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/04/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-ensures-national-security-and-economic-resilience-through-section-232-actions-on-processed-critical-minerals-and-derivative-products/

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/15/nx-s1-5355896/doge-nlrb-elon-musk-spacex-security

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/16/temu-cuts-us-ad-spend-drops-in-app-store-rank-after-trump-tariffs-.html

https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-issues-export-licensing-requirements-nvidia-amd-chips-china-2025-04-16/

https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/dispatch-border-wall

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/interior-department-transferring-federal-land-army-border-wall/story?id=65702870

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/military-mission-for-sealing-the-southern-border-of-the-united-states-and-repelling-invasions/

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cwy03j9vddlt?post=asset%3Aaff18753-80c9-4445-963e-03b9438ef121#post

https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/dhs-issues-waiver-expedite-new-border-wall-construction-california

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/08/2025-05992/determination-pursuant-to-section-102-of-the-illegal-immigration-reform-and-immigrant-responsibility

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CZM Rewind: The Andrew Tate Story (Part 3 & 4) Apr 17, 2025

Show notes

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

Update series dropping next week!

Includes Part 3 & 4 with less ad breaks.

Better Offline & Weird Little Guys are nominated for this year’s Webby Awards! Get your votes in by April 17th! 🗳️🗳️🗳️
https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2025/podcasts/individual-episode/business
https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2025/podcasts/individual-episode/crime-justice

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CZM Rewind: The Andrew Tate Story (Part 1 & 2) Apr 15, 2025

Show notes

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

Includes Part 1 & 2 with less ad breaks.

Update series dropping next week!

Better Offline & Weird Little Guys are nominated for this year’s Webby Awards! Get your votes in by April 17th! 🗳️🗳️🗳️
https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2025/podcasts/individual-episode/business
https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2025/podcasts/individual-episode/crime-justice

FOOTNOTES:

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It Could Happen Here Weekly 177 Apr 12, 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 Wilson, Elon Musk's Daughter
Why Watching Actors Get Maimed By Big Cats Gives Me Hope For The Future
How ICE Kidnapped A Farmworker Union Organizer
Esperanto with Andrew
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #11

You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today!

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Sources/Links:

Behind the Scenes of that Teen Vogue Article on Vivian Wilson, Elon Musk's Daughter

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/vivian-jenna-wilson-elon-musk-trans-youth

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #11

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/us/politics/trump-administration-immigrant-detention-facilities-services.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-E4.PL6V.gJR0OQEOJP8G&smid=url-share

https://ucsdguardian.org/2025/04/07/5-ucsd-students-face-sudden-f-1-visa-terminations-a-6th-deported-at-the-border-no-apparent-pattern-among-students-targeted/

https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/press-room/university-california-statement-international-students-visa-status-terminations

https://bsky.app/profile/reichlinmelnick.bsky.social/post/3lmcxoqk2ts24

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278147/gov.uscourts.dcd.278147.30.1_1.pdf

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a931_2c83.pdf

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25881144-24a949/

https://bsky.app/profile/khuddleston.bsky.social/post/3lmaiaxi7f226

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/immigration/2025/03/18/516185/hpd-says-their-stance-on-immigration-enforcement-hasnt-changed-despite-recent-turnover-to-ice/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/04/cea-chairman-steve-miran-hudson-institute-event-remarks/

https://apnews.com/article/china-response-us-tariffs-104-d40d497f6e07ee4163d88443cb75ab3f

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Part Two: Alfred Hugenberg: The Elon Musk of Weimar Germany Apr 10, 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 ever, and then how he backed the Nazi party and ushered Hitler into power when that didn't go well for some reason.

Sources:

The Pan German League by Barry Jackisch
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/hitler-oligarchs-hugenberg-nazi/681584/
The Fateful Alliance by Hermann Beck
https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/modern-world-history-1918-to-1980/weimar-germany/
https://corporatecitizen.in/issue3/corporate-history-mercedes-was-hitler%E2%80%99s-idea.html
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-75512-5_1
https://www.topfundsoehne.de/ts/en/site/history/index.html
https://archive.org/details/alfredhugenbergr0000leop/page/11/mode/1up

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Part One: Alfred Hugenberg: The Elon Musk of Weimar Germany Apr 08, 2025

Show notes

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 familiar reasons.

Sources:

The Pan German League by Barry Jackisch
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/hitler-oligarchs-hugenberg-nazi/681584/
The Fateful Alliance by Hermann Beck
https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/modern-world-history-1918-to-1980/weimar-germany/
https://corporatecitizen.in/issue3/corporate-history-mercedes-was-hitler%E2%80%99s-idea.html
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-75512-5_1
https://www.topfundsoehne.de/ts/en/site/history/index.html
https://archive.org/details/alfredhugenbergr0000leop/page/11/mode/1up

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It Could Happen Here Weekly 176 Apr 05, 2025

Show notes

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. Andrew, Pt. 2
RFK Jr. Breaks the Medical System
How ICE Is Targeting Students for Deportation
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #10

You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today!

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Sources/Links:

RFK Jr. Breaks the Medical System

https://www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/autism/114853

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/28/health/fda-vaccine-peter-marks-resigns/index.html

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/31/trump-administration-hiv-research-grant-cuts

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-to-gut-vaccine-promotion-and-hiv-prevention-office-sources-say/

https://archive.ph/z2Fyx

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1839225/

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/29/rfk-jr-body-shames-west-virginia-governor

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/hhs-taps-anti-vaccine-activist-look-debunked-links-autism-vaccines-sou-rcna198214

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/31/health/vaccine-grants-cancelled-pediatricians/index.html

https://taggs.hhs.gov/Content/Data/HHS_Grants_Terminated.pdf

https://archive.ph/48Ua1

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rfk-jr-wants-to-let-bird-flu-spread-on-poultry-farms-why-experts-are/

How ICE Is Targeting Students for Deportation

https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-mahmoud-khalil-ice-15014bcbb921f21a9f704d5acdcae7a8

https://archive.ph/20250316111414/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/nyregion/mahmoud-khalil-columbia-university.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/nyregion/columbia-student-kristi-noem-video.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/nyregion/columbia-university-protester-chung-deportation.html

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/25/columbia-gaza-protester-yunseo-chung-lawsuit

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/nyregion/columbia-student-ice-suit-yunseo-chung.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/us/politics/cornell-student-momodou-taal.html

https://apnews.com/article/social-media-immigration-applicants-handles-dhs-f67b480abebff7e451056be17572593d

https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-trump-admin-spies-on-social?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=7677&post_id=160081190&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=1aiy5i&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

https://apnews.com/article/georgetown-trump-deportation-immigration-homeland-security-21fc205cebbbbba2ed260050df04702a

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/us/rumeysa-ozturk-tufts-student-detained.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/us/israel-gaza-student-protests-canary-mission.html

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/14/israel-betar-deportation-list-trump

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-administration-takes-aim-immigrant-students-rcna198346

https://apnews.com/article/immigration-detainees-students-ozturk-khalil-78f544fb2c8b593c88a0c1f0e0ad9c5f

https://x.com/janashortal/status/1905759411248734353

https://dailyegyptian.com/120974/news/international-siu-student-has-visa-revoked-confirms-university-admin/

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SGz224raVR8mHMzC6q-6EUiNcBKD6BSK/view

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #10

https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-stokes-trade-war-world-reels-tariff-shock-2025-04-03/

https://www.theverge.com/news/642620/trump-tariffs-formula-ai-chatgpt-gemini-claude-grok

https://www.reuters.com/markets/frances-macron-calls-suspension-investment-us-after-tariffs-2025-04-03/

https://x.com/USBPChief/status/1907398210064437404

https://x.com/ReichlinMelnick/status/1907488012239302953

https://x.com/ReichlinMelnick/status/1907411257927311619

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815.11.0.pdf

https://x.com/JDVance/status/1906934067607556440

https://t.co/dFXNSbOyiy

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/04/01/us/elections/results-wisconsin-supreme-court.html

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/02/business/tesla-sales/index.html

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How ICE Is Targeting Students for Deportation Apr 04, 2025

Show notes

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

Sources:

https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-mahmoud-khalil-ice-15014bcbb921f21a9f704d5acdcae7a8

https://archive.ph/20250316111414/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/nyregion/mahmoud-khalil-columbia-university.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/nyregion/columbia-student-kristi-noem-video.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/nyregion/columbia-university-protester-chung-deportation.html

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/25/columbia-gaza-protester-yunseo-chung-lawsuit

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/nyregion/columbia-student-ice-suit-yunseo-chung.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/us/politics/cornell-student-momodou-taal.html

https://apnews.com/article/social-media-immigration-applicants-handles-dhs-f67b480abebff7e451056be17572593d

https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-trump-admin-spies-on-social?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=7677&post_id=160081190&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=1aiy5i&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

https://apnews.com/article/georgetown-trump-deportation-immigration-homeland-security-21fc205cebbbbba2ed260050df04702a

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/us/rumeysa-ozturk-tufts-student-detained.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/us/israel-gaza-student-protests-canary-mission.html

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/14/israel-betar-deportation-list-trump

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-administration-takes-aim-immigrant-students-rcna198346

https://apnews.com/article/immigration-detainees-students-ozturk-khalil-78f544fb2c8b593c88a0c1f0e0ad9c5f

https://x.com/janashortal/status/1905759411248734353

https://dailyegyptian.com/120974/news/international-siu-student-has-visa-revoked-confirms-university-admin/

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SGz224raVR8mHMzC6q-6EUiNcBKD6BSK/view

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