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Behind the Bastards

Behind the Bastards

Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts 1134 Episodes Sep 19, 2026

Behind the Bastards dives into the lives of history's worst humans, exposing the bizarre realities behind their monstrous ideologies. From Hitler's young adult novels to Blackwater's founder building his own Air Force, the podcast explores the strange and terrifying details of dictators, warlords, and other bastards. Hosted by Robert Evans, it's a darkly humorous and deeply researched look at the worst people in history.

Episodes

It Could Happen Here Weekly 250
It Could Happen Here Weekly 250 Sep 19, 2026 12577 All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file: Sanctions, Terror, and the Internet Should AOC talk to MAHA? Debating the American Role in the Middle East A History Built of Uprising Executive Disorder: Oil Crisis, New Mail-In-Voting Rules Blocked, Macklemore Based?? You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media su
Part Four: Francis Galton: Inventor of Eugenics
Part Four: Francis Galton: Inventor of Eugenics Sep 17, 2026 3208 We conclude the story of Francis Galton and explore all the hideous ways his ideas helped inspire eugenic laws around the world, and ultimately the Holocaust. Sources:  https://www.historyofdatascience.com/francis-galton-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-of-19th-century-science/ https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/special-collections/kantsaywhere https://unseenhistories.substack.com/p/the-disturbing-vi
Part Three: Francis Galton: Inventor of Eugenics
Part Three: Francis Galton: Inventor of Eugenics Sep 15, 2026 4599 Robert explains how Francis Galton helped invent modern forensic science while looking for ways to be more racist, as well as continuing his weird fetish of 'measuring' attractive women.   Sources: https://www.historyofdatascience.com/francis-galton-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-of-19th-century-science/ https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/special-collections/kantsaywhere https://unseenhistories.sub
It Could Happen Here Weekly 249
It Could Happen Here Weekly 249 Sep 12, 2026 10826 All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file: Counterrevolution in Egypt What Happened with Milo Yiannopoulos? The Death of American Hegemony Executive Disorder: Escalation in Iran, Trade War with Canada, Arcade.gov You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podca
Part Two: Francis Galton: Inventor of Eugenics
Part Two: Francis Galton: Inventor of Eugenics Sep 10, 2026 4255 In part 2, we follow Galton during his youthful rampage through the middle east and then Africa, and how his 'gap years' created the racism we all live with today.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Part One: Francis Galton: Inventor of Eugenics
Part One: Francis Galton: Inventor of Eugenics Sep 8, 2026 3912 This week Robert begins our exploration of Francis Galton, a groundbreaking explorer and statistician who also invented modern racism as we know it by creating Eugenics. (4 Part Series)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
It Could Happen Here Weekly 248
It Could Happen Here Weekly 248 Sep 5, 2026 11219 All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  Disarming Hamas  Anarchists and the Great War with Andrew The Hunt for Jason Arday Civilization with Andrew Executive Disorder: US Strikes Wedding in Iran, Mail-In Voting Whistleblower, Tupac Killer Convicted  You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Me
Part Two: The Websites Behind An International Rapist Network
Part Two: The Websites Behind An International Rapist Network Sep 3, 2026 4231 Robert sketches out the international network of websites where sex criminals ply their trade and advertise, and concludes the story of Dominique Pelicot.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Part One: The Websites Behind An International Rapist Network
Part One: The Websites Behind An International Rapist Network Sep 1, 2026 4143 There exists online a community of websites and users who encourage, pay and teach each other in how to drug and sexually abuse women. Robert explores the case of one particular website, Coco, in France, along with in one specific offender, Dominique Pelicot.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
It Could Happen Here Weekly 247
It Could Happen Here Weekly 247 Aug 29, 2026 15114 All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  How to Rob a City: NBA Billionaire Edition  How the United States Built its Colonial Empire, Pt. 2 Sophie Cunningham's Transphobic WNBA Panic  DHS Surveillance and Infiltration of ICE Protests in Minnesota  Executive Disorder: Mail-In Voting Restrictions, Canadian Trade War, Record High
Part Two: Percy Fawcett: Real-Life Indiana Jones, or Deluded Psychic Racist?
Part Two: Percy Fawcett: Real-Life Indiana Jones, or Deluded Psychic Racist? Aug 27, 2026 4499 Robert concludes the tale of Percy Fawcett by discussing how he came to believe a hidden jungle portal would turn his son into a god (spoiler: they died horribly).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Part One: Percy Fawcett: Real-Life Indiana Jones, or Deluded Psychic Racist?
Part One: Percy Fawcett: Real-Life Indiana Jones, or Deluded Psychic Racist? Aug 25, 2026 3537 There are a few candidates for the title "the real Indiana Jones" but Percy Fawcett is the man whose reputation most inspired our favorite fictional archaeologist. Unfortunately, he was a racist, a murderer and a weirdo occultist who led his own son to a horrific death for reasons of Magic.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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