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Behind the Bastards

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.

It Could Happen Here Weekly 156

Behind the Bastards

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  Life for Trans People Under Trump What Happens to Gaza Under Trump How Trump's Tariffs Will Impact You Trump's Foreign Policy Why Did Non-White People Vote For Trump? 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! http://apple.co/coolerzone  Sources: Life for Trans People Under Trump https://diyhrt.wiki/https://www.glad.org/transgender-id-project-updating-your-passport/#ds-11 https://www.transjusticefundingproject.org/ https://www.transincomeproject.org/  https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/united-states-v-skrmetti/  https://thehill.com/homenews/3839471-trump-vows-to-punish-doctors-hospitals-that-provide-gender-affirming-care-to-transgender-minors/\  https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/11/harris-trump-trans-rights-election-lgbtq/  https://www.axios.com/2023/01/31/trump-transgender-rights-lgbtq  https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rcna178755  https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2024/05/10/trump-promises-rollback-on-trans-rights-heres-what-hes-said/  https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trumps-anti-trans-ads-are-just-election-rhetoric-rcna178755  https://thehill.com/homenews/3839471-trump-vows-to-punish-doctors-hospitals-that-provide-gender-affirming-care-to-transgender-minors/  https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/08/us/politics/trump-republican-transgender-ads.html  https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/07/us/politics/democrats-kamala-harris.html?unlocked_article_code=1.YU4.kF1q.d5RAok6aekNd&smid=url-share https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-anti-transgender-political-ads-are-dominating-the-airwaves-this-election https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/8/26/21374948/trump-second-term-lgbtq-people What Happens to Gaza Under Trump Palestinians dismayed by Trump's win, their leaders urge peace | Reuters Gaza’s Cease-Fire Talks Will Probably Wait Until After Trump’s Inauguration - The New York Times ‘Israel will keep invading – with more ease’: Gaza dreads Trump presidency | Features News | Al Jazeera Trump Wants to End Gaza War on Israel’s Terms Trump's election promises even more pain for Palestinians U.S. presidential election: Why Trump's phone call with Netanyahu is so alarming. Israeli Officials Embrace Trump Victory, Despite His Unpredictability - The New York Times Donald Trump uses expletive to attack ex-ally Benjamin Netanyahu No guarantees Trump will give Netanyahu all he wants How Trump's Tariffs Will Impact You https://chuangcn.org/2019/12/trade-war-or-redistribution https://chuangcn.org/journal/one/no-way-forward-no-way-back/ https://chuangcn.org/journal/two/picking-quarrels/ https://www.donaldjtrump.com/agenda47/agenda47-cementing-fair-and-reciprocal-trade-with-the-trump-reciprocal-trade-act https://chuangcn.org/2020/06/measuring-profitability/ https://chuangcn.org/2019/08/the-changing-geography-of-chinese-industry-data-brief/ https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/04/politics/china-trump-tariffs-taiwan/index.html https://yeutter-institute.unl.edu/who-has-authority-impose-tariffs-and-how-does-affect-international-trade https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/china-and-walmart-please-for-the-love-3729889/ https://www.americanprogressaction.org/article/trumps-tariff-would-cost-the-typical-american-household-roughly-1500-each-year/ https://taxfoundation.org/research/all/federal/trump-tariffs-biden-tariffs/ https://budgetlab.yale.edu/research/fiscal-macroeconomic-and-price-estimates-tariffs-under-both-non-retaliation-and-retaliation https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2024/11/07/donald-trump-is-poised-to-smash-mexico-with-tariffs https://www.vox.com/scotus/383884/supreme-court-donald-trump-tariffs-inflation-economy Trump's Foreign Policy https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/12/us/civilian-deaths-war-isis.html https://www.reuters.com/article/world/syrian-surprise-how-trumps-phone-call-changed-the-war-idUSKCN1OR0PN/ https://www.donaldjtrump.com/issues https://www.piie.com/research/piie-charts/2024/trumps-bigger-tariff-proposals-would-cost-typical-american-household-over https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-donald-trump-trade-war-second-presidency-kamala-harris/ https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2024-trump-interview-transcript/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/09/woodward-war-biden-putin-nuclear-use-trump-russia-logan-act/ https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/border-patrol-tactical-unit-marksman-fires-round-fatally-injuring https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/11/04/trump-mexico-tariff-trade/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMrVdFnjEjs&t=17s Why Did Non-White People Vote For Trump? https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-11-10/election-2024-asian-american-voters  https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/asian-americans-exit-poll-harris-trump-rcna179005 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Two: How Lawrence of Arabia Invented Modern War

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Robert is joined again by Margaret Killjoy to continue our series on Lawrence of Arabia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: How Lawrence of Arabia Invented Modern War

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Robert tells Margaret Killjoy the whole story of Lawrence of Arabia, a British imperialist, hopeless romantic and asexual icon who invented the concept of modern insurgent war. Through it all we ask: was he a bastard? (4 Part Series) https://www.cliohistory.org/thomas-lawrence/lawrence/youth https://www.investigativeproject.org/4256/guest-column-the-final-death-of-lawrence-of-arabia https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/nov/02/young-lawrence-a-portrait-of-the-legend-as-a-young-man-review https://www.salon.com/2015/03/01/i%C2%A0realize_now_that_he_was_sexless/ https://www.thehistoryreader.com/military-history/t-e-lawrence-art-war-twenty-first-century/ https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/opinions/2016/2/16/what-would-t-e-lawrence-do https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true-story-lawrence-arabia-180951857/ https://www.tracesofevil.com/p/blog-page_24.html https://www.firstworldwar.com/features/telawrence.htm https://baklol.com/baks/Misc/Great-people-who-were-also-per-_1492/T--E--Lawrence-_18491 https://interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2016/sykes-picot-100-years-middle-east-map/index.html https://stljewishlight.org/top-story/lawrence-of-arabia-or-lawrence-of-zion/ https://theintercept.com/2023/03/23/peter-thiel-jeff-thomas/ https://israelforever.org/programs/balfourinitiative/Implementing_Balfour_Declaration/ https://www.jpost.com/Magazine/Opinion/Implementing-the-Balfour-Declaration https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/manuscript-reveals-dark-side-of-lawrence-of-arabia-s-sex-life-76363.html https://www.amazon.com/Setting-Desert-Fire-T-Lawrence-ebook/dp/B006072QSG  https://www.nytimes.com/1970/03/22/archives/the-naked-truth-nothing-withheld-revealed-at-last-the-secret-lives.html https://www.pbs.org/lawrenceofarabia/players/dahoum.html Schneider, James. Guerrilla Leader: T. E. Lawrence and the Arab Revolt (p. 52). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. Sattin, Anthony. The Young T. E. Lawrence (pp. 34-35). W. W. Norton & Company. Kindle Edition.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It Could Happen Here Weekly 155

Behind the Bastards

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  Trump's Constitutional Sheriffs Remember, Remember, the (Other) 5th of November An Election Episode feat. Robert Still Don't Panic: An Election Response Trump's Deportation Plans 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! http://apple.co/coolerzone    Sources: Trump's Constitutional Sheriffs https://politicalresearch.org/the-insurgence-sheriffs Remember, Remember, the (Other) 5th of November https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/inspire-me/real-story-of-bonfire-night/ https://www.ajc.org/news/on-luther-and-his-lies https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/guy-fawkes-bonfire-night/index.html https://deadline.com/2024/10/lilly-wachowski-anarchists-united-grants-1236161483/ https://www.autostraddle.com/lilly-wachowski-interview/ Trump's Deportation Plans https://www.reuters.com/graphics/USA-ELECTION/MIGRATION-DEPORTATIONS/akpeoeoerpr/ https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/cbp-enforcement-statistics/title-8-and-title-42-statistics-fy22 https://www.reuters.com/world/us/how-trump-would-crack-down-immigration-second-term-2023-11-14/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-pledges-10000-extra-border-agents-fight-with-harris-over-immigration-2024-10-13/ https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/mass-deportation https://www.ice.gov/identify-and-arrest/287gSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Two: The Holy Rollers Sex Cult

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Sophie has never been wrong about a single thing in her life. Matt Lieb guests and Robert is also there.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: The Holy Rollers Sex Cult

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Robert sits down with Matt Lieb to talk about Oregon's first sex cult: the Holy Rollers. (2 Part Series)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CZM Rewind: Part Two: King Leopold II: The First Modern Bastard

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Original Air Date: June 14th, 2018 Robert is joined again by Andrew Ti (Yo, Is This Racist?) and they continue discuss the evil actions of King Leopold II of Belgium. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CZM Rewind: Part One: King Leopold II: The First Modern Bastard

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Original Air Date: June 12th, 2018 Have you ever heard of King Leopold II? In Episode 7, Robert is joined by Andrew Ti (Yo, Is This Racist?) and they discuss the King of Belgium, who was the first world leader to be crappy in the true modern sense of the word. His life’s work was the blueprint for being the kind of terrible that we recognize in modern leaders like Dick Cheney or Vladimir Putin. He pioneered screwing over tens of millions of people for petty personal gainSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Two: Lord Aspinall: The Gambling King of London

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Robert and Ed continue the story of Lord Aspinall, who trades in his gambling house for the deadliest zoo in history. Bonus: murder! Sources: https://www.amazon.com/Gamblers-Aspinall-James-Goldsmith-murder/dp/1844132056 https://archive.org/details/passionofjohnasp0000mast/page/32/mode/2up https://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/may/04/abuse-britain-private-schools-personal-memoir https://sci-hub.hkvisa.net/10.2307/367195 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/41310278.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/jul/02/lynnbarber.theobserver https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/jan/09/politics.past http://www.gambling-stories.com/2015/02/john-aspinall-bio.html?m=1 https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/news/2000/jun/30/guardianobituaries?bshm=rimc/2 https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/uk/2000/jun/30/keithperry?bshm=rimc/2 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: Lord Aspinall: The Gambling King of London

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Robert sits down with Ed Zitron to talk about Lord Aspinall and his gambling buddies, who ruled London high society with an iron fist and also did a murder.   (2 part series)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It Could Happen Here Weekly 106

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file 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! http://apple.co/coolerzone See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.