Garrison and Robert return to discuss Eugene Talmadge’s takeover of state finances and his fight against the new deal.

Garrison and Robert return to discuss Eugene Talmadge’s takeover of state finances and his fight against the new deal.

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.

Everything you don't know about History's greatest monsters

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.

Part Three: America's First Fascist Governor

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Robert concludes the story of T.E. Lawrence by getting into the real bastardry of his life, including a pretty heinous war crime!

Robert concludes the story of T.E. Lawrence by getting into the real bastardry of his life, including a pretty heinous war crime!

Part Four: How Lawrence of Arabia Invented Modern War

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Robert tells Margaret how to scientifically shatter a bridge the T.E. Lawrence way, and how Lawrence crippled the transportation infrastructure of a mighty empire using some guys with camels and sacks of flour.

Robert tells Margaret how to scientifically shatter a bridge the T.E. Lawrence way, and how Lawrence crippled the transportation infrastructure of a mighty empire using some guys with camels and sacks of flour.

Part Three: 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.

Robert is joined again by Margaret Killjoy to continue our series on Lawrence of Arabia.

Part Two: How Lawrence of Arabia Invented Modern War

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Part Three: America's First Fascist Governor

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