Garrison is joined by Robert to conclude the story of Eugene Talmadge and how his campaign for a White Supremacist Georgia lead to his death.

Garrison is joined by Robert to conclude the story of Eugene Talmadge and how his campaign for a White Supremacist Georgia lead to his death.

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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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 Four: America's First Fascist Governor

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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.

Part Three: America's First Fascist Governor

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Garrison and Robert continue the tale of Gene Talmadge with his first military style coup of Georgia and his battle against FDR.

Garrison and Robert continue the tale of Gene Talmadge with his first military style coup of Georgia and his battle against FDR.

Part Two: America's First Fascist Governor

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Garrison Davis is joined by Robert Evans to discuss Eugene Talmadge, the racist southern country lawyer who became a dictator.

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Sources:

The Wild Man From Sugar Creek by William Anderson
Race and Racism in the United States by Charles A. Gallagher, Cameron D. Lippard

Labor in the South by F. Ray Marshall

https://www.ajc.com/news/special-reports/when-georgia-had-three-governors-the-story-that-won-george-goodwin-journalism-prize/PNNohvV4spaPsd5lFSzbkK/
https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/blog/the-three-governors-controversy/

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna19251476
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/16/suspects-1946-moores-ford-bridge-georgia-mass-lynching-alive
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/17/naacp-cover-up-georgia-lynching

Garrison Davis is joined by Robert Evans to discuss Eugene Talmadge, the racist southern country lawyer who became a dictator.
(4 Part Series)
Sources:
The Wild Man From Sugar Creek by William Anderson Race and Racism in the United States by Charles A. Gallagher, Cameron D. Lippard
Labor in the South by F. Ray Marshall
<a href="https://www.ajc.com/news/special-reports/when-georgia-had-three-governors-the-story-that-won-george-goodwin-journalism-prize/PNNohvV4spaPsd5lFSzbkK/">https://www.ajc.com/news/special-reports/when-georgia-had-three-governors-the-story-that-won-george-goodwin-journalism-prize/PNNohvV4spaPsd5lFSzbkK/</a>  <a href="https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/blog/the-three-governors-controversy/">https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/blog/the-three-governors-controversy/</a> 
<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna19251476">https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna19251476</a>  <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/16/suspects-1946-moores-ford-bridge-georgia-mass-lynching-alive">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/16/suspects-1946-moores-ford-bridge-georgia-mass-lynching-alive</a>  <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/17/naacp-cover-up-georgia-lynching">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/17/naacp-cover-up-georgia-lynching</a>

Part One: America's First Fascist Governor

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Part Four: America's First Fascist Governor

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