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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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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Robert concludes the heroic story of a fake bomb detector that got forced on Iraq leading to hundreds of deaths.

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Robert concludes the heroic story of a fake bomb detector that got forced on Iraq leading to hundreds of deaths.
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Part Two: The Fake Bomb Detector Grift That Killed Hundreds

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/15b62ce4-dc9e-4315-8cb8-b46c0126760a/transcript

Robert sits down with Ed Zitron to discuss one of the deadliest fake tech products in history: the Gopher, a fake golf ball detector that became a fake bomb detector and got hundreds of people killed.

Robert sits down with Ed Zitron to discuss one of the deadliest fake tech products in history: the Gopher, a fake golf ball detector that became a fake bomb detector and got hundreds of people killed.

Part One: The Fake Bomb Detector Grift That Killed Hundreds

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/8068579a-eb50-4db8-b269-b46a01285432/transcript

Robert concludes the story of the rise and fall of an activist investor we can now admit was just Bill Ackman all along.

Robert concludes the story of the rise and fall of an activist investor we can now admit was just Bill Ackman all along.

Part Two: The Rise of the "Activist" Investor

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/e32a0bc4-4057-4c43-889c-b465015ef343/transcript

Part Four: America's First Fascist Governor

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