Here are a couple of our favorite episodes of Molly Conger's Weird Little Guys podcast series.

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Here are a couple of our favorite episodes of Molly Conger's Weird Little Guys podcast series.
Soldier of Misfortune: Frank Sweeney, Parts 1 &amp; 2
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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.

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

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Behind the Bastards Presents: Weird Little Guys

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Robert and Kaveh conclude the thrilling sort of how Merck killed 55,000 Americans with Vioxx and then convinced the media they were the good guys somehow.

Sources:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-medical-madoff-anesthestesiologist-faked-data/ 
https://archive.is/Trdy2#selection-695.1-723.182 
https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/merck-manipulated-science-about-drug-vioxx 

https://web.archive.org/web/20170409143210/https://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/legacy/assets/documents/scientific_integrity/how-corporations-corrupt-science.pdf 

https://www.masslive.com/news/2010/06/scott_reuben_a_former_baystate.html 

https://www.jci.org/articles/view/38430 

https://archive.is/Yjj91#selection-835.0-993.212 

https://www.vice.com/en/article/fraud-misconduct-mistakes-this-blog-finds-the-stories-behind-retracted-papers/ 

https://www.anesthesiologynews.com/Policy-Management/Article/03-09/Fraud-Case-Rocks-Anesthesiology-Community/12634?ses=ogst

https://www.bu.edu/sph/news/articles/2019/the-pain-gap/ 

https://scholarship.law.stjohns.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1054&context=jcred 

https://lawecommons.luc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1234&context=lclr 

Nesi, Tom. Poison Pills: The Untold Story of the Vioxx Drug Scandal (p. 31). St. Martin's Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

Robert and Kaveh conclude the thrilling sort of how Merck killed 55,000 Americans with Vioxx and then convinced the media they were the good guys somehow.
Sources:
<a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-medical-madoff-anesthestesiologist-faked-data/">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-medical-madoff-anesthestesiologist-faked-data/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://archive.is/Trdy2#selection-695.1-723.182">https://archive.is/Trdy2#selection-695.1-723.182</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/merck-manipulated-science-about-drug-vioxx">https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/merck-manipulated-science-about-drug-vioxx</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170409143210/https://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/legacy/assets/documents/scientific_integrity/how-corporations-corrupt-science.pdf">https://web.archive.org/web/20170409143210/https://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/legacy/assets/documents/scientific_integrity/how-corporations-corrupt-science.pdf</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.masslive.com/news/2010/06/scott_reuben_a_former_baystate.html">https://www.masslive.com/news/2010/06/scott_reuben_a_former_baystate.html</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.jci.org/articles/view/38430">https://www.jci.org/articles/view/38430</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://archive.is/Yjj91#selection-835.0-993.212">https://archive.is/Yjj91#selection-835.0-993.212</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/fraud-misconduct-mistakes-this-blog-finds-the-stories-behind-retracted-papers/">https://www.vice.com/en/article/fraud-misconduct-mistakes-this-blog-finds-the-stories-behind-retracted-papers/</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.anesthesiologynews.com/Policy-Management/Article/03-09/Fraud-Case-Rocks-Anesthesiology-Community/12634?ses=ogs">https://www.anesthesiologynews.com/Policy-Management/Article/03-09/Fraud-Case-Rocks-Anesthesiology-Community/12634?ses=ogst</a>
<a href="https://www.bu.edu/sph/news/articles/2019/the-pain-gap/">https://www.bu.edu/sph/news/articles/2019/the-pain-gap/</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://scholarship.law.stjohns.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1054&amp;context=jcred">https://scholarship.law.stjohns.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1054&amp;context=jcred</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://lawecommons.luc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1234&amp;context=lclr">https://lawecommons.luc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1234&amp;context=lclr</a>&nbsp;
Nesi, Tom. Poison Pills: The Untold Story of the Vioxx Drug Scandal (p. 31). St. Martin's Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

Part Two: The Vioxx Scandal: How Big Pharma Killed More Americans Than Vietnam

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Robert sits down with Dr. Kaveh Hoda to talk about Vioxx, a pain medication released by pharmaceutical giant Merck even though they knew it caused fatal heart attacks.

(2 Part Series)

Robert sits down with Dr. Kaveh Hoda to talk about Vioxx, a pain medication released by pharmaceutical giant Merck even though they knew it caused fatal heart attacks.
(2 Part Series)

Part One: The Vioxx Scandal: How Big Pharma Killed More Americans Than Vietnam

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Here are a couple of our favorite episodes of Ed Zitron's Better Offline podcast series.
Man Who Killed Google Search
Sam Altman Is Dangerous to Society
Rot Society

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Here are a couple of our favorite episodes of Ed Zitron's Better Offline podcast series.
<ol>
<li>Man Who Killed Google Search</li>
<li>Sam Altman Is Dangerous to Society</li>
<li>Rot Society</li>
</ol>
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Behind the Bastards Presents: Better Offline 

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