Robert is again joined by Tom Reimann to discuss Morton Downey Junior.

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Robert is again joined by Tom Reimann to discuss Morton Downey Junior.
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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.

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.

CZM Rewind: Morton Downey Junior: The Ur-Media Grifter

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/ce5b7756-a65f-4e43-ab6c-b178001c78f8/transcript

Robert killed a man in Reno, just to watch him die. Also he concludes the story of the murder of the Chagos Islands by the U.S. and the ailing British Empire. With bonus Dog Genocide!



Behind the Bastards is doing it's annual fundraiser for the Portland Diaper Bank! We had a soft start a week or so ago but will actually be plugging it this week and next. Please help if you can!

https://www.gofundme.com/f/btb-fundraiser-pdx-diaper-bank?attribution_id=sl:a1a2d058-9511-435e-ab61-93bc1252ffa5&utm_campaign=pd_ss_icons&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=twitter

Sources:

https://www.hrw.org/report/2023/02/15/thats-when-nightmare-started/uk-and-us-forced-displacement-chagossians-and

https://archive.is/KvGqw#selection-1769.0-1781.535

Vine, David. Island of Shame: The Secret History of the U.S. Military Base on Diego Garcia (p. 18). Princeton University Press. Kindle Edition.

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2019/2/25/how-britain-forcefully-depopulated-a-whole-archipelago/

https://archive.org/details/webofdeceitbrita0000curt/page/432/mode/2up?q=chagos

https://journals.openedition.org/oceanindien/2003

Robert killed a man in Reno, just to watch him die. Also he concludes the story of the murder of the Chagos Islands by the U.S. and the ailing British Empire. With bonus Dog Genocide!
 
Behind the Bastards is doing it's annual fundraiser for the Portland Diaper Bank! We had a soft start a week or so ago but will actually be plugging it this week and next. Please help if you can!
<a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/btb-fundraiser-pdx-diaper-bank?attribution_id=sl:a1a2d058-9511-435e-ab61-93bc1252ffa5&amp;utm_campaign=pd_ss_icons&amp;utm_medium=customer&amp;utm_source=twitter">https://www.gofundme.com/f/btb-fundraiser-pdx-diaper-bank?attribution_id=sl:a1a2d058-9511-435e-ab61-93bc1252ffa5&amp;utm_campaign=pd_ss_icons&amp;utm_medium=customer&amp;utm_source=twitter</a> 
Sources:
<a href="https://www.hrw.org/report/2023/02/15/thats-when-nightmare-started/uk-and-us-forced-displacement-chagossians-and" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.hrw.org/report/2023/02/15/thats-when-nightmare-started/uk-and-us-forced-displacement-chagossians-and&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1718940354693000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2tr0lXOK8BOPydkDczbTSI">https://www.hrw.org/report/2023/02/15/thats-when-nightmare-started/uk-and-us-forced-displacement-chagossians-and</a>
<a href="https://archive.is/KvGqw#selection-1769.0-1781.535" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://archive.is/KvGqw%23selection-1769.0-1781.535&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1718940354694000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3t-jk4XyvzJ0QPOsbVZAXm">https://archive.is/KvGqw#selection-1769.0-1781.535</a>
Vine, David. Island of Shame: The Secret History of the U.S. Military Base on Diego Garcia (p. 18). Princeton University Press. Kindle Edition.
<a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2019/2/25/how-britain-forcefully-depopulated-a-whole-archipelago/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2019/2/25/how-britain-forcefully-depopulated-a-whole-archipelago/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1718940354694000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1kddqgdJzA60-DhG9p9wvq">https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2019/2/25/how-britain-forcefully-depopulated-a-whole-archipelago/</a>
<a href="https://archive.org/details/webofdeceitbrita0000curt/page/432/mode/2up?q=chagos" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://archive.org/details/webofdeceitbrita0000curt/page/432/mode/2up?q%3Dchagos&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1718940354694000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3343ECMr0KPnKCOZn0YICo">https://archive.org/details/webofdeceitbrita0000curt/page/432/mode/2up?q=chagos</a>
<a href="https://journals.openedition.org/oceanindien/2003" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://journals.openedition.org/oceanindien/2003&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1718940354694000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0d4JV76bA1yEzNR2qJdQGj">https://journals.openedition.org/oceanindien/2003</a>

Part Two: How the British Empire and U.S. Department of Defense Murdered an Island Paradise

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/8cbf4350-523a-4d32-8212-b1950037140e/transcript

Robert welcomes Andrew Ti back to the show to tell the story of the Chagos Islands, a paradise founded by former slaves that was wiped out by the British empire so they could lease it to the U.S. as an air base.

(2 Part Series)

Behind the Bastards is doing it's annual fundraiser for the Portland Diaper Bank! We had a soft start a week or so ago but will actually be plugging it this week and next. Please help if you can!

https://www.gofundme.com/f/btb-fundraiser-pdx-diaper-bank?attribution_id=sl:a1a2d058-9511-435e-ab61-93bc1252ffa5&utm_campaign=pd_ss_icons&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=twitter

Sources:

https://www.hrw.org/report/2023/02/15/thats-when-nightmare-started/uk-and-us-forced-displacement-chagossians-and

https://archive.is/KvGqw#selection-1769.0-1781.535

Vine, David. Island of Shame: The Secret History of the U.S. Military Base on Diego Garcia (p. 18). Princeton University Press. Kindle Edition.

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2019/2/25/how-britain-forcefully-depopulated-a-whole-archipelago/

https://archive.org/details/webofdeceitbrita0000curt/page/432/mode/2up?q=chagos

https://journals.openedition.org/oceanindien/2003

Robert welcomes Andrew Ti back to the show to tell the story of the Chagos Islands, a paradise founded by former slaves that was wiped out by the British empire so they could lease it to the U.S. as an air base.
(2 Part Series)
Behind the Bastards is doing it's annual fundraiser for the Portland Diaper Bank! We had a soft start a week or so ago but will actually be plugging it this week and next. Please help if you can!
<a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/btb-fundraiser-pdx-diaper-bank?attribution_id=sl:a1a2d058-9511-435e-ab61-93bc1252ffa5&amp;utm_campaign=pd_ss_icons&amp;utm_medium=customer&amp;utm_source=twitter">https://www.gofundme.com/f/btb-fundraiser-pdx-diaper-bank?attribution_id=sl:a1a2d058-9511-435e-ab61-93bc1252ffa5&amp;utm_campaign=pd_ss_icons&amp;utm_medium=customer&amp;utm_source=twitter</a> 
Sources:
<a href="https://www.hrw.org/report/2023/02/15/thats-when-nightmare-started/uk-and-us-forced-displacement-chagossians-and" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.hrw.org/report/2023/02/15/thats-when-nightmare-started/uk-and-us-forced-displacement-chagossians-and&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1718940354693000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2tr0lXOK8BOPydkDczbTSI">https://www.hrw.org/report/2023/02/15/thats-when-nightmare-started/uk-and-us-forced-displacement-chagossians-and</a>
<a href="https://archive.is/KvGqw#selection-1769.0-1781.535" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://archive.is/KvGqw%23selection-1769.0-1781.535&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1718940354694000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3t-jk4XyvzJ0QPOsbVZAXm">https://archive.is/KvGqw#selection-1769.0-1781.535</a>
Vine, David. Island of Shame: The Secret History of the U.S. Military Base on Diego Garcia (p. 18). Princeton University Press. Kindle Edition.
<a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2019/2/25/how-britain-forcefully-depopulated-a-whole-archipelago/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2019/2/25/how-britain-forcefully-depopulated-a-whole-archipelago/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1718940354694000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1kddqgdJzA60-DhG9p9wvq">https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2019/2/25/how-britain-forcefully-depopulated-a-whole-archipelago/</a>
<a href="https://archive.org/details/webofdeceitbrita0000curt/page/432/mode/2up?q=chagos" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://archive.org/details/webofdeceitbrita0000curt/page/432/mode/2up?q%3Dchagos&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1718940354694000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3343ECMr0KPnKCOZn0YICo">https://archive.org/details/webofdeceitbrita0000curt/page/432/mode/2up?q=chagos</a>
<a href="https://journals.openedition.org/oceanindien/2003" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://journals.openedition.org/oceanindien/2003&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1718940354694000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0d4JV76bA1yEzNR2qJdQGj">https://journals.openedition.org/oceanindien/2003</a>

Part One: How the British Empire and U.S. Department of Defense Murdered an Island Paradise

Robert and Prop conclude the story of Thomas Jefferson by talking about the time he built a smarthome powered by child slavery.Robert and Prop conclude the story of Thomas Jefferson by talking about the time he built a smart home powered by child slavery.

Robert and Prop conclude the story of Thomas Jefferson by talking about the time he built a smarthome powered by child slavery.Robert and Prop conclude the story of Thomas Jefferson by talking about the time he built a smart home powered by child slavery.

Part Four: Thomas Jefferson: King of Hypocrites

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/5d2e6abb-696e-48c9-94b4-b18d0150da96/transcript

CZM Rewind: Morton Downey Junior: The Ur-Media Grifter

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