We conclude the story of Saudi Arabia's blood-soaked crown prince, for now.

We conclude the story of Saudi Arabia's blood-soaked crown prince, for now.

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

Behind the Bastards

Part Four: Prince Mohammed Bin Salman: The Tyrant of Saudi Arabia

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/0b98bdf0-482c-44f4-9e3f-b3df00150e65/transcript

After World War One, the British Mandate takes over in Palestine- and shit really starts to hit the fan, leading to a series of riots,  pogroms, assassinations and the dissolution of the communities that has existed in harmony for generations.

Sources:

https://www.jpost.com/blogs/my-nation-lives/this-week-in-israeli-history-operation-moses-raful-eitan-and-the-patria-disaster-435421

https://www.972mag.com/the-first-political-murder-in-jewish-palestine-lessons-of-intolerance/

https://archive.is/Rdwny#selection-1141.0-1141.321

https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1654849

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https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/40692

https://anumuseum.org.il/blog/patria/

https://waqarahmed.org/menachem-begin-israeli-terrorist-who-became-prime-minister-won-nobel-peace-prize

https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/10023/24114/hoffman_2020_swi_bombingkingdavid_aam.pdf?sequence=1

https://www.mideastjournal.org/post/jewish-arab-relations-a-deep-dive-into-the-history

https://www.972mag.com/before-zionism-the-shared-life-of-jews-and-palestinians/

https://jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-arabs-in-palestine

https://palestinenexus.com/articles/conflict-palestine-bw-jews-arabs-zionism

https://thecjn.ca/news/jews-muslims-coexisted-peacefully/

https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/jabotinsky-vladimir/?format=pdf

https://www.jstor.org/stable/41857736?seq=19wwf

After World War One, the British Mandate takes over in Palestine- and shit really starts to hit the fan, leading to a series of riots, &nbsp;pogroms, assassinations and the dissolution of the communities that has existed in harmony for generations.
Sources:
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<a href="https://archive.is/Rdwny#selection-1141.0-1141.321" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://archive.is/Rdwny%23selection-1141.0-1141.321&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2Ugfl9zanrU1Clp8ME6Sry">https://archive.is/Rdwny#selection-1141.0-1141.321</a>
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<a href="https://www.mideastjournal.org/post/jewish-arab-relations-a-deep-dive-into-the-history" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.mideastjournal.org/post/jewish-arab-relations-a-deep-dive-into-the-history&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0-3cT_q-GkLIKOPhFFrN0n">https://www.mideastjournal.org/post/jewish-arab-relations-a-deep-dive-into-the-history</a>
<a href="https://www.972mag.com/before-zionism-the-shared-life-of-jews-and-palestinians/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.972mag.com/before-zionism-the-shared-life-of-jews-and-palestinians/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1jbIS99sC2dB_t_V_mS6nr">https://www.972mag.com/before-zionism-the-shared-life-of-jews-and-palestinians/</a>
<a href="https://jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-arabs-in-palestine" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-arabs-in-palestine&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3vhmOyqOFVk6EdrHDNkwMo">https://jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-arabs-in-palestine</a>
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<a href="https://thecjn.ca/news/jews-muslims-coexisted-peacefully/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://thecjn.ca/news/jews-muslims-coexisted-peacefully/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw25trli_EWtggJUYLDMS10K">https://thecjn.ca/news/jews-muslims-coexisted-peacefully/</a>
<a href="https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/jabotinsky-vladimir/?format=pdf" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/jabotinsky-vladimir/?format%3Dpdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw06ZfBtkFZjehtRh9SjhC9T">https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/jabotinsky-vladimir/?format=pdf</a>
<a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/41857736?seq=19wwf" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41857736?seq%3D19wwf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw14x_R5ntxxGSgiWLzkBZ4E">https://www.jstor.org/stable/41857736?seq=19wwf</a>

 Part Two: The Origins of Terror in Palestine

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/f719a2bf-5cf7-4097-bf4a-b49d01561a38/transcript

Robert sits down with Dr. Dana al-Kurd to discuss how things started going wrong in Palestine, and how terror first came to the Holy Land.

Sources:

https://www.jpost.com/blogs/my-nation-lives/this-week-in-israeli-history-operation-moses-raful-eitan-and-the-patria-disaster-435421

https://www.972mag.com/the-first-political-murder-in-jewish-palestine-lessons-of-intolerance/

https://archive.is/Rdwny#selection-1141.0-1141.321

https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1654849

https://rense.com/general76/zan.htm

https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/40692

https://anumuseum.org.il/blog/patria/

https://waqarahmed.org/menachem-begin-israeli-terrorist-who-became-prime-minister-won-nobel-peace-prize

https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/10023/24114/hoffman_2020_swi_bombingkingdavid_aam.pdf?sequence=1

https://www.mideastjournal.org/post/jewish-arab-relations-a-deep-dive-into-the-history

https://www.972mag.com/before-zionism-the-shared-life-of-jews-and-palestinians/

https://jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-arabs-in-palestine

https://palestinenexus.com/articles/conflict-palestine-bw-jews-arabs-zionism

https://thecjn.ca/news/jews-muslims-coexisted-peacefully/

https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/jabotinsky-vladimir/?format=pdf

https://www.jstor.org/stable/41857736?seq=19wwf

Robert sits down with Dr. Dana al-Kurd to discuss how things started going wrong in Palestine, and how terror first came to the Holy Land.
Sources:
<a href="https://www.jpost.com/blogs/my-nation-lives/this-week-in-israeli-history-operation-moses-raful-eitan-and-the-patria-disaster-435421" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.jpost.com/blogs/my-nation-lives/this-week-in-israeli-history-operation-moses-raful-eitan-and-the-patria-disaster-435421&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw171_Ins6s1YjVWY3GjXG5B">https://www.jpost.com/blogs/my-nation-lives/this-week-in-israeli-history-operation-moses-raful-eitan-and-the-patria-disaster-435421</a>
<a href="https://www.972mag.com/the-first-political-murder-in-jewish-palestine-lessons-of-intolerance/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.972mag.com/the-first-political-murder-in-jewish-palestine-lessons-of-intolerance/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3dRxU8ubQTiZpKMVG1ocLI">https://www.972mag.com/the-first-political-murder-in-jewish-palestine-lessons-of-intolerance/</a>
<a href="https://archive.is/Rdwny#selection-1141.0-1141.321" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://archive.is/Rdwny%23selection-1141.0-1141.321&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2Ugfl9zanrU1Clp8ME6Sry">https://archive.is/Rdwny#selection-1141.0-1141.321</a>
<a href="https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1654849" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1654849&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3VrTakXECAxfcExzcI-ajA">https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1654849</a>
<a href="https://rense.com/general76/zan.htm" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://rense.com/general76/zan.htm&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1osF9jHFnXMSGNdo90gmSC">https://rense.com/general76/zan.htm</a>
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<a href="https://www.mideastjournal.org/post/jewish-arab-relations-a-deep-dive-into-the-history" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.mideastjournal.org/post/jewish-arab-relations-a-deep-dive-into-the-history&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0-3cT_q-GkLIKOPhFFrN0n">https://www.mideastjournal.org/post/jewish-arab-relations-a-deep-dive-into-the-history</a>
<a href="https://www.972mag.com/before-zionism-the-shared-life-of-jews-and-palestinians/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.972mag.com/before-zionism-the-shared-life-of-jews-and-palestinians/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1jbIS99sC2dB_t_V_mS6nr">https://www.972mag.com/before-zionism-the-shared-life-of-jews-and-palestinians/</a>
<a href="https://jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-arabs-in-palestine" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-arabs-in-palestine&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3vhmOyqOFVk6EdrHDNkwMo">https://jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-arabs-in-palestine</a>
<a href="https://palestinenexus.com/articles/conflict-palestine-bw-jews-arabs-zionism" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://palestinenexus.com/articles/conflict-palestine-bw-jews-arabs-zionism&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3FN2svbcDcyfVzKWa9V2XW">https://palestinenexus.com/articles/conflict-palestine-bw-jews-arabs-zionism</a>
<a href="https://thecjn.ca/news/jews-muslims-coexisted-peacefully/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://thecjn.ca/news/jews-muslims-coexisted-peacefully/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw25trli_EWtggJUYLDMS10K">https://thecjn.ca/news/jews-muslims-coexisted-peacefully/</a>
<a href="https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/jabotinsky-vladimir/?format=pdf" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/jabotinsky-vladimir/?format%3Dpdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw06ZfBtkFZjehtRh9SjhC9T">https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/jabotinsky-vladimir/?format=pdf</a>
<a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/41857736?seq=19wwf" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41857736?seq%3D19wwf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw14x_R5ntxxGSgiWLzkBZ4E">https://www.jstor.org/stable/41857736?seq=19wwf</a>

Part One: The Origins of Terror in Palestine

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/f946715e-8e1c-4009-a984-b49c00136d6f/transcript

After the Civil War takes everything from her, Rebecca blames her woes on rich white planters, which weirdly causes her to become a pro-lynching activist.

After the Civil War takes everything from her, Rebecca blames her woes on rich white planters, which weirdly causes her to become a pro-lynching activist.

 Part Two: Rebecca Felton: The First Female Senator (was also a pro-lynching activist)

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/8fc2ef8e-f8b3-4475-ad77-b4960163cc51/transcript

Part Four: Prince Mohammed Bin Salman: The Tyrant of Saudi Arabia

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