ICBMs made it possible to end the world in 15 minutes or less. Robert tells Margaret about the nightmarishly incompetent first draft of the Minuteman, a nuclear weapons system almost perfectly designed to end the world on accident.

ICBMs made it possible to end the world in 15 minutes or less. Robert tells Margaret about the nightmarishly incompetent first draft of the Minuteman, a nuclear weapons system almost perfectly designed to end the world on accident.

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: The Men Who Might Have Killed Us All

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Robert continues the early history of Mohammed Bin Salman and the House of Saud.

Robert continues the early history of Mohammed Bin Salman and the House of Saud.

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

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Robert sits down with David Bell to tell the life story of MBS, the crown prince and ruler behind the scenes of the Saudi Kingdom.

(4 Part Series)

Robert sits down with David Bell to tell the life story of MBS, the crown prince and ruler behind the scenes of the Saudi Kingdom.
(4 Part Series)

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

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Robert and Sophie continue to answer listener questions.

Robert and Sophie continue to answer listener questions.

Part Two: Behind the Bastards Q&A: 2026 Edition

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Part Four: The Men Who Might Have Killed Us All

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