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

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/f47f2f14-f99f-46ec-a1fc-b3ae018a92d3/transcript

Robert sits down with his old pal and Grammy-award audio engineer Greazy Will to discuss one of the music industry's greatest bastards: Phil Spector.

(4 Part Series)

Robert sits down with his old pal and Grammy-award audio engineer Greazy Will to discuss one of the music industry's greatest bastards: Phil Spector.
(4 Part Series)

Part One: The Phil Spector Episodes

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/d0545f1f-4aac-4bc9-90f1-b41d015ad31c/transcript

Robert discusses what Reza did with power once he ascended to the Peacock throne, and how he ultimately lost everything.

Robert discusses what Reza did with power once he ascended to the Peacock throne, and how he ultimately lost everything.

Part Two: The First Shah of Iran

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/7deb718f-0119-4bc4-a2bc-b41801389a71/transcript

Robert sits down with Dr. Kaveh Hoda to discuss the first Shah of Iran.

(2 Part Series)

Robert sits down with Dr. Kaveh Hoda to discuss the first Shah of Iran.
(2 Part Series)

Part One: The First Shah of Iran

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/45a61fdd-6094-4244-99c0-b41601643d83/transcript

Part Four: The Men Who Might Have Killed Us All

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