Robert walks Blake Wexler through the life and times of Carl Schmitt, a legal scholar born in Imperial Germany who would come to create the blueprint for how fascist movements could destroy liberal democracy from within.

(2 Part Series)

Robert walks Blake Wexler through the life and times of Carl Schmitt, a legal scholar born in Imperial Germany who would come to create the blueprint for how fascist movements could destroy liberal democracy from within.
(2 Part Series)

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 One: Carl Schmitt: The Mind Behind Modern Fascism

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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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Happy New Year, Robert and Sophie sit down and answer listener questions.

Happy New Year, Robert and Sophie sit down and answer listener questions.

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

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Robert is joined again by James Stout to continue to discuss the Tobacco Industry.

Robert is joined again by James Stout to continue to discuss the Tobacco Industry.

CZM Rewind: Part Two: How Cigarettes Invented Everything

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Part One: Carl Schmitt: The Mind Behind Modern Fascism

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