Robert sits down with Ed Helms to discuss one of our worst monsters: David Berg, founder of the Children of God cult.

Robert sits down with Ed Helms to discuss one of our worst monsters: David Berg, founder of the Children of God cult.

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: David Berg and the Children of God (ft. Ed Helms)

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/1fa75b64-9564-41c6-8de6-b305015c9180/transcript

This week Robert begins the three-part story of the former wealthiest man on earth, H.L. Hunt, who also became the first right wing plutocrat to buy his own shitty media empire, creating a model for Elon Musk to follow today.

(3 Part Series)

https://bluebonnetnews.com/2024/10/11/from-fields-to-fortune-how-h-l-hunt-once-became-richest-man-in-the-world/

https://www.oklahomaminerals.com/wildcatter-chronicles-h-l-hunt-pioneer-of-oil-industry

https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/h-l-hunt

https://www.nbcnews.com/msnbc/msnbc-podcast/archives-ultra-season-two-episode-eight-ncsl1310380

Hendershot, Heather. What's Fair on the Air?: Cold War Right-Wing Broadcasting and the Public Interest (p. 63). The University of Chicago Press. Kindle Edition.

https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/hunt-haroldson-lafayette

https://archive.org/details/foia_Hunt_H.L.-HQ-2/page/n39/mode/1up

https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/new-london-school-explosion

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tennessean-waddy-thorpe-hunt-request/54655604/

https://archive.org/details/kingdomstoryofhu0000tucc/page/49/mode/1up

This week Robert begins the three-part story of the former wealthiest man on earth, H.L. Hunt, who also became the first right wing plutocrat to buy his own shitty media empire, creating a model for Elon Musk to follow today.
(3 Part Series)
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<a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebsco.com%2Fresearch-starters%2Fhistory%2Fh-l-hunt&amp;data=05%7C02%7CSophieLichterman%40iheartmedia.com%7C17fde5a578c348baa60808deafbf04ba%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C639141432128622405%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=9OErlk3AcW9yeNh5iJ%2FX0wjG4eFT9Sx1yz73PZSdR94%3D&amp;reserved=0" data-outlook-id="f8265cdb-3b2d-41cd-b0ad-5eea10d73a19" data-linkindex="2">https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/h-l-hunt</a>
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Hendershot, Heather. What's Fair on the Air?: Cold War Right-Wing Broadcasting and the Public Interest (p. 63). The University of Chicago Press. Kindle Edition.
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Part One: H.L. Hunt: The First Elon Musk

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/24c18a86-ad2d-4fdf-b621-b44701619315/transcript

Robert concludes his explanation of how AI chatbots replicate cult dynamics in the brains of some vulnerable users.

 

Robert concludes his explanation of how AI chatbots replicate cult dynamics in the brains of some vulnerable users.
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Part Two: How AI Chatbots Became Cult Leaders

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/a85b2223-835c-4b83-8d0c-b44201681694/transcript

Over the last year or so a series of news articles have sounded warnings about AI psychosis, and now an AI-generated cult, the Spiralists. Robert sits down with Blake Wexler to answer an important question: can a chatbot become a cult leader?

Over the last year or so a series of news articles have sounded warnings about AI psychosis, and now an AI-generated cult, the Spiralists. Robert sits down with Blake Wexler to&nbsp;answer an important question: can a chatbot become a cult leader?

Part One: How AI Chatbots Became Cult Leaders

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/ace02976-f731-4e8c-a821-b440015b0652/transcript

Part One: David Berg and the Children of God (ft. Ed Helms)

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