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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

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.

Part One: The Con Artist Who Invented A Country

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/8a8708ef-fc6a-485b-ad52-ae280163b501/transcript

Robert and Margaret conclude the story of Helmut Kentler's pedophile foster program, and discuss how the German left was infiltrated and co-opted by pedophile activists to disastrous ends.

Robert and Margaret conclude the story of Helmut Kentler's pedophile foster program, and discuss how the German left was infiltrated and co-opted by pedophile activists to disastrous ends.

Part Two: The Darkest Episode We Will Ever Do

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/9957f29c-c1ab-4daf-843e-b172002547ae/transcript

Robert weaves a hideous story for Margaret, about how post-war Germans started out trying to make Nazism impossible and wound up harming generations of poor children.

Robert weaves a hideous story for Margaret, about how post-war Germans started out trying to make Nazism impossible and wound up harming generations of poor children.

Part One: The Darkest Episode We Will Ever Do

This week Robert introduces Margaret and the audience to Johanna Harer, the chief Momfluencer of Nazi Germany, whose pop science parenting book was endorsed by Hitler himself. During what historians refer to as his "Oprah period".

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https://archive.is/Bvxcs
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https://www.dw.com/en/germany-allowed-pedophiles-to-foster-children/a-53839291
https://walled-in-berlin.com/j-elke-ertle/moritz-schreber-versus-benjamin-spock/
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1994/11/03/soul-murder/
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https://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/the-sexual-revolution-and-children-how-the-left-tookthings-too-far-a-702679.html
https://newrepublic.com/article/120379/german-green-party-pedophilia-scandal
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https://www.amazon.com/dp/0691130396?psc=1&language=en_US

Part Two: The Parenting Gurus of Nazi Germany

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/d6fe7852-616f-44a1-83f1-b16a0187ff9b/transcript

Part One: The Con Artist Who Invented A Country

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