Robert sits down with Ed Zitron to discuss one of the deadliest fake tech products in history: the Gopher, a fake golf ball detector that became a fake bomb detector and got hundreds of people killed.

Robert sits down with Ed Zitron to discuss one of the deadliest fake tech products in history: the Gopher, a fake golf ball detector that became a fake bomb detector and got hundreds of people killed.

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: The Fake Bomb Detector Grift That Killed Hundreds

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/8068579a-eb50-4db8-b269-b46a01285432/transcript

Robert begins his exploration of the early life of Alex Karp, current CEO of Palantir and best friend to Peter Thiel. He traces Alex's journey from left-wing academic to overlord of an "Anti-Woke" defense contractor.

Robert begins his exploration of the early life of Alex Karp, current CEO of Palantir and best friend to Peter Thiel. He traces Alex's journey from left-wing academic to overlord of an "Anti-Woke" defense contractor.

Part One: Alex Karp: How Palantir's CEO Went From Marxist To Anti-Woke Crusader

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/7551b361-a42d-438b-8215-b4a30000c541/transcript

After World War One, the British Mandate takes over in Palestine- and shit really starts to hit the fan, leading to a series of riots,  pogroms, assassinations and the dissolution of the communities that has existed in harmony for generations.

Sources:

https://www.jpost.com/blogs/my-nation-lives/this-week-in-israeli-history-operation-moses-raful-eitan-and-the-patria-disaster-435421

https://www.972mag.com/the-first-political-murder-in-jewish-palestine-lessons-of-intolerance/

https://archive.is/Rdwny#selection-1141.0-1141.321

https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1654849

https://rense.com/general76/zan.htm

https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/40692

https://anumuseum.org.il/blog/patria/

https://waqarahmed.org/menachem-begin-israeli-terrorist-who-became-prime-minister-won-nobel-peace-prize

https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/10023/24114/hoffman_2020_swi_bombingkingdavid_aam.pdf?sequence=1

https://www.mideastjournal.org/post/jewish-arab-relations-a-deep-dive-into-the-history

https://www.972mag.com/before-zionism-the-shared-life-of-jews-and-palestinians/

https://jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-arabs-in-palestine

https://palestinenexus.com/articles/conflict-palestine-bw-jews-arabs-zionism

https://thecjn.ca/news/jews-muslims-coexisted-peacefully/

https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/jabotinsky-vladimir/?format=pdf

https://www.jstor.org/stable/41857736?seq=19wwf

After World War One, the British Mandate takes over in Palestine- and shit really starts to hit the fan, leading to a series of riots, &nbsp;pogroms, assassinations and the dissolution of the communities that has existed in harmony for generations.
Sources:
<a href="https://www.jpost.com/blogs/my-nation-lives/this-week-in-israeli-history-operation-moses-raful-eitan-and-the-patria-disaster-435421" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.jpost.com/blogs/my-nation-lives/this-week-in-israeli-history-operation-moses-raful-eitan-and-the-patria-disaster-435421&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw171_Ins6s1YjVWY3GjXG5B">https://www.jpost.com/blogs/my-nation-lives/this-week-in-israeli-history-operation-moses-raful-eitan-and-the-patria-disaster-435421</a>
<a href="https://www.972mag.com/the-first-political-murder-in-jewish-palestine-lessons-of-intolerance/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.972mag.com/the-first-political-murder-in-jewish-palestine-lessons-of-intolerance/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3dRxU8ubQTiZpKMVG1ocLI">https://www.972mag.com/the-first-political-murder-in-jewish-palestine-lessons-of-intolerance/</a>
<a href="https://archive.is/Rdwny#selection-1141.0-1141.321" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://archive.is/Rdwny%23selection-1141.0-1141.321&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2Ugfl9zanrU1Clp8ME6Sry">https://archive.is/Rdwny#selection-1141.0-1141.321</a>
<a href="https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1654849" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1654849&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3VrTakXECAxfcExzcI-ajA">https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1654849</a>
<a href="https://rense.com/general76/zan.htm" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://rense.com/general76/zan.htm&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1osF9jHFnXMSGNdo90gmSC">https://rense.com/general76/zan.htm</a>
<a href="https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/40692" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/40692&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3Z79vhs0nxMTdI8tDiPjTD">https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/40692</a>
<a href="https://anumuseum.org.il/blog/patria/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://anumuseum.org.il/blog/patria/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0N-lBc3DLxfwDPFg-PzTKz">https://anumuseum.org.il/blog/patria/</a>
<a href="https://waqarahmed.org/menachem-begin-israeli-terrorist-who-became-prime-minister-won-nobel-peace-prize" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://waqarahmed.org/menachem-begin-israeli-terrorist-who-became-prime-minister-won-nobel-peace-prize&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0SYPSKyKFWOTI8l8cq5M_h">https://waqarahmed.org/menachem-begin-israeli-terrorist-who-became-prime-minister-won-nobel-peace-prize</a>
<a href="https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/10023/24114/hoffman_2020_swi_bombingkingdavid_aam.pdf?sequence=1" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/10023/24114/hoffman_2020_swi_bombingkingdavid_aam.pdf?sequence%3D1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0aP_7m3h93uEMXptTSFAvP">https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/10023/24114/hoffman_2020_swi_bombingkingdavid_aam.pdf?sequence=1</a>
<a href="https://www.mideastjournal.org/post/jewish-arab-relations-a-deep-dive-into-the-history" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.mideastjournal.org/post/jewish-arab-relations-a-deep-dive-into-the-history&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0-3cT_q-GkLIKOPhFFrN0n">https://www.mideastjournal.org/post/jewish-arab-relations-a-deep-dive-into-the-history</a>
<a href="https://www.972mag.com/before-zionism-the-shared-life-of-jews-and-palestinians/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.972mag.com/before-zionism-the-shared-life-of-jews-and-palestinians/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1jbIS99sC2dB_t_V_mS6nr">https://www.972mag.com/before-zionism-the-shared-life-of-jews-and-palestinians/</a>
<a href="https://jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-arabs-in-palestine" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-arabs-in-palestine&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3vhmOyqOFVk6EdrHDNkwMo">https://jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-arabs-in-palestine</a>
<a href="https://palestinenexus.com/articles/conflict-palestine-bw-jews-arabs-zionism" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://palestinenexus.com/articles/conflict-palestine-bw-jews-arabs-zionism&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3FN2svbcDcyfVzKWa9V2XW">https://palestinenexus.com/articles/conflict-palestine-bw-jews-arabs-zionism</a>
<a href="https://thecjn.ca/news/jews-muslims-coexisted-peacefully/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://thecjn.ca/news/jews-muslims-coexisted-peacefully/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw25trli_EWtggJUYLDMS10K">https://thecjn.ca/news/jews-muslims-coexisted-peacefully/</a>
<a href="https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/jabotinsky-vladimir/?format=pdf" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/jabotinsky-vladimir/?format%3Dpdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw06ZfBtkFZjehtRh9SjhC9T">https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/jabotinsky-vladimir/?format=pdf</a>
<a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/41857736?seq=19wwf" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41857736?seq%3D19wwf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw14x_R5ntxxGSgiWLzkBZ4E">https://www.jstor.org/stable/41857736?seq=19wwf</a>

 Part Two: The Origins of Terror in Palestine

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/f719a2bf-5cf7-4097-bf4a-b49d01561a38/transcript

Robert sits down with Dr. Dana al-Kurd to discuss how things started going wrong in Palestine, and how terror first came to the Holy Land.

Sources:

https://www.jpost.com/blogs/my-nation-lives/this-week-in-israeli-history-operation-moses-raful-eitan-and-the-patria-disaster-435421

https://www.972mag.com/the-first-political-murder-in-jewish-palestine-lessons-of-intolerance/

https://archive.is/Rdwny#selection-1141.0-1141.321

https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1654849

https://rense.com/general76/zan.htm

https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/40692

https://anumuseum.org.il/blog/patria/

https://waqarahmed.org/menachem-begin-israeli-terrorist-who-became-prime-minister-won-nobel-peace-prize

https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/10023/24114/hoffman_2020_swi_bombingkingdavid_aam.pdf?sequence=1

https://www.mideastjournal.org/post/jewish-arab-relations-a-deep-dive-into-the-history

https://www.972mag.com/before-zionism-the-shared-life-of-jews-and-palestinians/

https://jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-arabs-in-palestine

https://palestinenexus.com/articles/conflict-palestine-bw-jews-arabs-zionism

https://thecjn.ca/news/jews-muslims-coexisted-peacefully/

https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/jabotinsky-vladimir/?format=pdf

https://www.jstor.org/stable/41857736?seq=19wwf

Robert sits down with Dr. Dana al-Kurd to discuss how things started going wrong in Palestine, and how terror first came to the Holy Land.
Sources:
<a href="https://www.jpost.com/blogs/my-nation-lives/this-week-in-israeli-history-operation-moses-raful-eitan-and-the-patria-disaster-435421" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.jpost.com/blogs/my-nation-lives/this-week-in-israeli-history-operation-moses-raful-eitan-and-the-patria-disaster-435421&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw171_Ins6s1YjVWY3GjXG5B">https://www.jpost.com/blogs/my-nation-lives/this-week-in-israeli-history-operation-moses-raful-eitan-and-the-patria-disaster-435421</a>
<a href="https://www.972mag.com/the-first-political-murder-in-jewish-palestine-lessons-of-intolerance/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.972mag.com/the-first-political-murder-in-jewish-palestine-lessons-of-intolerance/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3dRxU8ubQTiZpKMVG1ocLI">https://www.972mag.com/the-first-political-murder-in-jewish-palestine-lessons-of-intolerance/</a>
<a href="https://archive.is/Rdwny#selection-1141.0-1141.321" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://archive.is/Rdwny%23selection-1141.0-1141.321&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2Ugfl9zanrU1Clp8ME6Sry">https://archive.is/Rdwny#selection-1141.0-1141.321</a>
<a href="https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1654849" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1654849&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3VrTakXECAxfcExzcI-ajA">https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1654849</a>
<a href="https://rense.com/general76/zan.htm" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://rense.com/general76/zan.htm&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1osF9jHFnXMSGNdo90gmSC">https://rense.com/general76/zan.htm</a>
<a href="https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/40692" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/40692&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3Z79vhs0nxMTdI8tDiPjTD">https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/40692</a>
<a href="https://anumuseum.org.il/blog/patria/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://anumuseum.org.il/blog/patria/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0N-lBc3DLxfwDPFg-PzTKz">https://anumuseum.org.il/blog/patria/</a>
<a href="https://waqarahmed.org/menachem-begin-israeli-terrorist-who-became-prime-minister-won-nobel-peace-prize" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://waqarahmed.org/menachem-begin-israeli-terrorist-who-became-prime-minister-won-nobel-peace-prize&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0SYPSKyKFWOTI8l8cq5M_h">https://waqarahmed.org/menachem-begin-israeli-terrorist-who-became-prime-minister-won-nobel-peace-prize</a>
<a href="https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/10023/24114/hoffman_2020_swi_bombingkingdavid_aam.pdf?sequence=1" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/10023/24114/hoffman_2020_swi_bombingkingdavid_aam.pdf?sequence%3D1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0aP_7m3h93uEMXptTSFAvP">https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/10023/24114/hoffman_2020_swi_bombingkingdavid_aam.pdf?sequence=1</a>
<a href="https://www.mideastjournal.org/post/jewish-arab-relations-a-deep-dive-into-the-history" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.mideastjournal.org/post/jewish-arab-relations-a-deep-dive-into-the-history&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0-3cT_q-GkLIKOPhFFrN0n">https://www.mideastjournal.org/post/jewish-arab-relations-a-deep-dive-into-the-history</a>
<a href="https://www.972mag.com/before-zionism-the-shared-life-of-jews-and-palestinians/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.972mag.com/before-zionism-the-shared-life-of-jews-and-palestinians/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1jbIS99sC2dB_t_V_mS6nr">https://www.972mag.com/before-zionism-the-shared-life-of-jews-and-palestinians/</a>
<a href="https://jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-arabs-in-palestine" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-arabs-in-palestine&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3vhmOyqOFVk6EdrHDNkwMo">https://jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-arabs-in-palestine</a>
<a href="https://palestinenexus.com/articles/conflict-palestine-bw-jews-arabs-zionism" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://palestinenexus.com/articles/conflict-palestine-bw-jews-arabs-zionism&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3FN2svbcDcyfVzKWa9V2XW">https://palestinenexus.com/articles/conflict-palestine-bw-jews-arabs-zionism</a>
<a href="https://thecjn.ca/news/jews-muslims-coexisted-peacefully/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://thecjn.ca/news/jews-muslims-coexisted-peacefully/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw25trli_EWtggJUYLDMS10K">https://thecjn.ca/news/jews-muslims-coexisted-peacefully/</a>
<a href="https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/jabotinsky-vladimir/?format=pdf" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/jabotinsky-vladimir/?format%3Dpdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw06ZfBtkFZjehtRh9SjhC9T">https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/jabotinsky-vladimir/?format=pdf</a>
<a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/41857736?seq=19wwf" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41857736?seq%3D19wwf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw14x_R5ntxxGSgiWLzkBZ4E">https://www.jstor.org/stable/41857736?seq=19wwf</a>

Part One: The Origins of Terror in Palestine

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/f946715e-8e1c-4009-a984-b49c00136d6f/transcript

Part One: The Fake Bomb Detector Grift That Killed Hundreds

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