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

We conclude the harrowing story of Radovan Karadžić with his war crimes and third act as an energy healer.

We conclude the harrowing story of Radovan Karadžić with his war crimes and third act as an energy healer.

 Part Two: Radovan Karadžić: The Genocidal Dictator Who Became a New-Age Guru

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/8e7c73fb-2461-45d6-8ec2-b4ce016fb81d/transcript

Robert sits down with Jamie Loftus to discuss a bastard who really did it all: started his own country and became dictator, carried out a genocide, and matured to quack energy healer using magic to improve men's sperm count.

Preorder Jamie's new novel, The Tower: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250480422/thetower/ 

Sources:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-19960285

https://www.npr.org/2008/07/22/92775717/timeline-the-political-life-of-radovan-karadzic

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/22/the-hunt-for-radovan-karadzic-ruthless-warlord-turned-spiritual-healer

https://www.npr.org/2008/07/23/92809597/karadzics-dual-life-war-fugitive-new-age-mystic

Radovan Karadzic’s New-Age Adventure - The New York Times

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-23-fg-warcrime23-story.html

https://calivita.com/webshop

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/01/radovan-karadzic-war-crimes-trial-no-ethnic-cleansing-bosnia

https://www.npr.org/2005/11/19/5020196/the-poetry-of-an-indicted-war-criminal

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/karadzic/radovan/poems.html

https://jaapl.org/content/jaapl/25/4/485.full.pdf 

https://www.jessicasternbooks.com/my-war-criminal 

Robert sits down with Jamie Loftus to discuss a bastard who really did it all: started his own country and became dictator, carried out a genocide, and matured to quack energy healer using magic to improve men's sperm count.
Preorder Jamie's new novel, The Tower: <a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250480422/thetower/">https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250480422/thetower/</a>&nbsp;
Sources:
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<a href="https://www.npr.org/2008/07/22/92775717/timeline-the-political-life-of-radovan-karadzic" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.npr.org/2008/07/22/92775717/timeline-the-political-life-of-radovan-karadzic&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1790132003067000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3NvsNE65OSVj2LR-VVsGNQ" data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16">https://www.npr.org/2008/07/22/92775717/timeline-the-political-life-of-radovan-karadzic</a>
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/22/the-hunt-for-radovan-karadzic-ruthless-warlord-turned-spiritual-healer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/22/the-hunt-for-radovan-karadzic-ruthless-warlord-turned-spiritual-healer&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1790132003067000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3BJaqSI65Qy8r_DYD7SFBM" data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/22/the-hunt-for-radovan-karadzic-ruthless-warlord-turned-spiritual-healer</a>
<a href="https://www.npr.org/2008/07/23/92809597/karadzics-dual-life-war-fugitive-new-age-mystic" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.npr.org/2008/07/23/92809597/karadzics-dual-life-war-fugitive-new-age-mystic&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1790132003068000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3tuq1-qDRtBeZ70IoqH1KS" data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16">https://www.npr.org/2008/07/23/92809597/karadzics-dual-life-war-fugitive-new-age-mystic</a>
<a href="https://archive.is/UqP2i" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://archive.is/UqP2i&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1790132003068000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1tIjJK8EwJp50hVCgqMxfJ" data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16">Radovan Karadzic&rsquo;s New-Age Adventure - The New York Times</a>
<a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-23-fg-warcrime23-story.html" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-23-fg-warcrime23-story.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1790132003068000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0loj9-E8rNlEQaq11O1CGh" data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16">https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-23-fg-warcrime23-story.html</a>
<a href="https://calivita.com/webshop" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://calivita.com/webshop&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1790132003068000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3s_3HXMZD8WwCsB0JH-4-h" data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16">https://calivita.com/webshop</a>
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/01/radovan-karadzic-war-crimes-trial-no-ethnic-cleansing-bosnia" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/01/radovan-karadzic-war-crimes-trial-no-ethnic-cleansing-bosnia&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1790132003068000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3-4KO0eIInRGuJcpIMctFc" data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/01/radovan-karadzic-war-crimes-trial-no-ethnic-cleansing-bosnia</a>
<a href="https://www.npr.org/2005/11/19/5020196/the-poetry-of-an-indicted-war-criminal" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.npr.org/2005/11/19/5020196/the-poetry-of-an-indicted-war-criminal&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1790132003068000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0tWn5Um1G9RazUqTKYWHNu" data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16">https://www.npr.org/2005/11/19/5020196/the-poetry-of-an-indicted-war-criminal</a>
<a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/karadzic/radovan/poems.html" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/karadzic/radovan/poems.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1790132003068000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1fIRerAlNgiftHjDB08fB7" data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16">https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/karadzic/radovan/poems.html</a>
<a href="https://jaapl.org/content/jaapl/25/4/485.full.pdf" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://jaapl.org/content/jaapl/25/4/485.full.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1790132003068000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0NW7gkplDoSVRkgKDOoEW_" data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16">https://jaapl.org/content/jaapl/25/4/485.full.pdf</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.jessicasternbooks.com/my-war-criminal" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.jessicasternbooks.com/my-war-criminal&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1790132003068000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0WI28YpRpGvZnr8frmZPnu" data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16">https://www.jessicasternbooks.com/my-war-criminal</a>&nbsp;

Part One: Radovan Karadžić: The Genocidal Dictator Who Became a New-Age Guru

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/9db629e4-a172-40a9-8343-b4cc0173e0d9/transcript

We conclude the story of Francis Galton and explore all the hideous ways his ideas helped inspire eugenic laws around the world, and ultimately the Holocaust.

Sources: 

https://www.historyofdatascience.com/francis-galton-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-of-19th-century-science/

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/special-collections/kantsaywhere

https://unseenhistories.substack.com/p/the-disturbing-visions-of-francis-galton-gavin-evans

https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/server/api/core/bitstreams/dfd786fa-2090-4749-bcbe-3cc7159e55b5/content

https://www.historyworkshop.org.uk/anti-racism/lies-damned-lies-and-racist-statistics/

https://www.scienceaq.com/Article/other/22011.html

https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-anthropometric-detective-and-his-racial-clues/

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42042093-superior

https://books.google.com/books/about/Francis_Galton.html?id=vL0hq80XXqMC

https://galton.org/books/memories/index.html

https://victorianweb.org/victorian/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////science/health/insanity1.html

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691825003853

https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/PTCw5CJT7cE6Kx9ZR/most-people-endorse-some-form-of-eugenics

https://www.balkanweb.com/en/They-are-brother-and-sister-but-have-4-children-together.-German-couple-in-trouble-with-authorities--fighting-to-legalize-incest./#gsc.tab=0

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/blue-plaque-stories/eugenics/

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/78669/pg78669-images.html

https://newhumanist.org.uk/articles/a-dangerous-calculation/

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/301897

 

We conclude the story of Francis Galton and explore all the hideous ways his ideas helped inspire eugenic laws around the world, and ultimately the Holocaust.
Sources:&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.historyofdatascience.com/francis-galton-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-of-19th-century-science/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.historyofdatascience.com/francis-galton-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-of-19th-century-science/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1789253642825000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3-Ul9YgaH0knNFNV3xTseg">https://www.historyofdatascience.com/francis-galton-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-of-19th-century-science/</a>
<a href="https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/special-collections/kantsaywhere" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/special-collections/kantsaywhere&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1789253642825000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0CnRkhDa2g1qzRFCyuOnJI">https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/special-collections/kantsaywhere</a>
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<a href="https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/server/api/core/bitstreams/dfd786fa-2090-4749-bcbe-3cc7159e55b5/content" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/server/api/core/bitstreams/dfd786fa-2090-4749-bcbe-3cc7159e55b5/content&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1789253642825000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0EuEeE-pyUSD0bCHDTnOT9">https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/server/api/core/bitstreams/dfd786fa-2090-4749-bcbe-3cc7159e55b5/content</a>
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<a href="https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-anthropometric-detective-and-his-racial-clues/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-anthropometric-detective-and-his-racial-clues/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1789253642825000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1esQ_L3VDm0D19_EmRb70A">https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-anthropometric-detective-and-his-racial-clues/</a>
<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42042093-superior" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42042093-superior&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1789253642825000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3xeXR57UkFJJ9CuMsc2Dnn">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42042093-superior</a>
<a href="https://books.google.com/books/about/Francis_Galton.html?id=vL0hq80XXqMC" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://books.google.com/books/about/Francis_Galton.html?id%3DvL0hq80XXqMC&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1789253642825000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2afP4MfkenUiMsOikrLAyb">https://books.google.com/books/about/Francis_Galton.html?id=vL0hq80XXqMC</a>
<a href="https://galton.org/books/memories/index.html" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://galton.org/books/memories/index.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1789253642825000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2bL5jYlJ8TTDYAg6acIYaa">https://galton.org/books/memories/index.html</a>
<a href="https://victorianweb.org/victorian/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////science/health/insanity1.html" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://victorianweb.org/victorian/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////science/health/insanity1.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1789253642825000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3jVZX46kjyXbi607oY3_Iq">https://victorianweb.org/victorian/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////science/health/insanity1.html</a>
<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691825003853" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691825003853&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1789253642825000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1NIhl0dr5iPikE3p3aIgoW">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691825003853</a>
<a href="https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/PTCw5CJT7cE6Kx9ZR/most-people-endorse-some-form-of-eugenics" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/PTCw5CJT7cE6Kx9ZR/most-people-endorse-some-form-of-eugenics&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1789253642825000&amp;usg=AOvVaw17gB5VHH6zallPCt24ZFCH">https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/PTCw5CJT7cE6Kx9ZR/most-people-endorse-some-form-of-eugenics</a>
<a href="https://www.balkanweb.com/en/They-are-brother-and-sister-but-have-4-children-together.-German-couple-in-trouble-with-authorities--fighting-to-legalize-incest./#gsc.tab=0" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.balkanweb.com/en/They-are-brother-and-sister-but-have-4-children-together.-German-couple-in-trouble-with-authorities--fighting-to-legalize-incest./%23gsc.tab%3D0&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1789253642825000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0RtBa8RLdaCACERd1bdWME">https://www.balkanweb.com/en/They-are-brother-and-sister-but-have-4-children-together.-German-couple-in-trouble-with-authorities--fighting-to-legalize-incest./#gsc.tab=0</a>
<a href="https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/blue-plaque-stories/eugenics/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/blue-plaque-stories/eugenics/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1789253642825000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2W4rtShtGnHOhMKsxjxoNv">https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/blue-plaque-stories/eugenics/</a>
<a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/78669/pg78669-images.html" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/78669/pg78669-images.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1789253642825000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2_gcW88LJBQ2tyQcxs8sVL">https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/78669/pg78669-images.html</a>
<a href="https://newhumanist.org.uk/articles/a-dangerous-calculation/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://newhumanist.org.uk/articles/a-dangerous-calculation/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1789253642825000&amp;usg=AOvVaw16CNLyg5R5Ds7sCTBMuNHG">https://newhumanist.org.uk/articles/a-dangerous-calculation/</a>
<a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/301897" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/301897&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1789253642825000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1_nS-WXr7X1BMWZAOidorx">https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/301897</a>
&nbsp;

 Part Four: Francis Galton: Inventor of Eugenics

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/f9165510-c6ce-4092-92a2-b4c50188c1ba/transcript

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