Robert and Sarah Marshall sit down to talk about the wave of kidnapping conspiracy theories that recently led a random woman to murder an Uber driver in El Paso.

(2 Part Series)

https://shatterzone.substack.com/p/why-fake-kidnapping-stories-are-everywhere

Robert and Sarah Marshall sit down to talk about the wave of kidnapping conspiracy theories that recently led a random woman to murder an Uber driver in El Paso.
(2 Part Series)
<a href="https://shatterzone.substack.com/p/why-fake-kidnapping-stories-are-everywhere">https://shatterzone.substack.com/p/why-fake-kidnapping-stories-are-everywhere</a>

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.

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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.

Part One: Why Kidnapping Conspiracy Theories Are Everywhere

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Robert concludes the story of Curtis Yarvin, and explains to Ed Helms how he went from pseudonymous weirdo with a blog to part of the right-wing power structure.

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Robert concludes the story of Curtis Yarvin, and explains to Ed Helms how he went from pseudonymous weirdo with a blog to part of the right-wing power structure.
Behind the Bastards is now available on YouTube!
New videos every Wednesday and Friday.
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Part Two: Curtis Yarvin: The Philosopher Behind J.D. Vance

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/345a0955-ed7b-498e-9c99-b1f00022ada9/transcript

Robert sits down with the great Ed Helms to discuss Curtis Yarvin, the American philosopher of dictatorship whose ideas inspired J.D. Vance.

(2 Part Series)

Sources:
Curtis Yarvin, Political Theorist - Tablet Magazine
Who is Curtis Yarvin, the monarchist, anti-democracy blogger? | Vox
Mouthbreathing Machiavellis Dream of a Silicon Reich (thebaffler.com)
A Founder's Farewell • Blog • urbit.org
Interview with Curtis Yarvin — Max Raskin
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/trumps-vow-to-fire-thousands-of-crooked-federal-workers-prompts-alarm/
https://thebaffler.com/latest/mouthbreathing-machiavellis
https://techcrunch.com/2013/11/22/geeks-for-monarchy/
https://thebaffler.com/latest/the-moldbug-variations-pein
https://glasgowmuseumsslavery.co.uk/2020/11/18/thomas-carlyle-historian-writer-racist/
https://www.unqualified-reservations.org/2008/05/ol5-shortest-way-to-world-peace/
https://newtotse.com/oldtotse/en/ego/cult_of_the_dead_cow/cdc252.html
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/elon-musk-trump-harris-high-status-males-4chan-b2606617.html
https://www.unqualified-reservations.org/2008/11/patchwork-2-profit-strategies-for-our/
https://academic.oup.com/book/25370
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/curtis-yarvin-thiel-carlyle-monarchism-reactionary
https://www.amazon.com/Key-Thinkers-Radical-Right-Democracy-ebook/dp/B07LFKWCV2

Robert sits down with the great Ed Helms to discuss Curtis Yarvin, the American philosopher of dictatorship whose ideas inspired J.D. Vance.
(2 Part Series)
Sources:
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Part One: Curtis Yarvin: The Philosopher Behind J.D. Vance

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/a6616f85-f5f9-4785-97d1-b1ed0185b4fd/transcript

Robert is joined again by Michael Swaim and Abe Epperson to continue to discuss the end of L. Ron Hubbard's life. 

Robert is joined again by Michael Swaim and Abe Epperson to continue to discuss the end of L. Ron Hubbard's life.

CZM Rewind: Part Two: The Last Days of L. Ron Hubbard

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/b2c3e969-535e-4ecc-ad22-b1e70008b752/transcript

Part One: Why Kidnapping Conspiracy Theories Are Everywhere

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