Robert and Ed reach a crucial crux in the Steve Jobs story: his years of failed product launches and near destruction of Apple. Also, Bono appears.

Robert and Ed reach a crucial crux in the Steve Jobs story: his years of failed product launches and near destruction of Apple. Also, Bono appears.

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 Three: The Terrible Secret of Steve Jobs

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Robert is joined again by Dr. Kaveh Hoda to continue to discuss why Forensic Science really doesn't work. 

Robert is joined again by Dr. Kaveh Hoda to continue to discuss why Forensic Science really doesn't work.

Part Two: The Bastards of Forensic Science

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/91d1c5ef-fb4f-4a73-be8f-b15d000445e9/transcript

Forensic Science is supposed to provide perfect certainty in the most serious criminal cases. What if it's all a bunch of bullshit? Robert sits down with Dr. Kaveh Hoda to talk about all the myriad cons in forensic "science.”

Forensic Science is supposed to provide perfect certainty in the most serious criminal cases. What if it's all a bunch of bullshit? Robert sits down with Dr. Kaveh Hoda to talk about all the myriad cons in forensic "science.”

Part One: The Bastards of Forensic Science

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/0ce5b86e-42bf-41bd-919f-b15a0139551e/transcript

Beria? I hardly know'ya. Anyway, this is the last episode of the series. Goodbye.

Beria? I hardly know'ya. Anyway, this is the last episode of the series. Goodbye.

Part Four: Beria: Stalin's Pedophile Cop & the Soviet Oppenheimer

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Part Three: The Terrible Secret of Steve Jobs

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