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 by Paul F. Tompkins to discuss Rush Limbaugh.

FOOTNOTES:
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-29-na-limbaugh29-story.html 
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/oct/11/usa.julianborger1
https://longreads.com/2019/03/15/how-the-shock-jock-became-the-outrage-jock/ 
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2009/05/rush-limbaugh200905
https://newrepublic.com/article/161405/rush-limbaugh-racist-sexist-conservative-media-worse
https://www.metroweekly.com/2021/02/rush-limbaugh-mocked-gay-people-dying-from-aids-on-his-radio-show/
https://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/16/magazine/the-rush-hours.html
https://www.businessinsider.com/presidential-medal-awardee-rush-limbaughs-racist-and-sexist-comments-2020-2
https://www.politico.com/story/2012/03/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-rush-073661
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/20/opinion/politics/rush-limbaugh-conservative-media.html 

Robert is joined by Paul F. Tompkins to discuss Rush Limbaugh.
FOOTNOTES:
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<li><a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-29-na-limbaugh29-story.html">https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-29-na-limbaugh29-story.html</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/oct/11/usa.julianborger1">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/oct/11/usa.julianborger1</a></li>
<li><a href="https://longreads.com/2019/03/15/how-the-shock-jock-became-the-outrage-jock/%C2%A0">https://longreads.com/2019/03/15/how-the-shock-jock-became-the-outrage-jock/&nbsp;</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2009/05/rush-limbaugh200905">https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2009/05/rush-limbaugh200905</a></li>
<li><a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/161405/rush-limbaugh-racist-sexist-conservative-media-worse">https://newrepublic.com/article/161405/rush-limbaugh-racist-sexist-conservative-media-worse</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.metroweekly.com/2021/02/rush-limbaugh-mocked-gay-people-dying-from-aids-on-his-radio-show/">https://www.metroweekly.com/2021/02/rush-limbaugh-mocked-gay-people-dying-from-aids-on-his-radio-show/</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/16/magazine/the-rush-hours.html">https://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/16/magazine/the-rush-hours.html</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/presidential-medal-awardee-rush-limbaughs-racist-and-sexist-comments-2020-2">https://www.businessinsider.com/presidential-medal-awardee-rush-limbaughs-racist-and-sexist-comments-2020-2</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2012/03/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-rush-073661">https://www.politico.com/story/2012/03/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-rush-073661</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/20/opinion/politics/rush-limbaugh-conservative-media.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/20/opinion/politics/rush-limbaugh-conservative-media.html</a>&nbsp;</li>
</ol>

CZM Rewind: Part One: The Rush Limbaugh Episodes with Paul F. Tompkins

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Here are a couple of our favorite episodes of Hood Politics with Prop podcast series.
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<li>The DOJ Curbed Google So Hard</li>
<li>No, the Other Zionism</li>
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Behind the Bastards Presents: Hood Politics with Prop

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Robert and Sophie answer even more of your thrilling questions.

Robert and Sophie answer even more of your thrilling questions.

Behind the Bastards New Year Q&A Part Two

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Part Three: The Terrible Secret of Steve Jobs

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