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

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/da692e91-105d-47db-b5e9-b131001784bc/transcript

With Palantir now off the ground, Alex Karp turns himself into the spokesman and salesman for Palantir, a company that threatens to destroy everything he pretends to believe in.

With Palantir now off the ground, Alex Karp turns himself into the spokesman and salesman for Palantir, a company that threatens to destroy everything he pretends to believe in.

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

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/6d113318-8a93-4f66-aafe-b4a401698771/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.

Sources:

Robert Evans

Sun, Aug 16, 7:55 PM (21 hours ago)

to me

https://translated.turbopages.org/proxy_u/ru-en.en.26d95273-6a62c822-5da570ba-74722d776562/https/www.juedische-allgemeine.de/politik/philosoph-des-cyberkriegs/

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/alex-karp-from-dyslexic-outsider-ai-war-ceo-michael-murphy-asslc/

https://archive.is/mITxe#selection-2543.0-2557.72

https://archive.is/aVOyY#selection-1659.0-1671.192

https://kristindemontfort.substack.com/p/alex-karps-aggression-in-the-lebenswelt

https://kristindemontfort.substack.com/p/alex-karps-aggression-in-the-lebenswelt

https://www.wired.com/story/palantir-what-the-company-does/

https://medium.com/@alfredas/leaving-the-shire-a-farewell-letter-to-my-colleagues-at-palantir-5275b28ce09b

https://medium.com/coriers/can-palantir-take-over-the-entire-data-stack-e9a40b842d0c

https://www.bobinsun.cn/assets/pdf/Palantir-Redefining-Analytics,%20Augmenting-Intelligence%20&%20Unlocking-Secrets.pdf

https://archive.is/QVBtT#selection-2347.0-2347.346

https://fpif.org/americas-ai-war-has-no-civilian-stop-rule/

https://www.reuters.com/technology/palantir-faces-challenge-remove-anthropic-pentagons-ai-software-2026-03-04/

https://www.wired.com/story/ice-palantir-immigrationos/

https://lieber.westpoint.edu/warification-illusion-precision-ai-targeting-increasing-civilian-harm/

https://www.business-humanrights.org/es/%C3%BAltimas-noticias/palantir-spacex-allegedly-complicit-in-war-crimes-amid-israels-war-in-gaza/

https://en.defence-ua.com/analysis/security_risks_emerge_how_us_based_palantirs_systems_could_endanger_ukraines_defense_data-16804.html

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.
Sources:
Robert Evans
Sun, Aug 16, 7:55 PM (21 hours ago)
to&nbsp;me
<a href="https://translated.turbopages.org/proxy_u/ru-en.en.26d95273-6a62c822-5da570ba-74722d776562/https/www.juedische-allgemeine.de/politik/philosoph-des-cyberkriegs/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://translated.turbopages.org/proxy_u/ru-en.en.26d95273-6a62c822-5da570ba-74722d776562/https/www.juedische-allgemeine.de/politik/philosoph-des-cyberkriegs/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787021923129000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2ME2wGtyhns88BlutpmTA9">https://translated.turbopages.org/proxy_u/ru-en.en.26d95273-6a62c822-5da570ba-74722d776562/https/www.juedische-allgemeine.de/politik/philosoph-des-cyberkriegs/</a>
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/alex-karp-from-dyslexic-outsider-ai-war-ceo-michael-murphy-asslc/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/alex-karp-from-dyslexic-outsider-ai-war-ceo-michael-murphy-asslc/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787021923129000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2pSd8g9O7ZWmQ-9sr2x7Ea">https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/alex-karp-from-dyslexic-outsider-ai-war-ceo-michael-murphy-asslc/</a>
<a href="https://archive.is/mITxe#selection-2543.0-2557.72" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://archive.is/mITxe%23selection-2543.0-2557.72&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787021923129000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2k2A0Mkb1ub3gmy1DR0RY9">https://archive.is/mITxe#selection-2543.0-2557.72</a>
<a href="https://archive.is/aVOyY#selection-1659.0-1671.192" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://archive.is/aVOyY%23selection-1659.0-1671.192&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787021923129000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1h29kb0rDbGHOXoILR0_3S">https://archive.is/aVOyY#selection-1659.0-1671.192</a>
<a href="https://kristindemontfort.substack.com/p/alex-karps-aggression-in-the-lebenswelt" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://kristindemontfort.substack.com/p/alex-karps-aggression-in-the-lebenswelt&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787021923129000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2cQ_iKUJo4vBDDA7bN3DG4">https://kristindemontfort.substack.com/p/alex-karps-aggression-in-the-lebenswelt</a>
<a href="https://kristindemontfort.substack.com/p/alex-karps-aggression-in-the-lebenswelt" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://kristindemontfort.substack.com/p/alex-karps-aggression-in-the-lebenswelt&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787021923129000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2cQ_iKUJo4vBDDA7bN3DG4">https://kristindemontfort.substack.com/p/alex-karps-aggression-in-the-lebenswelt</a>
<a href="https://www.wired.com/story/palantir-what-the-company-does/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.wired.com/story/palantir-what-the-company-does/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787021923129000&amp;usg=AOvVaw00ukFLHHvPXghjDePYowki">https://www.wired.com/story/palantir-what-the-company-does/</a>
<a href="https://medium.com/@alfredas/leaving-the-shire-a-farewell-letter-to-my-colleagues-at-palantir-5275b28ce09b" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://medium.com/@alfredas/leaving-the-shire-a-farewell-letter-to-my-colleagues-at-palantir-5275b28ce09b&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787021923129000&amp;usg=AOvVaw11iULXDAPfwsUABVkCDf8Y">https://medium.com/@alfredas/leaving-the-shire-a-farewell-letter-to-my-colleagues-at-palantir-5275b28ce09b</a>
<a href="https://medium.com/coriers/can-palantir-take-over-the-entire-data-stack-e9a40b842d0c" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://medium.com/coriers/can-palantir-take-over-the-entire-data-stack-e9a40b842d0c&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787021923129000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2-kFurdbT0Qzk9_WTVbqQR">https://medium.com/coriers/can-palantir-take-over-the-entire-data-stack-e9a40b842d0c</a>
<a href="https://www.bobinsun.cn/assets/pdf/Palantir-Redefining-Analytics,%20Augmenting-Intelligence%20&amp;%20Unlocking-Secrets.pdf" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.bobinsun.cn/assets/pdf/Palantir-Redefining-Analytics,%2520Augmenting-Intelligence%2520%26%2520Unlocking-Secrets.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787021923129000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0-i9vhZxVksFya6oRhqDRG">https://www.bobinsun.cn/assets/pdf/Palantir-Redefining-Analytics,%20Augmenting-Intelligence%20&amp;%20Unlocking-Secrets.pdf</a>
<a href="https://archive.is/QVBtT#selection-2347.0-2347.346" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://archive.is/QVBtT%23selection-2347.0-2347.346&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787021923129000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3iS1anx-Y8D2IsV1aDVfLD">https://archive.is/QVBtT#selection-2347.0-2347.346</a>
<a href="https://fpif.org/americas-ai-war-has-no-civilian-stop-rule/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://fpif.org/americas-ai-war-has-no-civilian-stop-rule/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787021923129000&amp;usg=AOvVaw312aIhVh_0NKaJM_7hhUhb">https://fpif.org/americas-ai-war-has-no-civilian-stop-rule/</a>
<a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/palantir-faces-challenge-remove-anthropic-pentagons-ai-software-2026-03-04/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.reuters.com/technology/palantir-faces-challenge-remove-anthropic-pentagons-ai-software-2026-03-04/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787021923129000&amp;usg=AOvVaw00M5bOF93RSub0c0xKQRDf">https://www.reuters.com/technology/palantir-faces-challenge-remove-anthropic-pentagons-ai-software-2026-03-04/</a>
<a href="https://www.wired.com/story/ice-palantir-immigrationos/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.wired.com/story/ice-palantir-immigrationos/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787021923129000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0PnfWxHSTzExq3QkO5p_uw">https://www.wired.com/story/ice-palantir-immigrationos/</a>
<a href="https://lieber.westpoint.edu/warification-illusion-precision-ai-targeting-increasing-civilian-harm/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://lieber.westpoint.edu/warification-illusion-precision-ai-targeting-increasing-civilian-harm/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787021923129000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1szYlf0n4OXuxmHKqL2zbg">https://lieber.westpoint.edu/warification-illusion-precision-ai-targeting-increasing-civilian-harm/</a>
<a href="https://www.business-humanrights.org/es/%C3%BAltimas-noticias/palantir-spacex-allegedly-complicit-in-war-crimes-amid-israels-war-in-gaza/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.business-humanrights.org/es/%25C3%25BAltimas-noticias/palantir-spacex-allegedly-complicit-in-war-crimes-amid-israels-war-in-gaza/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787021923129000&amp;usg=AOvVaw32fOClKl0JqnrIJa3tZpBo">https://www.business-humanrights.org/es/%C3%BAltimas-noticias/palantir-spacex-allegedly-complicit-in-war-crimes-amid-israels-war-in-gaza/</a>
<a href="https://en.defence-ua.com/analysis/security_risks_emerge_how_us_based_palantirs_systems_could_endanger_ukraines_defense_data-16804.html" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.defence-ua.com/analysis/security_risks_emerge_how_us_based_palantirs_systems_could_endanger_ukraines_defense_data-16804.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787021923129000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0nsrqVykrJ_e-mLHe-1gcL">https://en.defence-ua.com/analysis/security_risks_emerge_how_us_based_palantirs_systems_could_endanger_ukraines_defense_data-16804.html</a>

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>
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<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

Part Three: The Terrible Secret of Steve Jobs

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