We discuss Peter Thiel's rise to PayPal CEO, his betrayal of Elon Musk, and the birth of the technology that became Palantir.

We discuss Peter Thiel's rise to PayPal CEO, his betrayal of Elon Musk, and the birth of the technology that became Palantir.

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 Two: How Peter Thiel Became the Gravedigger of Democracy

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/6e231a1b-1993-4d8d-aa9b-b21a00174bbe/transcript

Robert Evans: Robert and Margaret discuss the birth of the first atom bomb and how delusions about the use of air power made it a savior for a certain kind of U.S Army Air Corps officer.
Sophie Lichterman: She's sick more often than anyone I know

Robert Evans: Robert and Margaret discuss the birth of the first atom bomb and how delusions about the use of air power made it a savior for a certain kind of U.S Army Air Corps officer. Sophie Lichterman: She's sick more often than anyone I know

Part Two: The Men Who Might Have Killed Us All

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/063b3d96-084a-4d56-b87c-b3a9001fda3d/transcript

Robert sits down with Margaret Killjoy to talk about how mankind went from building one atomic bomb to building tens of thousands of them, permanently 15 minutes or less away from ending all life on earth.

(5 Part Series)

Sources:

https://warontherocks.com/2018/09/a-horrifying-and-believable-path-to-nuclear-war-with-north-korea/

https://mwi.westpoint.edu/inside-frighteningly-plausible-nuclear-attack-scenario/

https://sci-hub.ru/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10736700.2018.1513920

https://www.si.edu/media/NASM/NASM-DoomsdayDelayed.pdf

https://doomsdaymachines.net/p/i-have-sought-to-slaughter-as-few

https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1996/november/strategic-bombing-always-myth

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/does-strategic-bombing-work-world-war-ii-test-case-proved-it-or-not-173621

https://www.junobeach.org/canada-in-wwii/articles/rcaf-bomber-squadrons-overseas/strategic-bombing/

https://www.npr.org/2021/08/06/1025059199/fallout-tells-the-story-of-the-journalist-who-exposed-the-hiroshima-cover-up

https://secretaryrofdefenserock.substack.com/p/bombing-because-you-can-operation

https://www.amazon.com/Bombing-Win-Coercion-Cornell-Security/dp/0801483115

https://www.amazon.com/15-Minutes-General-Countdown-Annihilation/dp/1250002087

https://www.amazon.com/Command-Control-Damascus-Accident-Illusion/dp/0143125788

https://www.amazon.com/Nuclear-War-Scenario-Annie-Jacobsen/dp/0593476093

Robert sits down with Margaret Killjoy to talk about how mankind went from building one atomic bomb to building tens of thousands of them, permanently 15 minutes or less away from ending all life on earth.
(5 Part Series)
Sources:
<a href="https://warontherocks.com/2018/09/a-horrifying-and-believable-path-to-nuclear-war-with-north-korea/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://warontherocks.com/2018/09/a-horrifying-and-believable-path-to-nuclear-war-with-north-korea/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1764712190645000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2LAgnDTXUQIKR_gv0BH6Oz">https://warontherocks.com/2018/09/a-horrifying-and-believable-path-to-nuclear-war-with-north-korea/</a>
<a href="https://mwi.westpoint.edu/inside-frighteningly-plausible-nuclear-attack-scenario/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://mwi.westpoint.edu/inside-frighteningly-plausible-nuclear-attack-scenario/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1764712190645000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0CK2ahsSCoM6FWb8_b5sP4">https://mwi.westpoint.edu/inside-frighteningly-plausible-nuclear-attack-scenario/</a>
<a href="https://sci-hub.ru/https:/www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10736700.2018.1513920" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://sci-hub.ru/https:/www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10736700.2018.1513920&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1764712190645000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3A6nqunceMyoYiLjXB4XH_">https://sci-hub.ru/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10736700.2018.1513920</a>
<a href="https://www.si.edu/media/NASM/NASM-DoomsdayDelayed.pdf" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.si.edu/media/NASM/NASM-DoomsdayDelayed.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1764712190645000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0lSOPn-naXcT7rNdcIQqdW">https://www.si.edu/media/NASM/NASM-DoomsdayDelayed.pdf</a>
<a href="https://doomsdaymachines.net/p/i-have-sought-to-slaughter-as-few" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://doomsdaymachines.net/p/i-have-sought-to-slaughter-as-few&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1764712190645000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2gYjC0D3V1LuEMg2m4MiNt">https://doomsdaymachines.net/p/i-have-sought-to-slaughter-as-few</a>
<a href="https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1996/november/strategic-bombing-always-myth" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1996/november/strategic-bombing-always-myth&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1764712190645000&amp;usg=AOvVaw36awLx_m8BYTGfPJ5W0Hfg">https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1996/november/strategic-bombing-always-myth</a>
<a href="https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/does-strategic-bombing-work-world-war-ii-test-case-proved-it-or-not-173621" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/does-strategic-bombing-work-world-war-ii-test-case-proved-it-or-not-173621&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1764712190645000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0gMcUcCg2wxRDObiTKf3cE">https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/does-strategic-bombing-work-world-war-ii-test-case-proved-it-or-not-173621</a>
<a href="https://www.junobeach.org/canada-in-wwii/articles/rcaf-bomber-squadrons-overseas/strategic-bombing/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.junobeach.org/canada-in-wwii/articles/rcaf-bomber-squadrons-overseas/strategic-bombing/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1764712190645000&amp;usg=AOvVaw33wEx-6_yuIAeQSXkb8ero">https://www.junobeach.org/canada-in-wwii/articles/rcaf-bomber-squadrons-overseas/strategic-bombing/</a>
<a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/08/06/1025059199/fallout-tells-the-story-of-the-journalist-who-exposed-the-hiroshima-cover-up" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.npr.org/2021/08/06/1025059199/fallout-tells-the-story-of-the-journalist-who-exposed-the-hiroshima-cover-up&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1764712190645000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0X5zFu7HCOn3Zm9VGceoTO">https://www.npr.org/2021/08/06/1025059199/fallout-tells-the-story-of-the-journalist-who-exposed-the-hiroshima-cover-up</a>
<a href="https://secretaryrofdefenserock.substack.com/p/bombing-because-you-can-operation" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://secretaryrofdefenserock.substack.com/p/bombing-because-you-can-operation&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1764712190645000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0GyVxr9ub-QdVfhzt35WzO">https://secretaryrofdefenserock.substack.com/p/bombing-because-you-can-operation</a>
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bombing-Win-Coercion-Cornell-Security/dp/0801483115" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.com/Bombing-Win-Coercion-Cornell-Security/dp/0801483115&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1764712190645000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0jku8X3jnErfjKmtozOW2Y">https://www.amazon.com/Bombing-Win-Coercion-Cornell-Security/dp/0801483115</a>
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/15-Minutes-General-Countdown-Annihilation/dp/1250002087" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.com/15-Minutes-General-Countdown-Annihilation/dp/1250002087&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1764712190645000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2uJ3ieHWzAGjvN7R588Esr">https://www.amazon.com/15-Minutes-General-Countdown-Annihilation/dp/1250002087</a>
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Command-Control-Damascus-Accident-Illusion/dp/0143125788" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.com/Command-Control-Damascus-Accident-Illusion/dp/0143125788&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1764712190645000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2_ZG4nwZn_29M55hWUwP3D">https://www.amazon.com/Command-Control-Damascus-Accident-Illusion/dp/0143125788</a>
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Nuclear-War-Scenario-Annie-Jacobsen/dp/0593476093" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.com/Nuclear-War-Scenario-Annie-Jacobsen/dp/0593476093&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1764712190645000&amp;usg=AOvVaw10nnzVamAbHUBeyED3rYm4">https://www.amazon.com/Nuclear-War-Scenario-Annie-Jacobsen/dp/0593476093</a>

Part One: The Men Who Might Have Killed Us All

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/5300302c-53a9-43cd-b95c-b3a601677bc9/transcript

Robert Evans is a Living God and can never lie.....Also we talk with Jamie Loftus about Sam Bankman-Fried and beloved biographer to con man Michael Lewis, author of The Big Short.

Original Air Dates: 12.5.23 & 12.7.23

Sources:

https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/michael-lewiss-big-contrarian-bet

https://archive.is/GnVkX#selection-2015.0-2029.125

https://archive.is/cZZcN#selection-455.0-523.30

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/oct/03/michael-lewis-sam-bankman-fried-crypto-going-infinite

https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2023/10/02/is-michael-lewis-throwing-out-his-reputation-to-defend-sam-bankman-fried/

https://archive.is/yrvL9#selection-1231.0-1271.105

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/nov/02/sam-bankman-fried-trial-key-takeaways

https://newsletter.mollywhite.net/p/the-fraud-was-in-the-code

https://www.investopedia.com/why-ftx-plan-to-refund-90-percent-of-recovered-assets-doesnt-add-up-to-90-percent-of-what-customers-lost-8362556

https://jacobin.com/2023/11/sam-bankman-fried-convicted-crypto-fraud-michael-lewis

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2023-08-15/the-blind-side-michael-lewis-michael-oher-sean-leigh-anne-tuohy-original-review-archive

Robert Evans is a Living God and can never lie.....Also we talk with Jamie Loftus about Sam Bankman-Fried and beloved biographer to con man Michael Lewis, author of The Big Short.
Original Air Dates: 12.5.23 &amp; 12.7.23
Sources:
<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/michael-lewiss-big-contrarian-bet" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/michael-lewiss-big-contrarian-bet&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1701978893890000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1bUa6bksqBxA2JFgz2mWA-">https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/michael-lewiss-big-contrarian-bet</a>
<a href="https://archive.is/GnVkX#selection-2015.0-2029.125" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://archive.is/GnVkX%23selection-2015.0-2029.125&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1701978893890000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0h1g8Tbz5vrT57eJc3Arzi">https://archive.is/GnVkX#selection-2015.0-2029.125</a>
<a href="https://archive.is/cZZcN#selection-455.0-523.30" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://archive.is/cZZcN%23selection-455.0-523.30&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1701978893890000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3p7L2s4sCHku901otqNxMs">https://archive.is/cZZcN#selection-455.0-523.30</a>
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/oct/03/michael-lewis-sam-bankman-fried-crypto-going-infinite" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/oct/03/michael-lewis-sam-bankman-fried-crypto-going-infinite&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1701978893890000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1mDcOt5CYaCPdjpoxQIehY">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/oct/03/michael-lewis-sam-bankman-fried-crypto-going-infinite</a>
<a href="https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2023/10/02/is-michael-lewis-throwing-out-his-reputation-to-defend-sam-bankman-fried/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2023/10/02/is-michael-lewis-throwing-out-his-reputation-to-defend-sam-bankman-fried/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1701978893890000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2shO7lZJETsRqOiwsE44pQ">https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2023/10/02/is-michael-lewis-throwing-out-his-reputation-to-defend-sam-bankman-fried/</a>
<a href="https://archive.is/yrvL9#selection-1231.0-1271.105" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://archive.is/yrvL9%23selection-1231.0-1271.105&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1701978893890000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3LhgdHaiFkpBfq70GKdtSt">https://archive.is/yrvL9#selection-1231.0-1271.105</a>
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/nov/02/sam-bankman-fried-trial-key-takeaways" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/nov/02/sam-bankman-fried-trial-key-takeaways&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1701978893890000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2cFFnLIop6488mMihZKuTx">https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/nov/02/sam-bankman-fried-trial-key-takeaways</a>
<a href="https://newsletter.mollywhite.net/p/the-fraud-was-in-the-code" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://newsletter.mollywhite.net/p/the-fraud-was-in-the-code&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1701978893890000&amp;usg=AOvVaw100YtQkBfRKzWkkDo3YSVQ">https://newsletter.mollywhite.net/p/the-fraud-was-in-the-code</a>
<a href="https://www.investopedia.com/why-ftx-plan-to-refund-90-percent-of-recovered-assets-doesnt-add-up-to-90-percent-of-what-customers-lost-8362556" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.investopedia.com/why-ftx-plan-to-refund-90-percent-of-recovered-assets-doesnt-add-up-to-90-percent-of-what-customers-lost-8362556&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1701978893890000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3PhlO9nF57FqPLmoD4vMQP">https://www.investopedia.com/why-ftx-plan-to-refund-90-percent-of-recovered-assets-doesnt-add-up-to-90-percent-of-what-customers-lost-8362556</a>
<a href="https://jacobin.com/2023/11/sam-bankman-fried-convicted-crypto-fraud-michael-lewis" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://jacobin.com/2023/11/sam-bankman-fried-convicted-crypto-fraud-michael-lewis&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1701978893890000&amp;usg=AOvVaw27uuySUlWGPDciw01l1Yxp">https://jacobin.com/2023/11/sam-bankman-fried-convicted-crypto-fraud-michael-lewis</a>
<a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2023-08-15/the-blind-side-michael-lewis-michael-oher-sean-leigh-anne-tuohy-original-review-archive" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2023-08-15/the-blind-side-michael-lewis-michael-oher-sean-leigh-anne-tuohy-original-review-archive&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1701978893890000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1yJ8_Etf4uqnpv_VSfCDTl">https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2023-08-15/the-blind-side-michael-lewis-michael-oher-sean-leigh-anne-tuohy-original-review-archive</a>

CZM Rewind: The Last Sam Bankman-Fried Episodes (Secretly About Michael Lewis)

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/8c0196bf-f019-42bb-97b6-b39f014b12e6/transcript

Part Two: How Peter Thiel Became the Gravedigger of Democracy

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