We continue the story of Dominion's lawsuit against Fox.

We continue the story of Dominion's lawsuit against Fox.

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: Inside Fox News with Katy and Cody

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/0f50f696-f46b-40c4-a64c-afc6017df0ed/transcript

David Berg starts the 1970s as a wildly popular cult leader and immediately goes insane. Robert walks Ed Helms through the invention of "flirty fishing" AKA prostitution for Jesus and a bunch of other nightmare fuel.

Sources;

Children of God

Children of God cult was 'hell on earth'

'Children of God': Life and Death of the Messiah

The Children of God: Joaquin Phoenix, Rose McGowan Among Former Members of This Notorious Cult

Murder and Suicide Reviving Claims of Child Abuse in Cult - The New York Times

Life With Grandpa (1985) - more perverse puppetry from The Family International

"Everybody can be happy" - The Luvvets 1980s - The Family International Puppet Show

Treasure Attic: Let's Have Fun

78-79-copy.jpg (957×683)

(PDF) Lustful prophet: A psychosexual historical study of the children of God's leader, David Berg.

The Children of God \\ History \ Revolution for Jesus

https://www.xfamily.org/index.php/Main_Page

https://www.xfamily.org/index.php/Flirty_Fishing

https://www.xfamily.org/index.php/Love_bombing0

David Berg starts the 1970s as a wildly popular cult leader and immediately goes insane. Robert walks Ed Helms through the invention of "flirty fishing" AKA prostitution for Jesus and a bunch of other nightmare fuel.
Sources;
<a href="https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/children-of-god" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/children-of-god&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1750975200996000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0EJ3t23qHBJa1o0w0wBKOm">Children of God</a>
<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-44613932" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-44613932&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1750975200996000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1Xo0rPc0BdsNzIvefh3rWn">Children of God cult was 'hell on earth'</a>
<a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/children-of-god-cult-messiah-chosen-one-182272/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/children-of-god-cult-messiah-chosen-one-182272/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1750975200996000&amp;usg=AOvVaw17kaBNPBkR747Bc4aZi21u">'Children of God': Life and Death of the Messiah</a>
<a href="https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/a29374581/children-of-god-cult-joaquin-phoenix-rose-mcgowan/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/a29374581/children-of-god-cult-joaquin-phoenix-rose-mcgowan/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1750975200996000&amp;usg=AOvVaw16kDkBwqJ2b-SqUO-8nM-X">The Children of God: Joaquin Phoenix, Rose McGowan Among Former Members of This Notorious Cult</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/15/us/murder-and-suicide-reviving-claims-of-child-abuse-in-cult.html?searchResultPosition=7" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/15/us/murder-and-suicide-reviving-claims-of-child-abuse-in-cult.html?searchResultPosition%3D7&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1750975200996000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2UoYrSiGrHmHaGXFMybnJF">Murder and Suicide Reviving Claims of Child Abuse in Cult - The New York Times</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz_1rsZ04Ew&amp;t=104s" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3Dqz_1rsZ04Ew%26t%3D104s&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1750975200996000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2nC6xKu0lCWR8XBxLM064i">Life With Grandpa (1985) - more perverse puppetry from The Family International</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODhlbpJWu4Q" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DODhlbpJWu4Q&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1750975200996000&amp;usg=AOvVaw15RUTr8pgrfSNS_q2OPMMD">"Everybody can be happy" - The Luvvets 1980s - The Family International Puppet Show</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXRb0-34n2g&amp;t=451s" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DfXRb0-34n2g%26t%3D451s&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1750975200996000&amp;usg=AOvVaw13RNVheykKRYVRqxOfzC20">Treasure Attic: Let's Have Fun</a>
<a href="https://media.xfamily.org/docs/fam/heavens-girl/scans/01/78-79-copy.jpg" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://media.xfamily.org/docs/fam/heavens-girl/scans/01/78-79-copy.jpg&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1750975200996000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2uaiLF81iPB_aWIZMy82yJ">78-79-copy.jpg (957&times;683)</a>
<a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232542050_Lustful_prophet_A_psychosexual_historical_study_of_the_children_of_God's_leader_David_Berg" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232542050_Lustful_prophet_A_psychosexual_historical_study_of_the_children_of_God's_leader_David_Berg&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1750975200996000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0SjNm7jgQTnPK3-Y4xdAtq">(PDF) Lustful prophet: A psychosexual historical study of the children of God's leader, David Berg.</a>
<a href="https://childrenofgod.com/en/history/articles/revolution-for-jesus/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://childrenofgod.com/en/history/articles/revolution-for-jesus/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1750975200996000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2QkU_GZ1H3KY2eMq_c5NdN">The Children of God \\ History \ Revolution for Jesus</a>
<a href="https://www.xfamily.org/index.php/Main_Page" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.xfamily.org/index.php/Main_Page&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1750975200996000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3WYujfNkIwHRP1wsRYYRUO">https://www.xfamily.org/index.php/Main_Page</a>
<a href="https://www.xfamily.org/index.php/Flirty_Fishing" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.xfamily.org/index.php/Flirty_Fishing&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1750975200996000&amp;usg=AOvVaw138abob4CaCXKL6N-7L99U">https://www.xfamily.org/index.php/Flirty_Fishing</a>
<a href="https://www.xfamily.org/index.php/Love_bombing" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.xfamily.org/index.php/Love_bombing&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1750975200996000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1wOoEIWHsOs271Czpb3l1E">https://www.xfamily.org/index.php/Love_bombing</a>0

Part Two: David Berg and the Children of God (ft. Ed Helms)

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/968ae6c2-cb55-455b-83f4-b3070135f287/transcript

Robert sits down with Ed Helms to discuss one of our worst monsters: David Berg, founder of the Children of God cult.

Robert sits down with Ed Helms to discuss one of our worst monsters: David Berg, founder of the Children of God cult.

Part One: David Berg and the Children of God (ft. Ed Helms)

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/1fa75b64-9564-41c6-8de6-b305015c9180/transcript

Originally aired June 2022

Robert is joined by Matt Lieb to discuss Harlon Carter and NRA. 

SOURCES:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dallasnews.com/news/2018/04/27/meet-the-2-texans-who-took-over-the-nra-and-made-the-gun-rights-group-a-feared-and-powerful-force/%3foutputType=amp 
https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/22/us/harlon-b-carter-longtime-head-of-rifle-association-dies-at-78.html 
https://www.linktv.org/the-legacy-of-the-texas-rangers-a-look-at-the-long-history-of-violence-at-the-border 
https://timeline.com/harlon-carter-nra-murder-2f8227f2434f 
https://bostonreview.net/articles/america-as-a-tactical-gun-culture/
https://www.nytimes.com/1981/05/04/us/hard-line-opponent-of-gun-laws-wins-new-term-at-helm-of-rifle.html 
https://nraontherecord.org/harlon-carter/
https://medium.com/epic-magazine/sons-of-guns-a250e6637593 
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/04/23/battleground-america 
https://scholar.colorado.edu/downloads/s1784m73m 
https://addran.tcu.edu/history/files/Dissertation-Prospectus-2.pdf 
http://web.archive.org/web/20190331211610/http://www.davekopel.com/NRO/2000/Misfiring-at-Harlon-Carter.htm 
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2022/05/31/how-nra-evolved-from-backing-1934-ban-on-machine-guns-to-where-it-is-now-commentary/ 
https://www.thetrace.org/2020/01/gun-industry-legal-immunity-plcaa/ 
https://www.apa.org/science/about/psa/2013/02/gun-violence 
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-02-28/how-defective-guns-became-the-only-product-that-can-t-be-recalled 
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005LW0MNW/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Originally aired June 2022
Robert is joined by Matt Lieb to discuss Harlon Carter and NRA.&nbsp;
SOURCES:
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<li><a href="https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dallasnews.com/news/2018/04/27/meet-the-2-texans-who-took-over-the-nra-and-made-the-gun-rights-group-a-feared-and-powerful-force/%3foutputType=amp&nbsp;">https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dallasnews.com/news/2018/04/27/meet-the-2-texans-who-took-over-the-nra-and-made-the-gun-rights-group-a-feared-and-powerful-force/%3foutputType=amp&nbsp;</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/22/us/harlon-b-carter-longtime-head-of-rifle-association-dies-at-78.html&nbsp;">https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/22/us/harlon-b-carter-longtime-head-of-rifle-association-dies-at-78.html&nbsp;</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://timeline.com/harlon-carter-nra-murder-2f8227f2434f&nbsp;">https://timeline.com/harlon-carter-nra-murder-2f8227f2434f&nbsp;</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bostonreview.net/articles/america-as-a-tactical-gun-culture/">https://bostonreview.net/articles/america-as-a-tactical-gun-culture/</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1981/05/04/us/hard-line-opponent-of-gun-laws-wins-new-term-at-helm-of-rifle.html&nbsp;">https://www.nytimes.com/1981/05/04/us/hard-line-opponent-of-gun-laws-wins-new-term-at-helm-of-rifle.html&nbsp;</a></li>
<li><a href="https://nraontherecord.org/harlon-carter/">https://nraontherecord.org/harlon-carter/</a></li>
<li><a href="https://medium.com/epic-magazine/sons-of-guns-a250e6637593&nbsp;">https://medium.com/epic-magazine/sons-of-guns-a250e6637593&nbsp;</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/04/23/battleground-america&nbsp;">https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/04/23/battleground-america&nbsp;</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://addran.tcu.edu/history/files/Dissertation-Prospectus-2.pdf&nbsp;">https://addran.tcu.edu/history/files/Dissertation-Prospectus-2.pdf&nbsp;</a></li>
<li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20190331211610/http://www.davekopel.com/NRO/2000/Misfiring-at-Harlon-Carter.htm&nbsp;">http://web.archive.org/web/20190331211610/http://www.davekopel.com/NRO/2000/Misfiring-at-Harlon-Carter.htm&nbsp;</a></li>
<li><a href="https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2022/05/31/how-nra-evolved-from-backing-1934-ban-on-machine-guns-to-where-it-is-now-commentary/&nbsp;">https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2022/05/31/how-nra-evolved-from-backing-1934-ban-on-machine-guns-to-where-it-is-now-commentary/&nbsp;</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.thetrace.org/2020/01/gun-industry-legal-immunity-plcaa/&nbsp;">https://www.thetrace.org/2020/01/gun-industry-legal-immunity-plcaa/&nbsp;</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.apa.org/science/about/psa/2013/02/gun-violence&nbsp;">https://www.apa.org/science/about/psa/2013/02/gun-violence&nbsp;</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-02-28/how-defective-guns-became-the-only-product-that-can-t-be-recalled&nbsp;">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-02-28/how-defective-guns-became-the-only-product-that-can-t-be-recalled&nbsp;</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005LW0MNW/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&amp;btkr=1">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005LW0MNW/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&amp;btkr=1</a></li>
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CZM Rewind: Harlon Carter: the Man Who Militarized the Cops and the NRA

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