Robert Maxwell makes a full heel turn in this episode, going from badass killer of the SS to not so badass corporate ghoul who murdered science and also spied for Israel and the UK.

Robert Maxwell makes a full heel turn in this episode, going from badass killer of the SS to not so badass corporate ghoul who murdered science and also spied for Israel and the UK.

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.

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

Part Two: Robert Maxwell: How Ghislaine Maxwell's Dad Ruined Science

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We conclude the story of how Britain ended its role in the Atlantic Slave Trade.

Against the State by James Stout available for preorder here: https://www.akpress.org/against-the-state.html 

We conclude the story of how Britain ended its role in the Atlantic Slave Trade.
Against the State by&nbsp;James Stout available for preorder here: <a href="https://www.akpress.org/against-the-state.html">https://www.akpress.org/against-the-state.html</a>&nbsp;

Part Three: X-Mas Special: The Heroes Who Ended The Slave Trade

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In this episode we introduce two great heroes: freed slave and adventurer Olaudah Equiano, and crusading abolitionist lawyer Granville Sharp.

Against the State by James Stout available for preorder here: https://www.akpress.org/against-the-state.html 

In this episode we introduce two great heroes: freed slave and adventurer Olaudah Equiano, and crusading abolitionist lawyer Granville Sharp.
Against the State by&nbsp;James Stout available for preorder here: <a href="https://www.akpress.org/against-the-state.html">https://www.akpress.org/against-the-state.html</a>&nbsp;

Part Two: X-Mas Special: The Heroes Who Ended The Slave Trade

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/b304c8ce-a9c0-4744-99f9-b3bd00124613/transcript

In our annual holiday reverse episode, Robert introduces James Stout to the heroes who fought to end the Atlantic Slave trade.

(3 part series)

Against the State by James Stout available for preorder here: https://www.akpress.org/against-the-state.html 

In our annual holiday reverse episode, Robert introduces James Stout to the heroes who fought to end the Atlantic Slave trade.
(3 part series)
Against the State by&nbsp;James Stout available for preorder here: <a href="https://www.akpress.org/against-the-state.html">https://www.akpress.org/against-the-state.html</a>&nbsp;

Part One: X-Mas Special: The Heroes Who Ended The Slave Trade

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/990f74a9-fdb4-4779-855d-b3bc0046c89c/transcript

Part Two: Robert Maxwell: How Ghislaine Maxwell's Dad Ruined Science

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