Robert is joined again by Katy Stoll and Cody Johnston to continue discussing how fascism started in America. 

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Robert is joined again by Katy Stoll and Cody Johnston to continue discussing how fascism started in America.  Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com">https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com</a>

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: The Birth of American Fascism

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/1b6adce8-5209-475c-9a13-ae2900014d14/transcript

Robert and Kal Penn discuss the life and times of Sylvia Browne, the first famous psychic detective who spent most of her life committing crimes rather than stopping them.

Robert and Kal Penn discuss the life and times of Sylvia Browne, the first famous psychic detective who spent most of her life committing crimes rather than stopping them.

Part One: Sylvia Browne: Fake Psychic Detective

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/c31637dd-92f8-420d-8659-b40f0175e5a5/transcript

Robert explains how incel terminology met the social internet, particularly reddit, and became tied inexorably with Gen Z slang.

Robert explains how incel terminology met the social internet, particularly reddit, and became tied inexorably with Gen Z slang.

Part Two: From Elliott Rodger to Clavicular: The Story of Incel Evolution

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/c867370c-7485-4217-a2a1-b40a015e56c6/transcript

Robert explains how we went from incels complaining about women online to the influencer Clavicular with special guest Kat Abughazaleh.

Robert explains how we went from incels complaining about women online to the influencer Clavicular with special guest Kat Abughazaleh.

Part One: From Elliott Rodger to Clavicular: The Story of Incel Evolution

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/b49e70de-de86-4151-a2f8-b40801786c6a/transcript

Part Two: The Birth of American Fascism

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