Robert continues the story with young Pol Pot's years in France where he and his friends radicalize themselves in what has to have been the deadliest book club of all time.

Robert continues the story with young Pol Pot's years in France where he and his friends radicalize themselves in what has to have been the deadliest book club of all time.

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: The Pol Pot Episodes: How A Nice, Quiet Kid Murdered His Country

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Robert concludes the story of fake psychic investigator Sylvia Browne with a surprise story about the World Trade Center bombing.

Robert concludes the story of fake psychic investigator Sylvia Browne with a surprise story about the World Trade Center bombing.

Part Two: Sylvia Browne: Fake Psychic Detective

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/e0220cd0-3aad-4515-9c12-b411000ae211/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

Part Two: The Pol Pot Episodes: How A Nice, Quiet Kid Murdered His Country

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