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;

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

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Robert explores the life and times of Jimmy Savile, the face of the BBC for decades, an ally of Margaret Thatcher, and a pedophile rapist on an incomprehensible scale.

Robert explores the life and times of Jimmy Savile, the face of the BBC for decades, an ally of Margaret Thatcher, and a pedophile rapist on an incomprehensible scale.

Part One: Jimmy Saville: Britain's Unending Nightmare

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/3365cf39-b5b0-4d55-b27a-b4280161c9e2/transcript

Greazy Wil concludes the story of Phil Spector by talking about the murder he definitely committed.

Greazy Wil concludes the story of Phil Spector by talking about the murder he definitely committed.

Part Four: The Phil Spector Episodes

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Greazy Wil continues the story of Phil Spector, and how his relationship with the Beatles and his relationship with his wife came into, uh, conflict.

Cool Zone Media is nominated for 3 Webby Awards!  Please submit your votes by April 16th :)

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Migrating to America - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/documentary   

Greazy Wil continues the story of Phil Spector, and how his relationship with the Beatles and his relationship with his wife came into, uh, conflict.
Cool Zone Media is nominated for 3 Webby Awards!&nbsp; Please submit your votes by April 16th :)
Behind the Bastards -&nbsp;<a href="https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/features/experimental-innovation">https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/features/experimental-innovation</a>&nbsp;
It Could Happen Here - <a href="https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/news-politics">https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/news-politics</a>&nbsp;
Migrating to America - <a href="https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/documentary">https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/documentary</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;

 Part Three: The Phil Spector Episodes

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/0a38267d-a2a8-4787-8a23-b4250021596b/transcript

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

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