Behind the Bastards

Robert Evans: Robert and Margaret discuss the birth of the first atom bomb and how delusions about the use of air power made it a savior for a certain kind of U.S Army Air Corps officer.
Sophie Lichterman: She's sick more often than anyone I know

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Robert sits down with Margaret Killjoy to talk about how mankind went from building one atomic bomb to building tens of thousands of them, permanently 15 minutes or less away from ending all life on earth.

(5 Part Series)

Sources:

https://warontherocks.com/2018/09/a-horrifying-and-believable-path-to-nuclear-war-with-north-korea/

https://mwi.westpoint.edu/inside-frighteningly-plausible-nuclear-attack-scenario/

https://sci-hub.ru/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10736700.2018.1513920

https://www.si.edu/media/NASM/NASM-DoomsdayDelayed.pdf

https://doomsdaymachines.net/p/i-have-sought-to-slaughter-as-few

https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1996/november/strategic-bombing-always-myth

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/does-strategic-bombing-work-world-war-ii-test-case-proved-it-or-not-173621

https://www.junobeach.org/canada-in-wwii/articles/rcaf-bomber-squadrons-overseas/strategic-bombing/

https://www.npr.org/2021/08/06/1025059199/fallout-tells-the-story-of-the-journalist-who-exposed-the-hiroshima-cover-up

https://secretaryrofdefenserock.substack.com/p/bombing-because-you-can-operation

https://www.amazon.com/Bombing-Win-Coercion-Cornell-Security/dp/0801483115

https://www.amazon.com/15-Minutes-General-Countdown-Annihilation/dp/1250002087

https://www.amazon.com/Command-Control-Damascus-Accident-Illusion/dp/0143125788

https://www.amazon.com/Nuclear-War-Scenario-Annie-Jacobsen/dp/0593476093

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 

- Requiem for Stop Cop City

- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #43

- CZM Rewind: My RNC Grindr Adventure

- CZM Rewind: Elon Musk Has Lost the Gamers

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Sources:

Requiem for Stop Cop City

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3dqH_lfh6g

https://www.policemag.com/articles/understanding-the-ooda-loop

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/29/atlanta-police-cop-city-surveillance 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQZDfvAZrrU 

https://newrepublic.com/article/190850/coming-war-dissent

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/26/text

https://atlpresscollective.com/2025/11/13/atlanta-police-flock-immigration-searches/

https://www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-searched-license-plate-cameras-nationwide-for-a-woman-who-got-an-abortion/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/strengthening-and-unleashing-americas-law-enforcement-to-pursue-criminals-and-protect-innocent-citizens/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/08/additional-measures-to-address-the-crime-emergency-in-the-district-of-columbia/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/29/pentagon-memo-quick-reaction-forces

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/countering-domestic-terrorism-and-organized-political-violence/

https://newuniversity.org/2025/05/10/ice-raids-home-in-irvine-rep-dave-min-issues-statement/

https://theintercept.com/2023/05/02/cop-city-activists-arrest-flyers/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yok1fhPICAY 

https://www.mainlineatl.com/georgia-drops-charges-against-atlanta-solidarity-fund-rico-cop-city/

https://www.mainlineatl.com/cop-city-rico-judge-to-toss-charges/

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #43

https://archive.is/LRnmy

https://www.axios.com/2025/11/19/ukraine-peace-plan-trump-russia-witkoff 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqZO0VRlp7E 

https://x.com/SenMcConnell/status/1992719172292214824?s=20 

https://x.com/BarakRavid/status/1990948698508185760 

https://apnews.com/article/immigration-chicago-arrests-police-federal-5c21bcb2cd890fcb086480469c1a3a96 

https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/border-patrol-monitoring-us-drivers-detaining-suspicious-travel-127699704 

https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-sues-el-cajon-illegally-sharing-license-plate-data-out

https://www.dhs.gov/publication/dhscbppia-049-cbp-license-plate-reader-technology 

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/doge-doesnt-exist-with-eight-months-left-its-charter-2025-11-23/

https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-announces-six-new-agency-partnerships-break-federal-bureaucracy

https://www.ed.gov/media/document/fact-sheet-department-of-education-and-department-of-state-international-education-and-foreign-language-studies-partnership-112461.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDanzN1EUeE 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/nyregion/mamdani-osse-dsa-endorsement.html

CZM Rewind: Elon Musk Has Lost the Gamers

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2024/09/15/deshaun-watson-trade-details-texans-browns/75189022007/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1ykCc588Zw

https://thecourier.com/news/549130/browns-need-to-start-asking-questions-about-depodesta/

https://www.georgiaentertainment.com/2024/04/georgias-got-game-why-the-gaming-industry-is-larger-than-film-television-and-music-combined/#:~:text=The%20dominant%20entertainment%20industry%20is,than%203%20billion%20active%20gamers

https://app2top.com/news/the-gaming-industry-in-2024-by-the-numbers-a-review-by-gamesindustry-276003.html

https://www.ign.com/articles/asmongolds-twitch-channel-banned-following-racist-rant-about-palestinians

https://g-mnews.com/en/global-games-market-will-generate-usd-187-7-billion-in-2024/

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Robert Evans is a Living God and can never lie.....Also we talk with Jamie Loftus about Sam Bankman-Fried and beloved biographer to con man Michael Lewis, author of The Big Short.

Original Air Dates: 12.5.23 & 12.7.23

Sources:

https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/michael-lewiss-big-contrarian-bet

https://archive.is/GnVkX#selection-2015.0-2029.125

https://archive.is/cZZcN#selection-455.0-523.30

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/oct/03/michael-lewis-sam-bankman-fried-crypto-going-infinite

https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2023/10/02/is-michael-lewis-throwing-out-his-reputation-to-defend-sam-bankman-fried/

https://archive.is/yrvL9#selection-1231.0-1271.105

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/nov/02/sam-bankman-fried-trial-key-takeaways

https://newsletter.mollywhite.net/p/the-fraud-was-in-the-code

https://www.investopedia.com/why-ftx-plan-to-refund-90-percent-of-recovered-assets-doesnt-add-up-to-90-percent-of-what-customers-lost-8362556

https://jacobin.com/2023/11/sam-bankman-fried-convicted-crypto-fraud-michael-lewis

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2023-08-15/the-blind-side-michael-lewis-michael-oher-sean-leigh-anne-tuohy-original-review-archive

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Part One: Robert sits down with Jamie Loftus to talk about the collapse of one of the great financial criminals of our time.

Original Air Date: 11.22.22

Part Two: Everyone's favorite crypto conman is back behind bars! Robert sits down with Jamie Loftus to talk about his plans to buy an island and make he and his friends living gods.

Original Air Date: 8.15.23

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 

- The Challenges Facing the Mamdani Administration

- Nick Fuentes Explains Pornography to Tucker Carlson

- The Conde Nast Union Busting Purge

- Producing Knowledge on Palestine feat. Dana El Kurd

- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #42

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Sources/Links:

The Challenges Facing the Mamdani Administration

https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2025/11/08/hochul-a--no--on-mamdani-s-free-bus-plan---yes--on-statewide-universal-childcare

https://thebaffler.com/latest/paying-for-it-backer

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/13/zohran-mamdani-free-bus-plan-governor-hochul/87258107007/

https://www.businessinsider.com/aoc-attacks-nypd-for-threatening-bill-de-blasios-daughter-after-arrest-2020-6

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-free-buses-kathy-hochul/

Nick Fuentes Explains Pornography to Tucker Carlson

https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2025/11/08/hochul-a--no--on-mamdani-s-free-bus-plan---yes--on-statewide-universal-childcare

https://thebaffler.com/latest/paying-for-it-backer

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/13/zohran-mamdani-free-bus-plan-governor-hochul/87258107007/

https://www.businessinsider.com/aoc-attacks-nypd-for-threatening-bill-de-blasios-daughter-after-arrest-2020-6

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-free-buses-kathy-hochul/

The Conde Nast Union Busting Purge

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/tell-conde-bosses-to-reinstate-the-fired-four-reverse-the-suspensions-and-end-the-union-busting

@goodbyealma

@picnic_mag

Producing Knowledge on Palestine feat. Dana El Kurd

Journal of Palestine Studies – https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/journals/jps/about

Donate to the Journal of Palestine Studies – https://palestine-studies.networkforgood.com/projects/18346-donate-to-support-palestinian-knowledge-production

Mahmoud Darwish interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrvzKOYeQZY&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Feliaayoub.com%2F&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE

AAUP & MESA report on Title 6 investigations - https://www.aaup.org/news/new-aaup-report-analyzes-weaponization-title-vi-doe-investigations

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #42

https://x.com/micah_erfan/status/1991117893912977891?s=20

https://x.com/TheTNHoller/status/1991186996421640702?s=20

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115562626931599548

https://nypost.com/2025/11/17/opinion/fbi-secret-service-butchered-the-thomas-crooks-case-and-invited-conspiracies-we-deserve-the-truth/

https://nypost.com/2025/11/17/us-news/thomas-crooks-used-they-them-pronouns-had-obsession-with-violence-and-muscle-mommies-sources/ 

https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1990444544584819185?s=20

https://x.com/DC_Draino/status/1990439113997078866?s=20

https://independentnewsroom.com/p/intel-report-thomas-crooks-alleged-social-media-dump-2bda

https://www.state.gov/releases/2025/11/designations-of-antifa-ost-and-three-other-violent-antifa-groups/ 

https://x.com/StateDept/status/1989034285819740531?s=20

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txwd.1150387/gov.uscourts.txwd.1150387.1437.0.pdf

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/us/jd-vance-threats-michigan.html

https://apnews.com/article/poland-sabotage-explosion-rail-track-warsaw-97dae3045d4e1ff329780526c6279c0f

https://apnews.com/article/latvia-belarus-border-migrants-hybrid-warfare-c75de2cd135dd24d4865ec40a3dea698

https://apnews.com/article/finland-russia-border-frontex-guards-2fc202b3a900d6887e0152b235a0a00d 

https://bsky.app/profile/peark.es/post/3m5plwjfzgs2t 

https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-launches-billboards-charlotte-featuring-large-public-safety-threats 

https://www.wunc.org/race-class-communities/2024-11-25/immigration-enforcement-house-bill-10-north-carolina 

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/ice-agent-arrested-for-pulling-gun-on-southern-california-teen-lawyer-says/ 

https://www.riversidesheriff.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=6777 

https://lataco.com/ice-gun-aimed-santa-ana 

https://apnews.com/article/charlotte-north-carolina-immigration-arrests-trump-989b5f9428a65b9cd669244f79723edf 

https://www.wfae.org/race-equity/2025-03-27/sheriff-mcfadden-ice-at-odds-over-immigration-enforcement 

https://cis.org/Map-Sanctuary-Cities-Counties-and-States 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/german-court-admits-charges-against-201638141.html 

https://www.bnaibrith.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/AnnualMarchesGlorifyingNazism_Z105c.pdf 

https://gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/press/PROC_declaring_Muslim_Brotherhood_and_CAIR_Transnational_Criminal_Organizations_IMAGE_11-18-2025.pdf 

https://www.cair.com/press_releases/cair-sends-formal-response-letter-to-texas-governor-abbott-condemning-defamatory-and-lawless-proclamation/  

https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/pdf/SB00017F.pdf#navpanes=0 

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Robert concludes the story of Bo Gritz with his unhinged attempts to rescue POWs from Vietnam, his political ambitions, and disgraceful downfall.

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Robert and Prop did a live show to raise money for the Portland Bail Fund. They discussed the life and times of Bo Gritz, a foundational right wing militia maniac.

Sources:

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/03/29/James-Bo-Gritz-the-Vietnam-War-veteran-who-slipped/7427417762000/

https://www.spike-team.com/home/origins/

https://time.com/archive/6857330/colonel-gritzs-dubious-mission/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1983/03/24/bo-gritz-story-is-fascinating-but-does-he-really-believe-itmissing/9aef313b-233d-401c-b4d6-cfb9c4368e95/

https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/patriot-leader-bo-gritz-shoots-himself-under-troubling-circumstances/

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/mar/02/erase-and-forget-review-andrea-luka-zimmerman-bo-gritz

https://theoutline.com/post/7984/rambo-last-blood-vietnam-bo-gritz-sylvester-stallone

https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/military/war-hero-bo-gritz-reflects-on-ruby-ridge-siege-28-years-later-2124428/

https://www.nizkor.org/gritz-grodin-and-garbage/

https://www.deseret.com/1994/10/19/19137185/gritz-says-he-s-leaving-lds-church/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1983/03/03/bo-gritz-the-glory-38/e0a78612-dfa7-45f2-b5b7-c2f78f53a80f/

https://archive.is/OLBBk#selection-475.0-475.238

https://www.deseret.com/1992/10/25/19012368/gritz-raring-to-solve-the-ills-of-america-in-1-week/

https://archive.is/ANNoI#selection-1035.507-1039.688

https://blogs.library.duke.edu/rubenstein/2024/11/04/parker-anderson-conspiracy-theory-reserach/

https://archive.org/stream/soldieroffortunemagazine/Soldier%20of%20Fortune%20%5B1992%2709%5D_djvu.txt

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 

- Mamdani’s Victory: Winners, Losers, and Crashouts

- A New Threat to Public Lands

- The Pro Palestine Movement Two Years After Genocide feat. Dana El Kurd

- The Mainstreaming of Nick Fuentes by the Coward Tucker Carlson

- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #41

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Sources:

Mamdani’s Victory: Winners, Losers, and Crashouts

https://www.npr.org/2025/11/06/nx-s1-5600718/wall-street-zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-mayor

https://www.businessinsider.com/business-leaders-react-nyc-mayor-election-race-results-zohran-mamdani-2025-11#jamie-dimon-1

https://www.nj.com/politics/2025/11/elon-musk-is-having-a-post-election-meltdown-western-civilization-is-doomed.html

https://defector.com/lets-check-in-with-people-who-threatened-to-leave-zohran-mamdanis-nyc

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/05/democrats-republicans-reaction-mamdani-win

https://lindseyboylan4ny.medium.com/my-story-of-working-with-governor-cuomo-e664d4814b4e

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/15/lindsey_boylan

https://indypendent.org/2025/07/we-will-beat-these-monsters-lindsey-boylan-reacts-to-cuomos-defeat/

https://archive.vn/3N3wu

A New Threat to Public Lands

https://www.energy.senate.gov/2025/10/lee-bill-fights-back-against-biden-s-border-chaos-destroying-america-s-parks-and-public-lands 

https://www.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2025/11/sierra-club-statement-trump-s-nomination-steve-pearce-lead-blm

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/kathleen-sgamma-withdraws-jan-6-criticism-came-public--rcna200699 

https://recreationroundtable.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ORR-Burgum-Nomination-Letter-of-Support-Final.pdf 

https://twitter.com/BasedMikeLee

https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/mike-lee/summary?cid=N00031696 

https://www.energy.senate.gov/services/files/0DED04C4-18C7-4C1F-BCE4-DD5B79FB0264 

https://www.jstor.org/stable/14646 

The Pro Palestine Movement Two Years After Genocide

Ahmed Moor & Antony Loewenstein’s book - https://saqibooks.com/books/saqi/after-zionism/

The Mainstreaming of Nick Fuentes by the Coward Tucker Carlson

https://x.com/jasonahart/status/1985338713791172827 

https://x.com/KevinRobertsTX/status/1984335805192532265  

https://x.com/markgoldfeder/status/1985000264743416256?s=46 

https://x.com/McCormickProf/status/1984646330849837488

https://www.jta.org/2025/10/31/united-states/ted-cruz-to-jewish-republicans-antisemitism-is-an-existential-crisis-in-our-party  

https://jewishinsider.com/2025/11/gop-senators-tucker-carlson-left-wing-antisemitism-josh-hawley-james-lankford/

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5586731-heritage-foundation-tucker-carlson-nick-fuentes-controversy/ 

https://nypost.com/2025/11/03/us-news/heritage-foundation-in-revolt-over-tucker-carlson-defense-after-controversial-nick-fuentes-interview-footsie-with-literal-nazis/ 

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/chris-demuth-resigns-from-the-heritage-foundation/

https://x.com/AudreyFahlberg/status/1985781905976115550?s=20 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/us/politics/heritage-foundation-antisemitism-task-force.html 

https://freebeacon.com/politics/i-made-a-mistake-heritage-foundation-president-apologizes-to-staff-for-video-refusal-to-cancel-tucker-carlson-and-throws-shade-at-former-chief-of-staff/

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/heritage-president-apologizes-for-tucker-carlson-defense-video-in-heated-all-hands-meeting/ 

https://www.mediaite.com/politics/david-french-schools-matt-walsh-over-his-call-for-no-enemies-on-the-right/ 

https://x.com/Cernovich/status/1985032452432437704?s=20 

https://x.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1985417108407124110?s=20 

https://x.com/JDVance/status/1986099131845136594 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/opinion/nick-fuentes-kirk-successor.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/us/politics/nick-fuentes-trump.html 

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/10/nick-fuentes-tucker-carlson-interview/684792/ 

https://roddreher.substack.com/p/what-i-saw-and-heard-in-washington?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #41

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/italian-pasta-tariffs-trump-rcna243264

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/nov/13/pasta-italian-imports-trump-tariffs

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-50-year-mortgage-loan-bill-pulte-cost/

https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2025/11/13/when-will-the-2000-tariff-dividend-be-paid-new-trump-stimulus-check-2025-payment-eligibility-update/87209405007/

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/business/fifty-year-mortgage

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93ddrp17zko\

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/30/white-house-withdraws-ej-antoni-nomination-lead-bls-00589289

https://archive.vn/sHLdh

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2025/11/13/white-house-will-release-octobers-jobs-report-after-saying-data-would-likely-never-publish/

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-hell-issue-2000-tariff-dividend-except-high/story?id=127356839\

https://www.usccb.org/news/2025/us-bishops-issue-special-message-immigration-plenary-assembly-baltimore 

https://www.wired.com/story/dhs-kept-chicago-police-records-for-months-in-violation-of-domestic-espionage-rules/ 

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832522/66/moreno-gonzalez-v-noem-secretary-us-department-of-homeland-security/ 

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/11/11/harris-county-immigration-lawsuit/2501762887924/ 

https://www.mediamatters.org/new-york-times/study-ny-times-wash-post-coverage-caravan-plummets-after-midterms

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Robert talks about legitimately some of the worst stuff we'll ever discuss on this show. Oh my god, you guys

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