Original Air Date: June 12th, 2018

Have you ever heard of King Leopold II? In Episode 7, Robert is joined by Andrew Ti (Yo, Is This Racist?) and they discuss the King of Belgium, who was the first world leader to be crappy in the true modern sense of the word. His life’s work was the blueprint for being the kind of terrible that we recognize in modern leaders like Dick Cheney or Vladimir Putin. He pioneered screwing over tens of millions of people for petty personal gain See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CZM Rewind: Part One: King Leopold II: The First Modern Bastard

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.

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Hi Behind the Bastards Fans! Take a listen to the trailer of our newest show Sixteenth Minute (of Fame). 
About the show: Sixteenth Minute (of Fame) is a weekly show from Jamie Loftus that takes a closer look at the internet’s main characters – one part reported, one part interviews, and one part Jamie collapsing her permanently internet-damaged brain. Whether it’s an enduring meme or a dreaded Character of the Day distinction, it’s the kind of notoriety that often results in little money, unwarranted attention, and a confusing blurred line of consent. What do you do when you get more attention and judgement than any one person is built to handle? The Sixteenth Minute of Fame is the place where we figure that out, putting people in the context of the moment they've been frozen inside of.
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Introducing: Sixteenth Minute (of Fame)

Robert sits down with Margaret killjoy to talk about Moritz Schreber, the pseudo scientific parenting guru who strapped children into torture devices and helped prepare Germany for the Nazis.
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Part One: The Parenting Gurus of Nazi Germany

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It Could Happen Here Weekly 129

Robert is joined again by Jamie Loftus to continue discussing Savitri Devi.
Jamie’s new Cool Zone Media show Sixteenth Minute launches on May 7th! Every week, she gets to know one of the internet’s most notorious main characters, and how the algorithm delivering them to you changes their brain and yours. Up first: Antoine Dodson, the dress, and Boston slide cop! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CZM Rewind: Part Two: Savitri Devi The Woman Who Turned Nazism into a Religion

Robert is joined by Jamie Loftus to discuss Hitler's Priestess, Savitri Devi.
Jamie’s new Cool Zone Media show Sixteenth Minute launches on May 7th! Every week, she gets to know one of the internet’s most notorious main characters, and how the algorithm delivering them to you changes their brain and yours. Up first: Antoine Dodson, the dress, and Boston slide cop!
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Hitler's Priestess
Twitter Photo
Savitri Devi: The strange story of how a Hindu Hitler worshipper became an alt-right icon
Why white supremacists and Hindu nationalists are so alike
The Man Who Brought the Swastika to Germany, and How the Nazis Stole It
Ritualistic Cat Torture Was Once a Form of Town Fun
The Great Cat Massacre: French History Revealed by the Americans
Savitri Devi: The mystical fascist being resurrected by the alt-right
Hitler is Homeless in Vienna
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE CULT EXPERIENCE
 HINDUISM AND NATIONAL SOCIALISM
Priestess of Hitlerism: Savitri Devi
The Death of Adolf Hitler
Savitri Devi Wiki
Savitri Devi
From Christchurch to India: How India’s RSS Inspires White Nationalist Violence
Feuerkrieg Division (FKD)
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CZM Rewind: Part One: King Leopold II: The First Modern Bastard

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