Part One: Ragnar Redbeard: The Patron Saint of Toxic Masculinity

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This week Robert introduces Margaret and the audience to Johanna Harer, the chief Momfluencer of Nazi Germany, whose pop science parenting book was endorsed by Hitler himself. During what historians refer to as his "Oprah period".
Sources:

https://archive.is/Bvxcs
https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/germany-s-secret-paedophiliaexperiment-1.2897942
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-allowed-pedophiles-to-foster-children/a-53839291
https://walled-in-berlin.com/j-elke-ertle/moritz-schreber-versus-benjamin-spock/
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1994/11/03/soul-murder/
https://www.jstor.org/stable/40546694?read-now=1&seq;=2#page_scan_tab_contents
https://sci-hub.st/https://www.jstor.org/stable/40546694?read-now=1&seq;=2#page_scan_tab_contents
https://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/the-sexual-revolution-and-children-how-the-left-tookthings-too-far-a-702679.html
https://newrepublic.com/article/120379/german-green-party-pedophilia-scandal
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/harsh-nazi-parenting-guidelines-may-still-affect-german-children-of-today1/
https://archive.is/2S1hb#selection-3955.0-4041.48
https://archive.is/6Fcev#selection-1981.0-1995.1
https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/nazi-parenting-guidelines-persist-today-haarer/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0691130396?psc=1&language;=en_US
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Part Two: The Parenting Gurus of Nazi Germany

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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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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.

Part One: Ragnar Redbeard: The Patron Saint of Toxic Masculinity

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