
Behind the Bastards
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CZM Rewind: Part One: 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! Sources: 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) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Part Two: The Bastards of Forensic Science
Robert is joined again by Dr. Kaveh Hoda to continue to discuss why Forensic Science really doesn't work. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: The Bastards of Forensic Science
Forensic Science is supposed to provide perfect certainty in the most serious criminal cases. What if it's all a bunch of bullshit? Robert sits down with Dr. Kaveh Hoda to talk about all the myriad cons in forensic "science.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Part Four: Beria: Stalin's Pedophile Cop & the Soviet Oppenheimer
Beria? I hardly know'ya. Anyway, this is the last episode of the series. Goodbye.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Three: Beria: Stalin's Pedophile Cop & the Soviet Oppenheimer
Robert and Joe get into the meat of the Beria story: the invasion of Poland and start of World War 2.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Part Two: Beria: Stalin's Pedophile Cop & the Soviet Oppenheimer
In part two, Robert continues with Joe Kassabian to tell the sordid tale of Lavrentiy Beria, the head of Stalin's secret police, prolific sex criminal and ethnic cleanser, and nuclear weapon entrepreneur. https://gofund.me/e815d59e See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: Beria: Stalin's Pedophile Cop & the Soviet Oppenheimer
Robert sits down with Joe Kassabian to tell the sordid tale of Lavrentiy Beria, the head of Stalin's secret police, prolific sex criminal and ethnic cleanser, and nuclear weapon entrepreneur. https://gofund.me/e815d59e Sources https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=O-CKDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA3&lpg=PA3&dq=beria+planet&source=bl&ots=jMc6z53_-K&sig=ACfU3U0xFZvDPSae5clBjjfMT99GQhBThg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjNm9fq0cb5AhXLiVwKHaqYDaEQ6AF6BAg4EAM#v=onepage&q=beria%20planet&f=false https://www.amazon.com/dp/1541600061?psc=1&language=en_US https://www.amazon.com/Stalins-Team-Living-Dangerously-Politics/dp/0691175772/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&sr=1-1 https://www.amazon.com/Beria-Stalins-Lieutenant-Amy-Knight/dp/0691032572/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&sr=1-1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240319033536/https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/profile/lavrentiy-p-beria/ https://www.history.co.uk/article/historys-forgotten-people-lavrentiy-beria https://archive.is/GjzYI https://web.archive.org/web/20240319033536/https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/profile/lavrentiy-p-beria/ https://sci-hub.se/https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-1331.1999.tb00004.x https://web.archive.org/web/20150315203304/http://nucleardiner.com/2015/03/13/a-soviet-coup-the-fall-of-lavrenty-beria/ https://csc.asu.edu/2015/03/19/rofer-on-the-fall-of-beria-and-putins-vanishing-act/ https://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/letter-lavrentiy-beria-georgii-malenkov-reflecting-events-spring-1953-excerpt See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Part Two: How Conservatism Won
Robert and Dave conclude our episode about think tanks.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: How Conservatism Won
Robert sits down with David Bell to discuss how a consortium of rich failsons got together to fund a network of right wing think tanks and shift American culture in a fun new direction. (note: it was not actually fun at all) (2 Part Series) Sources: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2023/05/09/launch-long-game https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardvedder/2020/01/06/the-collegiate-conservative-counter-revolution/?sh=efd1a87111c0 https://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/politics/polibig/eastidea.htm https://msuweb.montclair.edu/~furrg/gned/laphamtentacles04.pdf https://theintercept.com/2022/08/25/student-loans-debt-reagan/ https://twitter.com/schwarz/status/1562521561118429187/photo/1 https://newsarchive.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2004/06/08_reagan.shtml https://www.bestcolleges.com/news/analysis/threat-of-educated-proletariat-created-the-student-debt-crisis/ https://michaelperelman.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/a-rationalization-for-educational-downsizing/ https://www.nytimes.com/1933/08/20/archives/germany-watches-zionist-congress-fears-it-may-stir-up-abroad-new.html https://www.nytimes.com/1931/09/06/archives/germany-is-moving-toward-the-centre-pressure-of-left-and-right-is.html https://www.nytimes.com/1933/02/26/archives/farming-put-first-in-german-plans-economic-policy-of-the-hitler.html https://louisville.edu/journal/workplace/issue6/franklin.html https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/news/speeches/the-scheme-1-the-powell-memo/#:~:text=Powell%20recommended%20a%20propaganda%20effort,%2C%20political%20science%2C%20and%20sociology https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/speech/january-17-1967-statement-governor-ronald-reagan-tuition https://archive.org/details/rampartsmagazine00ramp/page/28/mode/2up?view=theater See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Part Two: The Real Bastard Was Health Insurance Companies All Along
Robert and Kaveh continue with another wacky fake doctor story that snowballs into a vast conspiracy by health insurance companies to make everyone else's life much worse.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: The Fake Doctors Who Gave Everyone Alzheimer's
Robert sits down with Dr. Kaveh Hoda to tell several hilarious fake doctor stories that wind up exposing the dark heart of the health insurance industry. (2 Part Series)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Part Two: The Dennis the Menace Creator was a Shockingly Bad Man
Robert and Randy discuss Hank's unorthodox parenting methods, how he tried to get laid at Disneyland, and some very uncomfortable racism.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: The Dennis the Menace Creator was a Shockingly Bad Man
Robert sits down with Randy Milholland to discuss Hank Ketcham, the creator of Dennis the Menace. Despite his cartoon's kid-safe nature, Hank mined his own wife and child for content while systematically destroying both of their lives. (2 Part Series) Sources: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1990/05/05/denniss-dear-old-dad/3034ac5a-25fc4f92-ad9b-f3092c69ca67/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dennis-the-menace/ https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Dennis-creator-Hank-KetchamCartoonist-who-2915346.php https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-03-26-vw-587-story.html https://carmelmagazine.com/archive/life-after-dennis-the-menace https://archive.is/ZpH29 https://prabook.com/web/dennis.ketcham/2384085 https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/dennis-the-deviant/ https://heykidscomics.fandom.com/wiki/Dennis_Ketcham https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2010/10/18/the-odd-case-of-dennis-themenace/ https://www.reddit.com/r/OldSchoolCool/comments/xuyjoo/dennis_the_menac e_creator_hank_ketchum_with_son/ https://www.grunge.com/289273/the-tragic-true-story-of-dennisthe-menace/ https://people.com/archive/dennis-grown-older-vol-40-no-5/ https://archive.org/details/merchantofdennis0000ketc/mode/2up?view=theater See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Part Four: The Terrible Secret of Steve Jobs
Ed and Robert conclude the epic story of Steve Jobs with a look at how his peculiarities determined the shape and horrible abusive nature of much of the modern consumer electronics industry.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Three: The Terrible Secret of Steve Jobs
Robert and Ed reach a crucial crux in the Steve Jobs story: his years of failed product launches and near destruction of Apple. Also, Bono appears.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Part Two: The Terrible Secret of Steve Jobs
Robert Evans explains the rise of Apple, and how Steve Jobs tried to cheat the California Welfare system.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: The Terrible Secret of Steve Jobs
Robert sits down with Ed Zitron to discuss the early life of Steve Jobs, who started out setting off bombs in school and wound up foundingSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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How The Winklevoss Twins Lost A Billion Dollars
Though the Winklevoss brothers are best known for their role in the early days of Facebook, you'll be surprised to learn that they recently lost customers at their cryptocurrency exchange over a billion dollars through a shady loan scheme. In this episode, Ed Zitron walks you through how the two identical riverboat giants went from being conned by Mark Zuckerberg to conning over a hundred thousand people into putting their cryptocurrency in the hands of the world's worst investor. Better Offline Theme Song Spotify Pre-Save Link - https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/mattosowski/better-offline-theme-song-2?utm_campaign=website&utm_medium=Email+&utm_source=SendGrid See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Two: TB Joshua: The Evangelical Pastor Who Built His Own Hell
Robert and Miles get to the nightmare heart of the TB Joshua story: a sprawling empire of sexual violence and gaslighting on an epic scale.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: TB Joshua: The Evangelical Pastor Who Built His Own Hell
Robert sits down with Miles Gray to talk about TB Joshua, a Nigerian pastor whose cult trapped people from all over the world in a literal physical hell of his own design. (2 Part Series) Sources: https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/africa/even-in-death-televangelist-tb-joshua-remains-controversial-3431478 https://www.ru.ac.za/perspective/2014archive/tbjoshuaafalseprophetmustcomeclean.html https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-56771246 https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/youtube-closes-african-channel-promoting-televangelists-violent-conversion-therapy/ https://www.africanews.com/2024/01/08/tb-joshua-exposed-20-years-of-scandal-and-fake-miracles-in-lagos-sparks-mixed-reactions/ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-59295624 https://punchng.com/trump-you-need-spiritual-understanding-to-interpret-my-prophesy-tb-joshua/ https://www.modernghana.com/news/685268/police-urges-calm-over-terror-prophecy-.html https://www.timeslive.co.za/tshisa-live/tshisa-live/2016-09-19-cassper-slams-report-claiming-tb-joshua-predicted-the-death-of-12-000-people-at-concert/ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/malaysia-airlines-flight-mh370-clip-nigerian-preacher-predicting-disappearance-goes-viral-1440107 https://archive.is/iYg1s#selection-1643.0-1649.1 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-2608411/Nigeria-preacher-Healer-controversial-leader.html https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-67891394 https://apnews.com/general-news-ed3b0ce9145f47d78bc84f36cf4db097 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-67861976 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-67749215 https://saharareporters.com/2021/06/13/bring-prophet-t-b-joshuas-body-home-burial-ondo-youths-tell-family-late-cleric https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29234245 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/constance-marten-tb-joshua-mark-gordon-b2279954.html https://www.cfr.org/blog/tb-joshua-preacher-who-held-outsized-influence-nigeria-and-africa https://dailynigerian.com/joshua-life-times-legacy/ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-57388592 https://guardian.ng/news/end-of-road-for-woman-used-by-pastors-to-perform-fake-miracles/ https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2006/10/05/historical-overview-of-pentecostalism-in-nigeria/ https://www.religionnewsblog.com/6772/mixed-reactions-over-nigerias-televised-miracles-ban https://www.nairaland.com/40/nbc-ban-unverified-tv-miracles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZZVQxjXWCgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Part Four: Was Robert. E. Lee a Good General?
Robert and Prop answer the final two great questions about Robert E. Lee: did he fuck that horse, and was he any good as a general?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Three: Why Did Robert E. Lee Turn Traitor?
Robert and Prop continue the story of Bobby Lee to the climax of his life: his decision to turn traitor and fight for the Confederacy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Part Two: Robert E. Lee: A Lifetime of Failure
Robert and Prop discuss Robert E. Lee's career in the army, and his horrific violence towards the enslaved workers on his father-in-laws plantation.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: Robert E. Lee: A Lifetime of Failure
Robert sits down with Jason Petty aka Prop to begin the epic story of Robert E. Lee, prominent furry, slave owner and Confederate General. (4 Part Series) Sources: https://archive.org/stream/memoirsrobertel01wriggoog/memoirsrobertel01wriggoog_djvu.txt https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-arlington-national-cemetery-came-to-be-145147007/ https://www.history.com/news/how-the-cult-of-robert-e-lee-was-born https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2017/08/18/robert-e-lee-is-the-uniter-america-has-been-looking-for/ https://www.amazon.com/Lee-Considered-General-History-America-ebook/dp/B00ZVEM3T6 https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Lee-Me-Southerners-Reckoning-ebook/dp/B08BKJJJG8/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=lee+and+me&s=digital-text&sr=1-2 https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Lee-Allen-C-Guelzo-ebook/dp/B08RJ4S4DN/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=lee+guelzo&s=digital-text&sr=1-1 https://www.amazon.com/General-Lee-Biography-Robert-ebook/dp/B074N2GGTV/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=lee+a+biography+fitzhugh+lee&s=digital-text&sr=1-1 https://www.amazon.com/Who-Was-Robert-Lee-ebook/dp/B00GYA5AUU/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=who+was+robert+e+lee&s=digital-text&sr=1-1 https://archive.org/stream/memoirsrobertel01wriggoog/memoirsrobertel01wriggoog_djvu.txthttps://gettysburgcompiler.org/2018/05/23/the-sins-of-the-father-light-horse-harry-lee-and-robert-e-lee/ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/lee-timeline/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/making-sense-of-robert-e-lee-85017563/ https://www.americanheritage.com/robert-e-lees-severest-struggle https://spartacus-educational.com/USASwhipping.htm https://www.thedailybeast.com/when-robert-e-lee-met-john-brown-and-saved-the-union https://www.ducksters.com/biography/world_leaders/robert_e_lee.php https://www.historyforkids.net/robert-e-lee.html See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Part Two: Tech Bros Have Built A Cult Around AI
Robert tells Ify about the time tech weirdo's recreated Hell using AI and Robert pisses off a VP at Google. Plus: More cult shit! (Adapted from his article in Rolling Stone: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ai-companies-advocates-cult-1234954528/)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: Tech Bros Have Built A Cult Around AI
Robert sits down with Ify Nwadiwe to talk about the weird cult that's formed around AI, and some of the most powerful people in Silicon Valley. (Adapted from his article in Rolling Stone: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ai-companies-advocates-cult-1234954528/) (2 Part Series) Sources: What Makes a Cult a Cult? | The New Yorker The Wide Angle: Understanding TESCREAL — Silicon Valley’s Rightward Turn | Washington Spectator We need to examine the beliefs of today’s tech luminaries This A.I. Subculture’s Motto: Go, Go, Go - The New York Times (archive.is) Effective Accelerationism — e/acc - e/acc newsletter (archive.is) The Techno-Optimist Manifesto | Andreessen Horowitz (archive.is) https://abtinmus.medium.com/nick-land-for-dumbies-technological-singularity-and-capital-as-a-runaway-system-4fac0c9a163e https://web.archive.org/web/20141007023855/http://alternative-right.blogspot.com/2014/10/hyper-racism.html https://www.journals.vu.lt/problemos/article/view/25345 https://regressstudies.substack.com/p/technocapital-is-eating-my-brains See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Part Four: The Finders: CIA Child Trafficking Cult or Just Normal Cult?
Now bereft of their children, the Finders slide into old age and irrelevance with one last attempt to freak out the normies.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Three: The Finders: CIA Child Trafficking Cult or Just Normal Cult?
Were The Finders a CIA operation? The short answer is "maybe"! The long answer is... this episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Part Two: The Finders: CIA Child Trafficking Cult or Just Normal Cult?
After almost twenty years of quiet growth the Finders explode into public awareness when they are accused of sex trafficking children, possibly for the CIA. (Or the Devil.)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: The Finders: CIA Child Trafficking Cult or Just Normal Cult?
Robert sits down with Jamie Loftus to tell the tale of Marion Petty, the man whose cult was accused of trafficking children and may have been part of a CIA op. Or not! It's very unclear! (4 Part Series) Sources: https://apnews.com/article/4c5cd8141e930159ea3e4f0492a41ade https://www.vice.com/en/article/7x53vg/the-finders-cult-from-the-80s-was-patient-zero-for-epsteinand-pizzagate-conspiracies https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/287890/finders-keeper/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1987/02/07/officialsdescribe-cult-rituals-in-child-abuse-case/11f05df1-48e0-41f7-b46d249c0bd2bc39/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1987/02/07/finders-group-has-its-roots-in-popular60s-hippie-refuge/2d6b5d9d-904f-4acd-a371-f560fca68b39/ https://vault.fbi.gov/the-finders/the-finders-part-01-of-04/viewr https://www.gnosticwarrior.com/finders.htmlhttps://joncohen.org/wp-content/uploads/1988/11/In-Search-of-the-Finders-New-Times-version-.pdf https://www.amazon.com/Gamecaller-Mr-Tobe-Terrell/dp/1974059308 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Part Two: John Schmitz: The First Trump
Our tale of Orange County bastardry reaches it's apex in John Schmitz, the conspiracy maniac who ran against Nixon from the Right and blazed the trail that led us to Donald TrumpSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: How Orange County Incubated American Fascism
Robert sits down with Francesca Fiorentini to talk about how Orange County, California gave birth to the modern Republican Party, thanks to some arms dealers and a howling fascist named John Schmitz. (2 Part Series) Sources: https://cafe.com/article/were-revolutionaries-john-schmitzs-controversial-1972-third-partypresidential-campaign/ https://www.nytimes.com/1972/11/05/archives/john-schmitz-is-no-george-wallace-.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-16-me-1902-story.html https://www.reddit.com/r/thecampaigntrail/comments/115krux/fun_facts_about_john_g_schmitz_not _really_theyre/ https://people.com/crime/mary-kay-letourneau-devastated-when-politician-father-was-caughtfathering-children-with-student/ https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-joseph-e-schmitz-foreign-policypentagon-dod-germany-wrong-doing-439239 https://archive.is/qkm9c https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2001/01/12/conservative-gopcongressman-john-g-schmitz-70-dies/d1dc7a2d-458c-4ef4-8f0d-398dfb8d54b4/ https://www.npr.org/2023/05/17/1176662608/a-historian-details-how-a-secretiveextremist-group-radicalized-the-american-rig https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/09/29/republicans-orange-county-california-228110/ https://www.pressreader.com/usa/los-angeles-times/20181105/281483572392685 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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