Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2025-04-08
Books mentioned on Part One: Alfred Hugenberg: The Elon Musk of Weimar Germany
Robert sits down with Amanda Montell to talk about Alfred Hugenberg, a German industrialist who made Hitler's rise to power possible for some very familiar reasons. Sources: The Pan German League by Barry Jackisch https://www.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Cultish
Cultish by Amanda Montell is a fascinating exploration of the language and psychological mechanisms used by modern cults, multilevel marketing schemes, and extreme organizations to exert influence over people.
Recommended“Our wonderful guest today, Amanda Montel, author of the book Cultish, which I've cited on this show.”
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Hugenberg's economic program
Discussed“Uh so his first while he's in co college effectively he gets you know he he does his like dissertation right which is his first booklength publication like these are effectively books and his first dissertation is titled internal colonization in northwest Germany which he fetishes at the university of Strasburg in 1891.”
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Alfred Hugenberg
Discussed“Uh in his book on Hugenberg John Leopold writes quote the young doctoral candidate analyzed in detail the role of the state in fostering economic growth.”
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Major Barbara
Discussed“In 1905, George Bernard Shaw had already in his play M. Major Barbara not been sparing with his insinuations.”
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book Cultish
“and then, cultish, my book cultish is is coming out in paperback in June.”