Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2021-08-24
Books mentioned on Part One: Hitler's Drug Problem
Robert is joined by Carolina Barlow to discuss Hitler, the Nazis and drugs Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.
Robert Evans discussed Blitzed by Norman Ohler and Hitler by Fredrick Carl Redlich.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Blitzed
Blitzed by Norman Ohler is a historical investigation into the widespread, systematic use of narcotics like methamphetamine within Nazi Germany and its direct impact on military campaigns.
Discussed“And in 2016, a German novelist and a screenwriter, a guy named Norman Oler, published a book, a work of historic non-fiction. In the United States, it was released under the title uh, Blitzed, Drugs in Nazi Germany.”
Where to get it
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Hitler
Discussed“In published a book titled Hitler: Diagnosis of a Destructive Prophet. It was an attempt to actually answer the to actually answer the question, what the in like a medical way with as much scientific rigor. Yeah. WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THAT GUY?”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Tipping Point
“So, this is closer to a guy like um who's everybody hates now but everybody loved for I wrote the tipping point Malcolm Gladwell he his [laughter] I'm not and I'm not saying he's like because I I think he's much more responsible than Malcolm Gladwell”
Passing Blitzed
“I mean, it's funny you say guesstimate because I'm just reading that Sackler book, Everyone Is Waiting, and they said they said the estimate was a quarter of a million soldiers in the United States hooked on morphine”