Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2026-10-22
Books mentioned on Part Two: How Nuisance Streamers and Rage-Baiting Ate the Internet
Robert explains how live streamers went from pranks, to acts of insane violence and public cruelty, and eventually turned them into a lucrative industry. See omnystudio.
Robert Evans discussed Crossed #9 by Garth Ennis.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Crossed #9
Discussed“Are you familiar with the comic series crossed, Jason? No. They're making it into a movie. It's like a kind of a zombie story, but instead of it being a zombie plague, it's this disease that causes this like cross-sape rash on people's faces.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“You've got a new book in the John Dies at the end series out. So let's plug that up at the top and then we'll get back into it. Yes, book five in the John Dies at the end series is called There Are No Giant Crabs in this novel, a novel of giant crabs.”
“My hopeful note is that, uh, you have a book coming out. That's my hopeful book coming out. Yeah. Yeah. And these, maybe if we all get back to books and these books are, are fun. They're not about, uh, by design, this is what I do to escape the real world there.”
“Bye Jason's book. Bye Jason's book. Also, there are no James in this book. I'm Jason K. Pargent on TikTok Reels YouTube.”