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Robert Evans’s book recommendations in 2019

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John Brown: Terrorist, Hero or Terrorist Hero?

Behind the Bastards · 2019-12-24

Midnight Rising by Tony Horwitz · discussed · at 13:00
Bible by Bible · discussed · at 1:21:00

Part Two: Jerry Falwell: Founder of the Religious Right

Behind the Bastards · 2019-12-05

God's Right Hand by Michael Sean Winters · discussed · at 35:38

Part One: Jerry Falwell: Founder of the Religious Right

Behind the Bastards · 2019-12-03

God's Right Hand by Michael Sean Winters · discussed · at 15:28

Part Two: Kaiser Wilhelm: The Saddest Warlord In History

Behind the Bastards · 2019-11-21

Kaiser Wilhelm II by Christopher Clark · discussed · at 6:58

Part One: Kaiser Wilhelm: The Saddest Warlord In History

Behind the Bastards · 2019-11-19

Kaiser Wilhelm II by John van der Kiste · discussed · at 17:03
Kaiser Wilhelm II by John C. G. Röhl, Nicolaus Sombart · discussed · at 30:19

An Update on our Old Pal Jeffrey Epstein

Behind the Bastards · 2019-11-12

Skeleton Justice by Dr. Michael M. Baden · discussed · at 50:09

Part Two: The Bastard Who Invented The Lobotomy

Behind the Bastards · 2019-11-07

Winnie the Pooh (Winnie-the-Pooh) by A. A. Milne · discussed · at 5:36
The Lobotomist by Jack El-Hai · discussed · at 12:53

Part One: The Bastard Who Invented The Lobotomy

Behind the Bastards · 2019-11-05

The Lobotomist by Jack El-Hai · discussed · at 9:57
Psychosurgery by Walter Freeman · discussed · at 1:05:44

Ma' Barker: A Doting Mother And Gangster Overlord

Behind the Bastards · 2019-10-31

Ma Barker by Chris Enss · discussed · at 14:48

Part One: The Bastard Who Invented Homeopathy

Behind the Bastards · 2019-10-22

Samuel Hahnemann; His Life and Work, Based on Recently Discovered State Papers, Documents, Letters, Etc. Translated from the German by Marie L. Wheele by Francis James Wheeler · discussed · at 22:58
Life and Letters of Dr. Samuel Hahnemann by Thomas Lindsley Bradford · discussed · at 23:15
Letter by Thomas Budd Bradford · discussed · at 23:15
Fragmenta de Viribus Medicamentorum: Positivis Sive in Sano Corpore Humano Observatis. Textus; by Samuel Hahnemann · discussed · at 46:20
The March of Medicine by Unknown · discussed · at 1:04:15
Organon of the Rational Art of Healing by Samuel Hahnemann · discussed · at 1:08:30

Bjorn Lomborg: Patient Zero of Climate Denial

Behind the Bastards · 2019-10-15

State of Fear by Michael Crichton · discussed · at 5:24
The Skeptical Environmentalist by Bjørn Lomborg · critiqued · at 11:44
Cool It by Bjorn Lomborg · discussed · at 1:11:54

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

Behind the Bastards · 2019-10-10

Might is Right by Ragnar Redbeard · discussed · at 4:05
Rival Caesars by Ragnar Redbeard · discussed · at 42:00
The Satanic Bible by Anton Szandor LaVey · discussed · at 49:40
Murray Bookchin Reader by Janet Biehl · recommended · at 1:06:15

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

Behind the Bastards · 2019-10-08

Might is Right by Ragnar Redbeard · discussed · at 6:22
Max Stirner: The Ego and His Own by Max Stirner · discussed · at 1:01:15
Might Is Right Or Survival of the Fittest by Ragnar Redbeard · discussed · at 1:03:39

Qanon Grifter Bill Mitchell (A Crossover Episode)

Behind the Bastards · 2019-10-03

THE TURNER DIARIES by ANDREW MACDONALD · discussed · at 1:28:00

Part Two: Rudolf Steiner: The Racist Who Invented Organic Farming and Waldorf Schools

Behind the Bastards · 2019-09-26

The Key to Theosophy by Helena Blavatsky · discussed · at 32:01
Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler · discussed · at 1:09:50
The "isms": a History and Evaluation by Eugene Owen Golob · discussed · at 1:14:15

Tommy Robinson: The Fascist Grifter With An Addiction to Being Arrested

Behind the Bastards · 2019-09-10

Enemy of the state by Tommy Robinson · discussed · at 6:24

Andy Ngo: The Next Generation of News Grifter

Behind the Bastards · 2019-09-05

Siege by James Mason · discussed · at 32:31

Part One: James O'Keefe: The Patron Saint of News Grifters

Behind the Bastards · 2019-09-03

Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinsky · discussed · at 16:51

Fritz Haber: The Man Who Invented Chemical Warfare

Behind the Bastards · 2019-08-29

Master Mind by Daniel Charles · discussed · at 12:49

How Chiropractic Medicine Started as a Ghost Religion

Behind the Bastards · 2019-08-27

De Magnete by William Gilbert · discussed · at 19:23
The Chiropractor by D. D. Palmer · discussed · at 32:32

Part Seven: The Digital Reich

Behind the Bastards · 2019-08-23

Everything You Love Will Burn by Vegas Tenold · discussed · at 5:25
Them by Jon Ronson · discussed · at 7:01
Siege by James Mason · discussed · at 40:45
The Turner Diaries by WILLIAM LUTHER. PIERCE · discussed · at 40:59

Part Six: The Perfect Soldier

Behind the Bastards · 2019-08-22

The Turner Diaries by WILLIAM LUTHER. PIERCE · discussed · at 5:05
The late great planet earth by Hal Lindsey · discussed · at 5:28
Blood and politics by Leonard Zeskind · discussed · at 10:10
The American Terrorist by Terry L. Oroszi · discussed · at 19:53

Part Five: The Hidden Civil War

Behind the Bastards · 2019-08-21

The Turner Diaries by WILLIAM LUTHER. PIERCE · discussed · at 4:16
Bring the War Home by Kathleen Belew · discussed · at 7:51
Blood and politics by Leonard Zeskind · discussed · at 21:40

Part Four: How To Build An Army

Behind the Bastards · 2019-08-20

Bring the War Home by Kathleen Belew · discussed · at 10:33
Safe Building. A Treatise Giving ... the Practical and Theoretical Rules and Formulae Used in the Construction of Buildings by Louis De Coppet Berg · discussed · at 45:17
Blood and politics by Leonard Zeskind · discussed · at 51:44
The Turner Diaries by WILLIAM LUTHER. PIERCE · discussed · at 58:12

Part Three: The Apostle of Fascism

Behind the Bastards · 2019-08-15

Blood and politics by Leonard Zeskind · discussed · at 7:20
Blue Book by John Birch Society · discussed · at 11:47
The Turner Diaries by WILLIAM LUTHER. PIERCE · discussed · at 47:00
Unintended consequences by John Ross · discussed · at 53:19

Part One: The Eternal Fascist

Behind the Bastards · 2019-08-13

Hitler's Table Talk by Heinrich Heim · discussed · at 30:14
Explaining Hitler by Ron Rosenbaum · discussed · at 31:04

Part Two: Napoleon Hill: The Grifter Who Invented 'The Secret' & Donald Trump

Behind the Bastards · 2019-08-08

The Law of Success by Napoleon Hill · discussed · at 3:54
A Lifetime of Riches by Unknown · discussed · at 6:24
The Magic Ladder to Success by Napoleon Hill · critiqued · at 21:43
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill · discussed · at 30:14
Mental Dynamite by Napoleon Hill · discussed · at 59:21
The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale · discussed · at 1:00:14
The Secret by Rhonda Byrne · discussed · at 1:04:02

Part One: Napoleon Hill: The Grifter Who Invented 'The Secret' & Donald Trump

Behind the Bastards · 2019-08-06

The Secret by Rhonda Byrne · discussed · at 8:56
In Tune with the Infinite by Ralph Waldo Trine · discussed · at 15:18
The Law of Success by Napoleon Hill · discussed · at 1:07:37

The Bastard Manifesto

Behind the Bastards · 2019-08-01

The end of history by Francis Fukuyama · discussed · at 8:40
12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson · discussed · at 14:22
Sex at Dawn by Christopher Ryan · critiqued · at 24:35
Ancient Society by Lewis Henry Morgan · discussed · at 29:54
The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State by Friedrich Engels · discussed · at 30:15
A Thousand Plateaus by Gilles Deleuze · discussed · at 1:00:17

Part Two: Edward Bernays: The Founding Father of Lies

Behind the Bastards · 2019-07-25

Propaganda by Edward L. Bernays · discussed · at 13:44
Crystallizing public opinion by Edward L. Bernays · discussed · at 15:55
Public opinion by Walter Lippmann · discussed · at 31:30
The Father of Spin by Larry Tye · recommended · at 1:01:49

Part One: Edward Bernays: The Founding Father of Lies

Behind the Bastards · 2019-07-23

The Father of Spin by Larry Tye · discussed · at 15:59
Anonymous in Their Own Names by Susan Henry · discussed · at 52:15

How Pat Buchanan, Secret Nazi, Paved The Way For Donald Trump

Behind the Bastards · 2019-07-11

The Bell Curve by Richard J. Herrnstein · discussed · at 12:33
Explaining Hitler by Ron Rosenbaum · recommended · at 17:54
Blood and politics by Leonard Zeskind · discussed · at 18:46

The Fake Crusade for Free Speech

Behind the Bastards · 2019-07-09

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald · discussed · at 14:28
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe · discussed · at 14:28
On Liberty by John Stuart Mill · discussed · at 43:57

Part Two: Kim Jong Un and His Family of Dictators

Behind the Bastards · 2019-07-04

The Great Successor by Anna Fifield · discussed · at 8:45

Part One: Kim Jong Un and His Family of Dictators

Behind the Bastards · 2019-07-02

The Great Successor by Anna Fifield · recommended · at 11:12

Part Two: The Goat Testicle Implanting Doctor Who Invented Talk Radio

Behind the Bastards · 2019-06-13

Charlatan by Pope Brock · discussed · at 13:09

Part One: The Goat Testicle Implanting Doctor Who Invented Talk Radio

Behind the Bastards · 2019-06-11

Charlatan by Pope Brock · discussed · at 11:48
The Shadows by J. R. Ward · discussed · at 1:07:20
Sunshine by Robin McKinley · discussed · at 1:07:20

Part Two: The Last Days of L. Ron Hubbard

Behind the Bastards · 2019-06-06

Bare-faced Messiah by Russell Miller · discussed · at 18:52
Battlefield Earth by L. Ron Hubbard · discussed · at 53:30
Mission Earth by L. Ron Hubbard · discussed · at 55:47

Part One: The Last Days of L. Ron Hubbard

Behind the Bastards · 2019-06-04

Bare-faced Messiah by Russell Miller · discussed · at 21:59
The Scandal of Scientology by Paulette Cooper · discussed · at 33:40

Part One: Bashar al Assad: The Eye Doctor Who Murdered a Nation

Behind the Bastards · 2019-05-28

The New Lion of Damascus by David W. Lesch · discussed · at 13:29

Part One: Gary Young: The Fake Doctor Who Drowned His Own Baby

Behind the Bastards · 2019-05-21

D. Gary Young by Unknown · discussed · at 9:43

The QAnon Book: A Half-a*sed, Bagel-Tossing Review

Behind the Bastards · 2019-05-10

The Greatest Lie on Earth by Edward Hendrie · discussed · at 3:28
QAnon by Wwg1wga · discussed · at 4:33
Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll, Lewis Carroll, Lily Mathew, Lewis Lewis Carroll · discussed · at 52:22
Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinsky · discussed · at 55:57

Part One: The Complete, Insane History of American Border Militias

Behind the Bastards · 2019-05-07

Migra! by Kelly Lytle Hernandez · discussed · at 6:18
Bring the War Home by Kathleen Belew · discussed · at 15:31
Blood and politics by Leonard Zeskind · discussed · at 18:32

Part Two: The Woman Who Invented Adoption (By Stealing Thousands of Babies)

Behind the Bastards · 2019-05-02

The Baby Thief by Barbara Bisantz Raymond · discussed · at 7:47

Part One: The Woman Who Invented Adoption (By Stealing Thousands of Babies)

Behind the Bastards · 2019-04-30

The Baby Thief by Barbara Bisantz Raymond · discussed · at 20:17

Surprise! Flat Earth is a Nazi Conspiracy

Behind the Bastards · 2019-04-12

The Greatest Lie on Earth by Edward Hendrie · discussed · at 5:43

Part Two: Mosley: The British Hitler Who Inspired the Christchurch Shooter

Behind the Bastards · 2019-04-11

Hurrah For The Blackshirts! by Martin Pugh · discussed · at 21:20

Part One: Mosley: The British Hitler Who Inspired the Christchurch Shooter

Behind the Bastards · 2019-04-09

Blackshirt by Bruce Graeme · discussed · at 7:09
Tiger by John Strege · discussed · at 15:59
Fascism by Oswald Mosley · discussed · at 41:03
The Greater Britain by Oswald Mosley · discussed · at 46:36
The Doctrine of Fascism by Benito Mussolini · discussed · at 47:54

Part Two: Elizabeth Holmes: The CEO Who Treated Your Blood Like a Phone

Behind the Bastards · 2019-04-04

Bad Blood by John Carreyrou · discussed · at 30:54

Part One: Elizabeth Holmes: The CEO Who Treated Your Blood Like a Phone

Behind the Bastards · 2019-04-02

Bad Blood by John Carreyrou · recommended · at 16:20

Part Two: Turkmenbashi: The Dictator Who Declared Himself Jesus

Behind the Bastards · 2019-03-28

Inside Central Asia by Dilip Hiro · discussed · at 11:44

Part One: Turkmenbashi: The Dictator Who Declared Himself Jesus

Behind the Bastards · 2019-03-26

Inside Central Asia by Dilip Hiro · discussed · at 29:38

Part Two: Jeffrey Epstein: Pimp to the Powerful

Behind the Bastards · 2019-03-21

How to Fight Presidents by Daniel O'Brien · recommended · at 53:30

Part Three: George Lincoln Rockwell: The Most Racist American in History

Behind the Bastards · 2019-03-14

The Turner Diaries by WILLIAM LUTHER. PIERCE · discussed · at 8:18
Siege by James Mason · discussed · at 27:13
White Genocide Manifesto by David Lane · discussed · at 36:56
The Nation by Unknown · discussed · at 49:15

Part Two: George Lincoln Rockwell: The Most Racist American in History

Behind the Bastards · 2019-03-13

American Fuehrer by Frederick J. Simonelli · discussed · at 13:40

Part One: George Lincoln Rockwell: The Most Racist American in History

Behind the Bastards · 2019-03-12

The Nation by Unknown · discussed · at 7:21
Adolf Hitler by Adolf Hitler · discussed · at 18:32
Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler · discussed · at 18:32

Part Two: The Complete, Insane Story of Trump University

Behind the Bastards · 2019-03-07

Trump U by Steven Gilpin · recommended · at 36:45

Part One: The Complete, Insane Story of Trump University

Behind the Bastards · 2019-03-05

Trump U by Steven Gilpin · discussed · at 5:44
Trump 101 by Donald J. Trump · discussed · at 25:46

Part Two: Hitler's Sex Life: The Whole Sad Story

Behind the Bastards · 2019-02-28

Explaining Hitler by Ron Rosenbaum · discussed · at 9:28
Psychopathic God by Robert George Leeson Waite · critiqued · at 42:50

Part One: Hitler's Sex Life: The Whole Sad Story

Behind the Bastards · 2019-02-26

The Mind of Adolf Hitler by Walter C. Langer · discussed · at 16:59
Explaining Hitler by Ron Rosenbaum · recommended · at 20:12
The Pink Swastika by Scott Eric Lively · discussed · at 56:11

Part Three: Dr. Bob: Maybe Even worse at being a Doctor than Andrew Wakefield

Behind the Bastards · 2019-02-21

The Vaccine Book by Robert W. Sears · critiqued · at 10:10

Part One: The Birth of the Anti-Vaccine Movement

Behind the Bastards · 2019-02-19

American History by Robert James Maddox · recommended · at 14:35

Part One: John McAfee Is Not Funny Anymore

Behind the Bastards · 2019-02-12

Computer Viruses, Worms, Data Diddlers, Killer Programs, and Other Threats to Your System by John McAfee · discussed · at 16:18

Part Two: Roger Stone: Evil Genius or Sad, Broken Boy?

Behind the Bastards · 2019-02-07

Stone's Rules by Roger Stone · discussed · at 19:51
Devil's Bargain by Joshua Green · discussed · at 34:36

Part One: Roger Stone: Evil Genius or Sad, Broken Boy?

Behind the Bastards · 2019-02-05

The Conscience of a Conservative by Barry M. Goldwater · discussed · at 7:44
A Texas look at Lyndon by J. EVETTS HALEY · discussed · at 8:31

Part Two: The Grifters Who Resurrected the KKK

Behind the Bastards · 2019-01-24

The second coming of the KKK by Linda Gordon · recommended · at 8:08
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X · discussed · at 1:02:02

Part One: The Birth of the Ku Klux Klan

Behind the Bastards · 2019-01-22

Ku Klux Klan: Its Origin, Growth and Disbandment by John C. Lester · discussed · at 18:53

Part Three: Mark Zuckerberg: The Worst Person of the 21st Century (So Far)

Behind the Bastards · 2019-01-17

The Aeneid by Publius Vergilius Maro · discussed · at 51:29

Part Two: Mark Zuckerberg: The Worst Person of the 21st Century (So Far)

Behind the Bastards · 2019-01-16

The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich · discussed · at 5:48
Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg · discussed · at 15:01
Tribe by Sebastian Junger · recommended · at 23:28
Move Fast and Fix Things by Frances Frei · recommended · at 37:24
We Break Things, Professionally by Tami Veldura · recommended · at 37:24

Part One: Mark Zuckerberg: The Worst Person of the 21st Century (So Far)

Behind the Bastards · 2019-01-15

The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich · discussed · at 14:34

Part One: R. Kelly: His Life, Times & Vicious Sex Cult

Behind the Bastards · 2019-01-08

Soulacoaster by R. Kelly · discussed · at 7:58

Part One: Alfred Hitchcock: The Director Who Randomly Tortured People

Behind the Bastards · 2019-01-01

The Dark Side of Genius by Donald Spoto · discussed · at 7:31

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