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Part Two: How Nuisance Streamers and Rage-Baiting Ate the Internet

Behind the Bastards · 2026-10-22

Crossed #9 by Garth Ennis · discussed · at 22:30

Part One: How Nuisance Streamers and Rage-Baiting Ate the Internet

Behind the Bastards · 2026-10-20

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson · discussed · at 6:01
John Dies at the End by Jason Pargin, David Wong · recommended · at 1:14:17

It Could Happen Here Weekly 254

Behind the Bastards · 2026-10-17

The Meaning of the Nuclear Revolution by Robert Jervis · discussed · at 2:26:10
Edge of Armageddon by Robert Enochs · discussed · at 2:26:10

Part Two: Peter Attia and the Cult of Longevity

Behind the Bastards · 2026-10-15

Outlive the Science and Art of Longevity by Peter Attia · discussed · at 21:09

Part One: Peter Attia and the Cult of Longevity

Behind the Bastards · 2026-10-13

Outlive the Science and Art of Longevity by Peter Attia · discussed · at 33:05

Part Two: Heinrich Schliemann: The Archaeologist Who Destroyed Troy

Behind the Bastards · 2026-10-08

Digging for Troy by Jill Rubalcaba · discussed · at 13:23

Part One: Heinrich Schliemann: The Archaeologist Who Destroyed Troy

Behind the Bastards · 2026-10-06

The Iliad by Homer · discussed · at 32:01
The Odyssey by Homer · discussed · at 32:53
Memoirs of Heinrich Schliemann by Leo Deuel · discussed · at 34:05
Finding the Walls of Troy by Susan Heuck Allen · discussed · at 47:58

Part Two: Martin Niemöller, the author of 'First They Came', was a murderous fascist

Behind the Bastards · 2026-10-01

From U-boat to Pulpit by Martin Niemöller · discussed · at 6:33
Then They Came for Me by Matthew D Hockenos · discussed · at 8:00
Hitler's Personal Prisoner by Benjamin Ziemann · discussed · at 14:02

Part One: Martin Niemöller, the author of 'First They Came', was a murderous fascist

Behind the Bastards · 2026-09-29

On the Jews and Their Lies by Martin Luther · discussed · at 15:10
Hitler's Personal Prisoner by Benjamin Ziemann · discussed · at 20:06
God's Man by Clarissa Start · discussed · at 35:47

Part Two: Radovan Karadžić: The Genocidal Dictator Who Became a New-Age Guru

Behind the Bastards · 2026-09-24

My War Criminal by Jessica Stern · discussed · at 17:59

Part One: Radovan Karadžić: The Genocidal Dictator Who Became a New-Age Guru

Behind the Bastards · 2026-09-22

My War Criminal by Jessica Stern · discussed · at 16:15

Part Four: Francis Galton: Inventor of Eugenics

Behind the Bastards · 2026-09-17

A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle · discussed · at 4:58
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder by Arthur Conan Doyle · discussed · at 29:32
Hereditary Genius by Francis Galton · discussed · at 36:50

Part Three: Francis Galton: Inventor of Eugenics

Behind the Bastards · 2026-09-15

English men of science: their nature and nurture by Sir Francis Galton · discussed · at 4:15
Hereditary Character and Talent: As Found Originally in Macmillan's Magazine in 1865 by Francis Galton · discussed · at 14:51
Hereditary Genius by Francis Galton · discussed · at 36:15
12 Years a Slave by Solomon Northup · discussed · at 58:21
Inquiries Into Human Faculty by Francis Galton · discussed · at 1:09:00
Inquiries Into Human Faculty and Its Development by Francis Galton · discussed · at 1:09:00

Part Two: Francis Galton: Inventor of Eugenics

Behind the Bastards · 2026-09-10

The Art of Travel by Francis Galton · discussed · at 28:43
The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin · discussed · at 43:56
Hereditary Genius by Francis Galton · discussed · at 56:43
Inquiries Into Human Faculty by Francis Galton · discussed · at 1:15:05
Inquiries Into Human Faculty and Its Development by Francis Galton · discussed · at 1:15:05
Superior by Angela Saini · discussed · at 1:15:17

Part Two: Percy Fawcett: Real-Life Indiana Jones, or Deluded Psychic Racist?

Behind the Bastards · 2026-08-27

The Lost City of Z by David Grann · discussed · at 4:49

Part One: Percy Fawcett: Real-Life Indiana Jones, or Deluded Psychic Racist?

Behind the Bastards · 2026-08-25

The Lost City of Z by David Grann · discussed · at 12:35
The Secret Doctrine by Helena P. Blavatsky · discussed · at 49:45

Part Two: Alex Karp: How Palantir's CEO Went From Marxist To Anti-Woke Crusader

Behind the Bastards · 2026-08-13

The Singularity Is Near by Ray Kurzweil · discussed · at 15:05
The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright · discussed · at 15:32

Part One: Alex Karp: How Palantir's CEO Went From Marxist To Anti-Woke Crusader

Behind the Bastards · 2026-08-11

The Philosopher in the Valley by Michael Steinberger · discussed · at 11:04
Hitler's Willing Executioners by Daniel Jonah Goldhagen · discussed · at 43:04

Part Two: The Origins of Terror in Palestine

Behind the Bastards · 2026-08-06

Lives in Common by Menachem Klein · discussed · at 18:01
The Oxford Handbook of the History of Terrorism by Carola Dietze · discussed · at 1:01:52

Part One: The Origins of Terror in Palestine

Behind the Bastards · 2026-08-04

Lives in Common by Menachem Klein · discussed · at 3:54
Auto-emancipation by Leon Pinsker · discussed · at 18:30
Menachem Begin by Daniel Gordis · discussed · at 22:39

Part Two: Rebecca Felton: The First Female Senator (was also a pro-lynching activist)

Behind the Bastards · 2026-07-30

Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases by Ida B. Wells-Barnett · discussed · at 26:31

Part One: Rebecca Felton: The First Female Senator (was also a pro-lynching activist)

Behind the Bastards · 2026-07-28

Southern Horrors by Crystal N. Feimster · discussed · at 8:22

Part Four: How The Navy SEALs Lost Their Mind

Behind the Bastards · 2026-07-23

Code Over Country by Matthew Cole · discussed · at 8:13
Alpha by David Philipps · discussed · at 22:50
Devil's Guard by George Robert Elford · discussed · at 24:18

Part Three: How The Navy SEALs Lost Their Mind

Behind the Bastards · 2026-07-21

Brave Men, Dark Waters by Orr Kelly · discussed · at 8:07
Code Over Country by Matthew Cole · discussed · at 15:08
Rogue Warrior by Richard Marcinko · discussed · at 41:13
Rogue warrior 2 by RICHARD. MARCINKO · discussed · at 44:19

Part Two: Richard Marcinko: The Founder of SEAL Team 6

Behind the Bastards · 2026-07-16

Code Over Country by Matthew Cole · discussed · at 6:09
Alpha by David Philipps · discussed · at 7:21
Rogue Warrior by Richard Marcinko · discussed · at 20:34
Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell · critiqued · at 33:08
Brave Men, Dark Waters by Orr Kelly · discussed · at 34:23

Part One: Richard Marcinko: The Founder of SEAL Team 6

Behind the Bastards · 2026-07-14

A Pipe Hitters Guide to Access Denial by Jeff Kirkham · discussed · at 11:26
A Pipe Hitter's Guide to Crushing the Coming Societal Breakdown by Nicholas Orr · discussed · at 11:26
Rogue Warrior by Richard Marcinko · discussed · at 20:24
Code Over Country by Matthew Cole · discussed · at 29:14
Alpha by David Philipps · recommended · at 32:47
Brave Men, Dark Waters by Orr Kelly · discussed · at 41:58

Part Two: Elizabeth Dilling: The Original Candace Owens

Behind the Bastards · 2026-07-02

The Red Network by Elizabeth Kirkpatrick Dilling · discussed · at 4:54
The Octopus by Elizabeth Kirkpatrick Dilling · discussed · at 1:07:13

Part One: Elizabeth Dilling: The Original Candace Owens

Behind the Bastards · 2026-06-30

Red Revolution by Elizabeth Kirkpatrick Dilling · discussed · at 47:14
The Red Network by Elizabeth Kirkpatrick Dilling · discussed · at 59:26
The Red Network; A Who's Who and Handbook of Radicalism for Patriots by Elizabeth Kirkpatrick Dilling · discussed · at 59:26

It Could Happen Here Weekly 237

Behind the Bastards · 2026-06-20

Empire of AI by Karen Hao · discussed · at 2:38:14

Part One: The Fake Bomb Detector Grift That Killed Hundreds

Behind the Bastards · 2026-06-16

Experimental Investigation of the Spirit Manifestations, Demonstrating the Existence of Spirits and Their Communion with Mortals - Doctrine of the Spirit World Respecting Heaven, Hell, Morality, and God by Robert Hare · discussed · at 37:23

It Could Happen Here Weekly 236

Behind the Bastards · 2026-06-13

Border Patrol Nation by Todd Miller · recommended · at 20:13
Empire of Borders by Todd Miller · recommended · at 20:13
My Fourth Time, We Drowned by Sally Hayden · recommended · at 20:45

Part Two: Mark Fuhrman: The Most Racist Cop, or Merely Normal Racist Cop?

Behind the Bastards · 2026-06-04

Murder in Brentwood by Mark Fuhrman · discussed · at 16:51
Murder in Greenwich by Mark Fuhrman · discussed · at 53:16
The Murder Business by Mark Fuhrman · discussed · at 58:13

Part One: Mark Fuhrman: The Most Racist Cop, or Merely Normal Racist Cop?

Behind the Bastards · 2026-06-02

Murder in Brentwood by Mark Fuhrman · discussed · at 13:24

Part Three: The Orgasm Cult

Behind the Bastards · 2026-05-28

Slow Sex by Nicole Daedone · discussed · at 32:41
The Art, Science, and Spirituality of the Female Orgasm by Nicole Daedone · discussed · at 32:41

Part Two: The Orgasm Cult

Behind the Bastards · 2026-05-26

Empire of Orgasm by Ellen Huet · discussed · at 16:46

Part One: The Orgasm Cult

Behind the Bastards · 2026-05-21

Constantini Liber de coitu by Constantine the African · discussed · at 15:25
Scivias by Hildegard Saint · discussed · at 24:35

Part Three: H.L. Hunt: The First Elon Musk

Behind the Bastards · 2026-05-19

What's Fair on the Air? by Heather Hendershot · discussed · at 10:12
Alpaca by H. L. Hunt · discussed · at 37:17

Part Two: H.L. Hunt: The First Elon Musk

Behind the Bastards · 2026-05-14

Empire of cotton by Sven Beckert · discussed · at 4:50

Part One: H.L. Hunt: The First Elon Musk

Behind the Bastards · 2026-05-12

Kingdom by Jerome Tuccille · discussed · at 10:11
It Usually Begins with Ayn Rand by Jerome Tuccille · discussed · at 12:23
What's Fair on the Air? by Heather Hendershot · discussed · at 32:00
Trump by Jerome Tuccille · discussed · at 45:58

Part One: How AI Chatbots Became Cult Leaders

Behind the Bastards · 2026-05-05

Computer Power and Human Reason by Joseph Weizenbaum · discussed · at 17:21

Part Two: The Naturopathic Doctor Who Bombed a Plane

Behind the Bastards · 2026-04-30

Vanishing Act by Jerry Jamison · discussed · at 5:17
Self-Styled by Alan C Logan · discussed · at 15:17

Part One: The Naturopathic Doctor Who Bombed a Plane

Behind the Bastards · 2026-04-28

Self-Styled by Alan C Logan · discussed · at 45:12
Vanishing Act by Jerry Jamison · discussed · at 1:01:31

It Could Happen Here Weekly 229

Behind the Bastards · 2026-04-25

If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies by Eliezer Yudkowsky · discussed · at 1:22:08

Part Four: Jimmy Savile: Britain's Unending Nightmare

Behind the Bastards · 2026-04-23

In Plain Sight by Dan Davies · discussed · at 5:06

Part Three: Jimmy Savile: Britain's Unending Nightmare

Behind the Bastards · 2026-04-21

In Plain Sight by Dan Davies · discussed · at 6:02

Part Two: Jimmy Savile: Britain's Unending Nightmare

Behind the Bastards · 2026-04-16

In Plain Sight by Dan Davies · discussed · at 14:14

Part One: Jimmy Savile: Britain's Unending Nightmare

Behind the Bastards · 2026-04-14

As it happens, Jimmy Savile, O.B.E by Jimmy Savile · discussed · at 12:55
Love Is an Uphill Thing by JIMMY SAVILE · discussed · at 12:55
In Plain Sight by Dan Davies · discussed · at 15:49

Part Three: The Phil Spector Episodes

Behind the Bastards · 2026-04-07

Be My Baby by Ronnie Spector · discussed · at 17:39
Tearing Down The Wall of Sound by Mick Brown · discussed · at 47:31

Part Two: The Phil Spector Episodes

Behind the Bastards · 2026-04-02

Be My Baby by Ronnie Spector · discussed · at 30:40

It Could Happen Here Weekly 225

Behind the Bastards · 2026-03-28

Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler · discussed · at 25:35
Das Capital Volume One by Karl Marx · discussed · at 25:35

Part Two: The First Shah of Iran

Behind the Bastards · 2026-03-26

The Shah by Abbas Milani · discussed · at 45:15

Part One: The First Shah of Iran

Behind the Bastards · 2026-03-24

The Shah by Abbas Milani · discussed · at 20:41
The Strangling of Persia by W. Morgan Shuster · discussed · at 1:00:36

Part Two: Sylvia Browne: Fake Psychic Detective

Behind the Bastards · 2026-03-19

The Search for Bridey Murphy by MOREY BERNSTEIN · discussed · at 18:41
Adventures of a Psychic by Sylvia Browne · discussed · at 56:40
Prophecy by Sylvia Browne · discussed · at 1:03:53
End of Days by Sylvia Browne · discussed · at 1:04:18

Part One: Sylvia Browne: Fake Psychic Detective

Behind the Bastards · 2026-03-17

Psychic by Sylvia Browne · discussed · at 12:57

Part Two: From Elliott Rodger to Clavicular: The Story of Incel Evolution

Behind the Bastards · 2026-03-12

The Secret by Rhonda Byrne · discussed · at 28:34
Algospeak by Adam Aleksic · discussed · at 35:23

Part One: From Elliott Rodger to Clavicular: The Story of Incel Evolution

Behind the Bastards · 2026-03-10

How to Pick Up Girls! by Eric Weber · discussed · at 24:21
The Game by Neil Strauss · discussed · at 28:50

Part Two: Dr. Sleep: The Australian Psychiatrist Who Made People Sleep Themselves To Death

Behind the Bastards · 2026-03-05

First half by Toni Lamond · discussed · at 1:01:09

Part One: How Jeffrey Epstein Helped Build the Modern World

Behind the Bastards · 2026-02-17

Devil's Bargain by Joshua Green · discussed · at 1:00:52

It Could Happen Here Weekly 219

Behind the Bastards · 2026-02-14

A Thousand Plateaus by Gilles Deleuze · discussed · at 18:43

The Greg Bovino Episode Extravaganza!

Behind the Bastards · 2026-02-12

Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein · discussed · at 55:41

It Could Happen Here Weekly 218

Behind the Bastards · 2026-02-07

They Thought They Were Free by Milton Mayer · discussed · at 2:20:14

Part Four: Prince Mohammed Bin Salman: The Tyrant of Saudi Arabia

Behind the Bastards · 2026-01-29

The Man Who Would Be King by Karen Elliott House · discussed · at 8:05
MBS by Ben Hubbard · discussed · at 36:35

Part Three: Prince Mohammed Bin Salman: The Tyrant of Saudi Arabia

Behind the Bastards · 2026-01-27

Regime Stability in Saudi Arabia by Stig Stenslie · discussed · at 8:37

Part One: Behind the Bastards Q&A: 2026 Edition

Behind the Bastards · 2026-01-13

Transmetropolitan by Warren Ellis · recommended · at 14:31

It Could Happen Here Weekly 214

Behind the Bastards · 2026-01-10

The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut · discussed · at 15:17
Durruti by Abel Paz · recommended · at 20:11

CZM Rewind: Part Two: How Cigarettes Invented Everything

Behind the Bastards · 2026-01-08

The Cigarette Century by Allan M. Brandt · discussed · at 17:39

Other mentions in 2026 (13: passing, ad reads, own books)