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Robert Evans's book list: the books mentioned on Behind the Bastards
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Mein Kampf
Adolf Hitler's memoir Mein Kampf came up on Behind the Bastards across multiple episodes hosted by Robert Evans and Michael Phillips. The book was discussed in relation to historical figures such as Heinrich Himmler and Adolf Eichmann, analyzed for evidence of Hitler's written intent, and referenced through anecdotes regarding political figures who claimed to have read it, as well as expert testimony concerning the ownership of controversial political texts.
Discussed“Quote, 'Just because I own a copy of Minecom, does that make me a Nazi? If I own Dos Capital, does that make me a Marxist?' Unquote.”
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Debt
Mia Wong, Vicky Osterweil, and other hosts brought up David Graeber's book Debt: The First 5,000 Years across multiple episodes of Behind the Bastards. The speakers cited the book to discuss the historical connection between finance, debt, and war financing, as well as to provide an anthropological perspective on traditional economies and the consequences of IMF austerity programs.
Discussed“So, Molly, this this is the this is the point where I we we need to bring debt the first 5,000 years back into this and emphasize the extent to which the financial class has always been deeply connected to the to the military and why it's always been deeply connected to war financing.”
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The Dawn of Everything
On Behind the Bastards, Robert Evans, Mick, Andrew Sage, Saint Andrew, and Chris discussed The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow. The speakers referenced the book to critique the philosophical concept of the state of nature, explore early human history and state development, and discuss historical perspectives on human freedom and mobility.
Discussed“As a small side note, the whole state of nature thing is pretty much [ __ ] On why that is is discussed at length in the dawn of everything by David Greyber and David Wangro.”
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Seven Pillars of Wisdom
T. E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom was examined on Behind the Bastards by host Robert Evans and Margaret Killjoy across a multi-part series on Lawrence of Arabia. Evans referenced the original, longer manuscript and published text to analyze Lawrence's wartime trauma, his guilt over encouraging the Arab Revolt, and his explicit accounts of violence during the campaign.
Discussed“Laurence was even more explicit about his actions that day in Seven Pillars in a Madness born of the horror of tus we killed and killed even blowing in the heads of the fallen and of the animals as though their death and running blood could slake our agony”
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American Sphinx
Joseph J. Ellis's American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson was referenced by Robert Evans across multiple parts of a multi-episode series on Behind the Bastards in June 2024. Evans cited the 1996 biography to examine the ideological inconsistencies between Jefferson's soaring rhetoric on liberty and his actual practices regarding slavery and debt. He specifically used passages from the book to illustrate Jefferson's involvement in his nail business and his personal aversion to confrontation and awkwardness.
Discussed“in American Sphinx Ellis estimates Jefferson's debt at several 100,000 now”
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Infinite loop
Michael S. Malone's book "Infinite Loop" was recommended and cited extensively across multiple episodes of Behind the Bastards in March 2024 covering the Steve Jobs series. Robert Evans praised the book as superior journalism for examining Jobs's early life and the founding of Apple. Evans and guest Ed Zitron used Malone's reporting to detail historical events, including Jobs consulting a Zen Buddhist monk, his technical missteps with the Twiggy drive, and his meetings with John Sculley.
Discussed“I had started to cuz I had read infinite Loop by that point which I think is like the first really critical piece of big reporting on jobs”
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In Plain Sight
On Behind the Bastards, Robert Evans repeatedly referenced Dan Davies's book In Plain Sight to detail the disturbing life, crimes, and institutional cover-ups surrounding Jimmy Savile.
Discussed“And Dunncroft is an experimental facility which sought to use psychotherapy to, as Davies writes for in in his book In Plain Sight, correct the behavioral defects of the girls placed in its care.”
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The big short
The Big Short by Michael Lewis came up across multiple episodes of Behind the Bastards in late 2023 and late 2025, where Robert Evans and Jamie Loftus discussed the author and his work. Robert Evans introduced Michael Lewis as the author of The Big Short and outlined the book's premise regarding traders who predicted and profited from the 2008 financial crash. Evans noted that despite not being a Wall Street puff piece, the book became beloved by the exact demographic it critiqued. Additionally, Jamie Loftus touched upon Adam McKay's direction of the film adaptation, and Evans referenced the book while examining Sam Bankman-Fried's association with Lewis.
Discussed“So Jamie, speaking of great authors, 80% of this episode is [ __ ] on Michael Lewis, the author of The Big Short.”
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Be My Baby
Ronnie Spector's memoir Be My Baby was featured across multiple episodes of Behind the Bastards in spring 2026. Guest Greasy Will recommended the book and praised its audiobook narration by Rosie Perez, while host Robert Evans used quotes from the memoir to illustrate Phil Spector's controlling behavior and early relationship with Ronnie.
Recommended“Her 1990 memoir, Be My Baby, was especially important, breaking decades of silence and reframing her story as one of endurance rather than victimhood.”
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Code Over Country
Robert Evans discussed Matthew Cole's book Code Over Country across multiple episodes of Behind the Bastards in July 2026. He cited the text to provide historical background on Richard Marcinko and early SEALs, detail Red Cell operations, illustrate cultural transformations and mascots within Team Six, reference reports of rules of engagement violations, describe specific firefight evidence, and examine the investigation into missing cash following the Captain Phillips rescue.
Discussed“And this is a description by Matthew Cole from the book Code Over Country, Um, and this is based on the actual evidence of what happened in that fight. Shaw grabbed his small force, as few as seven, but no more than 10, and quietly stalked up the ridge line in the early morning hours.”
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The Blind Side
On Behind the Bastards, Robert Evans, Mia Wong, and Jamie Loftus discussed Michael Lewis's book The Blind Side, examining its narrative structure, the controversy surrounding its subjects, and the financial proceeds generated from the book and its film adaptation.
Discussed“And he wrote The Blind Side, which is another book that like talk they talk about on uh Behind the Bastards. You can go listen to that.”
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Nuclear War
On Behind the Bastards, Robert Evans recommended Annie Jacobsen's book Nuclear War: A Scenario and frequently quoted from it during a multi-part series on nuclear warfare. Evans used the text to outline harrowing post-war scenarios, detail historical planning meetings involving hundreds of millions of casualties, and illustrate how accessible nuclear weapons were in Europe during the late 1950s.
Discussed“And I'm going to quote from Annie Jacobson's book nuclear war here. No one's, and this is after they're going over the plan again to kill 600 million people.”
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Age of Oprah
On Behind the Bastards, across multiple episodes in January 2025 covering Oprah Winfrey, Robert Evans discussed and recommended Janice Peck's book Age of Oprah. Evans praised it as an insightful critical analysis rather than a biography, using the text to quote historical commentary on psychotherapy and to examine Oprah's personal growth summit tours.
Discussed“and this is a point that's made very well in the book the age of Oprah By Janice peek quote inspired by a New York Times series from 2005”
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Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
Eliezer Yudkowsky's fanfiction "Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality" was discussed on Behind the Bastards by host Robert Evans across multiple episodes detailing the origins and culture of the rationalist movement. Evans described the massive rewrite of the original Harry Potter story as a foundational text that deeply influenced figures within the movement and shaped their self-perception.
Discussed“Sonia was 14 when she first read Yudkowsky's Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality, which has set her on the path that led her to moving to the Bay Area in order to get involved in the rationalist EA set”
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Command and Control
Eric Schlosser's Command and Control was featured on Behind the Bastards in December 2025. Robert Evans recommended the book as a primary source for his episodes on nuclear near-misses and errors. He referenced specific passages from the book to detail Curtis LeMay's involvement in firebombing plans and his opposition to low-yield tactical nuclear weapons.
Recommended“then command and control um among other things talks about a bunch of the different like fuckups and errors that have happened along the way. Um they're all good books.”
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Cultish
Amanda Montell's book Cultish was discussed on several episodes of Behind the Bastards. Host Robert Evans and guests highlighted Montell's work when talking about cult-like tendencies in American culture, with Evans and Sophie Lichterman praising the book as a great read that had been cited on the show previously.
Discussed“I mean, like you can also point to the uh the book Cultish, which explains how American culture is pretty defined by like cultlike tendencies.”
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Going Infinite
On Behind the Bastards in late 2023 and late 2025, Robert Evans critiqued Michael Lewis's book Going Infinite. Evans took issue with the book's narrative structure, its framing of Sam Bankman-Fried's youth, its avoidance of calling Bankman-Fried a liar, and its harsh portrayal of John Ray III, the CEO who took over FTX after its collapse.
Critiqued“Ah, so we've been talking around the book Going Infinite, which is Michael's terrible book on Sam.”
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Notes on the state of Virginia
On Behind the Bastards, host Robert Evans discussed Thomas Jefferson's only published book, Notes on the State of Virginia, across multiple episodes detailing the historical figure's contradictions. Evans cited the text to illustrate Jefferson's efforts to defend the United States to France, examine his racist assertions regarding the mental capacities of Black people, and highlight his troubling views on the institution of slavery despite his personal ownership of enslaved individuals.
Discussed“So back during his years in France, when he had written Notes on the State of Virginia, Jefferson had written at length his belief that black people were not mentally capable of being free.”
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Master of the mountain
On Behind the Bastards, host Robert Evans heavily praised and recommended Henry Wiencek's book Master of the Mountain across a multi-part series on Thomas Jefferson. Evans used the book as a damning indictment of Jefferson, citing its historical details to explore complex racial dynamics, child labor systems, and the moral dimensions of Jefferson's relationships with enslaved individuals.
Discussed“and it's uh you know all this stuff in the farm book is a big part of what weinek bases his book master of the mountain on”
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Brave Men, Dark Waters
Robert Evans cited Brave Men, Dark Waters by Orr Kelly across multiple episodes of Behind the Bastards in July 2026. Evans used the book to describe Richard Marcinko's erratic peacetime behavior, how he formed SEAL Team Six, and specific historical incidents involving team records and security tests at nuclear weapons storage facilities.
Discussed“had SEAL Team Six not been so eager to show off its skills in a real war. That's from Brave Men Dark Waters.”
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Rogue Warrior
On Behind the Bastards, host Robert Evans dedicated a multi-part series in July 2026 to Richard Marcinko's 1992 autobiography Rogue Warrior. Evans discussed the book as the first account of life inside SEAL Team Six written by a SEAL, serving as the origin of the modern tactical memoir. While analyzing the text, Evans critiqued its historical inaccuracies, noted how Marcinko used it to whitewash his conduct, and poked fun at his repetitive writing style.
Discussed“In 1992, Richard Marcinko gets out of prison and publishes the book Rogue Warrior, which is the first account of life inside SEAL Team Six written by a SEAL.”
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Alpha
On Behind the Bastards, host Robert Evans frequently recommended and referenced David Philipps's book Alpha across multiple episodes in July 2026. Evans told listeners it was a very good read and used the text to examine the culture of the original Frogmen, detail the early life and recruitment of Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher, explore factions within the SEALs during the Vietnam War, and describe operations in the Mekong Delta.
Discussed“Here's how David Phillips describes Gallagher's early life in Alpha. One morning in 1999, without telling his family, he had walked into a Navy recruiting station in a strip mall in Fort Wayne, Indiana, determined to enlist. On the wall, there was a poster of a SEAL commando coming out of the water with night vision goggles and a glistening”
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Children of the Night
Paul Kenyon's book Children of the Night was referenced multiple times by Robert Evans on Behind the Bastards during a multi-part series on Nicolae Ceaușescu. Evans used Kenyon's work as a primary source to quote historical details about Romania's regime, the economic exploitation of the peasantry, the state-sanctioned ransoming of the Jewish population, and the chaotic final public speech delivered by Ceaușescu.
Discussed“as Paul Kenyon describes in Children of the Night esku was one minute and 17 seconds into his address when he heard yells from somewhere in the back”
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Moneyball
Mia Wong and Robert Evans discussed Moneyball by Michael Lewis across multiple episodes of Behind the Bastards between December 2023 and November 2025. The hosts referenced the book as one of Lewis's best-known works, analyzing his unique writing style and ability to make readers care about seemingly boring subjects like baseball managers using sabermetrics.
Discussed“He wrote Moneyball, which is the book that we'll be talking about, which I'll get to in a second. And he wrote The Blind Side”
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On Stalin's team
On Behind the Bastards, host Robert Evans used Sheila Fitzpatrick's book On Stalin's Team as a primary source during his series on Lavrentiy Beria. Evans quoted the book to explore the protocols surrounding arrests during the Soviet purges, examine the terminology used to describe Stalin's inner circle, and share historical anecdotes about Molotov.
Discussed“this does not deal directly with Bara, but I found a passage in Sheila Fitzpatrick's book on Stalin's team that I enjoyed too much not to share”
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My Fourth Time, We Drowned
My Fourth Time, We Drowned by Sally Hayden was discussed across multiple episodes of Behind the Bastards. Robert Evans, Andrew Sage, and other hosts recommended the book when covering European migration policies and the treatment of refugees in Libya. The speakers praised it as a heartbreaking yet essential read and highlighted how it details Sally Hayden's journalistic process and the resourceful ways detained migrants communicate their stories.
Recommended“the Sally Haydens book, My Third Time We Drowned is one of the more heartbreaking books that's available for a human to read. But like if you want to know about the [ __ ] up stuff Europe's doing in Libya, uh it's a good book.”
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I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream
Harlan Ellison's short story I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream was discussed on Behind the Bastards. Robert Evans recommended the work and cited it as a major literary influence behind modern technological fears, noting that contemporary tech subcultures and figures within the rationalist movement drew heavily upon Ellison's apocalyptic artificial intelligence doomsday scenarios.
Discussed“Yedowski cares about like he believes that the Harlon Ellison short story, I have no mouth and I must but I must scream.”
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Study Guide
On the April 16, 2024, episode of Behind the Bastards, Robert Evans referenced a book by Amy Knight. He quoted from the text to provide historical context regarding the brutality of arrests during Beria's leadership in the Soviet Union and to outline the economic activities and construction projects managed by the NKVD.
Recommended“And Ber was curious; they should go read Robert's book After The Revolution because that is what that is talking about—a book full of morally compromised people who regret their actions in war!”
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To train up a child
On Behind the Bastards, across episodes in September 2023, May 2024, and May 2025, Robert Evans referenced Michael Pearl's self-published 1994 parenting advice book To Train Up a Child. Evans brought up the work to discuss contemporary tough-love child-rearing practices among the Christian right and to draw parallels regarding politically motivated child abuse.
Discussed“so anyway when I think of politically motivated child abuse I do think back to that book to train up a child”
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Win bigly
Robert Evans discussed Scott Adams's book Win Bigly across several episodes of Behind the Bastards in 2023. Evans heavily critiqued the book, describing it as terrible and stupid while examining Adams's arguments surrounding persuasion, his obsession with Donald Trump, and claims made about his early life.
Critiqued“that's why Scott wrote his terrible book win bigly”
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1984
George Orwell's novel 1984 was referenced across multiple episodes of Behind the Bastards. In an October 2026 episode, James Stout quoted the book to draw a parallel regarding political discourse. In an August 2025 episode, the host discussed Orwell's views on anti-fascism. Earlier, in February 2023, Mia Wong mentioned 1984 as one of the favorite books of Bobby Fischer during the period when his worldview became increasingly eccentric and paranoid.
Discussed“Yeah, there's this line in 1984, the party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final most essential command. No, he didn't. You buffoons. Yeah, people love to be wrong about George Orwell.”
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Against the Grain
On Behind the Bastards across multiple episodes, Andrew Sage and other speakers referenced James C. Scott's Against the Grain to discuss the fragility, non-inevitability, and ecologically destructive tendencies of early states and civilization.
Discussed“But one thing is really stuck with me in reading, for instance, Jamesy Scott, which talks about this and against the green, it's just whole fragile and not inevitable.”
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
On Behind the Bastards, host Robert Evans referenced J.K. Rowling's book Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone across multiple episodes to explain the British boarding school prefect system, discuss its literary lineage originating from Tom Brown's School Days, and mention the rationalist fan fiction written by Eliezer Yudkowsky.
Discussed“is like the start of the DNA line that ends in Harry Potter is Tom right these are directly related like we get Harry Potter because of Tom Brown school days”
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Hereditary Genius
On Behind the Bastards, Robert Evans examined Francis Galton's 1869 book Hereditary Genius across multiple episodes. Evans critiqued the text's flawed premise that human intelligence and success are purely hereditary, noting how Galton expanded his data on successful individuals. Evans also discussed the 1892 preface to observe Galton's evolving views on race and social degeneration, and pointed out that Galton later reprinted segments of the book in his autobiography, claiming time had proven his original assertions correct.
Discussed“At the end of his autobiography, he states his opinion that time is only proven had only proven the claims he made in hereditary genius 45 years earlier even more correct. He reprinted a segment of that book.”
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Inquiries Into Human Faculty and Its Development
Robert Evans and Steven Monachelli discussed Francis Galton's book Inquiries Into Human Faculty and Its Development across multiple episodes of Behind the Bastards. In September 2026, Evans cited the 1883 publication to illustrate Galton's focus on urban decay and noted that Galton first published the term eugenics while working on the book. Monachelli also referenced the work in June 2025 while explaining the origins of eugenics.
Discussed“In another one of his books, Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development, in 1883 published in 1883, he wrote,”
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Oprah
Across three consecutive episodes of Behind the Bastards in January 2025 focusing on Oprah Winfrey, host Robert Evans frequently referenced Kitty Kelley's biography 'Oprah'. Evans utilized the book as a major research source, reading specific passages to highlight the drug-filled atmosphere at a local TV station where Oprah worked and to present conflicting family accounts regarding her childhood living conditions.
Discussed“I want to read a paragraph from the book Oprah a biography based on a conversation with her former colleague Patty Outlaw”
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The Art of War
On the Behind the Bastards podcast, Sun Tzu's classic text The Art of War was referenced by host Robert Evans across multiple episodes in 2023 and 2024. Evans used the book as a historical touchpoint when analyzing military strategy and compared the ubiquitous, overly familiar nature of its advice to the widespread self-help writing of Dale Carnegie.
Discussed“Whether Lawrence was aware of this or not, others had presented a similar ideal some 2,200 years earlier, Sun Tzu. The most famous—yeah, exactly.”
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The Lord of the Rings
On Behind the Bastards, Robert Evans mentioned J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings across several episodes. Evans discussed how public figures like Ben Shapiro drew parallels to Tolkien's work in his own writing, and explored how childhood reading habits involving fantasy epics shaped the early lives of figures like Peter Thiel and Elon Musk.
Discussed“So, after introducing this protest and starting his scavengers and the pride, you know, discourse, Ben pivots to discussing the Lord of the Rings. And it's it becomes clear here that that opening sort of vignette about hundreds of thousands strong marching, their banners unfurled.”
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The religion war
On Behind the Bastards, Robert Evans frequently referenced Scott Adams's fiction novella 'The Religion War' while examining the author's worldview. Evans discussed the book's place as a sequel to 'God's Debris', read passages from it, and strongly critiqued the text as one of the worst books ever written due to its absurd plot and failed predictions.
Discussed“now we read the religion War last time which is actually the sequel to God's debris”
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The way of the iceman
Wim Hof's book 'The Way of the Iceman' was examined on Behind the Bastards in September 2023 by host Robert Evans. Across a multi-part series, Evans utilized the text to analyze Hof's disputed personal backstory, noting contradictory timelines regarding Hof's childhood and entry into extreme cold-weather feats. Evans characterized the book as poorly written yet fascinating for its unique version of Hof's biographical claims and co-authorship details.
Discussed“his book The Way of the Iceman gives us very little detail on the long gap between olea's suicide and his rise to prominence”
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American Crusade
American Crusade by Pete Hegseth was discussed across two episodes of Behind the Bastards in August 2025. Host Robert Evans analyzed the 2020 political manifesto and its underlying themes, characterizing it as a fascist book that advocates for Christian theocracy and a holy war. Quoting directly from the text, Evans argued that the book reveals how evangelical dominionists have no desire to coexist with others, noting it was published as part of Hegseth's efforts to identify with the Christian nationalist movement.
Discussed“You know what's not going to be fun? Returning to Pete Seth's fascist manifesto.”
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Migra!
On Behind the Bastards, host Robert Evans referenced Kelly Lytle Hernandez's book Migra! during a two-part rewind series in June 2025 covering the U.S. Border Patrol and Harlon Carter. Evans recommended the book to listeners interested in the history of Mexican-Americans and border enforcement, and he used direct quotes from the text to detail historical operations, racial violence, and the economic status of early patrol officers.
Discussed“Now, in the wonderful book, Migra, Kelly Hernandez writes, quote, "He charged local officials, the chief patrol inspector and border patrol officers in the Laredo station with immigrant smuggling and forced just under half of Laredo's 28 Border Patrol inspectors and the chief patrol inspector to quit or be fired." Perkins then transferred select Border Patrolmen who had all been”
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After Camelot
On Behind the Bastards, Robert Evans cited J. Randy Taraborrelli's book After Camelot while examining the life and marriage of RFK Jr. Evans used passages from the book to detail legal allegations of physical abuse, discuss early reporting surrounding Mary Richardson's struggles with drinking and violent outbursts, and recount anecdotes about the Kennedy family.
Discussed“and a lot of this is not known at the time of the writing of books like after Camelot which cites Bobby's claims about Mary's drinking and her regular violent outbursts”
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Berlin Games
Guy Walters's book "Berlin Games" was referenced across two episodes of Behind the Bastards in June 2024 covering Avery Brundage and the Olympics. Robert Evans cited the book to learn about figures like Henri de Baillet-Latour and Pierre de Coubertin, quoting passages that described the intense, almost religious devotion surrounding the Olympic Committee leadership and illustrating Avery Brundage's alignment with racist ideals.
Discussed“now I learned he was a piece of [ __ ] from the book Berlin games by Guy Walters”
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God's debris
On Behind the Bastards, host Robert Evans examined Scott Adams's philosophical fiction novella God's Debris alongside guest Matt Lieb. Evans analyzed the book's pseudo-Socratic dialogue format, quoted from its introduction to mock the target audience pitch, and compared its narrative structure and length to its sequel, The Religion War.
Discussed“I said we're delaying the start of God's debris now we read the religion War last time which is actually the sequel to God's debris”
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Maps of Meaning
Jordan B. Peterson's book Maps of Meaning was analyzed on Behind the Bastards in October 2020. Host Robert Evans quoted from the academic text and related profiles to examine Peterson's early rejection of religion, his views on belief, and his conclusions regarding authoritarian regimes.
Discussed“In Maps of Meaning, which is his first book, we'll talk about it later, he remembered his reaction. "Religion was for the ignorant, weak, and superstitious," he wrote. "I stopped attending church and joined the modern world."”
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The Gamblers
On Behind the Bastards, host Robert Evans relied on John Pearson's 2007 biography The Gamblers as a key source during episodes about John Aspinall and Lord Lucan. Evans quoted from the text to provide historical context on wealth in 1950s England, describe Aspinall's eccentric acquisition of exotic pets, and recount details surrounding Lord Lucan's violent assaults.
Discussed“having identified so closely with his gorillas he started to imitate their habits and showed a marked preference for the rules governing the world of animals to that of human beings from watching how the dominant old silverback gorilla ruled the females in his Entourage he concluded that the idea of women's rights and women's Liberation was not only ridiculous”
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Vanishing Act
Jerry Jameson's book Vanishing Act was discussed by Robert Evans across multiple episodes of Behind the Bastards. Evans referenced the biography to detail the life and cons of Robert Spears, citing the author's accounts of Spears's reactions to betrayal, his move to Minnesota where naturopathy took hold, Donald Loomis's medical business with Hollywood stars, the dangers of Feiman's abortion paste, and the circumstances surrounding car theft.
Discussed“His biographer, Jerry Jameson, author of Vanishing Act, notes, "Humiliated and mortified at being duped and outplayed at his own game”
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Small Fry
On Behind the Bastards, host Robert Evans enthusiastically recommended Lisa Brennan-Jobs's memoir Small Fry during a series on Steve Jobs. Evans praised the book as an evocative and insightful addition to the Jobs canon, using Brennan-Jobs's firsthand accounts—such as driving in her father's Porsche—to provide a unique perspective on Steve Jobs's character.
Discussed“That's how she describes it in her book, which is wonderfully evocative. That's what you want from your dad.”
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Bible
On Behind the Bastards, the Bible was referenced by Robert Evans in episodes covering figures like Kent Hovind and TB Joshua. The discussions examined how fundamentalist leaders emphasized specific translations, such as the King James version, as essential for spiritual rebirth, and noted biographical accounts of subjects like TB Joshua reading the text continuously from Genesis to Revelation during their childhoods.
Discussed“But Hiles is a fundamentalist; he taught that people could not be born again unless they were brought to Christ using the King James Bible, which is a big thing for, I don't know, like a fifth of Christians in the country today.”
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How to Hide an Empire
How to Hide an Empire by Daniel Immerwahr was discussed on Behind the Bastards. James Stout and Carlos referenced the book as a primary source for historical details regarding US imperialism, territorial expansion, the acquisition of Alaska, the takeover of the Philippines, and the history of US logo maps and hidden territories.
Discussed“So, per how to hide an empire, the US government and the US media wanted to intervene, but anti-imperialists in Congress.”
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Island of shame
David Vine's Island of Shame was discussed by Robert Evans across multi-part episodes of Behind the Bastards in June 2024 detailing the history of the Chagos Islands. Evans cited the book to provide historical background on French settlers utilizing enslaved labor for sugarcane cultivation in Mauritius. He also referenced Vine's interviews with residents like Rita Banco regarding life on the islands, and used the text to describe the forced killing of dogs during the displacement of the local population.
Discussed“oh and so Rita told author David Vine in an interview for his book I of Shame life there paid little money a very little but it was the Sweet Life”
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Liar's Poker
On Behind the Bastards, Robert Evans discussed Michael Lewis's semi-autobiographical book Liar's Poker across episodes in December 2023 and November 2025. Evans referenced the book while reviewing Lewis's early career and background in stockbroker culture, highlighting specific scenes such as a banquet hosted by the Queen Mother, and noting the book's broad cultural impact on its industry.
Discussed“he writes a book called Liars Poker about the investment you know bang the stock broker that like that kind of life that makes a shitload of money right...”
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Nakam
Nakam by Dina Porat was discussed on Behind the Bastards in December 2022. Host Robert Evans cited passages from the book to provide historical accounts of post-war violence, Zionist youth seeking vengeance in Germany, and the devastation of the Vilna ghetto following its liberation.
Discussed“the ghetto was basically nothing but ashes and Bones as this quote from the book nakam makes clear”
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Outlive the Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia's book Outlive the Science and Art of Longevity was discussed on Behind the Bastards. Robert Evans noted the book's massive commercial success and bestseller status, and cited it to clarify details about Attia's childhood and his father's work at a limestone quarry. Dr. Kaveh Hoda joined the discussion to analyze specific arguments from the book regarding 20th-century mortality rates and infectious diseases, and referenced a personal anecdote Attia shared about staying in New York while his infant son was in the ICU.
Discussed“and Gwyneth Paltrow and other New York elites, his book Outlive comes out in 2023 and shortly afterwards becomes a number one best. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. They love love titles like that. I can see why that one's sold. Really a good one, right? Yeah. Yeah. Over three million copies and spent a hundred and thirty one weeks on the”
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Ramblin' Man
On Behind the Bastards, host Robert Evans referenced Ed Cray's biography Ramblin' Man across two December 2024 episodes focused on Woody Guthrie. Evans used the book as a primary source to detail Guthrie's early life and parents, set up the context of his birth through a Studs Terkel introduction, and explore the musical influences and distinct styles of Guthrie and his cousin Jack. Evans also cited the book for details regarding a left-wing anti-war song written by Guthrie.
Discussed“as Ed gray explains in the book Ramblin Man Jack was a western singer his songs were heavily influenced by popular music Woody was a country singer”
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Suburban Warriors
On the January 9, 2024, and January 11, 2024, episodes of Behind the Bastards, Robert Evans repeatedly referenced Lisa McGirr's book Suburban Warriors. He used it to quote statistics about U.S. defense spending between 1946 and 1965, to describe Leonard Reed's role in promoting free market principles, and to detail a community's hostile legal and social reaction against a progressive school board member.
Discussed“And I'm going to quote from the book Suburban Warriors here.”
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The Illuminatus! Trilogy
On Behind the Bastards, Robert Evans and Margaret Killjoy discussed The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson in a series exploring the history of the Illuminati. Evans explained how the 1975 fictional work popularized modern conspiracy theories, introduced concepts like the 23 Enigma, and inadvertently made the Illuminati seem real to millions of readers, later leading to a stage play adaptation.
Discussed“in 1975 Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea his fellow editor at Playboy start to publish a series of three novels eventually known as the illuminatus trilogy the book is a very weird piece of fiction”
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Web of deceit
On Behind the Bastards, Robert Evans cited Mark Curtis's book Web of Deceit while discussing the actions of the British government and the U.S. Department of Defense regarding the Chagos Islands and Mauritius. Evans used the book to provide historical context on secret documents and to highlight how Britain ignored United Nations resolutions.
Discussed“Michael Stewart the baron Stewart of Fulham a British labor party politician and foreign secretary wrote in yet another secret document and I'm reading from Mark Curtis's web of Deceit here by any stretch of the English language there was an indigenous population and the foreign office knew it”
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The Next Apocalypse
On Behind the Bastards, host Robert Evans promoted Chris Begley's book The Next Apocalypse: The Art and Science of Survival during weekly episodes, introducing him as an underwater archaeologist. The speaker also mentioned the book to explore historical perspectives on civilizational collapse before bringing Begley on the show, where he discussed his research in Honduras.
Discussed“Honduras was my focus as you saw in the book.”
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Eichmann in Jerusalem
Eichmann in Jerusalem by Hannah Arendt was discussed by Robert Evans across two July 2025 episodes of Behind the Bastards. Evans recommended the book as an important, albeit flawed, read for understanding Arendt's reporting on the Eichmann trial for The New Yorker. He quoted from the text to examine her critique of Israeli political motivations, the handling of the diaspora, and her coining of the phrase 'the banality of evil.'
Discussed“Hana Arent in her famous cover coverage of the trial described Bengurian's motivations this way. Quote, and this is from Ikeman in Jerusalem.”
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The young T.E. Lawrence
The Young T.E. Lawrence by Anthony Sattin was featured on Behind the Bastards. Robert Evans referenced the biography across two episodes to describe Lawrence's stable childhood, examine the texture of his personal relationships, and provide historical context during discussions about the events of World War I.
Discussed“satin whose satin whose biography of young Lawrence gives the best texture on the man's life describes the relationship as something intense but fundamentally unknowable to people reading today”
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Hitler's Personal Prisoner
On Behind the Bastards, host Robert Evans referenced Benjamin Ziemann's biography Hitler's Personal Prisoner as a primary source for examining the life of Martin Niemöller. Evans used the book to detail the intense right-wing radicalization of the early 1920s, Niemöller's early political stances, and statements he made during subsequent trials.
Discussed“uh yeah in his book hitler's personal prisoner benjamin siemen describes most of the early 20s as a time of intense right-wing radicalization”
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Kaiser Wilhelm II
John C. G. Röhl's book "Kaiser Wilhelm II" was referenced by Robert Evans across two parts of the "Kaiser Wilhelm: The Saddest Warlord In History" rewind series on Behind the Bastards in January 2024. Evans quoted directly from the biography to illustrate the bizarre and brutal medical treatments prescribed for the infant Wilhelm's arm, to examine the Oedipal letters the young Wilhelm wrote to his mother, to outline his deep antipathy toward his parents and England, and to detail a charged government scene in Berlin on March 15, 1890.
Discussed“Likewise, his wife and Bismarck had succeeded in inculcating a deep antipathy for his parents and for England in him. Kaiser Wilhelm II, a concise life describes the mindset.”
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My War Criminal
My War Criminal by Jessica Stern was discussed on Behind the Bastards by Robert Evans as a primary source for details regarding Radovan Karadžić's personal life and family history. Evans utilized the book to examine historical accounts of a murder committed by Karadžić's father and to share anecdotes from his time as a soccer team psychologist, while occasionally offering critiques of the book's framing.
Discussed“um and this is where i get into an issue i have with jessica's book my war criminal beyond the title uh because it is the source of more detail on radovan's family and personal life than anyone else has”
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Self-Styled
On Behind the Bastards in April 2026, host Robert Evans referenced Alan C. Logan's biography Self-Styled. Evans used details from the book to describe the background of Robert Spears's mother, Matilda, her habit of changing identities, Spears's grift as a spiritual guru in Kansas City, and his plans to abandon his bride.
Discussed“Uh per the book self-styled, the international man of mystery with robes, bejeweled headgear, crystal ball and the whole shebang was cashing in on doling out health and financial advice to the concerned incredulous.”
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The Contrarian
The Contrarian by Max Chafkin was featured prominently on Behind the Bastards as Robert Evans used the biography as a primary source for a multi-part series on Peter Thiel. Evans quoted directly from Chafkin's book to explore Thiel's personal life, career developments, and reactions to events like the Gawker lawsuit, while occasionally noting areas where his perspective differed from the author's.
Discussed“and I think this is the picture chafkin paints thect picture holiday paints and holiday is the guy who's really seems to have gone into this”
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The Wild Man from Sugar Creek
On Behind the Bastards, host Robert Evans and contributor Garrison Davis referenced William Anderson's biography The Wild Man from Sugar Creek in October 2024. The speakers used the text as the primary biographical source on Georgia Governor Eugene Talmage, drawing on its accounts and interviews to explore the history of cotton culture, Talmage's childhood reading habits, and his aggressive political actions in office.
Discussed“uh and I'm going to quote now from Jean's biographer William Anderson in his book The Wild Man from Sugar Creek quote Jean became furious with the he ordered the adjunct General Lindley Camp to arrest the deputy on the spot and he told Camp to place military guard around the persons and offices of himself the treasurer and the”
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The Dispossessed
On Behind the Bastards, host Robert Evans recommended Ursula K. Le Guin's novel The Dispossessed in response to a listener asking for impactful book recommendations. He highlighted it as a vital read alongside her short story The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas.
Recommended“What are some of the most impactful books that you've read that you think listeners should read The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin If you also haven't read Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas which is a short story Read that”
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The Water Knife
On Behind the Bastards in January 2025 during the Year's End Q&A episodes, host Robert Evans enthusiastically recommended The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi. Evans praised the novel as an excellent read, although he humorously struggled with the author's name during the recommendation before confirming it as a great book that he had not yet mentioned to his listeners.
Recommended“And you know why are there so many questions People here's here's one I haven't brought up in terms of books Read The Water Knife by Pooja Bhatia I'm I'm saying his name wrong I know But The Water Knife is just excellent Excellent book”
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Mississippi Moonshine Politics
On Behind the Bastards, Robert Evans referenced Janice Branch Tracy's book Mississippi Moonshine Politics across multiple episodes. He cited the text to provide anecdotes about the state-line gang's corruption, describe how mob territory operated in the area, and explain the public acceptance of Buford Pusser's handling of his wife's killers.
Recommended“The book Mississippi Moonshine Politics is a great anecdote about Louise Hathcock that really sells how locked down the state-line gang had things with the cops before Buford got into the mix.”
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Autobiography of a Yogi
On the Behind the Bastards podcast, host Robert Evans discussed Paramahansa Yogananda's Autobiography of a Yogi in episodes from 2023 and 2024. Evans noted the 1946 book's massive cultural impact in introducing yoga and meditation to Western audiences in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as its profound personal significance to figures like Steve Jobs, who read it annually.
Discussed“he reads this book called autobiography of a yogi which he's going to reread every year of his life it's like the only book on his iPad”
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Bloodlands
On Behind the Bastards, host Robert Evans referenced Timothy Snyder's book Bloodlands in multiple episodes in April 2024 covering Beria. Evans cited the text to provide historical context regarding the massacre of Polish prisoners of war and to analyze the ethnic composition and purges within the NKVD during the Great Terror, noting that Georgians were notably overrepresented at its end.
Discussed“as Timothy Snyder lays out in this passage from bloodlands lenti Baria had come to a conclusion perhaps inspired by Stalin Baria made it clear in writing that he wanted the Polish prisoners of War dead”
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Devil's Guard
On Behind the Bastards, host Robert Evans discussed George Robert Elford's fictional book The Devil's Guard. Evans critiqued the novel as one of the most fascist works of military fiction in existence, noting how it propagated ahistorical myths about the Waffen SS as a counterinsurgency force and was passed around by high-ranking Navy SEALs and figures like G. Gordon Liddy.
Discussed“Guys like Slinsky, his former boss, and other high-ranked SEALs had started passing around a book to each other. This was published in 1971 and it's titled The Devil's Guard. You ever heard of this book, Andrew?”
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History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Complete and Unabridged
Edward Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire was referenced on Behind the Bastards in December 2024 and March 2025. The host mentioned the classic scholarly work as a historical touchstone about why societies collapse, using it to contrast contemporary political commentary and humorously suggesting that volumes of Gibbon's work could be swapped out with modern memoirs as a prank.
Discussed“I mean [ __ ] man the the first and most his like one of the first influential works of his modern scholarship is the decline and fall of the Roman Empire It's a whole book about why a society fell apart”
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Michelle Remembers
On Behind the Bastards, host Robert Evans and guest Sarah Marshall discussed Michelle Smith and Lawrence Pazder's book Michelle Remembers across episodes covering Peter Thiel and Oprah Winfrey, noting that Jamie Loftus performed readings of the book and explaining how it helped launch the satanic panic.
Discussed“It features such iconic performances as our dear friend Jamie Loftess performing the book Michelle Remembers.”
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Regenesis
George M. Church and Edward Regis's book Regenesis was discussed by Robert Evans on Behind the Bastards. Evans brought up the 2012 book to examine Church's genetic engineering proposals, specifically his suggestions regarding bringing back Neanderthals. The host also detailed a publicity stunt surrounding the book's publication involving data storage in DNA and noted the ironic coincidence that Church's co-author shared a name with a character from Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park.
Discussed“He had danced around the issue in his 2012 book Regenesis uh where he had proposed bringing back Neanderls which people always get angry are like Robert you're mispronouncing it again.”
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The Kennedys
On Behind the Bastards, Robert Evans referenced Peter Collier and David Horowitz's book The Kennedys during a multi-part series on RFK Jr. in July 2024. Evans used excerpts from the book and detailed the involvement of co-writer David Horowitz to illustrate political maneuvering and family fallout stemming from a 1984 Playboy publication.
Discussed“this one in 1980 is his Uncle Ted's reelection campaign David Horowitz future co-writer of the book The kennedies was with him for this and even though Bobby had a girlfriend at the time Horowitz later wrote”
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The Lost City of Z
On Behind the Bastards, Robert Evans brought up David Grann's The Lost City of Z across multiple episodes detailing the life of Percy Fawcett. Evans referenced the book to discuss Fawcett's early adventures and modern fame, while also critiquing the work for being historically inaccurate regarding Fawcett's life.
Discussed“In Gran's book, chapter 8, Into the Amazon, goes straight from Percy returning to England in 1902 to him then being in Bolivia like 6 or seven years later, which is like where the first adventure from the movie The Lost City of uh Z starts too.”
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The Man Who Broke Capitalism
On Behind the Bastards in May 2023, Robert Evans discussed The Man Who Broke Capitalism by David Gelles across a two-part series on Jack Welch. Evans utilized the book to read historical passages about General Electric's 1953 annual report and Welch's interactions with Wall Street analysts, ultimately describing the text as well-written and a damning critique of Welch's corporate career.
Discussed“and i'm in a quote from the man who broke capitalism by david gels again here one analyst asked how the price for copper would impact earnings in the next quarter”
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Border Patrol Nation
Todd Miller's book Border Patrol Nation was recommended on Behind the Bastards by Robert Evans and Carlos Berrios Polanco across episodes in June 2026. The speakers recommended the book to listeners interested in the modern history of immigration enforcement collaboration between the United States and the Dominican Republic, as well as the Department of Homeland Security's border externalization policies.
Recommended“So, a lot of this modern history of collaboration between the US and the DR immigration enforcement is recorded in Todd Miller's Border Patrol Nation and Empire of Borders both of which I recommend everyone go read.”
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Empire of Borders
Todd Miller's book Empire of Borders received strong recommendations on Behind the Bastards in June 2026. Robert Evans and Carlos Berrios Polanco both urged listeners to read the book, discussing it alongside Border Patrol Nation to explain international border enforcement and the history of immigration policy collaboration.
Recommended“So, a lot of this modern history of collaboration between the US and the DR immigration enforcement is recorded in Todd Miller's Border Patrol Nation and Empire of Borders both of which I recommend everyone go read.”
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King Leopold's ghost
In multiple episodes of Behind the Bastards broadcast in November 2023, Robert Evans enthusiastically recommended Adam Hochschild's book King Leopold's Ghost. Evans told listeners that it was a great book and strongly urged them to read it to gain a detailed understanding of the immense human misery caused by King Leopold II's regime in the Congo.
Recommended“I really recommend reading King Leopold's ghost by Adam hosch child it's a great book and it really delves into the human misery caused by this regime”
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Number Go Up
On Behind the Bastards, host Robert Evans recommended Zeke Faux's book Number Go Up across multiple episodes covering Sam Bankman-Fried and crypto culture. Evans told listeners that if they wanted a deeper, highly valuable understanding of just how grifty the crypto industry and Sam Bankman-Fried truly were, Faux's book was a fantastic read. He specifically suggested it as an essential, eye-opening alternative to other accounts for anyone curious about the dark side of cryptocurrency.
Recommended“If you do want to get something valuable and a deeper understanding about like how grifty this whole industry was and also how grifty Sam was, there's a book called Number Go Up by Zeke Fox.”
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Parable of the Sower
Robert Evans recommended Octavia E. Butler's novel Parable of the Sower on Behind the Bastards during the New Year Q&A episodes released in early January 2025. While discussing impactful reads, he advised listeners to pick up the book alongside its sequel, expressing his admiration for the author.
Recommended“parable of the sewer and parable of the talents uh by oh God”
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Parable of the Talents
Robert Evans recommended Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler on Behind the Bastards during Q&A episodes released at the start of January 2025, listing it alongside Parable of the Sower among impactful science fiction works.
Recommended“parable of the sewer and parable of the talents uh by oh God”
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Settler Colonialism
On Behind the Bastards, during the episodes It Could Happen Here Weekly 204 and It Could Happen Here Weekly 5, Dalia Kilsbach recommended Lorenzo Veracini's book Settler Colonialism. Kilsbach suggested the text as a helpful resource and reading material when trying to understand the framework of settler colonialism.
Recommended“um so in terms of resources and reading um i have read lorenzo verachini's um settler book on settler colonialism um that's really helpful when you're trying to understand that framework”
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The ones who walk away from Omelas
Robert Evans recommended Ursula K. Le Guin's short story The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas on Behind the Bastards during the episodes titled 'Behind the Bastards New Year Q&A Part Two' and 'Part Two: Behind the Bastards Q&A: Year's End Edition' in early January 2025. He included the short story in his list of impactful books and stories for listeners to read.
Recommended“if you also haven't read ones who walk away from omalos which is a short story read that”
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The Sexual Politics of Meat
The Sexual Politics of Meat by Carol J. Adams was highlighted on Behind the Bastards by Jamie Loftus. Loftus recommended an interview featuring the feminist author and discussed Adams's historical experiences of online harassment, connecting the themes of the book to broader cultural conversations.
Recommended“with Carol J Adams author of um the sexual politics of meat who was harassed and doxed for weeks and like an entire Summer by rash Limba back in the day”
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Walkaway
Robert Evans recommended Cory Doctorow's fiction novel Walkaway on Behind the Bastards across two episodes of It Could Happen Here Weekly, specifically on October 23, 2021, and January 8, 2022. He praised the book as a wonderful piece of writing and recommended it to listeners looking for optimistic fiction.
Recommended“The last thing I would tell people to listen to if they're looking for a fictional optimistic thing is Corey Doctoro's Walkway.”
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Whipping Girl
On Behind the Bastards in January 2025, Robert Evans and Sophie Lichterman recommended Julia Serano's book Whipping Girl. Evans passed along the recommendation originally made by Mia Wong from another show, and Lichterman agreed that it was an incredible book.
Recommended“she recommended reading whipping Girl by Julia Serrano and oh my God it's incred it's an incredible book”
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City of Quartz
On Behind the Bastards, Robert Evans recommended Mike Davis's book City of Quartz to listeners interested in the history of Los Angeles and Daryl Gates. Evans later read from the book to highlight criticisms regarding the LAPD's racism and police brutality.
Discussed“In City of Quartz, the great Mike Davis describes how he would quote luridly chronicle the racism and trigger happiness of the blue knights towards ordinary blacks. Gates, the third Parker protege in a row to command the LAPD, ridiculed these charges and the liberals who listened to them.”
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Eichmann Before Jerusalem
Bettina Stangneth's book Eichmann Before Jerusalem was featured on Behind the Bastards by host Robert Evans. Evans recommended the work and relied on it as a primary source for his multi-part series on Adolf Eichmann, citing it to describe Eichmann's frantic state of mind, desperation, and megalomania near the end of the Reich.
Discussed“In her book Ikeman Before Jerusalem, Betatina Stangth describes Adolf Ikeman in this period as almost mad with a mix of desperation and megalomania.”
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Elon Musk
Ashlee Vance's biography of Elon Musk was featured on Behind the Bastards in June 2020. Robert Evans introduced the book as the primary source for a two-part episode on Elon Musk, and during a correction segment, Sofiya Alexandra endorsed it on behalf of Evans as a wonderful book.
Recommended“Uh, he incorrectly labeled author Ashley Vance as a she and he is a he. And Robert also wanted me to mention that his book Elon Musk, Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future is a wonderful book. You can find a link to that book under the footnotes in part one.”
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Elon Musk and the Quest for a Fantastic Future Young Readers' Edition
On Behind the Bastards in June 2020, Robert Evans used Ashlee Vance's biography of Elon Musk as the primary source for his episode. During a correction segment, Sofiya Alexandra delivered a message from Evans endorsing the book as a wonderful read.
Recommended“Uh, he incorrectly labeled author Ashley Vance as a she and he is a he. And Robert also wanted me to mention that his book Elon Musk, Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future is a wonderful book. You can find a link to that book under the footnotes in part one.”
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JACK. STRAIGHT FROM THE GUT.
On Behind the Bastards, Robert Evans discussed Jack Welch's autobiography Jack: Straight from the Gut across two episodes dedicated to Welch. Evans cited the memoir as a primary research source and jokingly recommended it to a co-host as a punishment.
Recommended“maybe read this freak copy that i'm having amazon send you of jack straight from the gut”
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Kissinger's shadow
On the Behind the Bastards episodes CZM Rewind: Kissinger Parts 1-3 on January 1, 2024, and CZM Rewind: Kissinger Parts 4-6 on January 2, 2024, Robert Evans discussed Greg Grandin's book Kissinger's Shadow. Evans quoted from the biography to explain Henry Kissinger's view of history and recommended the work as a comprehensive text on Kissinger's toxic influence in the United States.
Recommended“the most comprehensive biography of Henry Kissinger and the one i would if you looking if you're looking for just a book on Kissinger's influence in like the US and how toxic it was i recommend Kissinger Shadow by grandon”
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Progress
Samuel Miller McDonald's book Progress was discussed on Behind the Bastards in two episodes. Andrew Sage recommended it as an enjoyable read in episode 232 of It Could Happen Here Weekly while introducing the topic of parasitism. Earlier, in episode 219, James Stout mentioned reading the book and expressed a desire to review it on the podcast.
Recommended“So, I want to talk about parasism, the development of parism over time, as discussed in Samuel Miller McDonald's book progress, which I highly recommend. Quite an enjoyable read.”
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Sapling Cage
On Behind the Bastards, the hosts recommended and praised Margaret Killjoy's work of fiction, 'The Sapling Cage'. During 'Part Two: The Parenting Gurus of Nazi Germany', Robert Evans highlighted the book positively in comparison to another text discussed, and later in 'Part Three: How Lawrence of Arabia Invented Modern War', the host encouraged listeners to purchase a copy.
Recommended“Yeah, purchase Margaret's new book, you know, 'The Sapling Cage,' it's excellent. If you're listening to this several weeks ahead, you can go see Robert and I talk in Portland.”
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Tearing Down The Wall of Sound
Mick Brown's book Tearing Down The Wall of Sound was featured on Behind the Bastards during the multi-part series on Phil Spector. Greasy Will cited it as his primary source in Part One, and Robert Evans later referenced the book in Part Three to discuss Spector's relationships with the Beatles and Yoko Ono.
Discussed“And also, uh Mick Mick Brown, who wrote the book uh Breaking Down the Wall of Sound that I referenced for a lot of this, uh he he mentions that Phil got along with Yoko Ono really well as well.”
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The other 607 books mentioned on Behind the Bastards, ranked, with the latest episode and time
- The Conquest of Bread by Peter Kropotkin
- The Demon in the Freezer by Richard Preston
- The Last Emperor of Mexico by Edward Shawcross
- The Paranoid Style in American Politics by Richard Hofstadter
- The Utopia of Rules by David Graeber
- Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
- Brother Number One by David P Chandler
- Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher
- Chief by Daryl F. Gates
- Das Capital Volume One by Karl Marx
- Eichmann by David Cesarani
- Flash Boys by Michael Lewis
- General Lee: A Biography of Robert E. Lee by Fitzhugh Lee
- Good Bread Is Back by Steven L. Kaplan
- Here Where We Live Is Our Country by Molly Crabapple
- Imagined communities by Benedict Anderson
- Inquiries Into Human Faculty by Francis Galton
- Iron John, a Book About Men by Robert Bly
- Island by Aldous Huxley
- Kissinger by Niall Ferguson
- L.A. Noir by John Buntin
- Labor in the South by F. Ray Marshall
- Lives in Common by Menachem Klein
- Lord of the Flies by William Golding
- Murder in Brentwood by Mark Fuhrman
- Project Beta by Greg Bishop
- Quackery by Lydia Kang
- Racial hygiene by Proctor, Robert
- Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
- Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
- The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich
- The Anatomy of Fascism by Robert O. Paxton
- The Art of Not Being Governed by James C. Scott
- The Black Jacobins by C.L.R. James
- The Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell
- The Communist Manifesto by Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx
- The Game by Neil Strauss
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- The Iliad by Homer
- The Network State by Balaji Srinivasan
- The Odyssey by Homer
- The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale
- The Red Network by Elizabeth Kirkpatrick Dilling
- The Road to Serfdom by F. A. Hayek
- The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
- The Shah by Abbas Milani
- The Stand by Stephen King
- Ulysses by James Joyce
- Unsafe at any speed by Ralph Nader
- Venusian Health Magic and Secret Science (Combined Edition) by Michael Barton
- What's Fair on the Air? by Heather Hendershot
- Who Was Robert E. Lee? by Bonnie Bader
- Will by G. Gordon Liddy
- Digging for Troy by Jill Rubalcaba
- The sun king by Nancy Mitford
- Kaiser Wilhelm II by John van der Kiste
- Book of the Dead by Muriel Rukeyser
- Headlock by Burl Barer
- Holy Rollers by T- McCracken
- Mtg: The Story of America First by Marjorie Taylor Greene
- None dare call it conspiracy by Gary Allen
- Pale Rider by Laura Spinney
- Secrets of the Killing State by Corinna Barrett Lain
- Sex, Lies, and Online Dating by Rachel Gibson
- Bobby Fischer by Frank Brady
- Hyperobjects by Timothy Morton
- Julius Streicher by Randall Bytwerk
- Kissinger by Walter Isaacson
- The radium girls by Kate Moore
- 1945 by Newt Gingrich
- Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
- Kaiser Wilhelm II by John C. G. Rhl
- Kingdom by Jerome Tuccille
- More than a Massacre by Sabine F. Cadeau
- A drink with Shane MacGowan by Shane MacGowan
- Carbon Democracy by Timothy Mitchell
- The great oom by Robert Love
- The Kaiser's Last Kiss by Alan Judd
- The One Device by Brian Merchant
- This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen by Tadeusz Borowski
- Where Am I Now? by Mara Wilson
- Death of the Territories by Tim Hornbaker
- Defeating Autism by Michael Fitzpatrick
- To Catch a Fascist by Christopher Mathias
- !No Pasarán! by Stephen M. Hart
- 12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson
- A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
- Algospeak by Adam Aleksic
- Bad Boy by Ronin Ro
- Becoming Steve Jobs by Brent Schlender, Rick Tetzeli
- Capital by Karl Marx
- Dinotopia by James Gurney
- Dracula by Bram Stoker, Jack Kelly
- Draw People in 15 Minutes by Jake Spicer
- Empire of Orgasm by Ellen Huet
- Fall by John Preston
- Finding the Walls of Troy by Susan Heuck Allen
- From U-boat to Pulpit by Martin Niemöller
- God and the IRS by Samuel D. Brunson
- Gold in the Furnace by Savitri Devi
- Gruesome Spectacles by Austin Sarat
- Hitler's Priestess by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke
- Holy rollers by ReShonda Tate Billingsley
- How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
- If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies by Eliezer Yudkowsky
- It Was All a Dream by Justin Tinsley
- Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
- Kaiser Wilhelm II, 1859-1941 by John C. G. Röhl
- Key Thinkers of the Radical Right by Mark J. Sedgwick
- Meet Robert E. Lee by George Swift Trow
- Mengele by David G. Marwell
- Muscle Control by Maxick
- My Life by Bill Clinton
- Nixonland by Rick Perlstein
- Richard Jewell by Marie Brenner
- Robert's Rules of Order by Henry M. Robert
- Sex, lies, and headlocks by Shaun Assael
- Solitary Sex by Thomas Walter Laqueur
- Ten stupid things women do to mess up their lives by Laura Schlessinger
- The Cigarette Century by Allan M. Brandt
- The Conscience of a Conservative by Barry M. Goldwater
- The Death Penalty on the Ballot by Austin Sarat
- The fall of a sparrow by Dina Porat
- The Fateful Alliance by Hermann Beck
- The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell
- The Illuminati by Larry Burkett
- The Lightning and the Sun by Savitri Devi
- The Man Who Would Be King by Karen Elliott House
- The Teachings of Don Juan by Carlos Castaneda
- THE TURNER DIARIES by ANDREW MACDONALD
- Toxic Childhood by Sue Palmer
- Twilight Over England by William Joyce
- What Happened to You? by Oprah Winfrey
- Against the State by James Stout
- All Art Is Propaganda by George Orwell
- America by Dylan Rees
- Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
- Annihilation of caste by B. R. Ambedkar
- Auschwitz. a Doctor's Eye-Witness Account. by Miklos Nyiszli
- Beyond a Boundary by C. L. R. James
- Blind Man's Bluff by Baynard Hardwick Kendrick
- Blind Man's Bluff by Sherry Sontag
- Border and Rule by Harsha Walia
- Climate Leviathan by Joel Wainwright
- Coyote America by Dan Flores
- Crowds and Power by Elias Canetti
- Defiance by Nechama Tec
- Durruti by Abel Paz
- Electrify by Saul Griffith
- Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement by Kevin M. Gilmartin
- Emperors in the Jungle by John Lindsay-Poland
- Everything Is Permitted by Cameron Kunzelman
- Fashion Victims by Alison Matthews David
- Food Not Lawns by Heather Jo Flores
- Foreign Body by Russell Davies
- In Light of Our Differences by David Harmon
- In the spirit of Crazy Horse by Peter Matthiessen, Peter Matthiessen
- Liquidated by Karen Ho
- Marjoe by Howard Smith
- Modernity by Jürgen Habermas
- More Than Just Food by Garrett Broad
- Morningside by Unknown
- Move Fast and Fix Things by Frances Frei
- Mutual Aid by Peter Kropotkin
- Mutual Aid by Dean Spade
- Nothing is true and everything is possible by Peter Pomerantsev
- Principia Discordia by Greg Hill
- Raw Dog by Jamie Loftus
- Scary Stories to Make You Scared of Scary Stories by Zach Broussard
- Seeing Like a State by James C. Scott
- Steppenwolf by Herman Hesse
- Strange People on the Hill by Michael Edison Hayden
- The Daughters' War by Christopher Buehlman
- The dictator's seduction by Lauren Hutchinson Derby
- The Disney Revolt by Jake S. Friedman
- The Magical State by Fernando Coronil
- The Man Who Stole the Gods by Matthew Campbell
- The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson
- The Myth of Progress by Tom Wessels
- The Nazis and the Occult by Dusty Sklar
- The Next Shift by Gabriel Winant
- The Podcast Pantheon by Sean Malin
- The prankster & the conspiracy by Adam Gorightly
- The Revolutionary Temper by Robert Darnton
- The State-Line Mob by W. R. Morris
- The Swastika by Steven Heller
- The Zorg by Siddharth Kara
- This One Will Be Different by J.C. Bradbury
- Transcripts from Calvary Baptist Church's Senior Pastor and Teacher Allan R. Lee by Allan R. Lee
- Transmetropolitan by Warren Ellis
- Tribe by Sebastian Junger
- Under the Perfect Sun by Mike Davis
- Violence, Nonviolence, and the Palestinian National Movement by Wendy Pearlman
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