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Behind the Bastards

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Behind the Bastards
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  • Behind the Bastards

    Part Two: Jimmy Saville: Britain's Unending Nightmare

    2026/04/16 | 1h 2 mins.
    Robert explains how Jimmy Saville went from bike race commentator to pop music DJ and gatekeeper to the stars, and how much of Britain clamored to give him access to young girls as a reward.
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    Part One: Jimmy Saville: Britain's Unending Nightmare

    2026/04/14 | 1h 3 mins.
    Robert explores the life and times of Jimmy Savile, the face of the BBC for decades, an ally of Margaret Thatcher, and a pedophile rapist on an incomprehensible scale.
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  • Behind the Bastards

    It Could Happen Here Weekly 227

    2026/04/11 | 3h 23 mins.
    All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.
    - How to Break a Union From the Inside: The NFL Players Association, Pt. 1
    - How to Break a Union From the Inside: The NFL Players Association, Pt. 2
    - The Jewish Bund and Political Imagination
    - Nigeria with Andrew
    - Executive Disorder: FEMA Teleportation, Pam Bondi Fired, Iran Ceasefire?
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    Cool Zone is nominated for 3 Webby Awards! Submit your votes by April 16th!
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    It Could Happen Here - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/news-politics
    Migrating to America - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/documentary
    Sources/Links:
    How to Break a Union From the Inside: The NFL Players Association
    https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45769802/ex-nflpa-boss-lloyd-howell-strip-club-expenses-sent-investigator
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P42Wq3fmTYg
    https://youtu.be/SwVNM266nCM
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjOpA-N24Cc
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON-dN5xO7r
    The Jewish Bund and Political Imagination
    Here Where We Live is Our Country - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/646320/here-where-we-live-is-our-country-by-molly-crabapple/
    We Need New Jewish Institutions by Arielle Angel - https://jewishcurrents.org/we-need-new-jewish-institutions
    Jewish Federations of North America polling - https://www.inss.org.il/social_media/jfna-survey-finds-just-37-of-jewish-americans-identify-as-zionists/
    Executive Disorder: FEMA Teleportation, Pam Bondi Fired, Iran Ceasefire?
    https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/08/trump-threatens-50-percent-tariffs-on-iran-arms-supplies-
    Sources:
    https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/08/trump-threatens-50-percent-tariffs-on-iran-arms-supplies-his-legal-path-is-murky-00863519
    https://www.wisn.com/article/author-of-banned-book-calls-out-menomonee-falls-district/45840156
    https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-announces-50-tariffs-nations-supplying-iran-with-weapons-2026-04-08/
    https://aomeara.com/section-338-and-the-ghost-of-smoot-hawley/
    https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF13006
    https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/08/trump-threatens-tariffs-countries-supplying-weapons-iran-ceasefire.html
    https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF11346
    https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/us/elections/wisconsin-supreme-court-election-polls.html
    https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-scores-f-accurate-pollster-11797710
    https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5819659-trump-approval-rating-democrats/
    https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5810850-trump-approval-hits-new-low/
    https://www.npr.org/2026/04/08/nx-s1-5770114/democrats-wisconsin-georgia-election-shift-overperformance-trump
    https://x.com/Kalshi/status/2041503849991516661?s=20
    https://www.imeupolicyproject.org/polls/tx-primary
    https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/impd-shots-fired-into-indianapolis-city-county-councilors-home/
    https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2041938354858582151?s=20
    https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/world/middleeast/shelly-kittleson-journalist-iraq.html
    https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/browse?sponsor=456810#text=Dignidad
    https://truthsocial.com/@greggphillips/posts/116329963429212640
    https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/us/fema-gregg-phillips-waffle-house-teleportation.html
    https://x.com/ElizLanders/status/2041878299454955640/photo/1
    https://x.com/jonkarl/status/2041839012097229086?s=20
    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-news-conference-iran/
    https://www.cbsnews.com/projects/2026/us-military-rescue-iran/
    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/6/trump-says-us-armed-iranian-dissidents-via-kurds-kurdish-groups-deny-claim
    https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2041422908166127898?s=20
    https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2041429864335446102?s=20
    https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2041073575273156670?s=20
    https://theaviationist.com/2026/04/05/u-s-rescues-downed-f-15e-wso-deep-inside-iran/
    https://www.nbcnews.com/video/trump-threatens-jail-time-over-f-15-story-leak-260769349590
    https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116351998782539414
    https://abcnews.com/US/fbi-scene-ice-involved-shooting-patterson-california/story?id=131812411
    https://x.com/DaniellaMicaela/status/2041886308964913229
    https://x.com/OversightDems/status/2041900181977718843
    https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/lee-m-zeldin/about
    https://www.cityandstateny.com/personality/2026/04/5-things-know-about-lee-zeldin-he-tops-trumps-list-ag/412647/
    https://nynow.wmht.org/blogs/politics/why-rep-zeldin-now-running-for-governor-says-he-voted-against-the-2020-election-results/
    https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/us/politics/pam-bondi-attorney-general-trump.html
    https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/07/politics/todd-blanche-nobody-knows-why-bondi-was-fired
    https://x.com/RepNancyMace/status/2041906771074138402
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    Part Four: The Phil Spector Episodes

    2026/04/09 | 1h 16 mins.
    Greazy Wil concludes the story of Phil Spector by talking about the murder he definitely committed.
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    Part Three: The Phil Spector Episodes

    2026/04/07 | 1h 25 mins.
    Greazy Wil continues the story of Phil Spector, and how his relationship with the Beatles and his relationship with his wife came into, uh, conflict.
    Cool Zone Media is nominated for 3 Webby Awards! Please submit your votes by April 16th :)
    Behind the Bastards - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/features/experimental-innovation
    It Could Happen Here - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/news-politics
    Migrating to America - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/documentary
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There’s a reason the History Channel has produced hundreds of documentaries about Hitler but only a few about Dwight D. Eisenhower. Bad guys (and gals) are eternally fascinating. Behind the Bastards dives in past the Cliffs Notes of the worst humans in history and exposes the bizarre realities of their lives. Listeners will learn about the young adult novels that helped Hitler form his monstrous ideology, the founder of Blackwater’s insane quest to build his own Air Force, the bizarre lives of the sons and daughters of dictators and Saddam Hussein’s side career as a trashy romance novelist.
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