
Behind the Bastards
Episodes (52)

Part Two: The Grifters Behind The Fake Autism 'Cure' Industry
Robert concludes the story of the Fake Autism Cure Industrial Complex and tells Mangesh about a doctor who tried to get rich selling spoiled blood to deranged parents.
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Part One: The Grifters Behind The Fake Autism 'Cure' Industry
Robert and Mangesh Hattikudur explore the birth of the "unorthodox biomedical movement", which is a fancy way of saying "fake doctors who poison children to cure Autism".
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Rendition to El Salvador: How the Trump Administration Is Sending Asylum Seekers to Labor Camps
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Miniature

Part Two: How Tainted Human Blood Became A Major U.S. Export
Robert, who is looking better than ever these days wow what great hair, finishes telling Ben Bowlin the harrowing story of how the U.S. murdered thousands of our nation's closest friends and poisoned
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Part One: How Tainted Human Blood Became A Major U.S. Export
Robert and Ben Bowlin sit-down to talk about controversial blood plasma donation program in the Arkansas Prison system under Governor Clinton that killed more than 2 9/11s worth of Canadians.
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Understanding Rojava’s Tishrin Dam Resistance
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Anarchism In Uruguay feat. Andrew, Pt. 1
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Chuck

Part Four: The Zizian Murder Spree (or Exactly How Harry Potter Fanfic Killed A Border Patrol Agent)
Robert concludes the story of the Zizians with a spree of horrific violent crimes and deaths, culminating in a shoot out with the Border Patrol in Vermont of all places.
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Part Three: How The Zizians Went Full On Death Cult
Robert tells David about Ziz's glorious plan to take to the sea and sever the right and left brains of her followers in order to make them psychopaths god that sentence was weird to write trust us
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How the State Created Elon Musk
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Candace Owens' Hollywood Tabloid Pivot feat. Bridget Todd
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Mahmoud

Part Two: The Zizians: Birth of a Cult Leader
Robert tells David Gborie about the early life of Ziz LaSota, a bright young girl from Alaska who came to the Bay Area with dreams of saving the cosmos or destroying it, all based on her obsession
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Part One: The Zizians: How Harry Potter Fanfic Inspired a Death Cult
Earlier this year a Border Patrol officer was killed in a shoot-out with people who have been described as members of a trans vegan AI death cult. But who are the Zizians, really? Robert sits down
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The Future of Peacekeeping In Africa
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The Last Trial of the Fight Against Mountain Valley Pipeline
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The

Part Two: In Honor Of Our New Monarchy, Let's Talk About Versailles
Robert tells Ed about the Sun King's very sad death from butt rot and how his great grandson grew up raised by the insane party house of death that now controlled all of French politics.
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Part One: In Honor Of Our New Monarchy, Let's Talk About Versailles
In honor of the American oligarchs trying to form their own aristocracy, Robert and Ed Zitron look back at the court of Versailles, how it was formed as a sort of frat house pentagon that broke the
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The President of Argentina's Meme Coin Scandal
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How Trump is Changing Trans Healthcare
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Textbooks and

Part Two: Bruno Bettelheim and The Quest To Make a "Good" Concentration Camp
Bruno Bettelheim has now made it to the United States, where he executes his elaborate plan to fix "emotionally disturbed" children by making a nice concentration camp.
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Part One: Bruno Bettelheim: The Worst Psycho-therapist
Robert tells Allison Raskin about Bruno Bettelheim, a concentration camp survivor who revolutionized child mental health care by trying to create a GOOD concentration camp for small children.
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Coffee Unions Spread to Peet's
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Defining Anarchism feat. Andrew
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Mutuality feat. Andrew
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Executive

Part Two: Tony Alamo: The Worst Preacher
Robert explains how Tony Alamo became a jacket maker to the stars, providing Michael Jackson, Dolly Parton and others with fashion via child labor. Also, lots of sex crimes.
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Part One: Tony Alamo: The Worst Preacher
Robert sits down with Samantha McVey to talk about Tony Alamo, the evangelical cult leader who enslaved children to make denim vests for the stars.
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Why Trump Wants to Conquer Canada
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How the Federal Government Fell
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Constitutional Law Professor Reacts

Part Two: How The U.S. Government Used Aliens To Destroy a Man's Mind
Robert tells Brandie how Richard Doty crafted an elaborate alien ruse to destroy Paul Bennewitz's mind, all with the goal of hiding the U.S. government's drone and stealth bomber programs.
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Part One: How The U.S. Government Used Aliens To Destroy a Man's Mind
This week we tell the harrowing story of Paul Bennewitz, a simple nerdy engineer who spotted evidence of covert Air Force weapons programs and was gaslit into believing they were alien spacecraft.
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The Internationalists Fighting Fascism in Burma
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(Maybe Don't) Read Siege
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How Trump is Killing Science

Part Two: Space Magic from Venus: A Literary Odyssey
Robert and Molly continue their exploration of Venusian health science which apparently involves eating nothing but raw fruit.
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Part One: Space Magic from Venus: A Literary Odyssey
Robert sits down with Molly Conger to explore a book at the foundation of American conspiracy culture that may have helped kill Steve Jobs.
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The Decline and Fall of the American Post Office
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Nut Country Revisited feat. Steven Monacelli & Dr.

Bonus: The Bastards of Oprah
This is a bonus episode of our Dr. Oz, Dr. Phil, and John of God episodes aka the bastards of Oprah episodes stitched together with limited ad breaks
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Part Six: Is Oprah Winfrey a Bastard?
Oh god, we are finally done. Unfortunately Oprah's greatest harms, like her role in birthing the anti vaccine movement, live on.
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Part Five: Is Oprah Winfrey a Bastard?
Today we talk about Oprah's involvement in a self help guru who killed three people in a sweat lodge, and how it goes into a shift in American culture driven by The Oprah Winfrey show.
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The Lost Post Office Union Episode
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The Age of Cowards and What Happens Next
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How to Evacuate Your Home

Part Four: Is Oprah Winfrey a Bastard?
Robert chronicles Oprah's war with the beef industry and her pivot to new age anti-science nonsense. Also: rainbow parties!
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Part Three: Is Oprah Winfrey a Bastard?
Oprah's career is on the move now, and Robert tells the gang about her coke filled early years in local TV, her rise to stardom and how she helped spark the Satanic Panic.
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Mutual Aid & the LA Fires
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CES 2025: AI Toys Are Coming For Your Kids
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From Anti-Satanic Crusaders to

Part Two: Is Oprah Winfrey a Bastard?
Oprah continues to have the most sympathetic backstory of any BTB subject, and Robert walks Bridget and Andrew through how she turned it all around.
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Part One: Is Oprah Winfrey a Bastard?
Oprah Winfrey has been responsible for introducing several of the most toxic monsters of our era to society. But is she a bastard? Robert sits down with Bridgett Todd and Andrew Ti to investigate.
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Q&A 2025
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2025 Predictions
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CES 2025: Listen to AI Executives Laughing At People Losing Their Jobs

CZM Rewind: Part Two: The Rush Limbaugh Episodes with Paul F. Tompkins
Robert is joined again by Paul F. Tompkins to continue to discuss Rush Limbaugh.
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CZM Rewind: Part One: The Rush Limbaugh Episodes with Paul F. Tompkins
Robert is joined by Paul F. Tompkins to discuss Rush Limbaugh.
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Behind the Bastards Presents: Hood Politics with Prop
Here are a couple of our favorite episodes of Hood Politics with Prop podcast series.
- The DOJ Curbed Google So Hard
- No, the Other Zionism

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Government Small Enough to Fit in Your Bedroom feat. Steven Monacelli & Dr. Michael Phillips
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CZM

Part Two: Behind the Bastards Q&A: Year's End Edition
Robert and Sophie answer even more of your thrilling questions.
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Part One: Behind the Bastards Q&A: Year's End Edition
Robert and Sophie sit down to answer your most burning questions and also maybe light some of you on fire depending on the questions you asked.
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Behind the Bastards Presents: Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff
Here are a couple of our favorite episodes of Margaret Killjoy's Cool Poeple Who Did Cool Stuff podcast series.
All the People Who Tried to Kill Mussolini, Parts 1 & 2
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What It's Like to Be a Peacekeeper
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CZM Rewind: The Marshall Islands Part One: For the Good of Humanity

Part Two: How Woody Guthrie Turned Folk Music into a Weapon
Robert is joined again by Margaret Killjoy for part two of our holiday non bastard episode about Woody Guthrie.
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Part One: How Woody Guthrie Turned Folk Music into a Weapon
Robert and Margaret sit down for their annual anti-bastard episode about one of America's greatest heroes, folk musician Woody Guthrie.
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Behind the Bastards Presents: Sixteenth Minute (of Fame)
Here are a couple of our favorite episodes of Jamie Loftus' Sixteenth Minute (of Fame) podcast series.
why are there so many mormon influencers? pt. 1 & 2
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Anarchism in Paraguay feat. Andrew
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What’s Happening In Rojava
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The Madison, Wisconsin School

Part Three: P. Diddy: A Life in Crimes
Robert is joined again by Wil Anspach to conclude our 3 part series on Diddy.
Sean 'Diddy' Combs: What's a 'freak off', and what are the charges against him?
The ‘Freak-Offs’ at the Core

Part Two: P. Diddy: A Life in Crimes
Robert and Wil discuss the east coast / west coast rap war that Diddy helped orchestrate, as well as just, an awful lot of sex crimes.
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Part One: P. Diddy: A Life in Crimes
Robert sits down with his friend, Grammy-award winning audio engineer Greazy Wil, to talk about Sean "P Diddy" Combs, a sex criminal who killed way more people than you'd expect.
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