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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.

Behind the Bastards

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 
 
- Squatting with Andrew
 
- Domination Is Peace: Trump’s 20 Point Peace Plan for Palestine feat. Dana El Kurd
 
- The Economics of the Tariff Regime
 
- New Wall Construction and Borderlands Resistance
 
- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #38
 
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Sources:
 
Squatting with Andrew
 
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/crimethinc-hidden-histories-of-resistance
 
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anders-corr-anarchist-squatting-and-land-use-in-the-west
 
Domination Is Peace: Trump’s 20 Point Peace Plan for Palestine feat. Dana El Kurd
 
Testimonies of Palestinian prisoners - https://www.newarab.com/news/palestinian-prisoners-tell-horrific-rape-israeli-detention 
 
Return of Palestinian bodies - https://www.nbcnews.com/world/middle-east/israel-hamas-bodies-hostages-gaza-ceasefire-aid-trump-rcna238128 
 
Greta Thunberg on her experience in Israeli prison - https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25LgKq/greta-thunberg-they-kicked-me-every-time-the-flag-touched-my-face 
 
20 point peace plan - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c70155nked7o
 
Board of Peace - https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/10/1/trumps-gaza-board-of-peace-promises-tony-blair-yet-another-payday 
 
Jared Kushner Peace to Prosperity Plan - https://www.un.org/unispal/document/peace-to-prosperity-a-vision-to-improve-the-lives-of-the-palestinian-and-israeli-people-us-government-peace-plan/ 
 
Hamas on disarmament - https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hamas-aims-keep-grip-gaza-security-cant-commit-disarm-senior-official-says-2025-10-17/ 
 
Palestinian public opinion on Palestinian Authority - https://www.pcpsr.org/sites/default/files/Poll%2095%20press%20release%206May2025%20ENGLISH.pdf 
 
International Tribunal on Yugoslavia - https://www.icty.org/en/content/slobodan-milo%C5%A1evi%C4%87-trial-prosecutions-case 
 
On Bosnia - https://theconversation.com/bosnia-and-herzegovina-world-leaders-risk-renewed-violence-if-the-country-breaks-apart-171068
 
UN commission of inquiry on the occupied Palestinian territory report - https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/hrbodies/hrcouncil/sessions-regular/session60/advance-version/a-hrc-60-crp-3.pdf 
 
Marika Sosnowski on ceasefires - https://theconversation.com/the-gaza-ceasefire-deal-could-be-a-strangle-contract-with-israel-holding-all-the-cards-267208 
 
Palestinians in Gaza killed after ceasefire - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/10/14/live-trump-signs-gaza-ceasefire-deal-with-leaders-of-qatar-egypt-turkiye
 
Palestinian child in West Bank killed - http://bbc.com/news/articles/ce8g9p0ppe0o
 
Palestinian family homes raided - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/west-bank-israel-raids-homes-prisoners-be-released-Gaza-ceasefire-deal
 
Netanyahu on Rafah - https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/middle-east/israel-gaza-rafah-crossing-reopening-b2847869.html
 
The Economics of the Tariff Regime
 
https://archive.ph/YUg11
 
https://foleyhoag.com/news-and-insights/publications/alerts-and-updates/2025/october/eu-proposes-new-safeguard-measures-to-protect-its-steel-industry/
 
https://www.piie.com/blogs/china-economic-watch/chinas-excess-capacity-steel-fresh-look
 
https://www.librarysearch.manchester.ac.uk/discovery/fulldisplay/alma992976480893401631/44MAN_INST:MU_NUI
 
https://endnotes.org.uk/articles/misery-and-debt
 
New Wall Construction and Borderlands Resistance
 
https://www.sierraclub.org/arizona/blog/2025/10/no-more-walls-san-diego-county
 
https://givebutter.com/borderlandsresistance 
 
https://www.sierraclub.org/borderlands
 
https://borderwallresistance.com/
 
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #38
 
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-china-visit-2026/
 
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025/10/21/us-china-now-in-a-very-different-kind-of-trade-war-experts-warn
 
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/20/trump-china-trade-tariffs-rare-earths/86803021007/
 
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-tightens-rare-earth-export-controls-2025-10-09/
 
https://www.livemint.com/economy/india-us-trade-deal-likely-soon-huge-tariff-cuts-on-the-horizon-11761046733288.html
 
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/trump-tariffs-live-updates-trump-sets-date-for-meeting-with-chinas-xi-as-trade-tensions-rise-162418137.html
 
https://archive.vn/Xq4oy
 
https://archive.vn/njCSi
 
https://archive.vn/pQQzf
 
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/19/trump-colombia-petro-caribbean-strikes
 
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/whats-at-stake-during-trumps-visit-to-asia/
 
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/trump-tariffs-live-updates-us-eyes-china-export-curbs-as-trump-wobbles-on-meeting-with-chinas-xi-162418423.html
 
https://archive.vn/wJn9z
 
https://archive.vn/i9IJQ
 
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/22/trump-ranchers-beef-tariffs-argentina.html
 
https://archive.vn/Osx1d#selection-1966.0-1970.0

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It Could Happen Here Weekly 205

Robert concludes the story of Daryl Gates with his founding of SWAT and insane reaction to the LA Riots.

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Part Two: Daryl Gates: The Man Who Invented SWAT Teams and DARE

Robert sits down with Bridget Todd to discuss influential LA police chief Daryl Gates, the Godfather of militarized policing.
 
(2 Part Series)

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Part One: Daryl Gates: The Man Who Invented SWAT Teams and DARE

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 
 
- CZM Rewind: Indigenous Peoples Day
 
- CZM Rewind: Title 42: How a Public Health Law Kills Refugees
 
- CZM Rewind: Title 42, Pt 2: Migrant Stories
 
- CZM Rewind: Title 42, Pt 3: The Mutual Aid Response
 
- CZM Rewind: Title 42, Pt 4: The Border Patrol
 
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It Could Happen Here Weekly 204

We conclude the heinous tale of Volkswagen's slave plantation in Brazil.

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Part Two: That Time Volkswagen Operated a Slave Plantation in Brazil

Robert sits down with Maggie Mae Fish to discuss how Volkswagen went from Hitler's favorite auto-company to the owner of a slave plantation in the Amazon during the Reagan Era.
 
 
 
(2 Part Series)

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Part One: That Time Volkswagen Operated a Slave Plantation in Brazil

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 
 
- ICE’s Ethnic Cleansing in Chicago
 
- The Riyadh Comedy Festival
 
- The Weaponization of Mass Shootings
 
- Trump’s Hepatitis Vaccine Lies
 
- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #37
 
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Sources:
 
ICE’s Ethnic Cleansing in Chicago
 
https://thetriibe.com/2025/09/feds-detain-dozens-of-immigrants-in-massive-south-shore-apartment-building-raid-in-chicago/
 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/01/massive-immigration-raid-on-chicago-apartment-building-leaves-residents-reeling-i-feel-defeated
 
The Riyadh Comedy Festival
 
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-37598413
 
https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/09/02/yemen-coalition-bus-bombing-apparent-war-crime
 
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-37598413
 
The Weaponization of Mass Shootings
 
https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2025/09/michigan-church-shooter-told-burton-council-candidate-that-mormons-are-the-anti-christ.html
 
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2025/09/29/thomas-jacob-sanford-michigan-shooting-suspect-anti-lds-tirade/86415139007/

 
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/us/michigan-church-attack.html

 
https://dailycaller.com/2025/09/29/eric-swalwell-post-photoshopped-pic-x-michigan-church-attack-suspect-maga/
 
https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1972323666705973589?s=61 
 
https://bsky.app/profile/aric.bsky.social/post/3lxmr4jq3qs2d 
 
https://x.com/jamesstout/status/1972669516384539066
 
https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-ice-shooters-motive

 
https://www.keranews.org/news/2025-10-06/dallas-ice-shooting-politics-and-ideology-or-notoriety-and-fame-joshua-jahns-immigration 
 
https://x.com/KenPaxtonTX/status/1975581768876237115 
 
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/north-carolina-bar-shooting/ 
 
https://time.com/7323442/south-carolina-judge-diane-goodstein-house-fire-trump-political-violence/
 
Trump’s Hepatitis Vaccine Lies
 
https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-remarks-health-autism-white-house-september-22-2025/
 
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #37
 
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ord.189270/gov.uscourts.ord.189270.56.0_1.pdf 
https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1974086514796896515 

 
https://x.com/nicksortor/status/1974200050206322960 
 
https://x.com/nicksortor/status/1974112113326239852 
 
https://katu.com/news/local/court-docs-woman-charged-in-ice-protest-chased-nick-sortor-while-wearing-bird-outfit 

 
https://www.opb.org/article/2025/10/03/trump-portland-oregon-ice-immigration-police-protest/ 

 
https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1974861544812105853
 
https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/05/california-secures-court-victory-trump-cannot-deploy-california-national-guard-into-oregon/ 
 
https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-press-briefing-stephen-miller-the-white-house-october-6-2025/ 
 
https://x.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1975643776161841649

 
https://gov-pritzker-newsroom.prezly.com/gov-pritzker-statement-on-the-texas-national-guard-being-deployed-to-illinois 
 
https://illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/news/story/attorney-general-raoul-files-lawsuit-against-trump-administration-to-stop-unlawful-deployment-of-national-guard 
 
 

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It Could Happen Here Weekly 203

Robert and Cody Johnston sit down to read Ben Shapiro's latest non-fiction book, which seems to be based entirely on him not understanding how lions work.

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Robert and Cody Read Ben Shapiro's New Book

Hello, Behind the Bastards Listeners! We want to share a new show you might enjoy, SAD OLIGARCH Season 2!
 
About the show: Since January 2022, dozens of Russia's wealthiest oligarchs and power brokers have died suddenly. One was poisoned with frog venom. Two killed their whole families. Several fell out of high windows. Most of the deaths are suspicious. Russia says they're coincidental suicides—that the deceased were simply depressed. We don't think so...
 
Sad Oligarch is an investigative podcast series that looks into the strange deaths of the Russian elite, unravelling a dark tale of Kremlin corruption and Putin's political dictatorship across the world. This is season two—Russian oligarchs are still dying and things have gotten even weirder...
 
Listen here and subscribe to SAD OLIGARCH Season 2 on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts!

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Introducing: SAD OLIGARCH Season 2

Robert discusses the mysterious 2001 anthrax attacks and how the FBI, without any real evidence, decided to destroy a man's life over it.

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How The FBI Botched the 2001 Anthrax Scare (Part 2)

Have you ever heard of King Leopold II? In Episode 7, Robert is joined by Andrew Ti (Yo, Is This Racist?) and they discuss the King of Belgium, who was the first world leader to be crappy in the true modern sense of the word. His life’s work was the blueprint for being the kind of terrible that we recognize in modern leaders like Dick Cheney or Vladimir Putin. He pioneered screwing over tens of millions of people for petty personal gain. 

 
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Part One: King Leopold II: The First Modern Bastard

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