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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. 
 
- Arab Israeli Peace and New Visions for Gaza feat. Dana El Kurd
 
- Oops All Gambling, Political Betting Joins the News
 
- Natalism feat. Andrew
 
- The Insurrectionist Running to Replace Nancy Mace
 
- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #45
 
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Sources/Links:
 
Arab Israeli Peace and New Visions for Gaza feat. Dana El Kurd
 
Bad Cousins - https://badcousins.show/
 
GREAT Trust Plan - https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/f86dd56a-de7f-4943-af4a-84819111b727.pdf 
 
A Plan to Rebuild Gaza Lists Nearly 30 Companies. Many Say They’re Not Involved - https://www.wired.com/story/a-plan-to-rebuild-gaza-lists-nearly-30-companies-many-say-theyre-not-involved/
 
Paradox of Peace - https://academic.oup.com/isagsq/article/3/3/ksad042/7280243
 
Oops All Gambling, Political Betting Joins the News
 
https://news.kalshi.com/p/kalshi-cnn-prediction-market-partnership
 
https://www.businessinsider.com/kalshi-cnbc-deal-cnn-data-integration-partnership-2025-12
 
https://x.com/Kalshi/status/1996233186251075862?s=20
 
https://illinoislawreview.org/wp-content/ilr-content/articles/2008/3/Cherry.pdf
 
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/20/time-galactic-prediction-market
 
https://dune.com/datadashboards/prediction-markets
 
https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/SpeechesTestimony/behnamstatement051024

 
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/02/business/appeals-court-allows-kalshi-election-betting/index.html
 
https://www.datawallet.com/crypto/polymarket-restricted-countries
 
https://www.gameshub.com/news/news/are-the-walls-closing-in-on-polymarket-after-latest-european-ban-2837953/
 
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/regulation/polymarket-banned-romania-for-operating-without-a-licence/
 
https://www.yogonet.com/international/news/2025/08/18/114882-polymarket-banned-in-australian-amid-crackdown-on-illegal-betting-election-wagering-concerns
 
https://dune.com/rchen8/polymarket
 
https://blog.uma.xyz/articles/unpacking-polymarkets-meteoric-rise-in-numbers
 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/polymarket-authorized-for-u-s-return-days-after-donald-trump-jr-joins-as-advisor-c3c8b348
 
https://truthpredict.net/
 
https://www.forbes.com/sites/boazsobrado/2025/12/04/alleged-insider-nets-1-million-on-polymarket-in-24-hours/

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcPwUiMPj6w
 
https://news.kalshi.com/p/zohran-mamdani-cites-kalshi-election-odds

 
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/tennessee-us-house-7-special-election-polls-2025.html

 
https://www.natesilver.net/p/sbsq-26-do-prediction-markets-make
 
https://www.axios.com/2024/07/16/nate-silver-polymarket
 
https://www.legalsportsreport.com/sports-betting-states/

 
https://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/23501236/supreme-court-strikes-federal-law-prohibiting-sports-gambling

 
https://x.com/Polymarket/status/1996978855538823522?s=20
 
Natalism feat. Andrew
 
https://iep.utm.edu/anti-natalism/
 
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/11/what-is-pronatalism-right-wing-republican
 
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/30/nx-s1-5382208/whats-behind-the-pronatalist-movement-to-boost-the-birth-rate
 
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40660745/
 
The Insurrectionist Running to Replace Nancy Mace
 
https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/south-carolina-man-sentenced-assaulting-law-enforcement-during-jan-6-capitol-breach-0

https://www.postandcourier.com/beaufort-county/politics/tyler-dykes-campaign-sc1-congress/article_c255115c-45cf-430e-b4a4-160a322631e1.html

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67681795/united-states-v-dykes/
 
https://atlantaantifa.org/2023/04/19/inside-southern-sons-active-club-part-i/

https://atlantaantifa.org/2023/04/19/inside-southern-sons-active-club-part-ii/
 
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #45
 
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/10/2025-22461/agency-information-collection-activities-revision-arrival-and-departure-record-form-i-94-and#page-57209
 
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/politics/georgia-democrat-eric-gisler
 
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5641420-democrats-gain-momentum-miami/?utm_social_handle_id=1917731&utm_social_post_id=619113438

 
https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/12/supreme-court-allows-texas-to-use-redistricting-map-challenged-as-racially-discriminatory/ 
 
https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/man-charged-planting-explosive-devices-outside-rnc-and-dnc-january-5-2021
 
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/pipe-bomb-suspect-told-fbi-believed-2020-election-conspiracy-theories-rcna247544

 
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7869373/1/Return-to-Sunny-Town

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It Could Happen Here Weekly 212

Robert tells Margaret about the giant meeting the military held to tell everyone how they planned to kill the world.

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Part Five: The Men Who Might Have Killed Us All

ICBMs made it possible to end the world in 15 minutes or less. Robert tells Margaret about the nightmarishly incompetent first draft of the Minuteman, a nuclear weapons system almost perfectly designed to end the world on accident.

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Part Four: The Men Who Might Have Killed Us All

Robert continues the harrowing story of the men who decided we should be ready to rain nuclear hellfire on everyone at a moments notice forever.

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Part Three: The Men Who Might Have Killed Us All

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 
 
- Darién Gap: One Year Later | Part One: After The Jungle 
 
- Darién Gap: One Year Later | Part Two: To Be Called By No Name
 
- Darién Gap: One Year Later | Part Three: The American Nightmare
 
- Darién Gap: One Year Later | Part Four: When Someone Needs Help 
 
- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #44
 
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Sources/Links:
 
Darién Gap: One Year Later
 
Primrose’s Legal Aid Fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/immigration-lawyer-for-primrose
 
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/world/americas/trump-us-mexico-border.html
 
https://www.fresnobee.com/news/article299272524.html
 
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/woody-guthrie-deportee-song-immigrants-rare-recording-1235383582/
 
https://southkernsol.org/2024/09/30/marker-unveiled-at-1948-plane-crash-site-that-killed-28-mexican-passengers/
 
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-orders/ 
 
http://www.toddmillerwriter.com/border-patrol-nation/ 
 
https://timzhernandez.com/all-they-will-call-you/ 
 
https://www.ice.gov/features/atd 
 
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/04/us/ice-impersonators-on-the-rise-arrests-made-as-authorities-issue-national-warning 
 
https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1225&num=0&edition=prelim
 
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #44
 
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/business/economy/trump-north-american-trade-deal.html
 
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/trump-tariffs-live-updates-us-may-exit-usmca-next-year-trump-meets-nvidias-huang-to-talk-ai-chip-curbs-231853198.html
 
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/business/supreme-court-tariff-ruling-refunds.html
 
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-deepens-tariff-cut-brazilian-224041283.html
 
https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/topic-pages/violent-crime
 
https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/topic-pages/violent-crime
 
https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Public-Safety/NYPD-Complaint-Data-Current-Year-To-Date-/5uac-w243/about_data
 
https://compstat.nypdonline.org/ 
 
https://www.ilrc.org/sites/default/files/2023-12/Particularly%20Serious%20Crimes%20Advisory_Dec%202023.pdf 
 
https://www.nycbar.org/press-releases/mayor-eric-adamss-threats-to-new-york-as-a-sanctuary-city/#_ftn3 
 
https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/newyorkcity/latest/NYCadmin/0-0-0-5445 
 
https://media.defense.gov/2023/Jul/31/2003271432/-1/-1/0/DOD-LAW-OF-WAR-MANUAL-JUNE-2015-UPDATED-JULY%202023.PDF 
 
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckglx77mplgo 
 
https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2025/11/28/us-suspends-visas-in-depth-look-global-afghanistan-refugee-crisis 
 
https://www.hrw.org/report/2019/10/31/theyve-shot-many/abusive-night-raids-cia-backed-afghan-strike-forces 
 
https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/policy-alerts/PM-602-0192-PendingApplicationsHighRiskCountries-20251202.pdf 
 
https://www.cato.org/blog/fbis-crosshairs-socialist-rifle-association 
 
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/10/2025-10669/restricting-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-united-states-from-foreign-terrorists-and 
 
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115625429081411360 
 
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-orders-enhanced-vetting-applicants-h-1b-visa-2025-12-04/ 
 
https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/temporary-protected-status/temporary-protected-status-designated-country-somalia 
 
https://x.com/ReichlinMelnick/status/1992048335876772353 
 
https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1254a&num=0&edition=prelim 
 
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/search?conditions%5Bsearch_type_id%5D=3&conditions%5Bterm%5D=TPS+somali&order=newest 
 
https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/department-interior-announces-modernized-more-affordable-national-park-access 
 
https://www.justice.gov/usao-edtx/pr/north-texas-men-indicted-eastern-district-texas-international-murderkidnapping-scheme 
 
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/airman-texas-haiti-coup-plot/
 
https://nypost.com/2025/12/04/us-news/fbi-makes-arrest-in-jan-6-pipe-bomb-investigation-after-nearly-5-years/ 

 
https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/afghan-national-charged-murder-national-guard-soldier-sarah-beckstrom

 
https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/lakanwal-national-guard-shooting-mpd-detectice-affidavit.pdf 

 
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/us/rahmanullah-lakanwal-national-guard-shooting-dc.html
 
https://www.nyc.gov/assets/immigrants/downloads/pdf/nyc-detainer-laws.pdf

 
https://time.com/7337578/ice-raid-new-york-mamdani/ 
 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Dvs1d2mlFUostowEZzfr0CoCrbUQw99a/view 
 
https://www.nyc.gov/assets/doi/reports/pdf/2025/38DOC.Release.Rpt.09.25.2025.pdf 
 
https://www.instagram.com/p/DRj_NZHjeRK/?hl=en&img_index=
 
https://x.com/UofOklahoma/status/1995186884704690262?s=20 
 
https://news.kalshi.com/p/kalshi-cnn-prediction-market-partnership 
 
https://www.businessinsider.com/kalshi-cnbc-deal-cnn-data-integration-partnership-2025-12
 
https://x.com/ForecasterEnten/status/1978469463415755117

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It Could Happen Here Weekly 211

Robert Evans: Robert and Margaret discuss the birth of the first atom bomb and how delusions about the use of air power made it a savior for a certain kind of U.S Army Air Corps officer.
Sophie Lichterman: She's sick more often than anyone I know

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Part Two: The Men Who Might Have Killed Us All

Robert sits down with Margaret Killjoy to talk about how mankind went from building one atomic bomb to building tens of thousands of them, permanently 15 minutes or less away from ending all life on earth.
 
(5 Part Series)
 
Sources:
 
https://warontherocks.com/2018/09/a-horrifying-and-believable-path-to-nuclear-war-with-north-korea/
 
https://mwi.westpoint.edu/inside-frighteningly-plausible-nuclear-attack-scenario/
 
https://sci-hub.ru/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10736700.2018.1513920
 
https://www.si.edu/media/NASM/NASM-DoomsdayDelayed.pdf
 
https://doomsdaymachines.net/p/i-have-sought-to-slaughter-as-few
 
https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1996/november/strategic-bombing-always-myth
 
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/does-strategic-bombing-work-world-war-ii-test-case-proved-it-or-not-173621
 
https://www.junobeach.org/canada-in-wwii/articles/rcaf-bomber-squadrons-overseas/strategic-bombing/
 
https://www.npr.org/2021/08/06/1025059199/fallout-tells-the-story-of-the-journalist-who-exposed-the-hiroshima-cover-up
 
https://secretaryrofdefenserock.substack.com/p/bombing-because-you-can-operation
 
https://www.amazon.com/Bombing-Win-Coercion-Cornell-Security/dp/0801483115
 
https://www.amazon.com/15-Minutes-General-Countdown-Annihilation/dp/1250002087
 
https://www.amazon.com/Command-Control-Damascus-Accident-Illusion/dp/0143125788
 
https://www.amazon.com/Nuclear-War-Scenario-Annie-Jacobsen/dp/0593476093

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Part One: The Men Who Might Have Killed Us All

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 
 
- Requiem for Stop Cop City
 
- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #43
 
- CZM Rewind: My RNC Grindr Adventure
 
- CZM Rewind: Elon Musk Has Lost the Gamers
 
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Sources:
 
Requiem for Stop Cop City
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3dqH_lfh6g
 
https://www.policemag.com/articles/understanding-the-ooda-loop
 
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/29/atlanta-police-cop-city-surveillance 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQZDfvAZrrU 

 
https://newrepublic.com/article/190850/coming-war-dissent

 
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/26/text 

 
https://atlpresscollective.com/2025/11/13/atlanta-police-flock-immigration-searches/ 

 
https://www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-searched-license-plate-cameras-nationwide-for-a-woman-who-got-an-abortion/ 

 
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/strengthening-and-unleashing-americas-law-enforcement-to-pursue-criminals-and-protect-innocent-citizens/ 

 
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/08/additional-measures-to-address-the-crime-emergency-in-the-district-of-columbia/

 
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/29/pentagon-memo-quick-reaction-forces

 
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/countering-domestic-terrorism-and-organized-political-violence/

 
https://newuniversity.org/2025/05/10/ice-raids-home-in-irvine-rep-dave-min-issues-statement/

 
https://theintercept.com/2023/05/02/cop-city-activists-arrest-flyers/

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yok1fhPICAY 
 
https://www.mainlineatl.com/georgia-drops-charges-against-atlanta-solidarity-fund-rico-cop-city/ 

 
https://www.mainlineatl.com/cop-city-rico-judge-to-toss-charges/
 
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #43
 
https://archive.is/LRnmy
 
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/19/ukraine-peace-plan-trump-russia-witkoff 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqZO0VRlp7E 
 
https://x.com/SenMcConnell/status/1992719172292214824?s=20 
 
https://x.com/BarakRavid/status/1990948698508185760 
 
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-chicago-arrests-police-federal-5c21bcb2cd890fcb086480469c1a3a96 
 
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/border-patrol-monitoring-us-drivers-detaining-suspicious-travel-127699704 
 
https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-sues-el-cajon-illegally-sharing-license-plate-data-out
 
https://www.dhs.gov/publication/dhscbppia-049-cbp-license-plate-reader-technology 
 
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/doge-doesnt-exist-with-eight-months-left-its-charter-2025-11-23/
 
https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-announces-six-new-agency-partnerships-break-federal-bureaucracy

 
https://www.ed.gov/media/document/fact-sheet-department-of-education-and-department-of-state-international-education-and-foreign-language-studies-partnership-112461.pdf
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDanzN1EUeE 
 
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/nyregion/mamdani-osse-dsa-endorsement.html
 
CZM Rewind: Elon Musk Has Lost the Gamers
 
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2024/09/15/deshaun-watson-trade-details-texans-browns/75189022007/
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1ykCc588Zw
 
https://thecourier.com/news/549130/browns-need-to-start-asking-questions-about-depodesta/
 
https://www.georgiaentertainment.com/2024/04/georgias-got-game-why-the-gaming-industry-is-larger-than-film-television-and-music-combined/#:~:text=The%20dominant%20entertainment%20industry%20is,than%203%20billion%20active%20gamers
 
https://app2top.com/news/the-gaming-industry-in-2024-by-the-numbers-a-review-by-gamesindustry-276003.html
 
https://www.ign.com/articles/asmongolds-twitch-channel-banned-following-racist-rant-about-palestinians
 
https://g-mnews.com/en/global-games-market-will-generate-usd-187-7-billion-in-2024/

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It Could Happen Here Weekly 210

Robert Evans is a Living God and can never lie.....Also we talk with Jamie Loftus about Sam Bankman-Fried and beloved biographer to con man Michael Lewis, author of The Big Short.
 
Original Air Dates: 12.5.23 & 12.7.23
 
Sources:
 
https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/michael-lewiss-big-contrarian-bet
 
https://archive.is/GnVkX#selection-2015.0-2029.125
 
https://archive.is/cZZcN#selection-455.0-523.30
 
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/oct/03/michael-lewis-sam-bankman-fried-crypto-going-infinite
 
https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2023/10/02/is-michael-lewis-throwing-out-his-reputation-to-defend-sam-bankman-fried/
 
https://archive.is/yrvL9#selection-1231.0-1271.105
 
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/nov/02/sam-bankman-fried-trial-key-takeaways
 
https://newsletter.mollywhite.net/p/the-fraud-was-in-the-code
 
https://www.investopedia.com/why-ftx-plan-to-refund-90-percent-of-recovered-assets-doesnt-add-up-to-90-percent-of-what-customers-lost-8362556
 
https://jacobin.com/2023/11/sam-bankman-fried-convicted-crypto-fraud-michael-lewis
 
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2023-08-15/the-blind-side-michael-lewis-michael-oher-sean-leigh-anne-tuohy-original-review-archive

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CZM Rewind: The Last Sam Bankman-Fried Episodes (Secretly About Michael Lewis)

Part One: Robert sits down with Jamie Loftus to talk about the collapse of one of the great financial criminals of our time.
 
Original Air Date: 11.22.22
 
Part Two: Everyone's favorite crypto conman is back behind bars! Robert sits down with Jamie Loftus to talk about his plans to buy an island and make he and his friends living gods.
 
Original Air Date: 8.15.23

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CZM Rewind: How Sam Bankman-Fried Conned the Crypto World & The Sam Bankman-Fried Update

Robert tells Jack about the 'rescue' of Eliza Fraser and how her lies about what happened on K'gari Island helped to fuel decades of colonial war and genocide.

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Part Two: How Eliza Fraser Survived a Shipwreck and Sparked a Genocide

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