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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

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)

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 
 
- SEIU 1000 Union Rep of the IE Reports Live from the Frontline
 
- Everyone Hates Them: Trump, the Media and Jimmy Kimmel
 
- Does Tylenol Give Your Baby Autism?
 
- What Does the Antifa Executive Order Mean for Free Speech?
 
- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #36
 
You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today!
 
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Sources:
 
Everyone Hates Them: Trump, the Media and Jimmy Kimmel
 
https://www.cawshinythings.com/about-caw/
 
https://am.jpmorgan.com/content/dam/jpm-am-aem/global/en/insights/eye-on-the-market/fair-shakes-amv.pdf
 
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/article/jimmy-kimmel-returns-after-suspension-for-charlie-kirk-comments-our-government-cannot-be-allowed-to-control-what-we-do-and-do-not-say-on-television-195436293.html
 
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/24/trump-approval-rating/86306451007/
 
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trumps-approval-dips-americans-worry-about-economy-reutersipsos-poll-finds-2025-09-23/
 
https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/kimmel-reinstatement-disney-price-increase-scoop
 
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/29/democrats-pounce-in-reliably-red-iowa-fueled-by-special-election-hopium-00538075
 
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/democratic-win-in-iowa-special-election-breaks-gop-supermajority
 
https://www.the-downballot.com/p/iowa-democrats-win-massive-upset
 
Does Tylenol Give Your Baby Autism?
 
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2817406
 
What Does the Antifa Executive Order Mean for Free Speech?
 
https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2025/09/28/the-implications-of-trumps-war-on-antifa-with-moira-meltzer-cohen/ 
 
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #36
 
democrats-are-shutting-down-government

 
https://www.war.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/4309929/at-war-department-shaving-waivers-out-clean-shaven-faces-in/ 
 
​​https://www.taxnotes.com/research/federal/other-documents/treasury-tax-correspondence/remove-irs-workers-anti-conservative-bias-group-says/7sx42 
 
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/feds-charge-man-who-burned-u-s-flag-outside-white-house-in-protest-of-trumps-executive-order/ 

 
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/countering-domestic-terrorism-and-organized-political-violence/ 
 
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/restoring-the-united-states-department-of-war/
 
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/09/president-trump-deploys-federal-resources-to-crush-violent-radical-left-terrorism-in-portland/
 
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/23/2025-18372/determination-pursuant-to-section-102-of-the-illegal-immigration-reform-and-immigrant-responsibility 
 
https://x.com/SecWar/status/1971342502650429458 
 
https://www.cbp.gov/document/environmental-assessments/border-barrier-system-construction-san-diego-county-california 
 
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/federal-drug-prosecutions-fall-lowest-level-decades-trump-shifts-focus-2025-09-29/ 
 
https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/tom-homan-cash-contracts-trump-doj-investigation-rcna232568 
 
https://www.msnbc.com/katy-tur/watch/msnbc-exclusive-former-ice-officer-led-the-fbi-to-tom-homan-248671301528 
 
https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/judiciary-democrats-demand-doj-fbi-release-recordings-of-tom-homan-receiving-50000-cash-bribe 
 
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/29/stephen-miller-venezuela-drug-boat-strike 
https://thetriibe.com/2025/09/feds-detain-dozens-of-immigrants-in-massive-south-shore-apartment-building-raid-in-chicago/ 
 
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-federal-agents-surround-south-shore-apartment-building-dhs-requests-military-deployment-illinois/17908911/ 
 
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/30/armed-agents-in-unmarked-vans-target-south-shore-apartment-building/ 
 
https://thetriibe.com/2025/10/video-shows-feds-choking-a-black-man-in-east-garfield-park/ 

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It Could Happen Here Weekly 202

Robert goes through the colorful life and backstory of future Trump administration official Steven Hatfill, who went from Rhodesian military volunteer to biological weapons expert to (innocent) suspect of a major terrorist attack.

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How The FBI Botched the 2001 Anthrax Scare (Part 1)

Robert begins our series of episodes about two of the most infamous fuck ups in US law enforcement history, starting with the Atlanta Olympic Park Bombing.

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How The FBI Botched The Olympic Park Bombing

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 
 
- An Inside Look at the Asylum Process
 
- What is Tren de Aragua and Why is Trump Obsessed With Them?
 
- Autism and RFK Jr.’s War on Pregnant People
 
- How the US attacks on Venezuela Impact Trinidad and Tobago with Andrew 
 
- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #35
 
You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today!
 
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Sources:
 
https://x.com/ConsulMexCho/status/1966636249910738951 

 
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/09/12/dhs-statement-ice-officer-seriously-injured-line-duty-and-shooting-chicago-during 

 
https://unraveledpress.com/what-happened-to-silverio-villegas-gonzalez/ 

 
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.284773/gov.uscourts.dcd.284773.37.0_2.pdf 

 
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.284773/gov.uscourts.dcd.284773.41.0.pdf 

 
https://calmatters.org/inside-the-newsroom/2025/04/calmatters-partners-with-evident-media-on-a-documentary-exposing-truth-behind-border-patrol-raid/ 

 
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/09/16/us/tyler-robinson-charges.html 
 
https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-leaked-messages-from-charlie 
 
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/business/media/abc-jimmy-kimmel.html 
 
Crossing Borders: The Evolution and Impact of Tren de Aragua | Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University https://share.google/xnyZpnUILdcDrZep1
 
Debunking 3 Myths About Tren de Aragua https://share.google/TGwfFwu9ApWrOuU7N 
 
Tattoos of deported Venezuelans don't necessarily signal gang affiliation, experts say https://share.google/PD8reoZTA8yDc7mA5 
 
Tattoos of deported Venezuelans don't necessarily signal gang affiliation, experts say https://share.google/PD8reoZTA8yDc7mA5 
 
https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-remarks-health-autism-white-house-september-22-2025/
 
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/22/autism-tylenol-takeaways-trump-rfk-jr/86293921007/
 
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/09/22/nx-s1-5550153/trump-rfk-autism-tylenol-leucovorin-pregnancy
 
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/world-health-experts-trump-tylenol-autism-link/
 
https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/pm-us-military-should-kill-them-all-violently-6.2.2390747.79d6204d7c 
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2jel4gyezo 
 
https://www.padilla.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/09-16-2025-Whistleblower-Disclosure-to-Congress-re-Guatemalan-UC-Repatriation-SN.pdf
 
https://www.nilc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/MEMORANDUM-OPINION.pdf 
 
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/the-gold-card/ 
 
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/restriction-on-entry-of-certain-nonimmigrant-workers/ 
 
https://x.com/ReichlinMelnick/status/1970491119831028000 
 
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/23/nx-s1-5550915/trump-immigration-judges 
 
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/02/g-s1-86691/military-lawyers-immigration-judges-jag 
 
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/designating-antifa-as-a-domestic-terrorist-organization/ 
https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-afpi-tpusa-hillsdale-college-and-over-40-national-and-state-organizations-launch-america-250-civics-coalition#:~:text=Home-,U.S 
 
https://www.americafirstpolicy.com/centers/america-250-civics-education-coalition?__cf_chl_tk=CX4TkwEkLHCaXlh.Fd5SU143s0.XxeWDM.gYxCgS1R4-1758115761-1.0.1.1-PtDspNboVVBLqiywS5GF3.Ns09TzWf.a9IAN86NyplM 
https://oversight-project.revv.co/urge-the-fbi-to-designate-transgender-terrorism 
 
https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/fbi-readies-new-war-on-trans-people 
 
https://www.them.us/story/trump-admin-fbi-trans-nihilistic-violent-extremists-terrorist

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It Could Happen Here Weekly 201

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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