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Behind the Bastards

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Jun 9, 2020 • 1h 2min

Part One: The Dumbest Coup In World History

Robert is joined by Bridget Todd to discuss the Wonga Coup.Footnotes: Saving Sierra Leone, At a Price Safety at a price: Military expertise for sale or rent ‘Mad Mike’ Hoare, mercenary in Congo who later led a failed coup, dies at 100 An African adventure: Inside story of the wonga coup Ely Calil, backer of a farcical coup plot, died on May 28th A mercenary's tale Understanding the Wonga Coup The Wonga Coup Simon Mann, freed dog of war, is demanding justice The strange and evil world of Equatorial Guinea The Wonga Coup: Guns, Thugs, and a Ruthless Determination to Create Mayhem in an Oil-Rich Corner of Africa Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Jun 4, 2020 • 1h 32min

Part Two: I Do Not Like Elon Musk Very Much

Robert is joined again by Sofiya Alexandra to continue discussing Elon Musk. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Jun 3, 2020 • 1h 9min

Part One: I Do Not Like Elon Musk Very Much

Robert is joined by Sofiya Alexandra to discuss Elon Musk.FOOTNOTES: Tesla Labor Practices and Musk Tweet Broke the Law, Judge Rules The Trump administration reportedly spent months trying to make sure unauthorized immigrants couldn't go to school Elon Musk, His Rocket, and the Grand Scheme that Tore Apart Boca Chica Elon Musk’s growing empire is fueled by $4.9 billion in government subsidies "I Was a Starter Wife": Inside America's Messiest Divorce A teenage Elon Musk once casually sold his father's emeralds to Tiffany & Co. while his dad was sleeping Elon Musk's family owns an emerald mine in Zambia — here's the fascinating story of how they came to own it A Brief History of How Your Privacy Was Stolen The Evolution of Elon Musk: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly Tesla workers speak out: 'Anything pro-union is shut down really fast' Unpacking Elon Musk’s daylong Twitter rant on unions and US history Genuine question: Did Elon Musk's family profit from South African apartheid? Elon Musk: The Architect of Tomorrow Elon Musk Accused Of Pushing, Verbally Abusing Senior Tesla Employee Court documents show Elon Musk privately called himself a 'f---ing idiot' after attack on British diver Tesla Protest Tesla Worker Group Calls For Elon Musk's Arrest, Safety Inspection Before Reopening Tesla Factory Has Dozens of Environmental Violations Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Jun 1, 2020 • 1h 19min

The Man Who Teaches Our Cops To Kill

Robert is joined by Jack O'Brien to discuss David Grossman, director of the Killology Research Group. More than a hundred police departments, and thousands of police officers, have taken Grossman’s courses over more than twenty years. FOOTNOTES: THE TRIGGER AND THE CHOICE: PART 1 Non-Verbal Cues Are Easy to Misinterpret The Bulletproof Warrior “Are You Prepared to Kill Somebody?” A Day With One of America’s Most Popular Police Trainers Grossman Interview A day with ‘killology’ police trainer Dave Grossman Inside the School Teaching Cops When It’s OK to Kill Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, the “Killologist” Training America’s Cops One week playing violent video games alters brain activity The Evidence that Video Games Lead to Violence Is Weak Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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May 28, 2020 • 55min

Part Two: Jim Bowie: The Worst Texan

Robert is joined again by Billy Wayne Davis to continue discussing Jim Bowie. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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May 26, 2020 • 1h 7min

Part One: Jim Bowie: The Worst Texan

Robert is joined by Billy Wayne Davis to discuss Jim Bowie, the biggest piece of crap in the Old West.FOOTNOTES: What became of Jim Bowie's famous knife? Hero Tales of the American Soldier Three Roads to the Alamo The Mysterious Illness of Jim Bowie: How Did He Contribute to His Own Decline? James Bowie, Big Dealer Selling the Sandbar: Marketing the Bowie Knife No Wounds In His Back Jim Bowie Before the “Gaudy Legend” Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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May 21, 2020 • 53min

Part Two: Jack Idema: The War On Terror's Dumbest Grifter

Robert is joined again by Danl Goodman to continue to discuss Jack Idema. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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May 19, 2020 • 56min

Part One: Jack Idema: The War On Terror's Dumbest Grifter

Robert is joined by Danl Goodman to discuss Jack Idema, the greatest conman of The Afghan War.Footnotes: Operation Desert Fraud Bad company: 'Jack' Idema and the bounty hunters of Kabul Vigilante Torturer Dies in Mexico Osama-Hunter Only the Latest Terror-Fightin' Wannabe Man Who Hunted Bin Laden With a Sword Now Jailed on a Gun Charge The Man Who Believed Himself The Shadow Warrior: Jack Idema Freelance Terrorist Hunter Tin Soldier Convicted Torturer, Vigilante in Mexican Stand-Off Jack Idema Jack Idema, jailed for torturing Afghans, reportedly dies in Mexico Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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May 14, 2020 • 1h 34min

The Ballad of Doctor Orgasm

Robert is joined by Shereen Lani Younes to discuss the Doctor Charles Runels, the inventor of the “O Shot."FOOTNOTES: Plasma Donations from Recovered COVID-19 Patients Sexual Medicine Society on Unproven Regenerative Therapies for Erectile Dysfunction I Got a Shot In My Dick For Stronger Erections, and I Have Zero Regrets The O-Shot "I had the controversial O Shot injection in my vagina" Kim Kardashian Is Suing the Vampire Facials Inventor Not All Orgasm Doctors are the Same Dr. Runels Helps Vampire Procedure Providers Protect Women by Blocking Infringers The Secret Legal Story Behind the Most Famous Celebrity "Vampire" Selfie Spend Two Days with the Inventor of the O-Shot Donut Pussy Westport doc uses ‘O-Shot’ to restore sexual satisfaction for women Dr Orgasm will see you now: is the O-Shot what women need for better sex? The troubling backstory behind the “O shot®” Does the “O Shot®” give insanely good orgasms or is it a “no shot” Platelet‐rich therapies for musculoskeletal soft tissue injuries Orgasmic Disorder Why So Many Women Don’t Have Orgasms Where does the female orgasm come from? Scientists think they know FDA Letter Who is Charles Runels? Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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May 12, 2020 • 1h 9min

We Continued Reading Ben Shapiro's Terrible Racist Novel

Robert is joined again by Katy Stoll and Cody Johnston to continue reading Ben Shapiro's book. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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