Behind the Bastards

The latest Behind the Bastards episode explores how rent got so high, if you have the time and inclination to listen.

@ynx +3 more

Part One: Why is the Rent So Damn High?

Nov 8, 2022 · 1h 00m

Recommends the Behind the Bastards Zizians series as a good non-rationalist perspective on the Rationalist movement.

@ARandumGuy +1 more

Part One: The Zizians: How Harry Potter Fanfic Inspired a Death Cult

Mar 11, 2025 · 1h 12m

A history about people who broke the world. They just finished a six parter about Kissinger.

@Phrenzy +1 more

Part Six: Kissinger

Mar 31, 2022 · 1h 47m

If you're into podcasts, Behind the Bastards has a two-parter on him: Part One, The Ballad of Bill Gates.

@ahansen +1 more

Part One: The Ballad of Bill Gates

Jun 15, 2021 · 1h 09m

Robert Evans is an amazingly good journalist, and I'd recommend any of his work to anyone. He's also very funny.

@buildbot +1 more

Bonus: Robert Evans Wrote A Novel: Here's Chapter 1

Jan 15, 2021 · 23m

with Robert Evans

Can also recommend the behind the bastards episodes about this, maybe not as accurate as Carlin but more humourous.

@Hikikomori

Part One: The Men Who Might Have Killed Us All

Dec 2, 2025 · 1h 15m

Behind the Bastards did a good two-parter on Thiel's lectures; the power and influence behind his beliefs make them far worse.

@mattkevan

Part Two: Peter Thiel and the Anti-Christ

Nov 6, 2025 · 1h 18m

Listen to the recent Behind the Bastards podcast on Pol Pot.

@api

Part One: The Pol Pot Episodes: How A Nice, Quiet Kid Murdered His Country

Apr 29, 2025 · 1h 02m

Two-part Behind the Bastards series on how lax regulation and exploiting incarcerated people made the American blood industry a major export and spread blood-borne illness.

@ilikecakeandpie

Part One: How Tainted Human Blood Became A Major U.S. Export

Mar 25, 2025 · 1h 08m

Gives some background on Thiel, pointing to part 1 of the four-part series on how he became the "gravedigger of democracy."

@hermitcrab

Part One: How Peter Thiel Became the Gravedigger of Democracy

Oct 29, 2024 · 1h 12m

Great Behind the Bastards podcast on the media ownership shifts, Part One: How Conservatism Won.

@jauntywundrkind

Part One: How Conservatism Won

Apr 2, 2024 · 1h 25m

Strongly recommends the two episodes on fake doctors and insurance scams, detailing how perpetrators got away with it and were ignored.

@devmor

Part Two: The Real Bastard Was Health Insurance Companies All Along

Mar 28, 2024 · 1h 06m

An interesting look at Steve Jobs from Behind the Bastards; the series' last episode came out recently.

@altruios

Part One: The Terrible Secret of Steve Jobs

Mar 5, 2024 · 1h 05m

A great episode on William Bailey's role in spreading radiation poisoning, which also covers the Radium Girls.

@j_bum

Part One: William Bailey: The Gwyneth Paltrow of Radiation

Dec 12, 2023 · 1h 04m

Great way to understand how all this works is listening to Behind the Bastards: The Deadliest Workplace Disaster in U.S. History.

@AlexandrB

Part One:The Deadliest Workplace Disaster in U.S. History

Oct 24, 2023 · 1h 08m

Four 2023 episodes that answer how Scott Adams went from Dilbert to Twitter tirades; the final one covers his worst novel, God's Debris.

@ratrocket

Part Two: God's Debris, by Scott Adams (with Matt Lieb)

Sep 21, 2023 · 1h 05m

with Matt Lieb

Behind the Bastards did 2 episodes on this very topic. Blame Frank Lorenzo!

@ChristopherDrum

Part One: Frank Lorenzo: The Man Who Ruined Air Travel

Aug 1, 2023 · 1h 07m

Behind the Bastards did a 2 part episode on how these "books" are preying on children and busy parents.

@runamok

Part One: AI Is Coming for Your Children

Jun 20, 2023 · 1h 16m

A Behind The Bastards two-parter on Stroessner is very much worth listening to, covering his abuse and Nazi ties.

@bartread

Part Two: Alfredo Stroessner: The Luckiest Dictator

Mar 23, 2023 · 56m

Recommends the 4-part MK Ultra series, saying Behind the Bastards really delves deep into how the CIA program came about.

@tommypalm

Part One: MKUltra: When The CIA Tried to Destroy Free Will

Oct 11, 2022 · 1h 27m

Recommends the three-part Behind the Bastards series to see how Christopher Columbus was viewed by his contemporaries.

@DicIfTEx

Part One: Christopher Columbus: Bringer of the Apocalypse

Sep 6, 2022 · 1h 21m

If you'd like the context of how extremely weird his life was, there is a 4 part podcast about him from Behind the Bastards.

@monetus

Part One: The Clarence Thomas Story

Jul 26, 2022 · 1h 03m

Obligatory Behind The Bastards episode on Kissinger, part one.

@dumpsterlid

Part One: Kissinger

Mar 15, 2022 · 1h 23m

Behind the Bastards had 2 good episodes about it, on how FDA funding shifted from public to private.

@zouhair

Part One: The Food And Drug Administration

Feb 1, 2022 · 1h 08m

Behind the Bastards did an episode on Pullman and the issues tied to the town that led to the strike.

@willy_ph

Let's Talk About The Pullman Strike, Knob-Gobblers

Jan 6, 2022 · 1h 21m

The Behind the Bastards podcast had an interesting history of seasteading and similar schemes recently.

@hansjorg

Part One: The Not-At-All-Sad History of Libertarian Sea Nations

Nov 30, 2021 · 1h 14m

Shout out to the Behind the Bastards episode "The Ballad of Eel Horse"

@phatskat

The Ballad of Eel Horse

Nov 23, 2021 · 54m

Robert Evans did a fantastic recount of how this dangerous false premise persisted and informed some really toxic ideologies despite being proven inaccurate.

@triggercut

Part Two: A Live Investigation Into The Sigma Male Subculture

Feb 25, 2021 · 58m

A very well researched episode that drills into Purdue's secrets around OxyContin, showing how many numbers were fudged and studies were fiddled.

@FussyZeus

Episode 9: Uprising: A Guide From Portland: Tactics and Teargas

Feb 1, 2021 · 1h 07m

Behind The Insurrections examines how fascist movements came to power, with detailed accounts of the Beer Hall Putsch and March on Rome.

@hansjorg

Behind the Insurrections - Mussolini's March on Rome: The First Fascist Insurrection

Jan 14, 2021 · 1h 43m

A Behind the Bastards episode on "Elite Panic" traces how wealthy people react to disasters throughout history, and it moved the commenter politically.

@ToucanLoucan

Elite Panic: Why The Rich And Powerful Can't Be Trusted

Nov 19, 2020 · 1h 20m

Part One: The Deadliest School in History does a pretty good job covering the School of the Americas.

@phatskat

Part One: The Deadliest School in History

Sep 15, 2020 · 1h 43m

Two-part episode on the history of the US Border Patrol, worth a listen for context on how the US polices its borders.

@kgm

Part Two: The U.S. Border Patrol Is A Nightmare That Never Ends

Aug 11, 2020 · 1h 04m

Covers police unions as organized crime nexus and the Klan connection to American policing history.

@Kednicma

The History of American Police and the Ku Klux Klan

Jun 23, 2020 · 1h 35m

Behind the Bastards has a hilarious episode about how L. Ron Hubbard made an empire.

@StephenAmar

How L. Ron Hubbard Made An Antichrist Using Sex Magic

Mar 12, 2020 · 1h 00m

Behind the Bastards has a pretty good couple of episodes on this little corner of history.

@jyounker

Part One: Kaiser Wilhelm: The Saddest Warlord In History

Nov 19, 2019 · 1h 21m

Obligatory Behind the Bastards podcast episode: "How Chiropractic Started as a Ghost" (linked episode on iHeart).

@overlordalex

How Chiropractic Medicine Started as a Ghost Religion

Aug 27, 2019 · 1h 40m

Behind the Bastards did a decent episode on it, based on the same book the NPR article is based on.

@lofatdairy

Part One: The Birth of the Anti-Vaccine Movement

Feb 19, 2019 · 1h 01m

The good episodes are worth listening to, and the Steven Seagal two-parter is one of the best podcast episode sets ever.

@papito

Part Two: Steven Seagal Is So Much Worse Than You'd Ever Imagine

Oct 18, 2018 · 1h 17m