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.
Robert sits down with Dr. Kaveh Hoda to discuss the first Shah of Iran.
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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.
- Shipping Security in the Strait of Hormuz
- Palestinians Debate Armed Tactics
- Venture Capital: The Monster Fueling Tech Fascism
- The Network State: A Tech Fascist Empire
- Executive Disorder: Bovino Calls It Quits, Prairieland Trial, War on Iran Continues
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Sources/Links:
Shipping Security in the Strait of Hormuz
https://www.register-iri.com/wp-content/uploads/MN-2-011-39.pdf
https://en.mercopress.com/2009/04/26/cruise-ship-melody-fended-off-a-pirate-attack
https://abcnews.com/Business/International/pirates-attack-us-flagged-maersk-alabama/story?id=9114429
Palestinians Debate Armed Tactics
Moral Matters in Hard Times - https://www.dohainstitute.org/en/Lists/ACRPS-PDFDocumentLibrary/moral-matters-in-hard-times.pdf
October 2025 poll of Palestinians - https://www.pcpsr.org/sites/default/files/Poll%2096%20press%20release%20FINAL%20ENGLISH%2028%20Oct%202025.pdf
Disarmament reporting - https://x.com/DropSiteNews/status/2020639164602200358
Khaled Meshaal interview with Drop Site News - https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/hamas-leader-khaled-meshaal-interview-trump-maga-united-states-support-israel-gaza-netanyahu
Reconstruction of Gaza reporting - https://www.dw.com/en/trump-board-of-peace-backers-pledge-5-billion-for-gaza/a-75982195
Aljazeera reporting on Israeli backed gangs in Gaza - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/6/armed-militia-members-are-serving-as-israeli-agents-in-gaza-investigation
Panel interview in Gaza - https://youtu.be/gbG2HxwLHgk?si=im4SHWm6v0g60t75
Venture Capital: The Monster Fueling Tech Fascism / The Network State: A Tech Fascist Empire
Executive Disorder:
https://apnews.com/article/ships-iran-oil-china-us-trump-hormuz-82a9acb473837f1bf7a821d0c3f95205
https://defector.com/trump-to-world-please-help-me-un-shoot-my-own-leg-off
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/19/strait-hormuz-coalition-allies-statement-uk
https://communityforums.atmeta.com/blog/AnnouncementsBlog/updates-to-your-meta-quest-experience-in-2026/1369435
https://x.com/NYCMayor/status/2033674470712353192?s=20
https://www.keranews.org/criminal-justice/2026-03-03/prairieland-ice-detention-center-shooting-trial-defendants-self-defense-third-party-defense-theory-judge-mark-pittman
https://prairielanddefendants.com/court-notes/march-3rd-federal-trial-day-7/
https://prairielanddefendants.com/court-notes/march-6th-federal-trial-day-10/
https://prairielanddefendants.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Superseding-Indictment-2.pdf
https://prairielanddefendants.com/court-notes/february-27th-federal-trial-day-6/
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.410488/gov.uscourts.txnd.410488.366.0.pdf
https://prairielanddefendants.com/court-notes/march-9th-federal-trial-day-11/
https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R41333
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.410488/gov.uscourts.txnd.410488.367.0.pdf
https://x.com/petrogustavo/status/2034111241409445916?s=20
https://x.com/LisaDNews/status/2033996104186970532?s=20
https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2032460946770202725?s=20
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gregory-bovino-border-patrol-to-retire-sources/
https://x.com/wartranslated/status/2033497141306405353?s=20
https://www.cbp.gov/employee-resources/retirement/leo-cbpo/cbpo-retirement
https://www.cbp.gov/employee-resources/retirement/fers
https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/031626zr1_5h25.pdf
https://x.com/NotWoofers/status/2033733565838496020?s=20
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/3/15/fpv-drone-slams-into-us-military-base-in-iraq
https://hengaw.net/en/reports-and-statistics-1/2026/03/article-8
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2026/03/article-17
https://x.com/joekent16jan19/status/2033897242986209689?s=20
https://x.com/PressSec/status/2033932810709315865
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Robert concludes the story of fake psychic investigator Sylvia Browne with a surprise story about the World Trade Center bombing.
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Robert and Kal Penn discuss the life and times of Sylvia Browne, the first famous psychic detective who spent most of her life committing crimes rather than stopping them.
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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.
- UFOs, Spies, and Pizzagate: The Clinton Epstein Deposition
- Is the Economy About to Explode?
- Outlaw: Criminalization of ICE Watch in Minneapolis
- The Fake Crisis Behind Trump's Tariffs
- Executive Disorder: War on Iran, Kristi Noem, Sea Mines in the Strait of Hormuz, Proton Mail
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Sources/Links:
UFOs, Spies, and Pizzagate: The Clinton Epstein Deposition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siiAk6WXc0M
https://www.cpr.org/2026/02/26/lauren-boebert-photo-hillary-clinton-pausing-epstein-deposition/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgJrYKAl6T0
Is the Economy About to Explode?
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/04/south-korea-stocks-kospi.html
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/persian-gulf-oil-squeeze-d9a39190
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/08/stock-market-today-live-updates.html
https://x.com/weijia/status/2031086856679412042?s=20
Outlaw: Criminalization of ICE Watch in Minneapolis
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Solidarity with Isavela: Support Her Legal Fight https://www.gofundme.com/f/solidarity-with-isavela-support-her-legal-fight
Follow Home Girlz 4 Isa to stay updated on her case https://www.instagram.com/homegirlz4isa
Help keep vulnerable Minneapolis neighbors housed: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-phillips-families-in-urgent-need
The Fake Crisis Behind Trump's Tariffs
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/10/senate-democrats-bill-small-businesses-trump-tariffs
https://archive.vn/E3fwh#selection-479.0-482.0
https://www.stlouisfed.org/open-vault/2026/feb/us-dollar-role-as-reserve-currency
https://www.stlouisfed.org/publications/page-one-economics/2016/11/01/international-trade
https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/bolivias-balance-payments-crisis-brings-back-bad-memories
https://www.elibrary.imf.org/display/book/9781557758286/ch02.xml
https://www.krwg.org/local-viewpoints/2026-03-10/scotus-decision-on-tariffs
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/gov-healey-demands-refunds-mass-182527561.html
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5775500-businesses-sue-trump-tariffs/
https://www.stlouisfed.org/publications/page-one-economics/2025/oct/what-is-the-balance-of-payments
https://www.investopedia.com/insights/what-is-the-balance-of-payments/
https://www.congress.gov/bill/93rd-congress/house-bill/10710/text
https://www.rba.gov.au/education/resources/explainers/the-balance-of-payments.html
https://adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-434-back-to-the-1970s-again
https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/files/docs/publications/frbslreview/rev_stls_196103.pdf
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/952314
https://www.elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/022/0003/003/article-A003-en.xml
https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3545&context=faculty_scholarship
Executive Disorder: War on Iran, Kristi Noem, Sea Mines in the Strait of Hormuz, Proton Mail
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/05/nx-s1-5737562/justice-department-missing-epstein-files-trump
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2026/03/ratepayer-protection-pledge/
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/03/ratepayer-protection-pledge-proclamation/
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/trump-cuba-may-or-may-not-be-friendly-takeover-2026-03-09/
https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/03/cuba-trump-iran-venezuela/686203/
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/06/politics/trump-cuba-marco-rubio-fall
https://archive.ph/n8IuV#selection-615.200-615.231
https://bsky.app/profile/proton.me/post/3mgfkfdazls2c
Shield of the Americas - Doral 2026
https://x.com/Sec_Noem/status/2029647010002055467
https://www.usaspeShield of the Americas - Doral 2026nding.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CMSW25P00000055_7012_-NONE-_-NONE-
https://fbodaily.com/archive/2025/08-August/21-Aug-2025/FBO-07556474.htm
https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2026/markwayne-mullin-smell-of-war/
https://x.com/Southcom/status/2030056869624955036?s=20
https://x.com/SecWar/status/2029675198115401932?s=20
https://x.com/Southcom/status/2029011785567572285?s=20
https://www.state.gov/foreign-terrorist-organizations/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/03/06/russia-iran-intelligence-us-targets/
https://hengaw.net/en/reports-and-statistics-1/2026/03/article-6
https://x.com/BaxtiyarGoran/status/2031747170588577931?s=20
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Robert explains how incel terminology met the social internet, particularly reddit, and became tied inexorably with Gen Z slang.
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Robert explains how we went from incels complaining about women online to the influencer Clavicular with special guest Kat Abughazaleh.
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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.
- What’s Happened to the Israeli Left
- Tax the Rich Takes the New York Capitol
- What's Next for Iran?
- Paramount, Warner Bros. and How Monopolies Ruin Everything
- Executive Disorder: Iran, US Munitions Shortage, Texas Primary Election
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Sources/Links:
What’s Happened to the Israeli Left
Gisha - https://gisha.org/en/
Breaking the Silence - https://www.breakingthesilence.org.il/
Zochrot - https://www.zochrot.org/welcome/index/en
Culture for Solidarity - https://www.instagram.com/culture_of_solidarity/
Dignity for Palestinians - https://dignity4palestine.org/
Physicians for Human Rights Israel - https://www.phr.org.il/en/
Rabbis for Human Rights - https://www.rhr.org.il/en/
Remembering Awda Hathaleen - https://jewishcurrents.org/remembering-awdah-hathaleen
Beith El-Meem - https://www.beitelmeem.org.il/aboutus-eng
“No Other Land” documentary - https://releasing.dogwoof.com/no-other-land
“Coexistance my ass!” documentary - https://www.coexistencemyass.com/
Dahlia Scheindlin's book "The Crooked Timber" on Israeli democracy and the occupation - https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110796582/html?lang=en&srsltid=AfmBOoqr8ur0KCgqZAYrxz5fZYX7QZpUlt6vN0b7zWTl-lJzNZDV-mgs
Tax the Rich Takes the New York Capitol
https://taxtherichny.com/action/
https://www.capitolconfidential.com/p/new-york-gained-thousands-of-new
https://www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/19/mamdani-budget-parks-libraries/
https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/01/executive-order-12
Executive Disorder: Iran, US Munitions Shortage, Texas Primary Election
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-10th-circuit/1431469.html
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/02/trump-iran-war-kurds-iraq
https://x.com/KurdistanWatch/status/2028447001508012501?s=20
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/03/politics/cia-arming-kurds-iran
https://x.com/qubadjt/status/2029199935917187252?s=20
https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2029219939102401017?s=20
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/04/pam-bondi-subpoena-epstien-00812960
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/03/fcc-chair-brendan-carr-wbd-paramount-merger-deal-netflix.html
https://x.com/KellieMeyerNews/status/2027181141162111461
https://president.columbia.edu/news/message-acting-president-claire-shipman-0
https://x.com/NoahHurowitz/status/2027124257394774140?s=20
https://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/sb244_enrolled.pdf
https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/kansas-revokes-license-no-gender-change
https://x.com/admcrlsn/status/2029041869074604256?s=20
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/us/elections/results-texas-us-senate-primary.html
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/03/03/jasmine-crockett-dallas-williamson-county-voting-changes/
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/us/elections/dallas-county-vote-tally-court-ruling.html
https://jamestalarico.com/issues/
https://punchbowl.news/article/campaigns/talarico-pitch/
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Robert concludes the story of Dr. Bailey by describing how he lost his mind and eventually his practice
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Robert sits down with Gabe Dunne to discuss Australia's "Dr. sleep" a man who spent twenty years prescribing two and three weeks comas to his patients for no real reason at all.
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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.
- Minneapolis' Anti-ICE Rent Strike
- Concealed Carry and ICE: The Edge of the Second Amendment
- Florida’s Groyper Candidate for Governor
- The Cool Zone Response to Trump’s State of the Union
- Executive Disorder: Supreme Court Rules Against Trump Tariffs, IVF, Cuts to ICE Training Now
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Sources/Links:
Minneapolis' Anti-ICE Rent Strike
https://twincitiestenants.org/
Florida’s Groyper Candidate for Governor
https://x.com/j_fishback/status/2010445520595210449?s=20
https://x.com/j_fishback/status/1999836956654555541?s=20
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/florida-governor-election-polls-2026.html
https://x.com/j_fishback/status/2020585607702126836?s=20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vtjidiZRTg
https://x.com/emmawrightFL/status/2020643537075741085?s=20
https://bsky.app/profile/rightwingwatch.bsky.social/post/3m7q23qzp2c2e
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE5vSbx-UbQ&t=2039s
https://x.com/IAPolls2022/status/2026281095826690217?s=20
https://x.com/ByronDonalds/status/2025276128815185977?s=20
The Cool Zone Response to Trump’s State of the Union
https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/driver-licenses-identification-cards/commercial-driver-licenses-cdl/
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article314830300.html
Executive Disorder: Supreme Court Rules Against Trump Tariffs, IVF, Cuts to ICE Training Now
eceived_from_dhs_whistleblowers.pdf
https://www.blumenthal.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/excerpted_testimony_ryan_schwank.pdf
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/world/americas/mexico-violence-el-mencho-videos.html
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.284360/gov.uscourts.dcd.284360.74.0.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OheUzrXsKrY
https://x.com/SenMarkey/status/2021743552707862805?s=20
https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/ring-cameras-ice-what-to-know/
https://www.404media.co/ice-taps-into-nationwide-ai-enabled-camera-network-data-shows/
https://www.theverge.com/tech/877235/nancy-guthrie-google-nest-cam-video-storage
https://www.blumenthal.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/excerpted_testimony_ryan_schwank.pdf
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/world/americas/mexico-violence-el-mencho-videos.html
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.284360/gov.uscourts.dcd.284360.74.0.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OheUzrXsKrY
https://x.com/SenMarkey/status/2021743552707862805?s=20
https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/ring-cameras-ice-what-to-know/
https://www.404media.co/ice-taps-into-nationwide-ai-enabled-camera-network-data-shows/
https://www.theverge.com/tech/877235/nancy-guthrie-google-nest-cam-video-storage
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8xkYDBg/
https://people.com/donald-trump-nicknames-himself-fertilization-president-womens-history-month-11704347
https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/10/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-announces-actions-to-lower-costs-and-expand-access-to-in-vitro-fertilization-ivf-and-high-quality-fertility-care/
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/expanding-access-to-in-vitro-fertilization/
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1969-1976/nixon-shock
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/COMPS-10384/pdf/COMPS-10384.pdf
https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=(title:19%20section:2132%20edition:prelim)
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/20/politics/supreme-court-tariffs
https://www.cato.org/blog/supreme-court-got-it-right-ieepa-dont-pop-champagne-yet
https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/02/a-breakdown-of-the-courts-tariff-decision/
https://www.cato.org/commentary/trump-has-many-options-supreme-court-strikes-down-tariffs
https://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/BalanceofPayments.html
https://adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-434-back-to-the-1970s-again
https://www.investopedia.com/insights/what-is-the-balance-of-payments/
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/25/politics/supreme-court-ruling-trump-state-of-the-union
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