Behind the Bastards

We conclude the story and life of "Dr. Death", which culminates in, predictably, a lot of dead people. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert sits down with Steven Monacelli to tell the grisly tale of a Texas psychiatrist who invented an industry based on convincing juries to kill people. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. - How We Saved Trans Medicaid Healthcare Coverage - Tracking ICE Removal Flights - How LA Resisted ICE - Why Is Trump So Afraid of Epstein? - Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #26 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! http://apple.co/coolerzone Sources/Links: How We Saved Trans Medicaid Healthcare Coverage https://transnewsnetwork.networkforgood.com/ https://thefreeradical.org/dont-panic-the-battle-over-the-trans-medicaid-ban-is-far-from-over-heres-how-to-fight-back/ https://ashevilleblade.com‪‪ Social Media: @thefreeradical.org‬, @davidforbes.bsky.social‬, @madycast.com Tracking ICE Removal Flights https://hardghistory.ghost.io/exclusive-ice-may-have-secretly-done-more-third-country-removals-than-previously-known/ https://hardghistory.ghost.io/new-ices-eswatini-flight-went-through-us-base-in-djibouti-americans-stationed-there-are-angry/ https://hardghistory.ghost.io/a-call-to-action-for-airline-workers-to-stop-ices-deportation-machine/ https://thedawn.com.ss/2025/07/10/govt-places-8-u-s-deportees-behind-bars-in-juba/ witnessattheborder.org https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-ice-air-deportation-flights https://www.pogo.org/investigations/meet-the-ice-contractor-running-deportation-flights https://capitalandmain.com/a-drunk-mechanic-shackled-immigrants-a-crash-landing-the-dangers-of-ice-flights https://alexplank.substack.com/p/photos-shackled-migrant-escorted https://globe.adsbexchange.com/ How LA Resisted ICE https://linktr.ee/mel_buer‪ @acatwithnews.bsky.social‬ @melbuer.bsky.social‬ Why Is Trump So Afraid of Epstein? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/23/donald-trump-accuser-stacey-williams-jeffrey-epstein https://apnews.com/article/trump-rape-carroll-trial-fe68259a4b98bb3947d42af9ec83d7db https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/17/donald-trump-accused-of-sexual-assault-by-former-model-amy-dorris https://archive.fo/J6z9J https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna218693 https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/6/21/18701098/trump-accusers-sexual-assault-rape-e-jean-carroll https://archive.fo/aeLYy https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70843413/trump-v-murdoch/ Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #26 Fundraiser:...

Robert and Miles discuss the second phase of Laetrile's history, where it becomes a culture war issue for the right wing John Birch Society. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert sits down with Miles Gray to talk about Laetrile, a fraudulent cancer "cure" embraced by the John Birch society as a way to tie right wing politics to alternative medicine. (2 Part Series) Sources: Sci-Hub | Laetrile: A Lesson in Cancer Quackery. CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 31(2), 91–95 | 10.3322/canjclin.31.2.91 The Controversy Surrounding Chad Green Nation: A Battle over Cancer Care - TIME Dr. Ernesto Contreras, Sr. / Oasis of Hope Hospital | Big Statues first-page-pdf Natural Cancer Cures Pioneer Dr. Ernesto Contreras, Founder of Oasis of Hope Cancer Hospital Medicine: Debate over Laetrile | TIME Ernesto Contreras' TJ laetrile clinic | San Diego Reader Laetrile in Historical Perspective | Quackwatch Dr Ernst T. Krebs - ENCOGNITIVE.COM.pdf OBITUARY -- Ernst T. Krebs Jr. The Story of Ernest Krebs, Jr., and Bunk Cancer Cure “Vitamin B17” – Patient Worthy Ernst T. Krebs, Jr. (1912-1996) The Rise and Fall of Laetrile | Quackwatch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. - Humanity, the Good feat. Andrew - Humanity, the Bad feat. Andrew - What Bombing Means for Freedom In Iran - What Does the PKK's Disarmament Mean - Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #25 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! http://apple.co/coolerzone Sources/Links: Humanity, the Good & the Bad, feat. Andrew Humankind by Rutger Bregman A Paradise Built In Hell by Rebecca Solnit What Bombing Means for Freedom In Iran https://hengaw.net/en https://www.iranhr.net/en/ https://www.instagram.com/kurdistanipeopleii Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #25 https://www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-help-for-bukets-asylum-case https://www.the-independent.com/bulletin/news/trump-uncle-unabomber-pennsylvania-speech-b2789762.html https://www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk/charlie-kirk-im-done-talking-about-epstein-time-being-im-gonna-trust-my-friends https://x.com/WIRED/status/1945207066634657854 https://cw39.com/crime/former-us-marine-corps-reservist-charged-in-texas-immigration-detention-center-shooting/ https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/federal-court-blocks-trump-birthright-citizenship-order-certifies-nationwide-class-protecting-all-impacted-babies https://x.com/jeremyphoward/status/1943444549696917714 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c628d9mre3go https://strangematters.coop/supply-chain-theory-of-inflation/ https://x.com/TriciaOhio/status/1945274627976200206 https://www.facebook.com/TimesofEswatini/ https://thedawn.com.ss/2025/07/10/govt-places-8-u-s-deportees-behind-bars-in-juba/ https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/11/homan-says-white-house-hopes-to-forge-more-third-country-deals-in-wake-of-south-sudan-deportations-00448137 https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/legislators-immigration-reform-reintroduced-dignidad-act/ https://archive.ph/DdUIR https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/15/politics/department-of-education-trump-dismantle-explainer https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/14/politics/supreme-court-firings-education https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/16/trump-tariffs-small-countries-00456401 https://www.ft.com/content/65b1fb44-6391-4f74-82db-2d7eb6aaafa9 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/16/trump-brazil-tariffs-ultimatum-backfires-bolsonaro-lula https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/15/economy/trump-says-trade-deal-with-indonesia https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2025/jul/15/spokane-ice-protesters-including-stuckart-arrested/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Antonio Salazar spends his post-war years helping the CIA learn how to torture people and starting a disastrous war with a large portion of Africa. Then he dies! Hooray! Sources: Antonio Salazar de Oliveira of Portugal and his Estado Novo Antonio Salazar: A Quiet Autocrat Who Held Power in Portugal for 40 Years - The New York Times Did Salazar have a love life? Part 2 – Portugal Resident https://www.lemonde.fr/en/history/article/2024/04/25/50-years-ago-the-carnation-revolution-ended-portugal-s-dictatorship-in-one-night_6669464_157.html 50 years ago, the Carnation Revolution ended Portugal's dictatorship in one night Portugal: End of the Salazar Era | TIME Portugal’s secret police – Portugal Resident The PIDE and Portuguese Society under the Salazar Dictatorship 1945-1974: Fear, SelfPolicing, Accommodation. | ICS Portugal’s Dictatorship: Salazar’s Estado Novo - Portugal.com Sci-Hub | Framing Sexual Violence in Portuguese Colonialism: On Some Practices of Contemporary Cultural Representation and Remembrance. Violence Against Women, 25(13), 1558–1577 | 10.1177/1077801219869547 The war that tears Estado Novo down | NewsMuseum friedheim_pub - salazar - leaders of europe 1995.ashx Sci-Hub | | 10.2307/180995 Colonialism and Genocide in Portuguese Africa Three graphics that explain Portuguese colonialism · Global Voices 118979704.pdf Portugal, declassified – POLITICO Acousmatic and Acoustic Violence and Torture in the Estado Novo: The Notorious Revelations of the PIDE/DGS Trial in 1957 SalazarandBritish.pdf Acousmatic and Acoustic Violence and Torture in the Estado Novo: The Notorious Revelations of the PIDE/DGS Trial in 1957 Sci-Hub | Framing Sexual Violence in Portuguese Colonialism: On Some Practices of Contemporary Cultural Representation and Remembrance. Violence Against Women, 25(13), 1558–1577 | 10.1177/1077801219869547 Sci-Hub | | 10.2307/180995 Françafrique: A brief history of a scandalous word Sci-Hub | | 10.2307/180995 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert sits down with with Jeff May to talk about Antonio Salazar, the economics professor who became a brutal fascist dictator and was, sadly, really damn good at it. (2 Part Series) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. - Palestine’s Stolen Future - The Genocide Budget (And How to Stop It) - Protest, Immigration Enforcement, and the Unhoused Community - The Minnesota Assassination & Evangelical Terrorism - Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #24 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! http://apple.co/coolerzone Sources/Links: Palestine's Stolen Future Raz Segal on genocide - https://jewishcurrents.org/a-textbook-case-of-genocide Omer Bartov on genocide – https://www.democracynow.org/2024/12/30/omer_bartov_israel_gaza_genocide Amos Goldberg on genocide - https://thefirethesetimes.com/2025/05/25/intent-holocaust-studies-and-the-gaza-genocide-w-amos-goldberg/ Khaled Elgindy on Biden’s “bear hug” - https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/10/biden-israel-hamas-war-gaza-us-policy/ Bezalel Smotrich on population transfer - https://www.timesofisrael.com/smotrich-says-gaza-to-be-totally-destroyed-population-concentrated-in-small-area/ Nissim Vaturi on population transfer - https://www.timesofisrael.com/occupy-expel-settle-minister-mks-at-far-right-rally-call-to-empty-gaza-of-gazans/ Arab Peace Initiative - https://www.kas.de/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=a5dab26d-a2fe-dc66-8910-a13730828279&groupId=268421 Arab Center Washington – “The Biden Administration and the Middle East in 2023” - https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/the-biden-administration-and-the-middle-east-in-2023/ Mike Huckabee on Palestinians - https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/12/politics/mike-huckabee-palestinian-comments-trump-israel-ambassador Steve Witkoff making deals with Hamas - https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hamas-says-witkoffs-gaza-ceasefire-proposal-must-lead-end-war-2025-05-31/ Adam Boehler “we are not an agent of Israel” - https://www.axios.com/2025/03/09/adam-boehler-hamas-israel-talks Philippe Lazzarini on Gaza Humanitarian Foundation - https://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/official-statements/unrwa-commissioner-general-gaza-aid-distribution-has-become-death-trap Doctors without Borders on Gaza Humanitarian Foundation - https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/siege-gaza-msf-denounces-new-aid-mechanism-proposed-us-and-israel Jake Woods, Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, resigns - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/26/gaza-humanitarian-foundation-aid-group-jake-wood-resigns Saudi Minister on Two-State Solution - https://www.mofa.gov.sa/en/ministry/news/Pages/His-Highness-the-Foreign-Minister-A-Two-State-Solution-is-the-Only-Path-to-Achieving-a-Just-and-Lasting-Peace-in-the-Regio.aspx France & Saudi sponsor peace conference - https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/article-855969 Qatari foreign minister on Saudi sponsored peace conference - https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250613-qatar-france-fms-underscore-importance-of-upcoming-un-two-state-solution-conference-as-real-opportunity-for-peace/ The Oslo Accords and the Palestinian Authority background - https://www.palquest.org/en/highlight/31121/x-oslo-process-and-establishment-palestinian-authority Yitzhak Rabin’s final address to the Knesset - https://www.palquest.org/en/historictext/24965/yitzhaq-rabin%E2%80%99s-address-knesset-after-israeli-palestinian-agreement Mapping Palestinian Politics – European Council on Foreign Relations - https://ecfr.eu/special/mapping_palestinian_politics/plo/ “Abbas is America’s Man” - https://jewishcurrents.org/abbas-is-americas-man Tariq Dana – “Lost in Transition: The Palestinian National Movement After Oslo” - https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/from-the-river-to-the-sea-9781978752658/ Wendy Pearlman – “Violence, Nonviolence, and the Palestinian National Movement” -...

World War 2 is coming to an end, and Eichmann cooks up an escape scheme that allows him to flee justice- for a while. Robert and Joe talk about what comes next and conclude the Eichmann story. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Part 3, the Reich has invaded Russia and Eichmann is on a fact finding mission that will determine the course of the Holocaust. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. - How to Organize a Meeting (And Stay Sane), Pt. 1 - How to Organize a Meeting (And Stay Sane), Pt. 2 - The Fall of the House of Liver King - Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #23 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! http://apple.co/coolerzone Sources/Links: How to Organize a Meeting (And Stay Sane) https://libcom.org/article/how-hold-good-meeting-rustys-rules-order Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #23 https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/27/us/birthright-citizenship-supreme-court?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes https://ktla.com/news/local-news/mother-and-young-kids-inside-during-explosive-huntington-park-raid-suspect-not-home/ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bob-vylan-visa-revoked-state-department-1235375566/ https://bsky.app/profile/mclem.org/post/3lstr4lfyns2w https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-secures-denaturalization-convicted-distributor-child-sexual-abuse https://bsky.app/profile/immdef.bsky.social https://laopinion.com/2025/06/30/hija-de-inmigrante-secuestrada-por-encapuchados-no-encuentra-a-su-madre-enferma/ https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2025cv0306-71 https://x.com/RepOgles/status/1938301392416084150 https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/01/kirsten-gillibrand-zohran-mamdani-00436031 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU8dU-K1qZ4 https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article309792865.html https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/berks/tesla-sedan-hit-by-train-after-self-driving-error-in-berks-county-stops-train-traffic/article_aa1cbbf4-7918-4379-b557-da80f9596103.html https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/heres-whats-in-the-big-bill-that-just-passed-the-senate https://www.kff.org/policy-watch/how-might-federal-medicaid-cuts-in-the-senate-passed-reconciliation-bill-affect-rural-areas/ https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/02/trump-trade-vietnam-deal.html https://newrepublic.com/post/197412/donald-trump-big-beautiful-budget-bill-devastating-poll https://www.cbpp.org/research/medicaid-and-chip/senate-reconciliation-amendment-would-cut-hundreds-of-billions-more-from https://www.cbsnews.com/news/whats-in-trump-big-beautiful-bill-senate-version/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert tells Joe about Eichmann's entrance to the Nazi Party and his time as a concentration camp intern during the start of the Third Reich. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert sits down with Joe Kassabian to discuss one of the worst Nazis: Adolf Eichmann, a major architect of the Holocaust. (4 Part Series) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. - A Medical Perspective On Protest Safety - Dividing the World, Pt. 1 feat. Andrew - Dividing the World, Pt. 2: Externalization feat. Andrew - Zohran Mamdani Wins NYC Dem. Primary - Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #22 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! http://apple.co/coolerzone Sources/Links: A Medical Perspective On Protest Safety https://lapdonlinestrgeacc.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/lapdonlinemedia/2021/12/Directive_17.1_40mm_Less_Lethal_Launcher_Oct-.pdf https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1310-live-like-the-world-is-dy-85677729/ Dividing the World, Pt. 1 feat. Andrew Rome: https://europe.factsanddetails.com/article/entry-1087.html China: Rome, China, and the Barbarians Ethnographic Traditions and the Transformation of Empires by Randolph B. Ford European Colonialism: https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1mf71b8.7?seq=1 Edward Said - Orientalism Benedict Anderson - Imagined Communities John Lewis Gaddis - The Cold War: A New History Samuel Huntington - Clash of Civilisations Immanuel Wallerstein - The Modern World System https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/elia-j-ayoub-the-periphery-has-no-time-for-binaries Dividing the World, Pt. 2: Externalization feat. Andrew David Graeber - Debt: The First 5000 Years Karl Polanyi - The Great Transformation Immanuel Wallerstein - The Modern World System Zohran Mamdani Wins NYC Dem. Primary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxyXXVoi514 https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/24/nyregion/nyc-democratic-primary-election-mayor https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/24/us/elections/nyc-mayor-primary-results-precinct-map.html https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKvdChiOFLv/ https://gothamist.com/news/nearly-a-quarter-of-nycs-early-voters-hadnt-voted-in-a-democratic-primary-since-2012 Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #22 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

David Berg starts the 1970s as a wildly popular cult leader and immediately goes insane. Robert walks Ed Helms through the invention of "flirty fishing" AKA prostitution for Jesus and a bunch of other nightmare fuel. Sources; Children of God Children of God cult was 'hell on earth' 'Children of God': Life and Death of the Messiah The Children of God: Joaquin Phoenix, Rose McGowan Among Former Members of This Notorious Cult Murder and Suicide Reviving Claims of Child Abuse in Cult - The New York Times Life With Grandpa (1985) - more perverse puppetry from The Family International "Everybody can be happy" - The Luvvets 1980s - The Family International Puppet Show Treasure Attic: Let's Have Fun 78-79-copy.jpg (957×683) (PDF) Lustful prophet: A psychosexual historical study of the children of God's leader, David Berg. The Children of God \\ History \ Revolution for Jesus https://www.xfamily.org/index.php/Main_Page https://www.xfamily.org/index.php/Flirty_Fishing https://www.xfamily.org/index.php/Love_bombing0 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert sits down with Ed Helms to discuss one of our worst monsters: David Berg, founder of the Children of God cult. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. - Viral Texas - Anti-Vax Genealogy - God's Will - Soft Eugenics - Could It Happen Here? 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...

Originally aired June 2022 Robert is joined by Matt Lieb to discuss Harlon Carter and NRA. SOURCES: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dallasnews.com/news/2018/04/27/meet-the-2-texans-who-took-over-the-nra-and-made-the-gun-rights-group-a-feared-and-powerful-force/%3foutputType=amp https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/22/us/harlon-b-carter-longtime-head-of-rifle-association-dies-at-78.html https://www.linktv.org/the-legacy-of-the-texas-rangers-a-look-at-the-long-history-of-violence-at-the-border https://timeline.com/harlon-carter-nra-murder-2f8227f2434f https://bostonreview.net/articles/america-as-a-tactical-gun-culture/https://www.nytimes.com/1981/05/04/us/hard-line-opponent-of-gun-laws-wins-new-term-at-helm-of-rifle.html https://nraontherecord.org/harlon-carter/https://medium.com/epic-magazine/sons-of-guns-a250e6637593 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/04/23/battleground-america https://scholar.colorado.edu/downloads/s1784m73m https://addran.tcu.edu/history/files/Dissertation-Prospectus-2.pdf http://web.archive.org/web/20190331211610/http://www.davekopel.com/NRO/2000/Misfiring-at-Harlon-Carter.htm https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2022/05/31/how-nra-evolved-from-backing-1934-ban-on-machine-guns-to-where-it-is-now-commentary/ https://www.thetrace.org/2020/01/gun-industry-legal-immunity-plcaa/ https://www.apa.org/science/about/psa/2013/02/gun-violence https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-02-28/how-defective-guns-became-the-only-product-that-can-t-be-recalled https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005LW0MNW/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Originally aired August 2020 Robert is joined by Caitlin Durante to discuss the U.S. Border Patrol. SOURCES: https://timeline.com/harlon-carter-nra-murder-2f8227f2434f https://theintercept.com/2019/01/12/border-patrol-history/ https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-civil-rights-project-harrington-retire/ https://www.amazon.com/Migra-History-Border-American-Crossroads/dp/0520266412https://www.salon.com/2012/07/20/cruelty_on_the_border/ https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/10/border-patrol-the-green-monster-112220https://www.propublica.org/article/a-group-of-agents-rose-through-the-ranks-to-lead-the-border-patrol-theyre-leaving-it-in-crisis https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/15/us/border-patrol-culture.htmlhttps://books.google.com/books?id=mFQor2oScm0C&pg=PA29&dq=kicking+a+Mexican+male+who+was+handcuffed+and+lying+facedown+on+the+ground&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwinlJqK0r3fAhUSnFkKHdzJDD4Q6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=kicking%20a%20Mexican%20male%20who%20was%20handcuffed%20and%20lying%20facedown%20on%20the%20ground&f=false See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.