Behind The Bastards

Robert walks Blake Wexler through the life and times of Carl Schmitt, a legal scholar born in Imperial Germany who would come to create the blueprint for how fascist movements could destroy liberal democracy from within. (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.  The Irish Far Right/Neo-Nazi Movement Trans Fiction, Trans Sports The Refugees Fleeing South Africa's "White Genocide" The Gang Reviews Andor Season 2, Ep. 7-9 Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #16 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: Trans Fiction, Trans Sports https://victoria.monster/  https://thepointmag.com/criticism/entering-history/  The Refugees Fleeing South Africa's "White Genocide" https://support.iraplegalinfo.org/hc/en-us/articles/360057039031-What-is-the-U-S-refugee-resettlement-process  https://welcome.us/explainers/us-refugee-admissions-program-suspended-until-further-notice-welcome-corps-terminated  https://www.rescue.

Nature Boy is now in Central America, where he weaponizes the power of Instagram's algorithm to trick rubes into flying out to join him and handing over all their money.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert gets back to basics with guest star Katy Stoll by talking about one of America's newest cult leaders, Natureboy, who used instagram to convince a small army of followers to join his crusade against toilets. (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.  Who We Talk About When We Talk About Borders Trans Journalism In the Era of Trump Trump vs. DC: Inside the Takeover You’re Not Hearing About feat. Bridget Todd The Gang Reviews Andor Season 2, Ep. 4-6 Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #15 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: Who We Talk About When We Talk About Borders https://www.patreon.com/posts/127235976?utm_campaign=postshare_creator Trans Journalism In the Era of Trump https://ashevilleblade.com/ https://thefreeradical.org/ https://www.madycast.com/subscribe Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #15 https://www.reuters.com/world/india/one-killed-seven-injured-militant-attack-indias-kashmir-in

Robert Maxwell makes a full heel turn in this episode, going from badass killer of the SS to not so badass corporate ghoul who murdered science and also spied for Israel and the UK.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You know his daughter as Jeffrey Epstein's right hand woman. Robert tells guest Adam Conover about Ghislaine Maxwell's dad, Robert Maxwell. He started his life on a Nazi murder quest and ended it by killing science as a field of endeavor and raiding millions from his company pension plan.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  The Old Economy Is Dead Cosmopolitanism feat. Andrew The Canadian Election: NOTHING EVER HAPPENS May Day Special: The Gang Reviews Andor Season 2, Ep. 1-3 Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #14 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: The Old Economy Is Dead https://www.versobooks.com/products/2222-carbon-democracy?srsltid=AfmBOop1btGiR59VH99WTMZMzuAgua2p9xgWyT8zbZzAhET-DEwjImqw https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-11/china-raises-tariffs-on-us-goods-to-125-in-retaliation https://spectrumlocalnews.com/us/national/business/2025/04/11/tariffs-shipping-china-port-of-la-declines https://www.freightwaves.com/news/trans-pacific-blank-sailings-soar-as-ocea

Pol Pot and his friends are now in charge of Cambodia and in a remarkably short period of time they manage to kill two million people. Including a leftist academic from the UK who thought the Khmer Rouge was rad. Here's how!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert continues the story with young Pol Pot's years in France where he and his friends radicalize themselves in what has to have been the deadliest book club of all time.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert sits down with Andrew Ti for three episodes in one week about the bizarre life of Pol Pot, a man who spent too much time reading books and bullshitting with his friends and for convinced he could save his country by destroying it. (3 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.  Elon Musk and The Martian Revolution feat. Mike Duncan The City Sold Your Water feat. Prop Nihilist Violent Extremism Robert's Guide to The Next Six Months of Danger and Resistance Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #13 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: Nihilist Violent Extremism https://www.courtlistener.com/?q=%22nihilistic%20violent%20extremists%22&type=r&order_by=dateFiled%20asc https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/fbi-dhs-domestic-terrorism-definitions-terminology-methodology.pdf https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/fbi-kash-patel-antifa-blm-terror-groups https://globalextremism.org/post/trump-abandoning-efforts-to-combat-white-supremacist/

Robert explains the weird cult Andrew Tate created with a wizard and former pick up artist to rob young men and abuse women at scale.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why Was Andrew Tate allowed back in the U.S.? What's happening with all his court cases? Robert sits back down with Ian Johnson and Sophie Lichterman and explains what's happening with Tate's numerous charges, his latest criminal allegations, and his God awful taste in machetes. (2 Part Series....for now.) Sources: Gadget on X: "This one is VERY dramatic. https://t.co/4wByW3yQVx" / X Andrew Tate Is Trying to Use His Dying Grandma to Escape Romania Andrew Tate now under federal investigation in the United States Andrew Tate’s ex-girlfriend accuses him of sexual assault and battery in new lawsuit Andrew Tate lands in Dubai, calls UK case 'politically motivated' Andrew and Tristan Tate return to Romania as human trafficking case heats up What to Know About the Accusations Against Andrew Tate - The New York Times Andrew Tate says he and his brother are 'largely misunderstood' after arriving in US - live updates - BBC News Romanian court finds irregularities in prosecutors' case against Andrew Tate | AP News

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  When Care Workers Organize Behind Myanmar's Devastating Earthquake Trump's Concentration Camps in El Salvador How Strikes Build Democratic Workplaces  Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #12 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: When Care Workers Organize https://www.instagram.com/friendspdxunionnetwork/ https://friendspdx.org/donate Behind Myanmar's Devastating Earthquake https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/up-to-700-myanmar-muslims-killed-in-quake-hit-mosques-weakened-by-neglect.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/world/asia/myanmar-earthquake-aftershocks-airstrikes.html https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/myanmar-juntas-aerial-attacks-continue-despi

Robert and Sophie are joined by Cool Zone Media supervising producer, Ian Johnson to continue to discuss Andrew Tate.  Update series dropping next week! Includes Part 3 & 4 with less ad breaks. Better Offline & Weird Little Guys are nominated for this year’s Webby Awards! Get your votes in by April 17th!

Robert and Sophie are joined by Cool Zone Media supervising producer, Ian Johnson to discuss Andrew Tate, and the Mythopoetic Men's Movement. Includes Part 1 & 2 with less ad breaks. Update series dropping next week! Better Offline & Weird Little Guys are nominated for this year’s Webby Awards! Get your votes in by April 17th!

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  Behind the Scenes of That Teen Vogue Article on Vivian Wilson, Elon Musk's Daughter Why Watching Actors Get Maimed By Big Cats Gives Me Hope For The Future How ICE Kidnapped A Farmworker Union Organizer Esperanto with Andrew Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #11 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: Behind the Scenes of that Teen Vogue Article on Vivian Wilson, Elon Musk's Daughter https://www.teenvogue.com/story/vivian-jenna-wilson-elon-musk-trans-youth Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #11 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/us/politics/trump-administration-immigrant-detention-facilities-services.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-E4.PL6V.gJR0OQEOJP8G&

World War 1 has begun, and Robert walks Amanda through how Alfred Hugenberg bought up the German media to make the case the the war should go on for ever, and then how he backed the Nazi party and ushered Hitler into power when that didn't go well for some reason. Sources: The Pan German League by Barry Jackisch https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/hitler-oligarchs-hugenberg-nazi/681584/ The Fateful Alliance by Hermann Beck https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/modern-world-history-1918-to-1980/weimar-germany/  https://corporatecitizen.in/issue3/corporate-history-mercedes-was-hitler%E2%80%99s-idea.html  https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-75512-5_1  https://www.topfundsoehne.de/ts/en/site/history/index.html  https://archive.org/details/alfredhugenbergr0000leop/page/11/mode/1up  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert sits down with Amanda Montell to talk about Alfred Hugenberg, a German industrialist who made Hitler's rise to power possible for some very familiar reasons. Sources: The Pan German League by Barry Jackisch https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/hitler-oligarchs-hugenberg-nazi/681584/ The Fateful Alliance by Hermann Beck https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/modern-world-history-1918-to-1980/weimar-germany/  https://corporatecitizen.in/issue3/corporate-history-mercedes-was-hitler%E2%80%99s-idea.html  https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-75512-5_1  https://www.topfundsoehne.de/ts/en/site/history/index.html  https://archive.org/details/alfredhugenbergr0000leop/page/11/mode/1up  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.