Behind the Bastards

Beria? I hardly know'ya. Anyway, this is the last episode of the series. Goodbye. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Robert and Joe get into the meat of the Beria story: the invasion of Poland and start of World War 2. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

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In part two, Robert continues with Joe Kassabian to tell the sordid tale of Lavrentiy Beria, the head of Stalin's secret police, prolific sex criminal and ethnic cleanser, and nuclear weapon entrepreneur. https://gofund.me/e815d59e [https://gofund.me/e815d59e]  See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Robert sits down with Joe Kassabian to tell the sordid tale of Lavrentiy Beria, the head of Stalin's secret police, prolific sex criminal and ethnic cleanser, and nuclear weapon entrepreneur. https://gofund.me/e815d59e [https://gofund.me/e815d59e]  Sources 1. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=O-CKDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA3&lpg=PA3&dq=beria+planet&source=bl&ots=jMc6z53_-K&sig=ACfU3U0xFZvDPSae5clBjjfMT99GQhBThg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjNm9fq0cb5AhXLiVwKHaqYDaEQ6AF6BAg4EAM#v=onepage&q=beria%20planet&f=false [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=O-CKDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA3&lpg=PA3&dq=beria+planet&source=bl&ots=jMc6z53_-K&sig=ACfU3U0xFZvDPSae5clBjjfMT99GQhBThg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjNm9fq0cb5AhXLiVwKHaqYDaEQ6AF6BAg4EAM#v=onepage&q=beria%20planet&f=false]  2. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1541600061?psc=1&language=en_US [https://www.amazon.com/dp/1541600061?psc=1&language=en_US] 3. https://www.amazon.com/Stalins-Team-Living-Dangerously-Politics/dp/0691175772/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&sr=1-1 [https://www.amazon.com/Stalins-Team-Living-Dangerously-Politics/dp/0691175772/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&sr=1-1] 4. https://www.amazon.com/Beria-Stalins-Lieutenant-Amy-Knight/dp/0691032572/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&sr=1-1 [https://www.amazon.com/Beria-Stalins-Lieutenant-Amy-Knight/dp/0691032572/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&sr=1-1]  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20240319033536/https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/profile/lavrentiy-p-beria/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20240319033536/https:/ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/profile/lavrentiy-p-beria/] 6. https://www.history.co.uk/article/historys-forgotten-people-lavrentiy-beria [https://www.history.co.uk/article/historys-forgotten-people-lavrentiy-beria] 7. https://archive.is/GjzYI [https://archive.is/GjzYI] 8. https://web.archive.org/web/20240319033536/https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/profile/lavrentiy-p-beria/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20240319033536/https:/ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/profile/lavrentiy-p-beria/] 9. https://sci-hub.se/https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-1331.1999.tb00004.x [https://sci-hub.se/https:/doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-1331.1999.tb00004.x] 10. https://web.archive.org/web/20150315203304/http://nucleardiner.com/2015/03/13/a-soviet-coup-the-fall-of-lavrenty-beria/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20150315203304/http:/nucleardiner.com/2015/03/13/a-soviet-coup-the-fall-of-lavrenty-beria/] 11. https://csc.asu.edu/2015/03/19/rofer-on-the-fall-of-beria-and-putins-vanishing-act/ [https://csc.asu.edu/2015/03/19/rofer-on-the-fall-of-beria-and-putins-vanishing-act/] 12. https://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/letter-lavrentiy-beria-georgii-malenkov-reflecting-events-spring-1953-excerpt [https://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/letter-lavrentiy-beria-georgii-malenkov-reflecting-events-spring-1953-excerpt] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.