Behind the Bastards

Robert sits down with Andrew Ti to discuss the ground breaking performer who created modern stand up comedy and also palled around with the KKK.   (2 Part Series) See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - Anti-War Movements feat. Andrew - Aid as a Tool of War in Gaza feat. Dana El Kurd - Mapping Border Deaths - Dogwhistle Politics and Nazi Code Hunting - Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #28 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 [http://apple.co/coolerzone]  Sources/Links: Anti-War Movements feat. Andrew Anarchist Encyclopedia by Sebastien Faure et al https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/james-herod-the-weakness-of-a-politics-of-protest [https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/james-herod-the-weakness-of-a-politics-of-protest] https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/jeff-shantz-p-j-lilley-striking-against-the-work-war-machine [https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/jeff-shantz-p-j-lilley-striking-against-the-work-war-machine] Aid as a Tool of War in Gaza feat. Dana El Kurd Oxfam statement about Gaza Humanitarian Foundation - https://www.oxfamamerica.org/press/more-than-100-organizations-are-sounding-the-alarm-to-allow-lifesaving-aid-into-gaza/ [https://www.oxfamamerica.org/press/more-than-100-organizations-are-sounding-the-alarm-to-allow-lifesaving-aid-into-gaza/] Fogbow in Uganda and Sudan - https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/investigations/2025/06/16/fogbow-operations-south-sudan-raise-red-flags-aid-private-sector [https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/investigations/2025/06/16/fogbow-operations-south-sudan-raise-red-flags-aid-private-sector] Bezalel Smotrich’s “Decisive Plan” - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/09/israel-leaders-palestinian-territories-bezalel-smotrich-gaza-7-october [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/09/israel-leaders-palestinian-territories-bezalel-smotrich-gaza-7-october] Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini on dismantling UNRWA - https://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/notes/unrwa-may-be-forced-stop-saving-lives-gaza-will-world-let-happen [https://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/notes/unrwa-may-be-forced-stop-saving-lives-gaza-will-world-let-happen] NPR report on famine in Gaza - https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/07/25/g-s1-78968/what-does-it-take-for-a-famine-to-be-declared-in-gaza [https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/07/25/g-s1-78968/what-does-it-take-for-a-famine-to-be-declared-in-gaza] US Green Beret on what he saw at the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation sites - https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-07-26/ty-article/i-witnessed-war-crimes-in-gaza-u-s-veteran-and-former-ghf-worker-tells-bbc/00000198-47e0-d6be-a1bd-4ffd67f90000 [https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-07-26/ty-article/i-witnessed-war-crimes-in-gaza-u-s-veteran-and-former-ghf-worker-tells-bbc/00000198-47e0-d6be-a1bd-4ffd67f90000] Aljazeera op-ed by former UN official - https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/7/21/why-is-the-un-not-declaring-famine-in-gaza [https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/7/21/why-is-the-un-not-declaring-famine-in-gaza] UN reporting on deaths at aid sites - https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/07/1165396 [https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/07/1165396] Dr. Nick Maynard on what he witnessed in Gaza - https://www.channel4.com/news/teenagers-being-shot-by-israeli-soldiers-british-surgeon-in-gaza [https://d.docs.live.net/97b49af09fe8aaad/Documents/Dr.%20Nick%20Maynard%20on%20what%20he%20witnessed%20in%20Gaza%20-%20https:/www.channel4.com/news/teenagers-being-shot-by-israeli-soldiers-british-surgeon-in-gaza] Suppressing Dissent edited volume - https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Suppressing-Dissent/Zaha-Hassan/9781836430971 [https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Suppressing-Dissent/Zaha-Hassan/9781836430971] Mapping Border Deaths https://nomoredeaths.org/migrant-death-mapping/ [https://nomoredeaths.org/migrant-death-mapping/] 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https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexico-refuses-us-military-flight-deporting-migrants-sources-say-2025-01-25/ [https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexico-refuses-us-military-flight-deporting-migrants-sources-say-2025-01-25/] https://bsky.app/profile/bishonentype.bsky.social/post/3luq3qktltc2n [https://bsky.app/profile/bishonentype.bsky.social/post/3luq3qktltc2n] Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #28 https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/01/economy/tariff-more-expensive [https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/01/economy/tariff-more-expensive] https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/trump-hikes-india-tariffs-50-percent-buying-russian-oil-rcna223374 [https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/trump-hikes-india-tariffs-50-percent-buying-russian-oil-rcna223374] https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/us-tariffs-take-effect-08-07-25 [https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/us-tariffs-take-effect-08-07-25] 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Robert and Jamie learn how Pete Hegseth thinks Islam works, and discuss his plan to purge the U.S. of undesirables. Sources: Pete Hegseth: Police report lays out details, timeline of sexual assault allegation : NPR [https://www.npr.org/2024/11/21/nx-s1-5199630/police-report-gives-details-timeline-of-the-sexual-assault-claim-against-pete-hegseth] Pete Hegseth paid $50,000 to a woman alleging 2017 sexual assault | CNN Politics [https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/23/politics/pete-hegseth-payment-woman-sexual-assault-allegation] Pete Hegseth’s Secret History | The New Yorker [https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/pete-hegseths-secret-history] Scholars Say White Supremacists Chanting 'Deus Vult' Got History Wrong : NPR [https://www.npr.org/2017/09/04/548505783/scholars-say-white-supremacists-chanting-deus-vult-got-history-wrong] Historian: Crusader motto "Deus vult" is a myth - english.katholisch.de [https://english.katholisch.de/artikel/57572-historian-crusader-motto-deus-vult-is-a-myth] Pete Hegseth’s Army unit in Iraq was rocked by a war crimes case - The Washington Post [https://archive.is/AaxVA#selection-1201.0-1207.62] "Five Ways Christian Families Are Under Attack" Pastor Chris Durkin [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-88LttXU0M] The Crusades, the first holy war | Submission.org - Your best source for Submission (Islam) [https://submission.org/Crusades.html] These brave Afghans helped the U.S. after 9/11. Now the U.S. wants to deport them. [https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/brave-afghans-911-trump-administration-deportation-rcna204229] Pete Hegseth’s Army unit in Iraq was rocked by a war crimes case - The Washington Post [https://archive.is/AaxVA] An Appointment in Samarra | National Review [https://www.nationalreview.com/2008/08/appointment-samarra-pete-hegseth/] Republican Hegseth is out of U.S. Senate race. For good. [https://www.startribune.com/republican-hegseth-is-out-of-u-s-senate-race-for-good/153704075] Pete Hegseth and His ‘Battle Cry’ for a New Christian Crusade - The New York Times [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/us/hegseth-church-crusades.html]                                                                                                                                                        Trump Pentagon pick Pete Hegseth’s books foreground anti-Muslim rhetoric | Trump administration | The Guardian [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/28/pete-hegseth-trump-anti-muslim-book] Pete Hegseth: Faith, Family, Freedom, and the American Mind | Nashville Christian Family Magazine [https://nashchristian.com/2023/12/pete-hegseth-faith-family-freedom-and-the-american-mind/] What the firestorm over Rep. Omar’s remarks says about anti-Semitism in America | PBS News [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/what-the-firestorm-over-rep-omars-remarks-says-about-anti-semitism-in-america] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Robert sits down with Jamie Loftus to talk about Pete Hegseth's life, times and horrible 2020 book. Sources: Pete Hegseth: Police report lays out details, timeline of sexual assault allegation : NPR [https://www.npr.org/2024/11/21/nx-s1-5199630/police-report-gives-details-timeline-of-the-sexual-assault-claim-against-pete-hegseth] Pete Hegseth paid $50,000 to a woman alleging 2017 sexual assault | CNN Politics [https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/23/politics/pete-hegseth-payment-woman-sexual-assault-allegation] Pete Hegseth’s Secret History | The New Yorker [https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/pete-hegseths-secret-history] Scholars Say White Supremacists Chanting 'Deus Vult' Got History Wrong : NPR [https://www.npr.org/2017/09/04/548505783/scholars-say-white-supremacists-chanting-deus-vult-got-history-wrong] Historian: Crusader motto "Deus vult" is a myth - english.katholisch.de [https://english.katholisch.de/artikel/57572-historian-crusader-motto-deus-vult-is-a-myth] Pete Hegseth’s Army unit in Iraq was rocked by a war crimes case - The Washington Post [https://archive.is/AaxVA#selection-1201.0-1207.62] "Five Ways Christian Families Are Under Attack" Pastor Chris Durkin [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-88LttXU0M] The Crusades, the first holy war | Submission.org - Your best source for Submission (Islam) [https://submission.org/Crusades.html] These brave Afghans helped the U.S. after 9/11. Now the U.S. wants to deport them. [https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/brave-afghans-911-trump-administration-deportation-rcna204229] Pete Hegseth’s Army unit in Iraq was rocked by a war crimes case - The Washington Post [https://archive.is/AaxVA] An Appointment in Samarra | National Review [https://www.nationalreview.com/2008/08/appointment-samarra-pete-hegseth/] Republican Hegseth is out of U.S. Senate race. For good. [https://www.startribune.com/republican-hegseth-is-out-of-u-s-senate-race-for-good/153704075] Pete Hegseth and His ‘Battle Cry’ for a New Christian Crusade - The New York Times [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/us/hegseth-church-crusades.html]                                                                                                                                                        Trump Pentagon pick Pete Hegseth’s books foreground anti-Muslim rhetoric | Trump administration | The Guardian [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/28/pete-hegseth-trump-anti-muslim-book] Pete Hegseth: Faith, Family, Freedom, and the American Mind | Nashville Christian Family Magazine [https://nashchristian.com/2023/12/pete-hegseth-faith-family-freedom-and-the-american-mind/] What the firestorm over Rep. Omar’s remarks says about anti-Semitism in America | PBS News [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/what-the-firestorm-over-rep-omars-remarks-says-about-anti-semitism-in-america] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - The Fight for Trans Youth Healthcare at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center - Post Woke Cinema - AI Minstrel Shows feat. Bridget Todd - Community Preparedness Basics with Live Like the World is Dying - Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #27 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 [http://apple.co/coolerzone]  Sources/Links: The Fight for Trans Youth Healthcare at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center https://givebutter.com/Uj0NLs [https://givebutter.com/Uj0NLs] https://actionnetwork.org/letters/demand-upmc-to-reinstate-healthcare-for-trans-youth-and-young-adults?source=direct_link& [https://actionnetwork.org/letters/demand-upmc-to-reinstate-healthcare-for-trans-youth-and-young-adults?source=direct_link&] @providers4transjustice on IG Community Preparedness Basics with Live Like the World is Dying https://www.tangledwilderness.org/live-like-the-world-is-dying [https://www.tangledwilderness.org/live-like-the-world-is-dying] http://www.tangledwilderness.org [http://www.tangledwilderness.org] http://www.patreon.com/strangersinatangledwilderness [http://www.patreon.com/strangersinatangledwilderness] 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