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  • Behind the Bastards

    Part Two: H.L. Hunt: The First Elon Musk

    14.05.2026 | 54 Min.
    Robert explains how H.L. Hunt became the richest man alive through simple hard work and also gambling and pimping.
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    Part One: H.L. Hunt: The First Elon Musk

    12.05.2026 | 57 Min.
    This week Robert begins the three-part story of the former wealthiest man on earth, H.L. Hunt, who also became the first right wing plutocrat to buy his own shitty media empire, creating a model for Elon Musk to follow today.
    (3 Part Series)
    https://bluebonnetnews.com/2024/10/11/from-fields-to-fortune-how-h-l-hunt-once-became-richest-man-in-the-world/
    https://www.oklahomaminerals.com/wildcatter-chronicles-h-l-hunt-pioneer-of-oil-industry
    https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/h-l-hunt
    https://www.nbcnews.com/msnbc/msnbc-podcast/archives-ultra-season-two-episode-eight-ncsl1310380
    Hendershot, Heather. What's Fair on the Air?: Cold War Right-Wing Broadcasting and the Public Interest (p. 63). The University of Chicago Press. Kindle Edition.
    https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/hunt-haroldson-lafayette
    https://archive.org/details/foia_Hunt_H.L.-HQ-2/page/n39/mode/1up
    https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/new-london-school-explosion
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tennessean-waddy-thorpe-hunt-request/54655604/
    https://archive.org/details/kingdomstoryofhu0000tucc/page/49/mode/1up
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    It Could Happen Here Weekly 231

    09.05.2026 | 3 Std. 12 Min.
    All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.
    - The Afterlives of Quentin Deranque
    - The Afterlives of Quentin Deranque, Pt. 2
    - Journalism Under Attack in Lebanon
    - Economic Echoes of the Strait of Hormuz
    - Executive Disorder: A Billion for Trump’s Ballroom Security, RIP Spirit Airlines, Iran Stalemate
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    Sources/Links:
    The Afterlives of Quentin Deranque
    Donate: https://acu.nl/about/donate
    https://www.lemonde.fr/en/politics/article/2026/02/17/who-was-quentin-deranque-the-far-right-activist-killed-in-lyon_6750585_5.html
    https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2026/02/27/france-s-political-violence-has-risen-significantly-with-assaults-doubling-over-the-past-10-years_6750916_23.html
    https://www.lemonde.fr/en/m-le-mag/article/2026/02/18/nemesis-the-identitarian-activists-behind-feminist-masks_6750599_117.html
    https://www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/english/news-and-events/right-now/2024/extreme-right-violence-in-france-is-on-the-rise.html?utm_source=copilot.com
    https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260220-how-the-death-of-far-right-activist-quentin-deranque-became-france-s-charlie-kirk-moment
    https://jacobin.com/2023/06/france-far-right-neofascist-violence-politics?utm_source=copilot.com
    https://www.humanite.fr/politique/nemesis/nemesis-le-collectif-dextreme-droite-qui-provoque-le-cyber-harcelement-de-militantes-feministes-et-delues-de-gauche
    https://brusselssignal.eu/2026/02/french-nemesis-activist-says-group-traumatised-after-supporter-killed-in-lyon/
    https://archive.is/VvPa4
    https://www.humanite.fr/politique/nemesis/nemesis-photographiee-realisant-une-gestuelle-neonazie-alice-cordier-evoque-une-reference-au-rap
    https://archive.is/kjEUp
    https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/video/2026/02/18/mort-de-quentin-deranque-ce-que-montrent-les-videos-des-faits_6667296_3224.html
    https://contre-attaque.net/2026/02/16/revelations-de-nouvelles-images-et-un-temoignage-revelent-quune-embuscade-a-bien-ete-tendue-le-12-fevrier-par-des-fascistes-lyonnais/
    https://www.franceinfo.fr/faits-divers/mort-de-quentin-militant-identitaire-agresse-a-lyon/reportage-il-a-refuse-d-aller-a-l-hopital-des-habitants-de-lyon-racontent-l-agression-mortelle-de-quentin-deranque_7808942.html
    https://contre-attaque.net/2026/03/27/affaire-deranque-scandale-detat/
    Journalism Under Attack in Lebanon
    Report on killing of Amal Khalil - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/23/what-we-know-about-israel-killing-lebanese-journalist-amal-khalil
    Report on “black Wednesday” - https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/04/11/lebanese-mourn-victims-of-black-wednesday-we-are-not-just-numbers_6752321_4.html
    Justin Salhani and Maram Humaid on killing of journalists in Gaza - https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/4/7/targeted-killed-burned-alive-journalists-in-gaza-attacked-by-israel
    Quadruple tap strike on paramedics in Lebanon - https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/lebanon-paramedics-strike-9.7173448
    Forensic Architecture on Gaza’s hospitals - https://gaza-hospitals.forensic-architecture.org/
    Economic Echoes of the Strait of Hormuz
    https://archive.vn/1qeiu

    https://thelensnola.org/2026/04/01/how-the-iran-war-is-disrupting-the-worlds-medicine-supplies/

    https://archive.vn/pM5a6

    https://archive.vn/u38pm

    https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/asia-battles-rising-uneven-toll-energy-crisis-caused-by-iran-war-2026-05-04/

    https://eastasiaforum.org/2026/04/16/the-iran-war-widens-indonesias-fiscal-faultlines/

    https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/plastic-bag-chaos-shortage-fears-highlight-taiwans-energy-security-concerns
    Executive Disorder: A Billion for Trump’s Ballroom Security, RIP Spirit Airlines, Iran Stalemate
    https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2051761247779979301?s=20

    https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-city-denver-unconstitutional-weapons-bans

    https://www.tonation-nsn.gov/sacred-site-located-in-cabeza-prieta-national-wildlife-refuge-destroyed-by-border-wall-construction/

    https://www.state.gov/releases/bureau-of-political-military-affairs/2026/05/ukraine-joint-direct-attack-munitions-extended-range

    https://x.com/TedCGoodman/status/2051470245555052557

    https://x.com/i/status/2052092791916806265

    https://www.ms.now/news/fbi-investigating-leaks-to-journalist-who-wrote-explosive-article-on-kash-patel-sources

    https://apnews.com/article/cruise-ship-hantavirus-andes-strain-south-africa-cb424510bb0c934c781f6bd42ce2e7c8
    https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/canarians-worry-arrival-hantavirus-cruise-ship-will-bring-repeat-covid-2026-05-06/
    https://www.grassley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/reconciliation_-_senate_judiciary_committee_title.pdf
    https://punchbowl.news/mdm26a11/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=5/5/26%20AM:&utm_term=Punchbowl%20AM%20and%20Active%20Subscribers%20from%20Memberful%20Combined
    https://x.com/sentdefender/status/2051759811054727212?s=20
    https://x.com/SkyNews/status/2051246490786394319?s=20
    https://x.com/NotWoofers/status/2051640997482782939?s=20
    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2-us-navy-destroyers-transit-strait-of-hormuz-after-dodging-iranian-onslaught/
    https://x.com/mercoglianos/status/2051381236950524095?s=20
    https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116512555123589170
    https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2051798734850101462?s=20
    https://x.com/_MartinKelly_/status/2051754245125181778?s=20
    https://x.com/Southcom/status/2051723140254843043?s=20
    https://x.com/Acyn/status/2051749649279762556?s=20
    https://x.com/sentdefender/status/2051759811054727212?s=20
    https://x.com/UK_MTO/status/2051749762538389668?s=20 in
    https://x.com/Reuters/status/2051567572454432996?s=20
    https://x.com/Southcom/status/2051709553956266365?s=20
    https://www.axios.com/2026/05/06/iran-us-deal-one-page-memo?utm_campaign=mrf-utm_campaign=editorial&utm_source=x&utm_medium=owned_social&mrfcid=2026050669f852024e34c652f4ad78a6
    https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2052070088233136553?s=20
    https://x.com/Alihashem
    https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2026-05-01-Fifth-Circuit-Order-Granting-Stay-of-2023-REMS.pdf
    https://x.com/SecKennedy/status/1973866621245567344?s=20
    https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fda-is-investigating-the-abortion-pill-mifepristone-despite-decades-of/
    https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2840361
    https://reproductiverights.org/news/5th-circuit-limits-telehealth-provision-of-abortion-pill/
    https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/25A1208-Admin-Stay-and-CFR.pdf
    https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/texas-man-charged-shooting-secret-service-agent-near-washington-monument-national-mall
    https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/us/politics/washington-monument-shooting-secret-service.html
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    Part Two: How AI Chatbots Became Cult Leaders

    07.05.2026 | 1 Std. 18 Min.
    Robert concludes his explanation of how AI chatbots replicate cult dynamics in the brains of some vulnerable users.

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    Part One: How AI Chatbots Became Cult Leaders

    05.05.2026 | 56 Min.
    Over the last year or so a series of news articles have sounded warnings about AI psychosis, and now an AI-generated cult, the Spiralists. Robert sits down with Blake Wexler to answer an important question: can a chatbot become a cult leader?
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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.
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