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1. Kamala Shuts Down the DNC
2. Imane Khelif and the Co-option of the Mexican Terfs
3. Transnational Repression of Sikh Independence Activists
4. Political Cults: The Democratic Workers Party feat. Andrew

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Robert and Randy conclude the story of Thomas Kincade by talking about the massive fraud he committed and also some sex crimes.

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Sources:

https://archive.is/Exc9H#selection-1601.0-1605.107

https://mbird.com/art/the-drunken-downfall-and-death-of-thomas-kinkade/

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/cultivare/2012/05/the-dark-light-of-thomas-kinkade/

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/painter-of-light-thomas-k_n_16801

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-mar-05-fi-kinkade5-story.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/mar/25/arts.artsnews

https://archive.is/DJgOU#selection-1229.0-1233.162

https://www.latimes.com/la-xpm-2012-apr-08-la-me-thomas-kinkade-20120408-story.html

https://www.salon.com/2012/04/09/thomas_kinkade_the_george_w_bush_of_art/

https://www.salon.com/2002/03/18/light_4/

https://medium.com/@scottproposki/remembering-thomas-kinkade-and-learning-from-his-meteoric-rise-7dafbf3476d6

https://www.susanorlean.com/articles/art_for_everybody.php

https://www.salon.com/2002/03/18/kinkade_village/

https://www.degruyter.com/foxyCartCheckout?fcsid=h6o7rl8tvhra7lcqcmokpsq5ar 

https://hereswhatsleft.typepad.com/home/2004/12/conservative_ar.html

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/brexit-art-preference-study-1368613

https://medium.com/@baudart1965/thomas-kinkade-paintings-not-worth-much-if-anything-because-of-oversaturation-d298f1661b1e

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-08-29/science-explains-why-it-s-so-easy-to-hate-painter-of-light-thomas-kinkade

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/thomas-kinkade-death-of-a-kitsch-master

https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/1999/jul/12/features11.g22

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Why do people keep posting that fake Voltaire quote and who is the pedophile who actually said it? Molly takes you back to the 90s, inside the Nazi compound where Kevin Strom started broadcasting a weekly antisemitic radio show. 

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Robert sits down with Jamie Loftus to tell the tale of Marion Petty, the man whose cult was accused of trafficking children and may have been part of a CIA op. Or not! It's very unclear!

(4 Part Series)

Sources:

1. https://apnews.com/article/4c5cd8141e930159ea3e4f0492a41ade
2. https://www.vice.com/en/article/7x53vg/the-finders-cult-from-the-80s-was-patient-zero-for-epsteinand-pizzagate-conspiracies
3. https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/287890/finders-keeper/  
4. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1987/02/07/officialsdescribe-cult-rituals-in-child-abuse-case/11f05df1-48e0-41f7-b46d249c0bd2bc39/  
5. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1987/02/07/finders-group-has-its-roots-in-popular60s-hippie-refuge/2d6b5d9d-904f-4acd-a371-f560fca68b39/  
6. https://vault.fbi.gov/the-finders/the-finders-part-01-of-04/viewr 
7. https://www.gnosticwarrior.com/finders.htmlhttps://joncohen.org/wp-content/uploads/1988/11/In-Search-of-the-Finders-New-Times-version-.pdf
8. https://www.amazon.com/Gamecaller-Mr-Tobe-Terrell/dp/1974059308

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Our tale of Orange County bastardry reaches it's apex in John Schmitz, the conspiracy maniac who ran against Nixon from the Right and blazed the trail that led us to Donald Trump

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Robert sits down with Francesca Fiorentini to talk about how Orange County, California gave birth to the modern Republican Party, thanks to some arms dealers and a howling fascist named John Schmitz. 

(2 Part Series)

Sources:

1. https://cafe.com/article/were-revolutionaries-john-schmitzs-controversial-1972-third-partypresidential-campaign/  
2. https://www.nytimes.com/1972/11/05/archives/john-schmitz-is-no-george-wallace-.html 
3. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-16-me-1902-story.html  
4. https://www.reddit.com/r/thecampaigntrail/comments/115krux/fun_facts_about_john_g_schmitz_not _really_theyre/  
5. https://people.com/crime/mary-kay-letourneau-devastated-when-politician-father-was-caughtfathering-children-with-student/  
6. https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-joseph-e-schmitz-foreign-policypentagon-dod-germany-wrong-doing-439239
7. https://archive.is/qkm9c  
8. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2001/01/12/conservative-gopcongressman-john-g-schmitz-70-dies/d1dc7a2d-458c-4ef4-8f0d-398dfb8d54b4/  
9. https://www.npr.org/2023/05/17/1176662608/a-historian-details-how-a-secretiveextremist-group-radicalized-the-american-rig  
10. https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/09/29/republicans-orange-county-california-228110/
11. https://www.pressreader.com/usa/los-angeles-times/20181105/281483572392685  

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In Part Two, Robert is joined again by Jamie Loftus to continue discussing Kaiser Wilhelm.

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Robert sits down with Jamie Loftus to talk about Kaiser Wilhelm, the devastatingly cringy Mama's boy who came to rule an empire despite lacking even a single relevant skill.

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Henry Kissinger is dead! If you're wondering why people are so happy about this, listen to our six hour series on the life and crimes of one of the 20th century's greatest war criminals. (Ft. Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds from The Dollop)

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Henry Kissinger is dead! If you're wondering why people are so happy about this, listen to our six hour series on the life and crimes of one of the 20th century's greatest war criminals. (Ft. Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds from The Dollop)

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Robert and Garrison continue exploring the world of Blue Dawn, where the justice system is angry twitter mobs empowered to throw people in prison and President Trump is an underground Castro-like militant commander.

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Margaret and Robert conclude our Christmas episode and yet another year of this fucking podcast.

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Robert sits down with Margaret Killjoy to talk about Aaron Swartz, a tragic hero who helped build the open internet.

(2 Part Series)

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Sources:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/03/11/requiem-for-a-dream

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/the-brilliant-life-and-tragic-death-of-aaronswartz-177191/

https://newrepublic.com/article/112485/aaron-swartz-profile-internet-will-never-save-you

https://newrepublic.com/article/112418/aaron-swartz-suicide-why-he-broke-jstor-andmit

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/03/aaron-swartz-prosecutor-withheldevidence/317410/

https://archive.is/bGVpb

https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/prosecutor-in-aaron-swartzhacking-case-comes-under-fire/

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/jul/31/aaron-swartz-mit-report-family-critical 

https://archive.is/9IIBX

https://archive.is/vmHXz

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Robert and Sofiya finish the story of William Bailey, after a brief interlude to talk about the radium girls.

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Robert sits down with Sofiya Alexandra to talk about Will Bailey, the fake doctor who made himself into the king of radioactive fake medicine and killed an unknown number of people in the doing.

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Robert and Jamie conclude the thrilling tale of Sam Bankman-Fried and his biographer, Michael Lewis.

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Robert Evans is a Living God and can never lie.....Also we talk with Jamie Loftus about Sam Bankman-Fried and beloved biographer to con man Michael Lewis, author of The Big Short.

(2 Part Series!)

https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/michael-lewiss-big-contrarian-bet

https://archive.is/GnVkX#selection-2015.0-2029.125

https://archive.is/cZZcN#selection-455.0-523.30

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/oct/03/michael-lewis-sam-bankman-fried-crypto-going-infinite

https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2023/10/02/is-michael-lewis-throwing-out-his-reputation-to-defend-sam-bankman-fried/

https://archive.is/yrvL9#selection-1231.0-1271.105

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/nov/02/sam-bankman-fried-trial-key-takeaways

https://newsletter.mollywhite.net/p/the-fraud-was-in-the-code

https://www.investopedia.com/why-ftx-plan-to-refund-90-percent-of-recovered-assets-doesnt-add-up-to-90-percent-of-what-customers-lost-8362556

https://jacobin.com/2023/11/sam-bankman-fried-convicted-crypto-fraud-michael-lewis

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2023-08-15/the-blind-side-michael-lewis-michael-oher-sean-leigh-anne-tuohy-original-review-archive

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Sophie has never been wrong about a single thing in her life. Matt Lieb guests and Robert is also there.

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Robert sits down with Matt Lieb to talk about Oregon's first sex cult: the Holy Rollers.

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McCracken, T.. Holy Rollers:Murder and Madness in Oregon's Love Cult . BookBaby. Kindle Edition

https://offbeatoregon.com/o1105e-bride-of-christ-holy-rollers-in-corvallisbeginning.html

https://www.historylink.org/File/4263

https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/younghistorians/2017/oralpres/24/

https://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1863162,00.html

https://victorianweb.org/religion/sa1.html

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Robert sits down with Garrison to read through a brand new novel that fantasizes about the aftermath of an Antifa revolution in ... 2021.

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Original Air Date: June 14th, 2018

Robert is joined again by Andrew Ti (Yo, Is This Racist?) and they continue discuss the evil actions of King Leopold II of Belgium.
 

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Original Air Date: June 12th, 2018

Have you ever heard of King Leopold II? In Episode 7, Robert is joined by Andrew Ti (Yo, Is This Racist?) and they discuss the King of Belgium, who was the first world leader to be crappy in the true modern sense of the word. His life’s work was the blueprint for being the kind of terrible that we recognize in modern leaders like Dick Cheney or Vladimir Putin. He pioneered screwing over tens of millions of people for petty personal gain

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Robert and Ed continue the story of Lord Aspinall, who trades in his gambling house for the deadliest zoo in history. Bonus: murder!

Sources:

1. https://www.amazon.com/Gamblers-Aspinall-James-Goldsmith-murder/dp/1844132056
2. https://archive.org/details/passionofjohnasp0000mast/page/32/mode/2up
3. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/may/04/abuse-britain-private-schools-personal-memoir
4. https://sci-hub.hkvisa.net/10.2307/367195
5. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/41310278.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
6. https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/jul/02/lynnbarber.theobserver
7. https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/jan/09/politics.past
8. http://www.gambling-stories.com/2015/02/john-aspinall-bio.html?m=1
9. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/news/2000/jun/30/guardianobituaries?bshm=rimc/2
10. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/uk/2000/jun/30/keithperry?bshm=rimc/2

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Robert sits down with Ed Zitron to talk about Lord Aspinall and his gambling buddies, who ruled London high society with an iron fist and also did a murder.

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Big Bobbo E-Money and Magpie the Killjoy read a magazine for racist pedophiles.

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Robert sits down with Margaret Killjoy to read a selection of stories and ads from old timey men's adventure magazines, which feature a mix of soft core porn, racism and Indiana Jones style action.

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Original Air Date: July 17th, 2018

Robert is joined by comedian Brodie Reed to discuss Idi Amin, a highly skilled soldier who murdered an estimated 300,000 or more of his own people, and his rise to power in Uganda.

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Robert sits down with Jack O'Brien to talk about how the life of a Transylvanian prince turned into the story of Dracula.

(1 part)

Sources:

1. https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/the-origins-of-dracula-vlad-the-impaler/
2. https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-andcivilisation/2023/03/is-the-shamrock-a-myth-the-truth-behind-5-stpatricks-day-symbols
3. https://mythology.net/mythical-creatures/vampire/
4. https://theconversation.com/vampire-myths-originated-with-a-real-blooddisorder-140830
5.   https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/vampire-disease-origins 
6. https://news.virginia.edu/content/how-spread-disease-juiced-lorevampires-pandemic-proportions
7. https://www.livescience.com/24374-vampires-real-history.html 
8. https://theconversation.com/americas-first-vampire-was-black-and-revolutionary-its-time-toremember-him-149044
9. https://news.virginia.edu/content/more-disease-dracula-how-vampiremyth-was-born-0
10. https://www.amazon.com/Vampire-New-History-Nick-Groom/dp/0300232233
11. https://www.amazon.com/Vlad-Impaler-Search-Real-Dracula/dp/0750929650
12. https://www.amazon.com/Vlad-III-Dracula-Times-Historical/dp/159211038X/ref=pd_lpo_sccl_3/137-0258767-1043075?pd_rd_w=HwU7a&content-id=amzn1.sym.116f529c-aa4d-4763-b2b6-4d614ec7dc00&pf_rd_p=116f529c-aa4d-4763-b2b6-4d614ec7dc00&pf_rd_r=HVFTK1DHS8NQH2E5J7BG&pd_rd_wg=d6J4W&pd_rd_r=2de9f88d-7743-4f92-8c69-f8f7a740d112&pd_rd_i=159211038X&psc=1

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Robert and Jason continue their discussion of the deadliest workplace catastrophe in U.S. history.

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Robert and Jason Pargin sit down to discuss the Hawk's Nest Tunnel project, the deadliest industrial disaster in U.S. history.

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The stirring conclusion to the G. Gordon Liddy saga, featuring Fear Factor's Joe Rogan.

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G. Gordon Liddy is in prison, but just as committed to making baffling Nazi references and lying about violence as ever. As a bonus, he learns Kung-Fu.

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G. Gordon Liddy is finally given the job of his dreams: managing a dirty tricks campaign to spy on "the left". He is as bad at this job as it is possible for a person to be.

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Robert and Cody conclude the story of RFK Jr by talking about how he was directly complicit in the deaths of dozens of children and probably tens of thousands of people across the county.

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G. Gordon Liddy joins the FBI, learns how to express his joy through random gunfire, and threatens a jury with a knife. By the end, we finally get to Watergate!

1. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1977/09/08/52-months-in-prison-end-for-gordon-liddy/13545ea2-8bfc-4749-8068-bd1a528889c7/
2. https://www.nytimes.com/1973/12/16/archives/whats-good-for-a-corporate-giant-may-not-be-good-for-everybody-else.htm
3. lhttps://www.history.com/news/watergate-scandal-timeline-nixon
4. https://archive.org/stream/willtheautobiographyofg.gordonliddy/Will%20%20the%20autobiography%20of%20G.%20Gordon%20Liddy_djvu.txt
5. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1980/11/07/watergate-sphinx/ecfb2e1d-71a1-478b-9d56-8962fb64714c/
6. https://www.nytimes.com/1977/08/21/archives/role-in-inmates-protest-brings-liddys-transfer-to-highsecurity.html
7. https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/294948/the-secret-life-of-g-gordon-liddy/
8. https://reason.com/2021/04/02/g-gordon-liddy-the-hollywood-years/
9. https://www.npr.org/2010/05/19/126613763/ling-sisters-recount-lauras-capture-in-north-korea
10. https://www.courthousenews.com/watergate-burglar-sues-over-gold-commercials/

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Robert and Andrew Ti continue their exploration of G. Gordon Liddy, God's perfect fascist, who once blew out his appendix in a sit-up contest.

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