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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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. • How to Rob a City: NBA Billionaire Edition • How the United States Built its Colonial Empire, Pt. 2 • Sophie Cunningham's Transphobic WNBA Panic • DHS Surveillance and Infiltration of ICE Protests in Minnesota • Executive Disorder: Mail-In Voting Restrictions, Canadian Trade War, Record High ICE Detentions 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! Sources/Links: How to Rob a City: NBA Billionaire Edition • https://www.forbes.com/profile/thomas-dundon/ • https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-nbas-newest-cheapest-owner-shows-how-billionaires-ruin-sports • https://www.opb.org/article/2025/10/03/tom-dundon-blazers-subprime-loan/ • https://archive.nytimes.com/dealbook.nytimes.com/2015/01/26/investment-riches-built-on-auto-loans-to-poor/#:~:text=Ms.,the%20loan%20with%20her%20daughter • https://www.youtube.com/live/UD8erzI72Fg (https://www.youtube.com/live/UD8erzI72Fg?si=o3NMpXcG38_qWUQq&t=13494) • https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/shadow-bank-blue-owl-caps-021700097.html • https://wealth.blueowl.com/solutions/investment-strategy-real-assets-digital-infrastructure • https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-04/blue-owl-fund-sells-warehouse-to-dhs-for-ice-mega-jail • https://youtu.be/3BqOjrFFNK0 • https://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/jep.14.3.95 • https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ecin.12572 • https://belkcollegeofbusiness.charlotte.edu/economic-working-papers/wp-content/uploads/sites/850/2012/10/wp2016-014.pdf • https://www.cfr.org/backgrounders/economics-hosting-olympic-games • https://www.researchgate.net/publication/24131508_Mega-Events_The_effect_of_the_world's_biggest_sporting_events_on_local_regional_and_national_economies • https://econjwatch.org/file_download/222/2008-09-coateshumphreys-com.pdf • https://econjwatch.org/file_download/222/2008-09-coateshumphreys-com.pdf • https://media.clemson.edu/economics/data/sports/Stadiums%20and%20Econ%20Impact/Matheson-2019-Journal_of_Policy_Analysis_and_Management.pdf • https://www.blazersedge.com/trail-blazers-analysis/114957/portland-moda-center-portland-trail-blazers-arena-revenue-debate-sports-teams-city-revenue-taxes-deal • https://www.kjzz.org/business/2026-05-10/diversification-matters-glendale-says-desert-diamond-arena-is-thriving-post-hockey • https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/oakland-arena-coliseum-record-best-fiscal-year-of-all-time-after-sold-out-bad-bunny-k-pop-concerts/ • https://oaklandside.org/2026/06/16/how-hot-is-the-oakland-arena-a-second-bidder-has-emerged-to-buy-it/ • https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/keyarena-turns-a-bigger-profit-than-it-ever-did-with-the-sonics/ • https://journalistsresource.org/economics/sports-stadium-public-financing/ • https://idahocapitalsun.com/2024/07/03/smith-entertainment-group-estimates-spending-525-million-remodeling-delta-center/ • https://www.opb.org/article/2026/04/20/trail-blazers-moda-center-portland-basketball-sports/ • https://www.ripcitynotripoff.com • https://weareripcity.org/#supporters • https://www.opb.org/article/2026/07/16/portland-councilors-release-draft-term-sheet-as-business-coalition-presses-for-public-moda-center-funding/ • https://multnomah.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php (https://multnomah.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3) • https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7145153/2026/03/25/nba-expansion-seattle-las-vegas/ How the United States Built its Colonial Empire, Pt. 2 • How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States by Daniel Immerwahr • Colonial Crucible: Empire in the Making of the Modern American State edited by Alfred W. McCoy and Francisco A. Scarano • The Anarchy of Empire in the Making of U.S. Culture by Amy Kaplan • https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/182/244/ • https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/182/1/ • https://theconversation.com/why-russia-gave-up-alaska-americas-gateway-to-the-arctic-74675?xid=PS_smithsonian • https://www.reuters.com/graphics/USA-CARIBBEAN/MILITARY-BUILDUP/egpbbnzyrpq/ • https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/magazine/ven...