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Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts · 1,197 episodes with transcripts

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.

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Part One: How Nuisance Streamers and Rage-Baiting Ate the Internet

October 20, 2026

SPEAKER_1 (0:01)

Cool Zone Media.

Robert Evans (0:05)

Welcome back to Behind the Bastards, a podcast about the very worst people in all of history. And we have a very special episode for you this week. I've been burning the midnight oil because we have as a guest this week, my old boss and current New York Times bestselling author, several times over, Jason Pargin…

Thank you.

Jason Pargin (0:28)

I get so nervous doing this show because of the subject matter. It seems like it's so easy to fall into saying something that can be taken out of context. Like, well, now that is one thing I admit I do like about Bill Cosby.

And one of my enemies is going to pull that out. And then I'm sitting here trying to launch a book and they're going to put that all over TikTok and Reels because it's out of context. Like in this episode, if I see the phrase, I'm not saying I'm going to say it, but if I see the phrase, I'm kind of glad that guy got…

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