Behind the Bastards

Robert continues the early history of Mohammed Bin Salman and the House of Saud. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert sits down with David Bell to tell the life story of MBS, the crown prince and ruler behind the scenes of the Saudi Kingdom. (4 Part Series) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. - AI Robot Slaves and other CES Miracles - Best and Worst (non AI) Products at CES - What’s Happening in Iran? - What Happened in 2025 with Andrew - Executive Disorder: Portland Shooting, the FED, Visa Pause & Turtle Island Liberation Front 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 Sources/Links: What’s Happening in Iran? https://www.instagram.com/hengaw_english?igsh=MTZ3Z29qd3h6YzVlMA== https://www.instagram.com/ali.javanmardi?igsh=ODV2cGZzaXk2Z3dt https://www.instagram.com/soran.mansournia?igsh=OWFhNDdtMTRtNzl0 https://www.instagram.com/kurdistanipeople?igsh=MTI3Y3kwZ3V0N3Zvag== What Happened in 2025 with Andrew https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/2025-set-be-second-or-third-warmest-year-record-continuing-exceptionally-high-warming-trend https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4522124/study-warns-brazilian-food-imports-increasingly-vulnerable-climate-change https://wmo.int/media/news/fao-and-wmo-report-highlights-extreme-heat-risks-agriculture https://apnews.com/article/monsoon-rains-nepal-floods-climate-change-india-ef8b703ab93bc310e397d896b032ce8f https://chimpreports.com/un-warns-as-somalia-drought-crisis-deepens-hunger/ https://atmosphere.copernicus.eu/cams-tracks-extreme-july-wildfire-activity-both-sides-atlantic https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/31/weather-tracker-hurricane-melissa-caribbean-jamaica-haiti-cuba https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/sustainable-switch-gen-z-protests-spread-across-globe-2025-10-02 https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/scenting-victory-madagascar-youth-give-scant-thought-whats-next-2025-10-14 https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/moroccos-youth-police-clash-fifth-night-protests-demanding-education-health-care-2025-10-01 https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/madagascar-military-ruler-randrianirina-sworn-president-reuters-witness-2025-10-17/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy5w5nyd5xzo https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/young-anti-corruption-protesters-oust-nepal-pm-oli-2025-09-09/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/25/peru-youth-protesters-state-of-emergency-gen-z https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/gen-z-styled-protests-spread-mexico-fueled-by-mayors-murder-2025-11-16/ https://www.jornada.com.mx/noticia/2025/11/13/politica/marcha-de-la-generacion-z-estrategia-digital-pagada-no-es-genuina-sheinbaum https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/trade-unions-india-stage-nationwide-protests-new-labor-127887286 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/with-ai-on-the-rise-what-will-be-the-environmental-impacts-of-data-centers-180987379/ https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2025/country-chapters/israel-and-palestine https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/power-struggle-sudan https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/03/blood-spilled-sudan-el-fasher-space-rsf-uae-darfur https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/09/drc-un-report-raises-spectre-war-crimes-and-crimes-against-humanity-north https://cdn.sida.se/app/uploads/2020/08/15103021/Yemen-HCA-2025.pdf https://www.stimson.org/2025/too-little-too-late-china-steps-up-military-aid-to-myanmars-junta/ Executive Disorder: Portland Shooting, the FED, Visa Pause & Turtle Island Liberation...

Robert and Sophie continue to answer listener questions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Happy New Year, Robert and Sophie sit down and answer listener questions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. - 2025 Q&A - 2026 Predictions - Trump Kidnaps Venezuelan President Maduro - Inside Our AI Future: Report from CES - Executive Disorder: Minneapolis ICE Shooting, Maduro, Iran & Aleppo Update 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 Sources/Links: Executive Disorder: Minneapolis ICE Shooting, Maduro, Iran & Aleppo Update https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115850817778602689 https://t.me/s/Operasyon1 https://x.com/war_noir/status/2008927274326761631?s=20 https://x.com/vvanwilgenburg https://hengaw.net/ Https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/our-response-israel-gaza-war https://files.constantcontact.com/7fef1c1f901/78a97f42-d0ad-4077-94b0-1e3300697e20.pdf?rdr=true https://www.defendrojava.org/news/ecr-statement-on-the-situation-in-aleppo https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/what-bombing-means-for-freedom-in-286094596/ https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/trump-kidnaps-venezuelan-president-maduro-315837818/ https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/minneapolis-ice-shooting-franklin-park-marimar-martinez-operation-midway-blitz/ https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/21/us/marimar-martinez-shooting-case-what-we-know https://mprnews.org/story/2026/01/07/shooting-south-minneapolis-ice-agents-federal-operation https://pbs.org/newshour/politics/2000-federal-agents-sent-to-minneapolis-area-to-carry-out-largest-immigration-operation-ever-ice-says https://www.defendrojava.org/news/call-in-campaign-urge-congress-to-take-action-in-support-of-syrian-kurds See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert is joined again by James Stout to continue to discuss the Tobacco Industry. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert is joined by James Stout to discuss the Tobacco Industry. (2 part series) https://daily.jstor.org/a-brief-history-of-tobacco-in-america/https://www.africaresource.com/rasta/sesostris-the-great-the-egyptian-hercules/james-buchananduke-father-of-the-modern-cigarette-by-william-kremer/comment-page-1/ https://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/scriptorium/eaa/tobacco.htmlhttps://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/scriptorium/eaa/duke-doc.htmlhttps://sites.middlebury.edu/smokingkills/forms-of-tobacco-advertisement/https://csts.ua.edu/files/2016/09/A-History-of-Tobacco-Tradinghttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5402187/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3490543/?report=classic#bib3 https://www.jstor.org/stable/40469740https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1470496/?report=classichttps://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Cigarette/JX6mDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcoverhttp://www.cigarettecentury.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Three: Robert tells David about Ziz's glorious plan to take to the sea and sever the right and left brains of her followers in order to make them psychopaths god that sentence was weird to write trust us the episode is weirder. Part Four: Robert concludes the story of the Zizians with a spree of horrific violent crimes and deaths, culminating in a shoot out with the Border Patrol in Vermont of all places. Sources: https://medium.com/@sefashapiro/a-community-warning-about-ziz-76c100180509https://web.archive.org/web/20230201130318/https://sinceriously.fyi/rationalist-fleet/https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/infohazardhttps://web.archive.org/web/20230201130316/https://sinceriously.fyi/net-negative/Wayback MachineThe ZiziansSpectral SightTrue Hero ContractSchelling Orders – SinceriouslyGlossary – Sinceriouslyhttps://web.archive.org/web/20230201130330/https://sinceriously.fyi/my-journey-to-the-dark-side/https://web.archive.org/web/20230201130302/https://sinceriously.fyi/glossary/#zentraidonhttps://web.archive.org/web/20230201130259/https://sinceriously.fyi/vampires-and-more-undeath/https://web.archive.org/web/20230201130316/https://sinceriously.fyi/net-negative/https://web.archive.org/web/20230201130318/https://sinceriously.fyi/rationalist-fleet/https://x.com/orellanin?s=21&t=F-n6cTZFsKgvr1yQ7oHXRghttps://zizians.info/according to The Boston GlobeInside the ‘Zizians’: How a cultish crew of radical vegans became linked to killings across the United States | The IndependentSilicon Valley ‘Rationalists’ Linked to 6 DeathsThe Delirious, Violent, Impossible True Story of the Zizians | WIREDGood Group and Pasek’s Doom – SinceriouslyGlossary – SinceriouslyMana – SinceriouslyEffective Altruism’s Problems Go Beyond Sam Bankman-Fried - BloombergThe Zizian Facts - Google DocsSeveral free CFAR summer programs on rationality and AI safety - LessWrong 2.0 viewerThis guy thinks killing video game characters is immoral | VoxInadequate Equilibria: Where and How Civilizations Get StuckEliezer Yudkowsky comments on On Terminal Goals and Virtue Ethics - LessWrong 2.0 viewer Effective Altruism’s Problems Go Beyond Sam Bankman-Fried - BloombergSquirrelInHell: Happiness Is a ChorePLUM OF DISCORD — I Became a Full-time Internet Pest and May Not...Roko Harassment of PlumOfDiscord Composited – SinceriouslyIntersex Brains And Conceptual Warfare – SinceriouslyInfohazardous Glossary – SinceriouslySquirrelInHell-Decision-Theory-and-Suicide.pdf - Google DriveThe Matrix is a System – SinceriouslyA community alert about Ziz. Police investigations, violence, and… | by SefaShapiro | MediumIntersex Brains And Conceptual Warfare – SinceriouslyA community alert about Ziz. Police investigations, violence, and… | by SefaShapiro | MediumPLUM OF DISCORD (Posts tagged cw-abuse)Timeline: Violence surrounding the Zizians leading to Border Patrol agent shootingSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: Earlier this year a Border Patrol officer was killed in a shoot-out with people who have been described as members of a trans vegan AI death cult. But who are the Zizians, really? Robert sits down with David Gborie to trace their development, from part of the Bay Area Rationalist subculture to killers. Part Two: Robert tells David Gborie about the early life of Ziz LaSota, a bright young girl from Alaska who came to the Bay Area with dreams of saving the cosmos or destroying it, all based on her obsession with Rationalist blogs and fanfic. Sources: https://medium.com/@sefashapiro/a-community-warning-about-ziz-76c100180509https://web.archive.org/web/20230201130318/https://sinceriously.fyi/rationalist-fleet/https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/infohazardhttps://web.archive.org/web/20230201130316/https://sinceriously.fyi/net-negative/Wayback MachineThe ZiziansSpectral SightTrue Hero ContractSchelling Orders – SinceriouslyGlossary – Sinceriouslyhttps://web.archive.org/web/20230201130330/https://sinceriously.fyi/my-journey-to-the-dark-side/https://web.archive.org/web/20230201130302/https://sinceriously.fyi/glossary/#zentraidonhttps://web.archive.org/web/20230201130259/https://sinceriously.fyi/vampires-and-more-undeath/https://web.archive.org/web/20230201130316/https://sinceriously.fyi/net-negative/https://web.archive.org/web/20230201130318/https://sinceriously.fyi/rationalist-fleet/https://x.com/orellanin?s=21&t=F-n6cTZFsKgvr1yQ7oHXRghttps://zizians.info/according to The Boston GlobeInside the ‘Zizians’: How a cultish crew of radical vegans became linked to killings across the United States | The IndependentSilicon Valley ‘Rationalists’ Linked to 6 DeathsThe Delirious, Violent, Impossible True Story of the Zizians | WIREDGood Group and Pasek’s Doom – SinceriouslyGlossary – SinceriouslyMana – SinceriouslyEffective Altruism’s Problems Go Beyond Sam Bankman-Fried - BloombergThe Zizian Facts - Google DocsSeveral free CFAR summer programs on rationality and AI safety - LessWrong 2.0 viewerThis guy thinks killing video game characters is immoral | VoxInadequate Equilibria: Where and How Civilizations Get StuckEliezer Yudkowsky comments on On Terminal Goals and Virtue Ethics - LessWrong 2.0 viewer Effective Altruism’s Problems Go Beyond Sam Bankman-Fried - BloombergSquirrelInHell: Happiness Is a ChorePLUM OF DISCORD — I Became a Full-time Internet Pest and May Not...Roko Harassment of PlumOfDiscord Composited – SinceriouslyIntersex Brains And Conceptual Warfare – SinceriouslyInfohazardous Glossary – SinceriouslySquirrelInHell-Decision-Theory-and-Suicide.pdf - Google DriveThe Matrix is a System – SinceriouslyA community alert about Ziz. Police investigations, violence, and… | by SefaShapiro | MediumIntersex Brains And Conceptual Warfare – SinceriouslyA community alert about Ziz. Police investigations, violence, and… | by SefaShapiro | MediumPLUM OF DISCORD (Posts tagged cw-abuse)Timeline: Violence surrounding the Zizians leading to Border Patrol agent shootingSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We conclude the story of how Britain ended its role in the Atlantic Slave Trade. Against the State by James Stout available for preorder here: https://www.akpress.org/against-the-state.html See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode we introduce two great heroes: freed slave and adventurer Olaudah Equiano, and crusading abolitionist lawyer Granville Sharp. Against the State by James Stout available for preorder here: https://www.akpress.org/against-the-state.html See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In our annual holiday reverse episode, Robert introduces James Stout to the heroes who fought to end the Atlantic Slave trade. (3 part series) Against the State by James Stout available for preorder here: https://www.akpress.org/against-the-state.html See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. - The Tech Fascist Takeover of the Media - Strikes, Walkouts, and Union Busting At Nestlé's Blue Bottle - Grenada with Andrew, Pt. 1 - Grenada with Andrew, Pt. 2 - Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #46 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 Sources/Links: The Tech Fascist Takeover of the Media https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/nbc-and-cbs-cuts-hit-race-and-culture-verticals/ https://archive.ph/gg6UO#selection-471.223-471.275 https://tech.yahoo.com/social-media/articles/elon-musk-reportedly-helped-larry-112145682.html https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/ceos-everything-david-larry-ellison-oracle-skydance-paramount-kimmel-carr.php https://archive.ph/xBjST https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/nbc-and-cbs-cuts-hit-race-and-culture-verticals/ https://www.theroot.com/massive-black-firings-at-cbs-but-what-about-gayle-king-2000070868 https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/23/media/ellison-wbd-trump-warner-bros-discovery-bid https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/gayle-king-leaving-cbs-mornings-b2855747.html https://www.status.news/p/washington-post-layoffs-cuts-morale https://x.com/JeffBezos/status/1894757287052362088 https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/07/nyt-opinion-bennet-resigns-cotton-op-ed-306317 https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/10/media/trump-cnn-sold-paramount-warner-bros-netflix https://fortune.com/2025/09/28/larry-ellison-ai-surveillance-oracle-tiktok-deal-social-media/ https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/14/new-york-times-bari-weiss-resigns-360730 https://newrepublic.com/article/203758/bari-weiss-cbs-news-strategy https://nwasianweekly.com/2025/10/nbc-news-dissolves-asian-america-blk-latino-and-out-teams-in-sweeping-cuts/ Strikes, Walkouts, and Union Busting At Nestlé's Blue Bottle Website: bluebottleunion.org Strike fund: tinyurl.com/bbiu-strike Want to organize your store? Email us at bluebottleunion@gmail.com with the Subject Line: [Your city] Barista Interest Grenada with Andrew Grenada: Revolution and Invasion by Patsy Lewis et al None Shall Escape by Fundi Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #46 https://gothamist.com/news/ice-enters-nyc-shelters-armed-and-without-judicial-warrants-reports-show https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/designating-fentanyl-as-a-weapon-of-mass-destruction/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/restricting-and-limiting-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-security-of-the-united-states/ https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70255703/united-states-v-dugan/ https://bsky.app/profile/klasfeldreports.com/post/3ma4gf7vm772z https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71930356/pablo-pablo-v-lyons/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g562vz34ro See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Padraig explains how Lord Haw-Haw became an agent of the Third Reich...and how it all came crashing down for him at the end of the war. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert sits down with Pádraig O Ruairc to learn about a bastard from across the pond who threw his lot in with Hitler during WW2. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. - Arab Israeli Peace and New Visions for Gaza feat. Dana El Kurd - Oops All Gambling, Political Betting Joins the News - Natalism feat. Andrew - The Insurrectionist Running to Replace Nancy Mace - Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #45 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 Sources/Links: Arab Israeli Peace and New Visions for Gaza feat. Dana El Kurd Bad Cousins - https://badcousins.show/ GREAT Trust Plan - https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/f86dd56a-de7f-4943-af4a-84819111b727.pdf A Plan to Rebuild Gaza Lists Nearly 30 Companies. Many Say They’re Not Involved - https://www.wired.com/story/a-plan-to-rebuild-gaza-lists-nearly-30-companies-many-say-theyre-not-involved/ Paradox of Peace - https://academic.oup.com/isagsq/article/3/3/ksad042/7280243 Oops All Gambling, Political Betting Joins the News https://news.kalshi.com/p/kalshi-cnn-prediction-market-partnership https://www.businessinsider.com/kalshi-cnbc-deal-cnn-data-integration-partnership-2025-12 https://x.com/Kalshi/status/1996233186251075862?s=20 https://illinoislawreview.org/wp-content/ilr-content/articles/2008/3/Cherry.pdf https://www.axios.com/2025/11/20/time-galactic-prediction-market https://dune.com/datadashboards/prediction-markets https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/SpeechesTestimony/behnamstatement051024 https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/02/business/appeals-court-allows-kalshi-election-betting/index.html https://www.datawallet.com/crypto/polymarket-restricted-countries https://www.gameshub.com/news/news/are-the-walls-closing-in-on-polymarket-after-latest-european-ban-2837953/ https://www.dlnews.com/articles/regulation/polymarket-banned-romania-for-operating-without-a-licence/ https://www.yogonet.com/international/news/2025/08/18/114882-polymarket-banned-in-australian-amid-crackdown-on-illegal-betting-election-wagering-concerns https://dune.com/rchen8/polymarket https://blog.uma.xyz/articles/unpacking-polymarkets-meteoric-rise-in-numbers https://www.marketwatch.com/story/polymarket-authorized-for-u-s-return-days-after-donald-trump-jr-joins-as-advisor-c3c8b348 https://truthpredict.net/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/boazsobrado/2025/12/04/alleged-insider-nets-1-million-on-polymarket-in-24-hours/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcPwUiMPj6w https://news.kalshi.com/p/zohran-mamdani-cites-kalshi-election-odds https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/tennessee-us-house-7-special-election-polls-2025.html https://www.natesilver.net/p/sbsq-26-do-prediction-markets-make https://www.axios.com/2024/07/16/nate-silver-polymarket https://www.legalsportsreport.com/sports-betting-states/ https://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/23501236/supreme-court-strikes-federal-law-prohibiting-sports-gambling https://x.com/Polymarket/status/1996978855538823522?s=20 Natalism feat. Andrew https://iep.utm.edu/anti-natalism/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/11/what-is-pronatalism-right-wing-republican https://www.npr.org/2025/04/30/nx-s1-5382208/whats-behind-the-pronatalist-movement-to-boost-the-birth-rate https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40660745/ The Insurrectionist Running to Replace Nancy Mace https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/south-carolina-man-sentenced-assaulting-law-enforcement-during-jan-6-capitol-breach-0 https://www.postandcourier.com/beaufort-county/politics/tyler-dykes-campaign-sc1-congress/article_c255115c-45cf-430e-b4a4-160a322631e1.html https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67681795/united-states-v-dykes/ https://atlantaantifa.org/2023/04/19/inside-southern-sons-active-club-part-i/ https://atlantaantifa.org/2023/04/19/inside-southern-sons-active-club-part-ii/ Executive Disorder: White House Weekly...

Robert tells Margaret about the giant meeting the military held to tell everyone how they planned to kill the world. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

ICBMs made it possible to end the world in 15 minutes or less. Robert tells Margaret about the nightmarishly incompetent first draft of the Minuteman, a nuclear weapons system almost perfectly designed to end the world on accident. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert continues the harrowing story of the men who decided we should be ready to rain nuclear hellfire on everyone at a moments notice forever. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.