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* BeYourself: PlayedForLaughs in the episode "The Bastard who Executed the Top Nazis". When challenged on what seem to be the most common thread between history's bastards, Evans eventually says that it's probably that they all seemed to have boundless confidence in their own abilities and an inability to self-reflect or see their own flaws. He then suggested that if there is AnAesop in all this it's that you shouldn't always aim to be yourself, because you just might be a bastard without thinking about it.
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* BoardingSchoolOfHorrors: The episode named "The School That Raped Everbody" is dedicated to the Odenwald School, which in 2010 was revealed to have had a long history of sexual abuse of its students reaching as far back as the [=1920s=].
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[[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife What's life-runining, my tropers]]? [[SelfDemonstratingArticle This is the tvtropes page on ''Behind the Bastards'', a page that tells you everything you don't know about the podcast that tells you everything you don't know about the most horrible people of the modern era.]]
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[[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife What's life-runining, my tropers]]? [[SelfDemonstratingArticle This is the tvtropes page on ''Behind the Bastards'', a page that tells you everything you don't know about the podcast that tells you everything you don't know about the most horrible people of the modern era.]]
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* ItsPersonal: Robert claims that of all the bastards he discussed, Paul Manafort is the one he personally hates the most due to Robert having personally covered the Ukranian Civil War which Manafort helped extend and saw the resulting horrors first hand. In a later episode covering Manafort's business partner Roger Stone, while Robert Admits Stone did far more damage to America and the world than Manafort, he still hates the latter far more.
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* ItsPersonal: As a war journalist covering extremism, Evans sometimes ends up covering bastards who have made his job necessary.
** Robert claims that of all the bastards he discussed, Paul Manafort is the one he personally hates the most due to Robert having personally covered the Ukranian Civil War which Manafort helped extend and saw the resulting horrors first hand. In a later episode covering Manafort's business partner Roger Stone, while RobertAdmits admits Stone did far more damage to America and the world than Manafort, he still hates the latter far more.more.
** Evans covered the warzones in north-eastern Syria during the Syrian Civil War and made several stories from the Rojava Autonomous Region. As a result, his coverage of Bashar Al-Assad's (and the US's later) treatment of the Kurds tend go into this trope by his own admission.
** Robert claims that of all the bastards he discussed, Paul Manafort is the one he personally hates the most due to Robert having personally covered the Ukranian Civil War which Manafort helped extend and saw the resulting horrors first hand. In a later episode covering Manafort's business partner Roger Stone, while Robert
** Evans covered the warzones in north-eastern Syria during the Syrian Civil War and made several stories from the Rojava Autonomous Region. As a result, his coverage of Bashar Al-Assad's (and the US's later) treatment of the Kurds tend go into this trope by his own admission.
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** "The Bastard who Invented Homeopathy" comes off partially as this, as Robert notes that while homeopathy is essentially placebo therapy it was still ''less'' deadly (and racist) than most ''actual'' medicine at time of its invention.
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** "The Bastard who Invented Homeopathy" comes off partially as this, as this. Robert notes that that, while homeopathy is essentially placebo therapy and ends up making people not seek out actual medicine for life-threatening conditions, at the time of its invention it was still ''less'' deadly (and racist) than most ''actual'' medicine at time of its invention.the time.
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* BitingTheHandHumor: Since Robert doesn't actually have any knowledge or say over what particular ads play during the ad break, and sometimes the I Heart Radio network puts in ads from very questionable corporations (including from one of the subjects of the podcast), he has taken to mocking the oncoming ads by pivoting to ads at extremely inopportune moments, damning them with faint praise like "have ''probably'' [[AsbestosFreeCereal not been complicit in genocide]]," or just assuming they'll be for [[AllNaturalSnakeOil arsenic-laced, homeopathic dick pills]].
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* BitingTheHandHumor: Since Robert doesn't actually have any knowledge or say over what particular ads play during the ad break, and sometimes the I Heart Radio [=iHeartRadio=] network puts in ads from very questionable corporations (including from one of ''Koch Industries'', despite the subjects of the podcast), podcast having done an entire ''two-part episode'' on Charles Koch), he has taken to mocking the oncoming ads by pivoting to ads at extremely inopportune moments, damning them with faint praise like "have ''probably'' [[AsbestosFreeCereal not been complicit in genocide]]," or just assuming they'll be for [[AllNaturalSnakeOil arsenic-laced, homeopathic dick pills]].
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* DoWrongRight: The fact that the likes of Koch Industries and Raytheon are included in the show's automated ad rotation doesn't seem to outrage Robert as much as baffle him: as he points out, who on Earth would want to want to do business with oil or defense companies based on ''podcast ads?''
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* ItsPersonal: Robert claims that of all the bastards he discussed, Paul Manafort is the one he personally hates the most due to Robert having personally covered the Ukranian Civil War which Manafort helped extend and saw the resulting horrors first hand. In a later episode covering Manafort's business partner Roger Stone, while Robert Admits Stone did far more damage to America and the world than Manafort, he still hates the latter far more.
** The Bjorn Lomborg episode also counts since Robert spends a substantial portion of it relating how his conservative upbringing coupled with Lomborg's brand of climate denial had caused him to also [[OldShame embrace climate denial in his youth]].
** The Bjorn Lomborg episode also counts since Robert spends a substantial portion of it relating how his conservative upbringing coupled with Lomborg's brand of climate denial had caused him to also [[OldShame embrace climate denial in his youth]].
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* UnpleasantParentReveal: The "All Fertility Doctors are Bastards" episode involves a ''lot'' of this, as the entire episode is devoted to fertility doctors who used their own sperm to impregnate patients leading to MassivelyNumberedSiblings unaware of their true parentage.
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* UnpleasantParentReveal: The "All Fertility Doctors are Bastards" episode involves a ''lot'' of this, as the entire episode is devoted to fertility doctors who used their own sperm to impregnate patients leading to MassivelyNumberedSiblings numerous children unaware of their true parentage.
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* TheCaligula: An unsurprising subject of the show. Special mention goes to Saparmurat Niyazov, aka "Turkmenbashi"[[note]]meaning essentially "father of the turkmens"[[/spoiler]], the former dictator of Turkmenistan, who went as far as 'renaming ketchup' for one of the less insane parts of his cultural policies.
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* TheCaligula: An unsurprising subject of the show. Special mention goes to Saparmurat Niyazov, aka "Turkmenbashi"[[note]]meaning essentially "father of the turkmens"[[/spoiler]], turkmens"[[/note]], the former dictator of Turkmenistan, who went as far as 'renaming ketchup' for one of the less insane parts of his cultural policies.
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'''[[https://www.behindthebastards.com/ Behind the Bastards]]''' is an American comedy/historic podcast hosted by Robert Evans, a former war journalist and writer for ''Website/{{Cracked}}'' ([[NamesTheSame Not to be confused with]] the producer of ''Film/RosemarysBaby'' and ''Film/TheGodfather'').
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'''[[https://www.behindthebastards.com/ Behind the Bastards]]''' is an American comedy/historic podcast hosted by Robert Evans, a former war journalist and writer for ''Website/{{Cracked}}'' ([[NamesTheSame Not to be confused with]] the (now-deceased) producer of ''Film/RosemarysBaby'' and ''Film/TheGodfather'').
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* AdolfHitlarious: Naturally, Adolf Hitler is the subject of more than one episode, and each of those episodes of highlighting his more pathetic or ridiculous qualities such as how he was sincerely convinced a fraudster YA author was the world's greatest military genius or how he mapped out an elaborate, melodramatic murder-suicide suicide fantasy after being "spurned" by a childhood crush he literally never even talked to.
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* AdolfHitlarious: Naturally, Adolf Hitler is the subject of more than one episode, and each of those episodes of highlighting his more pathetic or ridiculous qualities such as how he was sincerely convinced a fraudster YA author was the world's greatest military genius or how he mapped out an elaborate, melodramatic murder-suicide suicide fantasy after being "spurned" by a childhood crush he literally never even talked to.
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* TheCaligula: An unsurprising subject of the show. Special mention goes to Turkmenbashi, Saparmurat Niyazov, aka "Turkmenbashi"[[note]]meaning essentially "father of the turkmens"[[/spoiler]], the former dictator of Turkmenistan, who went as far as 'renaming ketchup' as part for one of the less insane parts of his cultural policies.
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* NotQuiteTheRightThing: Robert and his co-host of the week, Naomi, are at a loss of how to land when discussing an incident in which a woman who prevented the suicide of her husband's friend, [[FromNobodyToNightmare Adolf Hitler]], eventually deciding that, sometimes, history doesn't provide a lesson--[[CrapsackWorld it just sucks]].
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** During the "Non-Nazi Bastards who helped Hitler Rise to Power" Robert and his co-host of the week, Naomi, are at a loss of how to land when discussing an incident in which a womanwho prevented the suicide of her husband's friend, [[FromNobodyToNightmare Adolf Hitler]], eventually deciding that, sometimes, history doesn't provide a lesson--[[CrapsackWorld it just sucks]].sucks]].
** "The Bastard who Invented Homeopathy" comes off partially as this, as Robert notes that while homeopathy is essentially placebo therapy it was still ''less'' deadly (and racist) than most ''actual'' medicine at time of its invention.
** During the "Non-Nazi Bastards who helped Hitler Rise to Power" Robert and his co-host of the week, Naomi, are at a loss of how to land when discussing an incident in which a woman
** "The Bastard who Invented Homeopathy" comes off partially as this, as Robert notes that while homeopathy is essentially placebo therapy it was still ''less'' deadly (and racist) than most ''actual'' medicine at time of its invention.
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* AsbestosFreeCereal: Robert likes to lead into ads by damning the incoming products and services with extremely faint praise like "will make your babies live longer than Hyland's all-natural baby-killing pills."
* DrugsAreGood: Robert is a big fan of what he calls "honest poison"--aka recreational drugs whose sellers ''don't'' pretend aren't bad for your health.
* FunctionalAddict: Robert frequently jokes about his ''copious'' drug use, though how much of this is comedic hyperbole is up for debate.
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* KnifeNut: Evans collects knives and frequently brings them into the studio, as many guests' comments can attest to. A particular recurring 'guest' is the "recording machete", which is often given a place of honour (and often features on the show's twitter).
* NotQuiteTheRightThing: Robert and his co-host of the week, Naomi, are at a loss of how to land when discussing an incident in which a woman who prevented the suicide of her husband's friend, [[FromNobodyToNightmare Adolf Hitler]], eventually deciding that, sometimes, history doesn't provide a lesson--[[CrapsackWorld it just sucks]].
* NotQuiteTheRightThing: Robert and his co-host of the week, Naomi, are at a loss of how to land when discussing an incident in which a woman who prevented the suicide of her husband's friend, [[FromNobodyToNightmare Adolf Hitler]], eventually deciding that, sometimes, history doesn't provide a lesson--[[CrapsackWorld it just sucks]].
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* KnifeNut: Evans collects knives and frequently brings them into the studio, as many guests' comments can attest to. A particular recurring 'guest' is the "recording machete", which is often given a place of honour honor (and often features on the show's twitter).
*NotQuiteTheRightThing: Robert and his co-host of LesCollaborateurs: There is a very good chance that any given bastard covered, even will have, at some point, supported and/or actively collaborated with the week, Naomi, are at a loss of how to land when discussing an incident in which a woman who prevented the suicide of her husband's friend, [[FromNobodyToNightmare Adolf Hitler]], eventually deciding that, sometimes, history doesn't provide a lesson--[[CrapsackWorld it just sucks]].Nazis or equally heinous regime.
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* RefugeInAudacityRefugeInAudacity: Robert often jokes about plans to start his own grifts and cults even more outlandish than the ones he covers, at one point stating he dreams of starting his own drug-addled orgy cult and recreating the ATF's Waco, Texas screwup--except he wants to provoke the ''FDA'' instead. He also has an odd respect for L. Ron Hubbard he doesn't share with most of the other bastards covered simply because Hubbard's bastardry was so damn ambitious and out there. (The time he attempted to summon the antichrist at a sex mansion in California with real-life MadScientist Jack Parsons is ''glossed over as an aside'' because there's just too much ground to cover already.)
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* BitingTheHandHumor: Since Robert doesn't actually have any knowledge or say over what particular ads play during the ad break, and sometimes the I Heart Radio network puts in ads from very questionable corporations (including from one of the subjects of the podcast), he has taken to mocking the oncoming ads by pivoting to ads at extremely inopportune moments, damning them with faint praise like "have ''probably'' [[AsbestosFreeCereal not been complicit in genocide]]," or just assuming they'll be for [[AllNaturalSnakeOil arsenic-laced, homeopathic dick pills]].
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* AdolfHitlarious: Naturally, Adolf Hitler is the subject of more than one episode, and each of those episodes of highlighting his more pathetic or ridiculous qualities such as how he was sincerely convinced a fraudster YA author was the world's greatest military genius or how he mapped out an elaborate, melodramatic murder-suicide suicide fantasy after being "spurned" by a childhood crush he literally never even talked to.
* DeadBabyComedy: The bread and butter of this series, sometimes even with literal dead babies!
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* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Episodes are typically titled in the format of "[Bastard's name]: the [noun] who [action that makes them a bastard]." This isn't an ironclad rule, however, as titles like "Jacob Wohl is Still the Dumbest Person In Politics" or "Hitler's Sex Life: The Whole Sad Story."
* KarmaHoudini: Incredibly and unfortunately common. The bastards of the week will frequently have either lived a long life without facing consequences for their crimes, or will have yet to have faced real consequences at the time the episode airs.
* KarmaHoudini: Incredibly and unfortunately common. The bastards of the week will frequently have either lived a long life without facing consequences for their crimes, or will have yet to have faced real consequences at the time the episode airs.
* NotQuiteTheRightThing: Robert and his co-host of the week, Naomi, are at a loss of how to land when discussing an incident in which a woman who prevented the suicide of her husband's friend, [[FromNobodyToNightmare Adolf Hitler]], eventually deciding that, sometimes, history doesn't provide a lesson--[[CrapsackWorld it just sucks]].
* OffingTheOffspring: Regaled in the appropriately titled episode "Gary Young: The Fake Doctor Who Drowned His Own Baby."
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** Evans throwing objects (most commonly bagels or pringles) around the room in response to particularly frustrating aspects of the bastard of the week.
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* KnifeNut: Evans collects knives and frequently brings them into the studio, as many guests' comments can attest to. A particular recurring 'guest' is the "recording machete", which is often given a place of honour (and often features on the show's twitter).
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: ''"We cover monsters like UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler... UsefulNotes/SaddamHussein... Eric Prince... Creator/WilWheaton...''"
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** ChurchofHappyology: L. Ron Hubbard, in particular, has had a whopping five total episodes dedicated to his life, scams, and the founding of the Church of Scientology.
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'''[[https://www.behindthebastards.com/ Behind the Bastards]]''' is an American comedy/historic podcast hosted by Robert Evans, a former war journalist and writer for ''Website/{{Cracked}}'' ([[NamesTheSame Not to be confused with]] the producer of ''Film/RosemarysBaby'' and ''Film/TheGodfather'').
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Episodes are usually released weekly, with longer episodes split into two-parters released a day apart. See also Evans' other work ''Podcast/ItCouldHappenHere'', and ''2020: Worst Year Ever'', a political podcast made by Evans in collaboration with Cody Johnston and Katy Stoll from ''WebVideo/SomeMoreNews''.
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* ChristmasEpisode: Once a year around Christmas, Robert will highlight the life of "Non-Bastard" who he views as a genuine hero, such as Raoul Wallenberg [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raoul_Wallenberg)]].
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* ChristmasEpisode: Once a year around Christmas, Robert will highlight the life of "Non-Bastard" who he views as a genuine hero, such as Raoul Wallenberg [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raoul_Wallenberg)]].org/wiki/Raoul_Wallenberg Raoul Wallenberg]].
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* MadScientist: The podcast has featured several RealLife examples. Subverted in that the most egregious examples, like Trofim Lysenko, killed the most people because they'd been put in high government positions by even bigger bastards, where they would use their theories to affect government policy that indirectly killed a lot of people.[[note]]Lysenko's ''fatally'' flawed theories on genetics didn't stop him from more or less running Soviet agricultural science for several decades, leading to several mass famines that may have killed more than 30 million people in the Soviet Union and Communist China.[[/note]].
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* MadScientist: The podcast has featured several RealLife examples. Subverted in that the most egregious examples, like Trofim Lysenko, killed the most people because they'd been put in high government positions by even bigger bastards, where they would use their theories to affect government policy that indirectly killed a lot of people.[[note]]Lysenko's people[[note]]Lysenko's ''fatally'' flawed theories on genetics didn't stop him from more or less running Soviet agricultural science for several decades, leading to several mass famines that may have killed more than 30 million people in the Soviet Union and Communist China.[[/note]].China[[/note]].
* {{Realpolitik}}: A distressing number of bastards (especially state leaders) were often allowed to stay in positions of power thanks to this trope, with political (and economical) concerns making greater powers stand in and support and/or condone their bastardry.
* RightWingMilitiaFanatic: Another frequent target. Evans has followed real-life right-wing extremism for much of his journalistic career (as can be seen in his other works) and has devoted several episodes to the subject, especially on their influences on the U.S. Border Patrol.
* {{Realpolitik}}: A distressing number of bastards (especially state leaders) were often allowed to stay in positions of power thanks to this trope, with political (and economical) concerns making greater powers stand in and support and/or condone their bastardry.
* RightWingMilitiaFanatic: Another frequent target. Evans has followed real-life right-wing extremism for much of his journalistic career (as can be seen in his other works) and has devoted several episodes to the subject, especially on their influences on the U.S. Border Patrol.
** The aforementioned ArsonMurderAndJaywalking gag of frequently listing Creator/WilWheaton amongst history's greatest bastards (an appellation he has, as of yet, failed to earn in RealLife). It was eventually dropped after the first dozen or so episodes.
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* ChristmasEpisode: Once a year around Christmas, Robert will highlight the life of "Non-Bastard" who he views as a genuine hero, such as ((Raoul Wallenberg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raoul_Wallenberg)).
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* TheCaligula: An unsurprising subject of the show. Special mention goes to Turkmenbashi, the former dictator of Turkmenistan, who went as far as *renaming ketchup*.
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* SnakeOilSalesman: The show does not look fondly on medical scammers and they are frequently featured as bastards of the week.
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* EvilColonialist: Another frequent target, especially Sir Henry Morton Stanley who helped Leopold II and his running of establish the Belgian Congo.[[PrivatelyOwnedSociety Congo Free State]].
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* ThoseWackyNazis: Unsurprisingly, members and enablers of UsefulNotes/NaziGermany frequently feature as bastards of the week.
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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.''
'''[[https://www.behindthebastards.com/ Behind the Bastards]]''' is an American comedy/historic podcast hosted by Robert Evans, a former writer for ''Website/{{Cracked}}'' ([[NamesTheSame Not to be confused with]] the producer of ''Film/RosemarysBaby'' and ''Film/TheGodfather'').
Each week, Evans, joined by a guest of the week, narrates the backstory, rise to power, quirks and legacies of one of history's biggest bastards: Men and women who, it can usually be said, left the world worse off than they found it. The guest will occasionally add their own tidbits of knowledge, but mostly adds comedy bits from their (usually horrified) reactions to what the bastard of the week managed to get away with, or by cracking jokes with Evans in the hope of keeping things light.
Alongside the well-known historical facts, Evans will often dive into the less-known and too-insane-to-be-made-up personal details of the bastards, such as Saddam Hussein's attempts at writing romance novels or how an optometrist became the dictator of modern-day Syria. Evans' producer Sophie will, on occasion, cut in to drag the subjects back on track whenever digressions get too meandering.
Episodes are usually released weekly, with longer episodes split into two-parters released a day apart.
!!This show provides examples of:
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: ''"We cover monsters like UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler... UsefulNotes/SaddamHussein... Eric Prince... Creator/WillWheaton...''"
* BadBadActing: Evans will usually use this whenever he tries to underline [[BlatantLies the 'positive aspects']] of whatever horribleness the bastard of the week has just committed.
* CapitalismIsBad: The episode on [[NGOSuperpower The British East India Company]] leans fairly heavily into this trope, as does a number of other episodes featuring other less-than-squeaky-clean captains of industry. Evans is openly left-wing and can often be as critical of liberal capitalism as he can be of fascist or communist dictatorships.
* DeadpanSnarker: Sophie, who can usually be heard delivering snarky one-liners from across the room in an attempt to drag Robert back on the subject or informing him they will cut to commercial soon.
* EvilColonialist: Another frequent target, especially Leopold II and his running of the Belgian Congo.
* EvilIsPetty: Many of Evans' digressions of personal lives often highlight how much history's bastards aren't larger-than-life villains, but often horribly petty and flawed people given way too much power by luck or systemic fiat.
* MadLibsCatchphrase: "What's [verb]ing, my [related noun]s!". Usually using extremely outlandish and/or unnerving verbs who are only tangentially related.
* MadScientist: The podcast has featured several RealLife examples. Subverted in that the most egregious examples, like Trofim Lysenko, killed the most people because they'd been put in high government positions by even bigger bastards, where they would use their theories to affect government policy that indirectly killed a lot of people.[[note]]Lysenko's ''fatally'' flawed theories on genetics didn't stop him from more or less running Soviet agricultural science for several decades, leading to several mass famines that may have killed more than 30 million people in the Soviet Union and Communist China.[[/note]].
* RunningGag:
** Evans is absolutely incapable of pronouncing British town names properly, even after well over a dozen episodes of various British bastards, and has lampshaded this tendency by refusing to find out how.
** Evans intentionally cuts to commercial just as he's revealed a particularly horrific act by the week's bastard, creating MoodWhiplash with an IncomingHam about MEEEEERCH!
* ThoseWackyNazis: Unsurprisingly, members and enablers of UsefulNotes/NaziGermany frequently feature as bastards of the week.
->''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.''
'''[[https://www.behindthebastards.com/ Behind the Bastards]]''' is an American comedy/historic podcast hosted by Robert Evans, a former writer for ''Website/{{Cracked}}'' ([[NamesTheSame Not to be confused with]] the producer of ''Film/RosemarysBaby'' and ''Film/TheGodfather'').
Each week, Evans, joined by a guest of the week, narrates the backstory, rise to power, quirks and legacies of one of history's biggest bastards: Men and women who, it can usually be said, left the world worse off than they found it. The guest will occasionally add their own tidbits of knowledge, but mostly adds comedy bits from their (usually horrified) reactions to what the bastard of the week managed to get away with, or by cracking jokes with Evans in the hope of keeping things light.
Alongside the well-known historical facts, Evans will often dive into the less-known and too-insane-to-be-made-up personal details of the bastards, such as Saddam Hussein's attempts at writing romance novels or how an optometrist became the dictator of modern-day Syria. Evans' producer Sophie will, on occasion, cut in to drag the subjects back on track whenever digressions get too meandering.
Episodes are usually released weekly, with longer episodes split into two-parters released a day apart.
!!This show provides examples of:
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: ''"We cover monsters like UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler... UsefulNotes/SaddamHussein... Eric Prince... Creator/WillWheaton...''"
* BadBadActing: Evans will usually use this whenever he tries to underline [[BlatantLies the 'positive aspects']] of whatever horribleness the bastard of the week has just committed.
* CapitalismIsBad: The episode on [[NGOSuperpower The British East India Company]] leans fairly heavily into this trope, as does a number of other episodes featuring other less-than-squeaky-clean captains of industry. Evans is openly left-wing and can often be as critical of liberal capitalism as he can be of fascist or communist dictatorships.
* DeadpanSnarker: Sophie, who can usually be heard delivering snarky one-liners from across the room in an attempt to drag Robert back on the subject or informing him they will cut to commercial soon.
* EvilColonialist: Another frequent target, especially Leopold II and his running of the Belgian Congo.
* EvilIsPetty: Many of Evans' digressions of personal lives often highlight how much history's bastards aren't larger-than-life villains, but often horribly petty and flawed people given way too much power by luck or systemic fiat.
* MadLibsCatchphrase: "What's [verb]ing, my [related noun]s!". Usually using extremely outlandish and/or unnerving verbs who are only tangentially related.
* MadScientist: The podcast has featured several RealLife examples. Subverted in that the most egregious examples, like Trofim Lysenko, killed the most people because they'd been put in high government positions by even bigger bastards, where they would use their theories to affect government policy that indirectly killed a lot of people.[[note]]Lysenko's ''fatally'' flawed theories on genetics didn't stop him from more or less running Soviet agricultural science for several decades, leading to several mass famines that may have killed more than 30 million people in the Soviet Union and Communist China.[[/note]].
* RunningGag:
** Evans is absolutely incapable of pronouncing British town names properly, even after well over a dozen episodes of various British bastards, and has lampshaded this tendency by refusing to find out how.
** Evans intentionally cuts to commercial just as he's revealed a particularly horrific act by the week's bastard, creating MoodWhiplash with an IncomingHam about MEEEEERCH!
* ThoseWackyNazis: Unsurprisingly, members and enablers of UsefulNotes/NaziGermany frequently feature as bastards of the week.
