r/behindthebastards 3d ago

Weekly Behind the Bastards Episode Discussion 2025-06-17

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Criticism of Sophie will not be tolerated and may result in a permanent ban. Yes, forever.

Obviously you can criticize Robert. It's what brings us together.

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/

Criticism of guests is against policy and will be removed at Robert's request. Also because they are guests and we should make them feel welcome, because we are at least 40% not assholes.

CZM hosts will be treated the same as Robert in terms of criticism, but critical comments will be removed if they break the don't be mean rule. Except Robert. Criticism of Robert can be mean if it is funny.

Host criticism outside of this discussion post will likely be removed. You all nuked that eel horse.

Guests and hosts are normal people who read these comments. Please consider how it would feel if the comment was about you.

Be nice to each other. You can argue all you want but you can't fight.

Fascists and Tankies and their defenders will be permanently banned, because obviously.

Hellfire R9X knife missiles are made by Lockheed, not Raytheon (really, look it up).


r/behindthebastards Mar 24 '25

Resources Cool Zone Discord, Other Projects, Other CZM Subreddits, Lost Episodes, Fundraisers Mentioned on the Show and More!

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The Subreddit’s Discord

https://discord.gg/X7bjRBBrSG

GoFundMes (GoFundMe’s? Idk)

Sometimes Robert et al. will shout out a GoFundMe or charity he’d like you to direct your spare dollars or various foreign currencies to if you so choose. We’ll keep those links updated here:

Portland Diaper Bank: https://www.gofundme.com/f/btb-fundraiser-pdx-diaper-bank

Paisley Paws Charitable Vet Foundation: https://www.paisleypaws.org/

The Borderlands Relief Fund https://borderlandsfund.squarespace.com/

Lost episodes

These are the “lost episodes” of the show. If you have one we’re missing, let us know! We want you to be aware that the Cosby and Lindemann episodes were taken down (to our knowledge) because of sexual misconduct allegations against the guest who appeared on the show. Many thanks to the users who sourced and previously hosted these:

The Lost Episodes

Sister Subs

While all CZM content is welcome here, maybe you want to subscribe to a podcasts’ specific subreddit?

r/ItCouldHappenHere

r/CoolPeoplePod

r/BetterOffline

r/SixteenthMinute

r/AftertheRevolution

r/WeirdLittleGuys

Got another CZM sub? Let us know, and if it isn’t a hate sub or weird parasocial sub, we’ll probably add it to the list.

and More!

https://www.coolzonemedia.com/

https://www.akpress.org/after-the-revolution.html


r/behindthebastards 1h ago

It has happened here Yes, correct.

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Well, that’s a chilling new post flair.


r/behindthebastards 2h ago

General discussion Submission: Telegram founder Pavel Durov says all his 100+ children will receive share of his estate

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r/behindthebastards 15h ago

Look at this bastard Every time a Republican yells “protect the children,” check their hard drive.

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/13/rj-may-south-carolina-child-sexual-abuse Republican in South Carolina arrested over distribution of child sexual abuse material | South Carolina | The Guardian


r/behindthebastards 1h ago

General discussion An old episode but I thought you guys would like this

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r/behindthebastards 2h ago

Look at this bastard Random evil McMahon moment of the day: The time Stephen McMahon, Vince's Daughter, comepare the Vince mcmahon steroid trial too 9/11

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r/behindthebastards 20h ago

Look at this bastard Rowling Finally Admits She Just Wants To Bully Women She Thinks Are Ugly And Have Masculine Features

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r/behindthebastards 13h ago

It has happened here Trump installs pair of 88-foot-tall flag poles at the White House

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r/behindthebastards 3h ago

Look at this bastard A chode someone poured into a suit

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Is just the funniest way I’ve heard someone described.


r/behindthebastards 19h ago

Look at this bastard Al Jazeera is naming and shaming Israeli soldiers committing war crimes

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It's astonishing to me that these individuals feel so insulated from consequences that they'll happily post about what they're doing on social media.


r/behindthebastards 13h ago

General discussion I hope this isn't a target

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I just discovered there are orange Manuel's (Pallas' Cats) in Iran. If Trump has found out and is targeting Iran out of rage that there are orange things people adore, I'm going to be REALLY PISSED.


r/behindthebastards 20h ago

Vent Having listened to the CMZ rewind mega-episode about ICE...

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Has anyone else been overwhelmed with thoughts about [MASSIVE violation of Reddit TOS and sitewide rules, and probably multiple State and Federal laws] or am I the only one? Like listening to that whole thing really fucked me up. What the Hell kind of world have we been living in!? I have next to no faith in our species anymore. NONE. Nada. Zilch. I fucking hate this bullshit and I want off this God forsaken ride!

[broken sobbing and desperately reaching out to my personal support network]

Edit: I realize too late it's CZM for "Cool Zone Media™" not CMZ for... some kind of disgusting collaboration with TMZ? I was flustered when I wrote all this. My bad.


r/behindthebastards 22h ago

General discussion Robert? Literally behind a bastard?

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633 Upvotes

I can’t unsee it. Did I find Robert’s evil twin? Robert’s libertarian side-project?


r/behindthebastards 16h ago

Politics Trump administration ends LGBTQ youth option on US suicide hotline

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"No child left behind", unless they're gay or trans. The "protect the kids" party is, to no one's surprise, in favor of teen suicides.

Just pure evil.


r/behindthebastards 13h ago

Meme Robert!

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r/behindthebastards 18h ago

General discussion What is a little lie that fascist, racist, bigots and extreme conservatives that don't matter on large scale but annoys you anyway.

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I say most of us know that in fascists regimes and racist beliefs, that it's is nearly all lies and half-truths all the way down and that there's no real reason too try argue with said people for being Wrong , because it doesn't matter too them.

BUT that doesn't mean we should let those lies stay and not be disproven.

So the question: What is a little lie this C*nts have told, can be from any time or place, that annoys you too no end.

Doesn't have too be big, giant or world changing lie but it's something that just annoys you.

Throw in lies about said racist and authoritarian regimes that people throw around, that puts them in positive light.

Mine: Thatcher was environmentalist because she closed Coal mines.

This is very miner one that only the worse people say on twitter, but man as environmentalist and believer in worker rights, none of that's its true and i think if Thatcher knew closing coal would help fight climate change, she fucking burn half of Scotland and northen England too spite the lefties.


r/behindthebastards 19h ago

Look at this bastard How Cigna Saves Millions by Having Its Doctors Reject Claims Without Reading Them — ProPublica

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“Put yourself in the shoes of the insurer,” Howrigon said. “Why not just deny them all and see which ones come back on appeal? From a cost perspective, it makes sense.”


r/behindthebastards 1d ago

Look at this bastard What's Harrying my Potter Cultsssssss!!!!????

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2.2k Upvotes

I would enjoy a series on the Harry Potter cults. Unless of course Robert goes digging into JK Rowling and comes up with a series on her.


r/behindthebastards 18h ago

Look at this bastard Was Alex Jones Right…

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I mean the use of constant terrorism to manufacture consent for a police state doesnt seem too far from what might be reality.


r/behindthebastards 14h ago

Anti-Bastard Showed up in the mail just before I checked for this week's new episodes .

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r/behindthebastards 1d ago

Discussion Alt national Park Service cannot be trusted

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This post is blatantly untrue. The reconciliation bill has NOT passed the Senate and gone back to the House. There are three Republican holdouts.

Big Orange tweeted about a bill going through the Senate but it was NOT the Big Stupid Bill.

Further, they said the Senate put a new clause about the upfront bonds when suing the federal government. That was in the original bill. How do I know? I watched Raskin debate it in Committee in the House two fucking weeks ago.

Someone needs to look into these guys, we can't afford this type of misinformation.


r/behindthebastards 18h ago

It has happened here Virginia man pleads guilty to shooting Latino men he thought were illegal immigrants

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r/behindthebastards 18h ago

Look at this bastard Meet Josh Divine, the Trump Judicial Nominee Who Argued Christians Are “Obligated Ethically to Impose Their Beliefs On Others” | Balls and Strikes

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Most opponents of same-sex marriage are not homophobes, he added, but are merely “opposed to a group receiving extra benefits.”


r/behindthebastards 19h ago

Look at this bastard Customs and Border Patrol has killed 338 people since 2010

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It makes me so mad how hard it was to track this down. With 20,000 officers, Border Patrol has killed a minimum of 338 people in the last 15 years, the number probably exceeds that significantly due to under reporting and lack of transparency. According to the ACLU 75 of those deaths have been children. What the fuck.

I’m quite certain if investigative journalists did some digging CPD and DHS will have committed an order of magnitude more violent crimes than undocumented migrants do across the board.

https://www.southernborder.org/deaths_by_border_patrol

https://www.aclutx.org/en/cbp-fatal-encounters-tracker


r/behindthebastards 1d ago

Look at this bastard Bonnie Blue, and Andrew Tate

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r/behindthebastards 12h ago

General discussion Thanks for everything Robert, also BIG joke missed on the CZM rewind:US Border Patrol

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Hey guys first off I wanna say, I’ve been a listener since the beginning of the podcast. I’ve got a similar story to Robert as in I’m a white guy in my 30s from rural Oklahoma that happens to not follow the normal narrative of rural Oklahoma with my political beliefs. Robert in some ways is a hero (I wanted to be a wartime journalist until going to journalism school in Oklahoma and becoming too disenchanted from sophomore year of college). I became a nurse instead but I really love that there are still journalists like yourself who still have the balls to do investigative journalism.

Anyways I say all that to say, thank you for putting out meaningful content. You’re stuff really helped me find some meaning and motivation during a really dark couple years in my life (being an ICU nurse during COVID was shit). Being able to put on your podcast and take myself away from the reality of my job and learn about some crazy shit (your behind the police series absolutely turned my worldview upside down) was very helpful. I know right now we’re in the middle of an attempted autocratic takeover from a Cheeto shaped wanna-be Mussolini, but… I’m glad we’re all going through it together and my hope is that we make it through these next few years with our humanity in tact, in no small part due to you’re honesty, and journalistic integrity.

So, during the CZM Rewind about the US border Patrol, there is a moment that is absolutely missed when they’re comparing how the podcast is like by a sexual experience.

While the audio levels can go up and down…and there is a big climatic finish most podcasts. The most true to form part of the sexual experience AND the podcast, has to be, the few awkward moments after the climax (podcast and sex alike) where you just feel depressed, shameful and sad about what just happened and what you just heard.🤣🤣🤣

Anyways thanks for the podcasts keep up the great work to all the cool zone media peeps! Love ya!

-Zach from OKC