Robert is joined by Cody Johnston to discuss the childhood of Stalin. FOOTNOTES:<ol> <li><a href="https://politicaltheology.com/stalin-as-a-theological-student/">Stalin as a Theological Student</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2017/11/07/finnish-town-where-lenin-met-stalin-still-lives-in-russias-shadow-a59495">The Finnish City Where Lenin Met Stalin Still Lives in Russia's Shadow</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/130111?seq=1">On the Origin and Significance of the Name "Stalin"</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.fsmitha.com/h2/ch11-5b.htm">Stalin, from Child to Bolshevik Leader</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/11/06/how-stalin-became-stalinist">HOW STALIN BECAME STALINIST</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00INIXPYE/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&amp;btkr=1">Stalin: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928 </a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000VM9Z1W/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&amp;btkr=1">Young Stalin</a></li> </ol> Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com">https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Part One: Savitri Devi: The Woman Who Turned Nazism into a Religion

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.