r/behindthebastards↗
Behind the Bastards: A podcast about modern and historical bastards.
From Hitler’s love of young adult fiction to Saddam Hussein's shameful romance novels, this podcast sheds new, weird light on history's monsters. The host, Robert Evans, is a journalist at Bellingcat, a former editor at Cracked.com and author of the books 'A Brief History of Vice' and 'After the Revolution'. BtB is one of the shows within the 'Cool Zone Media' podcast network.
163k subscribers672 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~1% by known bots)454 authors / mosince 2018
r/behindthebastards has 163k members (+22% over the last 12 months). It gets about 672 posts a month from 454 people. Top topics: Podcast Recommendations, Podcast Episodes and Latest Episodes.
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- Podcast Recommendations0.9%
- Podcast Episodes0.4%
- Latest Episodes0.3%
- Guests & Requests0.2%
- Name Pronunciation and Origin0.2%
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- Substack
- Bluesky Social
- Spotify
- NPR
- Apple
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