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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. 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.

Behind the Bastards

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 
 
- How Trump is Using Election Fraud Claims to Restrict Voting
 
- Did Donald Trump Ban Buffalo?
 
- Monopsony, or How You Get Underpaid
 
- Pop Culture Commodity Warfare @ New York Comic Con
 
- Executive Disorder: San Diego Mosque Shooting, Trump Settles Lawsuit with Trump
 
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Sources/Links:
 
How Trump is Using Election Fraud Claims to Restrict Voting
 
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/multiple-aliens-charged-illegally-voting-federal-elections-and-making-false-statements 
 
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/media/1439301/dl?inline
 
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/media/1439296/dl?inline

 
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/media/1439291/dl?inline

 
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/media/1439286/dl?inline 

 
https://www.michigan.gov/ag/-/media/Project/Websites/AG/releases/2026/April/DOJ-Letter-to-Wayne-County.pdf 

 
https://www.brennancenter.org/media/15517/download/ri-hearing-transcript-2026-03-26.pdf?inline=1

 
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/us/politics/minnesota-trump-voter-rolls.html
 
https://www.ksat.com/news/politics/2026/05/06/justice-department-can-keep-2020-election-ballots-seized-from-georgias-fulton-county-judge-rules/ 
 
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/tracker-justice-department-requests-voter-information 
 
Did Donald Trump Ban Buffalo?
 
https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/810541893_202412_990_2025073023621659.pdf 
 
https://gov.mt.gov/_docs/governor/AmericanPrairieProposedDecisionJanuary162026.pdf 
 
https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-17537.pdf 
 
https://www.mtpr.org/montana-news/2026-01-21/blm-cancels-bison-grazing-permits-for-montana-nature-reserve
 
https://news.mt.gov/Governors-Office/Governor_Gianforte_Appeals_Judges_APR_Bison_Grazing_Decision#:~:text=Following%20the%20judge's%20order%2C%20DNRC,appeal%20may%20be%20found%20here. 
 
https://t.co/HUAyMUnOVi 
 
https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/local/2015/06/18/business-leaders-provide-green-behind-conservation-effort/28960843/ 
 
https://www.blm.gov/press-release/blm-revokes-american-prairie-bison-grazing-permit
 
https://www.citizen.org/wp-content/uploads/estatetaxfinal.pdf 
 
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/12/2026-09386/rescission-of-conservation-and-landscape-health-rule 
 
https://www.blm.gov/about/laws-and-regulations/conservation-and-landscape-health-rule 
 
https://largetribes.org/2026/02/affirmative-action-for-cattle-tribes-challenge-feds-plan-to-revoke-bison-grazing-leases-on-public-land-media-share/
 
Monopsony, or How You Get Underpaid
 
https://archive.org/details/bnarchives_0333
 
https://strangematters.coop/frederic-s-lee-profile-part-one/
 
https://www.jstor.org/stable/29769757?if_data=e30%3D&seq=1
 
https://www.npr.org/sections/planet-money/2026/04/14/g-s1-117075/the-labor-economics-of-alien-and-its-lessons-for-inequality-on-earth
 
https://www.npr.org/sections/planet-money/2026/04/21/g-s1-118071/the-hidden-power-keeping-wages-low
 
Pop Culture Commodity Warfare @ New York Comic Con
 
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2018/report-anime-fest@nycc/.137926

 
https://yattatachi.com/anime-nyc-review-it-begins-anew

 
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/dc-cancels-red-hood-comic-book-series-charlie-kirk-1236368576/

 
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/demon-slayer-infinity-castle-record-box-office-opening-1236370035/

 
https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-strengthens-strategtic-parternship-with-mappa

 
https://animebythenumbers.substack.com/p/2025-netflix-anime-year-in-review

 
https://www.comicsbeat.com/tilting-at-windmills-297-bookscan-2023-comics-sales-sag-but-scholastic-was-still-a-powerhouse/
 
https://www.diversetechgeek.com/2023-bookstore-graphic-novel-sales/ 
 
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/whats-behind-the-growing-popularity-of-japanese-comics-and-animations-in-u-s

 
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/61689/manga-week-comic-stores-pace-manga-growth-2025 
 
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/andor-creator-tony-gilroy-gives-the-interview-1236510166/

 
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/james-gunn-superman-immigrant-backlash-response-1236449068/

 
https://deadline.com/2026/01/kathleen-kennedy-exit-interview-1236665253/

 
https://www.cbr.com/dc-jim-lee-manga-beats-western-comics/

 
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-worlds-top-media-franchises-by-all-time-revenue/
 
https://animehunch.com/hideaki-anno-anime-shouldnt-be-made-with-western-audience/

 
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/11/japan/japan-anime-games-content/

 
https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/politics-government/20251224-300194/
 
Executive Disorder: San Diego Mosque Shooting, Trump Settles Lawsuit with Trump
 
Fundraiser: https://goodbricks.org/campaign/icsd.org/official-icsd-victim---family-support-fund
 
https://www.patreon.com/posts/lets-talk-about-158456324
 
https://www.blm.gov/policy/ib-2024-024 
 
https://huffman.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/huffman-celebrates-bureau-of-land-managements-decision-to-cease-use-of-cyanide-bombs-on-public-lands 
 
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/climate/cyanide-bombs-public-lands.html
 
https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2057144264526598381?s=20
 
https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10179.pdf
 
https://x.com/SecScottBessent/status/2056411947982115207?s=20
 
https://x.com/usf_army/status/2056395215833903335?s=20
 
https://x.com/cecelou18/status/2056746877798817830?s=20
 
https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/051526zr_1a72.pdf
 
https://www.sandiego.gov/sites/default/files/2025-10/102325-alpr-revised-surveillance-report.pdf 
 
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3628735046
 
https://x.com/PGSA_IRAN/status/2056359507203142013?s=20 
 
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/letlow-fleming-advance-to-runoff-louisiana-gop-senate-primary-cbs-news-projects/
 
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/185 
 
https://x.com/USAfricaCommand/status/2055614134851424487?s=20 
 
https://www.africom.mil/pressrelease/36568/isis-number-two-killed-in-nigeria
 
https://x.com/AndrewSolender/status/2053890390126665819?s=20

 
https://x.com/AndrewSolender/status/2053889711567970589?s=20
 
https://apnews.com/article/massie-gallrein-trump-kentucky-republican-primary-03a658b1a45593ad04ebf6283a3fdb47
 
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/17/massie-aipac-record-spending-israel-maga-trump-primary-00925375
 
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116602192066577324
 
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/us/politics/republican-senators-trump-paxton.html
 
https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-dismisses-lawsuit-against-irs-court-filing-shows-2026-05-18/
 
https://www.ft.com/content/57334fae-a475-4ab0-a202-8df3766927e4?syn-25a6b1a6=1 
 
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2026/5/20/bolivian-president-to-reshuffle-cabinet-amid-anti-government-protests
 
https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2026/5/18/clashes-as-morales-allied-protesters-march-on-bolivian-capital
 
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/what-is-behind-bolivias-widening-protests-2026-05-18/

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It Could Happen Here Weekly 233

Robert sits down with Jamie Loftus to weave the half-century long history of orgasm cults in the U.S., culminating in the rise of Nicole Daedone's OneTaste.

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Part One: The Orgasm Cult

Robert and Joe Kassabian are soon launching a new podcast about Warhammer 40,000 and you. This episode acts as a legally binding teaser / preview.
 
Tickets: Lions Led by Donkeys Podcast LIVE IN LONDON 29th May

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Bonus Episode: Untitled Warhammer 40,000 Podcast

Robert concludes the story of H.L. Hunt with his involvement in the death of John F. Kennedy and downfall as a polical force.

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Part Three: H.L. Hunt: The First Elon Musk

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 
 
- Fighting Back Against the Surveillance State
 
- Trump’s New Counterterrorism Strategy and the Spectre of Left-Wing Violence
 
- Parasitism with Andrew
 
- The Return of Jim Crow
 
- Executive Disorder: Virginia Redistricting, Renaming the Iran War, TPUSA Event Cancelled by ANTIFA
 
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Sources/Links:
 
Fighting Back Against the Surveillance State
 
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/meet-rayhunter-new-open-source-tool-eff-detect-cellular-spying
 
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/16-402_h315.pdf 
 
https://citizenlab.ca/research/analysis-of-penlinks-ad-based-geolocation-surveillance-tech/
 
https://colonelpanic.tech/
 
SSD.eff.org 
 
Rayhunter.eff.org
 
https://www.open-archive.org/save
 
Trump’s New Counterterrorism Strategy and the Spectre of Left-Wing Violence
 
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2026-USCT-Strategy-1.pdf
 
https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/NSCT.pdf 
 
https://icct.nl/sites/default/files/import/publication/NSC-1v2.pdf
 
https://web.archive.org/web/20210615130908/https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/National-Strategy-for-Countering-Domestic-Terrorism.pdf 

 
https://www.fbi.gov/news/speeches-and-testimony/confronting-white-supremacy-examining-the-biden-administrations-counterterrorism-strategy-langan-092921 
 
https://web.archive.org/web/20210615101231/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/06/15/fact-sheet-national-strategy-for-countering-domestic-terrorism/ 

 
https://www.gao.gov/blog/rising-threat-domestic-terrorism-u.s.-and-federal-efforts-combat-it

 
https://uncoverdc.com/2023/02/08/the-fbi-doubles-down-on-christians-and-white-supremacy-in-2023/ 

 
https://angelusnews.com/news/nation/fbi-memo-investigation-update/

 
https://defendinged.org/press-releases/full-nsba-letter-to-biden-administration-and-department-of-justice-memo/

 
https://judiciary.house.gov/media/press-releases/us-house-judiciary-republicans-doj-labeled-dozens-of-parents-as-terrorist 

 
https://www.justice.gov/archives/ag/file/1170061-0/dl?inline= 
 
https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/terrorism
 
Parasitism with Andrew
 
Progress by Samuel Miller McDonald
 
Worshiping Power by Peter Gelderloos
 
The Return of Jim Crow
 
https://www.naacpldf.org/case-issue/louisiana-v-callais/
 
https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/article-1/section-4/

 
https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/05/court-gives-immediate-effect-to-voting-rights-act-decision/

 
https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/04/after-major-voting-rights-ruling-parties-dispute-whether-the-court-should-finalize-decision-imme/

 
https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/05/court-clears-way-for-alabama-to-use-congressional-map-blocked-by-lower-court-as-racially-discrim/

 
https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/supreme-court/5872963-supreme-court-voting-rights/

 
https://www.ms.now/opinion/supreme-court-louisiana-callais-black-vote-warning

 
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/5/12/voting_rights_scotus

 
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/05/supreme-court-alabama-voting-sotomayor-dissent-alito.html
 
Executive Disorder: Virginia Redistricting, Renaming the Iran War, TPUSA Event Cancelled by ANTIFA
 
https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2026-DON600 
 
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgzv77ldpdo 

 
https://www.calbee.co.jp/en/news/pdf/174-29160.pdf

 
https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/051126zr_apl1.pdf
 
https://x.com/joekent16jan19/status/2052477681036583183?s=20

 
https://x.com/pastormarkburns/status/2052227145921892710?s=20

 
ttps://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/30-percent-of-americans-think-at-least-one-trump-assassination-attempt-was-staged

 
https://x.com/i/status/2053865929633661046 
 
https://x.com/diyarkurda/status/2054268681362804860?s=20 
 
https://www.jpost.com/international/article-895828 
 
https://x.com/mb_ghalibaf 
 
https://x.com/Reuters/status/2053897929174188187?s=20 
 
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pakistan-iran-military-aircraft-on-its-airfields-us-mediator-role/ 
 
https://www.c6f.navy.mil/Press-Room/News/Article/4482914/a-us-navy-ballistic-missile-submarine-arrived-in-gibraltar-may-10-2026/ 

 
https://www.them.us/story/uw-students-protest-turning-point-usa-after-trans-student-homicide

 
https://x.com/MrAndyNgo/status/2054289485303525720

 
https://x.com/ChloeCole/status/2054365092054286605?s=20 

 
https://www.vacourts.gov/static/opinions/opnscvwp/1260127.pdf 
 
https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25A1240/408563/20260511151941216_25A%20Application%20for%20Stay.pdf 
 
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/11/politics/virginia-redistricting-us-supreme-court
 
 https://newrepublic.com/article/210250/trump-virginia-dems-redistricting-war

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It Could Happen Here Weekly 232

Robert explains how H.L. Hunt became the richest man alive through simple hard work and also gambling and pimping.

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Part Two: H.L. Hunt: The First Elon Musk

This week Robert begins the three-part story of the former wealthiest man on earth, H.L. Hunt, who also became the first right wing plutocrat to buy his own shitty media empire, creating a model for Elon Musk to follow today.
 
(3 Part Series)
 
https://bluebonnetnews.com/2024/10/11/from-fields-to-fortune-how-h-l-hunt-once-became-richest-man-in-the-world/
 
https://www.oklahomaminerals.com/wildcatter-chronicles-h-l-hunt-pioneer-of-oil-industry
 
https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/h-l-hunt
 
https://www.nbcnews.com/msnbc/msnbc-podcast/archives-ultra-season-two-episode-eight-ncsl1310380
 
Hendershot, Heather. What's Fair on the Air?: Cold War Right-Wing Broadcasting and the Public Interest (p. 63). The University of Chicago Press. Kindle Edition.
 
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/hunt-haroldson-lafayette
 
https://archive.org/details/foia_Hunt_H.L.-HQ-2/page/n39/mode/1up
 
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/new-london-school-explosion
 
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tennessean-waddy-thorpe-hunt-request/54655604/
 
https://archive.org/details/kingdomstoryofhu0000tucc/page/49/mode/1up

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Part One: H.L. Hunt: The First Elon Musk

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 
 
- The Afterlives of Quentin Deranque
 
- The Afterlives of Quentin Deranque, Pt. 2
 
- Journalism Under Attack in Lebanon
 
- Economic Echoes of the Strait of Hormuz
 
- Executive Disorder: A Billion for Trump’s Ballroom Security, RIP Spirit Airlines, Iran Stalemate
 
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Sources/Links:
 
The Afterlives of Quentin Deranque
 
Donate: https://acu.nl/about/donate
 
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/politics/article/2026/02/17/who-was-quentin-deranque-the-far-right-activist-killed-in-lyon_6750585_5.html
 
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2026/02/27/france-s-political-violence-has-risen-significantly-with-assaults-doubling-over-the-past-10-years_6750916_23.html
 
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/m-le-mag/article/2026/02/18/nemesis-the-identitarian-activists-behind-feminist-masks_6750599_117.html
 
https://www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/english/news-and-events/right-now/2024/extreme-right-violence-in-france-is-on-the-rise.html?utm_source=copilot.com
 
https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260220-how-the-death-of-far-right-activist-quentin-deranque-became-france-s-charlie-kirk-moment
 
https://jacobin.com/2023/06/france-far-right-neofascist-violence-politics?utm_source=copilot.com
 
https://www.humanite.fr/politique/nemesis/nemesis-le-collectif-dextreme-droite-qui-provoque-le-cyber-harcelement-de-militantes-feministes-et-delues-de-gauche
 
https://brusselssignal.eu/2026/02/french-nemesis-activist-says-group-traumatised-after-supporter-killed-in-lyon/
 
https://archive.is/VvPa4
 
https://www.humanite.fr/politique/nemesis/nemesis-photographiee-realisant-une-gestuelle-neonazie-alice-cordier-evoque-une-reference-au-rap
 
https://archive.is/kjEUp
 
https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/video/2026/02/18/mort-de-quentin-deranque-ce-que-montrent-les-videos-des-faits_6667296_3224.html
 
https://contre-attaque.net/2026/02/16/revelations-de-nouvelles-images-et-un-temoignage-revelent-quune-embuscade-a-bien-ete-tendue-le-12-fevrier-par-des-fascistes-lyonnais/
 
https://www.franceinfo.fr/faits-divers/mort-de-quentin-militant-identitaire-agresse-a-lyon/reportage-il-a-refuse-d-aller-a-l-hopital-des-habitants-de-lyon-racontent-l-agression-mortelle-de-quentin-deranque_7808942.html
 
https://contre-attaque.net/2026/03/27/affaire-deranque-scandale-detat/
 
Journalism Under Attack in Lebanon
 
Report on killing of Amal Khalil - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/23/what-we-know-about-israel-killing-lebanese-journalist-amal-khalil 
 
Report on “black Wednesday” - https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/04/11/lebanese-mourn-victims-of-black-wednesday-we-are-not-just-numbers_6752321_4.html 
 
Justin Salhani and Maram Humaid on killing of journalists in Gaza - https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/4/7/targeted-killed-burned-alive-journalists-in-gaza-attacked-by-israel
 
Quadruple tap strike on paramedics in Lebanon - https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/lebanon-paramedics-strike-9.7173448 
 
Forensic Architecture on Gaza’s hospitals - https://gaza-hospitals.forensic-architecture.org/
 
Economic Echoes of the Strait of Hormuz
 
https://archive.vn/1qeiu

 
https://thelensnola.org/2026/04/01/how-the-iran-war-is-disrupting-the-worlds-medicine-supplies/

 
https://archive.vn/pM5a6

 
https://archive.vn/u38pm

 
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/asia-battles-rising-uneven-toll-energy-crisis-caused-by-iran-war-2026-05-04/

 
https://eastasiaforum.org/2026/04/16/the-iran-war-widens-indonesias-fiscal-faultlines/

 
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/plastic-bag-chaos-shortage-fears-highlight-taiwans-energy-security-concerns
 
Executive Disorder: A Billion for Trump’s Ballroom Security, RIP Spirit Airlines, Iran Stalemate
 
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2051761247779979301?s=20

 
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-city-denver-unconstitutional-weapons-bans

 
https://www.tonation-nsn.gov/sacred-site-located-in-cabeza-prieta-national-wildlife-refuge-destroyed-by-border-wall-construction/

 
https://www.state.gov/releases/bureau-of-political-military-affairs/2026/05/ukraine-joint-direct-attack-munitions-extended-range

 
https://x.com/TedCGoodman/status/2051470245555052557

 
https://x.com/i/status/2052092791916806265

 
https://www.ms.now/news/fbi-investigating-leaks-to-journalist-who-wrote-explosive-article-on-kash-patel-sources

 
https://apnews.com/article/cruise-ship-hantavirus-andes-strain-south-africa-cb424510bb0c934c781f6bd42ce2e7c8
 
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/canarians-worry-arrival-hantavirus-cruise-ship-will-bring-repeat-covid-2026-05-06/
 
https://www.grassley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/reconciliation_-_senate_judiciary_committee_title.pdf
 
https://punchbowl.news/mdm26a11/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=5/5/26%20AM:&utm_term=Punchbowl%20AM%20and%20Active%20Subscribers%20from%20Memberful%20Combined 
https://x.com/sentdefender/status/2051759811054727212?s=20 
 
https://x.com/SkyNews/status/2051246490786394319?s=20 
 
https://x.com/NotWoofers/status/2051640997482782939?s=20 
 
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2-us-navy-destroyers-transit-strait-of-hormuz-after-dodging-iranian-onslaught/ 
 
https://x.com/mercoglianos/status/2051381236950524095?s=20 
 
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116512555123589170 
 
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2051798734850101462?s=20 
 
https://x.com/_MartinKelly_/status/2051754245125181778?s=20 
 
https://x.com/Southcom/status/2051723140254843043?s=20 
 
https://x.com/Acyn/status/2051749649279762556?s=20 
 
https://x.com/sentdefender/status/2051759811054727212?s=20 
 
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It Could Happen Here Weekly 231

Robert concludes his explanation of how AI chatbots replicate cult dynamics in the brains of some vulnerable users.
 
 

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Part Two: How AI Chatbots Became Cult Leaders

Over the last year or so a series of news articles have sounded warnings about AI psychosis, and now an AI-generated cult, the Spiralists. Robert sits down with Blake Wexler to answer an important question: can a chatbot become a cult leader?

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Part One: How AI Chatbots Became Cult Leaders

Robert is joined by Karl from InRange TV for a discussion and reading of the book, Unintended Consequences.

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Reading: Unintended Consequences

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