Part One Kissinger | BEHIND THE BASTARDS

[@LonestarGA]

it's like there were a million voices crying out "FINALLY"

[@TerraCAD]

Saw the news just now and screamed "whoo"

[@bobspldbckwrds]

🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀

[@AK-lg8fj]

I was just done with part 4 yesterday, then heard the news. S to spit

[@PMickeyDee]

I was just thinking the channel couldn't have possibly dropped these at a better time

[@terruwuism]

Rejoice

[@Jonnyg325]

I remember hearing a quote from Kissinger that went "But for the circumstances of my birth I would have been a Nazi". I think about that a lot, and I think that should really disqualify you from, everything

[@gustavchambert7072]

It's bad to preemptively put people in prison. But if someone were to argue that we probably should make an exception for people who say that specific things in the specific way and context that Kissinger did I really wouldn't be able to argue against them very effectively. It's like he's so evil that normal logic doesn't apply...

[@2sthimo449]

The follow up of "Any people who are persecuted for 2 thousand years must have done something wrong" always gets me and is aeguably worse A third of Germany voted for the Nazi party, it makes sense to assume you mightve been one as a nationalistic German in the time if they didnt literally hate you, but to follow it up with reasoning for hating Jews is fucking crazy man

[@KuromixLara]

I would have to say that you are fairly naive about human nature.

[@_NewtonMeter]

Hopefully when they manage to post all 6 parts, Kissinger will 🤞🤞🤞

[@blacksun54]

HEY WHAT DO YOU KNOW

[@_NewtonMeter]

@@blacksun54 IM CELEBRATING RIGHT NOW

[@resident-evil-jerma5389]

@@_NewtonMeterCHEERING!!!

[@Mind_Crimes]

@resident-evil-jerma5389 SORRY I WAS LATE HERE I BROUGHT THE CHAMPAGNE! 🍾🥂

[@wittisy]

YOU'RE TELLING ME THIS PODCAST NOT BEING ABLE TO GET ALL 6 PARTS UP IS THE REASON THIS MAN LIVED TO A 100??

[@ambylotl]

WHO ELSE REWATCHING AFTER THE GOOD NEWS?🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@AzaleaJane]

I thought I was being all original

[@Reed5016]

Same.

[@akira1086]

omg me bestie

[@noahsabin7386]

🦀🦀🦀

[@Shut.Eye.Cinema]

GTA V Michael Townley is based of H.K.'s henchman. The trailer for VI was released the day after HK passed.

[@anaiaram]

"Let's be honest here, this is essentially his eulogy cause when we finish this podcast and it's published, Kissinger should die." * looks at date of part six * huh (i know these were up on spotify years ago but still funny)

[@martzenvandenbroek]

Not eulogy, obituary.

[@Advent3546]

Time to listen to this series again in celebration of the good news!

[@crooks5001]

that's what brought me back for a re-listen!

[@Ninjustin]

@@crooks5001 Thats why I'm here. Haven't felt like this about someone dying since rush limbaugh

[@natenewell2699]

Hey @@Ninjustin whats wrong with limbaugh, you dont like him?

[@Ninjustin]

@natenewell2699 for one thing he celebrated people dying of aids. He was also a massive hypocrite who judged addicts while he was an opiate addict. Standard right wing shit

[@MasqueradeMaggie]

I’ve actually never heard of this guy until I heard of his death. (I’m Japanese and we don’t learn about him in school) Now I’m trying to educate myself by listening to this and based on the comment section, I’m in for quite a ride.

[@yaoibookclub100]

Funnily enough, we did not learn about him in American school either. I took the most advanced US history course in high school (AP US history) and got the highest possible score on the national exam, but I don’t remember him being brought up at all. It’s no wonder some Americans are brainwashed into thinking he wasn’t that bad of a guy

[@kaciewolverton2692]

@@yaoibookclub100 Same. The amount of stuff that gets left out of US education is WILD

[@mischr13]

@@yaoibookclub100 I learned about his existence from Venture Bros lmao we don't get taught anything in school >_>

[@goa5138]

No school teaches it's state's true history it's a real shame

[@5darkelves994]

Same for me but i'm Canadian

[@ninegearcrow]

Happy "LOL KISSINGER'S FINALLY DEAD GUYS" Day, Robert and Sophie!

[@DeadCanuck]

Listening to this whole series in full in celebration, and I’m struck by how FUNNY this first episode is, especially considering the subject matter.

[@dylanrodrigues]

The entire series so far has been the funniest Robert’s done, with the Tsar Nicholas ones a close second. Good guests both times.

[@jimihendricks5602]

The bastard kicked it finally, I'm sure Robert broke into whatever special celebration/holiday he had planned. Sophie will get no work from him 😆

[@NCamico]

Been saving these bad boys for a rainy day, AND IT'S A DOWNPOUR OUTSIDE. lol

[@EmmaBonn96]

I picture an alternate history where Henry maintains a passion for soccer. A newspaper from 1970 reads “Kissinger devastates Cambodia” and it details how he, in the role of the USMNT coach, swapped out his trademark defensive style for all out offense winning 5-1

[@cherrypopscile3385]

"When we finish this podcast Kissinger will die" Almost. You ALMOST put out the last episode after he died. You should have gotten an Argentinan candle

[@OortCloudView]

"Worldwide reports of a loud cracking sound on the night of November 29th have been linked to the earth opening up to admit Henry Kissinger to the maw of hell." --Reuters, probably

[@amyhogarten5038]

“Reuters…probably” 😂😂😂😂😂

[@almostscottish]

HE FINALLY KICKED THE BUCKET LET’S FUCKING GO

[@randomperson1997]

Goes so hard on the Kissinger Death Rewatch

[@threeexclamationmarks5843]

The wicked wizard of the west has perished!

[@TheDarthbinky]

A fun fact about Oswald Spengler is that halfway through World War I he also wrote a book called "Prussianism and Socialism" wherein he decides that the massive outpouring of militarism and patriotism when Germany started fighting in World War I was actually a new right-wing, German version of socialism that he called "Prussian socialism" in opposition to leftist socialism (which he called "English Socialism"). It was basically all your typical right-wing stuff like respect for tradition, militarism, nationalism, and a desire to protect existing society and its institutions. He also hated unions and was big into that "protestant work ethic" type of stuff. He was a big fan of the Kaiser, and thought Bismarck and Frederick the Great were the greatest examples of "Prussian socialists". So then when World War I ended and all these right-wing populist (and usually anti-Semitic) political parties started springing up, they tended to borrow from Spengler's "Prussian socialism" and took names and ideologies loosely based around it - so there was a German Social Party, a German Socialist Party, a German National People's Party (DNVP for short), and of course the National Socialist German Workers Party, better known as the Nazis. They were all decidedly right-wing nationalist, although most of them rejected traditional conservatism and weren't overly fond of the recently-abdicated Kaiser (the DNVP was the big exception - they f*ckin loved the Kaiser and wanted to bring him back). In the case of the Nazis, they started out in southern Germany (specifically Bavaria, the Texas of Germany) and in the mid-1920s sent some members into northern Germany - which leaned much more socialist at the time - to try to gain more followers. Among them were brothers named Otto and Gregor Strasser - and the Strassers wound up adopting more leftist rhetoric and even kinda started to sorta believe in left socialism (mostly in the context of "Jews are controlling German capitalism so German capitalism is corrupted and we need to destroy it!"). The Strassers became the leaders of their own small "leftist" wing of the Nazi Party commonly called the Strasserists. Hitler and the Nazi leadership mostly weren't members or sympathetic (Goebbels was at first but he switched to Hitler's side by the end of the 20s), and they fought with Hitler constantly until Hitler had them kicked out of the party and later had a lot of them executed (one of the Strassers fled to Canada and survived WW2). Usually when you find some quote online where it's Hitler saying how super socialist he is... it's almost always actually a quote from one of the Strassers (usually Gregor... Otto was more of a "let's go get in a fight" kind of guy). Anyway... if you've ever wondered by the Nazis had "socialist" in their official name despite being hardcore right-wing.... Spengler's a huge part of the reason why. As an epilogue, Spengler was never actually a Nazi himself, mostly because the Nazi racism and populism didn't sit well with him (he was anti-Semitic but not at the insane level of the Nazis). So when Hitler came to power in 1933-34, he gave Spengler a cushy university job so that he could go away and be quiet.

[@fibrefox-stitchcraft]

The day he died, I had fallen asleep in the evening. When my partner woke me up to take my meds, he goes "hey sweetheart, Henry Kissinger is dead." I've never woken up so fast, or with so much joy. I can think of no better celebration as re-listening to this *incredible* series 💜

[@majuuorthrus3340]

I was thinking about listening to this, but it was six parts so I thought I'd put it off a bit. Then I woke up and he's dead, so I'm listening to commemorate the event. 🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀

[@kellyluck1626]

Listening to this on the day he died. Let this be his obituary.

[@mmmhorsesteaks]

The best example of how hardships can create monsters.

[@cinemaocd1752]

Not just can but very very frequently DOES...People who are abused/traumatized in childhood have a very high chance of becoming abusers themselves if they don't get therapy. It's tragic that he rejected every attempt to help him work through what he experienced in Germany.

[@05Matz]

And I feel that we'll find that the negative influences he passed on to the world will long outlive him. @@cinemaocd1752

[@TertiaryScroat]

Being born privileged would seem to do the same considering what an evil arsehole Trump is.

[@DougalJacobs]

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. WE GOT HIM!

[@elijah9157]

Spent yesterday listening to all six parts of the Heny Kissinger series. There are very few worse decisions I've made in my life that I could recommend more highly 10/10

[@GPandzik]

Where? I can only find Part One on here. Did you have to go to one of the other places where podcasts can be found?

[@elijah9157]

@@GPandzik yeah I think I found them on spotify

[@TheDarthbinky]

@@elijah9157 The fucker finally croaked last night. Feels like a great day to revisit this miniseries.

[@MichelleHell]

So nuts that this dude who was playing soccer before the Nazis came to power is still alive. He recently went to a Bildaberg meeting.

[@miguelvelez7221]

The immoral hamster at the wheel in his heart just gave out.

[@Mushdao]

Not anymore

[@plaguedoctorjamespainshe6009]

The gaza strip ceasefire killed him

[@Ricky-pr5wz]

​@@plaguedoctorjamespainshe6009his heart was being powered by the eldritch energy of the slaughter in the holy land like a lich

[@exomoonextremophile]

Seems like a fitting day to listen to this

[@invisi-bullexploration2374]

If you look at this situation in cold logic it's pretty terrifying. Henry was brilliant, evil as he was. When he looked at the Nazis he saw only one thing: Incompetence. Said Nazis were drinking the Kool-Aid so hard they were unable to see they were headed for history's banana peel. There was absolutely NO WAY they could win in the long term. This was going to end with a ruinous defeat and the siege of Berlin and various intelligencia in Germany knew this at least in secret. But again, Henry didn't look out and see 'evil'. He saw morons swinging and missing over and over. And he knew he could have done a better job had he been in the NSDAP but obviously he wasn't allowed in the clubhouse. To Henry the tenants of fascism worked as long as you adhered to cold, hard logic and not made up, goofy quasi religions based on racial identity. You bopped people or they bopped you. Choosing not to pick up the stick damns you to the whims of those that do. If the enemy has kids that will grow up to take arms against you eventually... You know what to do. But I gotta take off the devil's advocate horns here because I actually have a conscience and find Kissinger disgusting. His solution to everything was 'Just be worse because only monsters have a future'. What kind of a world does that make?!

[@fundoo203]

He was a certified psychopath

[@jasonrobinson401]

Thank you Robert, for your dark occult ritual, that mexico candle really worked 🎉🎉🎉

[@Ky_AnCom]

Welp, Robert's ritual took a bit but it finally kicked in! Rest in piss Kissinger! 🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀

[@thedoctork1037]

“How’s the dog?” fucking destroyed me

[@Gorefunk]

TODAY WAS THE DAY, LOOK BACK IN THE FUTURE WITH JOY

[@notaninquisitor7274]

giving a listen in celebration of this glorious day

[@noahsabin7386]

As an aside, Kissengers senior year harvard portrait bears an uncanny resemblance to Doctor Strangelove. You can find it on his wikipedia page.

[@MintyKuro]

The candle worked!

[@sigmascrub]

Had to come back and enjoy this classic after hearing the news 🥳

[@Sayano]

Re-listening to this series in celebration. 🎉🎉

[@majestical15]

21:37 *Developed a passion for order over justice?* That's tells me everything i need to know about this guy

[@mindyowens6676]

Christmas came early for Robert

[@Patrick-it8nk]

Hell yeah I aint the only one listening this series agiain after i llIgot the phenomenal news last night!

[@nicejustinbuscus]

8 months after this podcast Henry Kissinger is still alive

[@dercooney]

he'll outlive us all, sadly

[@tHiNk413]

And death had such a great run in June!

[@jellyfishjones4741]

Hit the big triple digits and everything. Wow.

[@DaraelDraconis]

​@@tHiNk413at this point I start to believe that meme with Death at the crane game going "is Henry Kissinger even _in_ this thing" might be accurate

[@michaelbulu4079]

​@@DaraelDraconis at this point I'm half convinced he made a pact with some eldritch being to trade SE Asian lives to extend his own

[@Backbenchers911]

Came here to listen, recommended by 'Beau from the fifth column'.

[@miguelvelez7221]

So... We gonna get that final, FINAL chapter?

[@EmmaBonn96]

1:11:05 it’s regularly said that a commonality in the histories of serial killers is that they tried to become police and failed

[@DrunkenGrognard]

DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD

[@redravin40]

Looks like your voodoo doll finally worked. It took more than a year but still, good work.

[@jerinmathew4726]

Kissinger GHOST SUMMON PARTY to make him repeat how his childhood didn't affect him

[@hahu9088]

I came here after we heard the good news

[@AmbyJeans]

Watching this a year later, the day after Kissinger died 😅

[@freehugs5898]

I'm basing a dnd npc off of Kissinger and in renaming him I found out his name literally means one who kisses or Kisser. So I made his name Versaginger which means One who fails, essentially Fuck up. I thought about Fickinger meaning one who fucks, but I didn't want to compliment him.

[@justcommenting4981]

He did though.

[@TheDarthbinky]

Kissinger means "person from Kissingen". As in, Bad Kissingen, which is not very far from Fürth. The German word for kiss is "Küss", and a kisser is "Küsser".

[@jordinagel1184]

@@TheDarthbinkyyep, and one who fails is a “Versager”

[@TheDarthbinky]

@@jordinagel1184 I almost mentioned that but "Versaginger" isn't technically wrong... it's just a weird version that nobody would ever actually use.

[@davidl4191]

I have been waiting to listen to BTB's Kissinger episodes until he finally passed on... now listening in celebration! May he rot!

[@jaketaylor3901]

🎉

[@CRushDMV]

time for the celebratory binge!

[@brewerscott]

First time listener,this shit is funny,Kissinger is a "War Crime Forrest Gump". lol

[@IAmCaligvla]

Today's a good day!

[@kukubrew]

Alright, it’s awesome to see all these comments on 11/29/23

[@shawnfarquhar2434]

I've been following this channel for a while. It's unbelievable that there are only 8k subscribers.

[@LauraRossflyswatter]

It's more popular as a podcast you listen to with an app on your phone.

[@AzaleaJane]

We did it, Joe!

[@kirabrown2656]

playing these episodes on loop in celebration of the new holiday

[@quitpayload]

When you brought up that Kissinger was opposed to Truman constantly threatening to nuke the Soviets, my first thought was that he probably opposed it for a hilariously stupid and/or evil reason. I was not disappointed

[@porkchopwarlock]

BOYS, THIS JUST IN, HENRY KISSINGER HAS DIED.

[@thatrandomtrainguy1604]

The Ritual was a success!!!

[@bellalysewinchester]

Time to throw our throwing bagels in celebration 🎉🥯

[@silverice7219]

You guys, in the following days/weeks you will notice an exponential growth in this channel. Say hi & thanks to Beau of The Fifth Column. Really hope for you to jump to video format ❤, just saying.

[@tsakowich]

I just fell down to my knees in a US embassy!

[@hungryhedgehog4201]

Holden Bloodfeast, respected bipartisan, sunk into slumber at 100

[@BaraScrae]

Never overlook the fact that syphilis can cause neurological changes...

[@BaraScrae]

Revenge of the Syph

[@cactusofdoom]

He's dead everybody. Let us always remember 28 November 2023

[@tristanrow4951]

Listening to this to celebrate!!!!

[@idknemore525]

The relative that helped them move to the US committed one of the worst acts of kindness in modern history.

[@yeahokay1051]

Yooooooo lmao

[@flamingpickle8846]

I should be sleeping but fuck it we're doing the kissinger watch party

[@SavageGreywolf]

Ding dong the witch is dead which old witch? the wicked witch! Ding dong the wicked witch is dead!

[@cinemaocd1752]

Can't believe I discovered this podcast on the day before HK finally died lol

[@BenjaminLancer-zy5pc]

Hey, i guess that ritual worked

[@Alex.R.L]

We got him

[@css7059]

Maniacal laughing is not something usually heard when discussing Nazi Germany

[@biertrang]

i got syphilis from girl in camp. then a youtube ad for christmas right after. lmfao

[@h.t.awesome3822]

“Last rizzmas, I gave you STD’s”

[@KaiTenSatsuma]

HAPPY LATE BIRTHDAY AND GOOD RIDDANCE

[@aqwthetroop]

You know, in a pedantic way, the professor's warning about Kissinger's arrogance getting him into trouble sort of came true with the infamous "cowboy" interview.

[@covenitadhd]

HOW WE FEELING GIRLIES

[@senbrandybuck4492]

I've been saving this one until he finally kicked it, now its time to FEAST.

[@Zakahrum]

FINALLY~!

[@raycearcher5794]

"Now that we beat the bad fascists, I can do fascism RIGHT"

[@TheWorms...]

Hellooooo from November 30th 2023 🎉

[@bomberfox5232]

no wonder Hitchens wanted Kissenger tried for war crimes

[@redgunnit]

Finding out Kissinger's had a huge sexual bodycount is just as shocking as learning the bodycount of Victor Hugo, the author of Les Mis.

[@dylanrodrigues]

Yet I can’t get a single match on Hinge 😭😭

[@shinyskunk]

HE'S DEAD

[@thomaspalazzolo5902]

Suddenly realizing the bad guy from Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is pretty much Kissinger is... hoo boy.

[@thejackal007]

30:41 NOT ANYMORE!!

[@giorgosmichael9142]

Ding dong the pig is dead. KISS INGER KISS INGER.

[@ronaldswanson8405]

The human blumpkin has fallen!

[@origami_dream]

30:45 I don't understand how you cast this spell so well but well fucking done.

[@Cobalt_Dragon0716]

As Paul Harvey so ELOQUENTLY put it: "And now, for the REST of the story."

[@AzaleaJane]

TODAY'S THE DAY DING DONG MOTHATRUCKAS

[@silverice7219]

I would like to have also video 😅😊

[@jog1356]

The guests on this one were hilarious xD

[@cfish9891]

Loved thos series! Please cover The Chicago Boys

[@RamenKitsune]

Smuggly correcting Sophie in 2024 when she says "cause for some reason he's still alive", not because she can hear me but because I like to remember he's dead.

[@Shadowman4710]

Fair enough.

[@automatninja1416]

Where is part 2?

[@rapchee]

"on iheart radio, or wherever you get your podcasts!" btw part 3-6 as well

[@KOTYAR1]

​@@rapcheethanks rapchee

[@jonnyblade3234]

I'd like to point out that part 2 isn't available where I get my podcasts, which is clearly KZbin.

[@miguelvelez7221]

Second just dropped on YT.

[@NeiZaMo]

I thought up to now that BTB is waiting for Kissinger to finally kick it to release the rest of the episodes 😂

[@RGCDTB]

Vaush has sent me to learn and I'm excited to hear what evil has left the world.

[@sockatoo_]

guys, use this comment as a "i came from vaush" voucher. while binging this series you'll be permitted to some unofficial vaush-brand popcorn and soda, as well as plenty of other complimentary snacks. have fun and rejoice for henry pissinger's all-too-late departure.

[@RGCDTB]

@@sockatoo_ was not disappointed this guy was a certified demon like wtf

[@wobdarden]

The crossover episode I've been waiting for. \m/ More Bastard Cinematic Universe! Or, Broadcast Universe? Podcast? I'll workshop it.