Behind the Bastards
Part Two: The Pol Pot Episodes: How A Nice, Quiet Kid Murdered His Country
30 Apr 2025
Robert continues the story with young Pol Pot's years in France where he and his friends radicalize themselves in what has to have been the deadliest book club of all time.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Oh, welcome back to Behind the Bastards, a podcast about really our first genocidal bastard who is legitimately considered a nice guy, which is a nice order to everybody that nice does not mean good. Lots of nice people who are evil.
That is so true.
Oh, I was going to say, also a reminder, of course, you know, you don't have to be an asshole to be the top of your field.
Yeah. No, no, no. You don't have to be an asshole to be the top of your field. Yeah, Robert. What? I don't know. Why are you saying that to me?
I'm still mad about last episode.
You're still mad about the fact that I want to see what Pol Pot looks like producing a podcast? Yes. What if we just put him on 16th Minute for a week?
No, I would never replace Jamie Loftus. Never.
Maybe Pol Pot and Jamie will find out that they're like a Fleetwood Mac deal, like just like perfect, perfect musical partners, you know, like just a historic talent match.
You've watched that Silver Springs video one too many times.
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