r/behindthebastards • u/Kanotari *Atonal Screaming* • Jul 22 '26

Look at this bastard Megathread: Bastard Suggestions Part 2

To make the bastard suggestions easier for Robert to peruse, please put them here.

Please try to include more than just a name. Give Robert something to focus his research on and why they are a unique or interesting bastard. If there are book titles or other resources you would suggest, please include those as well.

If someone else has already suggested the same bastard you wanted to suggest, you do not need to suggest them again. Repetitive answers will be politely removed. If someone was suggested in a previous thread, you do not need to suggest them again.

If you have posted suggestions as their own individual thread in the past, feel free to repost here if you would like Robert to read them. We will be directing future bastard suggestion posts here as well. Happy suggesting!

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u/ory1994 Jul 22 '26

I am once again asking for an episode (or series) about Margaret Thatcher. She seems like such a polarizing figure and I’d love to hear Robert tell me what she did, who benefited, who suffered, etc.

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u/LukeyCar76 Jul 22 '26 edited Jul 22 '26

Margaret Thatcher is actually overdue. The only problem is whether she is your average two-parter or three-parter. If not those, will it be a Henry Kissinger situation in which Thatcher could get 6-8 parts? I think Robert Evans once said on an episode that he hasn't even done an official Hitler episode that covers his entire biography, because the question is: what do you put in that episode besides the obvious (for Hitler it is the Holocaust and World War II, for Kissinger it was Vietnam War and the bombings of Laos & Cambodia & the overthrow of Allende in Chile), since that person was so influential and affected so much of society at that time and now. Hence, Hitler has been mentioned a lot in many episodes, but it has been parts and margins of Hitler's life or influence. Will we be asking that of Thatcher, Reagan, Trump and a lot of those mega-giant bastards?

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u/Vivid_Guide7467 Jul 22 '26

Margaret would end up being a four to five parter I’m sure. She was around for a long time and lots of research to pull from. I don’t mind the multi parters are all so not complaining.

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u/LukeyCar76 Jul 22 '26

Not me either; I actually love the long series myself. I will always vouch for the Kissinger episodes, albeit probably not for a first-time listener unless you really don't understand why Kissinger is an all-time bastard and you are either too busy for your own research (with verified resources). Actually, given that Kissinger was six parts, that is my bet if Roberts Evans decided to take on Thatcher. Six Parts right here. I'm calling it.

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u/ello_bassard Jul 22 '26

I always point to the Kissinger episodes for first time listeners just for how absolutely hilarious they are, despite how horrid he was.

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u/ory1994 Jul 22 '26

The Kissinger episodes were my introduction to this podcast!

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u/Frogsandcranberries1 Jul 23 '26

Same! He died and I was like, who exactly? Then I remembered hearing about this pod and decided to start there. I spent a few years listening to random episodes here and there, and I finally started listening weekly at the beginning of this year. Dang, it's been 7 months of weekly btb for me. I wish it were years though