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SNAFU with Ed Helms

Behind the Bastards' Robert Evans & The Iran-Contra Arms Dealing Scandal (Part I)

SNAFU with Ed Helms

iHeartPodcasts

Comedy, History

4.61.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2026

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Robert Evans is a delightful human. Which makes it so funny that he hosts a hit podcast about the worst people to ever exist! Today, the mastermind of Behind The Bastards Podcast joins Ed to discuss a dastardly scheme in the early 80s involving arms trafficking to Iran, facilitated directly by some of Reagan's top brass. It's the Iran-Contra Affair on part one of this mind-boggling SNAFU. And check out our SNAFU YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@SNAFUPod

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0:00.0

I guess Congress has just become a strongly worded letter apparatus.

0:05.1

Right. It's a bad Yelp review for the president.

0:10.8

Yes, it carries all the gravitas of a bad Yelp review.

0:25.3

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:27.3

Guaranteed human.

0:32.4

Welcome to Snap-Fu, the show about history's greatest. Screw-ups where we delve into all the messy mayhem and then try to figure out what it says about us as human

0:40.2

beings. And spoiler alert, it's usually not very good things. I'm Ed Helms, your host, and today I'm

0:46.0

joined by the host of the insanely popular and entertaining podcast Behind the Bastards, which

0:53.3

examines the lives and legacies of history's worst people.

0:56.4

After first establishing his writing jobs at Humor website cracked, this guest worked for the

1:02.0

investigative journalism group Bellingat.

1:04.9

He also reported from conflict zones around the world, including Iraq, Syria, and Ukraine,

1:09.6

writing extensively on extremism,

1:12.5

disinformation, and political violence.

1:15.0

In addition to his podcasting work, he is the author of the novel, after the revolution,

1:20.6

a speculative story about a fractured future America.

1:24.0

Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the incomparable Robert Evans.

1:28.4

That was such a nice introduction. Thank you. That's the whole podcast.

1:32.1

After all the terrible things I've told you.

1:34.8

All I do is just give these lovely glowing introductions and then we call it a day.

1:40.1

No, I am so glad to have you on. I, of course, have been a guest on your podcast behind the bastards, not once, but twice.

1:49.8

That's right.

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