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Behind the Bastards

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History, News, Society & Culture

4.4 • 17K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2026

⏱️ 206 minutes

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Summary

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.

- The Most Extreme Trans Healthcare Ban You've Never Heard Of

- Rojava with Andrew

- Are Workers Lighting Warehouses on Fire?

- What Next for the People of Iran?

- Executive Disorder: Hungary Election, DoorDash Stunt, Sam Altman’s Home Attacked

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The Most Extreme Trans Healthcare Ban You've Never Heard Of

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Are Workers Lighting Warehouses on Fire?

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What Next for the People of Iran?

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Executive Disorder: Hungary Election, DoorDash Stunt, Sam Altman’s Home Attacked

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0:00.0	This is an IHeart podcast.
0:02.5	Guaranteed human.
0:04.4	No gloss, no filter.
0:07.4	Just stories.
0:09.1	Spoken without fear.
0:10.9	Person who is not generous can not be an artist.
0:13.8	The world will be at peace only when it is ruled by poets and philosophers.
0:18.4	Listen to my weekly podcast, the Pooja Abhaw show,
0:21.2	and the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts,
0:24.2	or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:27.6	Come for the honesty.
0:29.2	Stay for the fire.
0:34.9	Hey, everybody.
0:37.4	Robert Evans here, and I wanted to let you know this is a compilation episode.
0:41.7	So every episode of the week that just happened is here in one convenient and with somewhat less ads package for you to listen to in a long stretch if you want.
0:52.1	If you've been listening to the episodes every day this week, there's going to be nothing new here for you, but you can make your own decisions.
1:01.2	Welcome to Aikadha to hear a podcast about things falling apart and how to put them back
1:05.4	together again. I am your host, Mia Wong. And today we are going to be talking about, frankly, the largest and most draconian trans
1:14.7	healthcare band in the country.
1:17.0	And the unexpected place that, well, I don't know if unexpected is the right word, but
1:22.0	the ignored place that it's come from.
1:25.9	And with me, with me to talk about this ban is david forbs who
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