Part One: David Berg and the Children of God (ft. Ed Helms)

Behind the Bastards

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🗓️ 24 June 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Robert sits down with Ed Helms to discuss one of our worst monsters: David Berg, founder of the Children of God cult.

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0:00.0	Welcome back once again to Behind the Bastards, the podcast about the very worst people in all of history.
0:11.2	And folks, this week, you know, I've said this a couple of times, but I always mean it.
0:16.2	This is one of the worst guys we're ever going to talk about.
0:19.9	And in order to really get behind this bastard in a way that makes him palatable, we've
0:24.6	got to bring on one of the best guests we've ever had.
0:28.1	A man who needs no introduction.
0:30.0	Perhaps the Eddest of all Helms.
0:32.2	Ed Helms.
0:33.3	Welcome back to the show Ed.
0:35.1	Thank you so much.
0:36.1	I'm so glad to be here.
0:37.9	Yeah.
0:39.3	I agree.
0:40.7	I'm extremely Eddish.
0:41.2	Eddie.
0:45.4	I'm the, I don't know if I'm the Edist, but.
0:48.3	You're definitely the helmsest of Eds.
0:49.4	I think we can agree with that.
0:50.4	I'm the helmsiest.
0:51.3	That's for sure.
0:54.2	And you're the host of Snafu.
0:55.1	Right.
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