Particle Data Platform

Part Three: Jimmy Savile: Britain's Unending Nightmare

4/21/20261 hr 13 min

Now Jimmy Saville is at the top of the world: he's become a radio and TV star and found his way into the Royal family's good graces. Now we see what he does with power and access.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clips

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds
  1. Speaker 00:00

    [upbeat music] Coolzone Media.

  2. Robert Evans· Host0:04

    Welcome back to Behind the Bastards, a podcast about the very worst people in all of history. We are starting our second week, parts three and four, on a, w- one of the bastardest bastards we'll ever do- [laughs] ... on this show, Jimmy Savile, British broadcaster and pedophile extraordinaire. [laughs] And to talk with me about the latter and worst parts of Jimmy's life and career as a fucking monster, the great Courtney Cosack. Welcome back, Courtney.

  3. Speaker 2· Co-host0:33

    Yay.

  4. Courtney Kosak· Guest0:33

    Thank you so much for having me.

  5. Robert Evans· Host0:35

    Yeah, thanks for being on. And you've got a book, a book that we talked about in the first two parts- [laughs] ... but are going to plug again.

  6. Courtney Kosak· Guest0:41

    Dear God, if you guys haven't already bought my book, please do.

  7. Robert Evans· Host0:46

    Please do.

  8. Courtney Kosak· Guest0:46

    It is called Girl Gone Wild.

  9. Robert Evans· Host0:47

    Mm-hmm.

  10. Courtney Kosak· Guest0:47

    It is about trying to make it in Hollywood. It's an unwitting feminist coming of age, and it's the perfect antidote to what you're about to hear right now.

  11. Robert Evans· Host0:56

    [laughs] Beautiful.

  12. Speaker 00:58

    This is an iHeart podcast. Guaranteed human.

  13. Ego Nwodim1:04

    What's up, everyone? I'm Ego Nwodim. My next guest, it's Will Ferrell.

  14. Will Ferrell1:09

    Whoop.

  15. Ego Nwodim1:10

    Whoop.

  16. Will Ferrell1:11

    Whoop.

  17. Ego Nwodim1:11

    Whoop.

  18. Will Ferrell1:11

    Whoop. My dad gave me the best advice ever. He goes, "Just give it a shot, but if you ever reach a point where you're banging your head against the wall and it doesn't feel fun anymore, it's okay to quit." If you saw it written down, it would not be an inspira- Yeah ... it would not be on a calendar- [laughs] ... of, you know,

We value your privacy

We use cookies to understand how you use our platform and to improve your experience. Click "Accept All" to consent, or "Decline non-essential" to opt out of non-essential cookies. Read our Privacy Policy.