About this episode

The episode introduces the story of NLP and its controversial origins and impact.

Mind Games tells the story of NLP and its crazy cast of disciples, including the fake doctor who invented it at a New Age commune, took it to Fortune 500 boardrooms, and whose gruesome murder trial did little to stop its rise. The biggest mind game of all? NLP may actually work. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Topics covered

• NLP
• New Age
• murder trial
• Fortune 500
• mind games

Keywords

• NLP
• New Age commune
• murder trial
• Fortune 500
• mind games

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NLP

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