Episode 86: MK Ultra

About this episode

Sage and Frank explore the CIA's MK Ultra program and its controversial methods of mind control during the Cold War.

What if the key to brainwashing is LSD? This is the question that the CIA wondered during the Cold War. From dosing colleagues to random people, the CIA conducted a long range of tests to try and develop the perfect methods of mind control. Did it work? Join Sage and Frank as they dig through the files on MK Ultra. Disclaimer: The opinions stated within this episode are entirely our own and do not reflect the opinions, values, or choices of our respective places of employment. Trigger Warnings: Mentions of nonconsensual drugging, use of drugs, brief discussions of death and suicide, unethical psychological practices, mentions of Nazi’s and concentration camps Sources: MKUltra - Wikipedia Project MKULTRA, THE CIA'S PROGRAM OF RESEARCH IN BEHAVIORAL MODIFICATION JOINT HEARING | Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Mind Control: Past and Future The CIA's Appalling Human Experiments With Mind Control | HISTORY Channel The work of Donald Ewen Cameron: from psychic driving to MK Ultra - PMC MK-ULTRA | CIA, LSD, Mind Control, Cold War, & Discovery | Britannica Psychic driving - Wikipedia CHAOS - Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties by Tom O’Neill Socials…

People in this episode

Hosts: Sage, Frank

Topics covered

• MK Ultra
• CIA
• mind control
• brainwashing
• LSD
• Cold War
• psychological experiments

Keywords

• MK Ultra
• CIA
• LSD
• brainwashing
• mind control
• psychological experiments
• Cold War

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CIA

Books & works: MKUltra - Wikipedia, Project MKULTRA, THE CIA'S PROGRAM OF RESEARCH IN BEHAVIORAL MODIFICATION JOINT HEARING | Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Mind Control: Past and Future, The CIA's Appalling Human Experiments With Mind Control | HISTORY Channel, The work of Donald Ewen Cameron: from psychic driving to MK Ultra - PMC, MK-ULTRA | CIA, LSD, Mind Control, Cold War, & Discovery | Britannica, Psychic driving - Wikipedia, CHAOS - Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties by Tom O’Neill

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