Jul 17

The true toll of wildfire smoke

As the planet heats up, wildfire seasons are getting worse. Wildfires have caused mass destruction to homes and community infrastructure in Collins First Nation. Thousands of people have been evacuated from their communities across Northern Ontario. Fires continue to rage across ... Show More

28m 20s

Jul 16

Understanding the rise of ‘democratic socialism’

Recently, in the U.S., there’s been a wave of self described democratic socialists running for and winning elected office.There is the improbable case of Zohran Mamdani who won his New York mayoral campaign. But there are other high profile races where establishment incumbents ar ... Show More

37m 2s

Jul 15

Can Hamas’ handover restart Gaza’s peace plan?

The Gaza peace plan and ceasefire, announced last October, is in limbo.Israeli forces have continued their strikes and expanded control of the strip beyond the lines originally agreed upon in the plan. Humanitarian aid is trickling in but there are still concerns about how it’s b ... Show More

26m 32s

Sep 2020

Trailer: Brainwashed

Brainwashed is an investigative series into the CIA’s covert experiments in mind control – from the Cold War and MKULTRA to the so-called War on Terror. Listen to the voices of the survivors and their families, the conscientious objectors and the lawyers and journalists who have ... Show More

3m 5s

Dec 2023

(Short Cuts) MKUltra

<p>In the 1960s and 70s, there was a fear that cult leaders were brainwashing young people into joining their new, strange movements. But is it even possible to “brainwash” anyone?</p><p>At a psychiatric hospital in Montreal, one mad scientist, with the help of the CIA, tried to ... Show More

41m 55s

Oct 2020

Bonus: BRAINWASHED / MADNESS

Host Michelle Shephard speaks to Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson from the podcast Endless Thread about their series, Madness. Like Brainwashed, Madness focusses on the CIA-funded mind control experiments led by Dr. Ewen Cameron. The hosts swap stories, compare notes and ref ... Show More

24m 11s

Sep 2020

Episode 3: EXPOSING MKULTRA

Communist brainwashing, mind control experiments, a government cover up... MKULTRA sounds like the stuff of conspiracy theories or science fiction. But it was real. John Marks, author of The Search for the Manchurian Candidate, and Stephen Kinzer, author of Poisoner in Chief, rev ... Show More

29m 43s

Apr 2025

35. ⁠CIA Mind Control: The Origin of MK Ultra (Ep 1)

What if the government knew how to control your mind? Could a secret program unlock the secrets of the human psyche? And how far would the CIA go to win the Cold War? In the shadowy world of espionage, the line between science and sinister experiments blurs. As the Cold War grip ... Show More

45m 14s

Apr 2025

38. CIA Mind Control: America’s Secret Cartel (Ep 4)

How did Cold War paranoia fuel the CIA's mind control experiments? What did popular films like The Manchurian Candidate have to do with the agency's secret programs? And did the CIA really help shape the counterculture of the 1960s? In the shadowy world of espionage, the line bet ... Show More

44m 2s

Apr 2025

36. CIA Mind Control: Fighting Communism with LSD (Ep 2)

Who was the eccentric chemist at the heart of the CIA's most controversial experiments? What happened when Langley was turned into a testing ground for mind-altering drugs? And how did the quest for a truth serum lead to a psychedelic free-for-all? Inside the CIA, the search for ... Show More

52m 9s

Sep 2023

Donald Hebb: Brainwashing in the Cold War

In 1950, a new word ‘brainwashing’ entered the English language. From the paranoia of the Cold War a new type of Evil Scientist had emerged — the Mind Controller. But was there any truth to the fear?In the 1950s the CIA went to an eminent psychology Donald Hebb and asked him to i ... Show More

31m 25s

Introducing: Brainwashed