Brainwashed investigates the CIA’s covert mind control experiments – from the Cold War and MKULTRA to the so-called War on Terror. It’s the story of how a renowned psychiatrist used his unwitting patients as human guinea pigs at a Montreal hospital, and the ripple effects on survivors, their families, and thousands of other people around the world. It also e ... Show More
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U.S. vs Iran: a decades-old fight
In 1953, the United States helped stage a coup to overthrow Iran’s democratically elected prime minister, largely a response to the Iranian leader’s nationalization of the oil industry. Twenty-six years later, revolutionaries stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran just months after h ... Show More
37m 58s
Feb 27
India reset, Iran regime change with Minister Anita Anand
As Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand travels with Prime Minister Mark Carney to India, a feature conversation with Anand on the reset of the Canada-India relationship, the U.S. military build-up near Iran, CUSMA negotiations, and Canada’s foreign policy doctrine in a tense geo ... Show More
32m 21s
Mar 2024
The Alarming Findings Inside a Mass Shooter’s Brain
<p><i>Warning: this episode contains descriptions of violence and self harm.</i></p><p>Last fall, an Army reservist killed 18 people at a bowling alley and restaurant in Lewiston, Maine, before turning the gun on himself.</p><p>Dave Philipps, who covers military affairs for The T ... Show More
25m 24s
Sep 2020
S8 "Brainwashed" E6: Never too late to say sorry
MKULTRA has entered popular culture, becoming the butt of jokes, television plot points, and the darling of internet conspiracy theorists. At the very least, the secrecy that still surrounds MKULTRA, or the CIA’s post-9/11 programs, sows distrust of governments, and medical profe ... Show More
34m 9s