Episode
Part One: MKUltra: When The CIA Tried to Destroy Free Will
1:27:54
Published: Tue Oct 11 2022
Description
Robert is joined by Jason Pargin to discuss the CIA's secret illegal mind control experiment, Project MKUltra. (Four Parts) FOOTNOTES: https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/brainwashed-mkultra https://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~rwest/wikispeedia/wpcd/wp/p/Project_MKULTRA.htm https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/what-we-know-about-cias-midcentury-mind-control-project-180962836/ https://theintercept.com/2019/11/24/cia-mkultra-louis-jolyon-west/ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=MGZwgxoHxCAC&pg=PA274&lpg=PA274&dq=Fleta%20soviet&source=bl&ots=iQi57pn9uc&sig=Y0KqPQisM-p8I3Xvuu-rDR3lSNs&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjltfTur9TdAhWOVsAKHUqsDDYQ6AEwEnoECAMQAQ#v=onepage&q=Fleta%20soviet&f=false https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=MGZwgxoHxCAC&pg=PA274&lpg=PA274&dq=Fleta%20soviet&source=bl&ots=iQi57pn9uc&sig=Y0KqPQisM-p8I3Xvuu-rDR3lSNs&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjltfTur9TdAhWOVsAKHUqsDDYQ6AEwEnoECAMQAQ#v=onepage&q=Fleta%20soviet&f=false https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/soviet-pseudoscience-the-history-of-mind-control/ https://www.wired.com/2007/09/mind-reading/ https://www.amazon.com/Poisoner-Chief-Sidney-Gottlieb-Control/dp/1250140439/ref=asc_df_1250140439/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=383973195040&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=16065934924329052178&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9061081&hvtargid=pla-816148185022&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=77871956309&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=383973195040&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=16065934924329052178&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9061081&hvtargid=pla-816148185022 https://www.amazon.com/The-Brothers-Stephen-Kinzer-audiobook/dp/B00FFHI2G2/ref=sr_1_1?crid=6NRVGU3ZI3JM&keywords=the+brothers&qid=1665452610&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIyLjEwIiwicXNhIjoiMy4wNyIsInFzcCI6IjEuODYifQ%3D%3D&s=books&sprefix=the+brother%2Cstripbooks%2C137&sr=1-1 https://www.spr.ac.uk/book-review/homo-sovieticus-brain-waves-mind-control-and-telepathic-destiny-wladimir-velminski https://www.mcgilltribune.com/mind-control-mcgill-mk-ultra/ https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-early-state-sanctioned-lsd-experiments-in-communist-bulgaria https://www.moment.co/ichhSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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