A History of Brainwashing and its Use Today
Rebecca Lemov joins us to talk about how brainwashing is used, the troubling implications, and how anyone can fall victim to mind control, even you.
March 25, 2025
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A History of Brainwashing and its Use Today
Summary
In her new book, “The Instability of Truth: Brainwashing, Mind Control, and Hyperpersuasion,” Harvard historian of science Rebecca Lemov examines the many ways our minds can be controlled against our wills. Lemov chronicles the use of brainwashing techniques on a range of people from U.S. soldiers who were imprisoned in Korea in the 1950s – some of whom refused to come home after the conflict ended – to members of back-to-land cults that proliferated in the Bay Area in the 1960s. She joins us to talk about how brainwashing is used, the troubling implications, and how anyone can fall victim to mind control, even you.
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Rebecca Lemov, professor of the history of science, Harvard University
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