Investigating The True History Of MKUltra & CIA Mind Control - John Lisle - #963
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07/05/25
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John Lisle is a historian and an author.
The government’s history of secret experiments feels stranger than fiction. Covert projects, UFOs, mind reading, even studies of the occult. But no operation is more infamous than MKUltra. What really happened inside the CIA’s most notorious mind control experiment, and how much of its legacy still shapes our world today?
Expect to learn where the CIA got their interest in mind control from, what the origins of MKUltra were and how it got it’s name, the double lives of the head scientists behind the project, how LSD and other drugs we’re used in secret mind control experiments by the government and if any of their findings had any objective value, the most unethical experiments MKUltra did and what ended up leading to it's downfall and much more...
Timestamps:
(00:00) Researching MKUltra, The CIA, & Mind Control
(15:14) MKUltra's Origin & LSD Experiments
(26:41) The Main Scientists Behind MKUltra
(30:41) CIA Funding & Celebrity Involvement
(41:30) Experiments On Mental Health
(47:27) The Worst & Unethical Brain Experiments
(52:27) Did MKUltra Create Anything Useful?
(1:01:14) The Downfall Of MKUltra
(1:09:30) The "Project Monarch" Conspiracy Theory
(1:14:44) Find Out More About John
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The Real Reason Birth Rates Are Falling - Lyman Stone - #962
July 3, 2025
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Lyman Stone is a demographer, researcher, and a writer.
It’s no surprise that birth rates are plummeting; raising kids feels harder than ever. Life is expensive, the future feels uncertain, and chaos is everywhere. So how do we reverse course? What would actually convince people to have more children and pull us back from a looming population crisis?
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(00:00) The Twitter Post That Caused Insane Tension
(04:39) The Relationship Between Population Density & Fertility
(14:14) Why Young Adults Aren’t Leaving The Nest
(20:17) Why Parenthood Is Not For Everyone
(30:37) One Minister’s Plan to Increase Births
(37:19) Where Do Fertility Preferences Come From?
(47:17) Where Do Women’s Income Standards Come From?
(57:46) Are Men Supposed To Be Providers For Their Family?
(1:06:39) How Women Size Up Potential Partners
(1:11:56) Low Fertility Rates In South Korea & The “K-Popification” Of Asian Youth
(1:25:05) Satisfaction Comparisons of Men & Women In The Workforce
(1:38:29) Why Most Of Us Love Conformity
(1:43:48) Find Out More About Lyman
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We live in an age of uncertainty, where finding purpose in your life feels harder than ever. So, how do you find a purpose that moves you and trust that it’s worth pursuing? How can you be sure your purpose serves both yourself and the world? In a world starved for meaning, finding yours might be the most important thing you ever do.
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