Notorious Narratives

While most have heard of the Space Race competitive endeavors of the Cold War many do not know that there was also fierce competition crack the code of how to control man's greatest weapon, the mind. With "Communists" consistently vilified in media, literature and pop culture the fear that a person could be "made a communist" spread like wild fire. The concept of mind control led to a program developed by the CIA in the 1950s that consisted of a series of experiments to delve into ways in which the human mind could be controlled and altered---and MK Ultra was born. In this episode, Jen will tell you about the panic that struck the nation and the unspeakable experiments performed in the name of national security.