# Season Two Episode One "The Magpies" BONUS EPISODE - Interview with Stephen Kinzer about The CIA, LSD, and the MK ULTRA Program.

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Published: 2026-06-22T07:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Award-winning foreign correspondent and author Stephen Kinzer talks about his book "Poisoner In Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control" and the CIA's infamous MK ULTRA Program. The full interview is available at Patreon.com/PastTenseFuturePerfect . More information about this and every other episode is available at IncomingPodcast.com . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

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