{"podcast":{"title":"Fraudsters","slug":"fraudsters-4890149","podcast_index_feed_id":4890149,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/3YtSHXzs","website_url":"https://www.lastpodcastnetwork.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/7210fe65-5aaa-4204-9d15-a391366c65cf/126c2f44-333e-44e7-ae6f-672cb7979a63/3000x3000/fraudsters-2024-show-art.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"The Last Podcast Network","episode_count":136,"summary":"Fraudsters is a true-crime comedy docuseries. Comedians Seena Ghaznavi, JD, Justin Williams, PhD, and Ariel Leaty bring you the scams you love from the fraudsters we hate. Our show merges the chat-cast and the deep-dive to take a humorous look at fraudsters that abuse trust, distort reality, and take advantage of vulnerable people financially. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Fraudsters ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T00:17:16.151163+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fraudsters-4890149"},"episode":{"title":"Mind Control, LSD, and the CIA - George Hunter White Part II","slug":"mind-control-lsd-and-the-cia-george-hunter-white-part-ii","published_at":"2024-09-10T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fraudsters-4890149/mind-control-lsd-and-the-cia-george-hunter-white-part-ii","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fraudsters-4890149","url":"https://www.lastpodcastnetwork.com","audio_url":"https://stitcher.simplecastaudio.com/3efcc19a-e279-40af-9726-47a519956c3f/episodes/c452de0c-7e0b-4c5c-aa35-a05cff561cc0/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=3efcc19a-e279-40af-9726-47a519956c3f&awEpisodeId=c452de0c-7e0b-4c5c-aa35-a05cff561cc0&feed=3YtSHXzs","summary":"In this week’s episode, we dive deeper into the sick and twisted mind of George Hunter White. We’re talking Operation Midnight Climax and everything that led up to the CIA’s most disturbing experiments. And of course, this includes a primer on “Poisoner in Chief” Sidney Gottlieb, who also enjoyed conducting LSD experiments on unsuspecting patients. They sprayed harmful chemicals over San Francisco and dosed prisoners for months, permanently altering the lives of many, including the Unabomber. And that’s all before we even get to Operation Midnight Climax – a freaky experiment to study mind control and sex. Nothing pervy going on here…","meta_description":"In this week’s episode, we dive deeper into the sick and twisted mind of George Hunter White. We’re talking Operation Midnight Climax and everything that…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2845,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/fraudsters-4890149/episodes/mind-control-lsd-and-the-cia-george-hunter-white-part-ii/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fraudsters-4890149/mind-control-lsd-and-the-cia-george-hunter-white-part-ii.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}