{"podcast":{"title":"Modern Wisdom","slug":"modern-wisdom-229239","podcast_index_feed_id":229239,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/SIXMSB5088139739","website_url":"https://chriswillx.com/books/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/a62f84c0-f8b6-11ed-a4fc-fb9e7841d45b/image/76ed638554a4be965517200d1cd5f30d.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Chris Williamson","episode_count":1124,"summary":"Life is hard. This podcast will help. Lessons from the greatest thinkers on the planet with Chris Williamson. Including guests like David Goggins, Dr Jordan Peterson, Naval Ravikant, Sam Harris, Jocko Willink, Dr Andrew Huberman, Dr Julie Smith, Steven Bartlett, Ryan Holiday, Robert Greene, Matthew McConaughey, Alain de Botton, Alex Hormozi, Tony Robbins, Chris Bumstead, Mark Manson and more.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-26T04:19:03.029132+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/modern-wisdom-229239"},"episode":{"title":"Psyop Expert: “Brainwashing Is Real And It’s Happening Now” - Chase Hughes - #1103","slug":"psyop-expert-brainwashing-is-real-and-it-s-happening-now-chase-hughes-1103","published_at":"2026-05-28T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/modern-wisdom-229239/psyop-expert-brainwashing-is-real-and-it-s-happening-now-chase-hughes-1103","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/modern-wisdom-229239","url":"https://prfx.byspotify.com/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/traffic.megaphone.fm/SIXMSB5481011433.mp3","audio_url":"https://prfx.byspotify.com/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/traffic.megaphone.fm/SIXMSB5481011433.mp3","summary":"Chase Hughes is a former U.S. Navy Chief, behavior and influence expert, speaker, and author. Are you being brainwashed right now? What if the ideas you think are yours were carefully planted to make you believe you came up with them yourself? Maybe this pod is a psyop, maybe it isn’t, but listen, and maybe you’ll learn how to spot one. Expect to learn if we happen to live in the most psychologically manipulated era in history, what the most effective mass behavioural engineering campaign in history was, how mass persuasion and brainwashing work at scale, the behaviors that unconsciously trigger attraction, how to read anyone and spot their insecurities fast and much more… Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: ⁠⁠https://chriswillx.com/deals⁠⁠ Get a free bottle of D3K2, an AG1 Welcome Kit, and more when you first subscribe at https://ag1.info/modernwisdom Get up to 20% off Timeline powered by Mitopure (now at a lower price) at https://timeline.com/modernwisdom Get a Free Sample Pack of LMNT’s most popular flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom Get up to $50 off the RP Hypertrophy App at https://rpstrength.com/modernwisdom Get ChatGPT to explore ideas, solve problems, and learn faster at ⁠https://chatgpt.com Timestamps: (0:00) What Does Chase Actually Do? (0:41) Why Humans Are So Easy Manipulate (7:16) The Simple Formula Behind Brainwashing (12:17) How Social Media Reprograms Your Mind (17:03) What Makes a Leader Followable? (21:50) Are Algorithms Engineering Your Predictability? (29:45) How Interrogators Get People to Confess (41:05) The Psychology of Building Instant Rapport (46:34) Where Confidence Really Comes From (49:57) What Makes a Great Communicator? (58:08) How Your Body Language Reveals Your Insecuri…","meta_description":"Chase Hughes is a former U.S. Navy Chief, behavior and influence expert, speaker, and author. Are you being brainwashed right now? What if the ideas you t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7775,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/modern-wisdom-229239/episodes/psyop-expert-brainwashing-is-real-and-it-s-happening-now-chase-hughes-1103/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/modern-wisdom-229239/psyop-expert-brainwashing-is-real-and-it-s-happening-now-chase-hughes-1103.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}