{"podcast":{"title":"Occult Symbolism and Pop Culture with Isaac Weishaupt","slug":"occult-symbolism-and-pop-culture-with-isaac-weishaupt-830473","podcast_index_feed_id":830473,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/3200989/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/conspiracy-theories-and-unpopular-cultur","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/70a2f8941f7ad2f97ea78a057f0d54a8.jpg","author":"Isaac Weishaupt","episode_count":757,"summary":"Conspiracy Theories, Illuminati symbolism, aliens & the Occult all connect with Pop Culture on this podcast hosted by conspiracy and symbolism expert & author: Isaac Weishaupt aka The Illuminati Watcher! (podcasting since 2014 under \"Conspiracy Theories and Unpopular Culture\"). Join along as we have a rational discussion about the conspiracy of an Illuminati agenda mixed with film analysis, celebrity gossip, entertainment, synchronicities, occult religions and more!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-16T04:18:44.899653+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/occult-symbolism-and-pop-culture-with-isaac-weishaupt-830473"},"episode":{"title":"MKULTRA Pt 1: CIA’s Mind Control Program, Pop Culture Examples & David McGowan’s Programmed to Kill!","slug":"mkultra-pt-1-cia-s-mind-control-program-pop-culture-examples-david-mcgowan-s-programmed-to-kill","published_at":"2026-01-13T12:10:07+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/occult-symbolism-and-pop-culture-with-isaac-weishaupt-830473/mkultra-pt-1-cia-s-mind-control-program-pop-culture-examples-david-mcgowan-s-programmed-to-kill","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/occult-symbolism-and-pop-culture-with-isaac-weishaupt-830473","url":"https://www.patreon.com/posts/148050747/edit","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69404998/ff_mkultra_pt_1_cmc_os_ff.mp3","summary":"https://youtu.be/XWLl-jbqEg8 *Watch it on my NEW YouTube! On today's episode of the Occult Symbolism and Pop Culture with Isaac Weishaupt podcast we begin our 4-part MKULTRA deep dive! In today's episode we begin with Part 1 where we’ll explain what MKULTRA was, some pop culture examples of movies and celebrities that are affiliated with mind control and a quick look at David McGowan’s “Programmed to Kill” book about mind controlled killers. In Part 1 we’ll explain what MKULTRA was, some pop culture examples of movies and celebrities that are affiliated with mind control and a quick look at David McGowan’s “Programmed to Kill” book about mind controlled killers.In Part 2 we’ll cover a hard to find book called “Secrets and Lies” by Gordon Thomas that details MKULTRA mostly through the view of CIA agent William Buckely. This book features a section on the black magick efforts in a sub-program called Operation OFTEN. It also covers many of the players in MKULTRA: Dr Jolly West, Dr. William Sargent, Dr Ewan Cameron, Frank Olson, Allen Dulles, techniques such as Psychic Driving and the CIA Assassination Manual.In Part 3 we’ll cover the authoritative source on the man running MKULTRA: Dr Sydney Gottlieb. It will cover the nazi origins of MKULTRA, Operation Paperclip, origins of the terms used in the program, George Hunter White and Operation Midnight Climax and all the FREAKS within the CIA.In Part 4 we’ll cover Cathy O’Brien’s TRANCEformation of America book where we get the theory about sex slaves and Project MONARCH. We’ll also briefly look at Tom O’Neill’s CHAOS book about Charles Manson being a subject in the experiments. Links: Help me get to 100K on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/@occultsymbolism : (*Supporter feeds Tier 2 members get videos with early access, no ad…","meta_description":"https://youtu.be/XWLl-jbqEg8 *Watch it on my NEW YouTube! On today's episode of the Occult Symbolism and Pop Culture with Isaac Weishaupt podcast we begin…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3573,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/occult-symbolism-and-pop-culture-with-isaac-weishaupt-830473/episodes/mkultra-pt-1-cia-s-mind-control-program-pop-culture-examples-david-mcgowan-s-programmed-to-kill/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/occult-symbolism-and-pop-culture-with-isaac-weishaupt-830473/mkultra-pt-1-cia-s-mind-control-program-pop-culture-examples-david-mcgowan-s-programmed-to-kill.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}