{"podcast":{"title":"Proof Positive","slug":"proof-positive-7769387","podcast_index_feed_id":7769387,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/PODAGEN1376325340","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/888b1f84-0357-11f1-befc-ab71d1d198c5/image/70b2158e31ae217cacd060fb38c52caa.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Daniel Torres","episode_count":108,"summary":"What happens when the official story doesn't add up? Join Daniel Torres as he picks apart the cases, scandals, and mysteries that everyone else stopped asking questions about. This isn't your typical true crime podcast — it's investigative documentary work that digs into current events, historical cover-ups, and social issues that deserve a second look. Daniel spent eight years as a freelance journalist chasing down everything from small-town corruption to corporate whistleblowers. He started this podcast because the best stories always had too many layers for a newspaper article. Now he's using that same dogged reporting to unpack the investigations that matter, the ones that got buried, and the ones that are still happening right now. Each episode is a deep dive into real documentation — court filings, leaked memos, forgotten archives. You'll hear the actual evidence, not just opinions about it. Daniel breaks down complex cases so you can understand what really went down and why it matters today. Sometimes he even convinces his neighbors to share their weird hobbies, which honestly makes for surprisingly good radio. Ready to question everything you thought you knew? Follow Proof…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T18:19:49.347648+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387"},"episode":{"title":"Internet Addiction Camps: How China's Teen Treatment Centers Actually Worked","slug":"internet-addiction-camps-how-china-s-teen-treatment-centers-actually-worked","published_at":"2026-07-26T13:54:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/internet-addiction-camps-how-china-s-teen-treatment-centers-actually-worked","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PODAGEN9105436378.mp3?updated=1776260295","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PODAGEN9105436378.mp3?updated=1776260295","summary":"What if the cure was worse than the disease? In 2005, China declared war on internet addiction and built military-style camps to \"save\" their teenagers. Daniel Torres investigates how these facilities became torture chambers disguised as treatment centers, and why desperate parents kept paying thousands to keep their kids locked up. 🎯 What You'll Learn: • How Yang Yongxin's electroshock therapy \"cured\" over 6,000 teens in a decade • Why parents paid $3,000-5,000 monthly for camps that beat their children • The real story behind China's first-in-the-world internet addiction diagnosis • How military contractors made millions off panicked families 👤 Perfect for: anyone who's ever wondered how far parents will go when they're scared for their kids, and why governments create solutions that become bigger problems than what they're trying to fix. 📍 Chapters: [00:00] Daniel Torres opens with the electroshock room [02:15] China's internet boom creates 100 million users overnight [04:30] Yang Yongxin's miracle cure that parents couldn't resist [07:00] Inside the camps: military drills, beatings, and isolation [09:30] The $500 million industry built on family desperation [11:45] What happened when the world found out The scariest part? Parents genuinely thought they were saving their children. They watched kids come home traumatized and still believed the camps worked because their teenagers stopped using computers. Turns out fear makes people do things that would horrify them under normal circumstances. These weren't rogue operations. The Chinese government endorsed this approach for years, and similar programs spread across Asia. The official story was rehabilitation, but the documented reality was systematic abuse funded by terrified families. 🔔 Never miss an episode: Follow…","meta_description":"What if the cure was worse than the disease? In 2005, China declared war on internet addiction and built military-style camps to \"save\" their teenagers. 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