489: A Man Can Be Made To Do Exactly Anything. The Dark Truth About Brainwashing.

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🗓️ 7 May 2025

⏱️ 136 minutes

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Jocko Podcast 489 explores the power of thought control, the vulnerability of the human mind, and historical brainwashing techniques. Jocko and Echo discuss a declassified 1956 CIA document on psychological manipulation, drawing from Korean War POW cases and Soviet tactics to show how beliefs and values can be deeply altered.

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0:00.0	This is Jocko Podcast number 489 with Echo Charles and me.
0:03.7	Jocko Willink.
0:04.5	Good evening, Echo.
0:05.2	Good evening.
0:05.8	So, how much do you control your own thoughts?
0:10.9	Let me ask you that question.
0:12.1	Me?
0:13.8	You know, you're trying to, you're trying to form your mind, form your brain in a certain way, right?
0:19.8	Well, let me ask you this.
0:20.8	When you're making a cake or you're making a loaf of bread, do you think that the ingredients
0:26.5	matter?
0:27.9	Yeah.
0:28.2	Like what you put into the bread is going to make it taste a certain way.
0:31.5	Yeah, absolutely.
0:32.9	So we have to be careful with what we put in there.
0:35.4	And we have to be careful with what we put in there and we have to be careful with what we put into our
0:39.3	brains but how much do you actually pay attention to that what do you think you paying close attention
0:48.0	to what you put in your brain yeah yeah echo charles yes sir i am paying attention i believe that i am. You're paying attention. I believe that I am.
0:54.4	How about that?
0:55.1	Good.
0:57.0	Let me tell you that.
0:58.3	If you're not careful, you can be manipulated.
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