Before we get started, I want to take a minute to introduce you to a podcast we think many of you will find genuinely fascinating and unsettling in the way only a good investigation can be.

If you listen to sequestered, you know we're interested, not in just what happened,

but how it happened.

The systems, the psychology behind things, the power dynamics.

The moments where something meant to help quietly crosses a line.

Mind Games follows that thread all the way down.

It's an investigative series about neuro-linguistic programming, or NLP, which is a blend of hypnosis, linguistics, and psychology that promises transformation.

It's control over your emotions, control over your life, and in some cases, control over other people.

What begins as an experimental therapeutic movement in the 1970s slowly expands into something much bigger,

touching self-help culture, corporate training, high control groups, and eventually a murder

trial that raises serious ethical questions about influence, consent, and power.

The episode you're about to hear explores the early days of NLP, when therapy itself was

still controversial. Boundaries were loose, and young people

trusted authority figures who claimed they can change lives overnight. For some, those

experiences felt profound. For others, they were deeply unsettling. Like the storylines in

sequestered, Mind Games doesn't rush to easy conclusions.

It listens closely to the people who were there, asks hard questions about harm and

intention, and lets the complexity sit where it belongs.

This is a special preview of Mind Games. And if this episode pulls you in,

trust me, you'll want to hear the others. New episodes drop Tuesdays, so be sure to follow

mind games wherever you get your podcasts. All right, let's get into this preview episode.

Richard was my first real therapist.

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