Madness, Pt. 2: Brave New World
Endless Thread
WBUR
4.1 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2020
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Hundreds of people who were experimented on at the Allan Memorial Institute over the course of two decades are all connected to one man: Dr. Ewen Cameron. In this episode, we look at how Cameron rose to prominence in his field and investigate the surprising origins of his treatment program.
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"Madness" unravels the shocking history of CIA-funded mind-control experiments. Co-hosts Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson, along with producer Josh Swartz, investigate how the stigma around mental illness, combined with government secrecy, can silence the truth.
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| 0:00.0 | Heads up, this is part two of Madness. |
| 0:03.5 | If you missed part one, go back and listen to that first. |
| 0:06.8 | Okay, here's the show. |
| 0:08.3 | Produced by the iLab at WBUR Boston. |
| 0:13.3 | Previously on Endless Thread. |
| 0:19.1 | This is where people were kept for weeks, months, induced and experimented on shock treatment. |
| 0:29.8 | Alusina generic drugs and she lost her soul. |
| 0:32.7 | She had five days of sleep and five ECTs. |
| 0:36.7 | Do you remember anything about sort of how your mother reacted to the treatment you were |
| 0:41.5 | getting or... |
| 0:42.5 | She said that camera was an awful thing. |
| 0:44.7 | Torture, they abuse, things that only happen in a horror movie, happen to our ones. |
| 0:51.1 | And nobody's been accountable for it. |
| 0:53.8 | The ability is like a ghost. |
| 1:00.8 | It's 1956 and CBS Studios is broadcasting an experimental, dramatic radio anthology with |
| 1:18.5 | the help of an influential thinker. |
| 1:21.3 | It isn't gentleman, they distinguished author, Mr. Alders Huxley. |
| 1:26.7 | Alders Huxley writes science fiction, but like much of science fiction, his material |
| 1:31.6 | isn't just entertainment. |
| 1:33.8 | It's prophecy. |
| 1:35.5 | Alders Huxley's terrifying forecast of the future. |
| 1:39.2 | Brave New World. |
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