Richard Bandler: The Self-Help Scammer

Scamfluencers

Wondery

Society & Culture

4.1 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Fueled by cocaine and daddy issues, Richard Bandler revolutionized self-help by developing an approach called Neuro-Linguistic Programming — which is essentially mental manipulation. Richard got his start in the 1970s, and his books and controversial workshops gained thousands of followers and made him rich. But his addictions isolated him from his friends and family, and led him to get caught up in a gruesome crime. Richard may not have practiced what he taught, but NLP has inspired many, including some truly toxic and criminal movements.

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0:00.0	Wundry Plus subscribers can listen to scam influencers early and ad free right now.
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0:08.0	A heads up to our listeners, this episode contains references to gun violence. Sarah, do you think you can be manipulated out of a bad habit?
0:14.0	Like if you were a smoke... can be manipulated out of a bad habit?
0:24.0	Like if you were a smoker, do you think hypnotism would help?
0:27.1	You know, one thing you will learn about me right now
0:29.7	is that I have tried hypnosis and it did work for me. I think in the right circumstances
0:34.5	for something like smoking it has actually helped people I know. Oh interesting. I once
0:39.3	went to a hypnotist to help me get over my fear of flying and it didn't work but do you know what did?
0:45.0	Hanapan. Yeah I feel like that's the kind of thing where drugs definitely work and
0:50.1	you need them. Well my friend we have a frustrating one today.
0:54.9	The pseudo-doctor taking advantage of people's fears
0:57.4	and anxieties through nonsense medicine.
1:00.1	Oh, and he loves cocaine.
1:08.0	It's a February morning in the early 80s. About 16 students are filing into a room in Santa Cruz, California.
1:12.0	They're here to see a self-help guru named Richard Bandler.
1:16.0	Richard seminars are a hot ticket
1:18.0	thanks to a system he started developing 10 years ago
1:21.0	called neurolinguistic programming or NLP.
1:25.0	It's a special blend of psychology, hypnotism, and linguistics that Richard claims can
1:29.7	help people make permanent near magical change in themselves.
1:33.8	Over the last decade, NLP has become incredibly popular.
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