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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

The Control Group with Bret Wood

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.310.7K Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2018

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

In the era of the Cold War, intelligence agencies on both sides of the iron curtain desperately raced to secure any possible technological advantage, even if it meant breaking the law along the way. Join the guys as they interview filmmaker Bret Wood, the creator of The Control Group podcast, about the real-life events that inspired the first fiction podcast by HowStuffWorks.

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0:00.0

From the executive producers of Hell and Gone comes a new podcast

0:04.1

investigating the serial murders orchestrated by South African cold leader Cecilia Stein.

0:09.1

She conditioned them to be monsters.

0:11.4

In the world of murderous cults, if Charles Manson is king, Cecilia Stein is queen.

0:17.2

She was telling people the Bible since she was going to kill, but actually she was taking revenge.

0:22.6

Listen to Queen Havoc and her murder cult.

0:24.8

On the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:30.5

The cheerleaders at a gym in Buffalo have been recording themselves.

0:34.7

A cell.

0:35.6

To make a new documentary.

0:37.1

We're the so hot news reporters.

0:39.3

Because one year ago, a mass shooting changed their lives.

0:43.3

She just walked around and shot all the black people.

0:45.4

The cheer squad, most of whom are black, had to figure out how to go on and how to compete.

0:51.2

I wanted to win for them more than anything this season.

0:54.0

Listen to the embedded podcast from NPR within the I Heart Radio app,

0:58.8

or wherever you get your podcasts.

1:01.1

I'm Bridget Todd, and for the last three years, I've been answering questions about technology,

1:05.7

the internet, and how it shows up in all of our lives.

1:08.1

On my award-winning podcast, there are no girls on the internet.

1:10.9

But it feels like we're in kind of a weird moment when it comes to tech.

1:14.6

And even I don't know where we're headed.

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