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What is brainwashing?

Is it possible to control someone’s mind?

When listener Ben heard about a Kenyan “starvation cult” in the news, he wondered whether the members of this group were brainwashed. Is it possible to control someone’s mind? In this episode, presenter Caroline Steel learns about the origins of the word brainwashing, hears about what it’s like to be part of a cult, and gets to the bottom of a decades-long debate. Does brainwashing exist? And, if so, how does it work?

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27 minutes