What brainwashing’s dark history tells us about the online era

What brainwashing’s dark history tells us about the online era

“Do you even think there’s a self anymore?” asked Latif Nasser, host of the podcast Radiolab. “Like, are we just the sum of all the various ways we've been brainwashed over the years? Or is there a self and free will in there anymore?” Nasser posed the question to Rebecca Lemov on stage at the 2025 Cascade PBS Ideas Festival live taping of Radiolab in a broad discussion about the science and history of brainwashing and what it can tell us about …