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EPISODE · Feb 17, 2026 · 53 MIN

Chapter 3: The Engaged Follower

from Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan · host IRONCLAD

What does it take to turn a normal person into a killer? What’s behind a recent string of assassinations and assassination attempts? In this chapter, we do a deep dive into the psychology of “engaged followership” and a dark experiment that proves just how easy it is to get a seemingly normal person to kill. Chapters: (02:31) - Infiltrating a Mind Control Cult (10:30) - How Mind Control Cults Work (13:15) - Mind Control Techniques in PSYOPs (16:05) - Screens Influence Behavior  (23:51) - Creating a Manchurian Candidates? (25:55) - The Milgram Experiment  (33:15) - The Crimes of Nazis (38:43) - Chase Hughes on the 4 Core Aspects of a PSYOP (46:12) - Sparking Political Violence  (50:15) - The Lesson of the Milgram Experiment  Sponsors: SBIR Advisors: If you’re serious about selling to the military, visit https://www.sbiradvisors.com Mention PSYOP and get your first month free. MAREK HEALTH: Take control of your health today! Head to http://marekhealth.com and use code PSYOP for 10% off at checkout. GHOSTBED Take an extra 15% off sitewide with code PSYOP and that’s on top of their already amazing prices. Visit https://www.ghostbed.com/PSYOP and use code PSYOP at checkout for this exclusive offer. Terms and conditions may apply, see site for details. SPARTAN FORGE: Go to http://spartanforge.ai/PSYOP and use code “PSYOP” to save 40% on an annual subscription (Discount automatically applied at checkout.)

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