Introducing Mind Games

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We're excited to share a preview of a new podcast we think you'd enjoy, Mind Games. What if you could hypnotize yourself into a better you, or secretly hypnotize others into giving you anything you want? That's the promise of NLP. Mind Games is an investigation into the world of neuro-linguistic programming, or NLP, a blend of hypnosis, linguistics, and psychology that has quietly shaped industries, institutions, and belief systems around the world. Part science experiment, part investigation, part true crime thriller. Mind Games tells the story of NLP and its crazy cast of disciples, including the fake doctor who invented it at a New Age commune, took it to Fortune 500 boardrooms, and whose gruesome murder trial did little to stop its rise.

Devra Cantor Morton· Soundbite0:56

Richard was my first real therapist.

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Devra Cantor Morton was a student and one of their first guinea pigs.

Devra Cantor Morton· Soundbite1:03

I actually did quite a bit of my personal work with the both of them. That was extremely powerful.

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Devra experienced therapeutic breakthroughs with Bandler and Grinder. But by the end of her time...

Devra Cantor Morton· Soundbite1:16

I plotted revenge. [laughs] I thought of suing them. I thought about putting sugar in their gas tanks.

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Devra first met Bandler when they were both volunteering at a peer counseling center, and Bandler