Chapter 9: The PSYOP Wars (with Chase Hughes)

Chapter 10: Combatting the PSYOPs That Are Trying to Manipulate Your Behavior(with Chase Hughes)

In this special episode of Target Intelligence: PSYOP, we are joined by psychological operations insider, human behavior expert, and NCI University founder Chase Hughes. Chase’s insights are featured through the 8-episode narrative series, and in the final two episodes of the season, Chase explains how PSYOPs work — and how we can avoid being manipulated by them. More from Chase: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUBj_5pwQZaoXfBrEQQbADw⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUBj_5pwQZaoXfBrEQQbADw] NCI University: ⁠https://chasehughes.com/⁠ [https://chasehughes.com/] About Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan, an IRONCLAD Original:  Chapters (01:20)  Cognitive Warfare techniques in app design  (04:24) Recognizing what manipulation looks like (07:24) What is “Tactical uncertainty” (11:07) The Flat earth “PSYOP” (15:45) Operation Mockingbird and intelligence agency PSYOPs (21:03) The Reason for Violence and Tribalism  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. 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. MAREK HEALTH: Take control of your health today! Head to ⁠http://marekhealth.com⁠ and use code PSYOP for 10% off at checkout. SPARTAN FORGE: Go to ⁠http://spartanforge.ai/PSYOP ⁠and use code “PSYOP” to save 40% on an annual subscription (Discount automatically applied at checkout.)

Chapter 9: The PSYOP Wars (with Chase Hughes)

In this special episode of Target Intelligence: PSYOP, we are joined by psychological operations insider, human behavior expert, and NCI University founder Chase Hughes. Chase’s insights are featured through the 8-episode narrative series, and in the final two episodes of the season, Chase explains how PSYOPs work — and how we can avoid being manipulated by them. More from Chase: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUBj_5pwQZaoXfBrEQQbADw [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUBj_5pwQZaoXfBrEQQbADw] NCI University: https://chasehughes.com/ [https://chasehughes.com/] About Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan, an IRONCLAD Original:  Chapters: (01:17) - What Is a PSYOP? (04:45) - The Legacy of Edward Bernays (08:01) - The Smoke-Filled Room and Other Experiments (23:15) - How PSYOPs can cause destabilization (32:56) - How Our Brains Get Hacked (42:50) - The Cult-like Tactics That Isolate People 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. 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. MAREK HEALTH: Take control of your health today! Head to ⁠http://marekhealth.com⁠ and use code PSYOP for 10% off at checkout. SPARTAN FORGE: Go to ⁠http://spartanforge.ai/PSYOP ⁠and use code “PSYOP” to save 40% on an annual subscription (Discount automatically applied at checkout.)

Episode 8: Gray Matters: PSYOPs that Could End the World

In the narrative episode finale, Shawn Ryan looks at the future of psychological operations and cognitive warfare: direct energy weapons, brain-to–weapon interfaces, the Havana Syndrome attacks, “biological dominance”, and strategies that target your brain. We're is this all headed? Chapters: (00:47) What is “biological dominance”  (04:25) The Havana Syndrome Attacks  (09:15) How exotic new direct energy weapons (13:50) The Chinese end game with new technologies  (22:53) The build up of military forces in adversarial countries (24:42) Maslow’s Hierarchy of  Needs (30:13) Agroterrorism attacks  (35:44) Nanoweapons and beyond (39:46) Brain to weapon interfaces  (45:15) Defending from PSYOPs  Sponsors: SBIR Advisors: If you’re serious about selling to the military, visit ⁠⁠⁠https://www.sbiradvisors.com⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.sbiradvisors.com/] Mention PSYOP and get your first month free. 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 [https://www.ghostbed.com/PSYOP] and use code PSYOP at checkout for this exclusive offer. Terms and conditions may apply, see site for details. MAREK HEALTH: Take control of your health today! Head to ⁠⁠⁠http://marekhealth.com⁠⁠⁠ [http://marekhealth.com/] and use code PSYOP for 10% off at checkout. SPARTAN FORGE: Go to ⁠⁠⁠http://spartanforge.ai/PSYOP ⁠⁠⁠ [http://spartanforge.ai/PSYOP]and use code “PSYOP” to save 40% on an annual subscription (Discount automatically applied at checkout.)

Chapter 7: The Uncanny Valley: PSYOPs That Blur Reality Itself

What happens when you can no longer distinguish between what is real and what is artificial intelligence? In this chapter, we uncover the technological breakthroughs that are reshaping PSYOPs, and find out why facial recognition advancements, big tech influences, and deepfake abilities have insiders very concerned. Chapters: (00:53) A Deepfake targeting Marco Rubio (04:27) Detecting Deepfakes (07:11) The Concept of the Uncanny Valley  (13:36) Deepfake Political PSYOPs  (20:41) Cognitive Warfare Evolution (27:18) Mass Surveillance Efforts in China and Facial Recognition Technologies (29:39) Palantir Data Consolidation   (36:16) China’s Interest in Taiwan (42:11) Defense Against Deepfake PSYOPs (47:00) AI-Powered Cognitive Warfare Weapons  Sponsors: SBIR Advisors: If you’re serious about selling to the military, visit ⁠⁠https://www.sbiradvisors.com⁠⁠ [https://www.sbiradvisors.com/] Mention PSYOP and get your first month free. 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 [https://www.ghostbed.com/PSYOP] and use code PSYOP at checkout for this exclusive offer. Terms and conditions may apply, see site for details. MAREK HEALTH: Take control of your health today! Head to ⁠⁠http://marekhealth.com⁠⁠ [http://marekhealth.com/] and use code PSYOP for 10% off at checkout. SPARTAN FORGE: Go to ⁠⁠http://spartanforge.ai/PSYOP ⁠⁠ [http://spartanforge.ai/PSYOP]and use code “PSYOP” to save 40% on an annual subscription (Discount automatically applied at checkout.)

Chapter 6: The Master Plan - Secret PSYOPs That Run the World

PSYOPs are now a critical part of the U.S. military’s defense strategy. But, how did psychological operations evolve – and what happens when they go too far? In this chapter, we look at the origins of American military PSYOPs and examine how cultural figures – ranging from public relations pioneer Edward Bernays to the filmmakers behind the Kony 2012 viral video – have used media to shape geopolitics.  Chapters (01:07) - The Story of the ‘Invisible Children’ Project and The Lord’s Resistance Army (09:40) - ‘Kony 2012’ Goes Viral  (12:26) - A PSYOP to Take Down Joseph Kony (14:48) - The PSYOPs of WWI & WWII 21:37) - The Ghost Army (26:05) - ‘Propaganda’ The Rise of Edward Bernays  (29:25) - White, Gray, and Black Propaganda (33:04) - Operation Wandering Soul (39:44) - The Cold War’s PSYOP ‘Master Plan’ (43:10) - Operation Mockingbird  (46:46) - The CIA and The National Endowment for Democracy  (56:06) - Edward Bernays and a Coup in Guatemala Sponsors: SBIR Advisors: If you’re serious about selling to the military, visit ⁠https://www.sbiradvisors.com⁠ [https://www.sbiradvisors.com/] Mention PSYOP and get your first month free. 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 [https://www.ghostbed.com/PSYOP] and use code PSYOP at checkout for this exclusive offer. Terms and conditions may apply, see site for details. MAREK HEALTH: Take control of your health today! Head to ⁠http://marekhealth.com⁠ [http://marekhealth.com/] and use code PSYOP for 10% off at checkout. SPARTAN FORGE: Go to ⁠http://spartanforge.ai/PSYOP ⁠ [http://spartanforge.ai/PSYOP]and use code “PSYOP” to save 40% on an annual subscription (Discount automatically applied at checkout.)