Rebecca Lemov
The Instability of Truth
Brainwashing, Mind Control, and Hyper-Persuasion
Drawing from rare archival materials, interviews, and the overlooked trauma history of Cold War POWs, The Instability of Truth traces how psychological coercion has evolved — from interrogation cells to algorithmic feeds. This book reveals how the idea of mind control has spread across the globe and penetrated courtrooms, secret labs, military schools, and today’s digital sites.
Anybody can be brainwashed — no one is safe. And that’s, in a way, a hopeful discovery
Acclaimed Historian of Science
Rebecca Lemov
Rebecca Lemov is a historian of science at Harvard University and has been a visiting scholar at the Max Planck Institute. Her research explores data, technology, and the history of human and behavioral sciences. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her writing blends academic rigor with storytelling and wry humor, guiding readers through the disturbing — and surprisingly ordinary — ways truth is reshaped.
All Rebecca’s Books
The Instability of Truth
Brainwashing, Mind Control, and Hyper-Persuasion
A look at how brainwashing, psychological manipulation, and media-driven persuasion distort our sense of truth — and why no one is immune.
Database of Dreams
The Lost Quest to Catalog Humanity
Explores how postwar scientists tried to record, store, and control human inner life—building archives of emotion, memory, and identity.
How Reason Almost Lost Its Mind
The Strange Career of Cold War Rationality (co-authored)
Reveals how U.S. intelligence agencies redefined “rationality” during the Cold War — transforming madness, logic, and the psychology of decision-making.
World as Laboratory
Experiments with Mice, Mazes, and Men
Traces how Cold War experiments in behavior control shaped modern psychology, marketing, and our everyday ideas about human nature.
Appearances
Maine Calling
The history of brainwashing, how it’s been used, why it works—and how it’s more common than we think
On Point
The history and science behind why we’re all vulnerable to brainwashing
Smart People Podcast
Brainwashing, Mind Control, and Hyper-Persuasion with Harvard Professor, Rebecca Lemov
Armchair Expert
Rebecca Lemov (on brainwashing)
Better Known
Rebecca Lemov discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.
Crawlspace Media
The reality of brain-washing and mind control from a historical perspective up to modern times.
Talk Nerdy
Brainwashing w/ Rebecca Lemov
Stand Up
Rebecca Lemov’s research focuses on key episodes and experiments in the history of the human and behavioral sciences.
Life Examined
Brainwashing: The history and methods behind coercive mind control
IndoctriNation
The Instability of Truth with Rebecca Lemov
Coast to Coast
Brainwashing & Mind Control / Coral Castle Mysteries
Something You Should Know
Why You Should Talk More Often & How People Get Brainwashed
The Ed Mylett Show
How Brainwashing Keeps You in a Life You Don’t Want
The Human Upgrade
The Biohacker’s Guide to CIA Mind Control & Brainwashing
The Joe Rogan Experience
Rebecca Lemov is a historian of science at Harvard University and has been a visiting scholar at the Max Planck Institute.
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