
How They Control Your Mind: Hidden PsyOps Shaping America
About this episode
Part 1: After Charlie Kirk's assassination shocks the nation, a powerful disinformation machine unleashes a wave of hate, conspiracies, and manufactured outrage. If you've ever wondered why the country feels more divided, more angry, and more easily manipulated, this episode will change the way you understand modern influence.
Behavior science expert Chase Hughes joins Dr. Phil for a powerful breakdown of how modern Americans are being conditioned psychologically, neurologically, and emotionally by systems designed to divide and control. Drawing from the same behavioral frameworks he teaches to elite military units and intelligence operatives, Chase explains how outrage, tribal identity, and manufactured division are not political accidents but psychological operations rooted in decades of influence research.
Dr. Phil unpacks the neurology behind these tactics how the amygdala, reward centers, and subcortical systems are hijacked by media, algorithms, and curated conflict. Together, they trace the evolution of mass manipulation from early propaganda and MKUltra to Operation Mockingbird and today's algorithm-driven radicalization loops.
This episode is brought to you by BIOptimizers | Magnesium Breakthrough: Visit: https://bioptimizers.com/drphil Promo Code: DrPhil for 15% off and 25% off during black Friday. Stronger, longer, better life.
This episode is brought to you by Sambrosa Night Syrup: Visit https://sambrosa.com/ and use code DRPHIL for 25% off your first order. With a 90 day guarantee, there's no reason for you not to get the help you need.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Get every episode summarized
Each time The Dr. Phil Podcast publishes, we email you a written briefing from the transcript — the topics, who appeared, and any specific claims, with the ad reads skipped.
Email me new episodesFree for 3 shows. No card needed.
Hosts & guests
No transcript yet
This episode has not been transcribed. Request it and it moves to the front of the queue.
More episodes
More from The Dr. Phil Podcast

Warning: Why Iran Will Never Stop Chanting 'Death to America
The Dr. Phil Podcast

October 7: The Lies, The Truth, & The Woman Who Was There
The Dr. Phil Podcast

Where In The World Did All The Teachers Go?
The Dr. Phil Podcast

The Dangerous and Deadly Takeover Crisis
The Dr. Phil Podcast