Guilt trips, subliminal messages, white lies — all parents have done it. But Khloé Kardashian just took it one step further. She admitted to brainwashing her kids, and we can’t stop laughing.

Words like “mind control” and “brainwashing” get tossed around, but it is a very real science and a very dangerous game that former CIA operative and now conservative talk show host Buck Sexton calls ...

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has accused PBS and NPR of “brainwashing children” and making them transgender ahead of a congressional hearing with the CEOs of both broadcasters. “I’m looking ...

Jenna Miscavige, niece of Scientology leader David Miscavige, opened up about her childhood experiences in the controversial Church, calling it a “cult” and sharing details of a song she claimed was ...

Most people acquire whatever religious beliefs they possess as part of their youthful indoctrination, (i.e. by growing up in a particular religious context). This becomes more complicated when a child ...

Brainwashing is often viewed as a Cold War relic—think '60s films like "The Manchurian Candidate" and "The IPCRESS File." But Rebecca Lemov, professor of the history of science, argues in her recently ...

Harvard historian Rebecca Lemov on the history of brainwashing and its implications today. Radiolab is an award-winning podcast that explores the edge where science, philosophy and human experience ...