"If you had a checklist of how to brainwash people, that checklist would include: Number one, isolate them from contrary influences. Number two, put them under a lot of stress. Number three, deprive them of sleep. Number four, involve them in a group that hammers home the same messages repeatedly."

Show Credits:

• Produced by Tenderfoot TV in association with iHeart Podcasts
• Host/Writer: Neil Strauss
• Guest: Aliia Roza
• Executive Producers: Neil Strauss, Donald Albright and Payne Lindsey
• Lead Producer and Editor: Tristen Bankston
• Additional Editing: Miles Clark and Christian Brown
• Supervising Producer: Tracy Kaplan
• Consultants: Nooshin Valizadeh, Chelsey Goodan and Jaime Albright
• Cover Art Design: Byron McCoy
• Original Music: Makeup and Vanity Set, with additional music by Ben Fleisch
• Mixed and Mastered: Dayton Cole
• Theme song: Killer Shangri-lah by Pshycotic Beats featuring Pati Amor
• Special thanks to: Oren Rosenbaum and the team at UTA, Beck Media and Marketing, Oren Segal, Rebecca Jensen, Rose Baruc, The Nord Group, Meredith Stedman, and Alex Vespestad

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