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S1E1
Happiness Machines
The first episode of the series introduces us to Edward Bernuys, Sigmund Freud's American nephew, and his groundbreaking ideas on population control.
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#2
S1E2
The Engineering of Consent
Episode two looks into the theories of Edward Bernuys and Anna Freud, and how different organizations, CIA and corporate America included, applied them to society.
#3
S1E3
There Is a Policeman Inside All Our Heads: He Must Be Destroyed
Part three addresses how the concepts established by Bernuys were re-assessed during the 1960s, and led to the creation of the "Me" generation in the USA.
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Eight People Sipping Wine in Kettering
S1E4
Lowlights
The final chapter explains how contemporary politicians on both sides of the Atlantic adopted and applied the ideas and techniques studied in this series.
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There Is a Policeman Inside All Our Heads: He Must Be Destroyed
S1E3
#2
The Engineering of Consent
S1E2
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Happiness Machines
S1E1
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