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WFMU has an audio file on the subject of brainwashing. BW is a concept that was popular in the sixties, but seems to have faded away since then. The idea is that a person can have his outlook changed by exposure to ideas that he once found disagreeable. Maybe the reason it is no longer discussed is because it is subtly practiced on the population here.
The term brainwashing first was used during the Korean War. Soldiers who were captured by the enemy were subjected to psychological warfare, and some of them succumbed.
The man in the tape, Edward Hunter, plausibly claims to have invented the term brainwashing. During some Asian war, he was talking to someone, and they used the phrase “wash brain”. Mr. Hunter claims to have been a journalist, but appears to have had some work with the CIA and OSS  (the world war two predecessor to the CIA).
Mr. Hunter had some interesting things to say. To him, John Birch was a hero. The bad name Mr. Birch got as a result of his namesake organization is most unfair to his memory. “One of America’s greatest heroes ever”.
The interview was broadcast on WJW in Cleveland OH, on “The Important Show”. WJW had been the home of rock and roll pioneer Alan Freed. The Hunter broadcast evidently took place some time in the 1960s. Whether this is before or after the death of John Kennedy is not known.
PG has always worried about the environmental issues regarding the disposal of rinse water after brain washing. Pictures for this exercise are from The Library of Congress.