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When listener Ben heard about a Kenyan 鈥渟tarvation cult鈥� in the news, he wondered whether the members of this group were brainwashed. Is it possible to control someone鈥檚 mind? In this episode, presenter Caroline Steel learns about the origins of the word brainwashing, hears about what it鈥檚 like to be part of a cult, and gets to the bottom of a decades-long debate. Does brainwashing exist? And, if so, how does it work?