Media, Mind Manipulation, and the Subconscious with Jason Christoff

Guest: Jason Christoff — health coach, researcher, and commentator on the psychology of self-sabotage and mass manipulation. Email him at [email protected] for a copy of The Push documentary mentioned in this important interview.

Theme: How propaganda, media, and language shape our subconscious choices more than we realize.

Highlights from the Conversation:

The legacy of Edward Bernays (the “father of public relations”) and how his techniques of psychological manipulation still drive modern advertising and media strategies.

Why propaganda is most effective when invisible—operating through entertainment, repetition, and subtle framing.

The insights of Marshall McLuhan, especially “the medium is the message,” and how the form of media itself reshapes culture, not just the content.

Discussion of British mentalist Derren Brown and his shocking documentary The Push, which demonstrates how ordinary people can be manipulated into extreme behavior through staged social pressure.

How the subconscious mind is constantly “programmed” through language, symbols, and repeated narratives—often bypassing rational defenses.

The power of words and framing in steering groupthink, compliance, and social control.

Examples of how mass media normalizes behavior once considered unthinkable—by embedding it in stories, images, and cultural memes.

Why awareness of these techniques is the first step toward resisting manipulation and reclaiming personal freedom.

Practical insights: building resilience, developing media literacy, and re-training the subconscious with truth, beauty, and goodness.

Takeaway:
This episode pulls back the curtain on the hidden persuaders of our time—and calls Catholics (and all truth-seekers) to wake up to the forces shaping their minds and culture.

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