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Introducing: Operation Midnight Climax · Operation Midnight Climax

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Speaker 1: In nineteen fifty two, the CIA's chief chemist was looking
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Speaker 1: through George White's file when he stumbled into something fascinating,
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Speaker 1: a secret chapter in his life. That minute, the CIA
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Speaker 1: decided they needed George White. America needed George White. It
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Speaker 1: was one of the most irresponsible decisions this country has
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Speaker 1: ever made. From I Heart Radio, the insane true story
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Speaker 1: of the secret Cold War project spinning out of control.
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Speaker 1: Back in the fifties. The government wouldn't let you watch
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Speaker 1: Elvis Presley shake his hips on TV. That seemed too dangerous.
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Speaker 1: But the same government was running a brothel in broad daylight,
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Speaker 1: drugging random citizens at Christmas parties. For George White, ruining
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Speaker 1: a perfectly good person's life was fun, and the fun
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Speaker 1: was just beginning. Listen to Operation Midnight Climax on the
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