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Foreign PSYOPs in the USA | Gregg Hurwitz

2024/10/10
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Gregg Hurwitz discusses how foreign powers, particularly Iran, China, and Russia, manipulate American thought through social media, targeting young people, especially women, to sow discord and distort political views. This manipulation contributes to the polarization and disintegration of American culture.
  • Foreign actors use social media to manipulate American thought and create political division.
  • Young people, particularly women, are targeted by these foreign influence campaigns.
  • These campaigns aim to dement and distort political views, causing harm to American culture.

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Dr. Jordan B. Peterson sits down with international bestselling author of the “Orphan X” series, Gregg Hurwitz. They discuss the manufactured polarity within the United States, how bad actors and foreign powers are manipulating American thought, the shocking number of data points most people agree on, and Gregg’s newest work, a short film called “Ask An Iranian: The Truth About the Middle East” which showcases true accounts of the terror administered by the Islamic Republic of Iran.

 

Gregg Hurwitz is the New York Times #1 internationally bestselling author of 24 thrillers including the Orphan X series. His novels have won numerous literary awards and have been published in 33 languages. Gregg currently serves as the Co-President of International Thriller Writers (ITW). Additionally, he’s written screenplays and television scripts for many of the major studios and networks, comics for AWA (including the critically acclaimed anthology NewThink), DC, and Marvel, and poetry. Currently, Gregg is actively working against polarization in politics and culture. To that end, he's penned op-eds for The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, The Bulwark and others, and has produced several hundred commercials and creative content which have gotten several hundred million views on digital TV platforms. He also helped write the opening ceremony of the 2022 World Cup.

 

This episode was recorded on September 25th, 2024

 

 

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For Gregg Hurwitz

 

“Ask An Iranian” Film https://x.com/us_the_story

 

On X https://x.com/GreggHurwitz