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In season two of THE CONTROL GROUP (Civil Defense), the airwaves are filled with announcements of a nuclear attack on the United States. As panic threatens the community of New Canaan, a housewife (Tess Malis Kincaid) tries to protect her daughter (Allie Ficken) from both the atomic and the human dangers that surround them. Woven throughout the story are fragments of “Quasar-1,” an animated children’s television program about a space pilot (Hannah Fierman) assigned to protect a distant planet from self-destruction.
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The Control Group

The Control Group

2018-06-2001:00

Encouraged by a private research group, a doctor at a mental ward sheds his ethical restraints in an effort to pioneer a new form of mental cleansing. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S1 E1: ECT

S1 E1: ECT

2018-06-2728:22

After being apprehended fleeing the scene of a crime, an outspoken woman, Karen, is placed in the Central State Hospital at New Canaan for examination and evaluation. After a terse interview with Dr. Hayes, she is quickly acquainted with the harsh realities of life in B Ward. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S1 E2: Sleep Therapy

S1 E2: Sleep Therapy

2018-06-2746:09

Dr. Hayes realizes he must cultivate more ambitious therapies if he expects to win the fiscal support of a large research group. Long term patient Charlotte grows jealous of the doctor’s obvious fascination with the new patient, Karen. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S1 E3: Psychic Driving

S1 E3: Psychic Driving

2018-06-2732:34

Dr. Hayes (John Schmedes) conscripts Karen (Hannah Fierman) to tape record a message of cooperation and compliance, to be used in future therapies. When Karen attempts to escape, attendant Grath (Joe Sykes), who is prone to bullying and abuse, volunteers to find her ... and succeeds. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S1 E4: Phenobarbital

S1 E4: Phenobarbital

2018-06-2743:07

Karen (Hannah Fierman) spends days confined to a “sleep room,” where a mind-numbing combination of treatments are administered. Pleased with Hayes’s progress, Somerhill (Daniel May) encourages the doctor (John Schmedes) to become more aggressive in his therapies, just as the Ward Head Nurse, Verdrey (Lisa Paulsen), begins to question Hayes’s methods. Charlotte (Jennifer Bates) is released. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
E1 E5: Sodium Amytal

E1 E5: Sodium Amytal

2018-06-2732:031

Intent on exposing Karen’s (Hannah Fierman) secrets, Dr. Hayes (John Schmedes) subjects her to chemical hypnosis and coerces her to reenact the ill-fated events that occurred in room 512 of the Dixie Hotel. His unhealthy obsession with Karen reaches new depths, but his unorthodox form of role-playing leads to an unexpected breakthrough.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S1 E6: SIHE

S1 E6: SIHE

2018-07-1135:51

Somerhill (Daniel May) receives word of Hayes’s (John Schmedes) revelation from both the proud doctor and a rogue agent (Andrew Benator), who is furious at having been exposed. Unsatisfied with Hayes’s explanation, Verdrey (Lisa Paulsen) begins to investigate the identity and purpose of the Society for the Investigation of Human Ecology. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S1 E7: Charlotte

S1 E7: Charlotte

2018-07-1841:30

Housebound and suffering from mental collapse, Charlotte (Jennifer Bates) receives an encouraging message from an unlikely herald (Mary Kraft). Dr. Hayes (John Schmedes) requests Charlotte’s special assistance in a personal investigation into the circumstances of Karen’s crime. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S1 E8: Cages

S1 E8: Cages

2018-07-2531:43

Following the incident at the Dixie Hotel, Dr. Hayes (John Schmedes) returns to Central State Hospital just as its orderly operation is interrupted. In defiance of Dr. Hayes, Verdrey (Lisa Paulsen) attempts to hide Karen (Hannah Fierman) where the hospital’s darkest secrets are kept. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S1 E9: Midnight Climax

S1 E9: Midnight Climax

2018-08-0140:09

Now that Dr. Hayes (John Schmedes) has penetrated the Dixie Hotel’s chamber of secrets, Somerhill (Daniel May) and Dr. Gottfried (Keith Brooks) reveal the hidden workings of the plot in which Karen (Hannah Fierman) has been entangled. The abusive Grath (Joe Sykes) finds Karen in the hospital basement, and a bitter grudge is settled. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Somerhill (Daniel May) convenes a meeting at the Founder’s Mansion, a crumbling remnant of Central State Hospital’s more glorious age. There, Dr. Hayes (John Schmedes) is challenged to demonstrate the effectiveness of his radical treatments… by performing a type of experiment that, under ordinary circumstances, is forbidden in scientific research. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
When a nuclear attack upon the United States seems imminent, a housewife tries to protect her daughter from the dangers that surround them. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S2 E1: Red Alert

S2 E1: Red Alert

2021-06-3046:33

The already strained relationships of Dorrie and Wayne Langford (Tess Malis Kincaid, Tim Habeger) and their daughter Becky (Allie Ficken) are completely upended when emergency announcements warn the U.S. is under Soviet nuclear attack. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S2 E2: Shelter

S2 E2: Shelter

2021-07-0742:13

A paramilitary volunteer (Keith Brooks) persuades Dorrie and Becky (Tess Malis Kincaid, Allie Ficken) to leave their basement and search for better protection against radioactive fallout. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S2 E3: L.M.O.E.

S2 E3: L.M.O.E.

2021-07-1440:13

In the Civil Defense Emergency Command Center, Wayne (Tim Habeger) reveals a secret weapon to TV personality Helen Huntleigh (Mary Kraft). Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S2 E4: A Prophecy

S2 E4: A Prophecy

2021-07-2129:26

An idealistic Noonan (Keith Brooks) shares with Dorrie (Tess Malis Kincaid) his dream for a better world, even as New Canaan descends into chaos. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S2 E5: The Fortress

S2 E5: The Fortress

2021-07-2839:04

Becky (Allie Ficken) and Loraine (Rachel Frawley) attempt to escape from the bunker on Cross Mountain. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S2 E6: Make Believe

S2 E6: Make Believe

2021-08-0440:19

Dorrie (Tess Malis Kincaid) reflects on the fateful events of her, and dreams of an opportunity for redemption. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Comments (20)

Alvaro A. Fuentes

i come in peace understand" white girl being a white girl

Aug 15th
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Bella Ring

Wasn’t this an hbo show or a movie? I’m sure I know this story from somewhere!?

Jul 11th
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Elvia Bierbaum

this podcast is going to piss me off, isn't it?

Nov 28th
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Heidi Van Dyke

This was very well done while depicting a tale that chills to the bone. Hard to imagine that acts such as this were actually explored and supported during the time the story took place. I enjoyed the listen.

Dec 18th
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Francesca King

One can hear the gradual descent to madness of Dr. Hayes as he tries to shape and control his patients instead of seeking to make them whole. Therapy should be about discovering why people are stunted in their lives and giving them the tools to move forward better able to cope with conflict.

Nov 9th
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Francesca King

It's disturbing, chilling, and honest. This podcast showed how easy it was to deceive oneself that what you're doing is for the greater good and not to preserve the ego through wicked advances in the vein of "psychological health and well being".

Nov 9th
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Sunni Rae

Three episodes in and I'm longing for a woman's voice that doesn't sound either overly sweet or overly exasperated. I'm also longing for the historical narrative and analysis I thought this would contain. Unsubscribed.

Aug 22nd
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Oscar Guerrero

Wow!

Aug 13th
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mat welch

this story to be blunt is nothing close to the depictions of what the preview makes it out to be . 7 episodes in and I cant believe i got this far and as a voracious reader even if i dont particularly like the content for whatever reason I puah myself to finiah the book/ podcast "graphic violence and sexual content" ! WHEN? ALL so far as disturbing content 7 episodes has chuned out is depictions of semi involuntary ROUNDS OF ECT TREATMENT, placing patients into 4 to 6 weeks of medically induced sleep whilst playing subliminal reprogramming tapes while rhey are under their drug induced slumber. ... SNORE!! LEAD SCIENTIST has a.mr burns voice from rhe Simpsons. this story could have focused on far deeper darker areas found in the history of the evolution of psychiatry...i cant be bothered with ep 8. sorry guys but this is pg13 at its best

Aug 1st
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Squid Tentacles

Amazing

Jul 18th
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Miguel Gouveia e Freitas

Love the podcast... can't wait for this new episode to start downloading already!!!

Jul 18th
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Steffan Mark Mason Susee

uh...when's the next episode?

Jul 17th
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Terry Harris

This podcast is amazing, it's entertaining, the voice acting and sound design is on point and even the ads are done perfectly. They fit with the time period, theme and they integrate with the whole experience so well. It's just great while also giving us a look at the state of mental Healthcare over the years.

Jul 13th
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Jaylee Davis

I love the way ads were incorporated in this!!

Jul 7th
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jersey2777

um..wow..I've heard about the horrors of psychiatric treatments, especially those occurring during this time...I am an adult living with bi polar & my life has been a struggle...I've been the Guinea pig, I've endured the shitty side effects from meds & still do, however I feel I owe a debt to those that have struggled in scary fucking places like this..because today, I cannot be forced to take any meds or participate in any treatments against my will..thank you ..& for those whose struggle is real-hang on, call someone, anyone this too shall pass.. ECT segment was chilling..

Jul 2nd
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