We Watched The CIA Masterclass So You Don't Have To

[@bartolomeus441]

How to overthrow a South American government or how to get your entire neighborhood addicted to crack, brought to you by CIA

[@gabrielmaroto18]

And marketed as a war on drugs on your local news every night a war they started against your own citizens.

[@leperpens]

One might say they've even overthrown one in North America, too. 62 ish years ago, somewhere between Canada & Mexico...

[@sebastiangibson9671]

and people are wondering why the war on drugs failed

[@gabrielmaroto18]

There’s a movie about this. Check out the movie kill the messenger starring Jeremy Renner Rest in peace, Gary Webb.

[@bobbarista]

And destabilize the countries and have the people come as migrants out of desperation. Then complain about it.

[@Durrutitv]

It's been hilarious to me that KZbin ads keep alternating between targeting me with the CIA Masterclass and the Noam Chomsky Masterclass.

[@Kras_Mazov-i4l]

Ong

[@jeremiahbaxter6887]

Sounds about right lol

[@MrMinigunman101]

Same lmao

[@T.H.E.O.R.Y.]

What the hell can you learn from the CIA masterclass? Like what is it they'd even begin to reveal to a particularly skeptical and distrusting populace?

[@purplespades9632]

Why would they have Chomsky next to the CIA? Didn't he have some critiques for them?

[@PistisPixel]

I played a game recently called "A Hand With Many Fingers" about the CIA's involvement with Contra, Air America, etc. and in that game they make a note to describe the CIA as "the organized crime wing of the ruling class" and that has been the best description I have ever heard.

[@anonymousweeble2224]

Excellent game. Also check out A Bewitching Revolution, by the same author!

[@Backinblackbunny009]

Chef's kiss

[@Endgame_01]

The irony of having this episode interrupted for an ad for the CIA master class... took me a few extra seconds to realize it was the ad and not the video

[@tatianao.753]

i got them RIGHT when it was the "let the ghouls introduce themselves" part @ 15:50 lmaoo

[@RichardBaran]

Use youtube revanced to get rid of the ads

[@dimitriscofield8505]

@@RichardBarandoes that take away from creators or is it a negligible amount

[@ashishkalam9337]

@@dimitriscofield8505 Ads still play but you don't see them and continue the video, the ad is not built into the video, it has to be played, so Vance just plays it in the background

[@dimitriscofield8505]

@@ashishkalam9337 oh wow that’s sick, I’ll have to check that out

[@luodeligesi7238]

MasterClass is getting ballsy with these. Next up will be "Saving Lives with the CEOs of United Health and Anthem BlueCross"

[@mookinbabysealfurmittens]

"Using AI to automate uh SAVING LIVES...? And who LIVES or D|ES!"

[@mookinbabysealfurmittens]

They had G.W. Boosh and his paintings as if he's just a cute old man with a Southern charm, recalling "that day in Sep" and the original story was sanitised even further. Wouldn't surprise me to see an in/sur/an/ce C/E/O on with some kind of BS about "leadership".

[@luodeligesi7238]

@@mookinbabysealfurmittens "Leadership and Treating Employees Right with Jeff Bezos, Howard Schulz, and Elon Musk"

[@Otamagaming486]

Chapter 1 following Luodeligesi’s reply: “The Importance of Accepting Ideological Diversity” as the camera cuts to various nazi views/comments that Elon has liked or agreed with.

[@Virjunior01]

"Master" has swapped to mean "the ones with the whips."

[@hazelgrunts]

My great uncle worked for the CIA. My great uncle also once cooked a frozen meal in the oven STILL IN THE CARDBOARD BOX IT CAME IN. So I don’t take the CIA too seriously after realizing that they gave him a job.

[@zfrank4095]

I can't- he what?

[@ariace3602]

He was confused but he had the spirit

[@wesleybush8646]

Skills aren't necessarily transferable..

[@ONEisN0THING]

​@@wesleybush8646Really? Wow. Well you know whats a really valuable skill. Common sense. Cardboard isn't food.

[@cbushin]

Was he assigned to try to kill Fidel Castro? Those attempts were comical failures

[@JuiciferPandoraRex]

wth is this? not one mention of knife skills, nothing about the 5 mother sauces, no lessons on how to braise, sautee, roast, nothing. the culinary institute of america has really lost its way

[@goddessofwar94]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@TryinaD]

The based counterpart

[@artiseen]

Bro I honestly thought this was about the culinary school at first 😭

[@akapotatobrad]

lmfao

[@yakuza01]

From learning how to play the violin to how to be part of an awful imperial destructive organization that has caused suffering and death across the globe for decades, Masterclass is there for you. LOL

[@LokiBeckonswow]

dope comment nice one

[@mgg7756]

I don't trust their other courses to be useful. Looks like paywalled crap documentaries

[@El_Nerdo_Loco-ol2vd]

Fun truck fact: 75%ish of all trucks in the US have never been used to haul things or go off-road

[@jopainting1668]

I can promise you that is not true. Everyone who has owned a truck has had innumerable people ask them to move things for them 🙄

[@filthycasual6118]

@@jopainting1668 Noo, really? People without pickup trucks ask people with pickup trucks to help them move things? Next you'll tell me that people expect semi drivers to haul things, too!

[@WNC1901]

culture war dog whistle

[@thekaxmax]

that list consists of personal vehicles that were designed solely to avoid the emissions laws, because they badly written and never updated.

[@ghfhchbtbb]

@@filthycasual6118 why are you targeting him then and not OP?! 😂

[@amkirby10]

A nearly 2 hour episode of Second Thought on the day I have a long drive? Incredible

[@AnimeCleetus]

@@amkirby10 better check out The Deprogram for long form content ;) they have so many episodes!!

[@Endgame_01]

Sometimes the stars align just right

[@cjmoss51]

They also posted another podcast episode today as well. Just for the ride back :)

[@Norbal.]

hey! that profile picture looks familiar...

[@babygrill01]

Finally a "So you don't have to" for something that I would've considered doing

[@kdubs-signs]

Really enjoyed this video, but I have a tiny accessibility critique, which I realized after my deaf mom walked in the room and watched a little. I really appreciate the subtitles, I know they’re a lot of work. But because you can’t see the mouths of two of the speakers, it’s really difficult to tell who is talking at any certain point. I think this could easily be solved by just changing the background color of the subtitle highlight to reflect each speaker. That, at least, would indicate the speaker has changed. Great video and I love y’all’s work! Keep it up!

[@whenthesunexplodeswealldie280]

@@singingway fr, why do these guys always have the exact same voice and mannerisms

[@kdubs-signs]

@@singingway well hey, maybe different color subtitles would help the hearing as well!

[@kahlilbt]

Most of the hearing world likes subs too!

[@SecondThought]

The platform we use doesn’t support multiple different colors, unfortunately. Can’t do anything about Hakim and Yugopnik wanting to remain anonymous.

[@kdubs-signs]

@@SecondThought completely understandable

[@Im_Merobiba_]

This is the first deprogram I’ve watched because I don’t usually care for podcasts and it’s just half an hour of talking about shit. I love this podcast

[@fourarrowheads]

same the gentleman in the middle is so funny i need to know what they bleeped lol

[@catherinejanet5806]

@@fourarrowheads it will be a mystery to the end of time

[@DeanRockne]

Me "oh cool, a long second thought episode about the CIA" 5 min in "so drinking coke gives me explosive diarrhea, let me describe what that looks like."

[@LyricTenor85]

Unfortunately

[@Luxamor-8]

The level of narcissistic, self-centredness, with them, was profound. "I learnt to control and manipulate people to help my country", " so i could do the same on the civvy street."

[@Zeitaluq]

Malcolm Gladwell is interesting as he explained the great exposure in Cuba how the intelligence was massively caught up in its own schemes. Malcolm Gladwell also explained real story of Goliath

[@j.megatron]

Fun fact: I thought second thought was Hakim for year or two, I had a whole conspiracy theory with adjoining charts and diagrams. Then the depression wore off

[@miro.georgiev97]

Not sure how you could've possibly mistaken one for the other, considering one shows his face and the other doesn't, and they both clearly sound different from each other.

[@mattgilbert7347]

That "fly an F-16 into a moving missle" story? That's from a movie. It's from Air Force One, the Harrison Ford propaganda joint. He thought we wouldn't notice. But we did.

[@sentientnatalie]

Yeah, that's what I immediately thought of lol, who'd be crazy enough to actually try that irl? To say nothing of which, the speed would make that impossible.

[@gmw3083]

All of masterclass is a prank 😃

[@jonathankranz2799]

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I see ads for this silly "masterclass" multiple times a day and each time, I savor the irony of a CIA representative telling us all about the importance of "relationships" and how the CIA is expert in building them. This, when the agency is historically notoriously BAD at building relationships, and is famed for having a shit ground game.

[@Danielle-zq7kb]

CIA great at building FAKE, MANIPULATIVE relationships - a total oxymoron.

[@popejaimie]

I wish my dad knew you had to spend time with people to build a relationship 😢

[@SecondThought]

😔

[@judeconnor-macintyre9874]

I love that the CIA people talk like villains from a Netflix crime drama in their intro.

[@MrMaduc]

Love that you guys released this episode to the public! I LMFO listening to the reaser. All the best for JT, Yugo and Hakim!

[@A.I.Mmusic]

Got the Masterclass ad right in front of this video. Ironic

[@Joseph_thefather]

Me too

[@Aiser77]

​@@Joseph_thefather What?

[@Joseph_thefather]

@@Aiser77 I got the ad

[@hitesman1]

Yep lmaoooo had that happen with another video a few weeks back regarding Pokémon Go and surveillance, the video preceeded by a Pokémon Go ad.

[@MM-24]

this is absolutely the opposite of ironic - rain on your wedding day is also not ironic

[@hammadusmani7950]

The people who bought the CIA Masterclass are the type of people who think they're accessing the dark web.

[@jasonparker6138]

They can teach you the little life hacks that psychopaths know innately?

[@nolanpolansky]

lol 😂

[@July_Da_Fox]

I fw with your guys' vibe so much, and i didn't know you had a podcast!!! I gotta listen to all the episodes on spotify now:O

[@alphabeticalmno]

I've been working through the podcast for a while, and it's definitely a wonderful experience

[@ericsommers7386]

It's always funny when the next youtube ad for me after the CIA's Masterclass ad is the ad for Chomsky's Masterclass

[@DaveE99]

Yes omfg he is the best

[@yoshimansxl]

It was for me...............lmao

[@milosheppard7261]

Chomsky’s masterclass was a bit disappointing . The cooking ones are the only ones I’ve found valuable so far.

[@kMegalonyx]

@@DaveE99oh come on he’s controlled opposition and a sion ist

[@RememberTheDead]

The "0.8 of a language" quip and Yugopnik's reaction at 1:01:40 was one of the absolute high points of this whole thing. I'm still reeling. Squad goals with these three.

[@ALLCAPSKELL]

The thing about the tiny Texas lady with the huge truck is that she wants you to be upset about it. People who are tacky LOVE upsetting rational people with their excess. They wear ignorance like a badge and then try to defend themselves by saying you’re misogynistic to them when you mansplain something they’re aware of. It reinforces their pride and ignorance.

[@ajohnymous5699]

So I've met some of these tiny women as a Texas native. While there is a lot of people who treat ignorance, arrogance and obnoxious excess like badges of honor, the most sensible thing I've heard in regards to the truck thing was "improves chances of survival for the girl driving." Partly because the vehicle is big and therefore sturdy, presumably, but also because they're higher up. Which, when I heard, made me realize we don't value our young men then because they drive small cars usually or when they do have big trucks, only gawdy people want to fuck the guy who has a big truck and no need for it. Thankfully, the younger generations treat them like the jokes they are.

[@mookinbabysealfurmittens]

They (tacky big truck people) pick & choose from wherever they feel like, somehow "traditional family" & other regressive junk _and_ bristling against "misogyny" (and it usually takes them to a "G.C." place of transmisia). That's what happens when you only gleam a very surface level reading of things. Especially when surrounded by people who all drank the regressive Kool-Aid, cos mental gymnastics are necessary for the contradictory mindsets they often hold.

[@kMegalonyx]

Thats.. not what mansplaining is

[@Sincald]

The imagery of US trucks so tall they harmlessly clothesline children with a "BONK" is very funny to think about, like some sort of Hanna-Barbera cartoon. Unfortunately the real world is so much darker and sillier than a Hanna-Barbera cartoon 😔

[@Olive-765]

I've seen one that was tall enough it coulda have blocked the view of my 5'2" friend.

[@georgeabreu6392]

One for the algorithm. Thanks for your work and everyone else’s JT.

[@nikolaiulya]

The reason B.D.S. added Coca-Cola was to help Yugopnik with his bowels

[@AnemoiaGuy]

Last time when I was this early the Soviet union still existed😢❤

[@AbsoluteKhan.]

Lies, you weren't even born yet lmao

[@Guantimasao]

CIA: cocaine importers of America………

[@DavidRichardson153]

"Hello, this is Second Thought. We 'Masterclassed' so you don't have to."

[@cynthmcgpoet]

I love the Culinary Institute of America...oh, wait. Wrong CIA.

[@joaquin5028]

As a Chilean I will enjoy this video 😊

[@NoranAzmy]

This pod is such a gift. I love off the cuff Hakim because he keeps throwing in a little Arabic here and there and I feel so seen 😅 and the fact that JT and Hakim are friends is just as it should be

[@michaellebron9425]

I saw these ads all the time and I was like do they mean the CIA CIA? It just seemed so bizarre to be as stupid as it actually was

[@hiddensquid349]

I haven't even started this video and google served me the exact same master class as an ad before it started......gold

[@rainebow77]

very nice video, love it. You managed to entertain me, while still taking the topic seriously (as serious as possible lol) and pointing out stuff that I missed. I laughed, I learned; awesome video/podcast.

[@AnimeCleetus]

The Deprogram is such a wonderful watch/listen! Actually makes me feel so much better vs whatever doomer podcast/content you could think of

[@ccprof9932]

Happy new year second thought crew. We appreciate everything you do to educate us on topics we wouldn't think twice about. ♥️

[@Mchages]

not me thinking "Masterclass" was a new term of capitalist hell.

[@Argacyan]

1:01:10 I feel like for people who don't already speak German they aggressively avoid the realization, but when people do the "speaking German" bit about WW2 they really do mean that's their problem with WW2. It's an honest expression of what these people are like. They like the concept of nazism, but not Germans.

[@paulcooper8818]

Mike Morell didn't finish his 9/11 story --- Speaking about the F-16s, the president's military aide said _"... they're there in case someone fires a surface to air missile at us on Final Approach. Their job would be to put themselves between that missile and the president of the United States!"_ Then looking Morell straight in the eyes, the aide said "Why so serious, Mike, I'm just messing with ya, haha"

[@JohnnyTheWolf-d3p]

"If You Don't Trust The See-Eye-Eh, Then Who Do You Trust?"

[@ajohnymous5699]

Liberal doublethink at its finest: "we dont want to have a big or strong government because freedom, but you absolutely MUST have faith in the CIA, the branch of the government that secretly polices and executes people while toppling other democratic regimes to instill dictators of the far right. You know, because they protect freedom. Whose? We dont know, hopefully ours, but the bougie business boys like them which means they must be ok." Like these same people don't want to have trans people on lists or people's arsenals documented and regulated because the government will harass them or target them, yet completely forget the CIA are the ones who will do the tyranny. I'm so glad people are waking up to this nonsense.

[@liftedspirit984]

Thanks again for all you do! We appreciate you and your team

[@MrTooEarnestOnline]

Literally got the CIA masterclass ad on this vid

[@silverandexact]

5:52 omg that's literally my 5'1" cousin driving her 6'0" Army husband's truck

[@ariace3602]

Heh I'm 5'1

[@MaThyssen]

Imagine our beautiful boi NOT being exploitative and taking care of his peeps and himself. Love to see it, keep up the good work.

[@VincoMalus]

Breathtakingly elegant analysis/dissection

[@ediesaffron3593]

42:09 “shhh shut the f up that’s the point, that’s point we get to chill” 🤣🤣🤣

[@josue.ortega]

6:21 Yeah dude, whenever I need advice for improving my personal relationships, the first thing that comes to mind is obviously the gotdamn CIA 💀💀

[@caelio_1]

Congratulations, you've gained a new podcast viewer. Currently between jobs and super stressed and this video made my weekend while waiting for an interview Tuesday.

[@jinglebells-bv2lw]

The hamas tunnels joke killed me lol

[@knockoutproductions4701]

great start for the new year

[@LordMountbutter]

0:03:39 "he got used to insane Bible movement" 😅😅

[@jamm8284]

At 42 minutes the conversation about that religious bracelet reminded me of the guy who flogs himself in the Da Vinci code. I will repent, whip. I will repent, whip 😂 Like its ok to terminate people for political and military gain, I'm sure it says that somewhere in the bible 🤷🏻‍♂️😂

[@aetherkid]

The Bible is very violent, actually, and there are stories of countless atrocities being done in the name of its gods.

[@ph34rl355l337]

Why is Hakeem even more handsome than I assumed?! Habibi.

[@d.brianburnsii1011]

This is a nice move, and i have to give you some props for the decision. Yall get to take the holiday off with a ready made content. And we get to have a taste of yalls paid content for free. Plus it serves as an advertisement for your paid content. Im not sure of the choice of picking one that starts with diahhreah conversations out of.all.of your podcasts, but props to the idea here.

[@nacicomi]

It'd be very difficult to find anything better because all The Deprogram episodes look like this and it's amazing

[@mattvjmeasures]

Happy New Year. I love this channel 🙂

[@j.psimon3056]

😂😂 the first minute has me in tears

[@NicoleReign]

This is the first “so you don’t have to” I’ve ever seen regarding something I actually would have never done. Thank you ❤

[@konstimikirtychyants5862]

Why did I get a CIA Masterclass ad☠️

[@ediesaffron3593]

“What is Black Friday? If you say you’re black they give it you in discount?” 😂

[@Inesthebae]

Every time JT uploads my day gets brighter

[@ronbridges3933]

The ad reminded me of those SNL ads from their first season.

[@AlyxMSC]

2:00 Oh no, Vaush is coming for Hakim

[@chessenthusiast]

It’s them smiling in the photos while they hold up plaques that commemorate their war crimes that gets me. Psychotic.

[@JohnBrown010]

Happy New Year! MeansTV, here I come!

[@WildDisease72]

Funny CIA fun fact - they use the ISIS flag more than ISIS!

[@Akanisen049]

Commenting for the algorithm, I'll be back to watch/listen to this when I'm not at work 🤘

[@malfegore_7043]

2 Deprogram episodes in a day?!? Merry Christmas and Happy New Year guys!

[@lukasmadrid1945]

Damn, looking foward to this! Saved for doing the dishes

[@DF-et4gs]

Gosh, she lit up when she talked about Dessert Storm war form. That was crazy to see

[@RyanAEdwards]

Mystery Science Theater 3000 style-show from The Deprogram crew would be a nights out success.

[@LoudSunshine]

1:01:50 when I'm 10 beers deep and someone says something slightly funny

[@rundmv93]

Guess I'm getting a Patreon. I want more of these handsome boys

[@Kriegter]

56:35 NAHHHH THE VINE BOOM WHEN HE SAID THAT I CANT

[@hagbardceline7118]

3:39 subtitles mistake 'bowel movement' for 'Bible movement'. Atheist transcriber own

[@jaslinmartinez7541]

About the coca-cola and IBS- people with chronic constipation will drink a coke bc for some reason it gets things moving lmaooooo

[@gilmour6754]

Another banger, fellas. Good stuff!

[@wesleymclain9146]

Before I forget, connecting dots is isomorphic to a puzzle. To the point that when implementing a puzzle in coding. Its really easy to visualize it as a graph, which is just lines (edges) connecting dots (nodes).

[@RemnantOfBirth]

I’ve heard of a knee-slapper of a joke, today I learned there can also be a mic-slapper of a joke.

[@RemnantOfBirth]

Also. This video should really be called the Deprogram Masterclass on Dissecting Propaganda.

[@geraldmeehan8942]

Richard and Janet Yellen sure went different paths after college

[@elim.4204]

Got an ad for the cia masterclass before even watching the video 😭

[@revalesq]

Corrupt Immoral Assassins aren't likely the best source of info for practical human interaction.

[@oliviajohnson7602]

Eat more whole plant foods and you’ll always surpass your fiber intake!

[@searedscallops318]

This reminds me of the ad I saw on KZbin in which some guy says something along the lines of "The two things I value most are freedom and God. That's why I joined the CIA..." and then I clicked "skip ad."

[@wasteewalker]

0:46 PERCS 👀👀????

[@nezi7063]

Started foaming at the mouth

[@sebastiangibson9671]

isnt this the same orrg that it came out had problems with a majority of its members viewing CP ?

[@minestar2247]

Damn, in the first two minutes already the deprogram trio is being more funny that conservative comedians

[@Brucaleeffo]

we need more of this

[@noobartz0890]

this is impossible to watch i had to stop every few minutes to not suffocate from laughter

[@ComradeSam_007]

Welcome back Comrade

[@PatrickCervantez]

5:37 Those lifted trucks are ridiculous. Some of them are so big I feel like you have to know parkour just to reach the door handle. Every time I see one I want to do a monster truck rally announcer voice "Sunday! SUNDAY!! ***SUN-DAAAY!!!!*** *COME WATCH BIGFOOT AND KILLDOZER DUKE IT OUT IN NO-HOLDS-BAR, ACTION PACKED GRUDGE MATCH TO KICK OFF MOSTER TRUCK MAYHEM 2025!* Sunday! SUNDAY!! ***SUN-DAAAAY!!!!*** This weekend at the Pontiac Silverdome!!"

[@ediesaffron3593]

26:54 “your goal is to not have this relationship be transactional” says the guy who works for the CIA… because CIA agents relationships with their assets aren’t at all transactional 🤣🤦🏼‍♀️

[@mirroredhour]

If hakim walks out when he sees an American flag in movies, I wish him the best of luck if he visits the country. I swear there's no avoiding that shit when you're there just minding your business.

[@thekaxmax]

which shows the indoctrination he's trying to avoid

[@MasonAlex-f9p]

I got an ad for the CIA masterclass while watching this lol

[@TheOneandOnlyD-R-E]

2:25 my mom had to quit coke 40yrs for the same reason, so he's not alone 😑