Insane in the Brain Damage Voices in the Head w. Ryder Lee (October 1, 2026)

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Ryder Lee joins Ryan to discuss the use of Setting aside genuine schizophrenic and people who LARP as science-fiction characters, there is a very real phenomena of others hearing voices in their heads from external mechanisms. From David Berkowitz to Aaron Alexis, voices instructing violence or harassment have been well-documented. Aaron's 2013 breakdown, and his writing of "ELF" on a weapon, corresponds with the announcement that Germany has advertising technology that can insert voices into your head via vibrations on a train. Before this, A&E was beaming advertisement into pedestrians passing a billboard in Manhattan. In an older TED talk, Woody Norris explains how he sells this…