What Chase Hughes has said about Psychological warfare

5 quotes · 1 episode · Jun 17, 2026

Chase Hughes, Behavioral profiling, influence and persuasion expert; creator of the Neuro-Cognitive Intelligence system and founder of the Station One YouTube channel, has been quoted on Psychological warfare 5 times in 1 episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, most recently on June 17, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

Hughes says his psyop index would score the lead-up to the Iraq invasion 98 out of 100.
“That would score a 98 out of 100 for PSYOP, just on this tool here”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2515 - Chase Hughes (Jun 17, 2026) · Listen from 1:34:41
Hughes argues a binary left-right framing with a prepackaged villain is a hallmark of a psyop.
“if I have a left versus right issue and there's a prepackaged villain, that's a psyop”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2515 - Chase Hughes (Jun 17, 2026) · Listen from 1:34:20
Hughes says the aim of his Station One news show is to make people harder to influence.
“And like my goal is to make people more expensive to influence”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2515 - Chase Hughes (Jun 17, 2026) · Listen from 1:37:21
Hughes argues framing a situation in a particular category changes what behavior people see as permissible.
“if I frame something using a category, I can change what the allowed behavior is”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2515 - Chase Hughes (Jun 17, 2026) · Listen from 2:00:43
Hughes contends that content eliciting easy emotion without scrutiny is a sign of manipulation.
“if the emotional thing is easy without having to dig into it you're being manipulated”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2515 - Chase Hughes (Jun 17, 2026) · Listen from 2:01:41

Episodes

#2515 - Chase Hughes
The Joe Rogan Experience · Jun 17, 2026 · 2 h 38 min
Joe Rogan and behavioral profiler Chase Hughes discuss intravenous DMT, the UFC White House event, psychedelic therapy, memory editing, methylene blue, psyops, COVID-era media and elicitation tactics.

Chase Hughes on other topics

Elicitation technique · 1 quote
Hypnosis and memory reconsolidation · 1 quote
Psychedelic therapy · 1 quote
Methylene blue · 1 quote
N,N-Dimethyltryptamine · 1 quote