Topic: Independent Research Service

Archival audio features Gloria Steinem admitting to receiving CIA funds for international programs via the Independent Research Service starting in 1958. She describes the CIA of that era as an "enlightened, liberal" organization. The hosts discuss how this connection suggests that mainstream feminism, including Ms. Magazine, was influenced by a government agenda to manipulate social movements.

A 1960s interview with Gloria Steinem reveals her past work with the CIA through the Independent Research Service. Steinem defends the agency as "enlightened" and "liberal." The hosts suggest she may have been an asset used to steer social movements and destabilize the black community through feminist ideology.