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Glenn Cohen

Glenn Cohen

American-Israeli psychologist and retired Mossad Chief Operational Psychologist who led the debriefing of October 7 hostages.

Sep 30, 2026

5:54
How'd you do that?
5:55
I dreamt of being a pilot.
5:57
I got to the induction center, and they asked me, "What do you wanna do in the Army?" And I said, uh, you know, "I wanna be a pilot.
6:02
I wanna be in "" all the best units." And they just laughed at me and said, you know, they're, "You're a greenhorn.
6:07
You just got off the boat, and you have to be vetted and screened for a year and a half before that, and, uh, no chance for that." And I said, "Well, okay, what's the best I can do?" And they said, "Well, you can volunteer to the paratroopers." And so I volunteered to the paratroopers, and, um, I got into a special unit there.
6:23
And, but every week, I would ask to be transferred to the Air Force.
6:27
And, um, there's a form.

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13:40
What do you teach people to change about how they're thinking so that they can survive?

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