#399: How to Change Extreme Beliefs and Cultic Behavior ft. Anthony Magnabasco
This week I am joined by Anthony Magnabasco to discuss street epistemology, a method for inquiring into deeply held beliefs and what this has to do with bridging divides, helping people in cults, ther...
12 Aug 20231h 59min
#398: From Clear to Eternity - Scientology’s OT FIlms ft. Mitch Brisker
This week I am joined again by Scientology veteran and film maker Mitch Brisker to discuss something NO ONE has ever talked about before, at least not anywhere I could find: the confidential L. Ron Hu...
5 Aug 20231h 42min
#397: When Therapists are Predators ft. Emma Stevens
Coercive control is not just isolated to cults. This week we go on a different tangent to explore coercive control in the adoption system and in unethical therapy – two areas that are hardly ever disc...
29 Juli 20231h 16min
#396: The Art of Propaganda ft. Mitch Brisker
This week I have Mitch Brisker back to discuss more of his work for the Church of Scientology as a professional film director and creative. Today, we go deep into Church propaganda, psychiatry, workin...
22 Juli 20232h 40min
#395: Gaslighting In and Out of Cults ft. Dr. Robin Stern
This week I am joined by pyschologist and author Dr. Robin Stern to discuss her specialty, gaslighting. We cover how this is done, how to spot it when it’s happening to you (even if it’s from someone ...
15 Juli 202357min
#374: Controversies, Cults and Science ft. Jon Atack
This week I am joined by long-time friend and researcher Jon Atack to discuss cancel culture, controversies, cult nonsense and science – a broad mix of topics about which Jon and I have many opinions....
8 Juli 20232h 28min
#393: Sex, Lies and Scientology Films ft. Mitch Brisker
This week I am joined by Mitch Brisker, a professional film maker who went to work as a non-Sea Org member back in the 1980s and worked for decades directly under David Miscavige. He has some very int...
1 Juli 20232h 23min
#392: A New Look at Coercive Control ft. Kate Amber, MSc
This week I am joined by Kate Amber, MSc educator and fellow graduate of the Salford Master’s program on the psychology of coercive control, to discuss what she has been doing to work with medical and...
24 Juni 20231h 11min
