#368: Cult Recovery After 10 Years
This week I am breaking tradition with our usual “year in review” episode because this month marks the 10-year anniversary of my leaving the Sea Org and embarking on what would become my escape from t...
31 Dec 202238min
#367: China’s CCP and Nation-State Cults with John P. Capitalist
This week I welcome back John P. Capitalist to cover in some detail how authoritarian governments around the world solve the “dictator problem” by adopting cultic methods to control their population a...
24 Dec 20222h 35min
#366: Going Deep on Cult Recovery w/Christian Szurko
This week I welcome back Christian Szurko, a practicing cult recovery specialist who helps me take perhaps our deepest dive yet on what it takes to help someone recover from a cult or coercive experie...
17 Dec 20221h 30min
#365: The Danny Masterson Jury Foreman Speaks
Today I have a special, early podcast release of an interview Tony Ortega and I did with the jury foreman of the Danny Masterson rape trial. Last week this resulted in a deadlocked jury and mistrial, ...
8 Dec 20221h 20min
#364: Fear and Loathing in Scientology London ft. Alexander Barnes-Ross
This week I am joined by Alexander Barnes-Ross, a former Scientology staff member in London who has some things to say about his short but deep experience with Scientology getting in, being kicked out...
3 Dec 20221h 40min
#363: The Occult Foundation of Scientology with Jon Atack
This week I am joined by Jon Atack to finally put in one place the explanation of how Scientology is based purely and wholly on L. Ron Hubbard’s occult beliefs and how Scientologists themselves not on...
26 Nov 20221h 56min
#362: Christian Nationalism and the Supreme Court
This week I am joined by attorney, author and advocate Andrew Seidel to discuss his latest book, American Crusade, and how a minority religious extremist group known as Christian Nationalists are taki...
19 Nov 202252min
#361: Second Generation Scientology ft. Ian Rafalko
This week I welcome back former Scientologist Ian Rafalko, a man who has fascinating stories to tell about growing up in a Scientology household that was anything but a pleasant experience. In this se...
12 Nov 20221h 53min
