#326: Thought Policing in Scientology
This week I did a rare live show to discuss some of the thoughts I had based in the research I’m doing for my Masters thesis about Scientology, confessionals and surveillance culture. In this show I w...
8 Jan 20221h 9min
#325: 2021 Scientology Year in Review
This week we are doing our annual Year in Review episode to cap off 2021 and begin 2022. It’s almost pure Scientology as we walk through the events and changes, good and bad, that took place this year...
1 Jan 20221h 23min
#342: Scientific Literacy for the Holidays with Melissa Huff
This week I am joined by my beautiful wife Melissa to first share our Holiday Crack (a tasteless and yet tasteful joke inspired by Delicious Dish) and the mainline of our chat (at 6:26) about scientif...
25 Dec 202147min
#323: Walking Away from a Cult with Jen Kiaba
This week I welcome back cult survivor Jen Kiaba, who also happens to be doing the same Masters program I am in the psychology of coercive control. Jen and I talk about walking away from a cult and wh...
18 Dec 20211h 31min
#322: NXIVM and Its Aftermath with Sarah Edmondson
This week I welcome Sarah Edmondson – actress, author, podcaster and survivor of NXIVM – to talk turkey about her experiences and the aftermath of having helped put away the cult leader of NXIVM, Keit...
11 Dec 20211h 2min
#321: Why Scientology Auditing is Destructive
This week I do a little compare and contrast between the ethics and core purpose of counselling versus Scientology auditing and offer some insights from my graduate thesis research into why Scientolog...
4 Dec 202149min
Cult Recovery and the Stages of Grief
This week we suffered the death of our cat, Seven, and this brought about some reflections about the five stages of grief and how they relate to my cult recovery which I thought important enough to sh...
27 Nov 202153min
#319: Critical Thinking or Death! ft. Jon Atack
This week I welcome back Jon Atack for another wide-ranging and important conversation about “stupid people” joining cults, thought reform and “mind control”, sociology, critical thinking and a lot of...
20 Nov 20212h 4min
