Surviving Scientology Radio brings you interviews with former members of the Church of Scientology many of whom were in high ranking positions. We additionally bring you breaking news and interviews with prominent Scientology critics, journalists, and religious scholars.
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Surviving Scientology podcast: Dirty private eyes discuss killing Leah Remini?
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Tony Ortega's Daily Beast story revealed that texts seized from a private investigator showed him not only stalking Leah Remini, but suggesting that Scientology wanted her dead. Tony joins California licensed Private Investigator Jeffrey Augustine to discuss this amazing revelation. Tony Ortega's Daily Beast Story Jeffrey Augustine's Blog: The Scie…
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Aaron Smith-Levin: Life in the Scientology Matrix. Why Clears Are in Danger & Other Inside Secrets
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This podcast is about the often arbitrary ways in which the Church of Scientology works in real life as opposed to its PR. For example, after spending $50,000, or more, to reach the State of Clear, the new Clear is given a secret letter from L. Ron Hubbard telling them that they are in danger and get onto the OT levels as fast as possible or else! …
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Former Scientology RTC Executive Claire Headley - Part 2
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Claire Headley tells more anecdotes about life as a Sea Org Member in the notorious place of violence and confinement, INT Base, (or Gold Base), the Religious Technology Center, David Miscavige's luxury six figure BMW and how David Miscavige ordered her to divorce her husband Marc, author of "Blown for Good". Claire covers how violent David Miscavi…
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Former Scientology RTC Executive Claire Headley - Part 1
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Claire Headley takes us through her Sea Org years at Religious Technology Center. She talks about the messing Shelley Miscavige, the escalating punishments and sadism at INT base, including the humiliating punishment of having the clean feces with one's hands. She describes what happened at INT Base after Marty Rathbun fled, and how she finally und…
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Guy White opens by discussing how he and his wife Suzette spent Christmas days, birthdays, and other holidays at Mary Sue Hubbard's home with their three children. Guy White next describes how Suzette Hubbard fled the Sea Org and took their infant son with her. The Church of Scientology tried to convince Guy to divorce Suzette and remain in the Sea…
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Scientology Founder's son-in-law ~~ Guy White's first podcast. He fled after 20 years IN.
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Guy White was a Scientology executive who married Suzette Hubbard, the daughter of L. Ron and Mary Sue Hubbard. In this podcast, Guy discusses how he met and married Suzette. Marriage in Scientology's Sea Org, and his close relationship to Mary Sue Hubbard. No Honeymoon in Sea Org they married at the Courthouse and the next hour were back in the jo…
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Scientology 2019 -- Year in Review by Mike Rinder and Jeffrey Augustine + Predictions for 2020
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Mike Rinder and Jeffrey Augustine discuss the Church of Scientology in 2019. Topics discussed: 1. The powerful and effective work of attorney Graham Berry in exposing and getting justice for the elderly victims of Scientology credit card and bank loan frauds. Graham stood out as a true hero in 2019. 2. Rizza Islam et. al. to stand trial in 2020 for…
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Scientology 3rd Gen Nathan Rich Tells His Horror Story of Surviving Scientology
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Nathan Rich was born into Scientology. He endured hell as a teenager at Scientology's infamous Mace-Kingsley Ranch. Operated by the abusive Wally Hanks, a man whom Scientology protected after he admitted to sexually molesting two teenage girls. Nathan's life spiraled out of control and soon he was living on the streets as a drug addict. Nathan tell…
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Former Scientology Colombian and Los Angeles Org Staff Member Adrian Vanegas
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Adrian Vanegas was 17 years old and had just graduated high school in his hometown of Bogota. He had been attracted to Scientology by its study technology. He quickly signed a 2.5 year staff contract and was appointed as the Director of Communications for the Bogota Org. Located in a private home in an upscale neighborhood, it would be twenty-five …
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Scientology Meddles in Shastina Sandman's Congressional Primary Run
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Shastina Sandman is running in the GOP primary to nominate the Republican candidate for Congress in the 48th District of California. As part of her platform, Shastina opposes the widespread psychiatric drugging of children. Upon learning of her position on psychiatric medications, Scientology sent in an operative from its notorious front group Citi…
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The Wasel-Augustine Scientology Refund-Repayment Fraud Survey
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On this podcast Dr. Jeff Wasel and Jeffrey Augustine discuss the Scientology Refund-Repayment Fraud Survey. To view and/or complete the survey please go here: Wasel-Augustine Scientology Refund-Repayment Fraud Survey The Wasel-Augustine Scientology Refunds-Repayment Survey represents the first ever formal attempt to quantify a specific institutiona…
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Mike Rinder, Church of Scientology's Former Spokesman On Fair Game & Season 3 of Aftermath
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Mike talks about Scientology and the Aftermath‘s upcoming third season, which appears to be the reason for a new wave of Fair Game harassment from Scientology’s hired goons. Leah has observed Private investigators stalking her and following her. — At the same time that the church is trying to project a very different image with its new television n…
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Leah Remini on Scientology and the Aftermath, Fair Game, and the Aftermath Foundation
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Leah Remini discusses her A&E show Scientology and the Aftermath, Scientology's Fair Game, the Aftermath Foundation, and other topics.By Jeffrey Augustine
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Katrina Reyes' Horror Story Part 3: Escape from the Church of Scientology
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Katrina Reyes was eleven years old and living in poverty in Siberia, Russia when her mother joined the Church of Scientology. The Cult quickly exploited the mother and daughter and recruited them into it's notorious Sea Org. Katrina and her mother were shipped to Clearwater, Florida. Scientology used Katrina as child labor and she received no forma…
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Keeping Up with Ron Miscavige (Father of Scientology Leader David Miscavige)
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Ron Miscavige is a dynamo of energy and a busy man. A New York Times bestselling author for his book "Ruthless: Scientology, My Son David Miscavige, and Me" Ron has just re-released his 1974 album he did with Polydor Records. Called "Timeless" the album shows the range of Ron's talent on the trumpet. Ron talks about St. Hill in the early 1970's, He…
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Church of Scientology - Katrina Reyes' Horror Story: Forced Into the Sea Org at Age 11 -- Part 2
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Katerina was eleven years old and living in poverty in Siberia, Russia when her mother joined the Church of Scientology. The Cult quickly exploited the mother and daughter and recruited them into it's notorious Sea Org. Katrina and her mother were shipped to Clearwater, Florida. Scientology used Katrina as child labor and she received no formal edu…
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Conversation with GOP Political Consultant Robbie Olson on Joy Villa & Scientology
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GOP Political Consultant Robbie Olson and Jeffrey Augustine discuss Joy Villa's exploratory run for the US Congress. Robbie describes the way in which Joy represented herself as a Christian and how the Church of Scientology meddled in things.By Jeffrey Augustine
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Church of Scientology - Katrina Reyes' Horror Story: Forced Into the Sea Org at Age 11 -- Part 1
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Katrina was eleven years old and living in poverty in Siberia, Russia when her mother joined the Church of Scientology. The Cult quickly exploited the mother and daughter and recruited them into it's notorious Sea Org. Katrina and her mother were shipped to Clearwater, Florida. Scientology used Katrina as child labor and she received no formal educ…
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Scientology Sea Org Member Valeska Paris Reveals Sexual Abuse Covered Up by Church
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Valeska Paris "joined" the Cadet Org of Scientology at six years of age. Her younger sister and brother were also dumped at the Cadet Org when their father joined Scientology's Sea Org. The Cadet Org was at Stonesland, a hellish old building in England where the children of Sea Org were warehoused. Malnourished in filthy conditions, the children ha…
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Valeska Paris: Scientology Freewinds Ship ~~ Prisoner for 12 Years
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Valeska Paris joined the Scientology Cadet Org at six years of age. She then joined the Sea Org when she was 14 years old. As a teenager she was sent to Scientology's ship the Freewinds. In this gripping podcast Valeska discusses the surprise raid on the Freewinds by the French police in 1999 when it was anchored at St. Barts. Valeska then describe…
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Surviving Scientology Episode 52 with Karen Schless Pressley
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Karen Schless Pressley is the former Commanding Officer of the Scientology Celebrity Centre. In this interview she discusses how she and her then husband -- the composers Peter Schless -- became Scientologists and later joined the Sea Org. Karen fascinatingly discusses the lure of Scientology for celebrities in terms of co-dependency. In my view, t…
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Surviving Scientology Episode 51 with Janis Grady
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Janis Grady was born into the Church of Scientology. She joined the Sea Org at age 11 and was one of the first four original messengers in L. Ron Hubbard's Commodore's Messenger's Organization (CMO). Janis' mother was Yvonne Gillham Jentzsch who founded the Scientology Celebrity Centre.
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Surviving Scientology Episode 50 with Janis Grady
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Janis Grady was born into the Church of Scientology. She joined the Sea Org at age 11 and was one of the first four original messengers in L. Ron Hubbard's Commodore's Messenger's Organization (CMO). Janis' mother was Yvonne Gillham Jentzsch who founded the Scientology Celebrity Centre. Janis' book is available in print or on Kindle at: https://www…
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Surviving Scientology Episode 49 with Janis Grady
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Janis Grady was born into the Church of Scientology. She joined the Sea Org at age 11 and was one of the first four original messengers in L. Ron Hubbard's Commodore's Messenger's Organization (CMO). Janis' mother was Yvonne Gillham Jentzsch who founded the Scientology Celebrity Centre. Janis' book is available in print or on Kindle at: https://www…
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Janis Grady was born into the Church of Scientology. She joined the Sea Org at age 11 and was one of the first four original messengers in L. Ron Hubbard's Commodore's Messenger's Organization (CMO). Janis served L. Ron Hubbard aboard his flagship Apollo and presents the listener with unique insider details about Ron and and Mary Sue Hubbard and li…
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Surviving Scientology Episode 48 with Jon Atack
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Jon Atack & Jeffrey Augustine Discuss L. Ron Hubbard Jr., Captain Bill, and Scientology. L. Ron Hubbard Jr., or "Nibs" as he was called, was the #2 figure in Scientology from 1952-1959. Among his other duties, Nibs served as an Enforcer for his father. Nibs left the Church. He later spoke out against his father and even sued to gain control of his …
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Surviving Scientology Episode 47 with Aaron Smith-Levin
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Aaron Smith-Levin and Jeffrey Augustine discuss Marty Rathbun's video series in which he uses lies, distortions, and falsehoods to attack those who speak out against Scientology. Marty has no credibility according to the Church of Scientology itself. So why are Marty's videos on Scientology's website?…
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Surviving Scientology Episode 46 with John Atack
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Jon Atack, author Let's Sell These People a Piece of Blue Sky, one of the definitive books on Scientology, discusses L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology. Jon Atack is also the author of "opening minds: the secret world of manipulation, undue influence and brainwashing."
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Surviving Scientology Episode 45 with Brandon Reisdorf
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Brandon Reisdorf, a third generation, Scientologist talks about his experiences growing up in a Scientology family and his time on Staff at the San Diego Org. He also discusses the Church's ludicrous claims about the wild success Scientology Media Productions will achieve by bringing millions of people into Scientology. The interview ends with a gr…
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Surviving Scientology Episode 44 with Steven Hassan
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Author Steven Hassan and Jeffrey Augustine discuss the Church of Scientology and leaving Scientology. Steven Hassan's website: https://freedomofmind.com/
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Surviving Scientology Episode 43 with Ron Miscavige Sr.
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Ron Miscavige Sr. discusses parts of his 26 years spent as a Sea Org member at Scientology's Gold Base in Riverside County, California.
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Surviving Scientology Episode 42 with Ron Miscavige Sr.
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Ron Miscavige, father of Scientology leader David Miscavige, discusses his New York Times #1 bestselling book Ruthless, his escape from Scientology, Disconnection, and Fair Game. Be sure to watch Ron Miscavige's appearance on the A&E show "Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath." Episode 4, "A Leader Emerges."…
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Surviving Scientology Episode 41 with Dan Koon
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Dan Koon ghost wrote Ron Miscavige Sr.'s book Ruthless. In this interview Dan discusses the writing and vetting process of the book and addresses criticisms. Dan also shares highlights of his 27 years in the Sea Org.
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Surviving Scientology Episode 40 with Dan Koon
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Former Sea Org member Dan Koon worked in the compilations unit of Scientology (RTRC) where Hubbard's writings were turned into official Scientology books, lectures, and publications. Many of these products were sold to Scientologists and the public and thus represented a significant income stream for the Church. Accordingly, David Miscavige microma…
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Surviving Scientology Episode 39 with Mark Fisher
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In this podcast Mark Fisher -- David Miscavige's former assistant for many years at the Corporate Liaison Office and later RTC -- discusses how L. Ron Hubbard never appointed David Miscavige as his Successor. Instead, Author Services Inc. was the privately-owned for-profit company David Miscavige used to stage a palace coup to take over RTC after t…
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Surviving Scientology Episode 38 with Mike Rinder
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Mike Rinder voices new anecdotes and looks ahead to 2016.It was interesting to digest the concept in law of "Libel proof." Their reputation is so bad, that they can't be libelled.It would be like ISIS complaining that we were disparaging them.Mike Rinder rarely talks about the assault and battery. In this video he shares with us body assault while …
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BBC Radio interviews Karen de la Carriere
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Church of Scientology Public Relations lies again.Lies to the BBC that Hubbard never implemented punishments that were "too Gruesome"HCO Policy Letter of 5 January 1968, “Overfilled In-Basket, Bad News.” Hubbard said “MAKE THE PENALTIES FOR NON COMPLIANCE AND FALSE REPORTS TOO GRUESOME TO BE FACED AND ENFORCE THEM.”In the same issue, Hubbard also s…
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Surviving Scientology Episode 37 with Jesse Prince
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L Ron Hubbard never involved David Miscavige in anything technical or to do with counselling, Jesse discusses, yet Miscavige would up supervising "Tech delivery" to Lisa who then died in Church Custody, Jesse tells of how Scientology killed her in 17 days whereas not even Aids and Cancer patients don't die in 17 days.Jesse's purpose for speaking ou…
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Surviving Scientology Episode 36 with Bill Franks
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Bill Franks shares a remarkable incident when L Ron Hubbard tells David Mayo and himself that people depart Scientology Inc because of upsets *NOT* because of transgressions or harmful acts "overts" which is absolutely backbone theory of all of Scientology.There are more stories, more important history.…
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Surviving Scientology Episode 35 with Aaron Smith-Levin
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In a fascinating and wide raging interview with Jeffrey Augustine, former Sea Org member Aaron Smith-Levin discusses the topics of Scientology's controversial Freeloader bills, the Clear Cognition, and other topics.
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Surviving Scientology Episode 34 with Bill Franks
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Church of Scientology former Executive Director International Bill Franks discusses L. Ron Hubbard, David Miscavige.This is a knock out video with a lot of data never previously released.
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Surviving Scientology Episode 33 with Jesse Prince
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Jesse Prince was in the Church of Scientology from 1976 to 1992. After extensive training at Scientology’s “Flag” spiritual headquarters in Cleawater, Florida, Jesse became a “Class IX” auditor. Jesse was then ordered by L. Ron Hubbard to report to Scientology’s secretive international management headquarters near Hemet, California, Gold Base, to s…
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Surviving Scientology Episode 32 with Aaron Smith-Levin
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In Part 2, Aaron Smith-Levin continue his fascinating and wide ranging excursion into the world of Scientology from the eyes of a Sea Org member. Aaron opens by describing how he realized that the highly dysfunctional operating conditions of the six Los Angeles Orgs are a reflection of the same dysfunctional conditions at Int Base. Aaron then shock…
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Surviving Scientology Episode 31 with Aaron Smith-Levin
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Former Sea Org member Aaron Smith-Levin discussed growing up and coming of age in the Church of Scientology. He iwas a staff member at 12 years old. (The Cult has no problem hiring and using children. )Some highly inside factual information on the money extortion of the "International Association of Scientologists" (IAS) and for Scientology Watcher…
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Surviving Scientology Episode 30 with Jefferson Hawkins
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Scientology Inc believes they are masters of "Ethics" and that they are highly moral.Former Church of Scientology Int'l executive Jefferson Hawkins discusses Scientology Ethics and his new book: Closing Minds: How Scientology's "Ethics Technology" is Used to Control Their Members.
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Surviving Scientology Episode 29 with Marc Headley
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Marc Headley discusses Scientology, the internet, and technology with your host Jeffrey Augustine. Marc Headley is the author of Blown For Good: Behind the Iron Curtain of Scientology.
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Surviving Scientology Episode 28 with Mareka Brousseau
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Third-generation Scientologist Mareka Brousseau discusses how she learned of her grandmother's suicide years after the event.
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Surviving Scientology Episode 27 with Mike Rinder
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Mike Rinder looks back on the Church of Scientology in 2014 and looks ahead to 2015. Topics includes the Church's serious legal problems in France and with Narconon. For example using Super Bowl for a PR image but in Reality, using freebies on Craig's list for solicitation into the Cult.In this interview, Jeffrey Augustine mentions that Narconon br…
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Surviving Scientology Episode 26 with Marc Headley
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Former Sea Org member Marc Headley describes how he and a Danish film crew were ambushed at Int Base by Scientologists. This story was picked up by the International Business Times after Marc filmed the event with his phone and Tony Ortega published the account of the ambush. Marc Headley, author of the book Blown For Good: Behind the Iron Curtain …
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Surviving Scientology Episode 25 with Mike Rinder
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Mike Rinder discusses current affairs, including the incident in which Marty Rathbun was accosted by senior Church of Scientology officials at LAX. Also discussed: The consolidation of LA Org, the decline of activity at Flag, and the Ideal Orgs. Taken altogether, the indicators show a Church in crisis under the management of David Miscavige.…
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