This week we discussed the connection between Scientology and the Nation of Islam, offered commentary on Dune Part 2, talked about mental implants in Scientology and a lot more. Enjoy!

This week we had some great questions from the Patreon queue as well as a ton of interesting stuff from the chat about Scientology Ideal Orgs, animals and emotions, child abuse in Scientology and a lot more. Enjoy!

This week we did a special live stream on Saturday and we had a great time talking the genetic entity in Scientology, what happens behind the scenes at Ideal Org openings, a breakdown of the “law of attraction” and a lot more. Enjoy!

In this week’s 2-hour livestream, we covered a lot of territory including a full breakdown on Scientology business consultants, why I think David Miscavige is a true believer, the basic problems of judging ex-cult members and a lot more. Enjoy!

This week we went live (as we are likely going to keep down with this show now) and answered a ton of questions about first amendment audits, cult recovery vs cult drama, the insanity that OT levels can induce and a lot more. Enjoy!

This week we went live to answer your questions and covered a lot of territory about Scientology auditing vs real counseling, psychopaths I ran into in the Church, an address to the “trauma drama” in the ex-Scientology world and a lot more. Enjoy!

This week, we went live for Critical Q&A and answered some really great questions about Scientology and child trafficking, legal cases, coercive control, a new way of thinking about cults and a lot more. Enjoy!

This week we went live to answer questions and I was joined by my beautiful wife, Melissa. We discussed a lot of stuff including current protests and arrests in Scientology activism, trauma drama in ex-cult communities, child labor laws in Scientology and a lot more. Enjoy!

This week, we talk about when groups become cults, how Scientology deals with security breaches, why they feel recovering “blown Scientologists” is so important and a lot more. Enjoy!

(1) In your opinion, from all your studies, do you think there’s a tipping point at which a benign group can become a destructive cult? What might that look like and how can we watch for any particular signs?

(2) What would be the proper steps when there is such a security breach such as the infiltration by a Quebec reporter in Canada recently? This went on CBC Radio-Canada and has 611,000 views at last count. Surely someone is doing hard labor? I am also curious if any SO staff were in that org would they be RPF’ed? Oh Canada indeed! Do you think there could be other similar attempts in other nations or by English speaking journalists? It’s not easy to get by that meter check. 

(3) What books did Hubbard ask that his followers read, beyond the ones he authored? 

(4) Why does Scientology go to such inordinate lengths to recover escaped Scientologists because it’s obvious they don’t want to be there? What’s the upside for Scientology? 

(5) What are your thoughts on PTSI? As opposed to PTSD.

And we’re back for 2024! This week, it’s answers about exchange and money in Scientology, fear induction in cults, the cult mindset and outsiders, plus a lot more. Enjoy!

(1) If Scientology is so intent on clearing the planet, why would they not offer Scientology services for free as presumably that would get the job done a hell of a lot quicker than the almost nonexistent progress they are currently making. Do you think Scientologists feel that because they’re paying for it, they will achieve their goals quicker than if it was free? Does their mind believe paying for it makes it better than if it was free?

(2) I was wondering if you could share a bit more on induced phobias in cults. After much reading it seems like one of the key ways they get you in. Not just love bombing, but sharply and suddenly introducing a phobia. When I got into Scientology, I never had the concept of the universe blowing up or I had to save my eternity or else. To say nothing of KSW. F U Ron. Thx for nothing.

(3) What is Hill 10 in Scientology?  

(4) I’m about three quarters of the way through your book and it has really opened my eyes: what a fantastic read. I’ve been reading other sources from a Christian aspect, saying that the further up the Bridge you go the more it questions those sort of beliefs saying that really God is a lie. That questions Scientology itself as its meant to be a spiritual embodiment having religious overtones. What a contradiction! Also I’ve read reports that LRH was meant to be this fantastic selfless character but this couldn’t be further from the truth. He was actually quite a trouble-maker. So why do Scientologists believe there is nothing better than Scientology? Wouldn’t this invalidate anything a non Scientologist has to say which goes for the vast majority of the planet? How come Scientology hasn’t cleared the planet like it says it’s supposed to?

(5) I’m a bit confused in regards to the term “mental image pictures”. According to Hubbard, every engram that gets stored in the reactive mind creates a mental image picture, and through auditing, engrams get run through and transferred to the analytic mind where they become memories rather than engrams. What happens to the mental image picture? When someone achieves the state of clear, they should have total recall of everything that ever happened to them over the course of the whole track right? Are the mental image pictures stored in the analytical mind also? Another related question is what happens to engrams once someone starts the OT levels? Are they preoccupied with exorcising their body thetans and assume they’ve gotten rid of all their engrams?