jon atack, family and friends
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jon atack, along with his son sam, present a series of educational podcasts on how to spot, avoid, and overcome unethical manipulation of all kinds - from destructive cults and abusive relationships, to advertising, groupthink, bullying and more. join us in our hope to create a world where people are taught from infancy to stand up for their rights, look deeper into what they're being told, and to question everything!
from time to time we will also be sharing "lighter" fare - podcasts on art, music, and literature, featuring jon's younger son dan on guitar, sam's amazing paper sculpture.
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If Scientology Ruled - chapter six: Hubbard the godmaker - part two
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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If Scientology Ruled - chapter six: Hubbard the godmaker - part one
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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If Scientology Ruled - chapter five: The Blood Ritual and The Fool - part two
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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If Scientology Ruled - chapter five: The Blood Ritual and The Fool - part one
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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If Scientology Ruled - chapter four: The Empress – Hubbard’s Holy Guardian Angel - part three
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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If Scientology Ruled - chapter four: The Empress – Hubbard’s Holy Guardian Angel - part two
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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If Scientology Ruled - chapter four: The Empress – Hubbard’s Holy Guardian Angel - part one
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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If Scientology Ruled - chapter three: L. Ron Hubbard as the Antichrist
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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If Scientology Ruled - chapter two: Himmler’s lust for superpowers
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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If Scientology Ruled - chapter one: Meet the Leader of the New World - part two
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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If Scientology Ruled - chapter one: Meet the Leader of the New World - part one
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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If Scientology Ruled the World - Introduction by Tony Ortega (with title page read by Jon Atack)
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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the human family with Steve Moffic, MD
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Nov 08, 2025 |
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Scientology's magical origins - with Hoyt Richards
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Nov 02, 2025 |
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the after-effects of cult control with Hoyt Richards
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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decompressing from the Human Potential Movement with Anne L Peterson
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Sep 27, 2025 |
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moral injury with Dr Steven Moffic
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Sep 27, 2025 |
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What Happens When We Die? - a psychiatrist's interest in past life therapy with Dr H. Steven Moffic
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Sep 27, 2025 |
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How much Scientology is there in est and the "human potential movement"? with Anne Peterson
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Sep 07, 2025 |
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Kundalini Yoga, Breath of Fire with Hoyt Richards
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Sep 07, 2025 |
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VITAL! Post-Scientology Syndrome: ending the nightmares - with Bonnie Woods
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Sep 07, 2025 |
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cults don't teach flow - with Joe Szimhart
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May 31, 2025 |
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when groups go crazy with Dr Steven Moffic
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May 24, 2025 |
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Clearly Lies Are True with author Pamela Nickel Williams: reflecting on her childhood in Scientology
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May 17, 2025 |
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Recovery from Werner Erhard with Anne L Peterson
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May 10, 2025 |
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The Sexual Shamanic Experience with Cara Cordoni and Dave Booda
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Apr 27, 2025 |
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the SHOCKING story of how Dianetics became a bestseller with Jefferson Hawkins
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Apr 27, 2025 |
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Landmark exposed: Is This a Cult? with Anne L. Peterson
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Mar 30, 2025 |
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Theosophy, the Aryan Race, Nazi occultism and Scientology with Joe Szimhart
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Mar 29, 2025 |
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Scientology and other language traps
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Mar 22, 2025 |
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Scientology’s conspiracy against psychiatry with Dr Steve Moffic
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Mar 15, 2025 |
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how cults get you high - manipulating mania with Dr John Hunter
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Mar 08, 2025 |
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the fairy tale behind Putin's imperialism
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Feb 08, 2025 |
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rage against Scientology and other cults with Hoyt Richards
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Feb 01, 2025 |
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positively AI with Dustin Rozario Steinhagen, PhD
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Jan 26, 2025 |
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Is Scientology a rebranding of ritual magick? (also Scientology slavery)
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Jan 25, 2025 |
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did Ron Hubbard use Hitler's "magick" to make Scientology?
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Jan 18, 2025 |
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Scientology's marketing mayhem with Jefferson Hawkins
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Dec 28, 2024 |
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gratitude with Steven Moffic, M.D.
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Dec 21, 2024 |
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Madam Blavatsky - the Godmother of the New Age - with Joe Szimhart
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Dec 14, 2024 |
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Scientology, Nazism, Blavatsky, and the Occult
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Dec 07, 2024 |
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Murderous, S3x-Crazed S@tanists in Silly Robes - how cults are (mis)represented in movies & TV
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Nov 30, 2024 |
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Surviving Trump: Can We Counter Absolutism Without Becoming Absolutists? with Jeremy Sherman
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Nov 23, 2024 |
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cyber security and thought reform with Dustin Rozario Steinhagen, PhD
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Nov 16, 2024 |
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magical thinking with Hoyt Richards
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Nov 10, 2024 |
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cannabis breakthrough research with Ethan Russo, M.D.
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Nov 02, 2024 |
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Approaches to Trump supporters with Jeremy Sherman
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Oct 26, 2024 |
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Is the work of Zimbardo, Milgram and Sherif valid? with Joe Szimhart
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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Cult experts talk about Trump with Joe Szimhart
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Oct 12, 2024 |
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books and movies to untangle someone from Scientology
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Oct 05, 2024 |
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how can we stop Trump? with Jeremy Sherman
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Sep 29, 2024 |
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extreme authoritarian sects with Christian Szurko
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Sep 29, 2024 |
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leaving a belief with Hoyt Richards
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Sep 14, 2024 |
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the science of herbal medicine with Chris Kilham
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Sep 07, 2024 |
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jazz and joy with Dr Steven Moffic
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Aug 31, 2024 |
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love, narcissism, defaultilogic and scornography with Jeremy Sherman
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Aug 25, 2024 |
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The God Market with Joe Szimhart
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Aug 17, 2024 |
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Clusterflux with Jeremy Sherman, PhD
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Aug 10, 2024 |
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how can you tell if you’re truly free of Scientology?
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Aug 03, 2024 |
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how cults hijack our interpretation of reality
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Aug 03, 2024 |
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Shawn McCraney asks Jon about his beliefs
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Jul 27, 2024 |
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cult membership and the perils of ego with Hoyt Richards
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Jul 20, 2024 |
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Chris Kilham: medicine hunter, expert on psychoactives
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Jul 13, 2024 |
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Roerich, Gorbachev, Putin and Agni Yoga with Joe Szimhart
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Jul 06, 2024 |
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reassessing responsibility after leaving a cult with Frances Peters
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Jun 29, 2024 |
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memorial days with Dr Steven Moffic
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Jun 22, 2024 |
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Alex Barnes-Ross campaigns for awareness of Scientology among British politicians
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Jun 15, 2024 |
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"Bible Bangers" & Scientology with Jamie DeWolf
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Jun 15, 2024 |
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cult recovery and family support - with Hoyt Richards
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Jun 08, 2024 |
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strategic gullibility and psychoproctology with Jeremy Sherman
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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psychopath, sociopath or anti-social personality? with Shawn McCraney
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Jun 02, 2024 |
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Walking free from the trauma of coercive cultic and spiritual abuse with Gillie Jenkinson, PhD
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May 18, 2024 |
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Paradise Undone: a novel of Jonestown by Annie Dawid - a book review with Joe Szimhart
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May 12, 2024 |
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NXIVM and Scientology with Mark Vicente
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May 05, 2024 |
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a doctor's report on dianetics with Steven Moffic, MD
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Apr 27, 2024 |
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corruption in the US Family Courts with Dr Bandy Lee
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Apr 27, 2024 |
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Jamie de Wolf on writing and performing
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Apr 21, 2024 |
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on faith, fanaticism, and folly with Anthony Spurgin
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Apr 14, 2024 |
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inside the mind of a sociopath with Shawn McCraney
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Apr 07, 2024 |
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How to help PTSD sufferers with Dr Steve Moffic
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Pretendians
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Mar 30, 2024 |
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Mike Rinder answers Mirriam Francis's allegations
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Mar 23, 2024 |
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trust and healthy skepticism with Hoyt Richards
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Mar 17, 2024 |
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Liberating Scientology's Sea Org slaves
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Mar 02, 2024 |
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The Christian and the agnostic - with Rev. Callan Slipper, PhD
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Feb 24, 2024 |
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understanding the sociopathic temperament with Shawn McCraney
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Feb 17, 2024 |
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Toledo, Tarot &Trouble: Spike’s long, strange trip in the world of ritual magic(k)
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Feb 10, 2024 |
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Ron Hubbard and Astounding Science Fiction with Alec Nevala-Lee
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Feb 03, 2024 |
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psychedelics and psychotherapy with Professor Steven Moffic, MD
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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when to leave a cult with Hoyt Richards
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Jan 27, 2024 |
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recognizing human predators with Shawn McCraney
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Jan 27, 2024 |
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cult leader syndrome with Joe Szimhart
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Jan 06, 2024 |
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euphoria and cult techniques with John Hunter, PhD
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Dec 31, 2023 |
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the redeemable predator - part 2 with Shawn McCraney
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Dec 30, 2023 |
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the redeemable predator - part 1 with Shawn McCraney
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Dec 30, 2023 |
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revisiting old haunts with Janis Gillham-Grady
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Gaza: genocide or resolution - with Dr. Steven Moffic
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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telling your story is important for recovery - with Hoyt Richards
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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the cultic effects of Traditionalist Catholicism - with Anthony Spurgin
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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What is bipolar disorder and did L. Ron Hubbard suffer from it? with John Hunter, PhD
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Nov 04, 2023 |
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Scientology, Mindfulness and the perils of present time with Joe Szimhart
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Nov 04, 2023 |
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accountability and transformation with Hoyt Richards
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Oct 21, 2023 |
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Ron Hubbard: the Kali ceremony and ritual magick - with Janis Gillham-Grady
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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why we don't always look before we leap - with John Hunter, PhD
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Oct 15, 2023 |
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when groups go crazy - with Dr Steven Moffic
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Oct 07, 2023 |
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the troubled teen industry and the need to transform education - with Kacey from the Cult Vault
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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the End Days and magical thinking with Joe Szimhart
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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Ruby Franke, Jodi Hildebrant, and child abuse in cults - with Spike Robinson
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Sep 24, 2023 |
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control through phobia with Hoyt Richards
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Sep 09, 2023 |
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write your own eulogy now! - with Steven Moffic, MD
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Sep 02, 2023 |
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Manson, Scientology, and more
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Sep 02, 2023 |
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large group awareness trainings, peak experiences and dopamine - with John Hunter, PhD
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Aug 27, 2023 |
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William Branham's Message, the Nazis, Jim Jones and even the Kardashians with John Andrew Collins
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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Janis Gillham-Grady on her years with Ron Hubbard and the search for Andrew Barton
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Aug 05, 2023 |
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camaraderie in cults with Hoyt Richards
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Aug 05, 2023 |
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The Brainwashing of My Dad - with Jen Senko
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Jul 23, 2023 |
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multi-level-marketing and pyramid schemes - with Doug Brooks
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Jul 15, 2023 |
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More on Manson with Kacey at the Cult Vault
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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Let's cancel "cancel culture" - with Chris Shelton
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Jul 08, 2023 |
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what do we mean when we say God? with Joe Szimhart
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Jul 01, 2023 |
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tribe or cult? with Hoyt Richards
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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narcissism, authoritarian cults and social psychiatry with Professor Steven Moffic, MD
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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reason, emotion and morality with Chris Shelton, MSc
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Jun 10, 2023 |
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two wishes - parental alienation (and more) with Dr Nick Child
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Jun 03, 2023 |
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Sexually predatory groups: Cult Trip with Anke Richter
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May 31, 2023 |
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a warrior's journey in and out of Scientology, part three - with Mark Plummer
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May 20, 2023 |
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the cult of the Singularity & the future of Artificial General Intelligence with Chris Shelton, MSc
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May 17, 2023 |
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Bad Cadet - a childhood in Scientology's Sea Organization with Katherine Spallino
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May 07, 2023 |
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a warrior's journey in and out of Scientology - with Mark Plummer, part two
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May 07, 2023 |
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peak experiences, placebo, and the sunk cost fallacy - with Mike Rinder
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Apr 29, 2023 |
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a warrior’s journey in and out of Scientology - part one - with Mark Plummer
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Apr 22, 2023 |
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hope for kids in Georgia with Kelvin Pierce
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Apr 22, 2023 |
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overcoming the shame of cult membership - with Hoyt Richards
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Apr 22, 2023 |
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Kacey at the cult vault
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Apr 08, 2023 |
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hypnosis, mind control and coercive control - with Chris Shelton, MSc
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Apr 01, 2023 |
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Avatar: Scientology, reworked - with Ariela Sarai
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Mar 25, 2023 |
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How Scientology violates sexual privacy - with Karen De La Carriere
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Mar 19, 2023 |
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Decompressing from Scientology - with Mike Rinder
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Mar 11, 2023 |
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Clearwater City Councilman Mark Bunker on Scientology
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Mar 04, 2023 |
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the "ripple effect" - with Hoyt Richards
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Feb 25, 2023 |
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Scientology's Truth Rundown and Chinese Thought Reform - with Chris Shelton, MSc
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Feb 18, 2023 |
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redemption for Scientology's enforcers - with Mike Rinder
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Feb 11, 2023 |
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Scientology, celebrities, & children: why people stay, & why they leave - with Karen De La Carriere
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Feb 04, 2023 |
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authoritarianism, expertise and why we have hope - with Steven Hassan, PhD
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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Scientology: the religion of hate
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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Scientology: magick, rebranded
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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tales from the Underground Bunker - the secret at the heart of Scientology
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Jan 07, 2023 |
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recovery, humility, and trust - with Hoyt Richards
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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Jon and Spike take on Santa - and risk a stocking full of coal!
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Dec 24, 2022 |
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cult "lite" - Eckhart Tolle and others with Joe Szimhart
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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growing up in Scientology and beyond - with Aaron Smith-Levin
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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Scientology litigation: from Danny Masterson to the IRS
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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Scientology and ritual magick: the whole story
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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disinformation - with Mark Laxer
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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L. Ron Hubbard's temporal lobe epilepsy - with Yuval Laor, PhD
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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Scientology trial ~ The 5 crucial points of Danny Masterson’s court case
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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Recovery and responsibility with Christian Szurko
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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A Billion Years - with Mike Rinder
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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Scientology's secret weekly reports: the DSA checklist
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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Scientology: L.A.’s political chaos, and the origins of upper-level exorcisms
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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leaving the Mormons and trauma recovery with Jolyn Armstrong
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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the need for certainty - with Mark Laxer
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Oct 08, 2022 |
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escaping Scientology’s prison of the mind - with Karen De La Carriere
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Oct 08, 2022 |
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the wrong way to solve discrimination - with Yuval Laor, PhD
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Oct 08, 2022 |
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understanding extremist authoritarian sects - with Christian Szurko
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Sep 18, 2022 |
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NRMs, influence and the Moonies - with Professor Eileen Barker
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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untangling the myth of narcissism with Chris Shelton, MSc
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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Taking on Scientology in the law courts - with Karen De La Carriere
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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Putin's guru and the new Russian Empire with Joe Szimhart
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Aug 20, 2022 |
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the polarized society with Kelvin Pierce
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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when should we speak out? - with Hoyt Richards
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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traditionalism is fake history - with Christian Szurko
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Aug 06, 2022 |
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traditionalism is fake news - with Mark Laxer
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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Cult Recruitment and the Fear of Death - with Joe Szimhart
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Jul 16, 2022 |
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The tyrant L. Ron Hubbard & his Sea Organization slaves - with Karen De La Carriere
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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signs of cult membership and how to help - with Frances Peters
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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when mindfulness does harm - with Pat Ryan and Joe Kelly
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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cult membership - was it worth it? - with Mark Laxer
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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The Myth of "Racial Purity" - with Yuval Laor
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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Scientology: the 70-year crime wave of villainous lawbreaking - with Karen De La Carriere
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May 31, 2022 |
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The dangers of auditing - with Chris Shelton
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May 27, 2022 |
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William Pierce - American neo-Nazi - a talk with his son, Kelvin Pierce
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May 16, 2022 |
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Scientology and sex in a high-control group - how far will they go
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May 08, 2022 |
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After a Cult, Who am I? - with Frances Peters
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May 05, 2022 |
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Robert J. Liftons "eight deadly sins" of Thought Control
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Apr 30, 2022 |
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decision-making under stress with Jessica Terwiel
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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culty geek: Encanto – when good families do culty things, or, why don’t we talk about Bruno?
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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cults and the authoritarian spectrum - with Hoyt Richards
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Apr 17, 2022 |
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Jon talks about Scientology (and the perils of investigating it) at Eton College
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Apr 10, 2022 |
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Scientology erodes love and destroys family – with Karen De La Carriere
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Apr 09, 2022 |
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is it really complex PTSD? - with Jessica Terwiel
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Mar 20, 2022 |
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Scientology Sells Selfishness! with Jeffrey Augustine
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Mar 13, 2022 |
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Scientology 101 on implants: explaining their core doctrine - with Karen De La Carriere
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Mar 06, 2022 |
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Cults and culture - with Mark Laxer
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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Culty Geek - the Gilmore Girls, or, copiously caffeinated culture
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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false friendship in cults & post-traumatic growth – with Hoyt Richards
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Feb 20, 2022 |
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cults and pro-social behavior - with Jessica Terwiel
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Feb 19, 2022 |
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Scientology: sex magick, Lucifer, and the Antichrist
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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Jon and Karen uncover some Scientology lies
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Jun 25, 2021 |
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Scientology arrives in Clearwater - part 3 of Mike Rinder’s Scientology story
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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Karen De La Carriere speaks out against Scientology
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Mar 23, 2021 |
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polarization vs. cooperation - with Joe Szimhart
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Mar 23, 2021 |
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cult recruitment and the autistic spectrum - with Richard Turner
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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Mike Rinder on Scientology: deception, delusion, and cognitive dissonance
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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QAnon, fervor, and being certain with Yuval Laor, PhD
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Mar 19, 2021 |
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Mike Rinder's first months on Hubbard's flagship Apollo
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Mar 18, 2021 |
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apologies, self-esteem, and other esteem with Jessica Terwiel
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Dec 31, 2020 |
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art, virtuosity, and the stuff in the middle - with Rio Harada-Parr
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Dec 29, 2020 |
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elfcam: Big Santa is watching you!
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Dec 29, 2020 |
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Ron Hubbard: Black Magic, Dianetics and the Creation of Scientology
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Dec 28, 2020 |
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do we make a difference?
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Dec 27, 2020 |
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New Kadampa Tradition - a talk with Michelle Haslam
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Dec 23, 2020 |
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parental alienation and prevention with Nick Child
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Dec 23, 2020 |
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truth and certainty with Mike Rinder
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Dec 22, 2020 |
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possible origins of Dianetics and Scientology, part one
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Dec 21, 2020 |
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possible origins of Dianetics and Scientology, part two
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Dec 21, 2020 |
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manipulation by gaslighting - a talk with Spike Robinson
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Dec 20, 2020 |
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the Kazan seminar on cults with Professor Alexander Dvorikin
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Dec 17, 2020 |
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moving beyond the guru - with Joe Kelly
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Dec 15, 2020 |
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brainwashing
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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human predators
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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recruitment and seduction
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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Types of predator
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Oct 01, 2020 |