Speaking of Cults

This week I examine the concept of free will and whether or not we have it. This interest has sprung as a direct result of my recent studies and connecting dots between neuroscience, psychology and cult studies.

You may or may not have seen the videos or heard anything about Sovereign Citizens, but they are a thing and they are growing. In this podcast, we take it all apart starting with who this group is, what they basically believe and the kinds of trouble t...

This week I am joined by Sunny Pereira, former Sea Org member and case supervisor, to discuss how Scientology auditing is organized and delivered, including what the case supervisor function is and how very different this is from any normal psycho-ther...

This week, we finished our 30-day social media detox and time away from television and media. It’s almost impossible to overstate the number and significance of the changes which occurred to each of us and together.

This week I am joined by Rachel Bernstein, licensed therapist and cult recovery expert, to discuss “doubling down” and why people will cling to beliefs which have been proven to them to be untrue but which only makes them believe it more.

This week, I am again joined by former Sea Org member and CST staffer Dylan Gill, who illuminates us on many aspects of the Hubbard advices and directives surrounding the mystique of CST. This leads us to many places of conversation including some of o...

What do Scientology training classes actually consist of and how are they run? What happens when you sign up to become a Scientology auditor? How are you treated? How are you supposed to learn? What is this “word clearing” all about?

This week I am joined by Katrina Reyes, former Sea Org member and now declared “suppressive person” who discusses her history entering the Sea Org at only 11 years old and how Scientology’s Sea Organization not only engaged in human trafficking back in...

This week I am joined by former Sea Org member Dylan Gill to discuss his experiences at Flag and then the Church of Spiritual Technology as a high-level executive. We trade anecdotes and do our best to keep up with all the cryptic language involved in ...

This week I have the longest interview I’ve done in one go with Binah (Bree) Mood, a woman who only just escaped from Scientology’s Sea Organization in October of 2018. We discuss her entire history with plenty of anecdotes and segues as various aspect...