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Aaron Smith-Levin on Lex Fridman

February 26, 2023 By Mike Rinder 11 Comments

This is a very well informed and extremely informative interview by Lex Fridman on one of the biggest YouTube/Podcasts in the world. Lex Fridman is very well prepared and thoughtful, no matter who you are, there are things covered here you have probably not heard before. Lex provides an outline of the episode which takes you right to each section : 0:00 - Introduction 1:21 - Thetans 5:19 - Dianetics 17:22 - God 27:58 - Sea Org 32:08 - Auditing 52:21 - Control 1:02:45 - David Miscavige 1:11:52 - Xenu 1:27:46 - Secrecy 1:33:49 - Mike Rinder … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcast, Scientology Tagged With: Aaron Smith-Levin, Lex Fridman

Fair Game Podcast Is Back!

August 10, 2022 By Mike Rinder 83 Comments

    This piece appeared recently, and though not widely picked up, I thought it worthy of noting: In fact, we just recorded a short trailer. Stay tuned, regular Fair Game podcasts will resume later this month, now twice weekly....   … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: Audioboom, Fair Game Podcast, Inside Radio, Leah Remini, Mike Rinder

Fair Game Podcast

March 14, 2022 By Mike Rinder 35 Comments

We are taking off for Spring Break, so no new episode. I am taking the family to New York City for the week. Re-listen to any episodes you may have missed. Or re-listen to those you especially enjoyed. I guarantee you will get more out of them the second time through, there is always information that slides by because there is SO MUCH to learn. I also recommend Jon Atack's podcast (Jon Atack, family and friends) on YouTube. I have some postings pre-prepared, and there will be the usual Thursday Funnies and Regraded Being.   … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: Fair Game Podcast, Leah Remini, Mike Rinder

Episode 80: Tony Ortega Inside the Scientology Bubble

March 7, 2022 By Mike Rinder 20 Comments

  We welcome our old friend Tony Ortega back to the Fair Game podcast to talk about  the current state of scientology, their ongoing financial crimes and the devastation COVID 19 has wrought on their information control. Tony is a gold mine of information about the cult, and our chat was no exception. He documents the world of scientology on his daily blog: The Underground Bunker. Tony's two books on scientology: Battlefield Scientology   Unbreakable Miss Lovely   We talk about Miscavige's Pandemic bulletin of March 2020:   … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: Bert Schippers, COVID-19, Efrem Logreira, Fair Game Podcast, Leah Remini, Mark Fladd, Mike Rinder, ny org, Stay Well Booklets, Tony Ortega

Episode 79: Roberta Blevins MLM Whistleblower

February 28, 2022 By Mike Rinder 31 Comments

This week, it IS Roberta Blevins. Sorry for the error in thinking it was her episode last week. We spoke with Roberta Blevins, a former member of a Multi-Level-Marketing (MLM) scam known as LuLaRoe. The similarities between MLM's and cults are legion. Peer pressure. Information control. Even Fair Game tactics. Roberta discusses her experiences and her work today as a whistleblower against what she calls "Commercial Cults." Her story gives an insight into this world and she is an engaging voice warning others not to get trapped as she was. Roberta was featured in the Amazon Prime doc … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: Amazon Prime, Fair Game Podcast, Leah Remini, LuLaRich, Mike Rinder, Roberta Blevins

Episode 78: Dylan Gill and Church of Spiritual Technology

February 21, 2022 By Mike Rinder 10 Comments

  My apologies -- I mistakenly thought Roberta Blevins episode was airing this week. It is in fact our fascinating interview with Dylan Gill. Roberta will air next week, so you have that to look forward to!   We talk to Dylan Gill, former executive of Church of Spiritual Technology (CST) about the organization established to preserve Hubbard's words in the event of a nuclear holocaust for all future civilizations, what the symbols etched into the ground mean, the various homes built for Hubbard after his death that are maintained to this day, and much more. Dylan has … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: Bonnie View, Church of spiritual technology, Creston, cst, Dylan Gill, Fair Game Podcast, L. Ron Hubbard, Leah Remini, Mike Rinder, Petrolia, preservation of the tech, Tremontina, Tuolomne

Episode 74: Julian Wain on WISE

January 24, 2022 By Mike Rinder 25 Comments

  We speak to our old friend and Leah family member Julian Wain about his experiences with WISE (World Institute of Scientology Enterprises) companies and how they implement high pressure sales techniques into dental and chiropractic offices, and are recruitment agencies for scientology. I did an earlier post about these WISE Guys   This is the entry on WISE in Wikipedia   Here is the definition of "Hard Sell" contained in the official scientology dictionary -- this is the sanitized version. The meaning in scientology fundraising circles is "do … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcast, WISE Tagged With: Debbie Hughes, Fair Game Podcast, Greg Hughes, Hard Sell, Hy Levy, Julian Wain, Leah Remini, Mike Rinder, Sterling Management, Time magazine, WISE, World Institute of Scientology Enterprises

Episode 73: Operation Clambake Founder Andreas Heldal-Lund

January 17, 2022 By Mike Rinder 39 Comments

  This week we have a treat -- we talk with the creator of Operation Clambake, and one of the earliest non-scientologists to go head-to-head with scientology in the fledgling days of the internet. We cover how he got involved and why and some of the key things that have happened along the way. If you listened to our recent episode with Tory Christman you will know Andreas played a significant role in Tory escaping scientology. He was also instrumental in the Jason Beghe video that went viral on the internet. Jason Beghe's video on Mark Bunker's site. Operation … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: Andreas Heldal-Lund, Jason Beghe, Karin Spaink, Leah Remini, Mark Bunker, Mike Rinder, Scientology Fair Game podcast, Tory Christman, Zenon Panoussis

Episode 70: Claire Headley Knowledge Reports

December 20, 2021 By Mike Rinder 65 Comments

We continue our discussion from last week about Committees of Evidence with Claire Headley, now covering the snitch culture of scientology and the subject of Knowledge Reports. It is one of the most important control mechanisms within the scientology world. As we normally do, I have included documents that give the whole story of things we mention. Scientology Org Board outline, the full "7 Division Org Board":   The "Hubbard Communications Office" Div 1 org board. Department 3 "Inspection and Reports" is where the Ethics Officer is located   The Anderson … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: AC 360, Claire Headley, Dev-T, Dev-T Summary List, Fair Game Podcast, High Crims, Inch Wives, Knowledge Reports, Leah Remini, Marty Rathbun, Mike Rinder, Offenses & Penalties, Org Board, Staff Member Reports, Tom DeVocht, Truth Rundown

Episode 69: Claire Headley on Committees of Evidence

December 13, 2021 By Mike Rinder 36 Comments

  We talk to our old friend and Aftermath OG Claire Headley again this week, this time to discuss Committees of Evidence. What are they exactly, our personal experiences convening, participating and being victims of them, and how they differ from arbitration. We have quite a lot of documents to go along with this episode -- a great repository of information for future reference.     The Headley Aftermath episode Season 1 Ep 5 (if you haven't seen this one. we have some fun with the PI's who followed us to Denver):   Marc's wonderfully entertaining … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: Arbitration Agreement, Bill of Particulars, Blown For Good, Claire Headley, Committee of Evidence, Enrollment Agreement, Ethics Review, Fair Game Podcast, High Crimes, Leah Remini, Marc Headley, Mike Rinder, New Hope for Justice, Scientology Crimes, Scientology Religious Arbitration

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