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Live Q and A Today on My YouTube Channel

March 4, 2023 By Mike Rinder 13 Comments

  Today, at 2pm EST, I will be joined by Marc and Clair Headley to conduct a live Q&A session on my YouTube Channel. You can join in the fun here. If you have not yet subscribed to my YouTube channel, please do so. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: YouTube Channel Tagged With: Claire Headley, Marc Headley, YouTube

Scientology: Government Against The Ungovernable

May 2, 2022 By Mike Rinder 19 Comments

Two Castle Rock, Colorado High School students, Sally and Madelyn, made a short film about scientology. They entered it in a local competition and won first place in their category! They were required to submit a paper, describing their planned film and why it addressed a worthy topic before they began. You can read their submission here: Context Essay This is their description of their documentary: "Our submission was for the 2022 National History day senior division documentary category! The theme this year is debate and diplomacy, we chose to represent this with the conflict seen … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tax Exemption Tagged With: Castle Rock, Claire Headley, First Amendment, irs, Madelyn West, Sally Pellegrini, Scientology, Tax Exemption

Happy New Year

January 1, 2022 By Mike Rinder 29 Comments

Enjoying a wonderful New Year with friends... I hope you are too. I believe 2022 is going to be a watershed year in the world of scientology for two main reasons. The pandemic has taken its toll on an organization that relies on keeping people inside an information bubble that needs personal contact and briefings. Emerging from the pandemic, assuming this happens in 2022, when so many have been distanced from the controlling influences of the organization is going to be revelatory. It will expose the truth about the real state of scientology — which is a shell of its former … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Mike Rinder Tagged With: Christie Collbran, Claire Headley, COVID-19, Danny Masterson, Happy New Year, Marc Headley

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

Scientology Fair Game Podcast All Episodes

September 6, 2021 By Mike Rinder 12 Comments

There is no new podcast this week due to the Labor Day holiday. I thought it worth listing all the diverse list of podcast guests and topics we have done so far. There are more to come. If there are any episodes you have missed, you can find them here with links and give them a listen. It's been quite a ride. It continues. We appreciate all the support of our faithful listeners and those who have sent in questions for the popular "Listener Question" episodes. You can also find all the episodes and the supporting documents for each at fairgamepodcast.com which also includes a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: Aaron Saidman, AlexGibney, Brian Sheen, Bruce Hines, Chris Shelton, Christie Collbran, Christie Rinder, Claire Headley, Devon Graham Hammonds, Dylan Fallo, Fair Game Podcast, Ford Greene, Geoff Levin, Hana Whitfield, Ian Berg, Jeff Augustine, John Dehlin, john sweeney, Jon Atack, Julian Wain, Karen de la Carriere, Kate Bornstein, Katherine Wain, Leah Remini, Lloyd Evans, Luke Catton, Marc Headley, Mark Bunker, Mark Vicente, Mary Kahn, Mat Pesch, Mike Rinder, Nick Hanna, Paulette Cooper, Phil Jones, Ray jeffrey, Richard Behar, Ron Miscavige, Sarah Edmondson, Stefani Hutchinson, Steve Cannane, Steve Hassan, Tammy Clark, Taylor Holley, Tony Ortega, Valeska Guider, Vicki Marshall, Yashar Ali, Yulanda Williams

Cult City Tour and The Aftermath Foundation

March 14, 2021 By Mike Rinder 30 Comments

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the tour of Downtown Clearwater yesterday to benefit The Aftermath Foundation. And also to those who listened in remotely. We had a fun time and it was wonderful to see such a strong show of support from so many smiling faces. Our enormous appreciation to everyone for supporting the Aftermath Foundation. The Foundation's meaningful work continues, mostly unseen and not often talked about for the protection and peace of mind of those who are helped. It's the opposite of a scientology "humanitarian programs" where they don't do anything unless the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Clearwater Tagged With: Aaron Smith-Levin, Christie Collbran, Claire Headley, Clearwater, cult city tour, March Headley, Mat Pesch, Mike Rinder, The Aftermath Foundation

Episode 30: Marc Headley Blown For Good

March 1, 2021 By Mike Rinder 42 Comments

This week, Leah and I had a wonderful time talking with my old and very dear friend Marc Headley —The BFG — on our Fair Game Podcast. Marc not only has a phenomenal memory, he possesses a great sense of humor. Anyone who has read his book knows both of these things to be true. We covered plenty of ground -- talking about the Int base and David Miscavige, the infamous musical chairs incident depicted in Going Clear and even how the Rinder bobblehead came to be. Throughout I mentioned including links, you will find them below. This is definitely an episode you don't want to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: Alex Gibney, Blown For Good, bobblehead, Claire Headley, David Miscavige, fair game, Gilman Springs, Going Clear, golden era, Leah Remini, Marc Headley, Mike Rinder, SP bracelet, The SP Shop

Episode 17: Former Sea Org Executive Claire Headley

November 16, 2020 By Mike Rinder 95 Comments

Leah and I were extremely happy to welcome our old friend Claire Headley to the Fair Game podcast. Claire of course appeared in 2 episodes of The Aftermath -- and she was recently featured on the Netflix home page: I have known Claire and her husband Marc since I first went to the Gold Base -- way back in the 80's. Claire worked closely with Miscavige as an executive in Religious Technology Center. She was the Deputy Inspector General Internal. Claire helped me many times, she is one of the few people I know -- especially at the international level, and even more specifically in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fair Game, Fair Game Podcast Tagged With: A&E, Allen Cartwright, Angie Blankenship, Claire Headley, David Miscavige, Fair Game Podcast, FBI, Freeloader bill, Greg Wilhere, JB, John Brousseau, Kendrick Moxon, Kevin Caetano, Kirsten Caetano, Leah Remini, Lynn Farny, Marc Headley, Marty Rathbun, Mike Rinder, Religious Technology Center, SP Declare, The Aftermath, Warren McShane

Scientology Smears Ramina – Yawn

November 8, 2017 By Mike Rinder 301 Comments

True to form, scientology had their brilliant "response" to tonight's episode up before it aired. Snatching the "high ground" their big takedown of Ramina is "we threw her out in 2016" and she is a "Total Fraud" because she "manufactured an exit from the Church." Hahaha It is almost doing Ramina a disservice to even pretend she needs a defense -- it's as if I might be giving some credence to scientology's insane "response". Once again, clearly they had not watched the show, so they prove to the world they truly are intelligence challenged robots. There is not a single person anywhere … [Read more...]

Filed Under: The Aftermath Tagged With: Aaron Smith-Levin, Chantal Dodson, Claire Headley, Leah Remini, Marc Headley, Mary Kahn, Mike Rinder, public relations, Ramina Nunnellee, Scientology, The Aftermath

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