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The “Glory” of Scientology’s Dead “Enemies”

December 21, 2020 By Mike Rinder 36 Comments

A couple of days ago, Tony Ortega posted a lengthy "success story" from a woman who had recently completed "Super Power." Of course, it was over-the-top bizarre, but one paragraph stood out: While on the rundown two major SPs (2.5 percent) connected to my dynamics received their bitter end. One died in an unexpected way, and the other got put in a psychiatric hospital by his best friend. This filled me with the glory of justice. I doubt there is a more clear-cut example of the callous disregard for human life into which scientologists are inculcated than this. Many former scientologists, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fair Game, L Ron Hubbard, Special Feature Tagged With: Auditor magazine, enemies, fair game, L. Ron Hubbard, Manuela Saenz, R2-45, Racket Exposed, Responsibilities of Leaders, Science of Survival, Scientology, Simon Bolivar, Super Power, Tony Ortega

Episode 19: Christie Collbran Rinder

December 7, 2020 By Mike Rinder 52 Comments

  This week Leah and I speak with my wife, Christie. I will add the link as soon as it is live. While there is always a lot of interest in me, Christie has her own story. She is much more than simply my other half. Her entire immediate family, just like mine, disconnected from her when she began to question things and tried to communicate this to them. When our son, Jack, was 6 months old we visited LA and tried to see Christie's parents to introduce them to their grandson. Her mother was sent away to the Freewinds. Her father, who I have never met, is a former pro-linebacker … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: Bert Leahy, Christie Collbran, Christie Rinder, Cierra Westerman, Dave Lubow, Dwayne Powell, fair game, Freedom Magazine, Heather McAdoo, Jim Lynch, Justice4Mom, Marty Rathbun, Netflix, Taryn Teutsch, The Aftedrmath

Episode 15: Former President of Narconon Luke Catton

November 2, 2020 By Mike Rinder 58 Comments

We welcome an old friend of mine, Lucas (Luke) Catton to the Fair Game podcast this week. Luke was a very prominent member of the Narconon team for a number of years, until he saw the light about scientology. He subsequently spoke out and was targeted by scientology in response. We discuss a wide range of things relating to Narconon, scientology's involvement, the effectiveness of the program and the Fair Gaming Luke has been subjected to. I will include the link as soon as it becomes available. A few of the things we mention during our talk. Here is a copy of the public image.doc … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fair Game Podcast, Narconon Tagged With: ABLE Int, David Miscavige, fair game, Freedom Magazine, Gary Smith, Laurie Zurn, Luke Catton, Narconon, Narconon Arrowhead, Rena Weinberg

Episode 7: Emmy and Oscar Winner Alex Gibney

September 7, 2020 By Mike Rinder 60 Comments

This week's episode of Fair Game podcast features my old friend Alex Gibney. This is not an episode to miss. Alex is one of the greats in the world of documentary filmmakers. His credits include: The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley about Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (won 3 Emmy’s) Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (Oscar nom in 2005 for Best Doc) Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer  Taxi to the Dark Side (winner of the 2007 Oscar for best Documentary) about the war in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: Alex Gibney, fair game, Fair Game Podcast, Hana Eltringham, Jason Beghe, Larry Wright, Leah Remini, Marc Headley, Marty Rathbun, Mike Rinder, paul haggis, sara goldberg, Spanky Taylor, Tony Ortega

Episode 6: The Leader’s Father is Fair Gamed

September 1, 2020 By Mike Rinder 25 Comments

  Leah and I talk with our old friend Ron Miscavige, father of scientology leader David Miscavige. We discuss how he has been Fair Gamed by $10,000 a week Private Investigators, disconnected from his family and his daughter-in-law Shelly. We also talk about the involvement of Lisa Marie Presley in Ron's journey, how she was abused by Ron's daughters at the behest of David, which resulted in her walking out of scientology. We talk about other celebrities in scientology and what Ron hopes will happen in the future. We discussed a few things, here are the links. This is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fair Game Podcast Tagged With: David Miscavige, fair game, Fair Game Podcast, LA Times, Ron Miscavige, Ruthless

Episode 3: Scientology’s War on the Media with Richard Behar

August 11, 2020 By Mike Rinder 40 Comments

  We were very fortunate to speak with Richard Behar on this week's episode of the Fair Game podcast. Rich, along with Pauletter Cooper (who will feature in an upcoming episode) is a poster child for scientology Fair Game against journalists. He is an award-winning investigative journalist who first wrote about scientology in 1986 for Forbes magazine in an article entitled The Prophet and Profits of Scientology. His most famous scientology piece was the 1991 Time magazine cover story, The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power. The subhead on his article pretty much sums up … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Media Interviews, Podcast Tagged With: Alex Gibney, fair game, Fair Game Podcast, Forbes magazine, Going Clear, HBO, Karen Bass, Lawrence Wright, Leah Remini, Mike Rinder, Paulette Cooper, Richard Behar, Time magazine

Koncrete Podcast: Mike Rinder Episode

August 7, 2020 By Mike Rinder 28 Comments

I recently sat down with Daniel Jones for an episode of his Koncrete Podcast series. It was just uploaded so I am sharing it here. We cover a WIDE range of topics. It's a lengthy chat - over 2 hours. I hope you enjoy it, and find it informative. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Media Interviews Tagged With: Daniel Jones, David Miscavige, fair game, Fair Game Podcast, irs, Koncrete Podcast, L. Ron Hubbard, Mike Rinder, Scientology

Heber Jentzsch’s Niece Welfare Check on Her Uncle

August 3, 2020 By Mike Rinder 84 Comments

The new episode of Scientology: Fair Game Podcast is now available here. We interview one of Heber Jentzsch's nieces, Tammy Clark. Tammy reached out to me and Leah as she was concerned about Heber. Many members of the rather large family had not heard from him and she was so concerned she thought it necessary to fly from Utah to try to see him as a representative of the family. But she was fearful of scientology and asked that we help her. Leah and I were more than happy to provide her support and a camera crew from The Aftermath accompanied us. Unfortunately, this is one of the shows … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fair Game Tagged With: Dismissed Attacker, fair game, Heber Jentzsch, Jeffrey Augustine, Karen de la Carriere, Leah Remini, Leonard Purvis, Mike Rinder, Nettie Allcock, private investigators, RCSO, Rebecca Dobkin, Riverside County Sheriff's Office, Scientology The Aftermath, Tammy Clark, Tony Ortega

Let the Scientology Fair Game Begin

July 29, 2020 By Mike Rinder 58 Comments

I mentioned in my post on Sunday that I would let Leah respond to the latest bs about her from Ed Parkin. He should know by now not to poke the bear. Here is what Leah has to say. As only Leah can say it.   Scientology uses a practice called Fair Game, these are directives and activities that seek to discredit and destroy anyone and anything Scientology considers a threat to their vile, illegal, and criminal practices. The practice of Fair Game by Scientology, its employees and parishioners is nothing new. It has gone on for decades. Here are some of the “Operations” carried … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fair Game Tagged With: Alex Gibney, Anderson Cooper, Danny Masterson, David Miscavige, Dead Agent, Dead Agenting, Ed Parkin, fair game, Freedom Magazine, Guardian's Office, Heber Jentzsch, Jesse Prince, Karin Pouw, L. Ron Hubbard, Lawrence Wright, Leah Remini, Mike Feuer, Mike Rinder, OSA, Psychology Today, STAND League, Twitter, Vicki Aznaran

Scientology: Fair Game. Episode 0

July 21, 2020 By Mike Rinder 102 Comments

Episode 0 (Introduction) is now available to download on iHeart and everywhere else podcasts are available. You can even google it directly. Unfortunately, the website that was going to accompany the podcast has been hacked and sabotaged. Should be fixed in the next few hours and as soon as it is live I will update with the link here. Update: Site is now live. It is simply a resource for documents and will be updated as each podcast goes live on Tuesdays. Meanwhile, for those who are looking for the documents that are talked about in this episode, I have included them … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fair Game Podcast Tagged With: Critics of Scientology, fair game, Fair Game Cancellation, Fair Game Podcast, Leah Remini, Mike Rinder, podcast, Racket Exposed

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