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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

Episode 75: Marc Headley on Scientology and the Internet

January 31, 2022 By Mike Rinder 22 Comments

We welcome back our old friend Marc Headley to talk about Scientology and the internet, including covering the bonkers domain names scientology has registered, and how they have unsuccessfully attempted to control access to information on the World Wide Web.   Marc's wonderful book: Blown For Good The Audiobook version   The Scientology Money Project blog article listing many of the scientology owned domains:   A YouTube video listing some of the troll domains registered by scientology:   The Jokers & Degraders PL/HCOB: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fair Game Podcast Tagged With: AC 360, Alex Gibney, Alexa ranks, Andreas Heldal-Lund, Blown For Good, Fair Game Podcast, Going Clear, Inch Wives, Jokers and Degraders, Leah Remini, Marc Headley, Marty Rathbun, Mike Rinder, Mike Rinder's Blog, Netflix, rottenrat.com, Scieno Sitter, Scientology And The Aftermath, Scientology Money Project, South Park, Trapped in the Closet

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 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

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

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

The (Not Tom) Cruise Debrief and An Announcement

March 26, 2019 By Mike Rinder 131 Comments

My apologies for being remiss. A few have asked how the vacation was as I made no mention of it here... It was amazing. I have waited to post this until we were ready with a special announcement. It's at the end of this short report on the cruise. We all had such a good time. A cruise is an excuse to eat and drink too much. Check. Do silly things -- like build a device to drop a raw egg 8 stories to the ship's atrium floor without it breaking -- we did!  Visit interesting locations. Check. Do things we had never done before. Check. Spend time with friends (adults together while the 8 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Mike Rinder, The Aftermath Tagged With: Aaron Smith-Levin, Marc Headley, Mike Rinder, The Aftermath, The Aftermath Foundation

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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Bare Faced Messiah - Russell Miller
Counterfeit Dreams - Jeff Hawkins
Blown For Good - Marc Headley
Abuse at the Top - Amy Scobee
Unbreakable Miss Lovely - Tony Ortega
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Fair Game - Steve Cannane
Inside Scientology - Janet Reitman
A Piece of Blue Sky - Jon Atack
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Escaping Scientology - Karen Schless
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Justice systems are "a cancer," and police and courts are composed of the "vicious and corrupt" according to #scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. Bear this in mind as the retrial of #DJDonkeyPunch Danny Masterson unfolds...
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This is destined to be an #SPTV classic comedy moment. @blownforgood and @claireheadley share details of their "first date" in the Sea Org. It's near the end. If you're not subscribed to my channel yet, please do so... There is also important content.
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How Many Taxpayer-subsidized Mansions, Homes and Offices Does a Dead Man Need? It turns out to be a LOT when it comes to #scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. Once again, where is the #IRS? How is this a valid exempt purpose? https://youtu.be/JfmJHiGfevA via @YouTube

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6 Mar

The DOJ details what #scientology does to destroy those speaking out about their abuses. Including but not limited to:
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Monday Evening Q&A and Spilling the Tea https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1YpJkgWdQDyJj

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