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Episode 40: Dr. Steven Hassan

May 10, 2021 By Mike Rinder 54 Comments

Leah and I welcome Dr. Steve Hassan to the podcast this week. A former Moonie, Steve is today an internationally recognized expert in the field of cults and undue influence. We cover a lot of territory, including undue influence, hypnosis and the methods used to control people. Dr. Hassan holds a Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology from Cambridge College and a Doctorate in Organizational Development and Change from Fielding Graduate University School of Leadership Studies. He is a member of the Program in Psychiatry and the Law at Harvard Medical School.  He is Founding Director … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: BITE, Dr Steve Hassan, Fair Game Podcast, Freedom of Mind Resource Center, Heaven's Gate, Influence Continuum, Larry Brennan, Leah Remini, Mike Rinder, Moonies, Nancy Many, NXIVM, Steve Hassan, Trump

Inside the Mind of a Scientologist

June 26, 2019 By Mike Rinder 73 Comments

This is NOT a post about politics. This might just easily have been a scientologist's Facebook post about Pro-Trump people and Fox News as about anti-Trump people and CNN. What this Facebook post actually illustrates is the blinkers through which scientologists "see" the world. Anyone who disagrees with their view is "psych-controlled" and "bought by Big Pharma." These are the scientology boogeymen that "explain" all failures, all opposition and all that might be bad in the world. Literally. It's "The Psychs". Why this woman believes psychs are partial to CNN but not Fox News, or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Psychiatry, Scientology Tagged With: Big Pharma, CNN, Fox News, psychiatry, Scientology, Trump

Truth Matters

January 21, 2018 By Mike Rinder 115 Comments

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Filed Under: L Ron Hubbard, Scientology Tagged With: Clinton, L. Ron Hubbard, Merchants of Chaos, Nixon, press, public relations, Scientology, Trump

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