Send us a text A year of relentless help and louder hope. We open the doors on how the Michael J. Rinder Aftermath Foundation turned complaint campaigns into fuel, scaled a 24/7 crisis line, and put bold billboards across Los Angeles and London so Sea Org members know a safe exit exists. With Claire, Mark, Phil Jones, Matt Pesch, Amy Scobee, and mental health coordinator Jeff Beaumont, we walk through what real support looks like when disconnection has burned bridges and erased lifelines. Yo...
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Send us a text A year of relentless help and louder hope. We open the doors on how the Michael J. Rinder Aftermath Foundation turned complaint campaigns into fuel, scaled a 24/7 crisis line, and put bold billboards across Los Angeles and London so Sea Org members know a safe exit exists. With Claire, Mark, Phil Jones, Matt Pesch, Amy Scobee, and mental health coordinator Jeff Beaumont, we walk through what real support looks like when disconnection has burned bridges and erased lifelines. Yo...
Send us a text A year of relentless help and louder hope. We open the doors on how the Michael J. Rinder Aftermath Foundation turned complaint campaigns into fuel, scaled a 24/7 crisis line, and put bold billboards across Los Angeles and London so Sea Org members know a safe exit exists. With Claire, Mark, Phil Jones, Matt Pesch, Amy Scobee, and mental health coordinator Jeff Beaumont, we walk through what real support looks like when disconnection has burned bridges and erased lifelines. Yo...
Send us a text A ship. A hotel turned school. A childhood taught to keep secrets. Pamela Nicole Williams joins us to trace a rare, ground-level history of Scientology—from her parents’ early work around Hubbard in D.C. and training at St. Hill to life aboard the Royal Scotman before the Sea Org took full shape. Her memoir, Clearly Lies Are True, threads vivid scenes with careful research to show how a movement’s promises filtered into family routines, language, and choices that shaped a child...
Send us a text The glossy reels say “global help.” The insiders tell a different story. We sit down with director Mitch Brisker to map how Scientology reengineered Narconon after multiple deaths, shifted operations from the secretive International Base to Los Angeles, and used a made-for-TV sheen to mask liability and control. Mitch was there through the rewrites, the SMP launch, and the clampdowns—and he explains how the organization manufactures impact with paid “PSAs,” inflated statistics,...
Send us a text A holiday shouldn’t require a stopwatch. We open up about what Thanksgiving and Christmas looked like inside Scientology’s Sea Org—15-minute meals stretched to 45, staged fireplace photos mailed home as “proof of life,” and a steady drumbeat that family time was off-purpose. While most people are baking pies and booking flights, we were filing petitions, dodging “PTS” labels, and watching “important” church holidays turn into sales marathons dressed up as celebrations. We brea...
Send us a text What happens when you strip the mystique from Scientology and just answer the hard questions? We open the inbox and go straight at the topics most people tiptoe around: where Shelly Miscavige is likely being held, why so few members ever reach OT 3, what really happens to body thetans, and why OT 9 and 10 never seem to materialize. No hedging, no euphemisms—just clarity from people who lived inside the system for years. We start by framing how control works at the top: pressur...
Send us a text A space opera with DC-8s, volcanoes, and billion-soul “implants” shouldn’t be the engine of a modern religion—yet that’s exactly the story that sits behind Scientology’s most guarded levels. We pull the curtain back on the Xenu narrative from OT III, lay out the official claims in plain English, and examine how secrecy, status, and relentless fundraising keep the bridge in motion long after the secret escaped the vault. We walk through the alleged Galactic Confederation backst...
Send us a text A church that prepares for the end of the world tells you everything about its present. We dig into Scientology’s underground vaults built by the Church of Spiritual Technology—why they exist, how the etched steel archives are made, and the strange logic behind symbols carved into remote landscapes. The story gets less mystical and more material when you ask a simple question: who gets in, how, and what exactly is being protected? We also open the blinds on Int Base and the Ho...
Send us a text A religion that etches its scriptures into stainless steel, presses its sermons onto gold records, and seals everything inside titanium capsules buried in mountains sounds like science fiction. We take you there—mapping Scientology’s Church of Spiritual Technology vaults from Twin Peaks and Trementina to Petrolia, Creston, and an old California mine—while unpacking the logic, the secrecy, and the human cost behind it all. We start with the industrial reality: how books become ...
Send us a text What does life at Scientology’s international headquarters actually look like when the cameras aren’t rolling? We open the map to Gold Base—also known as Int Base—and walk through who’s there, what they do, and why nearly everything meaningful flows through a single point of approval. From RTC and CMO International to Executive Strata and Golden Era Productions, we explain the org chart you never see in the glossy videos, and how AVC “authorizes, verifies, and corrects” plans t...
Send us a text A gleaming studio with a fence that listens. That’s the paradox at Gold Base, Scientology’s international HQ, where Golden Era Productions presents a pristine creative campus while security systems hum beneath the hedges. We take you through both worlds at once: pausing a polished promo film to identify the faces, jobs, and backstories you weren’t told, then riding a drone’s-eye map across soundstages, villas, tunnels, and the private grounds built for one man’s comfort and con...
Send us a text How we escaped the Sea Org in January 2005 and tried to get a basic life back. What followed was a masterclass in control: family emails crafted under supervision that said “love you” while enforcing disconnection; a senior exec telling us our declares were “on hold” when the paperwork was stamped the day after we fled; and a hostage-style handoff in a bus station lot where our dog and a rented truck full of bankers’ boxes were exchanged for signatures and a reaction to our dec...
Send us a text Ever wonder what it's like when your boss is also your son? In this episode, we pull back the curtain on David Miscavige's complex relationship with his father, Ron Miscavige Sr., revealing the bizarre power dynamics that existed between them at Scientology's International Headquarters. Ron, a talented musician responsible for arranging music for Scientology events and videos, wasn't treated as family but as just another staff member subject to his son's approval and criticism...
Send us a text The curtain is pulled back on Scientology's enigmatic leader as Marc and Claire Headley share firsthand accounts of David Miscavige from their combined 30+ years inside the organization's headquarters. Their candid stories reveal a man obsessed with control, prone to humiliating outbursts, and increasingly paranoid about those around him. From bizarre personal encounters (like Miscavige mocking Marc about a Depeche Mode singer's suicide attempt) to shocking revelations about h...
Send us a text Marc and Claire Headley discuss their upcoming joint podcast interview, their first time sharing their full Scientology experiences together, and answer audience questions about the inner workings of the organization. • Recently recorded a two-part, 12-hour podcast interview covering both Mark and Claire's escapes from Scientology • Latest information on Shelly Miscavige shows she was registered to vote at a remote Church of Spiritual Technology location in Petrolia, Californi...
Send us a text Ever wondered what happens when you compress four decades of work into just 15 years? The math is staggering. At 109 hours per week—a conservative estimate—Sea Org members pack more work hours into their service than most people will complete in their entire careers. The schedule begins at 7:45 AM with a bus ride to the compound, followed by a brief breakfast and mandatory muster where every staff member is accounted for. Then comes production time—making movies, cleaning faci...
Send us a text Ever wondered how Scientology manages to evade legal consequences for decades of alleged abuses? The answer lies in their sophisticated legal machinery – a system now raising serious ethical questions as former Scientology attorneys ascend to judicial positions. In this eye-opening episode, Marc and Claire Headley (former Sea Org members with 20+ years inside Scientology) analyze the recent appointment of William Hobbs Foreman to California's Supreme Court by Governor Gavin Ne...
Send us a text When a bizarre letter surfaced on the internet, Marc Headley immediately recognized the signature—"Trudy Hensley, Letter Writer." This wasn't just any Scientology recruitment attempt; it was written by Marc's own mother, who remains deeply entrenched in the organization while completely disconnected from her family. The letter itself is absurd enough: "Well done on purchasing a book in 1999!!!" it exclaims, attempting to recruit someone who bought a Scientology book 26 years a...
Send us a text Marc and Claire Headley share the behind-the-scenes story of how they self-published "Blown for Good," their exposé of Scientology's International Headquarters, despite the organization's history of blocking critical books. • Marc started posting stories online in 2006-2007 under the handle "blown for good" • Decided to self-publish in 2009 after learning how Scientology threatened publishers with costly litigation • Created their own publishing company to protect themselves f...
Send us a text Marc and Claire Headley take a deep dive into Scientology's critical "Keeping Scientology Working" (KSW) policy, revealing how it creates a no-win situation where followers are trapped in a cycle of self-blame while protecting Scientology from criticism. • KSW establishes ten points that form Scientology's mental control system • The policy includes Hubbard's chilling statement: "We'd rather have you dead than incapable." • Every Scientology course begins with studying this po...
Send us a text We delve into the most important policy letter in Scientology, "Keeping Scientology Working," which forms the foundation of every Scientologist's mindset and is especially evident in Tom Cruise's infamous 2004 turtleneck video. This document reveals why Scientologists act with such intensity and how the organization uses it to extract millions in donations. • Explaining how the International Association of Scientologists (IAS) events function as major fundraising opportunities...
Send us a text A year of relentless help and louder hope. We open the doors on how the Michael J. Rinder Aftermath Foundation turned complaint campaigns into fuel, scaled a 24/7 crisis line, and put bold billboards across Los Angeles and London so Sea Org members know a safe exit exists. With Claire, Mark, Phil Jones, Matt Pesch, Amy Scobee, and mental health coordinator Jeff Beaumont, we walk through what real support looks like when disconnection has burned bridges and erased lifelines. Yo...
