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Why L. Ron Hubbard Said Dianetics is Hypnotism with Amir Essalhi

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Liana Shanti, the "InstaScammer" - with Kacey from the Cult Vault

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AI, the end times and the Huns with Joe Szimhart

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post-cult factions (and cults you wouldn't expect) with Hoyt Richards

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Charles Manson, Jolly West and the creation of a myth with Joe Kelly

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after cult therapy, attached beings and psychedelics with Pat Ryan and Joe Kelly

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Scientology's Fundamentals of Thought part five - ft. Chris Shelton

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consensual non-monogamy - a talk with Michelle Haslam, PhD

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How do YOU want to be remembered? with Steve Moffic, MD

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Leaving Scientology - with Håkan Järvå

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Rocky's Odyssey: Heroes, Myths & Cults - with Joe Szimhart

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Bring me the Beauties with Hoyt Richards

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Nirvana, psychopathy, Scientology, and coercive control with Amir Essalhi - part 2

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Nirvana, psychopathy, Scientology, and coercive control with Amir Essalhi

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The Manosphere with Steven Moffic, MD

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Our search for meaning with Joe Szimhart

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Surviving Stolen Youth with Felicia Rosario, MD

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hero or cult leader? with Hoyt Richards

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Scientology defector Amir Essalhi is asking questions! - part two

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a recent defector's questions about Scientology with Amir Essalhi - part one

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The New President of the International Cultic Studies Association - Carol Merchasin

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Project Hail Mary and God's Armor with Joe Szimhart

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Scientologist turned psychologist Håkan Järvå

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post traumatic growth with Dr. Steven Moffic

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How to dedicate your 0rg@sm - with guest host Cara Cordoni

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Scientology's Fundamentals of Thought with Chris Shelton, MSc, part one

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35 years in Scientology before he took his own life - with Tony Ortega

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How Kelvin Pierce escaped an American Nazi upbringing and became a humanitarian

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Magical Powers - with Joe Szimhart

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how cults isolate their members from reality - with Hoyt Richards

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Dr Jazz - cults and culture - with Dr. H. Steven Moffic

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Recovering from a Cult with Rachel Bernstein

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You(phemism)Tube: censorship, "bad" words, and other naughty things

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Allatra and the hijacking of our imagination with Joe Szimhart

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If Scientology Ruled - chapter six: Hubbard the godmaker - part two

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If Scientology Ruled - chapter six: Hubbard the godmaker - part one

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If Scientology Ruled - chapter five: The Blood Ritual and The Fool - part two

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If Scientology Ruled - chapter five: The Blood Ritual and The Fool - part one

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If Scientology Ruled - chapter four: The Empress – Hubbard’s Holy Guardian Angel - part three

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If Scientology Ruled - chapter four: The Empress – Hubbard’s Holy Guardian Angel - part two

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If Scientology Ruled - chapter four: The Empress – Hubbard’s Holy Guardian Angel - part one

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If Scientology Ruled - chapter three: L. Ron Hubbard as the Antichrist

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If Scientology Ruled - chapter two: Himmler’s lust for superpowers

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If Scientology Ruled - chapter one: Meet the Leader of the New World - part two

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If Scientology Ruled - chapter one: Meet the Leader of the New World - part one

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If Scientology Ruled the World - Introduction by Tony Ortega (with title page read by Jon Atack)

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the human family with Steve Moffic, MD

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Scientology's magical origins - with Hoyt Richards

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the after-effects of cult control with Hoyt Richards

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decompressing from the Human Potential Movement with Anne L Peterson

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moral injury with Dr Steven Moffic

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What Happens When We Die? - a psychiatrist's interest in past life therapy with Dr H. Steven Moffic

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How much Scientology is there in est and the "human potential movement"? with Anne Peterson

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Kundalini Yoga, Breath of Fire with Hoyt Richards

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VITAL! Post-Scientology Syndrome: ending the nightmares - with Bonnie Woods

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cults don't teach flow - with Joe Szimhart

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when groups go crazy with Dr Steven Moffic

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Clearly Lies Are True with author Pamela Nickel Williams: reflecting on her childhood in Scientology

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Recovery from Werner Erhard with Anne L Peterson

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The Sexual Shamanic Experience with Cara Cordoni and Dave Booda

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the SHOCKING story of how Dianetics became a bestseller with Jefferson Hawkins

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Landmark exposed: Is This a Cult? with Anne L. Peterson

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Theosophy, the Aryan Race, Nazi occultism and Scientology with Joe Szimhart

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Scientology and other language traps

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Scientology’s conspiracy against psychiatry with Dr Steve Moffic

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how cults get you high - manipulating mania with Dr John Hunter

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the fairy tale behind Putin's imperialism

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rage against Scientology and other cults with Hoyt Richards

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positively AI with Dustin Rozario Steinhagen, PhD

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Is Scientology a rebranding of ritual magick? (also Scientology slavery)

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did Ron Hubbard use Hitler's "magick" to make Scientology?

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Scientology's marketing mayhem with Jefferson Hawkins

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gratitude with Steven Moffic, M.D.

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Madam Blavatsky - the Godmother of the New Age - with Joe Szimhart

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Scientology, Nazism, Blavatsky, and the Occult

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Murderous, S3x-Crazed S@tanists in Silly Robes - how cults are (mis)represented in movies & TV

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Surviving Trump: Can We Counter Absolutism Without Becoming Absolutists? with Jeremy Sherman

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cyber security and thought reform with Dustin Rozario Steinhagen, PhD

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magical thinking with Hoyt Richards

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cannabis breakthrough research with Ethan Russo, M.D.

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Approaches to Trump supporters with Jeremy Sherman

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Is the work of Zimbardo, Milgram and Sherif valid? with Joe Szimhart

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Cult experts talk about Trump with Joe Szimhart

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books and movies to untangle someone from Scientology

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how can we stop Trump? with Jeremy Sherman

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extreme authoritarian sects with Christian Szurko

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leaving a belief with Hoyt Richards

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the science of herbal medicine with Chris Kilham

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jazz and joy with Dr Steven Moffic

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love, narcissism, defaultilogic and scornography with Jeremy Sherman

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The God Market with Joe Szimhart

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Clusterflux with Jeremy Sherman, PhD

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how can you tell if you’re truly free of Scientology?

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how cults hijack our interpretation of reality

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Shawn McCraney asks Jon about his beliefs

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cult membership and the perils of ego with Hoyt Richards

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Chris Kilham: medicine hunter, expert on psychoactives

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Roerich, Gorbachev, Putin and Agni Yoga with Joe Szimhart

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reassessing responsibility after leaving a cult with Frances Peters

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memorial days with Dr Steven Moffic