Today I welcome Garry Norman, a former Landmark insider who worked on media/content management and gleaned some very interesting and useful insights into the Landmark program from this. I very much enjoyed my talk with him and I hope you do too.
Garry Norman's website: https://GarryNorman.com

Today I welcome Mari Howes, new author of The Tribes which publishes on November 3rd. This fiction work is about an escaped cult member trying to come to terms with her family estrangement, her cult beliefs and the very real threat posed by the cult coming against her now. As a professional lawyer, Mari has a unique perspective on this topic which I asked her quite a bit about. I hope you enjoy our conversation as much as I did.
Mari Howes website: https://marihowes.com

Today I welcome back Jon Atack to continue our series of podcasts to debunk the "basics" of Scientology, one bit at a time. But this time we ended up going way off topic and into a wide-ranging discussion about life, the universe and everything. There's a lot of opinions and admitted half-baked ideas being discussed and I welcome any feedback or additional ideas about what we discuss here, as none of this is about us being right and everyone else being wrong. At the same time, I hope what we discuss is thought provoking and perhaps challenging to some current ideas out there. Enjoy!

This week I welcome back Bryce Blankenagle and Shannon Grover from the Glassbox Podcast to discuss the Satanic Panic of the 1980s. We discuss how its beginnings were heavily influenced by Mormons who went way out of their way to tell the most bald-faced lies imaginable, all in an effort to create and continue mass hysteria at the national level. The destructive effects of this continue to this day and in our current Presidential administration, in fact.
Glassbox podcast: https://glassboxpodcast.com/

This week I welcome survivor Stella McCormick, who has a horrifying story to tell about her upbringing in a large religious family run by absolute monsters for parents who locked up her sister in a closet for seven years among a laundry list of abusive behaviors, not just towards their biological children but fostered children as well. This is a grim story and I don't usually include trigger warnings but this one is rough so be prepared. Stella is on TikTok exposing this abuse now and working to bring justice for her siblings. Find her there at stella_mccormick.

We have a bonus podcast episode this week with the release of Tom Cruise's new movie Digger and our take on the Scientology ideas and themes we see in it. To help us in our analysis, we invited professional movie critical Luke Y. Thompson on board and he provides some fun insights to what we hope is an entertaining episode. Enjoy!
Luke Y. Thompson
https://MortalCinema.com
@lytrules on Bluesky, Instagram, X, Substack @lytrulz on Facebook

This week I welcome author Sara Carson to discuss her recently published fiction story Dark Messiah, a tale based on the real-life tragedy of the Jonestown massacre at the order of cult leader Jim Jones. Sara and I have a far ranging discussion about the power of fiction, cult dynamics and Jonestown itself. Her book is now out for you to buy as well.
Sara's website: https://sarazcarsonauthor.com
Dark Messiah on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GVZMLYCR

This week I welcome film maker and cult survivor Grace Sims to discuss a recent project of hers and some of her experiences growing up in a high control group. Enjoy!
Grace's website: https://gracesims.com