Critical Q&A

This week we had a fun and nice long Q&A show, going over what the CMO is, clarifying maliphanies and cults, what “worker-oriented” means in Scientology and a lot more. Enjoy!

We had a fun live stream this week answering viewer questions including answers about oversharing on social media, “being there and communicating” in Scientology, a summary of the Salford coercive control program and a lot more. Enjoy!

This week we had a really fun and kind of personal Q&A show as we dived into the effectiveness of Scientology's front groups, stage magic and trickery, a brief foray into SPTV and my channel and a lot more. Enjoy!

We had a fun Q&A show this week with a lot of Scientology coverage, including what God is according to Hubbard, whether Scientology is beneficial or not, how Hubbard claimed to “fix” EST and a lot more. Enjoy!

In this week's Q&A we took a deep dive into Tom Cruise and ethics in Scientology, some thoughts on “therapy speak,” a look at Scientology in Clearwater now and a lot more. Enjoy!

We had a really fun and mainly political Q&A this week with answers about Linkin Park's Emily Armstrong and 2nd gen cult members, Scientologists and Reiki, what a post-scarcity society would look like and a lot more. Enjoy!

This week we covered a lot of territory including Scientologists and vaccines, why ‘cult' is such a bad word, whether trance states are harmful and a lot more. Enjoy!

Sorry for the delay in posting this week. We had a great live podcast this week answering questions about David Miscavige on Facebook, culty nations in history, how I would start a cult and a lot more. Enjoy!

We had a fun Q&A this week, which unfortunately had to end a bit early due to internet issues, but we covered some great questions about Scientology/cult indoctrination, Hubbard and the Star Wars phenomenon, the possibility of post-election violence this year and a lot more. Enjoy!

This week we had a fun Q&A going over a lot of stuff, including critical thinking vs creative thinking, a rundown on executive training in Scientology, some “stable data” from my life and a lot more. Enjoy!

This week we covered some interesting topics including how ex-cult members deal with organized religion, how gangs and cults have a lot in common with the Mafia, whether Scientology causes violence and a lot more. Enjoy!

This week it's answers about Scientology's Wall of Fire, what it means to let go of cult beliefs, why misinformation spreads so readily and a lot more. Enjoy!

This week we had a fun show covering such diverse topics as cult recovery, Scientology “OT powers,” a breakdown of postmodernism and a lot more. Enjoy!

This week we covered a lot of territory in our Q&A, including commentary about the current American political scene, a rundown on “hard sell” in Scientology, hypnotism and auditing and a lot more. Enjoy!

This week we had a fun and intense Q&A show talking about recent events in American politics, the full story of Marty Rathbun's fall from grace, how the Survival Rundown is hypnotic conditioning and a lot more. Enjoy!

We had a great extended-length Q&A show this week and got a bit more political than usual but due to recent events, it was kind of necessary and important to do so. We covered Project 2025 and the upcoming election, cult recovery step-by-step, some thoughts on patriotism and a lot more. Enjoy!

This week we had a great Q&A show covering such diverse topics as cannabis/psychedelics in therapy and pseudoscience connected with this, how cults thrive online, lessons I took from Scientology and a lot more. Enjoy!

In this week's really extended-length episode, we covered a lot of territory including a long answer about cult interventions, the pros and cons of hypnotism, Scientology's rank hypocrisy over human rights and a lot more. Enjoy!

i was joined by my beautiful wife Melissa this week for the Q&A show and we had a nice time answering questions about reality in Scientology, how auditing induces euphoria, the meaning of life and lots of other fun stuff. Enjoy!

Our weekly Q&A sessions are going longer every week and I hope you're here for it! We had a great time this week discussing Scientology's Youth for Human Rights, some deep dive on Scientology's ideas about body thetans, our US justice system and a lot more. Enjoy!

Yesterday we had a fantastic live Q&A show where I got to give my most detailed breakdown of why Scientology TRs are just bad for most people, why creators and influencers need to be stopped from inciting violence, a rundown on Street Epistemology and a lot more. Enjoy!

This is a late post of the Q&A live stream we did LAST week which I totally missed posting and sharing. I apologize for that. In this one, we covered a lot including public protests against cults, cluster B personality traits and cult involvement, some thoughts about Dune part 2 and a lot more. Enjoy!

In this week's Q&A show we covered a lot of Scientology material including some more commentary on the E-meter as well as “bodies in pawn” and a lot of other stuff as well as my farewell to the SPTV “community” and where I'm going from here. Enjoy!

We did a live Q&A this week and addressed multi-level marketing schemes as cults, how we can stem some of the ‘drama' in the ex-Scn space, how Scientology has been taking over the small town of Clearwater and a lot more. Enjoy!

In our live Q&A show this week, we covered some great questions about my channel, smoking cigarettes in Scientology, controversial speakers at universities, the Ideal Org program and a lot more. Enjoy!

I apologize for the delay in getting my Critical Q&A live stream posted in podcast form this week. We covered some excellent territory this week including Scientology TV, going overboard after leaving a cult, how Street Epistemology would be great for Scientologists and a lot more. Enjoy!

This week we did the longest Q&A show ever for this channel and covered a ton of territory, from the Paris Ideal Org opening to comments on fair gaming to coercive control in families and so much more. Enjoy!

This week we covered a lot of territory in our extra-long live stream, including directly addressing some of the really nasty YouTube drama that has affected my channel pretty hard over the last couple of months, a frank answer about politics and cults, what it will take to end Scientology and a lot more. Enjoy!

For our live Q&A this week, we covered a lot of territory including how and why cults use McDonalds as a means of control, what are Scientology Axioms, some comments about Jon Atack's interview with Mike Rinder and a lot more. Enjoy!

This week in our extended-length live stream we covered a lot of territory, including what nationalism has to do with indoctrination, why Mormons are still a destructive cult, how to make friends after leaving a cult and so much more. Enjoy!

This week we discussed the connection between Scientology and the Nation of Islam, offered commentary on Dune Part 2, talked about mental implants in Scientology and a lot more. Enjoy!

This week we had some great questions from the Patreon queue as well as a ton of interesting stuff from the chat about Scientology Ideal Orgs, animals and emotions, child abuse in Scientology and a lot more. Enjoy!

This week we did a special live stream on Saturday and we had a great time talking the genetic entity in Scientology, what happens behind the scenes at Ideal Org openings, a breakdown of the “law of attraction” and a lot more. Enjoy!

In this week's 2-hour livestream, we covered a lot of territory including a full breakdown on Scientology business consultants, why I think David Miscavige is a true believer, the basic problems of judging ex-cult members and a lot more. Enjoy!

This week we went live (as we are likely going to keep down with this show now) and answered a ton of questions about first amendment audits, cult recovery vs cult drama, the insanity that OT levels can induce and a lot more. Enjoy!

This week we went live to answer your questions and covered a lot of territory about Scientology auditing vs real counseling, psychopaths I ran into in the Church, an address to the “trauma drama” in the ex-Scientology world and a lot more. Enjoy!

This week, we went live for Critical Q&A and answered some really great questions about Scientology and child trafficking, legal cases, coercive control, a new way of thinking about cults and a lot more. Enjoy!

This week we went live to answer questions and I was joined by my beautiful wife, Melissa. We discussed a lot of stuff including current protests and arrests in Scientology activism, trauma drama in ex-cult communities, child labor laws in Scientology and a lot more. Enjoy!

This week, we talk about when groups become cults, how Scientology deals with security breaches, why they feel recovering “blown Scientologists” is so important and a lot more. Enjoy! (1) In your opinion, from all your studies, do you think there's a tipping point at which a benign group can become a destructive cult? What… Read More »Critical Q&A #436

And we're back for 2024! This week, it's answers about exchange and money in Scientology, fear induction in cults, the cult mindset and outsiders, plus a lot more. Enjoy! (1) If Scientology is so intent on clearing the planet, why would they not offer Scientology services for free as presumably that would get the job… Read More »Critical Q&A #435

For our final Q&A show of 2023, we covered a bunch of topics including a breakdown of why “the greatest good for the greatest number of dynamics” is a farce, whether Scientology is racist, how to deal with family members who are taking a serious interest in a cult and more. Enjoy!

This week in our live stream we covered a lot of ground, including whether David Miscavige might be being paid by the IAS, how Scientology treats Thanksgiving as well as some real life lessons about blame, shame and hindsight bias. Enjoy!

This week it's answers about prosecuting Scientology; how connected are the Sedona Method, EST & Scientology; some blunt talk about COVID conspiracies and more. Enjoy! (1) When it comes to prosecuting the Church of Scientology, what's in it for the government to go after the cult? Years of lawsuits, tying up courts, delay after delay… Read More »Critical Q&A #432

This week, it's answers about how Scientology really doesn't plan very well for the future, Miscavige's lavish lifestyle, some thoughts about cult critics who body shame and a lot more. Enjoy! (1) In the United States, many big-name universities raise money from alumni. Some of it comes in during the alumni's lifetimes, but a sizable… Read More »Critical Q&A #431

This week we covered a lot of territory in our live show, including conjecture about Masterson being declared suppressive, commentary on Scientology lawsuits, my unfiltered opinion about Scientology word clearing and a lot more. Enjoy!

This week in our live show, we discussed how David Miscavige is gutting Scientology in a way no one else has seemed to notice, whether Scientology can survive the internet, a rundown on spirituality and cult recovery and a lot more. Enjoy!

This week, it's answers about whether Scientology can be reformed, the Masterson court letters, belief and cognitive dissonance in Scientology and a lot more. Enjoy! (1) Do you consider Scientology to be unreformable? i.e. that there is nothing of workability there to fix, that it's all fiction? (2) Do you think Scientology personnel wrote the… Read More »Critical Q&A #428

This week, we covered a lot of ground in an extended-length episode including me relating the craziest thing I did while in the Sea Org, a discussion of memory and how unreliable it is, why Scientologists don't need evidence and a lot more. Enjoy!

In this week's live stream we covered a LOT of ground, from the differences between Scientology organizations to how to deal with negative self-imaging to commentary on the celebrities who wrote letters of support for Danny Masterson. Enjoy!

This week, it's answers about coercive control vs public relations, sexually inappropriate Scientology, issues with artificial intelligence and a lot more. Enjoy! (1) Why is it so hard for people to agree to disagree and still get along? I don't demand others to agree with me on everything in order for me to like them… Read More »Critical Q&A #424

This week we went live to talk about some promo & marketing changes for our channel and answer a lot of great questions including the responsibility of government officials, why the Sea Org is so violent, a typical Sea Org day, some thoughts on anti-social media and a lot more. Enjoy!