Part One: How L. Ron Hubbard Lied His Way to Godhood| Listen on Anghami

Aug 23

It Could Happen Here Weekly 196

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. - The Federalization of DC Police feat. Bridget Todd - Elon Musk and the Rebirth of Company Towns feat. Steven Monacelli & Dr. Michael Phillips - Alienation and AI feat. Andrew - Objectivity in Jo ... Show More

2h 55m

Aug 21

Part Two: The Evilest Football Player of All Time

Robert explains how Alexandre Villaplane ruined his football career committing crimes, badly, and then started a new career as a mass murderer for the SS.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

53m 26s

Aug 19

Part One: The Evilest Football Player of All Time

Robert sits down with Dana Schwartz to tell the dark tale of Alexandre Villaplane, the French Football star and gangster who became a member of the SS. (2 part series)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1h 4m

Sep 2023

Scientology SUCKS | Ft. Leah Remini, Mike Rinder, and Jon Atack

Today’s episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. We’re back with another greatest hits mashup this week, pulled together from the Little Bit Culty archives for your late listening pleasure because…well…we can’t quit you - not even for a short late summer, early fall hiatus. Can you be ... Show More

39m 3s

Oct 2022

Tom Cruise and an Explosive Scientology Book

Matt is joined by Mike Rinder, former senior executive of the Church of Scientology. They discuss the moment he decided to leave Scientology, Tom Cruise’s current standing in the church, the impact of 'Top Gun: Maverick,' the internet’s damning influence on the future of Scientol ... Show More

33m 42s

Feb 2024

Proud Defector: Claire Headley On Scientology (Part 1)

This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/culty and get on your way to being your best self. In part one of this 2-parter, we feature Scientology defector and whistleblower Claire Headley who spent 30 years in the church isolated from he ... Show More

59m 17s

Jan 2024

413. Raised by Thetans in a Galactic Gulag | Aaron Smith-Levin

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson speaks with former-Scientologist and podcaster Aaron Smith-Levin. They explore his upbringing within the “church,” how Scientology entices new members, the basis for Dianetics in Freudian psychology, the religiously inspired twist only found behind multiple ... Show More

1h 22m

Oct 2022

Cults: Manipulation Tactics, Celebrity Involvement, Escape w/ Lola Blanc + Meaghan Elizabeth

Joining the Deux U classroom this week are Cult survivors Lola Blanc and Meaghan Elizabeth. On their podcast, Trust Me, they talk to fellow survivors, former and current believers, experts, and everyone in between to try to get to the bottom of how extreme belief happens, who's s ... Show More

1h 7m

Jan 2022

Episode 228 - Scientology - Part 1: The Maternity Ward of Questionable Religious Sects

In part 1 of this 2 part series, Hannah and Suruthi peer under the slippery stone of Scientology’s sinister origins. They track the life of founder L. Ron Hubbard, from the birth of Dianetics, to the constantly shifting goalposts of engrams, and of course the conception of the Se ... Show More

1h 43m

Oct 2022

I AM JOINING SCIENTOLOGY

It’s finally the last week of October and to cap off the Cult month, we get an exclusive interview with a former member of Scientology who is related to Ron Hubbard, the CREATOR of Scientology. Today, on Almost Adulting, for security and personal reasons, we are keeping the guest ... Show More

57m 57s

Aug 2023

Par amour, treize ans de vie secrète

Tom Cruise. John Travolta. Priscilla Presley. Elisabeth Moss. Et même, en France, Xavier Deluc, héros de la série Section de recherches. Tous ces acteurs ont un point commun: ils sont membres de l'Église de scientologie. Religion aux États-Unis, association condamnée pour escroqu ... Show More

1h 1m

Nov 2022

I am NOT Joining Scientology

As promised to finish up cult month/October, we are bringing back last week’s anonymous guest and Scientology survivor for a part 2 continuation of last week's episode! and this time, we are focusing on some of the negative aspects of it.Today, on Almost Adulting, we’re continuin ... Show More

33m 8s

Nov 2022

281: Mike Rinder—I'd Like to Buy a Vow

Bestselling author Mike Rinder drops by to discuss his new memoir, A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientoloty, his time in “the hole,” and how he went from saving the world withscientology to saving the world from scientology.

1h 34m

Part One: How L. Ron Hubbard Lied His W...