1192: Chris Shelton - David Miscavige and the Rise of Modern Scientology Pt. 1
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.5 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 18 October 2019
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
In today's episode we will continue our series on the parallels between Scientology/Mormonism - interviewing Chris Shelton - Critical Thinker -- a former Scientologist and Sea Org member, and current writer, consultant podcaster, YouTuber and advocate for critical thinking.
We will be begin by exploring the rise of modern Scientology after the death of founder L. Ron Hubbard - including an exploration of what it means to be a Scientologist in 2019.
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| 0:59.2 | Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of mormas Stories podcast. |
| 1:12.9 | I'm your host John DeLin. |
| 1:14.3 | It's October 9th, 2019 and we are super excited to be back with you for more engaging mormas |
| 1:25.2 | stories podcast interviews. |
| 1:28.3 | Today we are continuing our really fascinating series with Chris Shelton. |
| 1:35.8 | For those of you who follow us on Facebook Live, you'll know because we released this there |
| 1:41.8 | originally that we did three hours with one of the world's experts in Scientology. |
| 1:48.1 | Again, his name is Chris Shelton. |
| 1:50.2 | He's a writer, an author, a blogger, he's a YouTuber, a public speaker. |
| 1:56.0 | He does a lot of cool stuff but it's all around Scientology because Chris Shelton himself |
| 2:01.6 | is not only a former Scientologist but a former C.org member which is the elite organization |
| 2:07.1 | within Scientology. |
| 2:11.1 | What we did for the, and he has just vast encyclopedic knowledge of the Scientology movement. |
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