1193: Chris Shelton - David Miscavige and the Rise of Modern Scientology Pt. 2
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.5 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 18 October 2019
⏱️ 80 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 | Finally, Mascabuch gets himself into a position where certainly by 1984, with all this |
| 1:17.0 | internal check and checkmate and moves and getting rid of people and stuff, Mascabuch is |
| 1:24.3 | now in a position where he's basically the single guy running or making the major decisions |
| 1:30.8 | on a day-to-day basis for Scientology internationally. |
| 1:34.8 | Because Hubbard's off in his thing and he's reporting to Hubbard and there are people |
| 1:40.7 | who are still not friendly to Mascabuch. |
| 1:43.2 | I mean, it's not totally like this clean coup yet. |
| 1:46.9 | It hasn't quite totally happened yet, but it has gotten to a place where everybody's |
| 1:51.6 | most people are thinking that Hubbard wants it this way and reports are going up and |
| 1:57.1 | down the lines and there are people who are having some problems with Mascabuch's doing |
| 2:04.1 | still, but they've got to be careful about how they're going about doing what they're |
| 2:08.7 | doing. |
| 2:09.7 | Okay, so 1984 comes around and Mascabuch gets the idea that they need money because they're |
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