284. Why Scientology's Brain Washing Is So Effective: Ex-Scientologist Jon Atack

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🗓️ 2 July 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Ex-Scientologist Jon Atack is back to discuss how he fell into Scientology, how he got out, and what is so dangerous about its form of brain-washing. We talk about everything from Tom Cruise and David Miscavige to L. Ron Hubbard's teeth and the cultish elements of the CoS. Jon Atack Links: https://www.youtube.com/@jonatackfamilyfriends6176 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Piece-Blue-Sky-Scientology-Dianetics/dp/081840499X Andrew Gold links: http://youtube.com/andrewgold1 http://instagram.com/andrewgold_ok http://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok https://www.patreon.com/andrewgold Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:37.0	Welcome to another episode of On the Edge with Andrew Gold. I'm Andrew Gold obviously and I have an episode today with John Aetac, who is a famous expert on cults and who was in Scientology.
0:48.2	He's an expert in all sorts of things as well, from authoritarianism to retro music references,
0:55.2	although we don't go into those today.
0:57.7	But I've had John on a couple of times before
0:59.9	and it's always a pleasure to have a chat with him.
1:02.0	He was in Scientology for some time. He talks about
1:05.0	how he got involved in it, what attracted him to it, and how he left. But he also wants to talk
1:10.2	about why Scientology is the most dangerous kind of brainwashing in the world, basically.
1:18.0	Really, really interesting.
1:19.4	Do go check out his YouTube channel, John Aitak, Family and Friends, and get hold of his book A Piece of Blue Sky, which exposes
1:29.5	El Ron Hubbard, the leader of Scientology.
1:33.6	Hope you guys enjoy this, loads of big episodes coming up.
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