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Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation

April Snow - Scientology & the Sea Org, Part 2: Leaving & The Aftermath

Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation

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True Crime, Talk Radio, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.41.9K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Episode 37: In part two of Trust Me's first interview with a former Scientologist, April Snow shares her thoughts on how the church treats drug and alcohol addiction, the fallout from her appearance on Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath, and the division it caused within her family. If you have your own story about cults, high-control groups, manipulation, or abuse of power, shoot us an email at [email protected]. FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM: @trustmepodcast @oohlalola @vibehigherbitch OR TWITTER: @trustmecultpod @ohlalola

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0:00.0

If you have your own story of being in a cult or a high control group, or if you've had an experience with manipulation or abuse of power you'd like to share, leave us a message on our hotline number at 513-900-2955.

0:11.0

Or shoot us an email at TrustMePod at gmail.com.

0:15.0

Trust me. Do you trust me?

0:18.0

Trust me. I'm like a smart person. I've never lied to you. I've never had lied.

0:24.0

If you think that one person has all the answers, don't!

0:28.0

Welcome to TrustMe, the podcast about cults, extreme belief, and the abuse of power from two thetons who've actually experienced it, I am Lola Blonk, and I'm Megan Elizabeth.

0:37.0

This week is part two of our interview with April Snow, former Scientologist and C.org member, and generally cool chick.

0:44.0

In this episode, we will continue the conversation about what it was like to grow up in Scientology and dive deeper into topics like whether the church is actually as good at treating alcohol and drug addiction as people say.

0:53.0

Her appearance on Leah Remini's show, Scientology in the Aftermath, and how the fallout with the people in her life began after she left the church, and more.

1:01.0

This part's good.

1:03.0

I mean, the first part was great too, but...

1:05.0

So you're a two-part girl, a part two girl, I think I'm a part one girl? I'm a part one girl.

1:10.0

I'm not team part one or part two. I'm not claiming any teams. I just really like this part too, you know.

1:17.0

She looks part two too.

1:19.0

So please tell me what the Coltie Sing that's happened to you this week.

1:23.0

Oh, okay. Well, mine is kind of a news story, and I've been sending you some links to a few news stories, but you're in the cult of hard work right now.

1:31.0

You have been working harder than anyone, so forgive me if I've already shown this to you.

1:37.0

I know we haven't discussed it yet, but I'm seeing all these things about how Alison Mack, the small-ville actress who is in Nexium, is going to be sentenced.

1:48.0

And people are saying she's probably not going to get any jail time because she released some recordings of Keith talking about the branding of all of these women that he's claimed he never knew was going to happen.

2:02.0

Whoa.

2:04.0

Really?

2:06.0

Yeah.

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