Ep. 165 - Ron Miscavige, Author of Ruthless: Scientology, My Son David Miscavige, and Me

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Politics, Religion & Spirituality, News, News Commentary

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🗓️ 1 June 2017

⏱️ 44 minutes

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If you've followed the articles, movies, and TV shows about the Church of Scientology recently, you're probably familiar with the name David Miscavige, the man who runs the Church. His father is Ron Miscavige, and he joined the church in 1970. David was 10 at the time. It wasn't until 2012 that Ron escaped. Since then, he's worked hard to undo some of the damage caused by the Church, including their policy of basically shunning those outside of it. His book, now out in paperback, is called Ruthless: Scientology, My Son David Miscavige, and Me. I spoke with Ron about whether his son knows that the Church's beliefs aren't real, why Scientology is so appealing to some people, and how he managed to break out of the bubble.

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1:18.8	man who runs the church. His father is Ron Miscavich, and Ron joined the church in 1970.
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