Episode 147 : Mike Rinder

Life After MLM

Roberta Blevins

Society & Culture, Education

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2022

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Happy Holidays Hunbots and Hunbros! Welcome to 8 Days of Holiday Magic, a month of fun content to get us through the end of the year! Each episode was HAND PICKED from YOUR wish list of guest requests! Join us every Sunday and Wednesday for a NEW episode, leading up to 2023! *Content Warning : We do talk a bit about the Danny Masterson SA case, as well as other abuses of Scientology. Please use discretion when listening.* Merry Christmas and Happy Hannukah Hunbots and Hunbros! Welcome to Day 7 of Holiday Magic! I am so excited for this chat, because not only is it my first ever Scientology episode, it's with none other than my friend, Mike Rinder! Go big or go home, amirite? In our chat we talk about the early days of Mike's CoS experience, his new book A Billion Years, and what it was like to work under both LRH and the COB. There's so much Scientology speak, you're just going to have to listen. There is an additional AMA with Mike on the Patreon and we get a bit deeper into his thoughts on Scientology, who's more culty and what happened to his and Leah's podcast, Scientology: Fair Game! Show Notes Mike on IG - https://www.instagram.com/rindermike/ A Billion Years by Mike Rinder - https://amzn.to/3HXBDzD Mike's Blog - https://www.mikerindersblog.org/ Mike's Twitter - https://twitter.com/MikeRinder Mike and Leah's Podcast - https://fairgamepodcast.com/ Out of MLM - https://outofmlm.info/ Cultish by Amanda Montell - https://amzn.to/3Q7owx9 Dr. Steven Hassan's BITE Model - https://freedomofmind.com/cult-mind-control/bite-model/ Ponzinomics by Robert L. FitzPatrick - https://amzn.to/3q16oJb How can you help? Report false income and health claims here: https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/ Or go to: https://www.truthinadvertising.org You can also report to your state Attorney General's office! https://www.naag.org/find-my-ag/ Not in the U.S.? Go here: https://www.ftc.gov/policy/international/competition-consumer-protection-authorities-worldwide Support the Podcast! Join the Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/robertablevins Buy me a Taco and leave a note! 🌮💖 - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/robertablevins Follow on TikTok for Anti MLM content, education, and humor! - https://www.tiktok.com/@bertalikewhoa Follow on Instagram for visual show notes, FAQ, and updates! - https://www.instagram.com/lifeaftermlmpodcast/ Like on Facebook and join our show fan page to jump in on the conversation! - https://www.facebook.com/lifeaftermlmpodcast *Some links may be affiliate links. When you purchase things from these links, I get a small commission that I use to buy us tacos. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Robert of Lovins, and this is Life After Emolim, a podcast where we worked
0:10.0	and the stigma of failure in an industry systemically designed for you to fail.
0:14.6	Join us as we dive into the real life stories of survivors, experts, and advocates
0:21.3	to debunk the common myths and fallacies of colts, scams after the now defunct Cosmetics
0:44.4	Pyramid Game, owned by our shady friend, William Penn Patrick.
0:49.4	I am so excited to be bringing you even more amazing content to keep you willingly informed and
0:55.0	scam-free all season long. Please join us every Sunday and Wednesday throughout
1:00.0	the month of December for brand new episodes filled with the interviews, topics, stories, and
1:05.2	history that you asked for. All frauds, scams, schemes, and cults all month long.
1:11.6	Happy Holidays, Hunbots and Humbrows from me, Abbey, and Life After
1:17.0	M.L.M. Merry Christmas and happy Hanukkah, Hunbats and Hunbroughs. I hope everyone is
1:29.5	exactly where they want to be with today and that no one is forced to cross their own
1:35.6	boundaries for the sake of holiday bullshit. A piece of holiday advice from me to
1:41.3	you. When faced with someone who wants to just argue and isn't
1:44.8	willing to listen to any other opinion, just say, okay and walk away. It's not
1:50.0	worth it. Grab another appetizer and see what the relative you like is up to.
1:54.0	Or go outside, partake in your favorite adult vice, and listen to this episode about
1:58.7	Scientology and be happy you aren't Tom Cruise or Danny Masterson or literally any person stuck in this cult.
2:06.9	There's no holiday scam this week because there's no more time left to save you.
2:11.0	The holiday is here and you survived. You avoided scams and you kept
2:15.0	yourself financially safe. I'm proud of you. We did it. And as another year comes to an end,
2:21.1	aside from this one, we've only got one episode left until 2023.
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