Inside Scientology with Mike Rinder, Part I: An Origin Story
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
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4.2 • 11K Ratings
🗓️ 21 January 2025
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Founded in 1953 by L. Ron Hubbard, the Church of Scientology describes itself as a religion that puts its adherents on a path toward complete and certain understanding of one's true spiritual nature. In the first part of this two-part series, Ben, Matt and Noel are joined by Mike Rinder, a former senior official of the Church and cohost of Scientology: Fair Game, for a first-hand, inside look at the organization in this classic interview segment.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to this week's classic episode fellow conspiracy realist. We're saying this week because |
| 0:07.0 | this is a two-parter that is unfortunately timely. We had a fantastic series of conversations with |
| 0:15.9 | the one and only Mike Render on October of 2020. And Mike Rinder has unfortunately passed away, so we wanted to, we wanted to air this two-part conversation, again, just because we think it's important, and we think it is incredibly valuable for people who are curious about the controversy surrounding |
| 0:38.7 | Scientology and have more questions that maybe they're afraid to ask sometimes. |
| 0:43.4 | I've said it before, and I'll say it again, that interview is probably the most starstruck I've |
| 0:47.9 | ever been, because I've been such a fan of those documentaries. |
| 0:51.7 | Louis Theroux and the Panorama documentary where Mike Render appears back in |
| 0:56.3 | his Scientology Bulldog days and to see somebody do an about face to that degree and become, |
| 1:03.5 | you know, not only an outspoken critic of something that he was once such an integral part of, |
| 1:09.6 | a cog in their machine, to also be kind of just a really nice dude and a really easy person to talk to. |
| 1:17.1 | It was a really wonderful time, and I'm sad that he's passed. |
| 1:22.3 | Yeah, Mike, is and was a fascinating individual and has done a lot of things that none of us listening right now have ever done and will ever do. |
| 1:31.5 | So let's learn what we can from him. |
| 1:37.0 | From UFOs to psychic powers and government conspiracies, history is riddled with unexplained events. |
| 1:43.7 | You can turn back now or learn the |
| 1:46.8 | stuff they don't want you to know. A production of IHeart Radio. |
| 2:04.0 | Hello, welcome back to the show. My name is Matt. |
| 2:05.2 | My name is Noel. |
| 2:10.6 | They call me Ben. We are joined, as always, with our super producer, Paul Mission Control Deccant. |
| 2:17.4 | Most importantly, you are you, you are here, and that makes this stuff they don't want you to know. In previous episodes, over the years, |
| 2:20.6 | we have covered aspects of quite a controversial organization that's familiar to all of our |
| 2:27.8 | long-time listeners. That is the Church of Scientology, the concept of Scientology in general. |
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