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[Alex Gibney and Lawrence Wright]
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Is it really more than 9 years since ‘Going Clear’ premiered at Sundance? Seems like just yesterday we were there with the celebs to take it in. Pardon us as […]
[Leah Remini and her new attorney, Daniel Saunders]
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Leah Remini has a new lawyer for her lawsuit against Scientology, and he’s a heavy hitter. A former federal prosecutor who put private investigator Anthony Pellicano in […]
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: If there’s one thing that characterizes Scientology today, it’s the heavy pressure to donate money so church leader David Miscavige can open up new ‘Ideal Orgs.’ That resulted in an interesting experience this week […]
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: There’s little doubt that Scientology is abusing ‘R-1’ religious visas in order to bring indentured servants to its ‘Sea Org’ operations. Now, a the government is making changes and it’s a mixed bag for […]
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Ron Kasman has written for us about his journey into and out of Scientology, and his life as a comics creator. He was kind enough to send us this remembrance of his cousin, Mike […]
[A great actress, Shelley Duvall, 1949-2024]
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We were saddened to hear about the death of Shelley Duvall, the actress who left such a lasting impression with her performances in films like Nashville and The Shining. […]
[Valeska Paris and David Miscavige, dueling over the Supreme Court]
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology’s attorneys have responded to Valeska Paris’s request that a Tampa judge reconsider his ruling forcing her lawsuit into ‘arbitration’ because of a new opinion […]
[Apostate Alex with winning MPs Diane Abott and Neil Duncan-Jordan]
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We’ve been looking forward to this post-election report from Alex Barnes-Ross, who has been causing Scientology so many headaches in the UK. And it’s a […]
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology denies that they worship founder L. Ron Hubbard. He was just the most extraordinary man who ever lived, they say, and not a god. But when you read their pitch to pilgrims about […]
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: The new Advance! is out, the Scientology magazine that sells upper-level services on the ever-more-expensive ‘Bridge to Total Freedom.’ And the best part is ‘OT Phenomena,’ stories from Scientologists recounting the superpowers they unlock […]
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