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TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We enjoy hearing from Mitch Brisker, the recently-defected former Scientology film director, whose memoir we enjoyed very much. He sent us some thoughts about what he observed regarding L. Ron Hubbard’s ideas about acting, and where Tom Cruise learned his craft. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Scientology’s former film director on L. Ron Hubbard, method acting, and Tom Cruise
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Until a friend tipped us, we had no idea the great Carey McWilliams, the crusading California journalist, had, 75 years ago this month, written a superb takedown of Dianetics, and we thought you’d enjoy this skewering of L. Ron Hubbard from one of the best observers of the time. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Best early takedown of Dianetics? Perhaps this gem from the great Carey McWilliams
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology is struggling to bring in new members in an environment of brutal press and general mocking by the public, so it tends to focus on one sure source of new bodies: the children of existing members. And today we have some really interesting new looks at it. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading See the next generation of Scientology superstars being groomed to perfection!
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Here they are, the new class of Scientology super beings who have achieved the highest rung on the ‘Bridge to Total Freedom,’ OT 8. According to founder L. Ron Hubbard these folks should be able to crush a planet between thumb and forefinger! Recognize any of these super heroes? [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Scientology’s new class of super beings are here to take over the planet!
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Alex Barnes-Ross is a former Scientology staffer who has once again done something pretty special: A video interview with a current staffer at the Edinburgh org who said what interested him in Scientology was that he was a film fan who thought Tom Cruise must be on to something. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Alex Barnes-Ross talks to current Scientology staffer who joined because of Tom Cruise
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