PODCAST: When the ‘Brothers Broken’ lured David Miscavige to their Hollywood celeb blowout!

Oh wow, what a treat it was to get to talk to both “Brothers Broken” — musicians and former Scientology Sea Org members Geoff and Robbie Levin — for our podcast this week.

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Leah Remini asks for new judge in her lawsuit against Scientology

[Leah Remini doesn’t want Judge Fahey]

After Leah Remini filed her lawsuit against Scientology and David Miscavige on August 2, the case was assigned to Los Angeles Superior Court Judge William F. Fahey, who scheduled a hearing in November.

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Leah Remini’s lawsuit: Why Scientology will always smear and stalk its ‘enemies’

[Scientology, being ecclesiastical]

There’s so much in Leah Remini’s 60-page lawsuit against Scientology and David Miscavige. We talked about it last week, but we’re still digging through it and finding real gems.

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Oh, now they’ve done it: Scientology gets in trouble with the Smurfs

How many times have we seen Scientology blatantly make use of copyrighted images in their fundraising materials, co-opting movies like Top Gun and Braveheart and the superhero stuff?

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When will governments get that Scientology has been breaking bad for 70 years?

In the penultimate episode of the fourth season of Breaking Bad, Walter White becomes determined to wipe out his former boss Gus Fring with a car bomb. While he waits for Fring to go to his car on the fifth floor of a distant parking garage, White watches from the roof of a downtown Albuquerque building with a pair of binoculars.

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Sinéad O’Connor and Scientology: How she dodged a Thetan-tipped bullet

[O’Connor on The Graham Norton Show in February, 2012]

Sinéad O’Connor’s death at the age of 56 has produced an outpouring of tributes to her as a transformative artist and political figure, as well as moving portraits of her struggles with mental illness, something she was more open about than most. (See, for example, this superb piece by Margaret Spillane.)

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More proof that Scientology is taking over the planet, you doubters

We know you think David Miscavige is on the ropes, what with Leah Remini and everyone else suing him, and process servers hunting him down, and his Austin Ideal Org grand opening ceremony canceled, and so many questions being asked about his wife, Shelly.

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PODCAST: Spanky Taylor and Karen Pressley assess Leah Remini’s damage on Scientology!

Karen Pressley is in Los Angeles to celebrate the 25th anniversary of her decision to leave the Church of Scientology, and she’s visiting other escapees, including her good friend Spanky Taylor.

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While Miscavige spends millions on new buildings, Scientology withers elsewhere

One of the many reasons that we appreciate Mike Rinder and look forward to his recovery is that at his blog he has done such a diligent job over many years documenting how Scientology has been withering away.

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Coming Sunday: Valerie Haney talks to Aussie 60 Minutes in first TV sitdown since ‘Aftermath’

In 2019, we had a happy accident: We just happened to be in Los Angeles visiting family when Tara Brown and a 60 Minutes Australia crew were in the area, and asked if we could go with them up to the Twin Peaks compound in the San Bernardino mountains where Scientology has stashed Shelly Miscavige since 2005.

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