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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: While Clearwater’s council faces a voter revolt against its gift of a street to Scientology, a familiar face has made the church’s position clear. We have Mark Bunker’s reaction. ALSO: Another whale is harpooned for a new mission, and Charlie Wakley is back! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Scientology official spells out the church’s expectations that Save the Garden will fail
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: You may have seen some stories recently about Jim Carrey and Scientology. It was actually a bit of a feeding frenzy, so we thought we’d wait for the dust to settle and then point out a couple of things that the media seems to have forgotten. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Jim Carrey and Scientology: The tragic story the media seems to have forgotten
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: It was great to hear from Joy Villa, who shared a video from her time shilling for Scientology. And the timing is great, because her experience brings up something we’ve been noticing about the church making a recent play for, of all people, young Christians. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Joy Villa tells us what it’s like to watch herself when she was shilling for Scientology
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Clearwater’s council voted to give a key street to Scientology. That’s not only being challenged by a petition from the Florida city’s voters, but also a lawsuit from one of its most notable music venues. ALSO: Alex Barnes-Ross and Dave prepare for the IAS! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Clearwater on the hot seat: Lawsuit and petition aim to stop city’s gift to Scientology
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Ten years ago, we put together a list of the top 20 celebrities in Scientology, and in an interesting way: In order of those most likely to defect. Now a decade later, we asked Geoff Levin to go back over the list to see how we did as prognosticators. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading 10 years on: Revisiting our list of Scientology’s top 20 celebs, in order of most likely to defect
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology may have won the battle to expand its UK headquarters, but the fine print has arrived, and it’s surprisingly restrictive, Alex Barnes-Ross tells us. ALSO: Mandatory ‘interviews’ at the Flag Land Base? [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Scientology may get to expand at Saint Hill, but the newts have a final surprise for Dave
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: In the past year Tom Cruise has proved his loyalty to Scientology by showing up at the church’s big annual events. But it’s the IAS gala in England that he’s most known for. With only a week to go, this is how the church is getting members amped up for it. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading One week out, Scientology amps up the hype for its Tom Cruise party!
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Some of the stories about Chuck Lorre’s new memoir not only mention that he dishes on his years in Scientology, but also that his Scientology past was first made public in 2019. Hey, that’s a reference to us at the Underground Bunker! Here’s the record. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading You first heard about Chuck Lorre’s Scientology past here, and now he’s spilling it in a memoir
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 let us know that a new Scientology price list has showed up, a 2025 pamphlet with prices for Scientologists going to the church’s floating Caribbean cathedral, the ‘Freewinds.’ Are you ready to fork over the big bucks and go OT? [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading A new Scientology price list shows up: Can you afford to be a Space Age superhero?
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: With a new Alex Gibney film in select theaters, you’ll forgive us for waxing nostalgic about our own Gibney experience in ‘Going Clear,’ his documentary about Scientology. We were thinking of those days as we set out on a journey to see Gibney’s new movie, ‘Musk.’ [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading ‘Going Clear’ director Alex Gibney is now taking on Elon Musk, and so we went to town
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