Scientology, Louis Farrakhan and Going Clear with Insider Tory Christman

Episode 129 : Media Mayhem

Episode Synopsis

Scientology has made a believer of Louis Farrakhan, and we look at the reasons the church has courted the African American community, the truth about their drug and convict rehabilitation programs and what “going clear” really means with former scientologist Tory Christman. She details Scientology persecution of former members, the anti-medication and illness position of the church, how it has affected John Travolta in the case of his late-autistic son, Jett, and the extent of their brainwashing in the second part of her Media Mayhem interview.

 

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Guest Bio

Tory Christman is a former member of the Church of Scientology. She left the organization in 2000, after being a member for about 30 years and is now one of its most visible and high-profile critics.

Christman discovered Scientology in her early twenties after being introduced to the book Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health written by L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology.Over the course of thirty years, Christman moved up the ranks within the order of organization to the second-highest level.

For twenty years, Christman worked with the Office of Special Affairs (OSA) in an effort to remove and curtail critical and condemning material pointed at Scientology from various media outlets - news, television programs, internet, etc. During [what would become] her final years within the organization, Christman felt increasingly conflicted because she supported freedom of speech and felt her activities constituted as censorship.

For the past thirteen years, Christman has been traveling the world lecturing about Scientology, sharing her story and truth behind the “cult.”

 

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Episode Breakdown

00:01 Welcome to Media Mayhem - Introducing Tory Christman.

01:05 Recruiting Louis Farrakhan and other African Americans.

04:30 L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology racism.

07:30 African Americans in the Christian community.

09:40 Scientology’s link with the Nation of Islam.

12:30 Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith staying silent.

14:40 Attacking critics of the church.

16:50 Marty Rathbun and Monique Rathbun harassment lawsuit.

21:00 Dianetics and the reactive mind.

22:20 Illness, medication, and Narconon treatment programs.

28:40 Prisoner rehabilitation and results in the Church.

32:10 Church abuse and free speech issues.

34:30 Death of Philip Gale and Jett Travolta.

37:00 Homosexuality, neurological illness ratings, and opposition to psychiatric drugs.

42:00 Dianetics and silent birth.

45:00 David Miscavige’s abuse of suppressants.

48:00 Division Six and the recruitment process.

50:00 Life after Scientology.

51:00 Thanks and Goodbye.

 

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Allison Hope Weiner was a Century City entertainment litigator before she began writing about Hollywood as a journalist. A graduate of Columbia University and the University of Southern California Law Center, she joined the legendary firm of Wyman, Bautzer—where she represented entertainers and corporate media clients.

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