In our live Q&A show this week, we covered some great questions about my channel, smoking cigarettes in Scientology, controversial speakers at universities, the Ideal Org program and a lot more. Enjoy!

Critical Q&A #449 – LIVE

10 days ago 1h 37m

I apologize for the delay in getting my Critical Q&A live stream posted in podcast form this week. We covered some excellent territory this week including Scientology TV, going overboard after leaving a cult, how Street Epistemology would be gr

Critical Q&A #448 – LIVE

18 days ago 1h 48m

This week we did the longest Q&A show ever for this channel and covered a ton of territory, from the Paris Ideal Org opening to comments on fair gaming to coercive control in families and so much more. Enjoy!

Critical Q&A #447 – LIVE

25 days ago 1h 36m

This week we covered a lot of territory in our extra-long live stream, including directly addressing some of the really nasty YouTube drama that has affected my channel pretty hard over the last couple of months, a frank answer about politics a

Critical Q&A #446 – LIVE

Mar 25th, 2024 1h 29m

For our live Q&A this week, we covered a lot of territory including how and why cults use McDonalds as a means of control, what are Scientology Axioms, some comments about Jon Atack’s interview with Mike Rinder and a lot more. Enjoy!

Critical Q&A #445 – LIVE

Mar 18th, 2024 1h 26m

This week in our extended-length live stream we covered a lot of territory, including what nationalism has to do with indoctrination, why Mormons are still a destructive cult, how to make friends after leaving a cult and so much more. Enjoy!

Critical Q&A #444 – LIVE

Mar 11th, 2024 1h 9m

This week we discussed the connection between Scientology and the Nation of Islam, offered commentary on Dune Part 2, talked about mental implants in Scientology and a lot more. Enjoy!

Critical Q&A #443 – LIVE

Mar 4th, 2024 1h 23m

This week we had some great questions from the Patreon queue as well as a ton of interesting stuff from the chat about Scientology Ideal Orgs, animals and emotions, child abuse in Scientology and a lot more. Enjoy!

Critical Q&A #442 – LIVE

Feb 25th, 2024 1h 8m

This week we did a special live stream on Saturday and we had a great time talking the genetic entity in Scientology, what happens behind the scenes at Ideal Org openings, a breakdown of the “law of attraction” and a lot more. Enjoy!

Critical Q&A #441 – LIVE

Feb 19th, 2024 1h 58m

In this week’s 2-hour livestream, we covered a lot of territory including a full breakdown on Scientology business consultants, why I think David Miscavige is a true believer, the basic problems of judging ex-cult members and a lot more. Enjoy!

Critical Q&A #440 – LIVE!

Feb 12th, 2024 1h 35m

This week we went live (as we are likely going to keep down with this show now) and answered a ton of questions about first amendment audits, cult recovery vs cult drama, the insanity that OT levels can induce and a lot more. Enjoy!

Critical Q&A #439 – LIVE

Feb 5th, 2024 1h 15m

This week we went live to answer your questions and covered a lot of territory about Scientology auditing vs real counseling, psychopaths I ran into in the Church, an address to the “trauma drama” in the ex-Scientology world and a lot more. Enj

Critical Q&A #438 – LIVE

Jan 29th, 2024 1h 18m

This week, we went live for Critical Q&A and answered some really great questions about Scientology and child trafficking, legal cases, coercive control, a new way of thinking about cults and a lot more. Enjoy!

Critical Q&A #437 – LIVE

Jan 22nd, 2024 1h 5m

This week we went live to answer questions and I was joined by my beautiful wife, Melissa. We discussed a lot of stuff including current protests and arrests in Scientology activism, trauma drama in ex-cult communities, child labor laws in Scie

Critical Q&A #436

Jan 14th, 2024 46m 6s

This week, we talk about when groups become cults, how Scientology deals with security breaches, why they feel recovering “blown Scientologists” is so important and a lot more. Enjoy! (1) In your opinion, from all your studies, do you think the

Critical Q&A #435

Jan 7th, 2024 52m 38s

And we’re back for 2024! This week, it’s answers about exchange and money in Scientology, fear induction in cults, the cult mindset and outsiders, plus a lot more. Enjoy! (1) If Scientology is so intent on clearing the planet, why would they no

Critical Q&A #434 – LIVE

Nov 27th, 2023 1h 34m

For our final Q&A show of 2023, we covered a bunch of topics including a breakdown of why “the greatest good for the greatest number of dynamics” is a farce, whether Scientology is racist, how to deal with family members who are taking a seriou

Critical Q&A #433 – LIVE

Nov 20th, 2023 1h 15m

This week in our live stream we covered a lot of ground, including whether David Miscavige might be being paid by the IAS, how Scientology treats Thanksgiving as well as some real life lessons about blame, shame and hindsight bias. Enjoy!

Critical Q&A #432

Nov 12th, 2023 38m 31s

This week it’s answers about prosecuting Scientology; how connected are the Sedona Method, EST & Scientology; some blunt talk about COVID conspiracies and more. Enjoy! (1) When it comes to prosecuting the Church of Scientology, what’s in it for

Critical Q&A #431

Oct 29th, 2023 48m 35s

This week, it’s answers about how Scientology really doesn’t plan very well for the future, Miscavige’s lavish lifestyle, some thoughts about cult critics who body shame and a lot more. Enjoy! (1) In the United States, many big-name universitie

Critical Q&A #430 – LIVE

Oct 23rd, 2023 1h 8m

This week we covered a lot of territory in our live show, including conjecture about Masterson being declared suppressive, commentary on Scientology lawsuits, my unfiltered opinion about Scientology word clearing and a lot more. Enjoy!

Critical Q&A #429 – LIVE

Oct 9th, 2023 1h 20m

This week in our live show, we discussed how David Miscavige is gutting Scientology in a way no one else has seemed to notice, whether Scientology can survive the internet, a rundown on spirituality and cult recovery and a lot more. Enjoy!

Critical Q&A #428

Oct 1st, 2023 52m 57s

This week, it’s answers about whether Scientology can be reformed, the Masterson court letters, belief and cognitive dissonance in Scientology and a lot more. Enjoy! (1) Do you consider Scientology to be unreformable? i.e. that there is nothing

Critical Q&A #427 – LIVE

Sep 25th, 2023 1h 24m

This week, we covered a lot of ground in an extended-length episode including me relating the craziest thing I did while in the Sea Org, a discussion of memory and how unreliable it is, why Scientologists don’t need evidence and a lot more. Enj

Critical Q&A #425 – LIVE

Sep 11th, 2023 1h 2m

In this week’s live stream we covered a LOT of ground, from the differences between Scientology organizations to how to deal with negative self-imaging to commentary on the celebrities who wrote letters of support for Danny Masterson. Enjoy!