Big Talk: Inside The Church Of Scientology - PART THREE
5/26/202637 min
Our first ever part 3 and 4 Big Talk instalment!! We must have received a million messages after last months Big Talk drop asking for more, so thank you!
In these next two episodes, we’re going to go even deeper. You’re going to hear about Scientology’s makeshift prison, known as The Hole. Their laughable negotiation with the IRS to get tax exempt status. Multiple deaths. Miscavige’s missing wife. And finally, the center of it all – the element of celebrity, and how they have controlled John Travolta and Tom Cruise for years.
CREDITS:
Huge thank you to our Big Talk researcher, Grace Valerie-Lynette.
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Transcript preview
First 90 secondsHannah· Host0:00
[upbeat music] A LiSTNR production. [upbeat music] Hi, I'm Hannah. And I'm Sarah. Welcome to Big Talk. Big Talk deep dives into the big news stories that you heard of but you don't know all the serious and salacious details about. We revisit the most shocking headlines of the past that have shaped the world we know today, and in this episode, we're looking, again, at Scientology. [gasps] Oh my God. The people spoke, we listened. So many people spoke. We've never had so many people speak. Yeah. [laughs] Like, we've had n- this was probably the, the biggest pieces of feedback we've ever got- Oh my God ... consistently. Well, it did feel like such a cliffhanger. Mm. And we kind of knew it because when, and, and huge shout-out to Grace at the top here, who's been doing the research. Grace. Such a gun. Uh- God, Grace. We just love Grace. Well, she was just like, "We, we have to" ... Like, we will only ever get to, like, the origins of Scientology. To even, like, tackle what we're about to tackle this episode was always gonna have to be more. Also, it makes sense to just do a direct follow-on rather than wait six months and go, "Now we're returning," because then you've kind of forgotten what you just heard, but this way we've got this complete run-on. And if you're listening to part three and four going, "What the hell happened in part one and two?" you gotta go listen. [laughs] Go back and listen, but also we will do a bit of a recap. Mm. Because I guess we don't really have to do a pitch, 'cause you guys [laughs] are all on board. Yeah. [laughs] So we started by looking at L. Ron Hubbard, Scientology's founder