#361 – Aaron Smith-Levin: Scientology Lex Fridman Podcast

Aaron Smith-Levin is a former Scientologist, Vice President of the Aftermath Foundation, and host of the Growing Up In Scientology YouTube channel. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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OUTLINE:

Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.

(00:00) - Introduction

(06:00) - Thetans

(09:59) - Dianetics

(22:02) - God

(32:38) - Sea Org

(36:48) - Auditing

(57:01) - Control

(1:07:25) - David Miscavige

(1:16:32) - Xenu

(1:32:26) - Secrecy

(1:38:29) - Mike Rinder

(1:45:36) - Separation of families

(1:52:30) - Tom Cruise

(1:56:23) - Sin

(2:01:19) - Corruption