Episode 152: James Walker talks with Mike Rinder, former Scientologist, about his new book "A Billion Years" [Part 2]

Apologetics Profile

Mike Rinder, former senior executive of Scientology, continues his discussion with James Walker about his new book A Billion Years. Scientology sued James and Watchman Fellowship for $9.5 million then infiltrated Watchman's offices with spies. For legal reasons, Watchman has spoken very little about this publicly until this podcast. Mike Rinder, who headed up Scientology's Office of Special Affairs, supervised much of the litigation, harassment, intimidation and other "Fair Game" tactics developed by church founder, L. Ron Hubbard. Rinder left Scientology and now exposes some of the incredibly ruthless abuses allegedly perpetrated by Scientology's current leader, David Miscavige.

Mike Rinder is a former senior executive of the Church of Scientology. From 1982 to 2007, Rinder served on the church's board of directors was executive director of its international Office of Special Affairs directing the legal and public relations matters of Scientology. After escaping Scientology, Rinder has exposed the physical and mental abuse inflicted upon staff members by the current head of Scientology, David Miscavige. He co-hosted the Emmy award winning A&E documentary series Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath. In 2022 Simon & Schuster published his memoir, A Billion Years.

Related Resources

• Book: A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology by Mike Rinder: uhop.me/Billion
• Leah Remini and Mike Rinder's Podcast - Scientology: Fair Game: FairGamePodcast.com
• Mike Rinder's Blog: MikeRindersBlog.org
• Assisting victims: The Aftermath Foundation - TheAftermathFoundation.org
• Tampa Bay Times: The Truth Rundown (2009): Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
• Watchman Fellowship's Scientology Profile by Kurt Van Gorden: watchman.org/Scientology
• Watchman Fellowship's archived articles on Scientology: watchman.org/articles/scientology

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