Aaron Smith-Levin was raised in Scientology. From early childhood he worked for the organization full-time, as a staff member and a Sea Org member. He held various positions in Philadelphia, Clearwater & Los Angeles, all related to training Scientology auditors. Aaron officially left Scientology in early 2014, and since 2015 Aaron has been educating the public about Scientology and exposing abuses within the organization through his YouTube channel “Growing Up In Scientology.” EPISODE LINKS: Aftermath Foundation: https://theaftermathfoundation.org YouTube: https://youtube.com/@GrowingUpInScientology Twitter: https://twitter.com/GrowingupinSCN Instagram: https://instagram.com/asmithlevin SPONSORS: VERSO - Go to https://ver.so/koncrete to save 15% on your order. LISTEN ON Apple - https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/id1441238966 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4VTLG0HiIZaCjH9gE6NFPq Danny https://www.instagram.com/dannyjones https://twitter.com/jonesdanny Outline: 0:00 - Introduction 3:51 - Growing up & working in Scientology 12:03 - Doomsday Bunkers, Shelly Miscaviage, & Spiritual Technology 23:25 - Police corruption 34:04 - What will destroy scientology? 41:01 - Inside the mind of David Miscaviage 43:32 - Surveillance & harassment campaigns 54:27 - Scientology & American politics 56:20 - How to define a religion? 1:04:23 - Buddhism & L Ron Hubbard 1:14:00 - Joining the SEA ORG 1:18:50 - The positive aspects of Scientology 1:25:15 - Leverage 1:31:20 - Breaking out 1:39:35 - Public Scientologists VS Staff 1:43:45 - Cults 1:51:26 - Operation Snow White 1:57:15 - Clearwater, Florida 2:08:23 - Big business owned by Scientology 2:11:39 - Helping people escape 2:21:23 - David Miscaviage VS L Ron Hubbard 2:28:58 - Pending criminal charges 2:34:38 - Real estate & hedge funds 2:49:03 - Political ideologies & chiropractors 3:01:00 - Being a content creator Koncrete http://twitter.com/koncrete http://instagram.com/koncrete http://facebook.com/koncreteinc