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Favoriting March 24, 2015: We Are A Dangerous Cult.

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See You Next Tuesday! #60: We Are A Dangerous Cult.
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The Master prison scene.
Tonight: We Are A Dangerous Cult.
No, not WFMU. We're a largely harmless cult. I'm talking about Scientology.

Tonight on Aerial View I'll be joined by special guest Tony Ortega, executive editor of Raw Story and former editor of the Village Voice, who's been investigating Scientology for twenty years and whose website The Underground Bunker documents the outrages of the "Church". Tony's new book - The Unbreakable Miss Lovely - is about the journalist Paulette Cooper, who exposed inner workings of the church only to experience Scientology's full wrath in a coordinated "Fair Game" campaign to ruin her life.

Tony can also be seen in Alex Gibney's Scientology documentary Going Clear (based on the Lawrence Wright 2013 book of the same name), debuting on HBO this Sunday, March 29.
Phillip Seymour Hoffman in "The Master".
Thanks. Thanks a lot!
To everyone who pledged to Aerial View I offer my heartfelt thanks and humble appreciation. It means so much to me to hear your kind words about my show but we can't keep the lights on without the cash. Keep an eye on your mailbox for info about choosing prizes and submitting your pledge. 

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Extra-special thanks to Listener Marcel, who adopted me for the next year. I look forward to all of our heart-to-heart adopter/adoptee talks and our trips to the ice cream parlor, ballpark and boat show.
Chris T. sings Godzilla, Hoof & Mouth Finale 2015.
Don't Go, Godzilla!
Click the screen grab above and go to 1:30:42 to see me singing Godzilla with the Hoof & Mouth Sinfonia at Sunday night's WFMU Marathon Finale. Or click right here to play the audio.

As always, the finale was one hell of a party and I'd like to thank everyone who put it together but especially the band, led by Scott "H & M Meister" Williams.

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Listener comments!

Avatar 6:04pm
Marshall Stacks:

Excited to learn more about my favorite cult (next to WFMU, of course)!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:04pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

The part where the voice interjects "Showtime!" cracks me up, as does the barking dog near the end. Nice work at Hoof And Mouth the other night, Chris.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:05pm
Greg from Bloomfield:

Evening, Chris!
Loved The Master, loved Going Clear, anticipating loving the HBO doc.
Avatar 6:07pm
Marshall Stacks:

Janet Reitman's Inside Scientology, which came out around the same time as Larry Wright's book, is also very good.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:09pm
DanH:

@Marshall Stacks, WFMU is not a cult. It's a way of life.
  6:10pm
Matt in Hillsborough:

i've got both going clear (book on cd) and jon krakauer's under the banner of heaven (the actual book, about fundamentalist mormonism) checked out from my library. this stuff is giving me the willies!
  6:10pm
new listener guy:

Oh my god!!! He's going to talk about Scientology. I'm going to go hide in my closet
  6:11pm
Matt in Hillsborough:

hey, i think i just listened to that disc (that that clip was taken from) today
  6:12pm
Jess:

Ask the guest about the number of members. The CoS says one thing but it is suspected that it is much less.
  6:13pm
new listener guy:

They may not be as big but their people are everywhere!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:14pm
Marcel M:

Chris! My son!

Awesome guest and topic! Been looking forward to this.

Hi all.
  6:14pm
new listener guy:

I'd rather be a prisoner of Isis than the Scientologists
  6:14pm
V Priceless:

Hey Chris! Great interview! L. Ron was a Mellotron owner. Ha!
  6:15pm
?:

@nlg: that's not using your head, that's losing your head
  6:16pm
new listener guy:

They scare the bejesus out of me you never knew who is one and who isn't
  6:17pm
new listener guy:

Most staffers in the pentagon are Scientologists need I say more
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:18pm
tomasz.:

i guess what i wonder is, is Scientology on the wane a bit these days? perhaps the guest will talk about this anyway
Avatar 6:19pm
Marshall Stacks:

@nlg - I thought the Pentagon people were Grey Aliens - not so?
Avatar 6:19pm
steve:

where's IX Key? he was once a Scientologist and told some absolutely crazy stories on the comments a while ago...
  6:20pm
CDToaster:

"Seducted" by that? I think you meant, "Seduced."
  6:20pm
new listener guy:

I remember hearing a radio interview and the person said most if not all pentagon staffers are followers of Scientology
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:21pm
Mike Sin:

I found "The Master" incredibly intelligent. Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix really delivered.
Avatar 6:21pm
Marshall Stacks:

@nlg - I stand corrected.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:22pm
Marcel M:

Wow 14 hour difference for adults..
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:22pm
chris:

Paul Haggis essay: tonyortega.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:23pm
common:

wow! this is great! my friend snuck a video camera into the church of scientology in the 90s and got some crazy footage. we were in a band and she wrote an awesome song about it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:23pm
chris:

I'm with you, Mike. The Master was an intelligent, compelling, well acted film.
  6:24pm
new listener guy:

You could have a church where you do nothing but get high and eat melted chocolate all over your body and the stupid ass republicans will say "hey it's religious freedom"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:24pm
chris:

we want links to the video, common! ;-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:25pm
common:

@chris: i'll have to contact her. she actually worked for the village voice.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:25pm
dale:

i worked on broadway and 50th street back in the 80s. if i went out for a lunchtime walk and headed west the scientologists were all on 50th street where there headquarters were and politely hassled people. hubbard had just died but they went on and never even acknowledged his passing
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:26pm
dale:

..THEIR headquarters..
  6:27pm
new listener guy:

No one in Hollywood would dare say one word against l Ron Hubbard and dianetics.
  6:28pm
LES:

Why do so many musicians and actors get mixed up with this church Tony?
  6:29pm
new listener guy:

@chris after the show check your car from head to toe! Don't let anyone get behind you when your walking the street
  6:29pm
Peter:

Tony do you think Scientology will be around in the next 10 years? And if not how would they go away?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:30pm
tomasz.:

LES that's a good question yeah
  6:30pm
new listener guy:

They are fanatical but cases! The as gestapo would be proud of them
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:33pm
common:

hey tomasz. i know this has nothing to do with scientology, but did you win knuckles?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:33pm
tomasz.:

@common, ha ha, no, i wish. i'm just paying tribute to him (i nicked the photo from the FMU website)
  6:34pm
new listener guy:

Al Queda is less fanatacle than those who follow Scientology
  6:34pm
P-90:

awwwww...Knuckles go bye-bye
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:34pm
common:

@tomasz: nice!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:35pm
! I X Key !:

They say there are 8 million members, but there are only a few thousand.
  6:35pm
new listener guy:

@chris when you go home don't drink anything! Throw everything out in your fridge even if it's not opened, they have ways!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:36pm
chris:

the grounds of my compound are constantly patrolled by bomb-sniffing emperor penguins... i'm not worried, nlg
  6:36pm
P-90:

$30,000?! Is that covered under Obamacare?
  6:36pm
Listener Robert:

Thiamine would be good for alcoholics. Niacin wouldn't hurt too, in normal amounts, maybe even amounts sufficient to cause flushing, but not really big doses.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:37pm
tomasz.:

i suppose this kind of answers LES' question
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:37pm
chris:

oh, you are probably talking to Chris T... yeah, he has 24/7 personal body guards
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:37pm
common:

knuckles protects me always...and others.
  6:37pm
new listener guy:

@chris you don't know how determined these people are!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:38pm
chris:

*nothing* gets past the penguins, man... the grounds are a blood bath
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:38pm
common:

perfect chris!
  6:39pm
JakeGould:

Anyone who tells you they will give you freedom by you following them is just a controller looking to control you. I learned that the hard way via a bad T-Mobile plan I got snookered into.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:39pm
Stepchild:

!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:40pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

For better or worse, most of what I know about Scientology is from what I saw on a South Park episode.
  6:40pm
new listener guy:

Once your in you never get out! The only way is to die!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:41pm
Stepchild:

Everything I know came from The Hafler Trio
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:41pm
chris:

i didn't say there weren't down sides, nlg
  6:42pm
JakeGould:

“Once your in you never get out! The only way is to die!” You too? “Friends and Family” plan?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:42pm
common:

holy shit stepchild! some very important things from them came to my life!
  6:42pm
new listener guy:

I'll bet you anything Lois Lerner is a Scientologists
  6:45pm
LES:

They are tax exempt?
  6:45pm
new listener guy:

I had a YouTube account and I made some comments against the dianetics videos! And then next day my account was suspended
  6:45pm
V Priceless:

Another secret society
  6:47pm
P-90:

I've known a few genuine Scientologists, their thoughts never seemed to have any mass
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:47pm
tomasz.:

counterpoint: his odious MRA motivational speaker in "Magnolia"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:48pm
tomasz.:

i meant PUA, obviously, welp
  6:48pm
new listener guy:

Tom cruises mission is to ruin every movie he's been in! Like will smith
  6:48pm
JakeGould:

tomasz.: “Respect the cock?”
  6:50pm
new listener guy:

Small number of people BUT they are all in top level positions
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:53pm
Stepchild:

No, they aren't
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:53pm
common:

ah, humans are quite insane. myself included.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:53pm
Stepchild:

Bingo
  6:54pm
Listener Robert:

Now see, THIS is the kind of Aerial View that attracted me to the program years ago, & that I hope to hear more of in the future. Thanks, Mr. T.
  6:54pm
new listener guy:

Don't underestimate them!
  6:55pm
V Priceless:

Religion is insane
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:55pm
common:

agreed, vp
  6:56pm
new listener guy:

Last time I was in a church they threw me out for wearing the wrong clothes
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:56pm
Skurky:

Oh the Catholics would always tell us "Virgin Mary" you just didn't know what that meant for 15 years because of the evil evil sex.
  6:56pm
JakeGould:

@VPriceless: Orthodoxy is insane. The need for people to be told they have individual freedom is insane. The hatred towards the self that breeds this B.S. is something I will never understand.
  6:57pm
Marcel M:

Awesome show Chris!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:57pm
tomasz.:

this has been a great show guys
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:58pm
common:

yea, thanks chris!
Avatar 6:58pm
steve:

yes great interview thx chris t
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:58pm
Stepchild:

Fabulous show Chris!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:59pm
Caryn:

Nice show, Chris!
  6:59pm
V Priceless:

Good discussion all! Thanks CT
  6:59pm
P-90:

Thanks Chris and Tony!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:00pm
dale:

let's delve into the cult of weight watchers next week.
  7:00pm
LES:

ChrisT does it again. Best talk. Important show tonight. Do another part soon.
  9:32am
tw:

I could have listened to 3 hours of this. Fascinating discussion.
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