391. The Cult of Woke Left & Far Right - Ex-Scientologist Aaron Smith-Levin

Aaron Smith-Levin is a close friend and a former scientologist who has been on Lex Fridman and Jordan Peterson. I traveled to Florida to record this in his home, and we had a great chat about the Left, the Right and what he’s learned about cultish mind control from Scientology.  Subscribe to Growing Up In Scientology: https://www.youtube.com/@GrowingUpInScientology Get Andrew’s book The Psychology of Secrets: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Psychology-Secrets-Adventures-Murderers-Influencers/dp/1035002590/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Listen to our extra content: http://andrewgold.locals.com Andrew on X: https://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok  Insta: https://www.instagram.com/andrewgold_ok Heretics YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@andrewgoldheretics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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