Shelise Ann Sola

What people don't realize is the effect it has on children because when you're born into Scientology you're not wanted.

They even, if you're in the Sea Org, you're not allowed to have children and so when they do get pregnant they usually get kicked off or like taken somewhere else and the kids are just like dropped into this orphanage situation and they're raised by people around them who aren't really watching them so they're severely neglected in every sense.

medical neglect, emotional neglect, education neglect.

All of those things and the stories you hear about the children are so heartbreaking because, again, they don't really know any different.

Thanks for having me.

I was really excited when you reached out because you have such a colorful array of guests that I was like, all right, what are we going to talk about?

Yeah.

Our audience is comprised of a few different things.

I would say we do have a large majority of people who have left cults themselves because we interview cult survivors.

So we have people who find solidarity and understanding and validation in our guests and their stories.

And then we have people who are more interested in true crime who just like to hear the interesting stories that happen to real people.

And other than that, I think people are just interested in cults or people who want to be advocates.

We have an amazing community who rallies around our guests.

And so it helps our guests feel supported and willing to come on and share the deepest, darkest parts of their life because we get so many positive comments, which, as you know, is pretty rare for a social media platform to get mostly positive comments.

I know, it's crazy.

I don't know how it happened, but we just always, I guess we start every show off with encouraging people to leave positive words of encouragement.

And so I think they see how much it helps.

And we also have people sharing their own stories in the comments.

And so I think them feeling safe enough to do that says a lot about the community.

Exactly.