What Rick Alan Ross has said about Scientology
2 quotes · 1 episode · Sep 22, 2026
Rick Alan Ross, American cult intervention specialist, founder of the Cult Education Institute and author of Cults Inside Out, has been quoted on Scientology 2 times in 1 episode of Mayim Bialik's Breakdown, most recently on September 22, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Ross describes Scientology's e-meter as a galvanic response device used to identify what makes a person nervous during auditing.
“Now, what it really is, is a galvanic response measuring apparatus. So it measures nervous tension, perspiration, and the needle moves when you're nervous”
Mayim Bialik's Breakdown: Cult Leaders Target You At Your Weakest. Never Confess This To Them | Rick Alan Ross (Sep 22, 2026) · Listen from 27:17
Ross argues the theory behind Scientology's purification rundown has been scientifically disproven yet the practice continues.
“But the theory that is the basis for the purification rundown has been proven to be false”
Mayim Bialik's Breakdown: Cult Leaders Target You At Your Weakest. Never Confess This To Them | Rick Alan Ross (Sep 22, 2026) · Listen from 31:05
Episodes
Cult Leaders Target You At Your Weakest. Never Confess This To Them | Rick Alan RossMayim Bialik's Breakdown · Sep 22, 2026 · 51 min
Mayim Bialik talks with cult expert Rick Alan Ross about how cults recruit and break people down, deprogramming, Scientology, AA, religion and Lev Tahor.
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