The best TV show on Scientology you never got to see, Episode 5: Jamie DeWolf
In 2016, the A&E Network had filmed and edited an eight-episode series about Scientology that has never aired.
We have always been curious about this show produced by Sirens Media. So, in this limited podcast series, we’ve been talking to some of the people who were involved in it.
Previously, we talked to Phil Jones, Derek Bloch, Carol Nyburg, and Katrina Reyes about the episodes they were involved in that tried to reunite them with loved ones who had disconnected from them according to Scientology policy.
One of the things we learned from those episodes is how much this series was going to feature a dynamic performer by the name of Jamie DeWolf, who was meant to be the show’s presenter.
Jamie, who is the great-grandson of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, is well known in the S.F. Bay Area for his stage shows and also as a filmmaker.
Jamie himself has never said anything publicly about his deep involvement in this project, which was poised to make him a much more visible figure on a national level.
But now, for the first time, he’s decided to share his thoughts about this experience, and his disappointment that the show never aired.
This episode was the culmination of this limited series that we were hoping for, and we hope you find his story as compelling as we do.
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Great episode. I’d so love to see the series.