Scientology and Hollywood

When

L. Ron Hubbard founded

Scientology, he hoped to recruit such figures as Walt Disney, Marlene Dietrich and Jackie Gleason. A new book reports on the church and its relationship with Hollywood.

Kim Masters, host of KCRW's

The Business, recently sat down with

Lawrence Wright, a Pulitzer Prize winner whose latest book is

Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood and the Prison of Belief

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KCRW.com/Scientology, where you can also find a transcript and the full text of the church's letter.)