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Sarah Landry tells her story of escaping Paramahamsa Nithyananda, an Indian meditation cult.Sarah Landry links:https://twitter.com/sarah_s_landryhttps://www.youtube.com/c/SarahStephanieLandryAndrew Gold links:http://youtube.com/andrewgold1http://instagram.com/andrewgold_okhttp://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s episode is an absolute classic, because our guest Derek Lambert is just so candid and emotional as he tells his quite incredible story. Derek grew up with an alcoholic father in a religious household. As you’ll hear, he goes through some incredible highs and lows – mostly lows – in his adolescence, falling into addictive use of opiates and becoming addicted to heroin. He also became devoutly religious between episodes of intense drug use.Derek Lambert links:https://www.youtube.com/@MythVisionPodcasthttps://twitter.com/DerekPodcasthttps://mythvisionpodcast.comAndrew Gold links:http://youtube.com/andrewgold1http://instagram.com/andrewgold_okhttp://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kelly Thiel - a former member of the NXIVM cult - joins me and former scientologist Aaron Smith-Levin to discuss the similarities between the two cults. Kelly Thiel links:https://kellythielbook.comhttps://www.instagram.com/thekellythielAaron Smith-Levin links:https://www.youtube.com/c/GrowingUpInScientologyhttps://twitter.com/GrowingupinSCNAndrew Gold links:http://youtube.com/andrewgold1http://instagram.com/andrewgold_okhttp://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is part 2 of a discussion with my old Libertarian friend Karlyn Borysenko and former scientologist Aaron Smith-Levin. We had a lot of fun discussing and political parties, cults, and loads more!Karlyn Borysenko: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGTrP78wxs0OmJVxsDInVFwAaron Smith-Levin: https://www.youtube.com/@GrowingUpInScientologyAndrew Gold links:http://youtube.com/andrewgold1http://instagram.com/andrewgold_okhttp://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Holly is a performer, director, podcaster and comedian. She’s a lot of fun, and she breaks down her own background of growing up evangelical.Holy Laurent links:https://www.hollylaurent.comhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mega/id1425141892https://vimeo.com/495321330Andrew Gold links:http://youtube.com/andrewgold1http://instagram.com/andrewgold_okhttp://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is part 2 of the interview with Robbie. He’s one of the most famous people on the planet, in an illustrious career stretching across three decades. He was a hero for me growing up, I just loved him, I loved – and still love – his music, but also his ability to entertain, his candidness and his sensitivity, which have always been so present in his music.Shaun links:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0pdktx9M6EcOsRg5LdLlXgJen links:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX0WzakZWmOFiAeQMVY2hgQAndrew Gold links:http://youtube.com/andrewgold1http://instagram.com/andrewgold_okhttp://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I discuss whether cults share certain properties with political parties and ideologies with my old Libertarian friend Karlyn Borysenko and former scientologist Aaron Smith-Levin. We all have differing view points, but I do hope you enjoy this discussion.Karlyn Borysenko: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGTrP78wxs0OmJVxsDInVFwAaron Smith-Levin: https://www.youtube.com/@GrowingUpInScientologyAndrew Gold links:http://youtube.com/andrewgold1http://instagram.com/andrewgold_okhttp://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is part 2 of the interview with Michael Thompson. He is the founder of the Aryan Brotherhood, a racist prison gang. My mate and co-host Shaun Attwood is no stranger to true crime, having worked on both sides of it – as a journalist and presenter and also the boss of an organised crime ring in the States that smuggled ecstasy.Michael Thompson links:https://livelearnandprosper.org/Shaun Attwood:https://www.youtube.com/user/derickatthttps://twitter.com/shaunattwoodhttps://www.instagram.com/shaunattwoodAndrew Gold links:http://youtube.com/andrewgold1http://instagram.com/andrewgold_okhttp://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today is really quite an impactful and emotional episode, so I do warn you that we talk about some really gruesome things today, and it’s up to you whether you want to hear about that on this fine sunny or grey drizzly day or night, or wherever you are. Annie Ikpa is a hero to me, because she fought to end child sacrifice in Uganda.Annie Ikpa links:https://www.childrenontheedge.orgAndrew Gold links:http://youtube.com/andrewgold1http://instagram.com/andrewgold_okhttp://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

And now it’s time for something completely different. Well, not that different. It’s an episode about Julian Assange, the Australian editor of Wikileaks who released information in 2010 that had been obtained from the US Military.Here to talk us through the debate are Dave Decamp, a podcast host and news editor at AntiWar.com, and Dan Cohen, journalist and filmmaker. You’ll get one side today, which is the free Assange side, so do bear that in mind. I hope you enjoy!Dan Cohen links:https://twitter.com/dancohen3000https://twitter.com/UncapturedNewsDave DeCamp links:https://antiwarnews.buzzsprout.comhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuGQ0-iW7CPj-ul-DKHmh2AAndrew Gold links:http://youtube.com/andrewgold1http://instagram.com/andrewgold_okhttp://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices