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My guest today is Rob Henderson, who is thought to have coined the term Luxury Beliefs and has been lauded by the likes of Jordan Peterson and former New York Times writer Bari Weiss, who each did a podcast episode about this very theme.Rob Henderson links:https://twitter.com/robkhendersonhttps://robkhenderson.substack.comhttps://www.robkhenderson.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

Chris Shelton is an author, anti-cult activist and youtuber. He holds a masters in coercive control, and spent 17 years in the Sea Org, the heart of scientology. Today, on this belated (second!) Halloween special, we discuss the 5 scariest cults.Chris Shelton links:https://www.youtube.com/c/ChrisShelton1492/videoshttps://twitter.com/ChrisSheltonMschttps://mncriticalthinking.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

A round table discussion free speech with Viva Frei, Coleman Hughes and Ivory HeckerColeman Hughes links:Twitter: https://twitter.com/coldxmanWebsite: https://colemanhughes.org/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ColemanHughesOfficialViva Frei links:Twitter: https://twitter.com/thevivafreiLocals: https://vivabarneslaw.locals.com/post/203182/welcome-to-viva-barnesYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzGiDDKdphJ0GFvEd82WfYQIvory Hecker links:Twitter: https://twitter.com/IvoryHeckerWebsite: https://ivoryhecker.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/IvoryHecker/featuredAndrew Gold links:http://youtube.com/andrewgold1http://instagram.com/andrewgold_okhttp://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conor Powell is the host of the brilliant podcast Lords of Soccer. We will talk about corruption in football, how World Cups were hosted during brutal dictatorships in Argentina and Chile, and how insane it was to give Qatar the world cup to host.Conor Powell links:https://open.spotify.com/show/0LtmKpVgSQaY7SBv9W5oVrhttps://twitter.com/ConormPowelAndrew Gold links:http://youtube.com/andrewgold1http://instagram.com/andrewgold_okhttp://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James Altucher is an American author, hedge-fund manager, entrepreneur and podcaster who has cofounded more than 20 companies, and is a chess master. He earned millions, lost millions, went broke, wrote controversial articles about failure, love and all sorts of things.James Altucher links:https://jamesaltucher.com/podcasts/https://twitter.com/jaltucherAndrew Gold links:http://youtube.com/andrewgold1http://instagram.com/andrewgold_okhttp://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Isaac Arthur is a science communication futurist, he has a very popular youtube channel too called Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur – go check it out - where he talks about space colonization, the end of the universe and other mind-boggling topics. We’ll talk about everything from black holes and aliens, to living forever, and what happens at the end of time. This was initially recorded for Attwood Unleashed, so thank you Shaun Attwood and producer Ash Meikle for setting it up. Isaac Arthur links:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZFipeZtQM5CKUjx6grh54ghttps://twitter.com/isaac_a_arthurAndrew Gold links:http://youtube.com/andrewgold1http://instagram.com/andrewgold_okhttp://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For Halloween, I've got Danny Robins, a BBC Sounds podcaster and playwright who investigates ghosts and paranormal belief. His play 2:22 is in the West End, about a ghostly ghoul, yes, that appears at 2:22 each morning. He’s made it big in the BBC podcasting world, with the Battersea Poltergeist series making a huge splash, as did his series Uncanny and Haunted. His latest podcast series is The Witch Farm, so do check that out and follow Danny on twitter and all those things.Danny Robins links:https://www.dannyrobins.com/podcastshttps://twitter.com/danny_robinsAndrew Gold links:http://youtube.com/andrewgold1http://instagram.com/andrewgold_okhttp://twitter.com/andrewgold_okAnd here is the link to Rachael Horner's website, who helped me design my logo! https://www.rachaelhorner.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael Shermer has gained prominence and renown as the founding publisher of Skeptic Magazine, which investigates pseudoscience and supernatural claims. He’s written more than a dozen books, and often takes part in debates about religion and magical thinking, and all that sort of stuff.Michael Shermer links:GET HIS NEW BOOK, CONSPIRACY: https://www.amazon.com/Conspiracy-Why-Rational-Believe-Irrational/dp/1421444453https://michaelshermer.com/books/https://michaelshermer.substack.comhttps://twitter.com/michaelshermerAndrew Gold links:http://youtube.com/andrewgold1http://instagram.com/andrewgold_okhttp://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’ll start today with a look at Tom Cruise’s feelings on the case. Catch up by listening to yesterday’s part 1, the previous episode. Aaron Smith-Levin is a former scientologist, and takes us through scientology’s involvement in Danny Masterson's trial (who you may know as the curly-haired glasses-wearing hippy from the sitcom That 70’s Show).Michael Shermer links:https://michaelshermer.com/books/https://michaelshermer.substack.comhttps://twitter.com/michaelshermerAndrew Gold links:http://youtube.com/andrewgold1http://instagram.com/andrewgold_okhttp://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aaron Smith-Levin is a former scientologist, and takes us through scientology’s involvement in Danny Masterson's trial (who you may know as the curly-haired glasses-wearing hippy from the sitcom That 70’s Show).Aaron 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