

heretics.
Andrew Gold
What makes you a heretic? Journalist Andrew Gold talks to everyone from cult defectors and politicians to mainstream celebrities—people who’ve challenged the expected script and lived with the consequences.
Guests include Robbie Williams, Chris Packham, David Baddiel, Richard Dawkins, Bonnie Blue, and former UK Prime Minister Liz Truss.
Guests include Robbie Williams, Chris Packham, David Baddiel, Richard Dawkins, Bonnie Blue, and former UK Prime Minister Liz Truss.
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Jun 29, 2022 • 1h 7min
137. The Sex Cult of Zion | Mike King
Mike King is a former law enforcemenet officer who has worked on programs for the FBI and helped police departments across the US in dealing with true crime cases. In his decades on the job, he has uncovered some truly harrowing crimes, and today he’s talking about how he helped expose and break up the Zion Society Cult.Mike King links: https://www.profilingevil.comhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVxvknxY87GXuteBkjkaj8Ahttps://twitter.com/profilingevilAndrew Gold links:http://youtube.com/andrewgold1http://instagram.com/andrewgold_okhttp://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 26, 2022 • 1h 11min
136. Debunking Conspiracy Theories: Mike Rothschild
Mike Rothschild is a conspiracy culture expert, and the author of The Storm is Upon Us, which documents the QAnon cult and conspiracy that led to the storming of the capitol on January 6th 2021.Mike Rothschild links:https://twitter.com/rothschildmdhttps://www.mhpbooks.com/books/the-storm-is-upon-us/Andrew Gold links:http://youtube.com/andrewgold1http://instagram.com/andrewgold_okhttp://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 24, 2022 • 24min
135. Saturday Snippet: Andrew Meets The Trans Wolf Girl
Naia Ōkami is a transgender wolf girl, who is mostly known for her presence in the alterhuman community.Naia's links:https://naia.mehttps://www.instagram.com/naiagoesawoo/Andrew Gold links:http://youtube.com/andrewgold1http://instagram.com/andrewgold_okhttp://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 22, 2022 • 1h 20min
134. Authoritarian ideologies and cult thinking | ex-scientologist Jon Atack
Jon Atack is one of the biggest names in the ex-scientology community, known for his work A Piece of Blue Sky, which in 1990 was pretty groundbreaking in exposing the founder of Scientology. Since then, Jon has gone on to write many books about the ways that people are swayed and brought in by cults.Jon Atack:https://twitter.com/atack_jonhttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Jon-Atack/e/B000AQ53YC%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_sharehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI4tcSMV2kEh3BooY_XFSYQAndrew Gold links:http://youtube.com/andrewgold1http://instagram.com/andrewgold_okhttp://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 19, 2022 • 1h 8min
133. How delusions can be good for us | Stuart Vyse
Stuart Vyse is a psychologist and writer, and is here to talk about his latest book 'The Uses of Delusion'.Stuart Vyse links:https://twitter.com/stuartvysehttps://stuartvyse.comhttps://www.amazon.com/Uses-Delusion-Why-Always-Rational/dp/0190079851Andrew Gold links:http://youtube.com/andrewgold1http://instagram.com/andrewgold_okhttp://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 19, 2022 • 3min
Announcing: TICK TOCK, it's Tik-Tok!
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Jun 17, 2022 • 37min
132. Saturday Snippet: I was in a shanghai covid camp | Mason K
It’s Saturday, which means today is an episode from the Shaun Attwood true crime podcast, which is originally on youtube as Attwood Unleashed. And this was my interview with a man going by Mason K, who had been living in China…got covid, and was put into a shanghai covid camp.Andrew Gold links:http://youtube.com/andrewgold1http://instagram.com/andrewgold_okhttp://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 15, 2022 • 1h 11min
131. The LSD Kingpin who faked his death: Seth Ferranti
Seth Ferranti is an ex-con filmmaker, who faked his own suicide and was sentenced to 25 years in prison as a non-violent first time offender.Seth Ferranti links:https://www.gorillaconvict.comhttps://twitter.com/sethferrantihttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Books-Seth-Ferranti/s?rh=n%3A266239%2Cp_27%3ASeth+Ferranti&page=2Andrew Gold links:http://youtube.com/andrewgold1http://instagram.com/andrewgold_okhttp://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 12, 2022 • 1h 4min
130. The Science of Mind-Reading | Yale Prof. Chun
Dr. Marvin Chun is the Dean of Yale University, and a professor of psychology and neuroscience. He has done quite remarkable work looking into our brains.Prof. Marvin Chun links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y53EfXv3bII&ab_channel=TEDxTalkshttps://psychology.yale.edu/people/marvin-chunAndrew Gold links:http://youtube.com/andrewgold1http://instagram.com/andrewgold_okhttp://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 10, 2022 • 42min
129. Saturday Snippet: Are UFOs real?: Ministry of Defence's Fox Mulder
Nick Pope worked in the government’s Ministry of Defence, where he was responsible for determining if UFO phenomena and videos had any significance. Get his book Open Skies, Closed Minds, an autobiographical look at his work on ufology.Nick Pope's links:https://twitter.com/nickpopemodhttp://nickpope.net/wpte19/https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nick-Pope/e/B001KISGAC%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_shareAndrew Gold links:http://youtube.com/andrewgold1http://instagram.com/andrewgold_okhttp://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices


