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Journalist Andrew Gold and forensic psychiatrist Dr. Sohom Das from A Psych for Sore Minds take a look inside the minds of perpetrators in three scary and fascinating true crime cases. We start with Anders Breivik, who killed 77 people - the most ever fatalities by a single gunman.  Dr. Sohom Das links: A Psych for Sore Minds YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU2T2mo13y0&ab_channel=APsychForSoreMinds http://www.drdas.co.uk https://twitter.com/Dr_S_Das Andrew Gold links: http://youtube.com/andrewgold1 http://instagram.com/andrewgold_ok http://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok http://andrewgoldpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

He’s back! It’s part 2 with podcaster and evolutionary sex expert Dr. Chris Ryan, author of Sex at Dawn and Civilized to Death. He writes all about the way societal expectations have been encroaching on our natural ways of doing things, particularly sex, but much much more. Today, we’ll be looking at the human penis, and comparing it to those of other monkeys and such things. Sign up on Apple VIP or http://patreon.com/andrewgold for the half-hour bonus chat. Chris Ryan links: https://chrisryanphd.com/category/tangentially-speaking/ Tangentially Speaking podcast: https://podfollow.com/566908883 Sex at Dawn book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sex-Dawn-Stray-Modern-Relationships/dp/1491512407 Civilized to Death book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Civilized-Death-What-Lost-Modernity/dp/1451659105 https://twitter.com/ThatChrisRyan https://www.instagram.com/thatchrisryan Andrew Gold links: http://youtube.com/andrewgold1 http://instagram.com/andrewgold_ok http://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok http://andrewgoldpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today I have one of the biggest names to ever grace the stage of this podcast, in the form of Chris Ryan. Chris is known for many things, but is perhaps most notable for his book Sex at Dawn, which he co-wrote with his partner Cacilda Jethá. It challenges the conventional views on sex by diving deep into our ancestors’ history. It provides a fascinating look at hunter gatherers, and what we were once like. Chris Ryan links: https://chrisryanphd.com/category/tangentially-speaking/ Tangentially Speaking podcast: https://podfollow.com/566908883 Sex at Dawn book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sex-Dawn-Stray-Modern-Relationships/dp/1491512407 Civilized to Death book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Civilized-Death-What-Lost-Modernity/dp/1451659105 https://twitter.com/ThatChrisRyan https://www.instagram.com/thatchrisryan Andrew Gold links: http://youtube.com/andrewgold1 http://instagram.com/andrewgold_ok http://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok http://andrewgoldpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I met acclaimed philosopher Julian Baggini in Bristol for a coffee upon first arriving in the city, and it was a pleasure. Julian is a member of the Bristol Humanist Society, where I’ll be doing a talk about journalist from a humanist perspective on the first of November…so it was great to chat about all things philosophical, and I thought wow, he’d make for a really wonderful podcast guest. He didn't disappoint. Sign up for the bonus questions on http://patreon.com/andrewgold or on Apple VIP. Julian Baggini links: Life: A User's Manual: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Life-Users-Manual-Philosophy-Eventuality/dp/1529104521 https://twitter.com/JulianBaggini https://www.julianbaggini.com/ Andrew Gold links: http://youtube.com/andrewgold1 http://instagram.com/andrewgold_ok http://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok http://andrewgoldpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Linda Calvey is known as the Black Widow, because all of her lovers ended up dead or in prison. Wikipedia has her down as an armed robber and murderer, and while she contests the latter, she did spend 18 years in Holloway Prison alongside such notorious serial killers as Myra Hindley and Rose West – names that strike fear into the hearts of most Brits who hear them – but people all the same that Linda had to share living spaces with, even giving Hindley a slap, before later having to do her hair. Sign up for the bonus questions on http://patreon.com/andrewgold or on Apple VIP. Linda Calvey links: The Black Widow: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Black-Widow-Crimes-Linda-Calvey/dp/0755310365 The Locksmith (out now in paperback): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Locksmith-bravest-voice-fiction-Martina/dp/1787397556/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Andrew Gold links: http://youtube.com/andrewgold1 http://instagram.com/andrewgold_ok http://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok http://andrewgoldpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I’ve been determined to find someone who could explain TIME in a really digestible and easy to understand way, as though I’m a child. That man is Colin Stuart, whose book Time: Ten Things You Should Know is out now in all the usual places. I devoured it in just a few days, which would seem like the blink of an eye to someone standing near a black hole. Sign up for the bonus questions on http://patreon.com/andrewgold or on Apple VIP. Colin Stuart links: Time: 10 Things You Should Know: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Time-Things-You-Should-Know/dp/1841884928 https://twitter.com/skyponderer https://www.colinstuart.net Andrew Gold links: http://youtube.com/andrewgold1 http://instagram.com/andrewgold_ok http://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok http://andrewgoldpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on the show is the real gene Jeanie, as David Bowie would put it, Dr. Kathryn Paige Harden. Not only does she go by Paige, but her book The Genetic Lottery is a real page turner. See what I did there? The book, which is out now, is causing controversy for its focus – or Paige’s focus – on the effects DNA has on equality. Sign up for the bonus questions on http://patreon.com/andrewgold or on Apple VIP. And sign up with my sponsor ISSUU on http://issuu.com/podcast with promo code: EDGE. Dr. Harden links: The Genetic Lottery: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691190808/the-genetic-lottery https://twitter.com/kph3k New Yorker Article: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/09/13/can-progressives-be-convinced-that-genetics-matters Andrew Gold links: http://youtube.com/andrewgold1 http://instagram.com/andrewgold_ok http://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok http://andrewgoldpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on the show is the wonderful Dr. Sohom Das, a brilliant forensic psychiatrist whose job involves dealing with mentally ill and dangerous criminals. As well as a leading figure in British psychiatry, Dr. Das is becoming something of an online star, his YouTube channel A Psych for Sore Minds fast attracting subscribers, so do check that out. He creates very professional videos in which he discusses all sorts of psychiatric disorders and expands upon true crime stories. Listen to the bonus episode with Dr. Sohom Das by signing up on Apple VIP area or http://patreon.com/andrewgold. Dr. Sohom Das links: A Psych for Sore Minds YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU2T2mo13y0&ab_channel=APsychForSoreMinds http://www.drdas.co.uk https://twitter.com/Dr_S_Das Andrew Gold links: http://youtube.com/andrewgold1 http://instagram.com/andrewgold_ok http://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok http://andrewgoldpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williamson from Modern Wisdom podcast joins me today on On the Edge with Andrew Gold to discuss everything from his time on Love Island to interviewing Jordan Peterson. Hear our full bonus segment on http://patreon.com/andrewgold And get 15% off a MasterClass membership by going to http://masterclass.com/edge. Chris Williamson links: Modern Wisdom YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIaH-gZIVC432YRjNVvnyCA Modern Wisdom audio podcast: https://podfollow.com/1347973549 Twitter: https://twitter.com/chriswillx Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Ted Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/chris_williamson_embracing_your_weirdness Andrew Gold links: http://youtube.com/andrewgold1 http://instagram.com/andrewgold_ok http://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok http://andrewgoldpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greeting us on today’s episode of On the Edge with Andrew Gold is former crime boss and ecstasy smuggler Shaun Attwood. Hear the full bonus segment on http://patreon.com/andrewgold Born to a middle-class household in the northwest of England, Shaun became a stock market genius as a teenager, starting at just 14 years old, before he became hooked by the rave scene that swept through the country. Ecstasy was a huge part of that, and before he knew it, Shaun was dealing. In fact, he smuggled around £10 million of E between 1997 and 2002. Rich beyond his wildest dreams, he went to America and set up the Attwood Enterprise. There, he worked alongside top players in the mafia, competing with Sammy the Bull from the Gambino crime family. You might say he was living life to the fullest, but what comes up must come down, and Shaun was arrested at his apartment after ten witnesses came forward. At one point, he was facing 200 years in prison, and Shaun contemplated suicide, before it was reduced to nine. He served six years of his sentence in the prison with the highest death rate in America. While there, he turned to reading – over 1,000 books - and learned a lot about life, and the kind of person he wanted to be. His story featured on an episode of Banged Up Abroad. Shaun Attwood Links: YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/derickatt Who Killed Epstein book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Killed-Epstein-Prince-Andrew-Clinton-ebook/dp/B093QK1GS1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/shaunattwood Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shaunattwood Andrew Gold Links:   http://youtube.com/andrewgold1 http://instagram.com/andrewgold_ok http://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok http://andrewgoldpodcast.com http://medium.com/@andrewgold1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices