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Will Storr has been gaining a reputation as one of the foremost non-fiction writers in the UK over the past few years, starting with his exploration of people with extreme beliefs in his book Heretics. His phenomenal follow-up Selfie about how the West became so self-obsessed and individualistic put him in the big leagues of journalistic writers. He then wrote the Science of Storytelling, which is supposed to be brilliant, but I’ve not had the chance to read yet – and today we’re here to talk about his latest book – The Status Game. Listen to the 30-minute bonus episode on Apple Subscriptions or on http://patreon.com/andrewgold and the Patreon app.   Will Storr links: The Status Game: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Status-Game-Will-Storr/dp/0008354634/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+status+game&qid=1629382267&sr=8-1 https://twitter.com/wstorr 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

Writer Ian Leslie discusses how to argue better from his book Conflicted. We discuss the Wright Brothers, relationship scientists and much more. --- Thanks to my sponsor ExpressVPN. For an extra 3 months free with a subscription, and to be able to watch shows in different countries, go to expressvpn.com/edge. Get the ads-free early-access episodes, as well as the bonus extra episode each week by subbing on Apple Subscriptions or going to patreon.com/andrewgold --- Ian Leslie Links: Buy the book Conflicted: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Conflicted-Arguments-Tearing-Apart-Together/dp/0571346944 Read Ian's substack, The Ruffian: https://ianleslie.substack.com Follow Ian on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrianleslie 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

Today, we've got Kerry Daynes, a famous forensic psychologist who has worked in prisons and police stations with some of the most dangerous or sometimes misunderstood criminals and patients. One such patient stabbed her with a kebab skewer. Let's take a trip inside dangerous minds. -- Thanks to my sponsors, digital publishing platform Issuu, and Express VPN, for watching shows in different countries. Go to http://issuu.com/podcast and use the promo code EDGE on a premium account. Get three months free on your VPN at http://expressvpn.com/edge -- Kerry Daynes Links What Lies Buried: A forensic psychologist's true stories of madness, the bad and the misunderstood by Kerry Daynes is published by Endeavour, 19th of August 2021, www.octopusbooks.co.uk Link Tree to Amazon and Waterstones - https://linktr.ee/KerryDaynes http://twitter.com/kerrydaynes 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

Former scientologist Chris Shelton talks about his time in the cult of scientology and exposes the truth about Tom Cruise and David Miscavige. Thanks to my sponsor, MasterClass. Go to http://masterclass.com/edge to get 15% off a membership - check it out, it's a really cool platform for self-improvement! Get the bonus interview by signing up to http://patreon.com/andrewgold or joining Apple Subscriptions or YouTube Membership. --- Chris Shelton Links: Chris' full channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF326xyA0QHI7Z5xAwKQDJg Chris' clips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpENFJv6TpF-2FB8bgqT2-Q Scientology: A to Xenu: https://www.amazon.com/Scientology-Xenu-Insiders-Guide-About/dp/1522879323/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=scientology+a+to+xenu&qid=1627406758&sr=8-2 --- 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

My dear listeners, I'm posting one of my weekly bonus episodes - which are typically behind a pay wall. It's just that this one with John McWhorter was too darn good not to share with the wider public as a full release. Now that I've gotten my membership channels all up to date and functioning, I wanted to include it to show you the kind of thing you can be getting each week, if you become a member. Sign up through one of the below options: Patreon: http://patreon.com/andrewgold Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/on-the-edge-with-andrew-gold/id1515932214 YouTube Memberships: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3aiQJmnJ8wamobGcsBz6Ww/join Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, we’re taking a walk down the corridors of the world’s strictest school. Of course, I’m talking metaphorically, because if we were walking down the corridors of Michaela, a school in Brent, north London, we’d have to be dead silent. That’s how headmistress and founder, Katharine Birbalsingh likes it, and given the exceptional results of the children – many of whom come from inner-city poverty – who am I to argue with it? Katharine Birbalsingh Links: https://twitter.com/Miss_Snuffy Michaela: The Power of Culture: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tiger-Teachers-Take-Katharine-Birbalsingh/dp/191290621X 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

Ex-scientologist Jon Atack exposes the cult of scientology, talking about everything from Tom Cruise and Mao Zedong to free will and the difference between religion and cult.    Jon Atack Links:   YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI4tcSMV2kEh3BooY_XFSYQ/featured  Poetry Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9HjRxCl6L-FkUp9qBybNGg  Opening Our Minds book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/opening-minds-manipulation-influence-brainwashing/dp/0997109637  Let's Sell These People a Piece of Blue Sky book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lets-sell-these-people-Piece/dp/1482023032  Scientology: the Cult of Greed book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/SCIENTOLOGY-Cult-Greed-Jon-Atack/dp/150549012X  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

Thomas Leeds was hit by a car when he was 20, flipping over its roof, crushing the vehicle and landing on his head. Remarkably, he had few physical signs of trauma, so was released from hospital, before being taken back in later to remove a blood clot on his brain.    On his return home, he found he didn’t recognise home, or the people around him who were apparently his family. In fact, he’d pretty much lost all memory of anything from before the accident. Moreover, he developed face blindness, meaning he is unable to tell people apart from their faces. Sign up for the 21-min bonus part: patreon.com/andrewgold Apple Subscriptions YouTube Memberships Get discounts with my promo code: expressvpn.com/edge masterclass.com/edge Thomas Leeds Links: https://twitter.com/thomasleeds https://www.instagram.com/thomasleedsbooks 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

Dr. James Fallon is renowned for his work in psychopathy. But a chance occurrence led him to realise something dark about his own family history...and the brain scans concurred... Listen to the bonus segment: http://patreon.com/andrewgold https://www.youtube.com/c/AndrewGold1/membership Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Dr. James Fallon Links: The Psychopath Inside book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Psychopath-Inside-Neuroscientists-Personal-Journey/dp/1591846005 https://twitter.com/jameshfallon 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

today on the show is Angela Maxwell, who walked 20,000 miles or 32,000 kilometres around the entire globe. It took her the best part of six years to do so, and she learned about as much about life as is humanly possible. She’s just back now – having overcome all sorts of adversity on the trip - she suffered from sunburn blisters and heatstroke in the Australian desert and dengue fever in Vietnam. Things hit a real low point, when a man broke into her tent in Mongolia, and raped her. We’ll discuss those moments, as much as the myriad positive interactions and experiences. She, better than most of us, has experienced the limits of life, so I’m honoured that she’s here to share that experience with all of us. Angela Maxwell Links: https://twitter.com/angelamariemax https://www.instagram.com/angelamariemaxwell https://www.shewalkstheearth.com Andrew Gold Links: http://youtube.com/andrewgold1 http://instagram.com/andrewgold_ok http://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok http://patreon.com/andrewgold http://andrewgoldpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices