

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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Dec 8, 2022 • 1h 22min
206. Aryan Brotherhood Founder | Part 2
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

Dec 5, 2022 • 1h 3min
205. The child sacrifices of Africa
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

Dec 3, 2022 • 34min
204. Why Julian Assange Matters
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

Dec 1, 2022 • 1h
203. ROBBIE WILLIAMS: Fame, Belief & Rivals
Today, I interview an icon. 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

Nov 28, 2022 • 1h 5min
202. MLM Cults Took My Life From Me - Josie Naikoi
Today’s episode is a cautionary tale about multi-level marketing companies. Josie Naikoi was in one of these MLMs. She has since started her own brilliant YouTube channel with documentaries about cults – it’s called Not The Good Girl – go check it out.Josie Noikoi links:https://www.youtube.com/c/JosieNaikoiAndrew Gold links:http://youtube.com/andrewgold1http://instagram.com/andrewgold_okhttp://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 26, 2022 • 34min
201. Debating the Mexican ‘Barrio Nazi’ Pedro Gonzalez
The Barrio Nazi is a reference to Pedro Gonzalez’s twitter description, and it’s evidently something that has been thrown at him. Barrio because he is Mexican-American, and Nazi because he holds pretty right-wing views. As many of you know, I see myself as a centrist, or a moderate, and online I’m often insulted as a centrist dad despite having no children, or enlightened centrist, which is supposed to suggest people in the middle are arrogant or know-it-alls, or whatever.I hold that I’ll talk to people on all sides of the political spectrum and try to find agreement and understanding as much as possible with whoever I’m talking to. Today, I do this with Pedro Gonzalez, whose views are a little to the Right for me.Pedro Gonzalez links:https://twitter.com/emeriticushttps://contra.substack.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

Nov 24, 2022 • 1h 8min
200. Black holes: the weirdest things in the universe
Becky Smethurst is an astrophysicist, author and youtuber with a huge channel called Dr. Becky. She has won all sorts of prizes in physics and astronomy, but her best ability is being able to break down that complex stuff into enjoyable, accessible and easy to understand bites for lay people like us.She talks today about what would happen if you fell into a black hole, what the science of Interstellar gets wrong, the movie, and what will happen at the end of the universe.Rebecca Smethurst links:https://rebeccasmethurst.co.ukhttps://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B1DTJSH9/https://twitter.com/drbecky_https://www.youtube.com/c/DrBeckyAndrew Gold links:http://youtube.com/andrewgold1http://instagram.com/andrewgold_okhttp://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 21, 2022 • 1h 5min
199b. Shock Danny Masterson Trial Update (That 70's Show Scientologist)
Tony Ortega takes us through a shock update in the Danny Masterson Trial - the jury is very much out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 21, 2022 • 55min
199. Aryan Brotherhood Founder
This was a challenging episode, because I interview 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

Nov 19, 2022 • 59min
198. The Proud Boys: Extreme Right-Wing Cult Behind Donald Trump in 2024?
Andy Campbell is a writer from the Huffington Post. He just released a book about the Proud Boys, the Right-Wing Neo-Fascist group in the US that only allows in men, and engages in political violence.Andy Campbell links:https://twitter.com/AndyBCampbellhttps://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/andy-b-campbell/we-are-proud-boys/9780306827464/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


