Hard Knox with Amanda Knox

Journalist Andrew Gold explores the extreme in his podcast On the Edge, where he’s interviewed controversial people, including a former white supremacist, an ex-crime boss, and a self-professed psychopath. He joins Amanda and Chris to talk about the most taboo topic he's delved into yet: non-offending pedophiles. Forewarning: this episode grapples with the subject of child sex abuse. Listener discretion is advised. You can find Andrew Gold's podcast On the Edge here: https://podfollow.com/on-the-edge-with-andrew-goldGet early access to ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more by supporting Labyrinths on patreon.www.patreon.com/knoxrobinsonwww.knoxrobinson.comTwitter: @amandaknox | @manunderbridgeIG: @amamaknox | @emceecarbon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Last year, we brought you through the labyrinths of infertility and pregnancy, but what happens after birth? What happens when you find yourself utterly alone in that 4th trimester, a shadow hanging over you and your child? Amy Kuber brings us through her post-partum darkness and how she found the light again.Get early access to ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more by supporting Labyrinths on patreon.www.patreon.com/knoxrobinsonwww.knoxrobinson.comTwitter: @amandaknox | @manunderbridgeIG: @amamaknox | @emceecarbon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is it possible to succeed when you fail? Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton did just that, and so has modern adventurer and mountaineer Alison Levine, leader of the First American Women's Everest expedition. Levine has survived subzero temperatures, hurricane force winds, and sudden avalanches. She's had plenty of triumphs, but she's learned just as much, if not more, from her failures.Get early access to ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more by supporting Labyrinths on patreon.www.patreon.com/knoxrobinsonwww.knoxrobinson.comTwitter: @amandaknox | @manunderbridgeIG: @amamaknox | @emceecarbon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amanda and Chris get lost in the wide world of puzzles with AJ Jacobs, author of the The Puzzler: One Man's quest to solve the most baffling puzzles ever, from crosswords to jigsaws to the meaning of life. And pay close attention, because this episode has a puzzle embedded within it!Get early access to ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more by supporting Labyrinths on patreon.www.patreon.com/knoxrobinsonwww.knoxrobinson.comTwitter: @amandaknox | @manunderbridgeIG: @amamaknox | @emceecarbon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When we first met Jens, he was still serving a life sentence for a double homicide he didn't commit. We devoted a whole season of our prior podcast, The Truth About True Crime, to his case (link below). Now, after 33 years in prison, he's free, and rebuilding his life in his native Germany. We flew to Hamburg to meet him in person for the first time and to learn how he's been navigating the labyrinth of freedom.https://art19.com/shows/the-truth-about-true-crime/episodes/e42542d4-58fb-42bf-a08e-ac9d7a29e144UPDATE 09/21/23After very publicly advocating for Jens Soering's innocence, we encountered new information that gave us serious reason to doubt his innocence, and we found ourselves in ethical dilemma. This led us to connect with journalist Andrew Hammel to give a fair heaing to the case for Jens Soering's guilt. You can find that in episode #72 of Labyrinths:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/72-debunking-innocence-andrew-hammel/id1494368441?i=1000628715335Get early access to ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more by supporting Labyrinths on patreon.www.patreon.com/knoxrobinsonwww.knoxrobinson.comTwitter: @amandaknox | @manunderbridgeIG: @amamaknox | @emceecarbon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emily Wilson traveled the world over the course of her modeling career. But one photoshoot always...haunted her. She was accustomed to be valued for her beauty, but that fateful day, she was used as a weapon. Find Emily on Instagram @emilykatwilsonGet early access to ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more by supporting Labyrinths on patreon.www.patreon.com/knoxrobinsonwww.knoxrobinson.comTwitter: @amandaknox | @manunderbridgeIG: @amamaknox | @emceecarbon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As a young teen, Maya Shankar was on a path to becoming a professional, world-class violinist, until an accident changed the course of her life, leading her to become a behavioral scientist. Amanda, Chris, and Maya nerd out about cognitive biases and how they affected Amanda's wrongful conviction, what shapes our behaviors and identities, and why it's so hard to change minds. Check out Maya Shankar's podcast, A Slight Change of Plans. Read Amanda's essay about the cognitive biases that affected her wrongful conviction.Get early access to ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more by supporting Labyrinths on patreon.www.patreon.com/knoxrobinsonwww.knoxrobinson.comTwitter: @amandaknox | @manunderbridgeIG: @amamaknox | @emceecarbon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the final installment of our miniseries, Chris takes an ego-obliterating dose of mushrooms, and Amanda pokes her head through the looking glass for the first time. But first, we get advice from Michael Pollan, Robin Carhart-Harris, Paul Stamets, and Sam Harris.Get early access to ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more by supporting Labyrinths on patreon.www.patreon.com/knoxrobinsonwww.knoxrobinson.comTwitter: @amandaknox | @manunderbridgeIG: @amamaknox | @emceecarbon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Psilocybin isn't just a psychedelic compound, it's the product of a mushroom. In Part 6 of our miniseries, renowned mycologist Paul Stamets takes us through the wide world of fungi, our mutual evolution, the latest research on microdosing, and gives us a mycelium’s eye view of our place in the universe. (Photo credit @brokenbanjotrav)Get early access to ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more by supporting Labyrinths on patreon.www.patreon.com/knoxrobinsonwww.knoxrobinson.comTwitter: @amandaknox | @manunderbridgeIG: @amamaknox | @emceecarbon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is the self? How can we find tranquility without reaching past the present moment? And what does all this have to do with psychedelics? Sam Harris--philosopher, neuroscientist, author, host of the Making Sense podcast, and creator of the Waking Up meditation app--helps us see the landscapes of mind that psychedelics reveal, and how mindfulness and ethics are crucial to achieving the furthest reaches of human wellbeing.Get early access to ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more by supporting Labyrinths on patreon.www.patreon.com/knoxrobinsonwww.knoxrobinson.comTwitter: @amandaknox | @manunderbridgeIG: @amamaknox | @emceecarbon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices