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heretics. | andrew gold

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. Formerly known as Heretics, guests include Robbie Williams, Paul Gascogine, Chris Packham, Chris Williamson, David Baddiel, Richard Dawkins, Bonnie Blue, and former UK Prime Minister Liz Truss.
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424. Audience Capture & Jewish Santa - Stephen Knight

Stephen Knight is one of my best friends in the podcast world! Which sounds a bit immature I suppose, but we've been friendly for years now, despite never meeting in person. The modern world, eh. Stephen asks me today about audience capture and the culture wars. Follow his podcast The Godless Spellchecker here: https://sknight.substack.com/podcast And the YouTube version The Knight Tube here: www.youtube.com/@GSpellchecker Get my book: https://amzn.to/3vZ3GLG Support Andrew's podcast: http://and...

Jun 21, 20241 hr 20 minEp. 424

423. The Incel-Led Cult of Transmaxxing - Sascha Bailey

Sascha Bailey - son of iconic photographer David - describes how close he came to becoming a woman and fears for other young people like him: 'Society has a gun to its head. You're either for children changing their gender, or you are transphobic'. Today, he discusses the bizarre incel-led subsculture of transmaxxing. Follow him here: https://www.instagram.com/baileysascha Follow his X: https://twitter.com/Saschabailey And get The Psychology of Secrets here: https://amzn.to/4aqViT1 Listen to our...

Jun 19, 20241 hr 7 minEp. 423

422. Ex-Muslim Reveals The Dark Leftist History - Apostate Prophet

Ridvan Aydemir - better known online as Apostate Prophet - is an Ex-Muslim YouTuber known for his criticism of Islam. He has garnered a follower base since beginning YouTube in 2017, and flew to London for this fantastic episode of Heretics. Please do follow him on YouTube here: www.youtube.com/@ApostateProphet And get The Psychology of Secrets here: https://amzn.to/4aqViT1 Listen to our extra content: http://andrewgold.locals.com Andrew on X: https://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Insta: https://www...

Jun 16, 20241 hr 6 minEp. 422

421. Tom Cruise's Dark Side, Scientology & Royals - Paula M

Paula M is a brilliant YouTuber who turns the mic on me in today's episode of Heretics. Check out her YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@PaulaMChannel Get my book: https://amzn.to/3vZ3GLG Support Andrew's podcast: http://andrewgold.locals.com Andrew on X: https://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Insta: https://www.instagram.com/andrewgold_ok Heretics YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@andrewgoldheretics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Jun 14, 20241 hr 16 minEp. 421

420. I Grew Up Under Saddam...Student Protests Are Insane - Faisal al-Mutar

Faisal Saeed Al Mutar is an Iraqi-American human-rights activist and social entrepreneur who was admitted to the United States as a refugee in 2013. He is founder of Global Conversations and Ideas Beyond Borders and formerly worked for Movements.org to assist dissidents in closed societies worldwide. Follow his X here: https://twitter.com/faisalalmutar Check out Ideas Beyond Borders: https://ideasbeyondborders.org/about-us/ And get The Psychology of Secrets here: https://amzn.to/4aqViT1 ________...

Jun 12, 20241 hr 8 minEp. 420

419. No Arms or Legs: But You Can Make Jokes! - Tom Nash

Tom Nash lost his arms and legs to an illness at 19. He has also become a good mate of mine. Here, he talks about how political correctness and woke policing have actually make things significantly harder for disabled people. Subscribe to his YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiquJMumEKysG4mNP0NwERg Follow his Instagram DJ Hookie here: https://www.instagram.com/djhookie And get The Psychology of Secrets here: https://amzn.to/4aqViT1 _____________ Visit ExpressVPN.com/HERETICS , and ...

Jun 09, 202453 minEp. 419

418. Heretical Questions - Will Kingston

Will Kingston is a brilliant journalist who works for the Australian The Spectator, with whom he has this podcast Fire at Will. Get listening to it here: https://linktr.ee/FireatWillPod _____________ Visit ExpressVPN.com/HERETICS , and get three extra months for free! _____________ Get my book: https://amzn.to/3vZ3GLG Support Andrew's podcast: http://andrewgold.locals.com Andrew on X: https://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Insta: https://www.instagram.com/andrewgold_ok Heretics YouTube channel: https...

Jun 07, 20241 hr 4 minEp. 418

417. The Mindset of Student Protestors - Jon Kay

Jonathan Hillel Kay is a Canadian journalist. He was the editor-in-chief of The Walrus, and is a senior editor of Quillette. We talk about the misguided passion of the youth amid the university protests against Israel. Follow Jon on X here: https://twitter.com/jonkay Find his work at Quillette: https://quillette.com/author/jon-kay/ And get The Psychology of Secrets here: https://amzn.to/4aqViT1 _____________ Visit ExpressVPN.com/HERETICS , and get three extra months for free! _____________ Liste...

Jun 05, 20241 hr 7 minEp. 417

416. Do You Take It Too Far? - Laurence Fox

One of the most controversial names in the business, Laurence Fox is here to defend his comments about 'shagging that' and burning the rainbow flag. Follow Laurence on X: https://twitter.com/LozzaFox And get The Psychology of Secrets here: https://amzn.to/4aqViT1 _____________ Visit ExpressVPN.com/HERETICS , and get three extra months for free! _____________ Listen to our extra content: http://andrewgold.locals.com Andrew on X: https://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Insta: https://www.instagram.com/a...

Jun 02, 20241 hr 8 minEp. 416

414. Evolution & Gender - Biologist Colin Wright

Evolutionary biologist Colin Wright is on the show to debunk conspiracy theorists on the right and left, and get back to science through fossils and gametes. Follow his substack Reality’s Last Stand here: https://www.realityslaststand.com And get The Psychology of Secrets here: https://amzn.to/4aqViT1 _____________ Visit ExpressVPN.com/HERETICS , and get three extra months for free! _____________ Listen to our extra content: http://andrewgold.locals.com Andrew on X: https://twitter.com/andrewgol...

May 29, 20241 hr 7 minEp. 414

413. Debate on Woke Genetics & Race

Anthropologist Ed Dutton & I engage in a heated debate about racial harmony and David Duke, after he explains his studies and hypotheses about woke mutants! Follow his work on: https://www.jollyheretic.com And get The Psychology of Secrets here: https://amzn.to/4aqViT1 _____________ Visit ExpressVPN.com/HERETICS , and get three extra months for free! _____________ Listen to our extra content: http://andrewgold.locals.com Andrew on X: https://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Insta: https://www.insta...

May 26, 20241 hr 14 minEp. 413

412. Do We Need Them?: A Deep Dive on the Royal Family

I talk to Jordan Harbinger about the royal family. Follow Jordan’s podcast here: https://www.jordanharbinger.com/podcasts/ _____________ Visit ExpressVPN.com/HERETICS , and get three extra months for free! _____________ Get my book: https://amzn.to/3vZ3GLG Support Andrew's podcast: http://andrewgold.locals.com Andrew on X: https://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Insta: https://www.instagram.com/andrewgold_ok Heretics YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@andrewgoldheretics Learn more about your ad...

May 24, 20241 hr 14 minEp. 412

411. How Woke Liberal Elites Took Over The Media - Batya Ungar-Sargon

Batya Ungar-Sargon is a the opinion editor of Newsweek and the author of Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy and a quite wonderful speaker and journalist. She talks about how journalists are too comfortable with authority, as they all come from the big universities now. Get her new book Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women: https://amzn.to/3WLMjIY And get The Psychology of Secrets here: https://amzn.to/4aqViT1 _____________ Visit ExpressVPN.com/HERE...

May 22, 202454 minEp. 411

410. Is Transgender A Mental Illness? - Mia Hughes

Mia Hughes is a researcher and the author of the WPATH Files, which exposed doctors who were knowingly doing irreversible surgeries on girls who didn’t understand the ramifications. Follow her: https://x.com/_crymiariver Get my book The Psychology of Secrets: https://amzn.to/3V6yGTw _____________ Visit ExpressVPN.com/HERETICS , and get three extra months for free! _____________ Get my book The Psychology of Secrets: https://amzn.to/4alYcs8 Listen to our extra content: http://andrewgold.locals.co...

May 19, 202453 min

409. Secrets, Royals, Piers Morgan & Baby Reindeer

Today, Shauna from the Vintage Read Show on YouTube interviews me…about everything from cults and lies to obsessive fans and secrets. Check out her channel: https://www.youtube.com/@thevintageread Get my book The Psychology of Secrets: https://amzn.to/4bGFKeT _____________ Visit ExpressVPN.com/HERETICS , and get three extra months for free! _____________ Get my book: https://amzn.to/3vZ3GLG Support Andrew's podcast: http://andrewgold.locals.com Andrew on X: https://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Inst...

May 17, 202455 minEp. 409

408. Women in Dresses & Bad Feminism - Ella Whelan

Ella Whelan is the co convenor of the Battle of Ideas festival and a freelance journalist and author of What Women Want: Fun, Freedom and an End to Feminism. She frequently features as a political commentator on TV and radio, specialising in the relationship between free speech, feminism and women's liberation. Get Ella’s Book What Women Want: https://amzn.to/4bF1EPK Check Out Battle of Ideas: https://www.battleofideas.org.uk Follow Ella on X: https://twitter.com/Ella_M_Whelan _____________ Visi...

May 15, 20241 hr 11 minEp. 408

407. The Status Game - Will Storr

One of my favourite writers, Will Storr, is on the show to explain the psychology behind virtue signalling, and how we try to be dominant, successful or virtuous to gain status within our tribes. Get The Status Game here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Status-Game-Will-Storr/dp/0008354634 Visit his website: http://willstorr.com _____________ Visit ExpressVPN.com/HERETICS , and get three extra months for free! _____________ Get my book The Psychology of Secrets: https://amzn.to/3Wo5p7U Listen to our ex...

May 12, 202457 minEp. 407

406. Israel, Evolution, Dawkins & Ayaan Hirsi Ali

My Saturday ramblings about my experience in New York speaking at Dissident Dialogues, my thoughts on Israel-Palestine, campus protests, evolution, vaccines, Alex O’Conner, Richard Dawkins and Ayaan Hirsi Ali Get my book: https://amzn.to/3vZ3GLG Support Andrew's podcast: http://andrewgold.locals.com Andrew on X: https://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Insta: https://www.instagram.com/andrewgold_ok Heretics YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@andrewgoldheretics Learn more about your ad choices. V...

May 10, 202450 minEp. 406

405. The Trans Women Rapists In Female Prisons - Dr. Kate Coleman

Dr Kate Coleman is the founder and director of Keep Prisons Single Sex (KPSS). Established in 2020, KPSS campaigns for the importance of sex registered at birth to the provision of services throughout the criminal justice system, to data collection on offending, and to risk assessment and safeguarding. KPSS also has an interest in the impact of the enhanced individual privacy rights awarded to those who change gender, including on freedom of speech and the legitimate functions of the State. Foll...

May 08, 20241 hr 9 minEp. 405

404. The Dark Reality of Human Slavery - Andrew Wallis

Expert Andrew Wallis explains how unlikely it is that Andrew didn't know about Epstein, and tells us some stories about the trade of people, and how much it affects the rest of us. We all play a role. Support Andrew's organisation Unseen: https://www.weareunseen.org/ _____________ Visit http://ExpressVPN.com/HERETICS , and get three extra months for free! _____________ Get my book The Psychology of Secrets: https://amzn.to/3Wo5p7U Listen to our extra content: http://andrewgold.locals.com Andrew ...

May 05, 20241 hr 4 minEp. 404

403. The Elites Playing Hunger Games With Your Life - Jenny Kleeman

Journalist Jenny Kleeman exposes the ‘price of life’ around the world. Her fascinating revelations include whether the effective altruists such as Elon Musk and Bill Gates are really interested in your life or are just trying to hit targets. Would they save an 8-year-old child or a Picasso? The answer might surprise you. Jenny has been described as a Louis Theroux channeling Margaret Atwood. Get her book The Price of Life here: https://amzn.to/4a0Vata Follow Jenny on X: https://twitter.com/jenny...

May 01, 202458 minEp. 403

402. No One Believes Trans Women Are Women - Julie Bindel

Feminist Julie Bindel - who is a lesbian and often writes about gender and feminism from that perspective - discusses why trans ideology is so dangerous for women, and what she really thinks is at play. See her writing on Substack: https://juliebindel.substack.com/ Follow her on X: https://twitter.com/bindelj Get my book: https://amzn.to/49TAD9U Listen to our extra content: http://andrewgold.locals.com Andrew on X: https://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Insta: https://www.instagram.com/andrewgold_ok ...

Apr 28, 20241 hr 11 minEp. 402

401. RANT: Gender, Mainstream Media & Eni Aluko

I go on a rant about the mainstream media and its sudden U-Turn on gender after the Cass Report. And I delve behind the scenes to discuss my feelings about that infamous DEI debate with Eni Aluko (latest episode). Get my book: https://amzn.to/3vZ3GLG Support Andrew's podcast: http://andrewgold.locals.com Andrew on X: https://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Insta: https://www.instagram.com/andrewgold_ok Heretics YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@andrewgoldheretics Learn more about your ad choic...

Apr 26, 202449 minEp. 401

400. HEATED Debate on Diversity: Eni Aluko v Andrew Gold

For EPISODE 400, Eni Aluko and I have the most heated debate I’ve ever had on this podcast. Accusations of racism from both sides. Eni is a former football / soccer player who recently became the first black woman to own a club. She played for Chelsea and England, and now is one of the main pundits on British TV. Follow Eni on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/enialuko Follow Eni on X: https://twitter.com/EniAlu Get my book: https://amzn.to/49TAD9U Listen to our extra content: http://andrewgo...

Apr 24, 20241 hr 20 minEp. 400

399. Racially Diverse Nazis: The Weird Future of AI - Nina Schick

Nina Schick is a world-leading authority on AI. She has been named among the world’s 20 best AI speakers, including Sam Altman, Demis Hassabis, and Geoffrey Hinton. Today, we talk about the woke Google Gemini AI, and what AI will actually mean for us and our jobs! Check out Nina’s links: ninashick.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ninadschick Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ninaschick Get my book The Psychology of Secrets: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Psychology-Secrets-Adventures-Murde...

Apr 21, 20241 hr 11 minEp. 399

398. Did You Kill Anyone? Mob boss Michael Franzese

I go live with the world’s most famous mafioso Michael Franzese. Go see Michael Franzese on tour: http://tiny.cc/MF-remademan Subscribe to @michaelfranzese Get my book about cults and true crime: https://amzn.to/3JnkwGU Support Andrew's podcast: http://andrewgold.locals.com Andrew on X: https://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Insta: https://www.instagram.com/andrewgold_ok Heretics YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@andrewgoldheretics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoice...

Apr 19, 202444 minEp. 398

397. The Rise of the Islamo-Left - Tom Slater

Social commentator and Spiked editor Tom Slater explains the unholy alliance of the Left with militant Islamism, and criticises the Leftist championing of Hamas. Follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tom_Slater_ Check out Spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/ Get my book The Psychology of Secrets: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Psychology-Secrets-Adventures-Murderers-Influencers/dp/1035002590/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Listen to our extra content: http://andrewgold.loca...

Apr 17, 20241 hr 4 minEp. 397

396. The Universe Has A ‘Cosmic Purpose - Prof. Philip Goff

Professor Philip Goff is an expert in panpsychism and consciousness. Today, we talk about nothing much…just the ORIGIN OF THE UNIVERSE! Get his book Why? The Purpose of the Universe: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Why-Purpose-Universe-Philip-Goff/dp/0198883765/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Get my book The Psychology of Secrets: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Psychology-Secrets-Adventures-Murderers-Influencers/dp/1035002590?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&psc=1&am...

Apr 14, 20241 hrEp. 396

395. Secrets, Cults & Murderers - Eric Hunley

Eric Hunley turns the mic on me, asking me everything I know about secrets and psychology. He’s a great interviewer so please check out his channel Eric Hunley: https://www.youtube.com/@erichunley Get my book The Psychology of Secrets: My Adventures with Murderers, Cults & Influencers here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Psychology-Secrets-Adventures-Murderers-Influencers/dp/1035002590?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE Support Andrew's podcast: htt...

Apr 12, 20241 hr 23 minEp. 395
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