Chris Atkins is a journalist who went to jail after taking part in some sort of illegal scheme to raise money for a documentary he was making. Chris Atkins links: https://twitter.com/scatatkins?lang=es https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Chris-Atkins/dp/183895015X https://open.spotify.com/show/2ZTvJeAeEzBumHkXRwZCPc Andrew Gold links: http://youtube.com/andrewgold1 http://instagram.com/andrewgold_ok http://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Suscribe to the newsletter at http://weeklyedge.substack.com Learn more ...
Apr 10, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 107
Dr. Andrew Steele joined me for a brief chat about the breakthrough just made in the science of living forever. Get his book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0877C9L38/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 And watch the YouTube version on http://youtube.com/andrewgold1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 09, 2022•16 min•Ep. 106
Debbie is a transgender British secondary school science teacher, journalist and political activist. Debbie Hayton links: https://debbiehayton.com https://twitter.com/DebbieHayton Andrew Gold links: http://youtube.com/andrewgold1 http://instagram.com/andrewgold_ok http://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Suscribe to the newsletter at http://weeklyedge.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 06, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 107
Stephen Knight is an online thought leader, I’d say a comedian too, who became known for his Twitter account GSpellchecker. Stephen Knight links: https://twitter.com/GSpellchecker https://www.youtube.com/user/GSpellchecker https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-godless-spellchecker-podcast/id780794967 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 megapho...
Apr 03, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 105
Jean H. Lee is an American journalist of South Korean descent who became the first American to set up a news agency in North Korea. She’ll tell me about how she crossed into the freezing, little-known countryside beyond the surveillance obsessed main city. Jean H Lee links: https://twitter.com/newsjean https://www.jhleemedia.com/bio Andrew Gold links: http://youtube.com/andrewgold1 http://instagram.com/andrewgold_ok http://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok http://andrewgoldpodcast.com Learn more about y...
Mar 30, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 104
Colin Freeman is a British journalist and author who was kidnapped by Somali pirates. Colin Freeman links: https://twitter.com/colinfreeman99 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
Mar 27, 2022•47 min•Ep. 103
Colin Freeman is a British journalist and author who is currently covering the war in Ukraine. Colin Freeman links: https://twitter.com/colinfreeman99 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
Mar 27, 2022•36 min•Ep. 103
Mustafa Kazemi is an Afghan war correspondent, paramedic and military officer who rose to prominence some years ago when he was pictures searching for a tourniquet in a moment when he was convinced he was about to be shot. He’ll tell that story, as well as the tales of the victims murdered at the hands of the Taliban. Mustafa Kazemi links: https://twitter.com/CombatJourno Andrew Gold links: http://youtube.com/andrewgold1 http://instagram.com/andrewgold_ok http://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok http://...
Mar 24, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 102
We're 100 episodes in...and now, Mondays will never be the same. Announcing the Weekly Edge newsletter, out Monday mornings. There’ll be clips, funny moments, bloopers, behind-the-scenes stories, news, personal revelations and insights into the answers from the bonus sections. I'll sometimes show stats, like who you guys really are, and what music Spotify tells me you listen to. Sign up FREE by typing your email in here: https://weeklyedge.substack.com/ You can also 'like' and 'comment' on posts...
Mar 23, 2022•4 min•Ep. 101
Dr. Asatar Bair is a Communist and Stalinist. He has written over 200 articles for the Boursen-Kourier, Austria’s oldest weekly financial newspaper. He has a Youtube channel with his lectures on economic theory. In addition to economics, Dr. Bair also teaches meditation and has served as the Executive Director of the Institute for Applied Meditation. Asatar Bair links: http://youtube.com/asatarbair https://twitter.com/asatarbair Andrew Gold links: http://youtube.com/andrewgold1 http://instagram....
Mar 21, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 101
I’m pleased and a little apprehensive to bring you today’s episode on some of the darkest and most taboo topics on earth: namely, bestiality, cannibalism, necrophilia and incest. James Williams is an anthropologist and speaker who I found out about from Matt at Bristol Humanists. Contact James Williams at: [email protected]. Andrew Gold links: http://youtube.com/andrewgold1 http://instagram.com/andrewgold_ok http://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok http://andrewgoldpodcast.com Learn more about y...
Mar 17, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 100
Katie Herzog is a culture writer and journalist known for her podcast Blocked and Reported, which she hosts with Jesse Singal. They talk about all sorts of culture war themes and bizarre, weird topics from the internet. Sign up for early access and bonus segments in the podcast: http://patreon.com/andrewgold Katie Herzog links: Blocked and Reported: https://podfollow.com/1504298199 https://twitter.com/kittypurrzog The Stranger article on detransitioning: https://www.thestranger.com/features/2017...
Mar 14, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 99
Late last night, March 9th 2022, I was afforded the unexpected opportunity to speak with veteran war journalist John Sweeney, who is based in Ukraine’s capital city of Kiev. What he described was heartbreaking. John Sweeney links: https://www.patreon.com/JohnSweeneyRoar https://twitter.com/johnsweeneyroar 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 megaph...
Mar 10, 2022•44 min•Ep. 98
Dr. Peter Hughes discusses the merits of keeping statues - even ones we find most disagreeable - in place. Sign up for early access and bonus segments in the podcast: http://patreon.com/andrewgold Dr. Peter Hughes links: A History of Love & Hate in 21 Statues: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08SBYRLQD/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 https://twitter.com/drpeter_h https://drpeterhughes.com Andrew Gold links: http://youtube.com/andrewgold1 http://instagram.com/andrewgold_ok http:/...
Mar 07, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 97
In today’s episode, Jordan Harbinger talks about his podcast, the Jordan Harbinger Show, which you can find in all the normal places, and is one of the biggest interview podcasts in the world. He gives advice as to whether or not you should get into podcasting, so listen keenly if you’re interested. Then, we move on to his two kidnapping experiences. Jordan Harbinger links: https://www.jordanharbinger.com/ https://twitter.com/JordanHarbinger https://www.instagram.com/jordanharbinger Jordan Harbi...
Feb 28, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 96
David Baddiel joins us to talk about comedy, anti-semitism and scatological humour. David Baddiel links: Jews Don't Count: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Untitled-David-Baddiel/dp/0008399476 https://twitter.com/Baddiel 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
Feb 21, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 95
Kat Rosenfield is an acclaimed author of young adult and adult fiction who also writes about the culture wars, politics and all sorts of on-point and contentious societal issues. Sign up on Apple Podcasts or http://patreon.com/andrewgold for the bonus bits. Kat Rosenfield No One Will Miss Her book: https://www.amazon.com/No-One-Will-Miss-Her/dp/0063057018 https://twitter.com/katrosenfield https://www.instagram.com/katrosenfield https://katrosenfield.com Andrew Gold links: http://youtube.com/andr...
Feb 14, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 94
Have you ever wanted to know about West Africa’s cocaine empire, how meth infiltrated a New Zealand biker gang, or the gangs controlling Haiti? Taking us along with him on a deadly and thrilling voyage to the world’s most dangerous underworlds of organised crime is journalist Sean Williams. Sign up on Apple Podcasts or http://patreon.com/andrewgold for the bonus bits. Sean Williams links: Underworld Podcast: https://www.underworldpod.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/swilliamsjourno Website: htt...
Feb 07, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 93
Jordan Harbinger is not only one of the world’s leading podcasters, but he’s also one of our best anecdotalists. In this podcast, he regals us with so many fascinating stories that I’ve split it into two separate episodes, each with a bonus episode for the patrons and Apple subscribers among you. Sign up on Apple Podcasts or http://patreon.com/andrewgold for the bonus bits. Jordan Harbinger links: https://www.jordanharbinger.com/ https://twitter.com/JordanHarbinger https://www.instagram.com/jord...
Jan 31, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 92
It’s Amanda Knox. You might – particularly if you’re in Britain or Italy – know her as the murderous femme fatale who was imprisoned for killing her English flatmate Meredith Kercher in a sex game while studying abroad in Italy. You might know her – if you’ve spent time researching the case – as the subject of one of the most egregious and explosive wrongful conviction cases in living memory. But one thing’s for sure: you know her. Or...you think you do. Sign up on Apple Podcasts or http://patre...
Jan 24, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 91
Jon Ronson talks to me about cancel culture, public shaming and Louis Theroux. Jon is also known for writing The Psychopath Test and So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed, a book about the way we publicly humiliate others for minor transgressions. There’s a lot of discourse about that today, but Jon was ahead of the curve when that book came out in 2015. In his work, he often documents his time with extreme figures, including Alex Jones, David Icke and Islamic militant leader Omar Bakri Muhammed. Today...
Jan 17, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 90
Richard Dawkins is one of the biggest names in science. His The God Delusion, which contends that a supernatural deity does not exist, flipped the world upside down in 2006 when it came out, bringing both science and atheism into the mainstream. I interview him today alongside former ecstasy mob boss Shaun Attwood, before a free bonus section with Professor Paul Bloom of Yale and Toronto. Sign up on Apple Podcasts or http://patreon.com/andrewgold for the bonus bits. Richard Dawkins links: Flight...
Jan 10, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 89
Award-winning science writer David Robson's work has appeared in the Guardian, the Atlantic, Aeon and many many others. He was features editor at New Scientist for five years, before working as a senior journalist at BBC Future. His book, The Expectation Effect, is a vivid trip into the fallacies and complexities of the human psyche. Our expectations can have very real effects on outcomes, whether it be life spans, illnesses or anything else. So try to think positively. Sign up on Apple Podcasts...
Jan 03, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 88
I've been spending a lot of time on my own recently, while my girlfriend has been away and I've been working on the podcast. Don't worry, I'm perfectly happy, and I'm off to Argentina soon for a holiday. But it made me wonder about the folk out there - listeners of this show - who might be feeling a little lonesome right now (especially amid all the showing off on Instagram). So I just turned the mic on and started talking about this year's podcast. Let's keep each other company in these cold, d...
Dec 30, 2021•33 min•Ep. 87
Popular science writer, journalist and Yale University Professor of molecular biophysics and biochemistry Carl Zimmer is joining me to finally answer the late Beatle George Harrison's question: what is life. Sign up on Apple Podcasts or http://patreon.com/andrewgold for the bonus bits. Prof. Carl Zimmer links: http://carlzimmer.com https://twitter.com/carlzimmer Life's Edge book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08QJM2CJY/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 Andrew Gold links: http://you...
Dec 27, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 87
Have you ever wondered if your furry friend might be partial to a beer or two? Did you know that koalas smoked pipes and dolphins get high on pufferfish? Here to tell us all about the weird and wonderful world of intoxicated animals and humans too is Oné Pagan, a university professor and researcher with a PHD in Pharmacology with an emphasis on Neurobiology from Cornell University. Sign up on Apple Podcasts or http://patreon.com/andrewgold for the half-hour bonus chat. Like how the episode sound...
Dec 20, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 86
William Costello is a writer and an academic in the field of Evolutionary Psychology who has specialised in incel culture and things like beauty and attraction. He's also a lovely, charming man, a great laugh and really informative. Sign up on Apple Podcasts or http://patreon.com/andrewgold for the half-hour bonus chat. Like how the episode sounded? Get an MV7 just like mine here: https://shu.re/ontheedge-mv7. Receive 20% off anything from their website with the code ONTHEEDGE20. William Costell...
Dec 13, 2021•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 85
Nafees Hamid talks about what makes people into terrorists and other forms of extremists…and how we might be able to persuade them or talk them down. He is a research fellow at ARTIS International, an associate fellow at the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism – The Hague, and a Frederick Bonnart-Braunthal Trust scholar in the University College London's Department of Security and Crime Science. Watch my follow-up interview later that night as host of the Shaun Attwood show: https://youtu...
Dec 06, 2021•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 84
Kelly Thiel was once a member of the notorious NXIVM cult. For those of you who – like me – don’t or didn’t know much about this sect, you’re in for a bit of a shock – not least in how that bunch of capital letters are supposed to be pronounced. But I’ll let Kelly explain that part. The cult was on the surface a multi-level marketing group that had various levels of memberships. Its members would learn a lot about self-help stuff, such as how to find purpose and be happy. Its methods were said t...
Nov 29, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 83
Today’s guest is Hassan al-Kontar, an absolute gem of a person who found himself in one of the most unique and unusual positions imaginable: living in an airport for seven months. As a Syrian refugee, Hassan had been working in the United Arab Emirates, when civil war broke out in Syria. Refusing to return there to join the Syrian military (knowing he might be arrested upon arrival), he stayed abroad, and Hassan’s passport renewal was later denied, leaving him stranded in Kuala Lumpar Internatio...
Nov 22, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 82
