75: Virtue Signalling, Courage & Death: Julian Baggini (Philosopher)
I met acclaimed philosopher Julian Baggini in Bristol for a coffee upon first arriving in the city, and it was a pleasure. Julian is a member of the Bristol Humanist Society, where I’ll be doing a tal...
18 Loka 20211h 21min
74: Black Widow: 'Prison with Myra Hindley for murder I didn't do'
Linda Calvey is known as the Black Widow, because all of her lovers ended up dead or in prison. Wikipedia has her down as an armed robber and murderer, and while she contests the latter, she did spend...
11 Loka 20211h 8min
73: Our dead loved ones are still out there in spacetime - astronomer Colin Stuart
I’ve been determined to find someone who could explain TIME in a really digestible and easy to understand way, as though I’m a child. That man is Colin Stuart, whose book Time: Ten Things You Should K...
4 Loka 20211h 22min
72: Do genes and eugenics cause inequality?: Dr. Paige Harden
Today on the show is the real gene Jeanie, as David Bowie would put it, Dr. Kathryn Paige Harden. Not only does she go by Paige, but her book The Genetic Lottery is a real page turner. See what I did ...
27 Syys 20211h 23min
71: Inside the Criminal Mind: Dr. Sohom Das
Today on the show is the wonderful Dr. Sohom Das, a brilliant forensic psychiatrist whose job involves dealing with mentally ill and dangerous criminals. As well as a leading figure in British psychia...
20 Syys 20211h 9min
70: Love Island to Interviewing Jordan Peterson - Chris Williamson
Chris Williamson from Modern Wisdom podcast joins me today on On the Edge with Andrew Gold to discuss everything from his time on Love Island to interviewing Jordan Peterson. Hear our full bonus segm...
13 Syys 20211h 17min
69: Surviving deadliest prison: ex-crime boss Shaun Attwood
Greeting us on today’s episode of On the Edge with Andrew Gold is former crime boss and ecstasy smuggler Shaun Attwood. Hear the full bonus segment on http://patreon.com/andrewgold Born to a middl...
6 Syys 20211h 8min
68: Will Storr: Why virtue signalling & dominance are part of our status game
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...
30 Elo 20211h 10min
