heretics.

heretics.

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.

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207. What Makes A Cult? | Therapist & Ex-Scientologist Discuss

207. What Makes A Cult? | Therapist & Ex-Scientologist Discuss

I discuss whether cults share certain properties with political parties and ideologies with my old Libertarian friend Karlyn Borysenko and former scientologist Aaron Smith-Levin. We all have differing...

10 Des 202246min

206. Aryan Brotherhood Founder | Part 2

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 o...

8 Des 20221h 21min

205. The child sacrifices of Africa

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 sun...

5 Des 20221h 2min

204. Why Julian Assange Matters

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 ...

3 Des 202233min

203. ROBBIE WILLIAMS: Fame, Belief & Rivals

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...

1 Des 20221h

202. MLM Cults Took My Life From Me - Josie Naikoi

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 cult...

28 Nov 20221h 4min

201. Debating the Mexican ‘Barrio Nazi’ Pedro Gonzalez

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 prett...

26 Nov 202233min

200. Black holes: the weirdest things in the universe

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 do...

24 Nov 20221h 7min

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