heretics.
What makes you a heretic? Journalist Andrew Gold believes that, in an age of group-think and tribes, we need heretics - those who use unconventional wisdom to speak out against their own groups, from cancelled comedians and radical feminists to cult defectors and vigilantes hunting deviants.
Learn from my guests how to rebel, think differently and resist social contagion. From Triggernometry's Konstantin Kisin and the world's most cancelled man Graham Linehan to Robbie Williams and atheist Richard Dawkins. These are the people living with the weight of their own community's disappointment on their shoulders.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 62 minutes
- Episodes
- 588
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
29: BBC Radio 1's First Ever Blind Presenter: Lucy Edwards
Lucy Edwards is a 24-year-old British journalist who holds the distinction of being BBC Radio 1’s first ever blind presenter. She’s since worked across the channel, from BBC World News to BBC Radio 4…
01:15:01 |
Mon 30 Nov 2020
28: Ex-Jehovah's Witness Lloyd Evans: The Reluctant Apostate
Links:
The John Cedars YouTube Channel
Lloyd Evans: The Reluctant Apostate
Andrew Gold's brand new Patreon page - patreon.com/andrewgold
Episode Summary
Lloyd Evans is pretty much the world’s…
01:14:10 |
Mon 23 Nov 2020
27: Stealing planes and smuggling drugs from Belize
Ed Hudson worked as the narcotics and law enforcement officer in the Florida unit responsible for bringing down Freddie Crow. Freddie used to steal planes and fly under the radar with death-defying s…
00:44:40 |
Mon 16 Nov 2020
26: The woman who remembers every moment of her life since birth
On today’s show, I’m proud to say, I’ve got someone almost entirely unique. Rebecca Sharrock is one of 80 people in the world with HSAM, which is an ability to remember every moment of your life, str…
00:56:18 |
Mon 09 Nov 2020
25: How languages change how we think and can give us super powers
Today, I’ve got Lera Boroditsky, Professor of Cognitive Science at UCSD on the show. She’s a really big deal in the languages and cognitive science worlds, having taught at MIT and Stanford. and you …
01:05:20 |
Mon 02 Nov 2020
24: HALLOWEEN SPECIAL: David Firth (Salad Fingers)
British comedy-horror animator David Firth is known universally for his Salad Fingers series, and has been putting up short films on his website fat-pie.com for decades. He has worked with the BBC an…
01:12:05 |
Fri 30 Oct 2020
23: Celeb Hypnotist Chris Hughes...Hypnotises Andrew
Chris Hughes is a hypnotist from Oxfordshire who once hypnotised over a million people across 130 countries at once – online. Check out SocialTrance for that on YouTube for that and type his name – C…
01:15:51 |
Mon 26 Oct 2020
22: Wrestling's #MeToo Moment: Rhia O'Reilly
Wrestler Rhia O’Reilly is known for her signature move the Rhia-djustment. We chat about broken bones, how wrestling works and Jaffa Cakes, as well as one of the most under-reported social movements:…
01:01:00 |
Mon 19 Oct 2020
21: Why it's Difficult Bearing a Willy and Who is Romania
This is a really fun one. I was fortunate enough to get an interview the illustrious TV historian and presenter, Dr Tessa Dunlop, who, as it happens shares an agent with me, who shall be referred to …
01:14:59 |
Mon 12 Oct 2020
20: 'OCD and intrusive thoughts are ruining my life'
James McMahon is a music journalist and former editor of Kerrang music magazine who also had several prominent roles at NME – which is also a very big music magazine. He’s very talented and does all …
00:53:19 |
Mon 05 Oct 2020
19: Coffin Confessor: I crash funerals to reveal secrets of the dead
Have you ever wished to have the last word in an argument? Like actually the definitive last word, where nobody can ever come back at you. Well, a private investigator in Queensland Australia called …
00:47:43 |
Mon 28 Sep 2020
18: Prison Call: 'I killed my girlfriend in botched suicide attempt'
This is probably my most ambitious and tricky podcast episode. I spoke with convict Bobby Caldwell in a Michigan prison. Catch trailers on andrewgold_ok on Twitter/Insta. I'd also like to thank Alan …
00:46:12 |
Mon 21 Sep 2020
17: Helen Lewis: bad sex, bin bags and difficult women
Catch the video trailers on https://twitter.com/AndrewGold_ok or https://www.instagram.com/andrewgold_ok/.
I’ve just had a very fun chat with Helen Lewis, the pre-eminent British journalist of The …
00:49:27 |
Mon 14 Sep 2020
16: Lord Daniel Finkelstein: Times Columnist and Conservative Peer
For video clips, follow me - andrewgold_ok - on Twitter or Instagram.
A close friend of former prime minister David Cameron and Chancellor George Osborne, Daniel Finkelstein is a conservative peer …
00:48:10 |
Mon 07 Sep 2020
15: The Bigamist: My husband had 2 wives, 5 fiancées and 14 kids
One day, as she was on her way to take the kids out the house, Mary Turner Thomson received a phone call that was about to turn her life upside down. The woman on the other end was her husband Will J…
00:50:39 |
Mon 31 Aug 2020
14: 2+2=5? - Anti-Woke Math Whizz James Lindsay Is Pissed Off
Follow the pod's social media for video teasers: https://twitter.com/AndrewGold_ok or https://www.instagram.com/andrewgold_ok/.
James Lindsay is a colleague of Helen Pluckrose, who was on the podca…
00:56:20 |
Mon 24 Aug 2020
13: Jailed for teaching my dog a Nazi salute: Mark Meechan
Follow me on Twitter for short video highlights: https://twitter.com/AndrewGold_ok
On today’s show is Mark Meechan, known online as Count Dankula. In 2016, he made a YouTube video showing how he ta…
00:48:41 |
Mon 17 Aug 2020
12: Female Psychopath Interview: M.E. Thomas
Catch video clips on @andrewgold_ok on Twitter or Instagram!
This is one of my favourite topics ever, so you’re in for a treat. I’ve managed to get a real-life psychopath on the show – M. E. Thomas…
00:50:54 |
Mon 10 Aug 2020
11: Modestep's Josh on Wiley and the cynical music biz
Firstly, let me just say I’m delighted to have Josh Friend from internationally acclaimed Modestep on the show. He’s actually an old friend of mine – and certainly the most famous of anyone I knew gr…
00:47:49 |
Mon 03 Aug 2020
10: 'Woke is dangerous thought-control': Scholar Helen Pluckrose
Trigger warning:
This one is going to alienate some people – the woke among you - but this is a safe space for open discussion.
Today, I speak with Helen Pluckrose, author of the new book Cynical…
00:51:44 |
Mon 27 Jul 2020
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