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Today’s guest Aphrodite Jones is an American author, reporter and television producer who hosts the TV series True Crime with Aphrodite Jones. She also wrote the book Michael Jackson Conspiracy, which provides vivid details that people never saw in the news. She accuses the accusers of Michael Jackson of being grifters in search of a big pay day. It's very important to remind you listeners that my...

My guest today is Rob Henderson, who is thought to have coined the term Luxury Beliefs and has been lauded by the likes of Jordan Peterson and former New York Times writer Bari Weiss, who each did a podcast episode about this very theme. Rob Henderson links: https://twitter.com/robkhenderson https://robkhenderson.substack.com https://www.robkhenderson.com Andrew Gold links: http://youtube.com/andr...

Chris Shelton is an author, anti-cult activist and youtuber. He holds a masters in coercive control, and spent 17 years in the Sea Org, the heart of scientology. Today, on this belated (second!) Halloween special, we discuss the 5 scariest cults. Chris Shelton links: https://www.youtube.com/c/ChrisShelton1492/videos https://twitter.com/ChrisSheltonMsc https://mncriticalthinking.com Andrew Gold lin...

A round table discussion free speech with Viva Frei, Coleman Hughes and Ivory Hecker Coleman Hughes links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/coldxman Website: https://colemanhughes.org/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ColemanHughesOfficial Viva Frei links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/thevivafrei Locals: https://vivabarneslaw.locals.com/post/203182/welcome-to-viva-barnes YouTube: https://www.youtube...

Conor Powell is the host of the brilliant podcast Lords of Soccer. We will talk about corruption in football, how World Cups were hosted during brutal dictatorships in Argentina and Chile, and how insane it was to give Qatar the world cup to host. Conor Powell links: https://open.spotify.com/show/0LtmKpVgSQaY7SBv9W5oVr https://twitter.com/ConormPowel Andrew Gold links: http://youtube.com/andrewgol...

James Altucher is an American author, hedge-fund manager, entrepreneur and podcaster who has cofounded more than 20 companies, and is a chess master. He earned millions, lost millions, went broke, wrote controversial articles about failure, love and all sorts of things. James Altucher links: https://jamesaltucher.com/podcasts/ https://twitter.com/jaltucher Andrew Gold links: http://youtube.com/and...

Isaac Arthur is a science communication futurist, he has a very popular youtube channel too called Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur – go check it out - where he talks about space colonization, the end of the universe and other mind-boggling topics.  We’ll talk about everything from black holes and aliens, to living forever, and what happens at the end of time. This was initially recorded for...

For Halloween, I've got Danny Robins, a BBC Sounds podcaster and playwright who investigates ghosts and paranormal belief. His play 2:22 is in the West End, about a ghostly ghoul, yes, that appears at 2:22 each morning. He’s made it big in the BBC podcasting world, with the Battersea Poltergeist series making a huge splash, as did his series Uncanny and Haunted. His latest podcast series is The Wi...

Michael Shermer has gained prominence and renown as the founding publisher of Skeptic Magazine, which investigates pseudoscience and supernatural claims. He’s written more than a dozen books, and often takes part in debates about religion and magical thinking, and all that sort of stuff. Michael Shermer links: GET HIS NEW BOOK, CONSPIRACY: https://www.amazon.com/Conspiracy-Why-Rational-Believe-Irr...

We’ll start today with a look at Tom Cruise’s feelings on the case. Catch up by listening to yesterday’s part 1, the previous episode.  Aaron Smith-Levin is a former scientologist, and takes us through scientology’s involvement in Danny Masterson's trial (who you may know as the curly-haired glasses-wearing hippy from the sitcom That 70’s Show). Michael Shermer links: https://michaelshermer.com/bo...

Aaron Smith-Levin is a former scientologist, and takes us through scientology’s involvement in Danny Masterson's trial (who you may know as the curly-haired glasses-wearing hippy from the sitcom That 70’s Show). Aaron Smith-Levin links: https://www.youtube.com/c/GrowingUpInScientology https://twitter.com/GrowingupinSCN Andrew Gold links: http://youtube.com/andrewgold1 http://instagram.com/andrewgo...

It’s HG Tudor on the show today, and he is a psychopathic narcissist. We talk all about narcissism, empathy, how to leave a psychopath, how to rile one and everything else you want to know. Sponsors: Sign up through wren.co/ontheedge to make a difference in the climate crisis, and Wren will plant 10 extra trees in your name! HG Tudor links: https://www.youtube.com/c/hgtudorknowingthenarcissistultr...

Mike Rinder is one of the biggest names in the former scientology world, working in the heart of the Sea org for 25 years. He is an author and television presenter, and has just released his brilliant memoir. Tragically, Mike had to leave his wife and daughter behind when he left the cult. Mike Rinder links: https://mrinder.com https://www.mikerindersblog.org https://www.amazon.co.uk/Billion-Years...

Today’s guest is astrophysicist and cosmologist Dr. Avi Loeb, the Frank B Baird professor of science at Harvard University. This interview was recorded live for the Attwood Unleashed show that Shaun Attwood and I do Wednesday evenings, so go follow Shaun, check out his Shaun Attwood True Crime podcast, for the full four hour shows and much much more. Dr. Avi Loeb links: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ex...

George Monbiot discusses the intricate power systems and secrets behind the climate and the financial world. He is an activist and investigative journalist who was shot at, sentenced to life in prison and stung into a poisoned coma by hornets. He is more left-wing than my typical guests, which is great for plurality of views. He is even a fan of Extinction Rebellion. George Monbiot links: https://...

Chris Shelton is an author, anti-cult activist and youtuber. He holds a masters in coercive control, and spent 17 years in the Sea Org, the heart of scientology. He appeared in as an expert speaker in the Scientology and the Aftermath documentary by Leah Remini, another former scientologist you might know from the sitcom King of Queens. Chris Shelton links: https://www.youtube.com/c/ChrisShelton14...

Ryan Graves is a former Lt. in the U.S. Navy and F/A-18F pilot, and he is here to talk about UFOs. This episode – like all my Saturday ones – was originally filmed as part of the live 4-hour Attwood Unleashed show on Shaun Attwood’s youtube channel, where I’m the co-host. Andrew Gold links: http://youtube.com/andrewgold1 http://instagram.com/andrewgold_ok http://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Learn mor...

James Altucher is simply one of the most fascinating people I’ve ever spoke to, so I had to get him on the show. He made millions selling his website company – and then blew it all over the next couple years. He since made and lost millions many times.  James Altucher links: https://jamesaltucher.com https://twitter.com/jaltucher https://notepd.com Andrew Gold links: http://youtube.com/andrewgold1...

Craig Harrison holds the record for the longest sniper kill, when he took out two machine gunners who were about to kill the rest of his team. Craig talks about how his life was put in danger when his identity was revealed by the press, and raises awareness about PTSD, which he suffers from. Craig Harrison links: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Longest-Kill-Maverick-Greatest-Snipers/dp/1447286367 https:/...

Dr. Sohom Das is a forensic psychiatrist and the creator of the YouTube channel 'A Psych For Sore Minds'. For today’s episode, Sohom is talking about one of the most gruesome and newsworthy stories of the past couple of years, the Watts family murders. Dr Sohom Das links: https://twitter.com/Dr_S_Das https://www.youtube.com/c/APsychForSoreMinds Andrew Gold links: http://youtube.com/andrewgold1 htt...

Todd Kashdan is a professor of Psychology at the George Mason university, where he is also the director for the well-being lab. But Todd has also written some super popular and acclaimed books, including the Upside to your Dark, and the Power of Negative Emotion.  Sign up through wren.co/ontheedge to make a difference in the climate crisis, and Wren will plant 10 extra trees in your name! Todd Kas...

Kezia Noble is one of the top dating gurus, perhaps even the world’s leading female dating and attraction expert. She helps men build up the confidence to approach women, and then to think of stuff to say in the subsequent conversation. Sign up through wren.co/ontheedge to make a difference in the climate crisis, and Wren will plant 10 extra trees in your name! Kezia Noble links: Kezia-noble.com h...

Norman Baker is a liberal democrat politician, and former Minister of State at the Home Office. He’s also an expert on the royal family, and has several gripes, including complaints he has made about the new King Charles III to the police. This episode is from my weekly Shaun Attwood or Attwood Unleashed live stream, we’re on Wednesday nights from 6pm to 10pm UK time, it’s a four hour show, so do...

Andrew Drury is an adventure tourist, who appeared in Dark Tourist, the Netflix series with journalist David Farrier. We’ll talk a bit about that, as well as his years-long texting and real-life interactions with Shamima Begum - a British born woman who left the UK in 2015 aged 15 to join ISIS. Sign up through wren.co/ontheedge to make a difference in the climate crisis, and Wren will plant 10 ext...

Lennox Rodgers co-founded along with his wife Bali the Refocus Project, where he mentors young kids who have fallen through the very gaps that are so familiar to him. He has also written a book called Breaking Better. Sign up through wren.co/ontheedge to make a difference in the climate crisis, and Wren will plant 10 extra trees in your name! Lennox Rodgers links: https://www.breakingbetter.co.uk...